2026 Calls For Art
The Glass Eye
February 2026
THE GLASS EYE
What does the camera see that we don’t? What truths slip past the human gaze and land only in the lens?
The Glass Eye invites photographers to submit images that capture the world with unsettling clarity, unexpected intimacy, or a perspective that feels almost otherworldly. We are looking for photographs that act as witnesses, revealing what hides in plain sight, distorting the familiar, or freezing a moment we might have otherwise missed.
Whether your work is raw, refined, digital, film-based, staged, or discovered in the wild, we want to see the stories only your camera could catch: the beauty in the ordinary, the electricity of a fleeting second, the details that demand another look.
Selected artists will have their work showcased in our gallery, offering a rare opportunity to let the camera speak for you—and perhaps say what the eye alone cannot.
Important Dates to Know:
Submissions Due: Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 by 11:59pm
Artist Responses: Tuesday, January 16th, 2026
Artwork Drop Off at AVA: Jan. 27th - 30th, 2026
Artwork On Display: February 3rd - 28th, 2026
Artist Reception: Thursday, February 12th, 2026, 6-8pm
What does the camera see that we don’t? What truths slip past the human gaze and land only in the lens?
The Glass Eye invites photographers to submit images that capture the world with unsettling clarity, unexpected intimacy, or a perspective that feels almost otherworldly. We are looking for photographs that act as witnesses, revealing what hides in plain sight, distorting the familiar, or freezing a moment we might have otherwise missed.
Whether your work is raw, refined, digital, film-based, staged, or discovered in the wild, we want to see the stories only your camera could catch: the beauty in the ordinary, the electricity of a fleeting second, the details that demand another look.
Selected artists will have their work showcased in our gallery, offering a rare opportunity to let the camera speak for you—and perhaps say what the eye alone cannot.
Important Dates to Know:
Submissions Due: Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 by 11:59pm
Artist Responses: Tuesday, January 16th, 2026
Artwork Drop Off at AVA: Jan. 27th - 30th, 2026
Artwork On Display: February 3rd - 28th, 2026
Artist Reception: Thursday, February 12th, 2026, 6-8pm
SELF
June 2026
SELF
A self-portrait is both description and discovery. It asks: how do you see yourself, and how might the world see you? What colors inhabit your life? What gestures reveal your temperament? What traces of time, joy, or solitude mark your reflection?
Our own image is the most available model we have, yet it is never static. Each self-portrait becomes a document of its era—capturing not only the artist’s likeness, but also the visual language, materials, and emotions of that moment. Seen across years, these portraits form a biography in paint, clay, or line: a study of becoming.
We invite artists to explore and portray the marvelous, singular person that happens to be you.
Important Dates to Know:
Submissions Due: Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 by 11:59pm
Artist Responses: Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
Artwork Drop Off at AVA: May 25th - 30th, 2026
Artwork On Display: June 2nd - 30th, 2026
Artist Reception: Thursday, June 11th, 2026, 6-8pm
Artwork Pick Up: June 30th - July 3rd, 2026
A self-portrait is both description and discovery. It asks: how do you see yourself, and how might the world see you? What colors inhabit your life? What gestures reveal your temperament? What traces of time, joy, or solitude mark your reflection?
Our own image is the most available model we have, yet it is never static. Each self-portrait becomes a document of its era—capturing not only the artist’s likeness, but also the visual language, materials, and emotions of that moment. Seen across years, these portraits form a biography in paint, clay, or line: a study of becoming.
We invite artists to explore and portray the marvelous, singular person that happens to be you.
Important Dates to Know:
Submissions Due: Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 by 11:59pm
Artist Responses: Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
Artwork Drop Off at AVA: May 25th - 30th, 2026
Artwork On Display: June 2nd - 30th, 2026
Artist Reception: Thursday, June 11th, 2026, 6-8pm
Artwork Pick Up: June 30th - July 3rd, 2026
EXTINCTION
August 2026
“Extinction” explores the disappearance of species, the quiet vanishing of life forms that once shaped our planet.
When a species dies out, no living representatives remain. Sometimes this happens slowly, through natural change. Other times, it happens far too quickly, as the environment shifts faster than life can adapt.
Today, scientists believe we are living through a sixth mass extinction. This exhibition invites artists to reflect on that reality: the fragility of biodiversity, the urgency of environmental change, and the emotional, spiritual, and ecological weight of loss.
We welcome interpretations that are poetic, scientific, symbolic, or deeply personal. How does extinction manifest in your work as memory, warning, adaptation, or rebirth?
Submissions Due: Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 by 11:59pm
Artist Responses: Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
Artwork Drop Off at AVA: July 28th - Aug 1st, 2026
Artwork On Display: August 4th - 28th 2nd - 30th, 2026
Artwork Pick Up: August 25th - 29th, 2026
CAFE SUBMISSION COMING SOON
When a species dies out, no living representatives remain. Sometimes this happens slowly, through natural change. Other times, it happens far too quickly, as the environment shifts faster than life can adapt.
Today, scientists believe we are living through a sixth mass extinction. This exhibition invites artists to reflect on that reality: the fragility of biodiversity, the urgency of environmental change, and the emotional, spiritual, and ecological weight of loss.
We welcome interpretations that are poetic, scientific, symbolic, or deeply personal. How does extinction manifest in your work as memory, warning, adaptation, or rebirth?
Submissions Due: Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 by 11:59pm
Artist Responses: Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
Artwork Drop Off at AVA: July 28th - Aug 1st, 2026
Artwork On Display: August 4th - 28th 2nd - 30th, 2026
Artwork Pick Up: August 25th - 29th, 2026
CAFE SUBMISSION COMING SOON
