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Deviant: Call for Artworks

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Posted by: Hamilton Gallery at Salve Regina University
Deadline: Tue, September 8th, 2026

Deviant

 

This group exhibition interrogates "deviance" as a concept, category, label, and worldview.  Deviance subverts norms, undermines hegemony, and reimagines traditions.  This show celebrates the deviant’s powers of disruption, innovation, authenticity, and individuality at the heart of image making practices in the 21st century.  At the same time, Deviant does not shy away from its subject’s various offenses, complicities, and complications.  We seek painted and drawn works that address deviance as a subject, theme, or prompt.  Artists are invited to submit works on these themes, whether of a personal and private, or structural and institutional nature. 

 

The Hamilton Gallery in Newport, Rhode Island provides a dynamic platform for discourse and art exhibitions.  Located on the waterfront campus of Salve Regina University, this 1,000 square foot non-profit public art gallery is a recognized cultural center in New England.  Salve Regina University is a private liberal arts university housing vibrant Studio Art and Art History programs accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

 

Artwork submissions for this exhibition are reviewed by a faculty committee from the Department of Art and Art History at Salve Regina University.

 

 

SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS

Applicants are asked to submit a single PDF file under 20 MB.  Separate image files or website links will not be considered.  The following materials, compiled into a single PDF document, can be emailed to the Gallery Director at ernest.jolicoeur@salve.edu by September 7, 2026.

-       A brief description of your artwork and its ties to the theme of deviance (250 words max)

-       3-4 jpeg images 

-       Numbered image list providing title, medium, size, and date (All artworks should be clearly identified)

-       One page resume or CV

-       Artist’s statement (500 words max)

-       $30 entry fee, payable at: https://salve.nbsstore.net/juried-exhibition

-       Shipping and delivery to the gallery are the responsibility of the artist.  The return of shipped work will be covered by the gallery.  All hand delivered work must be picked up between November 23 and December 4, 2026.

 

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS, 2026

September 7:  Final submission deadline.

September 20:  Notification date.  All notifications will arrive via email.

October 2-9:  Arrival window for all shipped and hand-delivered artworks

October 9:  Arrival deadline for all shipped and hand-delivered artworks in the gallery

October 13–21:  Installation dates.

October 22:  Public reception, 5:00-7:00 PM

October 22–November 22:  Exhibition dates

November 23–December 4:  Return date: Outgoing shipments and pick up of all artworks

 

 

INSURANCE

The Hamilton Gallery insures all artwork on display throughout the duration of the exhibition.  The gallery is not responsible for any damages or mishaps that take place while artworks are in transit.

 

The Deviant exhibition will be accompanied by a scholarly symposium on the subject of deviance in the history of art.

Posted on Thu, July 9th, 2026
Expires on Tue, September 8th, 2026

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