Calls for Entry
Most Exchange Gallery shows include work by artists young and old, established and up-and-coming, professional and amateur, from throughout the Susquehanna River Valley -- everyone from Bloomsburg University art students and professors to regional high school students to pre-schoolers, people who have exhibited nationally to those showing their work for the first time. Please check here regularly for information on upcoming open-call shows.
"What I Did In Quarantine", 2021
Unless noted, it costs nothing to enter our shows, and we have only one rule: The work must fit through the Gallery's front door. We encourage artists to put their work for sale; they receive 80% of the sale price and the Gallery retains 20% to help keep our light on.
When you bring your work to the Gallery, please have one of these forms filled out. (If you cannot print it ahead of time, we will have them here for you.)
We also occasionally make a video about the work in a show, and we would like to include artists speaking about their work. If you can make your own short video clip, please e-mail it to us at Exchange@ExchangeArts.org; you may also e-mail us a self-portrait/headshot and an artist's statement.
The Exchange coordinates rotating exhibits at other venues too: the Bloomsburg Public Library on Market Street and the Silk Mill Apartments on 6th Street; in both locations, work changes quarterly. For information about how you can show your artwork at either of them, contact us at 570-317-2596 or Exchange@ExchangeArts.org. See below for photos of some of the spaces available at the Library.
As always, we welcome artists of all ages and levels of experience
to participate in our open-call shows, which have only one rule:
The work must fit through the Gallery's front door.
Please submit this form with your work.
The Gallery schedule for the rest of 2026:
OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Mischief Night”
Work due Saturday, October 17th
Show runs Monday, October 19th, through Friday, November 20th
Reception on Friday, November 6th
Another Halloween-themed show! On Mischief Night, the night before All Hallows’ Eve, one can expect pranks, parties, and of course, mischief. The Exchange Gallery seeks artwork that conjures up thoughts of Mischief Night, Halloween, and Fall festivities in general.
OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Cash & Carry XIII”
Work due Saturday, November 21st
Show runs Monday, November 23rd, 2026, through Friday, January 8th, 2027
Sales will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 4th
A dozen years after the first “Cash & Carry”, the shows keep getting better! We'll give away hundreds of panels for artists to make work on. Look back at any of the prior years' "Cash & Carry" shows for more information and for inspiration.
And looking ahead at 2027:
OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Entrances”
Work due Saturday, January 9th, 2027
Show runs Monday, January 11th, through Friday, February 12th
Reception on Friday, February 5th
We observe them, we perform them, we dress for them: Entrances are part of our daily lives knowingly or unknowingly. Beautifully decorated doors attract the eye and give us pause to ponder what lies beyond them. Painstaking preparation of our clothing and personal appearance becomes a purposeful performance with the goal of making just the right entrance into a room. Foreboding and dark spaces make us wary of what is beyond that dark entrance.
Do you walk quietly or boldly into a room? Is it an invisible passing from one moment in time to the next? What entrance spikes your imagination?
Show theme suggested by Exchange Gallery committee member Sue Gelety.
OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Monuments”
Work due Saturday, February 13th, 2027
Show runs Tuesday, February 16th, through Friday, March 19th
Reception on Friday, March 5th
A monument can commemorate a person, an achievement, a place, or an idea. The Exchange Gallery seeks artwork about monuments and the idea of monumentality. As always, all interpretations in all media welcomed from all artists.
Show theme suggested by photographer and Exchange Gallery exhibitor Joe Palochko.
OPEN-CALL SHOW: “BTE's First 50 Years”
Work due Saturday, March 20th, 2027
Show runs Monday, March 22nd, through Friday, April 30th
Reception on Friday, April 2nd
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (BTE) began here in 1978, founded by students of legendary acting teacher Alvina Krause (1893-1981), who had a house in Eagles Mere and who envisioned a theatre “as important to its community as schools and churches.”
Now in its 49th season, BTE has achieved national recognition, while the resident ensemble has included a couple of dozen actors, plus dozens of other people behind the scenes who have all been our friends and neighbors here in Bloomsburg and surrounding communities.
What does BTE mean to you? Which of their productions do you remember the most vividly? Which ones did you take part in? How do you see BTE fitting into our community? Which members of the Ensemble and its staff have touched your life? The Exchange asks artists of all ages and levels of experience to submit artwork to an exhibition celebrating BTE's first 50 years – all interpretations and all media accepted, 2D and 3D, as long as the work fits through the Exchange Gallery’s front door.
OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Generations”
Work due Saturday, May 1st, 2027
Show runs Monday, May 3rd, through Friday, June 11th
Reception on Friday, May 7th
Our human creative process lives on generation after generation. Are there familiar themes and threads woven into your work? Who has inspired and influenced your work and your creativity? Whom will you inspire?
OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Golden Opportunity”
Work due Saturday, June 12th, 2027
Show runs Monday, June 14th, through Friday, July 23rd
Reception on Friday, July 2nd
Humankind has been fascinated by gold for thousands of years. Gold, or Au on the periodic table, is a highly conductive, malleable, precious metal. As a color, gold is often used to describe bright shades of yellow. The word gold is used in many popular expressions and idioms: golden rule, golden ticket, the golden hour, gold standard, heart of gold, to strike gold, to go for the gold, and sitting on a gold mine. What type of artwork can you create based on the color or the idea of gold?
“All that glitters is not gold” – William Shakespeare
Show theme suggested by Exchange Gallery committee member Gina Dignazio.
Eos show
Eos provides therapeutic horseback riding activities for mentally, physically and emotionally challenged children and adults -- and their horses make art! Find out more here.
Show runs Monday, July 26th, through Friday, September 3rd, 2027
Reception on Friday, August 6th
OPEN-CALL SHOW: “It's A Sign!”
Work due Saturday, September 4th, 2027
Show runs Tuesday, September 7th, through Friday, October 15th
Reception on Friday, October 1st
“Direction” is an ambiguous concept in what feels like a rudderless society. The Exchange Gallery requests work based on signs, signage, wayfinding, guidance, and language, in any medium.
What guides you?
What guidance could you give to others?
Let us know which way you want us to go.
Show theme suggested by Exchange Gallery committee member Ron Lambert.
Peter Grimord solo show
Learn about Peter here.
Show runs Monday, October 18th, through Friday, November 19th, 2027
Reception 5-8 p.m. on Friday, November 5th
OPEN-CALL SHOW: “Cash & Carry XIV”
Work due Saturday, November 20th, 2027
Show runs Monday, November 22nd, 2027, through Friday, January 7th, 2028
Sales will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 3rd
Thirteen years after the first “Cash & Carry”, the shows keep getting better! We'll give away hundreds of panels for artists to make work on. Look back at any of the prior years' "Cash & Carry" shows for more information and for inspiration.
Please submit this form with your work.
You as artist/lender bear sole responsibility for insuring your own work. Neither the Exchange nor its volunteers nor employees may be held liable for any loss or damage to the artwork on loan. Neither an exhibitor nor any representative(s) thereof shall be a party to any legal action against The Exchange, its board of directors, its employees, or its volunteers arising out of any such loss or damage to personal property or personal injury. When you drop off your work, you must sign a gallery loan agreement to this effect.
We use photographs of artwork for promoting the exhibitions here; on the form, you may choose to have your work not photographed.
The Exchange Gallery takes a 20% commission on sales, meaning the artist receives 80% of the sale price of a piece. You may choose to donate more than 20% -- and up to 100% -- of the sale price to the Gallery. All income from sales goes directly to keeping the lights on here.
Any work not picked up one month after the end on an exhibition will be considered abandoned and will be recycled.
Exhibition Agreement:
You must certify that all work offered for exhibition, for sale, and/or for display at the Exchange is original and designed and executed by you or legally represented by you. You understand that The Exchange reserves the right to accept or reject any work for public display.
We look forward to having your work at the Exchange Gallery.
