Call for Artists

Call for Artists/Art

SPRING 2027 JURIED ART SHOW: LOCALS ONLY

Theme: Wonder                                                                                          

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Open to San Ramon Residents Kindergarten through Seniors. Accepted media include painting, photography, sculpture, digital art, mixed media, ceramics, and more. Both representational and abstract interpretations are welcome.

From the imagination of a child to the practiced eye of an experienced artist, wonder can be found everywhere—in nature, in everyday moments, in memories, in questions, and in the world around us.

Wonder invites San Ramon artists of all ages, from kindergarten through senior adults, to explore the things that inspire curiosity, awe, joy, mystery, or imagination.

Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme in their own way. A work might capture a remarkable moment in nature, transform an ordinary object, explore a memory, imagine another world, or simply celebrate something that makes us stop and look a little closer.

There is no age limit to curiosity, creativity, or wonder. This exhibition celebrates the unique ways artists of every generation discover and share the extraordinary.

Prospectus

Steps to Apply

Application Opens January 11, 2027 via CAFe. Click link below.

cityofsanramon.info/localsonly

Application Deadline

March 28, 2027 

Show on Display

Dougherty Station Community Arts Center
May 7, 2027 - May 26, 2027, 

Public Reception

May 7, 2027, 6pm-8pm

Fall 2026 JURIED ART SHOW: CONVERGENCE OF CREATIVITY
Theme: Unexpected - Look Again!

Description:                                                                                                                          Convergence Logo

This is an annual event featuring work from artists around the country.

Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly through formal exploration, metaphor, or narrative.

Visual media including painting, drawing, mixed media, print making, sculpture, photography, digital art, textiles, ceramics are represented in this exhibit.

This exhibition seeks to highlight a wide range of approaches — minimalist to maximalist, figurative to abstract.

Unexpected invites artists ages 16 through senior adults to explore the surprising, unconventional, humorous, mysterious, or unforeseen. Artists may interpret the theme literally or conceptually, discovering the unexpected in everyday objects, nature, relationships, memories, materials, or imagination.

What happens when something ordinary becomes extraordinary? When familiar becomes strange? When an idea takes an unexpected direction?

Artists are encouraged to surprise us.

Eligible mediums include:

  • Ceramics/Sculpture
  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Mixed Media/Textiles
  • Photography
  • Digital Art

Whether through subject matter, materials, technique, composition, or concept, Unexpected celebrates artwork that invites the viewer to pause, look again, and discover something they did not anticipate.

Prospectus

Steps to Apply    

Apply online at CaFE

Applications Open

 Friday, August 14th

Application Deadline

Sunday, October 4, 2026, 11:59pm

Show on Display

Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery at San Ramon Community Center
November 14 - December 16, 2026

Public Reception

November 14, 6pm-8pm

 

2027 Galleries Call for Artists                                                 Galleries Logo

Prospectus

link to apply via cafe here

 

Nestled just 35 miles east of San Francisco, the City of San Ramon offers artists a vibrant and welcoming community to share their creative vision. Known for its scenic beauty, thriving suburban character, and strong sense of community, San Ramon is one of the Bay Area’s most desirable places to live and create.

 

San Ramon is home to a growing arts scene supported by the City and its partners, offering year-round opportunities for visual and performing artists alike. With five art gallery spaces and nearly 60 public art installations, San Ramon values creativity in every corner of the city. Artists have the chance to exhibit in spaces that attract a diverse and engaged audience, from local art lovers to visitors drawn by the area's amenities.

 

The City of San Ramon invites artists of all ages and stages of their artistic journey that meet the minimum required body of work (10), to apply to exhibit. This Call will furnish the City’s galleries with month long exhibits during the 2027 calendar year.

 

  • TIMELINE

    • August 10th: Applications open via CaFE
    • September 27: Online applications close
    • October 21 : Arts Advisory Committee Review
    • November 2: Selection notification email
    • November 30: Selected artist exhibit fee due

FEES

Application Fee: $0

Exhibition Fee, if selected: $50
 

MEDIUMS

2D or 3D work, excluding film

 

Interested in Future Calls?

  • If you would like to be added to our mailing list to be notified regarding upcoming calls, please complete this form and you will be contacted when the next call opens.

  • If you have questions, please email Recreation Coordinator, Ri Thomas at rthomas@sanramon.ca.gov.