SFWA Competitions / Calls for Entry
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I AM!
Bay Area Artists are invited to submit up to 3 entries to our April Gallery exhibition. "I AM!" - submit artwork revealing in your choice of subject, technique, or style, work that says “IAM.” Our culture, family, and personal history shape our identity and inform our art, so each work reveals the artist. As artists, we express through art our perceptions of the world. We contribute to and become part of a uniquely human community.
All 2D and 3D media, and all artistic styles are welcome, except video.
Juror: Ajuan Mance, Artist, writer, illustrator, Professor of Ethnic Studies and English at Mills College.
Please carefully read the Call for Entries for complete details.
Street Life
Bay Area Artists are invited to submit up to 3 entries to our February Gallery exhibition. "Street Life" - explore our world around you. Take a cue from street photography and be inspired by unexpected encounters in public spaces. What are the ‘snippets of everyday life’ that call to you? What captures your attention? All media welcome except video.
Juror: Thomasina De Maio, Artist & Founder of Art Saves Lives
Please carefully read the Call for Entries for complete details.
Being Human: The Second Annual Bay Area Figurative Show
Bay Area Artists are invited to submit up to 3 entries to our December Gallery exhibition. "Being Human" - We celebrate the human form in all its variations and interpretations, from realism to abstraction to expressionism. All media welcome except video.
Juror: Sandra Speidel, Artist & Instructor
Please carefully read the Call for Entries for complete details.
The Delicious World
Bay Area Artists are invited to submit up to 3 entries to our June Gallery exhibition. "The Delicious World" - Explore your ideas and emotions associated with food, nourishment, and the earth that provides our sustenance. Work might consider the acts of cultivation/harvesting, preparing/sharing, indulging/scarcity. Artists may choose to reflect on both food and climate in their artworks.
All 2D and 3D media, and all artistic styles are welcome, except video.
Juror: Carolyn Tillie, culinary historian, artist, curator, co-founder of the Bay Area Culianary Historians
Please carefully read the Call for Entries for complete details.
Radiating Pride - Free to be Me
All Bay Area artists are invited to submit up to two images for our June Pride Month exhibition. SFWA celebrates our diverse LGBTQIA+ community, striving to advance meaningful cross-cultural understanding. The exhibition will be showcased in the SFWA Artist Salon. All 2D & 3D mediums are invited except video.
Juror: Kaytea Petro, co-founder of Gallery-O-Rama
Please carefully read the Call for Entries for complete details.