Call to Artists: Mapped Journeys in Color & Verse

Artists are invited to apply for Mapped Journeys in Color & Verse, an upcoming exhibition featuring the work of artist Susan Antoinette. This exhibition explores the intersections of movement, memory, emotion, and storytelling through abstraction, color, and poetic expression.

Susan Antoinette’s work serves as the foundation of this exhibition, using vibrant color and lyrical visual language to map personal and collective journeys. In dialogue with her work, we are seeking supporting abstract artists whose practices explore themes of transformation, navigation, inner landscapes, rhythm, and emotional resonance. Works may evoke a sense of place, passage, reflection, or discovery, whether through gesture, color relationships, layered mark-making, or conceptual interpretations of journey and verse.

Artists working in painting, mixed media, drawing, printmaking, and other abstract approaches are encouraged to apply. Submissions should reflect a strong visual voice and connect thoughtfully to the exhibition’s themes of movement, mapping, poetic sensibility, or personal exploration.

This exhibition aims to create a dynamic visual conversation between artists, highlighting how abstraction can function as a language for charting experiences that are both deeply personal and universally felt.

We warmly encourage artists to submit their work and become part of this vibrant exhibition celebrating the expressive power of color, movement, and poetic abstraction.

Please make sure to click "Submit" when you're done filling out the application. You will get an automatic confirmation email from Eventeny once completed.

Important Dates:

Exhibit on View: Thursday, August 20 – Saturday, September 19, 2026.
Application Deadline: August 1, 2026, 11:59 pm. You may continue to edit your application before submitting it until the deadline.
Make sure all of your label information is up to date with the corresponding image. Label information is needed for the Artist Review Committee to jury your work. You will be able to edit your application as needed until the deadline. We will use this information to make our program, labels, and inventory.
Artwork drop off:  Friday, August 14 & Saturday, August 15, 11:00-6:00 pm. If special arrangements are needed, please contact our Curator, Isabella, at isabella@lemoyne.org.
Ensure that your work is hanging ready, wire preferred! Please review our General Terms & Conditions.

Friendly reminders:

Please make sure to save your Eventeny login information and check your junk mail for future messages via Eventeny.
LeMoyne Arts is a family-friendly and safe space, please be mindful of the content represented in your work. While we do allow tasteful nudity, the jury will review the piece carefully before accepting it.
You may submit as many pieces as you like for the jury to review. If accepted, we will assume that the piece will be delivered during artist drop-off. If a piece submitted is not going to be available for the exhibit, please let isabella@lemoyne.org know as soon as possible.
Please only submit new work that has not been shown locally in recent years. We only want to show fresh work that our local art lovers haven't seen (this is not applicable to regional artists).
Accepted artists are encouraged to provide a bio/artist statement (100-200 words, 3rd person), a headshot, and behind-the-scenes content.

Photographing your work:

The Artist Review Committee will be reviewing each image carefully. The quality of your photo may impact your score. We will use these images for the printed program and marketing purposes, so make sure they are presented in your program in a professional manner. Make sure they are high-resolution.
Avoid glass reflections/ glare.
Are properly cropped with plain white backgrounds.
Accurate lighting.
We do not require detail shots, 1 image should be sufficient. If you want to include a detailed shot, please note that in the title. 

About the event
Exhibition on View: Thursday, August 20 – Saturday, Sept. 19. 

Opening Reception Thursday, August 20 | 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Muffins & Mimosas Saturday, August 22, 11 am-12:30 pm

Free for members. $5 Donation for non-members.

Terms & Conditions
Please read the following carefully: General Terms & Conditions: LeMoyne's mission is to support the careers of local and regional artists, as well as artists that have a connection to Tallahassee/ LeMoyne Arts. Artists who are not from our region will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Participants must be at least 18 years or older unless part of a group with an adult supervisor.