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smallWORKS | Looking Out from Within

A juried biennial exhibition · Garrison Art Center

October 17 – November 22, 2026

smallWORKS returns to the galleries at Garrison Art Center this fall, inviting artists to consider artwork as a passageway — a frame through which we glimpse something beyond. Presented alongside INSCAPE / OUTSCAPE in the Balter Gallery, a curated exhibition drawn from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, this year's smallWORKS takes inspiration from that show's meditation on how environments shape our ways of seeing and being in the world.

Submissions may reference artwork as a kind of window, open to both representational and abstract interpretations. Whether peering inward or outward, intimate or expansive, works are invited to explore how the plane of an artwork can become a threshold.

$30 submission fee for 3 works, $10 each additional submission

About the juror

Christina Kee is an artist and writer who has worked at The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation since 2011, supporting public programming and exhibitions featuring artists including George Grosz, James Castle, Stanley Lewis, and Graham Nickson. A regular speaker on the Artcritical Review Panel, she has written extensively on modern and contemporary art. Originally from Toronto, Kee is a Studio School alumna (MFA 2006) and past assistant to the Dean.

Application Requirements

Media

2D and 3D work

Max dimension

12" (frame excluded; frame may add 1-2")

Max weight

35 lbs

Created after

2023

Presentation

Framed and ready to hang

Wall-hung assemblages and reliefs are accepted and must include hanging hardware.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to

Artists 18 and older

Applicants who need to mail their work must include a return label.