INteriors Prospectus and Application

Exhibition: January 9 – March 12, 2026
Application period: Through November 5, 2025 at 2 pm EST

INteriors is an exploration of inner spaces, both real and imagined, spaces of the home and of the mind.

Some Thoughts

• Interiors are found both in the domestic and metaphysical spheres. What do these interiors look like? What do they contain?
• Who’s living rent free in your head?
• When does an interior need re-designing? Or, the furniture moved around? Why?
• Is your interior a fun house? A house of horrors? A hoarder’s paradise? Is your interior pristine? Do you leave your shoes at the door upon entering?
• How do the objects in the interior reflect what’s in the occupant’s mind? How does what’s in the occupant’s mind shape the interior space?
• Bringing the outside in is a component of interior design. It roots/references the surrounding landscape in the interior. Is this component an abstraction? Or, a touch stone? Or, a way to avoid actually being outdoors? What does this look like?

Looking For

• Visual art in 2D + 3D, made by the applicant between 2023 – 2025.
• Innovative, fresh responses that move beyond the easiest answer.

Open To

2D and 3D work including paper, clay, fiber, metal, wood, glass, drawing, painting, printmaking, furniture, mixed media, photography, weaving, sculpture, stitchery, and more.

Size Restrictions

• 2D work should not exceed 48” in total width or 65” in total length.
• 3D work must be freestanding and easily moved, not to exceed 35 pounds. Because of companion programs planned in conjunction with the exhibition, 3D work will be occasionally and temporarily relocated in the gallery and in the GAAC.

Application Fee

Applicants may enter up to two [2] submissions for the juror’s consideration. $25 GAAC member, $35 nonmember. This is a nonrefundable fee.

Exhibition Calendar

• Exhibition runs January 9 – March 12, 2026
• Apply online: Through November 5, 2025 at 2 pm EST
• Notification of acceptance: Late November
• Shipped work deadline: December 16 – 30, 2025
• Drop-off: Friday, January 2, 10 am – 2 pm; Saturday, January 3, 10 am – noon
• Reception: January 9, 2026, 5 – 7 pm

Juror

Lauren Everett Finn has been a Michigander most of her life. She graduated from Michigan State with an advertising degree, but found her love of drawing through her first job, doing drafting for Caterpillar Tractor. From there, she’s largely self-taught through her enormous art book library and the occasional class or workshop. Lauren likes to work in layers, sometimes completely obscuring what’s underneath with paint or collage and sometimes letting the bottom layers peek through. This makes for an interesting surface that shows the process of the work; it also leads to those happy accidents that just can’t be planned. Lauren teaches classes in painting and printmaking in northwest Michigan and in metro Detroit. She lives in Honor, Michigan.

Awards

Three awards will be given: $150 Best of Show; and two, $75 Merit Awards. These awards are made possible by Barbara and Victor Klein Art Fund.

Photographs

You may submit up to 2 works for the juror’s consideration.

You are required to submit an image of the overall work. You also have the option of providing 1 additional, detail image per work submitted. Please provide well-composed, focused images of your work. This is the work people will view online. Present your work as well as you possibly can.

• Do not photograph 2D work behind glass.
• If framed, do not include the 2D artwork’s frame in your exhibition image unless it is part of the composition vs. a finishing detail.
• The image should show ONLY the work you want considered by the juror. Please photograph your work in a space that is completely neutral, and does not contain objects that are unrelated to the work you want considered by the juror.

The INteriors exhibition will be installed in the GAAC gallery, and viewable as an on-line gallery on the GAAC website.

Requirements

• Work submitted must be one-of-a-kind, innovative, and original in design. Work derivative of other artists, or work created in a workshop or classroom with the collaboration of an instructor is not accepted.
• Images generated by artificial intelligence cannot be considered. The use of generative artificial intelligence, such as generative fill, to manipulate photos is also disallowed. All parts of the image must have been photographed by the artist who holds the copyright to the work submitted.
• An entry may be comprised of multiple units [e.g. a diptych]; but may not exceed the maximum dimensions or weights described below. If offered for sale, a single entry comprised of multiple units must be sold for one price. The individual units may not be sold separately.
• Work submitted must have been completed in the last two years [made from 2023 – present].
• Work must be gallery ready, when submitted. Paintings and other wall works should be finished or framed. Please use gallery wire. No saw tooth hanging hardware is allowed. NOTE: Wet paintings, work submitted on warped canvases, work that has evidence of pet hair, food stains or other marks/detritus that are not an intended part of the composition will not be exhibited. Exhibitors will be asked to bring their accepted work up to gallery-ready standards before they are allowed to be part of the exhibit.
• No work will be accepted after the dates and times for delivery listed on the prospectus.
• The artist’s contact email provided on the application must remain active during the submissions and exhibition process. The artist is responsible for checking their email for exhibition acceptance and/or decline, and other information regarding the exhibition.

Artist’s Statement REQUIRED

INteriors applicants must submit a short [100 words max] statement that provides context for looking at the artwork. How does your work respond to, and answer the creative problem at the heart of this exhibit?

Sales

• The sale price written on the application is the FINAL price if the work is accepted in the exhibition. Exhibitors may not change sale price after the work is accepted for exhibition.
• The GAAC will retain a 40% commission on work sold during the exhibition. Artists receive 60% of the final selling price. Artists will receive payment following the close of the exhibition.

Note

The GAAC staff and Exhibitions Committee reserve the right to the final selection of work to be shown in the exhibition. Accepted work may not be removed before the close of the exhibition.

For More Information

Contact Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC Gallery Manager: (231) 334-6112.

Application