Call for Artists
Artists living in New York State are invited to submit entries to the Art of New York: Annual Juried Art Show hosted by the Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library. Application deadline is April 1, 2026. Accepted works are on display from May 8 through August 7, 2026, in the Regional Art Galleries of the Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library.
2026 Juror:
Derin Tanyol is the Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Hyde Collection. She has curated or produced over seventy exhibitions, including major contemporary artists Nina Katchadourian, Odili Donald Odita, and Robert Irwin. She received her PhD in Art History from the Graduate Center, City University of New York, where her dissertation research was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, a Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowship, and a Bourse Chateaubriand. Derin has published and lectured widely on nineteenth- and twentieth-century French and American art and has taught art history at Vassar College, Wesleyan University, and the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Eligibility:
Artists living in New York State may enter. Accepted artists and a guest will be granted a one time free admission to the Arkell Museum - valid during the length of exhibition. All artists juried into the show are eligible for consideration for solo Regional Art Gallery exhibitions.
Awards:
Best in Show – $300 cash prize, a $100 gift card from Golden Artist Colors and a solo exhibit in one of the Regional Art Galleries
Two Juror’s Choice awards – $100 cash plus a $100 gift card from Blick Art Materials
Two Awards of Excellence – a $100 gift card from Blick Art Materials
For application and detailed information please see the PDF below.
For payment please follow this link: https://www.arkellmuseum.org/regional-art-call-for-entries
Applications can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Arkell Museum at 2 Erie Blvd. Canajoharie, NY 13317.
2026 Juror:
Derin Tanyol is the Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Hyde Collection. She has curated or produced over seventy exhibitions, including major contemporary artists Nina Katchadourian, Odili Donald Odita, and Robert Irwin. She received her PhD in Art History from the Graduate Center, City University of New York, where her dissertation research was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, a Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowship, and a Bourse Chateaubriand. Derin has published and lectured widely on nineteenth- and twentieth-century French and American art and has taught art history at Vassar College, Wesleyan University, and the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Eligibility:
Artists living in New York State may enter. Accepted artists and a guest will be granted a one time free admission to the Arkell Museum - valid during the length of exhibition. All artists juried into the show are eligible for consideration for solo Regional Art Gallery exhibitions.
Awards:
Best in Show – $300 cash prize, a $100 gift card from Golden Artist Colors and a solo exhibit in one of the Regional Art Galleries
Two Juror’s Choice awards – $100 cash plus a $100 gift card from Blick Art Materials
Two Awards of Excellence – a $100 gift card from Blick Art Materials
For application and detailed information please see the PDF below.
For payment please follow this link: https://www.arkellmuseum.org/regional-art-call-for-entries
Applications can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Arkell Museum at 2 Erie Blvd. Canajoharie, NY 13317.