Exhibit Your Work
VAE's City Market gallery hosts 12 juried and non-juried exhibitions each year with monthly exhibit themes. All gallery exhibitions are open to the public five days a week and during monthly First Friday gallery walks at no cost. Some of the themes include VAE's Young Artists Exhibit and scholarship competition for Wake County K-12 students, the N.E.W. (Never Exhibited Works) juried exhibition, and an educational art exhibit geared at teaching the community about a new or unusual form of art.
See the 2008 exhibition schedule
See our Frequently Asked Questions page
How to Enter VAE exhibitions
VAE entry forms can be downloaded. Click on the VAE Juried Exhibit Entry Form link below and print out the pdf form. Fill out this form and bring it to VAE with your artwork on the appropriate delivery date for each show. The N.E.W. show and Scope show have a different forms which are available prior to the exhibits. Click here for a VAE Exhibit Entry Form. (Forms are also available at the gallery on receiving dates and can be completed at the time of entry.)
All exhibitions unless otherwise noted are open to VAE members and non-members alike. Receiving dates are subject to change. Watch the newsletters for juror announcements. All work submitted must be properly presented and wired.
Most VAE shows are open to two or three dimensional works of art. All submissions must be original and not previously exhibited at VAE. No copies, mechanical reproductions, molds or kit work will be accepted. Two dimensional work must not exceed 72 inches in any dimension (including frame) or weigh more than 75lbs. Three dimensional work must not exceed 72 inches in any direction and may be required to come with proper display materials (pedestals, mannequins, etc). Visual Art Exchange reserves the right to exclude work due to size or special requirements. All two-dimensional work must be dry, wired and ready to hang. No clip frames or alligator hangers. Entries must be hand-delivered to the gallery or mailed with return postage prepaid in returnable container.
- Entry Fees
- Members: $10 for juried and $5 for non-juried shows (with the exception of the NEW Show & the Scope Exhibit).
- Non-members: $15 for juried and $10 for non-juried (with the exception of the NEW Show & the Scope Exhibit).
- Up to two pieces of artwork may be submitted for juried exhibits. One piece may be submitted for non-juried exhibits.
- Members may volunteer in lieu of entry fee
Bring work and entry fee to VAE: 325 Blake Street, City Market, Downtown Raleigh, NC
Community Exchange Exhibits & Exchange Gallery Exhibits
In addition to the main gallery exhibits VAE coordinates Exchange Gallery featured artists exhibits and Community Exchange exhibits.