call for art
submit your work for our next exhibition in the Helme house gallery.
99th Members Annual
June 20 – July 11
Opening Reception
Saturday, June 20, from 7-9pm
(public event)
Submission: One original work per current SCAA member in any media
Accepting Artwork: June 10-14
Dinner Under the Trees & Juror's Talk
Saturday, June 20, 4.30-7pm
(ticketed event)
An evening celebrating our creative community in our backyard garden. Enjoy a private preview of the 99th Annual Members Exhibition, followed by dinner, cocktails, live music, and the Awards Presentation with this year’s Guest Juror.
Amy Genser works with paper, paint, metal and wood to explore her obsession with texture, pattern, and color. Evocative of natural forms and organic processes, her work is simultaneously irregular and ordered. She uses paper as pigment and constructs her pieces by layering, cutting, rolling, and combining paper.
The process is a meditation, which Amy describes as a beautiful dream. Her hands take over and her mind is quiet.
The natural world is a clear source for Amy’s work. She is fascinated by the flow of water, the shape of beehives, and the organic irregularity of plants, flowers, rock formations, barnacles, moss, lichen, and seaweed. Her pieces bring to mind aerial landscape views, satellite imagery, and biological cellular processes.
Amy’s love affair with paper began in 2000 in a paper-making class at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she got a masters degree in Graphic Design. Amy lives in West Hartford, CT with her husband and three sons, and spends her summers on the beach in Rhode Island.
Join us at Dinner Under the Trees - celebrate art, community, and nearly a century of creative tradition
exhibit submission guidelines
submission eligibility
Open to all current SCAA member artists.
Submit one original work any media
see also SCAA submission procedure and artwork requirements below for additional guidance.
important dates
Delivery Dates
Hand-deliver artwork to SCAA
June 10-14 | 1–5 pm daily
Pick-Up Dates
Wed–Sun, 1–5 pm starting July 11.
If you want to donate to our Art Heist, bring along a donated artwork when you come pick up your piece.
opening & awards
Opening Reception
Saturday, June 20, from 7-9pm (rain date June 27)
Awards announced during Dinner Under the Trees. (a ticketed event) celebrating our members with music, dinner and Juror's Talk that takes place right before the opening reception in our backyard. Purchase tickets
Juror
Awards will be selected by Juror: Amy Genser.
Awards
Ann Lewis Parker Award — Best Watercolor
Lorenzo & Elizabeth Kinney Award — Best Floral (Any Media)
Dorcas Toney Award — Best Functional Pottery
Visconti Sculpture Award — Best Sculpture
Mary Ann Carney Award — Pottery
Best Abstract
Best Photograph
Best Oil/Acrylic
Best Drawing, Print, or Pastel
Best Mixed Media, Collage, or Assemblage
Three Honorable Mention Awards
exhibit general policy & procedure
SCAA artwork requirements
Work must be completed within the last 2 years and not previously shown in an SCAA juried exhibition.
Framing & Presentation
All work must be wired and ready for hanging. Vertical measurement is not to exceed 36” Horizontal measurement is not to exceed 30”. Sculptural work must be easily transportable.
Only original works in conception and execution. AI-generated or AI-assisted works are not eligible.
Artwork must not violate copyright laws.
SCAA submission policy & procedure
Open Exhibit
Open to all current SCAA members.
Entry Fees: No entry fee (suggested donation of $15 or a bottle of wine is greatly appreciated)
In-person submission only on designated drop-off dates.
Entry form for artwork should be filled out in person at drop off. Include title/untitled, medium, price or NFS along with your contact information.
Sales Commission
SCAA retains 30% on member sales | 35% on non-member sales.
have questions about submission guidelines?
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I love the community that SCAA has created for local artists. The classes offered, and the instructors teaching the classes are simply amazing. While I enjoy the ease of having a small studio with a wheel and kiln in my home, I very much miss the community and camaraderie provided by being a pottery studio member at SCAA.
—Laura Rotelli, 2025
