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LONG NIGHTS, GOLDEN LIGHTS– art.at.the.cohen are excited to announce a community arts show to warm us through the longest nights!
Call for Small Works around the theme of long nights, golden lights, and the winter solstice…
• Submission Deadline: November 17, 2025
• Accepted Artwork Delivery by December 9 (artwork must be ready to hang, delivered and
picked up in person)
• Exhibition Open: December 12 (details to come)
• Solstice Celebration: December 21, 2025
• Type: Group Exhibition
• Eligibility: Illinois
• Categories: Works of Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture,
Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, and Performance
• All work must be available for purchase and ready to hang
• Location: The Cohen Exhibition Workshop, 136 W Main St. Urbana IL, United States
Address APPLICATION email to: inthedinosaureyes@gmail.com
Subject: Golden Light
1. Please send up to three (3) images of your original artwork in JPEG format,
no larger than 300dpi. If you are including details of artwork please clearly label
what we are looking at.
2. PDF list with clear: image title, materials, artist name, price, size (in that order)
+ Be aware that The Cohen Exhibition Workshop will take a 30% Commission on sales
3. Website and Social Media links
4. CV + Bio if you would like these to be available
ART FOR ILLINI HALL– A major new artwork is sought for the Mathematics and Statistics Common Room at the University of Illinois. This room will be a multipurpose gathering space for the faculty and graduate students of the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics and will serve as both the social and intellectual hearts of these two departments. Application deadline is December 1, 2025. Contact illini-hall-art-project2025@illinois.edu with questions.
KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS– is seeking local veterans who are also artists for a display at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts for the month of November. The display will begin November 8th. Artwork is needed no later than November 1st. Each artist can provide 2-4 pieces of artwork including, but not limited to paintings, photographs, drawings, and 3D art. This display will also be used to help promote an upcoming play with Twin City Theater Company called “If All the Sky Were Paper” that will be on stage at the Independent Media Center in November. Please contact Phil Strang at houseofstrang@aol.com to apply. Application deadline is Monday, October 27th at 11:59pm.
COMMON GROUND FOOD CO-OP FLATLANDER GALLERY– Apply to show your local art at Common Ground Food Cooperative! We are looking for many local artists to feature in our gallery. Our Art Gallery is located in our highly utilized Flatlander Classroom. This multi-use Classroom is ideal for integrating the arts into the urban environment and creating partnerships among artists, the community, and the Co-op. Selected artists will be invited to install for around 1.5 months (approximately 6 weeks). Selected artists will be allotted 2 identical locked cases in the gallery each measuring 8’ long x 44’’ high x 4’’ wide.
For more information, email marketing@commonground.coop.
