--- title: Threshold description: >- Studio Texas's online juried exhibition on transition and transformation; over $3,000 in cash awards, open to all skill levels. url: 'https://www.artsume.com/programs/e15803cb-4c15-4d9d-85e4-9191875adf98' type: program status: open createdAt: '2026-10-11' updatedAt: '2026-10-11' programType: Exhibition organization: Studio Texas organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/studio-texas' deadline: '2026-10-30' entryFee: 45 USD location: 'Brenham, TX, United States' isOnline: true compensationRange: >- Cash awards totaling over $3,000, led by a $1,000 Best Show prize, plus a 60% artist share on any sales. disciplines: - painting - drawing - collage - printmaking - fiber art - glass - ceramics - wood - metal - sculpture --- # Threshold **Hosted by:** Studio Texas **Type:** Exhibition | **Location:** Brenham, TX, United States | **Deadline:** October 30, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $45 ## About This Program ### Exhibition Details Studio Texas invites artists from around the world to submit artwork for **Threshold**, an exhibition exploring moments of transition, choice, and transformation. We live in a time marked by conflict and uncertainty, yet also by resilience, compassion, and the possibility of renewal. Threshold examines the space between what was and what may be. At this point, division can become understanding, where turmoil can give way to peace, and where the natural world reminds us of both our fragility and our capacity to endure. Threshold represents a moment of choice – when individuals, societies, and even the natural world stand at the edge of change. In times of conflict and uncertainty, these moments ask us to pause, reflect, and decide what comes next. Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly through personal, social, environmental, cultural, or global perspectives. Whether addressing world events, human relationships, environmental change, seasonal change, spiritual awakening, or quiet moments of individual growth, submitted works should reflect a passage from one state of being to another. This exhibition seeks artwork that illuminates the choices that shape our future and the hope that emerges when we stand at the edge of change. We all live at the thresholds of our lives. Share your threshold and possibilities. Whether expressed through landscape, abstraction, or figurative work, each piece speaks to a subtle or profound shift that reshapes our understanding of the world and our place within it. Studio Texas' online juried competition, *Threshold*, is open to all skill levels, with competition within and across categories. Studio Texas will distribute over $3,000 in cash awards. Selected artists are also eligible for merchandise awards sponsored by art industry leaders. The Best of Show award is a $1,000 cash prize. Approximately 100 selected works will appear on Studio Texas' online gallery for an entire year, be featured in our E-newsletters, and be promoted through Studio Texas' social media and other promotions. Accepted artists will receive a certificate of recognition, which will recognize their achievement in earning a place in the exhibition. This Online Show allows you to enter your best work without the expense of framing and shipping. General members earn one point toward Studio Texas' Signature Status by receiving a Place Award. All media are welcome. ### Juror/Judge Margaret Roseman ### Awards - Best Show Award - $1,000 - First Place Award – $850 - Second Place Award – $650 - Third Place Award – $450 - 3 Honorable Mention - $100 - Studio Texas Award of Distinction - $250 ### Entry Fees - Up to 6 entries, $45 for the first entry and $10 for each additional entry. - No more than ONE artwork by any artist will be accepted into the Threshold Exhibition. ### Exhibition & Restrictions - Open to all artists, national and international, 18 years of age or older. - Artwork may be representational or abstract works in 2D and 3D. - Applications must be submitted from Monday, August 10, 2026, to midnight, Friday, October 30, 2026. Finalist will be announced by Thursday, November 12, 2026. ### Eligible Categories - **Painting:** Watercolor, Oil, Pastel, Gouache, Acrylics, Egg Tempera, Encaustic, Mixed Media, Batik - **Drawing:** Graphite, Colored Pencil, Charcoal, Scratchboard, Pen and Ink - **Collage** - **Printmaking:** Intaglio, Serigraph, Block Printing – Describe process - **Fiber Art** - **Glass** – 3D only - **Ceramics** - **Wood** - **Metal** - **Sculpture** – Describe medium/material ### Sales Artwork does not need to be for sale to be entered into the Studio Texas Threshold Competition. However, it is preferred for it to be available for purchase. No more than one entered artwork per artist will be accepted into the exhibition. The artist will receive 60% of the sales price upon sales. The sales price is determined by the artist. ### Application The entry form must be filled out in its entirety. List sizes up to the nearest inch. Images must not include matting or frame. Crop the photos to include only the artwork. ### Questions For questions about this prospectus or Studio Texas please contact Karen Vernon, Show Chairman. ## Eligibility & Requirements - **Career Stage:** Open to all - **Geographic Eligibility:** International - **Disciplines:** painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, fiber art, glass, ceramics, wood, metal, sculpture - **Age Requirements:** 18+ years old - **Note:** Open to all artists, national and international, 18 years of age or older. Artwork may be representational or abstract works in 2D and 3D. All media are welcome. Work must be original, designed and composed by the artist, and executed entirely by hand, without the use of AI, optical projection, or tracing from photographic or digital images other than the artist's own reference photos. Work must have been created without supervision or as part of a class or workshop. Work that has previously been accepted into any Studio Texas exhibit is not eligible. Work may only be submitted by the artist who created it, not by a collector or owner of commissioned work. 2D work must have been completed within the last 2 years; there is no required timeframe for 3D artwork. ### Additional Requirements - One high-resolution JPEG image of the artwork (no PNG or TIFF) - Image cropped to show only the artwork, no matting, frame, or background - Image at least 1500 pixels on the longest edge, under 30MB - Entry fee payment - No more than one artwork per artist ## Compensation & Benefits Cash awards totaling over $3,000, led by a $1,000 Best Show prize, plus a 60% artist share on any sales. **Includes:** Prize Studio Texas will distribute over $3,000 in cash awards, broken into the Best Show Award, First, Second and Third Place Awards, three Honorable Mentions and the Studio Texas Award of Distinction. Honorable Mention Awards do not earn points toward signature status. Awards are about 40% cash prizes. Selected artists are also eligible for merchandise awards sponsored by art industry leaders. Accepted artists receive a certificate of recognition. On any sale, the artist receives 60% of the sales price; the sales price is set by the artist and shipping of sold artwork is the responsibility of the artist or buyer. ## Timeline - **Opens:** August 9, 2026 - **Deadline:** October 30, 2026 ## Contact **Contact:** Karen Vernon **Email:** Kvernon555@gmail.com ## How to Apply Apply at: https://showsubmit.com/show/st-threshold-online-juried-competition-2026