Echoes: Revisiting Memory Call for Art-CTAC Petoskey
Crooked Tree Arts Center - Petoskey is accepting submissions for the juried art exhibition Echoes: Revisiting Memory. Artists are invited to submit up to 3 works that engage the exhibition theme, juried by Paige Young, Assistant Professor of Photography at Kendall College of Art and Design and Photographer, the exhibition will run from Friday, September 18 to Saturday October 31, 2026, in the Gilbert Gallery at Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, Michigan.
Environments, places, and landscapes shape our memories and experiences. Echoes explores how memories lose their clarity and change as we revisit them. The exhibition invites artists to reflect on these varied reminiscences of environments that stay with us and reverberate in our minds over time.
We welcome original 2-D and 3-D works of art that engage the theme both literally and metaphorically across a wide range of media and artistic approaches created within the past 3 years. The entry fee is $30.00. Three cash prizes will be awarded: First Place $500, Second Place $300, and Third Place $200.
Submissions must be made online via CaFÉ by July 20 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Image files must be JPEG or JPG format, 1,200 pixels or greater on the longest side, under 5 MB, and in RGB color profile. Applicants must include a narrative statement describing how their work relates to the theme. Jury dates are July 21-24, 2026, with notification of results sent by email on July 27. The delivery window for accepted works is September 1-5, 2026. Artists are responsible for return shipping. The exhibition is open to the public Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
General Information
The exhibition will take place from September 18-October 31, 2026, in the Gilbert Gallery, at the Crooked Tree Arts Center, in Petoskey, Michigan.
Three cash prizes will be awarded: First Place award of $500, Second Place award of $300, and Third Place award of $200.
Applicant Calendar:
- Call and submission window open: June 5 to July 20
- Call and submission window close (midnight EST): July 20
- Jury window: July 21-24
- Notification of jury results sent (emailed): July 27
- Deadline for delivery of works during posted gallery hours (or by special, prior, mutual arrangement): September 1-September 5
- Awards selection: September 15-16
- Vernissage preview/awards announced: September 17
- Exhibition Dates: September 18-October 31– Tuesday through Friday, 10 am-5 pm, Saturday 10 am-4 pm
- Public Reception: September 18
- Exhibition concludes: October 31
- Pick up work from CTAC during posted gallery hours, (or by special, prior, mutual arrangement) and return shipping: November 3-7
If shipping artwork, the artwork must arrive with a return shipping label by September 5, 2026.
Unsold artwork must be picked up during gallery hours between November 7, 2026.
Works delivered with return shipping arrangements will be returned within 2 weeks of the exhibit's end.