2027 Mid-Atlantic Juried Show

You are invited to apply to be a part of McGuffey Art Center’s Third Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Show! 

McGuffey Art Center is located in downtown Charlottesville, VA and is one of the oldest artist-run cooperative art centers in the country. The show will take place April 2 - May 1, 2027 in the historic elementary school building that is McGuffey’s home and will feature an opening reception on Friday, April 2, 2027, 5:30 - 7:30pm.

Any artist residing in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, or North Carolina may enter. Artists must be 18 years of age or older to apply. All work must be original and completed within the last three years.The competition is open to the following categories: painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, fiber, sculpture and mixed media. 2-D entries should not exceed 8 feet in any direction. No entry that requires the artist to be present for moving or assembly will be accepted.

Questions? please email

All entries must be submitted via CaFÉ

ENTRY FEE
A non-refundable application fee of $35.00 covers up to three (3) submissions per artist. 
Payment can be made securely online through CaFÉ. Payment options with CaFÉ include credit cards, PayPal, and check. McGuffey Art Center Association Member Fee: $25.00. Please contact the front office for the coupon code.

INSURANCE
McGuffey Art Center is not responsible for theft or damage of artwork from any cause whatsoever. Artists should insure their own work. McGuffey will not be responsible for insuring work in transit or on exhibit or for works unclaimed after date specified in contract.

DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORK
Entries may be shipped or hand-delivered to:
McGuffey Art Center
201 2nd St., NW
Main Office, 1st Floor
Charlottesville, VA 22902
phone: (434) 295-7973
mac@mcguffeyartcenter.com

Shipped entries must be sent in reusable containers (no packing peanuts) with return shipping label enclosed. Works selected for exhibition must either be delivered in-person March 25 - 27, or shipped PREPAID between March 22 - 26. 

If shipping, please make certain that the shipper is aware that the art center can only accept delivery during open hours (Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-6pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm). 

A $10 handling fee is required from each artist that gets accepted to the show. If shipping, please include a check made payable to McGuffey Art Center. If dropping off in-person, you are welcome to pay by check or by credit card at the front desk.

McGuffey Art Center reserves the right to reject, upon additional review, work deemed not to have been accurately reflected in original submission images.

RETURN OF ARTWORK
Exhibited work may be picked up in person from May 2 - 4. McGuffey will not be responsible for work not claimed by date above. 

Shipped work will be returned in the method it was received, unless otherwise specified by the artist. All shipping costs and liability for damage are the responsibility of the artist. Return shipping labels must be included in packaging material. 

SALES
All of the works are available for purchase unless designated “Not for Sale” at the time of entry. Artists receive 65% of the sale price of their art. McGuffey receives 35% of the sales price. For sold work, a check will be mailed to artists a few weeks after the show end date.

AGREEMENT
Submission for a work of art to this exhibition shall be understood to indicate an agreement on the part of the entrant, with all conditions set forth, including permission for reproduction in general publication, newspapers, and social media. By entering the show you are agreeing to the statements set forth in the prospectus.   

JUROR
Acceptance of work is decided by the juror. All decisions of the jury are final. 
Criteria used by the juror to evaluate each submission may include, but are not limited to: 
• Artistic Voice / Vision – design, creativity, originality
• Technical Execution – technique / skill, mastery of materials

MID-ATLANTIC JURIED SHOW 2027 JUROR

Jack Rasmussen
A native of Seattle, Jack Rasmussen earned his BA in Art from Whitman College before moving to Washington, DC, and completing an MFA in Painting, MA in Arts Management, and MA and PhD in Anthropology at American University. He worked in the Education Department of the National Gallery of Art before becoming Assistant Director of the Washington Project for the Arts when it opened in 1975. He left this position to open the Jack Rasmussen Gallery, one of the first commercial galleries to move to downtown Washington, and then helped launch Rockville Arts Place (VisArts), served for ten years as the Executive Director of Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, and three years as Executive Director of di Rosa, a contemporary art museum and sculpture garden in Napa, California. Rasmussen has been Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, since it opened in 2005. He is past president of the Maryland State Arts Council and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums.