GREEN CALL FOR ENTRY
A Juried Exhibition of NCWCA Members, Self-Identified Women Within California and Invited Artists
SUBMISSION DEADLINE MAY 1, 2026
Exhibition Dates: Saturday July 25-Saturday August 22, 2026
Venue: ARC Gallery 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Friday, May 1, 2026, 11:59 PM
Artist Notification: Sunday, May 10, 2026
Artwork Delivery: Sunday, July 19, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street
Reception: Saturday, July 25, 2026, 7-9 PM
Online Artist Talk: Thursday, Aug 13, 7-8 PM PDT
Curatorial Tour: Sunday, Aug 16, 1:30-3:30 PM
Curated by: Christine Cianci
Juror: JD Beltran, Co-Founder, ART + WATER, San Francisco
GREEN is an exhibition that explores the myriad expressions conjured by this single word—its colors, concepts, contradictions, and cultural weight.
Green is the color of nature: grass, leaves, renewal, and growth. It is also the color of money, graft, avarice, and desire. Green can signify healing and vitality, but also disease, envy, and unease. It is the hue of photosynthesis, innocence, and emotional rebirth. It is energy, lifestyle, and possibility.
This exhibition invites artists to interpret GREEN in ways that are literal, symbolic, or metaphorical. Works might explore environmental themes such as landscapes, ecological cycles, sustainability, climate change, or green energy; cultural and social associations referencing money, capitalism, greed, or movements tied to “green” ideals; emotional and psychological states portraying envy, or renewal, innocence, nostalgia, and healing; material explorations through the use of green pigments, recycled or “green” materials, or layered textures that evoke growth and decay; or conceptual approaches with abstract meditations on color, immersive works that dissolve boundaries between viewer and environment, or playful takes on the word itself.
Alongside NCWCA members and California self-identified women, several invited artists will contribute to this vibrant dialogue, creating an exhibition that asks: What does the word GREEN summon in our imagination? What is the interplay between the concept of GREEN and our vision of nature, culture, and ourselves?
We welcome submissions in all media—painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media, digital art, installation, and beyond. The juror will select works that most powerfully engage with the theme and the group show, whether through bold visual presence, subtle conceptual layering, or unexpected interpretations. The possibilities for interpretation are limitless—we encourage artists to look beyond the literal of a green-colored artwork.
NCWCA is very honored to have as Juror for this Exhibition:
JD Beltran, Co-founder of ART + WATER:
JD Beltran is an award-winning artist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited internationally including at the Walker Art Center, San Francisco MOMA, Ars Electronica, The Getty Institute, and the MIT Media Lab. Her artwork earned recognition as one of the top public artworks in the U.S. and one of the top art + technology artworks in the world. She also has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Wired, and her pieces are held in museums and private collections worldwide. She's received grants from Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation, Artadia, and Skowegan. A longtime educator at SFAI, Stanford, SFSU, and other institutions, Beltran has served on the San Francisco Arts Commission since 2009 and former Mayor London Breed recognized her longstanding service supporting the arts by declaring December 3, 2018 "JD Beltran Day" in San Francisco.
To read the detailed prospectus and to apply, go to the Entrythingy online application below. If you have any questions, email [email protected] with the subject 2026 GREEN
Venue: ARC Gallery 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Friday, May 1, 2026, 11:59 PM
Artist Notification: Sunday, May 10, 2026
Artwork Delivery: Sunday, July 19, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street
Reception: Saturday, July 25, 2026, 7-9 PM
Online Artist Talk: Thursday, Aug 13, 7-8 PM PDT
Curatorial Tour: Sunday, Aug 16, 1:30-3:30 PM
Curated by: Christine Cianci
Juror: JD Beltran, Co-Founder, ART + WATER, San Francisco
GREEN is an exhibition that explores the myriad expressions conjured by this single word—its colors, concepts, contradictions, and cultural weight.
Green is the color of nature: grass, leaves, renewal, and growth. It is also the color of money, graft, avarice, and desire. Green can signify healing and vitality, but also disease, envy, and unease. It is the hue of photosynthesis, innocence, and emotional rebirth. It is energy, lifestyle, and possibility.
This exhibition invites artists to interpret GREEN in ways that are literal, symbolic, or metaphorical. Works might explore environmental themes such as landscapes, ecological cycles, sustainability, climate change, or green energy; cultural and social associations referencing money, capitalism, greed, or movements tied to “green” ideals; emotional and psychological states portraying envy, or renewal, innocence, nostalgia, and healing; material explorations through the use of green pigments, recycled or “green” materials, or layered textures that evoke growth and decay; or conceptual approaches with abstract meditations on color, immersive works that dissolve boundaries between viewer and environment, or playful takes on the word itself.
Alongside NCWCA members and California self-identified women, several invited artists will contribute to this vibrant dialogue, creating an exhibition that asks: What does the word GREEN summon in our imagination? What is the interplay between the concept of GREEN and our vision of nature, culture, and ourselves?
We welcome submissions in all media—painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media, digital art, installation, and beyond. The juror will select works that most powerfully engage with the theme and the group show, whether through bold visual presence, subtle conceptual layering, or unexpected interpretations. The possibilities for interpretation are limitless—we encourage artists to look beyond the literal of a green-colored artwork.
NCWCA is very honored to have as Juror for this Exhibition:
JD Beltran, Co-founder of ART + WATER:
JD Beltran is an award-winning artist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited internationally including at the Walker Art Center, San Francisco MOMA, Ars Electronica, The Getty Institute, and the MIT Media Lab. Her artwork earned recognition as one of the top public artworks in the U.S. and one of the top art + technology artworks in the world. She also has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Wired, and her pieces are held in museums and private collections worldwide. She's received grants from Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation, Artadia, and Skowegan. A longtime educator at SFAI, Stanford, SFSU, and other institutions, Beltran has served on the San Francisco Arts Commission since 2009 and former Mayor London Breed recognized her longstanding service supporting the arts by declaring December 3, 2018 "JD Beltran Day" in San Francisco.
To read the detailed prospectus and to apply, go to the Entrythingy online application below. If you have any questions, email [email protected] with the subject 2026 GREEN
