---
title: 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition - Solastalgia
description: >-
  International juried exhibition at UNC Pembroke's A.D. Gallery on the theme of
  solastalgia — environmental change felt at home. $400 first prize; $35 entry
  fee.
url: 'https://www.artsume.com/programs/af62bd87-113e-46bc-8d25-5387445e4c7e'
type: program
status: open
createdAt: '2026-09-04'
updatedAt: '2026-09-07'
programType: Exhibition
organization: The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/university-of-north-carolina-at-pembroke'
deadline: '2026-12-07'
entryFee: 35 USD
location: 'A.D. Gallery, Pembroke, NC, United States'
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compensationRange: '$400 first prize, $200 second prize, $100 third prize'
disciplines:
  - painting
  - drawing
  - sculpture
  - mixed media
  - photography
  - printmaking
  - digital art
  - installation
---

# 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition - Solastalgia

**Hosted by:** The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

**Type:** Exhibition | **Location:** A.D. Gallery, Pembroke, NC, United States | **Deadline:** December 7, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $35

## About This Program

> "Solastalgia — the emotional distress of watching your home environment change around you"

The A.D. Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke welcomes all interpretations of the theme Solastalgia, the emotional and experiential distress caused by negatively experienced environmental change while still living within one's home environment. Coined by philosopher Glenn Albrecht, solastalgia is a form of homesickness felt without ever leaving home: the grief of watching a familiar landscape change around you - receding shorelines, vanishing species, drought-cracked earth, wildfire smoke over childhood streets, development replacing the sounds of nature.

This exhibition seeks work that gives visual form to that ache; change felt from within a place one still calls home. We welcome interpretations that are personal, political, poetic, documentary, speculative, or abstract. Artists are invited to submit two-dimensional or three-dimensional works, installations, or digital media (including video). Selection will consider originality, composition, technique, style, expression, and craft.

AI-generated work will not be considered. Themes and questions artists might explore: Loss of place-identity due to climate change, extraction, or development; Memory and landscape — before/after, then/now; Solastalgia as distinct from nostalgia (the pain of change vs. the pain of distance); Community and collective environmental grief; Resilience, adaptation, and finding new relationships to changed places; The sensory experience of a transforming environment (sound, smell, light, texture); Indigenous and generational knowledge of land in flux.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, photography, printmaking, digital art, installation
- **Age Requirements:** 18+ years old
- **Note:** Open to all national and international artists. Works must be completed within the last three years and not have been previously exhibited at the A.D. Gallery. Artwork should be original, no mass-produced prints or reproductions. Submitting artists must be at least 18 years of age.

Submission limit: 1 entry of up to 3 works. AI-generated work will not be considered. Artists must be able to deliver accepted artwork to Pembroke, North Carolina by Friday, January 22, 2027, and are responsible for delivery and return shipping.

### Additional Requirements

All entries must be submitted on CaFÉ. Artists may enter up to 3 works. Submitted images should be in JPEG format, at minimum 1200 pixels on the longest side, with a full view of each submitted artwork required. Video submissions must be no longer than 5 minutes (original file requested if accepted). An artist statement about the work submitted and how the work engages with solastalgia.

A 1-page Artist CV or Resume, submitted as a PDF. Media limits: Images min 1 / max 3; Audio min 0 / max 3; Video min 0 / max 3; Total min 1 / max 3.

## Compensation & Benefits

$400 first prize, $200 second prize, $100 third prize

**Includes:** Prize

Awards: $400 first prize, $200 second prize, and $100 third prize. Artists are responsible for delivery of their work to and from the gallery; shipping and handling is at the artist's expense.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** August 17, 2026
- **Deadline:** December 7, 2026
- **Program Start:** February 11, 2027
- **Program End:** March 3, 2027

## Contact

**Email:** adgallery@uncp.edu

**Phone:** 910.521.6405

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=17598