Members’ Open: Renewal

Each year PAAM mounts upwards of five members’ open and juried exhibitions in which participants display their work alongside some of America’s most noteworthy artists.

These exhibitions represent the work of PAAM’s contemporary artist-members, many of whom live on Cape Cod either full-time or for part of the year. While the work varies greatly in media and approach, each artist-member joins a long roster of distinguished artists who have studied, taught, and exhibited at PAAM over the past 100 years. There is no submission fee for members’ exhibitions, but membership must be up to date.

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Artist Guidelines

SUBMITTING WORK

Drop-Off Day is Tuesday, March 10 from 12-4pm.

For this exhibition, we invite you to submit work in the theme of “Renewal.” Work is not required to follow the theme, we offer it as a prompt or guiding principle for those who want one. More on the theme below.

Artwork must not exceed 24″ (including the frame), and be dry and equipped with a hanging device upon arrival. You can submit your Artwork Receipt online (below)–it will save you the time of filling out the receipt at Drop-Off. 

Membership must be valid through April, 2026–anyone can join or renew online or at Drop-Off. 

Dropping Off Early: If you can’t make it on Drop-Off Day, you may drop off the prior weekend when the Museum is open: Friday-Sunday from 12-5pm. Due to the quick installation turn-over we cannot accommodate late submissions, so consider 3/10 your absolute deadline.

RENEWAL

Renewal speaks to cycles of change: personal, environmental, political, spiritual, or material. It can be quiet or radical, hopeful or uneasy. As we melt into Spring, we invite artists to explore renewal as rebirth, repair, repetition, resistance, healing, decay, or transformation.

What does it mean to begin again? What must be shed, restored, composted, or reimagined for renewal to occur?

SHIPPING WORK

Shipped works must arrive by Tuesday, March 10. Please submit the online Artwork Receipt (below) prior to mailing the piece and include some kind of identifying information inside the package so we know it’s yours.

PICKING UP WORK

Pick-Up Day is Tuesday, April 28 from 12-4pm.

We are happy to ship your piece back to you, please fill out the Return Shipping Form (published in April) to begin the process. We use USPS, and charge a $15 handling fee in addition to the cost of shipping, which includes insurance determined by the price you list for your piece. PAAM cannot ascertain the shipping costs prior to packaging and weighing the artwork for return.

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Artwork Receipt