2025 Student & Faculty Exhibition

The annual Student & Faculty exhibition will return to the gallery at Paint Creek Center for the Arts with an opening reception on November 14, 2025.

Held each year, the Student & Faculty exhibition highlights the work of current students of all ages and PCCA’s talented teaching faculty.

With no set theme, the goal of the exhibit is to showcase the progress and dedication to creative learning by members of our Art Education department and their student artists. The only stipulations for submission are that the work must have been made as part of PCCA’s educational programming and cannot have been show in an exhibit at PCCA previously. This beloved exhibit typically includes more than sixty pieces in a broad variety of mediums from over fifty different artists.

Student & Faculty exhibit will open alongside the retail Holiday Art Market, located on the main floor. Together, the two events bring artists and art lovers into PCCA’s historic building to kick-off the holiday season in style.

Applications are open through August 10.

Sponsors

Supporting Sponsor for this exhibition is Lynn Oates – Forward Mortage.

Dates

Application Deadline: August 10

Acceptance Announcements: August 22

Artwork Drop-Off: October 20 – November 2

Opening Reception: November 14 from 5pm – 8pm

Final Day of Show: December 20

Selection Process

Submissions will be juried by PCCA’s current exhibition committee members. Committee members review all entries via slideshow and submit their individual scores for each piece. Artwork is randomly presented in the slideshow, with the following information displayed alongside the image: title, size, medium, artist statement about the work. Once all scores have been submitted, the highest scoring artwork will be accepted for display.

Artwork that does not meet the Exhibit Submission Requirements will not be accepted into the exhibit. Artwork that scores an average of two (2) or lower is automatically declined for display.

Artists whose work is accepted into the exhibit will receive an email with an artist packet (contract, inventory sheet) and a list of accepted artwork on August 22. Artist names will also be featured on the exhibition web page, along with the monitor outside the gallery entrance.

If your work is accepted, you will receive an acceptance letter (email body) along with an artist packet that includes a contract for display and exhibit inventory sheet. These documents must be completed and returned to PCCA no later than the time of artwork delivery.

All accepted works must arrive to PCCA between October 20 and November 2. Work that does not arrive by the deadline will not be included in the exhibition.

Artists must bring only the accepted artwork to the gallery for the exhibition. PCCA will not accept or display any work that was not part of the jury process for selection or was not accepted into the exhibit.

Accepted artwork must be ready for display at the time of art drop off. PCCA follows a strict NO WET WORK policy for exhibitions. Wet paintings or clay, frames without hanging wire, broken hanging wire, broken frames, etc., will not be accepted by PCCA staff. Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns about displaying your accepted artwork.

Application

Applications are open through August 10. There is no application fee for this exhibition and membership with PCCA is not required. Applications are open to students of all ages who have participated in classes and workshops at PCCA in the past year, along with PCCA faculty.

Artists can submit up to three pieces of artwork for consideration. In an effort to showcase as many of our students as possible, we will include no more than two pieces of work for students and one piece of work for instructors.

Click here to access the application.

Sales

All artists may choose whether or not to list their work for sale during the exhibition. This decision, along with the price that you determine for your piece, will not effect the selection process.

If your artwork is listed for sale, you must complete a Michigan w9, if one has not previously been completed, for PCCA to issue payment. PCCA will follow up directly if your artwork sells.

PCCA keeps a 30% commission on pieces sold by our members, and a 40% commission on pieces sold by non-members. Membership dues are non-refundable and must be purchased prior to the opening reception. Membership commission rates will not be retroactively applied when a membership is purchased after a sale has already been made. Click here to purchase a membership today.

Unsold artwork will be available for pick up by the artist or an artist’s representative January 5-9, 2026. Any work that is not claimed 30 days after the final day of the exhibition may be considered abandoned and become the property of PCCA.