CALL TO ARTISTS (PAID ADVERTISEMENT)
Portals: Online Juried Show Exhibition
Online at Collage Artists of America and Online Juried Shows
1 November-31 December 2026
Deadline for Submission: Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 11:59PM PDT
Collage Artists of America (CAA) is accepting submissions from members and non-members for “Portals”, a virtual juried show, taking place in November and December 2026. CAA writes:
Artists are encouraged to explore what defines a portal and to imagine one that resonates with them. A portal might be an elaborate doorway leading to the known or unknown, an opening into another universe, an entrance into the body or mind, or any passage into something real or imagined.
Juror Karin Skiba received her MFA from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, and was a full-time art professor at Norco College in the Riverside District, retiring as Professor Emeritus. Skiba has shaped the region’s artistic landscape by founding and directing the Norco College Art Gallery, serving as the inaugural director of the Hi-Desert Art Gallery, and curating at Joshua Tree’s Juniper Arts Gallery.
She has created art for over 50 years exhibiting in Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, Joshua Tree, Palm Springs, and Riverside. Now with a studio in Joshua Tree, Karin Skiba continues creating vignettes and fictional characters with a diversity of media.
There are cash awards totaling $1300. These awards will be given to artists in first ($500), second ($300), and third ($200). One artist will receive the Carolann Watterson Award ($100) and there will be up to four Honorary Mentions ($50 each).
Opening Reception:
Opening Reception and Awards Presentation online
Sunday, 1 November 2026, time to be announced
How to Enter:
Members and Non-Members of CAA may enter for this exhibition.
For more information, including eligibility, qualifying entries, submission fees, submission requirements, how to become a member of CAA and more view their Prospectus and enter the show here: https://onlinejuriedshows.com/Default.aspx?OJSID=59019
Deadline: Thursday, 1 October 2026, 11:59PM PDT (2:59AM EDT (Friday); 07.59 BST (Friday); 08.59 CEST (Friday))
CAA is a non-profit public benefit corporation founded in 1988 by nine women artists. It celebrates the art of collage, both analog and digital, and has over 200 members worldwide. CAA’s membership includes art instructors, professional artists who exhibit widely, mid-career and beginning artists, art students and those who have an interest in and love for the art of collage. FACEBOOK
CAA holds general meetings five times a year in which stimulating programs are presented by guest artists renowned for their work in collage and assemblage. Members-only and open juried exhibits are mounted annually at venues ranging from galleries and museums to online and alternative spaces. In addition to meetings and exhibits, CAA offers workshops, newsletters, studio visits and special events.
(The text of this call to artists was based on materials provided by the organizers, who are solely responsible for its content. All questions should be directed to the Exhibits Co-Chairs Kwei-lin Lum and Georgia Freedman-Harvey HERE)