ART CALL: RECLAIMING THE ORDINARY - San Diego Art Directory
Submit work for a national juried exhibition celebrating ordinary moments, objects, routines, and spaces.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- deadline unknown, verify at source
- Entry fee
- Free
- Location
- Woodward Contemporary, 3935 Harney Street, Old Town, San Diego, California
- Exhibition window
- Aug 19, 2026 → Sep 12, 2026
- Applicants notified
- Aug 8, 2026
About
Overview
Reclaiming the Ordinary is a national juried exhibition that celebrates the overlooked, the familiar, and the everyday. The exhibition seeks to highlight the significance of ordinary moments, objects, routines, and spaces that quietly shape our lives. Artists are encouraged to explore how the commonplace can become extraordinary through attention, memory, creativity, and reflection.
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: August 3, 2026
- Notifications: August 8, 2026
- Exhibition Dates: August 19 – September 12, 2026
- Opening Reception: Saturday, August 22, 2026 · 4-7 PM
Jury
The exhibition will be juried by Peggi Kroll-Roberts, known for her vibrant, loosely painted figurative works, beach scenes, still lifes, and plein-air paintings. Her style combines strong color, expressive brushwork, and an emphasis on capturing the essence of a scene rather than rendering every detail. Kroll-Roberts lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Calaveras County, California.
Admission
Free and open to the public.
Contact
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 619-310-6716
- Website: https://www.woodwardcontemporary.com/
- Address: 3935 Harney Street, Old Town, San Diego, California 92110
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- Celebrates the overlooked, familiar, and everyday—morning rituals, domestic scenes, neighborhood landscapes, and cherished possessions that shape our lives and can become extraordinary through attention, memory, creativity, and reflection.
- Contact
- [email protected]
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