Call Description

Welcome to the Honeywell Annual Fine Art Competition! This competition is just one way that the Clark Gallery supports lifelong engagement in the visual arts. The Clark Gallery hosts exhibits throughout the year and features students, amateurs, and professionals. 

The Clark Gallery, located in the Honeywell Center, Wabash, IN, hosts 10+ exhibits per year and features students, amateurs, and professionals. Because the Gallery encompasses the semi-circle of the Honeywell Center Porter Lobby, foot traffic exceeds 170,000 guests per year! 

The Clark Gallery is open: Monday – Friday 8 am – 5 pm. Additional hours during events at the Honeywell Center. 

Honeywell Arts & Entertainment encompasses the full range of arts opportunities and venues of The Honeywell Foundation, a nonprofit public charity based in Wabash, Indiana. The organization is dedicated to providing arts, education, and entertainment for all through live entertainment, movies, arts education, cultural events, culinary experiences, Honeywell Arts Academy, and more. Offerings take place at seven venues including the Honeywell Center, Honeywell House, Eagles Theatre, Charley Creek Gardens, Dr. James Ford Historic Home, Clarkson House, and 13-24 Drive In. Honeywell Arts & Entertainment partners with a network of venues throughout the region to further the reach of live entertainment programming. Honeywell Arts & Entertainment programs and activities are made possible by generous donors and in part by Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne; the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. For more information about Honeywell Arts & Entertainment, please visit honeywellarts.org. 

Application Requirements

Mediums Accepted
Painting
Drawing
Other Art Forms

• An artist can enter into all categories.
• The Drawing category makes use of any number of drawing instruments. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoals, chalk, pastels, markers, stylus, or various metals like silverpoint. Pastel artists who fill the surface as a painter are allowed to display in the painting category.
• The Other Art Forms category is for any medium that does not fit into the Drawing or Painting category, except for photography which does not qualify for this competition. This is not meant to discredit the art form of photography. It is because we host a photography competition every fall.
• Prints of an original cannot be entered (including giclées); only the original artwork will be allowed.

Presentation Standards

• Each wall-hung entry must be framed and have a hanger. The only exception is “gallery-wrapped” canvas. If these canvases are unframed, the image must bleed over the edges and no staples can be exposed.
• The best hanging device is a wire strung between two metal eyehooks. A saw tooth or keyhole hanger is acceptable, but not recommended. Honeywell Arts & Entertainment is not responsible for damage to artwork due to hanging device failure.
• Three-dimensional work must be stable. Artwork that requires suspension from the ceiling, water, perishable food or electricity is prohibited.
• Submissions must be no taller than 8.5 ft. tall, no more than 2 ft in depth, no more than 5 ft wide.

Accepted Work

• HAE staff reserves the right to remove any works from the exhibition based on special installation circumstances or discrepancies between the juried images and actual work.
• All artwork must be original and completed within five years of the entry deadline, and may not have been previously shown at the Clark Gallery.
• The Clark Gallery is a public space. The subject matter of entries must be appropriate for all ages.
• All accepted work must remain on display until the end of the competition.
• All work must come ready to install/hang. Please reference the presentation standards.
• It is the artist’s responsibility to obtain a model release from recognizable subjects in portraits and provide the release upon request.
• Honeywell Arts & Entertainment may reproduce artwork for promotional and archival reasons.
• Work may be offered for sale or be designated as not for sale. HAE retains a 20% commission on all sales. Checks from Honeywell Arts & Entertainment will be mailed to the artists at the end of the show, less the commission percentage. Please allow 5-10 business days after the close of the show to receive checks.

Delivery

• All artwork must arrive before January 22nd, 2026.
• Artist is responsible for the shipping cost and insurance of the work while in transit. Work must be shipped in a reusable container and return shipping is also to be paid by the artist.
• Hand-delivered work may be dropped off as outlined in the table below.
• By submitting an application, you are guaranteeing the artwork is available to be included in the exhibit. Additionally, the artist is committing to the financial responsibility of delivering accepted artwork by the deadline listed below. Any artist who has accepted artwork and does not deliver said artwork, will not be allowed to enter any Honeywell show for a period of two years.

IMPORTANT DATES

AWARDS

Six honorable mentions will also be given.

Eligibility Criteria

Work previously accepted into any Honeywell Arts & Entertainment competition may not be re-entered.

Any pieces entered, but not accepted in past competitions may be entered again.

All artwork must be original and completed within five years of the entry deadline.