Open Calls for Art

We are seeking work for our next group juried exhibition, Myth to Ritual, and our annual Small Works Project cohort. Submissions for both opportunities close August 2, 11:59 pm. 

Exhibitions

on view

Detail of Archael, pine, steel, soot, 2026

Ground

An Exhibition Proposal Series show by Flora Ranis

on view

July 10 – August 9, 2026

closing reception

July 31, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Small Works Project

With the guidance of Gallery 263 staff, visitors are able to browse and handle works from the flat files. The drawers, which are located at the back of the gallery, are open for viewing during gallery hours and by appointment. For purchasing questions, please email [email protected].

on view

September 2024 – August 2025

reception

May 1, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, rsvp

View current works

Recent exhibitions

  • Contemporary Queer: Abundance

    February 20 – March 29, 2026

    This national juried exhibition features 22 artists whose works see and imagine a world beyond that which is given. Queer abundance is at once liberation and resilience, holding at the seems both grief and love.

    Contemporary Queer: Abundance

  • Ripples in Still Water

    February 20 – March 29, 2026

    Ripples in Still Water examines the human impact of substance use disorder through intimate profiles and semi-documentary photography by Hannah Latham. These photographic works position rural Maine as a microcosm of a national crisis, where isolation can be deadly, and community can be sustaining. 

    Ripples in Still Water

  • A Garden Without a Gate

    February 20 – March 29, 2026

    In A Garden Without a Gate, 28 artists ask what lies beyond the frame’s edge, while alluding to the strength and resilience of nature.

    A Garden Without a Gate

  • Trying To Tell You How I Feel

    January 10 – February 8, 2026

    13 artists engage written language, metaphor, and abstraction to explore growth, identity, and anxiety in an unclear moment.

    Trying To Tell You How I Feel
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