The Space Between
Submit one to three JPG/JPEG digital images of 2D artwork in any medium for a juried international group exhibition.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 24 days left
- Entry fee
- $35
- Location
- Laguna Beach, California
- Exhibition window
- Sep 3, 2026 → Sep 27, 2027
- Applicants notified
- Sep 21, 2026
- Size cap
- ≤ 30" max dimension
About
Overview
THE SPACE BETWEEN is an international juried group exhibition at Hugo Rivera Gallery in Laguna Beach, California. The exhibition explores what exists between moments, ideas, emotions, people, places, and realities. We invite artists of all mediums to interpret the spaces, moments, and emotions that exist in between.
Key dates
- Submission deadline: September 20, 2026
- Notification of selection: September 21, 2026
- Work delivered by: September 29, 2026
- Hand-delivered on: September 27–29, 2026
- Exhibition dates: October 1–November 1, 2026
- Opening night: October 1, 6:00 PM–8:30 PM
Eligibility
Submissions are open to all artists 18 years and older, established and emerging artists. International applicants welcome.
Media & size
The exhibition will consist of two-dimensional work in all media. Wall pieces must be wired for hanging and no larger than 24″ W × 30″ H (dimensions include framing and mounting). Accepted work cannot be substituted and must be available for the duration of the exhibit.
Fees
- Entry fee: $35.00 for first image
- $5.00 for each additional image
- Maximum of 7 images
How to enter
Submit one to three JPG or JPEG digital images. File dimensions must be 1200 pixels or greater on the longest side; file size maximum 5 MB. For 2D works, crop the image to the artwork only. You may send more than one angle or close-up image of any work, but only one image per artwork will be displayed. Each artwork must be clearly labeled on the back with the artist's name, measurements, and title.
Delivery & pickup
The artist is responsible for the cost of shipping or mailing artwork to and from Hugo Rivera Gallery using UPS, FedEx, or USPS. A return shipping label and return postage must be included with the artwork or work will not be accepted. Artwork may also be hand-delivered and picked up from Hugo Rivera Gallery on September 27–29, 2026. All works must be picked up by September 27; artwork not collected after that date will incur a $5 per day storage fee. If the gallery does not receive a response from the artist within one month, the artwork will be donated to a nonprofit organization.
Artwork requirements
ACCEPTED ARTWORK must be delivered clean, framed, wired, and ready to hang. Work to hang on the wall must be fitted with framing wire. Paint and any other materials must be dry.
- Entry fee
- $35.00 for first image; $5.00 for each additional image (maximum 7 images)
- Entries per artist
- Up to 1
- Theme
- The exhibition explores what exists between moments, ideas, emotions, people, places, and realities—the spaces, moments, and emotions between the seen and unseen, connection and distance, reality and imagination.
- Eligibility
- Open to artists 18 years and older, established and emerging artists, international eligibility.
- Audience
- Artists 18 years and older, established and emerging artists
- Size & format
- no larger than 24″ W X 30″ H (Dimensions include framing and mounting)
- Also worth noting
- no larger than 24″ W X 30″ H (Dimensions include framing and mounting)
- Contact
- [email protected]
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