2025 Raleigh Fine Arts Society North Carolina Artists Exhibition

The Raleigh Fine Arts Society invites North Carolina artists to submit work for the 2025 North Carolina Artists Exhibition. Applicants must be North Carolina residents, age 18 or older. Students enrolled in out-of-state institutions are eligible if classified as North Carolina residents and providing a valid NC address. Artists may submit up to two original works created after July 1, 2023. Works previously selected for Raleigh Fine Arts Society exhibitions are ineligible.

Works must be no larger than 70 inches in any dimension (including frame) and weigh no more than 50 pounds. All art must be available for purchase; artists receive 70% of sales price with the Raleigh Fine Arts Society receiving 30%. The entry fee is $35 for up to two works and is nonrefundable. Entries must be submitted online through CaFÉ with images (1-2 per submission) no larger than 5MB, minimum 1920 pixels on the longest side, at 72 dpi resolution. Entries must be finalized with fees received by 5:00 p.m. on June 15, 2025.

The juror is Ian Gabriel Wilson, Curator of Exhibitions & Collections at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. Awards totaling $10,000 will be presented: one $5,000 Betsy J. Sykes Award, one $3,000 award from the Joyce Wilkins Pope Endowment, and two $1,000 Juror's Choice Awards. The exhibition will be held at the Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh for seven weeks, with an opening reception and art sale on September 28, 2025, and closing November 16, 2025. Selected works must be delivered September 18-19, 2025, from 11am-3pm. A catalogue will be published featuring selected artists. For questions, contact [email protected].