2026 Expressions! Exhibit
 

February 13-20 at Tracy Community Center, 950 East Street, Tracy, CA
 
Eligibility to enter:

• Open to artists over 18 years of age   
• Work must be original and completed in the last 24 months
• Work must be conceived and created entirely by the entering artist
• Work shown in previous Tracy Art League exhibits is not eligible
• 2D work cannot exceed 48 x 48 including frame
• 3D work cannot exceed 30w x 20d x 60h
• Artwork must be valued/priced at $5,000 or less

Conditions of Entry:

• Limit six entries per artist
• Entries must be wired and the wire ends taped for hanging
• Entries with multiple parts need to have a single mounting
• $25 per entry/$20 per entry for Tracy Art League members
• Artwork to be hand delivered
• Suggested donation to Tracy Art League is 15% of any sales

File submission can be no greater than 8Mb.  

One of the missions of the Tracy Art League is to educate school age children.  Because of this, we are not accepting any works depicting whole/partial nudity or extreme violence.

Art work is accepted in the following categories:

• Sculpture & 3 Dimensional (weight limit 50 lbs)
• Oil and Acrylic
• Watercolor
• Pastel and Drawing
• Graphics and Mixed Media
• Glass
• Photography (photos must be ready to hang – mounted or framed)

Awards:

• Best of Show $450
• Five GOLD awards at $100 each
• Five SILVER awards at $75 each
• Five BRONZE awards at $50 each
• One Peoples’ Choice award at $50

Calendar of Events:

December 8- January 6 – Online entries accepted at www.SmarterEntry.com/CallsForEntry/TAL

Jan 18  – Artists notified of accepted works

Feb 6  4pm – 6:30pm Receiving of accepted artwork 

Feb 7 10am – 2pm Receiving of accepted artwork

Feb 13 6:30 – 9pm Artists’ Reception

Feb 14-15 10am – 5pm Public Viewing

Feb 17-20 4pm – 7pm – Public Viewing

Feb 21 10am-1pm – Pick up of Artwork

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2026 Juror:  Lisa Cooperman

https://www.lisacooperman.com/

Lisa Cooperman is Pacific's inaugural University Curator tasked with promoting arts engagement on campus and beyond. She is responsible for the university’s permanent art collection and supports the Department of Art, Media, Performance & Design teaching and in the Reynolds Gallery. Her research areas include feminist art, museum education, and digital humanities. Prior to coming to Pacific she served as the Curator of Education at the Haggin Museum. She is also a nationally exhibiting studio artist.

Education

MFA in Sculpture & Metalsmithing, Montana State University
BA in English Literature, Bowdoin College

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City of Tracy to issue Purchase Prize Award(s) up to $500 for inclusion into the City Art Collection.