Call For Artists
Share your work with the Placitas community. The following 2025 exhibits are open to all artists 18 and older.
If interested in submitting your work, please review these important details and exhibition requirements. click here
March/April: Abstract Expressions
Exhibit Dates: March 8 - April 9, 2025
Dive into a realm where boundaries blur and colors, lines, and shapes speak louder than words. "Abstract Expressions" invites you to experience the raw, unfiltered thoughts and emotions captured by local artistic visionaries working in a variety of mediums.Each piece is an intimate dialogue between its creator and viewer, transcending literal interpretation and challenging conventional perception.This unique, vibrant exhibit offers a journey into the depths of abstraction. Expect the unexpected, and let art awaken your imagination.
Submissions accepted: December 6, 2024 – February 7
June/July: Assemblage
Exhibit Dates: June 14 - July 17
Challenge your creativity to create an Assemblage...a multidimensional piece of art combining found objects or materials... Parcels become a parcel.
Submissions accepted: March 14 – May 9
Coordinator: Rebecca Cohen & Margaret Bruch
July/August: Raining Cats & Dogs
Exhibit Dates: July 19 - August 14
The idiom “raining cats and dogs” means it is raining extremely hard or pouring. The old fashion phrase may come from the Greek expression cata doxa, which means “contrary to experience or belief”.
Since our monsoons pour extremely hard, embrace the old saying and through your imagination depict the cats and dogs (domestic or wild) that catch your attention, provide companionship, or just give you a happy laugh.
All mediums are invited to participate in making all cats and dogs a beautiful expression of art.
Submissions accepted: April 18 – June 20
Coordinator: Sandy Johnson
September/October: Poetrees
Exhibit Dates: September 23 - October 13
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree….
Poems are made by fools like me.
But only God can make a tree.
Artists are urged to create a portrait of a tree or trees to explore the abstract essence of trees.
Working in whatever medium you desire—two- or three- dimensions—whether a poetic rendering of a favorite tree or a visual expression of concern for the future of forests around the world, now is the time to “hug a tree”.
Submissions accepted: June 20 – August 22
Coordinator: Rebecca Cohen
Contact Art Committee
Send a message to the Placitas Community Library Art Committee and a member will respond to you directly.
Submission Form
Click here to submit your art entry information online. We welcome all media from artists 18 years and older.