Yosemite Renaissance 42 — Juried Exhibition 2027
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Yosemite Renaissance 42 — Juried Exhibition 2027

Yosemite Renaissance

December 21, 2026 (90 publicSeo.openCall.daysLeft)Oakhurst, California, USA

Yosemite Renaissance has run its juried exhibition for more than four decades, built on work that engages with Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada — not as scenery, but as subject. Forty-second edition opens on 20 March 2027 at the Yosemite Gateway Art Center in Oakhurst, where $4,000 in cash awards is announced at the reception, and the show then travels to further venues from around May 2027 to Fe...

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Yosemite Renaissance has run its juried exhibition for more than four decades, built on work that engages with Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada — not as scenery, but as subject. Forty-second edition opens on 20 March 2027 at the Yosemite Gateway Art Center in Oakhurst, where $4,000 in cash awards is announced at the reception, and the show then travels to further venues from around May 2027 to February 2028, giving accepted work a year of exposure across California.

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Open to artists worldwide. Work must relate to Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada and must have been made in the last five years. Accepted media are oil and acrylic painting, watercolour, pastel, mixed media, printmaking, photography, digital art, drawing, fibre art, glass, woodworking, jewellery, ceramics and sculpture; film, video, interactive media and performance are not accepted. Up to eight entries per artist, of which no more than two will be shown. Entry is only through SmarterEntry.

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$4,000 in cash awards, announced at the opening reception; selected works tour further venues for roughly a year
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$25 for the first entry, $15 for entries 2–4, $10 for entries 5–8 (maximum eight)