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title: Here & Now
description: >-
  Regional juried exhibition at Bristol Art Museum on Rhode Island/Narragansett
  Bay themes; $15 entry fee, Nov 8, 2026 deadline.
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deadline: '2026-11-08'
entryFee: 15 USD
location: 'Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, United States'
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  - photography
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# Here & Now

**Hosted by:** Bristol Art Museum

**Type:** Exhibition | **Location:** Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, United States | **Deadline:** November 8, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $15

## About This Program

> "Places, people, waterways, landscapes, architecture, working waterfronts, and communities of Rhode Island's East Bay and the greater Narragansett Bay region"

### The Call

Bristol Art Museum invites artists from the region to submit original work inspired by Rhode Island, the greater Narragansett Bay area, or the Southern New England region. Artwork may emerge from daily experience, careful observation, memory, history, or personal connection. Whether representational or conceptual, submitted work should reflect the places, people, waterways, landscapes, architecture, working waterfronts, and communities that shape this region.

- On View: Sunday December 6, 2026 – Sunday January 10, 2027
- Submission Deadline: Sunday November 8, 2026

Artist Reception: Sunday, December 6, 2–4 p.m. (Bristol's annual Illumination is Saturday, December 5.)

### About the Juror: Dan Wallace

Mr. Wallace holds degrees in Fine Arts, and Landscape Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design as well as degrees in Horticultural Science and Nursery Management. Dan has been affiliated with Sudbury Design Group since 1985. His tenure at the firm has given rise to his many years of enjoyment by this union of both Art and Science. He has found that it's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist!

### About the Exhibition

As the Bristol Art Museum concludes its year-long recognition of America's 250th Anniversary, Here & Now shifts the focus from national history to the place we call home. This regional juried exhibition celebrates the artists, landscapes, waterways, communities, and everyday experiences that define Rhode Island's East Bay and the greater Narragansett Bay region. The exhibition brings together photography, painting, printmaking, fiber, mixed media, other two-dimensional, and three-dimensional works that reflect a sense of place through observation, memory, experience, and personal connection.

Here & Now will include three distinct presentations within the Museum:

- Livingston Gallery: Selected works from this Regional Juried Call for Art
- Abbot Low Gallery: Harbor photographs by Featured Bristol Artist Brendon Adams
- Brick Gallery: New work created by artists participating in the Bristol Art Museum's 2026 Harbor Residency

Together, these exhibitions offer different perspectives on the places we know, inhabit, remember, and continue to observe.

Possible subjects include:

- Coastal landscapes
- Bristol Harbor
- Working waterfronts
- Architecture
- Neighborhoods
- Local history
- Natural environments
- Community life
- Personal interpretations of place

### Sales & Fundraising

Here & Now is part of Bristol Art Museum's annual fundraising initiative. Participating artists agree to donate 50% of the proceeds from the sale of exhibited artwork to the Bristol Art Museum.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** Regional
- **Disciplines:** photography, painting, printmaking, fiber, mixed media, two-dimensional, three-dimensional
- **Note:** Open to artists in Rhode Island and the surrounding region who can hand-deliver the accepted artwork. Artwork must have been completed during 2026. Artists are responsible for delivery and pickup of artwork; artwork must be hand delivered to the Bristol Art Museum on Monday, November 23, or Tuesday, November 24, from 12 noon–3 p.m. No shipped artwork will be accepted.

Artwork pickup is January 11 and 12, 1:00-3:30pm. Selected artwork must remain on view for the duration of the exhibition.

### Additional Requirements

- Up to three original works
- Images submitted must be JPG, under 4MB, in sRGB colorspace
- Images should be at least 1920 pixels on the longest side @ 72 dpi

## Timeline

- **Opens:** September 29, 2026
- **Deadline:** November 8, 2026
- **Program Start:** December 6, 2026
- **Program End:** January 10, 2027

## Contact

**Email:** OnlineJuriedShows@gmail.com

**Phone:** 888-666-1351

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.onlinejuriedshows.com/Default.aspx?OJSID=60028