Uncommon Ground
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Entry deadlineDec 5, 2026 · 11:59 PM
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Jury notificationDec 8, 2026 · 11:59 PM
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Show opensJan 2, 2027
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Show closesMar 27, 2027
Organization:
CoVault art collective
Location
Portland, OR
Entry Fee
Paid Entry
Deadline
December 5, 2026
Exhibition
Jan 2
- Mar 27, 2027
CoVault Artist Collective invites artists to submit work for Uncommon Ground, a juried exhibition series taking over Curb Gallery in NW Portland for three months in early 2027.
Through two connected exhibitions, we will explore our relationships to place, identity, community, and belonging.
We welcome artists working in painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, and other visual art forms. Thoughtful, experimental, and unconventional interpretations of the themes are encouraged.
Exhibition Themes
PART I: PLACE | January–February 2027
What makes a place meaningful? How do we shape our environments, and how do they shape us?
Place invites artists to consider physical, imagined, remembered, or transformed environments. Work might explore landscapes, built environments, personal geographies, environmental change, boundaries, or our relationships with the spaces we inhabit.
PART II: BELONGING | March 2027
What does it mean to belong somewhere—or to feel out of place?
Belonging explores connection, identity, community, displacement, inclusion, and exclusion. Artists might consider personal experiences, cultural narratives, social structures, or the relationships that connect and divide us.
Through two connected exhibitions, we will explore our relationships to place, identity, community, and belonging.
We welcome artists working in painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, and other visual art forms. Thoughtful, experimental, and unconventional interpretations of the themes are encouraged.
Exhibition Themes
PART I: PLACE | January–February 2027
What makes a place meaningful? How do we shape our environments, and how do they shape us?
Place invites artists to consider physical, imagined, remembered, or transformed environments. Work might explore landscapes, built environments, personal geographies, environmental change, boundaries, or our relationships with the spaces we inhabit.
PART II: BELONGING | March 2027
What does it mean to belong somewhere—or to feel out of place?
Belonging explores connection, identity, community, displacement, inclusion, and exclusion. Artists might consider personal experiences, cultural narratives, social structures, or the relationships that connect and divide us.