Submit to Our Open Call
Our goals are to “Build Community through Art” and support our Bay Area artists. We have new group exhibitions roughly every two months. Most of our exhibitions are blind juried and we use Art Call for our “Call for Entries.”
See a list of our upcoming exhibitions or contact us at [email protected] to be put on our artist email list.
The library receives a commission for any pieces sold to defray expenses associated with the exhibitions and to help support our library.
Next Call for Entry
Exhibition Dates: May 21, 2026–July 8,2026
Call for Entries: Closes Saturday, April 4 at 11:59pm
Images will explore the broadest meaning of home. Not just the structure but where our selected photographers feel seen.
The many versions of home could be images of physical space, objects that unlock feelings of home, connections to homeland or emotional states. A captured still of people preparing food together, celebrating a birthday, or of what stirs memories of childhood, such as fireflies, thunderstorms or a barbeque.
All entries must be submitted digitally through ArtCall. Visit the call for entry page for comprehensive submission guidelines.
Meaning of Home: A Photography Exhibition
Images will explore the broadest meaning of home. Not just the structure but where our selected photographers feel seen.
The many versions of home could be images of physical space, objects that unlock feelings of home, connections to homeland or emotional states. A captured still of people preparing food together, celebrating a birthday, or of what stirs memories of childhood, such as fireflies, thunderstorms or a barbeque.
ARTalk by Jeff Gunderson, SFAI Legacy Foundation, SFAI Photography.
Exhibition run: May 21, 2026–July 8,2026
Mark Making: Dots, Lines, Textures
Artists employ techniques to create visual elements that are uniquely theirs. Brushstrokes on canvas, dashes in ink or graphite, or incised lines – all just strokes that are theirs.
These shapes and patterns can not only create rhythm, but lines can drive the viewer’s eye. While some of the dabs of paint, brush-marks, or patterning are conscious, much mark-making is accidental or unconscious. Bring on your strokes.
Exhibition run: Sept. 17, 2026 – Nov. 11, 2026
Color for the Good: Resilience and Healing
Chromo-therapy, or color therapy, uses colors to promote well-being and healing. Red, orange and yellow are thought to actually stimulate dopamine effects. Whereas, calming blue is considered peaceable.
Others ascribe green as having energizing effects, yellow as uplifting, and purple as healing. This unique exhibition, an exploration in color-use for the good, brings together artworks that convey resilience and healing through color.
Exhibition run: Nov. 19, 2026 – Jan. 13, 2027
Get in touch
How do I display my art at the Library?
Check for the next Call for Entries
Or contact us at [email protected]
More information
Sponsors
The Library Art Gallery wishes to thank the Belvedere Community Foundation for its generous support.