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Artspace

2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225 in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center

804.232.6464 phone | www.artspacegallery.org

artspaceorg@gmail.com

Rules of Entry

Enter Radius 250 2026, Artspace's 11th Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition, for a chance to exhibit your artwork at Artspace's gallery located at 2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225.

This exhibition is open to all themes and media from artists living and/or working within 250 miles of Richmond, VA.

Juror: Kristen Chiacchia Kristen Chiacchia is a curator, art historian, and arts administrator currently based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her research and curatorial practice focuses on the consequences of gender bias in the contemporary art market, the consumption of artworks produced by women and gender-nonconforming identifying artists, issues of gender and sexuality in contemporary art, and uncovering new approaches to critically examining toxic masculinity within the fine art industry. She has also curated multiple exhibitions exploring artists' connections to subcultural movements and expressions—including punk, metal, and gothic rock; death; self-mythology; and the occult—and the impact these subcultural engagements have on artists’ work. 

Chiacchia currently serves as the Executive Director & Chief Curator of Second Street Gallery, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit artspace located in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she has curated more than 58 single-artist exhibitions, 32 group shows, and published nine exhibition catalogs, in addition to creating new programs and forging new community partnerships for the gallery. In 2022, Chiacchia curated a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Lou Haney and Sharon Shapiro at the SPRING/BREAK Art Show in New York City. Her internationally recognized exhibition program at Second Street Gallery focuses on providing a space and platform to elevate the work of women and LGBTQIA2S+ artists. Under Chiacchia’s leadership, Second Street Gallery was the recipient of a major two-year grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to fund the gallery’s exhibition programming for 2022–23.  

Prizes:

·      1st Place: $300, plus a solo exhibition at Artspace.

·      2nd Place: $200.

·      3rd Place $100.

·      Also, at the discretion of the juror, up to three honorable mentions.

IMPORTANT DATES

Exhibition Dates: January 23, 2026 - March 21, 2026

Submission Deadline: midnight, Friday, December 5, 2025, EDT.

Jury Dates: 12/6/25 - 12/19/25

Notification of acceptance:Saturday, 12/20/25

Accepted work received: Delivery accepted during gallery hours, noon to 4pm. Gallery is closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

Wednesday, Jan. 14/ Thursday, Jan. 15/ Friday, Jan. 16/ Saturday, Jan. 17.

Installation of Work: January 19 - 22

Opening Reception and Awards presentation: Friday, January 23, 2026 (5:00 – 6:00 Invitational Preview; 6:00 – 8:00 Public Reception; 6:30pm Juror Presentation.) 

Show Closes: Saturday, March 21, 4:00pm

Pick up Work: March 21, 4:00pm - 6:00pm; March 22, noon - 2:00pm

Return of Shipped Work: by Friday, April 11.

Application Requirements

·      1 to 3 images

·      For video entries, artists must provide display equipment if work is selected.

·      Artwork size: All work must be able to get through our door, 33 inches width by 82 3/4 inches height with a diagonal of 88 inches. The height of gallery walls is 96 inches.

·      Accepted formats: jpeg, jpg, png.

·      Size limit: 5MB per image.

·      Label images and videos with last name, first name, entry number (1-3). Ex: SmithJane1

·      Each artist may submit up to 3 digital files.

·      For 3D work, you can provide multiple views in a single image.

·      For video entries, upload a still image from each entry using the naming convention above. In the medium field, provide a web address where the video can be viewed by the juror.

Eligibility Criteria

·      Radius 250 is open to artists 18 years and above that live and/or work within a 250-mile radius of Richmond, VA.

·      Submissions are open to artwork in all genres, 2D and 3D.

·      Artwork creation date must be 2023 or later.