6th Annual Juried Exhibition: In-Security
In-Security
February 7–April 30, 2026
Opening Reception: February 7, 2026, 3pm - 5pm
X Men by Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
When life’s rhythms are interrupted and off kilter, we feel the earth shifting, our life routines interrupted. Whether a personal loss, familial upheaval, societal conflict, shifting economics, new technology, human-made or natural disasters, our lives become flooded with images, volcanic upheaval – a tsunami of emotions that uproot and shift our perceptions and visions.
Each generation considers their challenges as unique, that this has never been seen before, but history tells a different story. Upheaval and change have many faces. The Pax Romana, a 200-year period of dominance by the Roman Empire appeared relatively orderly and stable (27BCE-180BCE). Yet at the same time was religious upheaval that altered the world as “they” knew it. The new Christian movement set the stage for the monoletheistic belief inherited from the Jews and opened the way for Islam, the crusades. Later the same passion transformed political trends: Tsarism, Communism, Democracy.
Within any life or time, the challenge of order and change, comfort and alienation, has challenged artists such as Diego Rivera, Anselm Keifer, Frida Kahlo, Edvard Munch, Andres Serrano, Bruce Davidson, Tracy Emin, Alexis Rockman, Andy Wahol, Michaelangelo, Dorothea Lange, Tim Rollins, El Greco, David Hockney, Danny Lyon, Banksy and others, to present works that reflect what troubles us or touches us, makes us feel the in-security of balancing on a high wire or within the comfort of a blanket.
Applications were impressive, and choosing was difficult. We thank all of the artists who trusted us and chanced voicing their thoughts through their art. We hope that the art works ultimately chosen will resonate with feeling and open the road to interpretation and shared dialogue.
75 artists from across the nation.
Elizabeth Arnold, Edward Bakst, Gabriela Baluja, Brandin Barón, Susan Barrett, Nina Belfor, Henry Benvenuti, Amelia Biewald, Heather Brown, Roy Cacek, Gilberto Cintron, Brian D. Cohen, Lisa DeLoria, Sharon Draghi, Richard Eagan, Dena Eber, Joseph Eschenberg, Rochelle Fainstein, Joan Fitzsimmons, Mindy Flexer, Debra Friedkin, Jeffrey Friedkin, Siavash Golkar, Nadine Gordon-Taylor, Finn Hewes, Fran Hodes, David Howe, Paul Jeffries, Carla Rae Johnson, Janbi Kaghado, Mary Kearney Hull, Pam Krimsky, Larry Leibowitz, Leslie Lew, Christian Lucena, Christopher E Manning, Sherry Mayo, Stephen McDonnell, Leah Meyers, Marilyn Mitchell, Allyson Montana, Alexandra Negoita, Adam Niklewicz, Natalie Obermaier, Susan Obrant, Nancy Oliveri, Gözde Onaran, Alx Orphant, Mimi Pantuhova, Norton Pease, Lady Natalia Pérez Lozano, Soli Pierce, Steven Purtee, e. y. Reilly, Kate Rivers, Jennifer Sarafin, Jeffrey Schrier, Michael Seri, Cynthia Shaw, Cary Silverman, Dusty Simi, James Stamboni, Zachary Steinheiser, William Stoehr, Peijuan Tang, Hui Tian, Angelo Varisano, Riley Vecchione, Yona Verwer, Lynette Vought, Robbii Wessen, Elizabeth White, Bruce Williams, Richard Wollman, Xinyan Yu
Critical Dates:
Café Posting: November 8, 2025 (https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=16374)
Deadline: December 12, 2025
Notification to artists: January 6 (both accepted and declined)
Opening Reception: February 7, 2026, 3-5pm
Exhibition Dates: February 7 - April 30, 2026