Details
Start Date
Fri, January 23, 2026 @ 10:00 AM
End Date
Sat, January 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM
Location
The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
EXHIBIT: Winter Exhibition
SUBMISSION DATES: Friday, January 23, 2026 & Saturday, January 24, 2026
EXHIBIT DATES: January 27 – March 5, 2026
LOCATION: Cuyahoga Valley Art Center – Gallery
Celebrate the start of a new artistic year by entering CVAC’s Winter Exhibition, a juried showcase highlighting the creativity and diverse interests of our practicing artist community. This exhibition welcomes a wide range of recent work—paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and works on paper—across seven submission categories: Watercolor Media, Water-Based Media, Oil-Based Media, Dry Media, Mixed Media, 3-Dimensional Media, and Photographic Media. The theme is open, inviting artists to submit the work that best reflects their current explorations and artistic voice.
Gallery visitors will also participate in selecting People’s Choice Award winners in each category. Voting begins when the exhibition opens on January 27 and concludes at 6:30 PM during the Artist Reception on Friday, February 20, 5:30–7 PM.
Drop-Off Dates:
• Friday, January 23, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
• Saturday, January 24, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Entry Fee:
• $10 per entry (maximum of three entries per artist)
This popular annual exhibition invites artists to contribute their strongest recent work and provides the public with a unique opportunity to engage with a wide array of mediums and styles. During the Artist Reception, guests can meet the artists, enjoy refreshments and hors d’oeuvres, and purchase original artworks. Admission is free and open to all.
Please Review the Prospectus: 2026 Winter Exhibition Prospectus
This is a juried exhibition—the juror will determine accepted works and select all awards. Please review the prospectus guidelines for complete details.
Marketing Image Credit: Robert J Putka, Liriope Emerging Through Melting Snow, Water Based Media
CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS:
WATERCOLOR MEDIA: This category will include any media for which water, not oil nor polymers, are used as the binding agent, with the resulting artwork considered to be a watercolor. Mediums such as; watercolor paints, watercolor pencils, watercolor markers, and watercolor pastels are all included within this category, even if utilized together in one image. Acrylic and Tempera paints are not applicable within this category.
WATER-BASED MEDIA: This category will include any media that is water-based such as acrylic paints and tempera paints.
OIL-BASED MEDIA: This category will include any media that uses oil as its binder such as oil paints, oil pastels, oil-based markers, etc.
DRY MEDIA: This category will include media that is dry such as graphite, charcoal, pastels, colored pencils, Conté crayon, silverpoint, etc., and media that uses a fluid solvent or carrier such as marker, pen, or ink (alcohol ink).
MIXED MEDIA: This category will include any work that combines traditionally distinct visual art media such as work that might include both paint, ink, and collage.
3-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA: This category will include any work that occupies space through the dimensions of height, width, and depth.
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA: This category will include any lens-based media, including but not limited to images made by film, scanner, screen-capture, digital camera, and any means of mobile photography. CVAC invites photographers working in all mediums, styles, and schools of thought to participate. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. Only 2-D work is eligible for this category.
*The final decision regarding category placement will be left up to the juror.