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Here are the upcoming shows we're planning. Dates and details may change.

Fall 2020 - All Things Slow
8/3/20 to 11/2/20
Meridian Library
Here is a chance to celebrate snails & tortoises, slow food, tides and time, the moon path or sunrise or anything else that lives in the slow lane. Watching paint dry, waiting for water to boil or walking an old dog. Lazy long summer days, dog days. Does time stand still? Slow down and smell the roses. Take the long way home. As always, please keep it family-friendly. Feel free to embellish with your own 100 words or less.
Maximum of 3 pieces per artist
Wall-hung artowrk only
320 square inches max. including frame DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: July 17, 2020
(subject to change)

Oct. 2020 - Voyage & Vehicle
A Special TVAA Juried show,
Crossroads Carnegie in Baker City, OR
Consider the physical, metaphorical or metaphysical. Which is the path taken or not taken? What to pack for the trip? Birth, death and the strange trip in between. How far can we go and what kind of craft will take us there? Capture imaginary journeys or your real adventures – humor, calamity or triumph. As always, please keep it family-friendly. Please share your “travel journal”, “fantasy vehicle poem” or other musings in 100 words or less.
2D and 3D media are welcome.
Maximum of 5 pieces per artist
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Aug. 28, 2020
(subject to change)
There will be a modest non-refundable fee to enter this show

Fall 2020 - Abundance
Nampa Civic Center
Rotation Date October 6th, 3-6pm drop off
Opening Reception October 23rd 7-9pm
Art is a catalyst for manifesting a world rich in cultural abundance. Plant a seed in fertile minds and reap a prolific crop of new ideas. The harvest season is the perfect time to reflect upon all that we have to be grateful for. The more you give the more you get; open arms, invitations, warmth, love. Artist’s please show us everything that the concept of abundance brings to your mind and heart.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Sept. 6, 2020
(subject to change)

Fall 2020 - Opus 2020
Annual Juried show
Riverside Hotel
10/1 to 12/28/20 (approx.)
TVAA’s Best of the Year, works completed since Sept 30, 2019. Open theme. As always, please keep it family-friendly.
Maximum of 3 pieces per artist
Wall-hung artwork only
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Sept. 11, 2020
(subject to change)

Winter 2020-2021 - Exaggerated
11/2/20 to 2/1/21 (approx.)
Meridian Library
Take it out of proportion. Explore caricature & hyperbole. Go too big or too small, too much of a good thing, hyper-color, amplified, squashed & twisted. Magnify, embellish & distort. Stretch the truth. As always, please keep it family-friendly. Your comments welcome in 100 words or less.
Maximum of 3 pieces per artist
Wall-hung artwork only
320 square inches max. including frame
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Oct. 16, 2020
(subject to change)

Winter/Spring 2021 - Up-close and Personal
Nampa Civic Center
Rotation Date January 12th, 3-6pm drop off
Opening Reception January 29th 7-9pm
Artists, we call you to interpret this theme from your unique point of view. Self-portraits, macro-photography, personal experiences, view from your kitchen window, etc. Creativity with the theme is always encouraged. Artists statements that show the theme relevance are very important.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Jan. 29, 2021
(subject to change)

Summer 2021 - Delve: Art Series
Nampa Civic Center
Rotation Date April 20th, 3-6pm drop off
Opening Reception May 7th 7-9pm
When artists delve into a topic and create multiple works on a single subject this is a series. We are seeking submissions from artists of a completed series. You can base a series on subject matter, a color, a technique, a particular set of materials, a group of visual elements, or a compositional format. We are asking for a minimum of 3 and maximum of 7 pieces.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: May 7, 2021
(subject to change)