POLITICS and ART (Online Exhibition) 

Subject Matter/Medium: anything Political in nature 

Deadline: Nov 28, 2025

Artist Notification: Ongoing (within 14 days of submission)  

SHOW RUNS:  July 1st, 2024 - Dec 30, 2025  (show will be updated on the 1st and 15th of each month)

Entry: $35 for up to 3 images       Commission: 65% Artist, 35% Gallery    

Las Laguna Art Gallery is featuring this 9 month long, online exhibition, to explore the role of Art in today's political landscape. This exhibition is looking for any work that the artist considers to be 'political' or politically themed, in nature. 

This is an online exhibition that will run from July 1st, 2024 through the end of Dec 2025. The online show will be updated on the 1st and 15th of each month with any new submissions.

Each artist who submits will have at least one image selected for inclusion in the show. 

Media can include Acrylic, Airbrush, Alcohol Ink, Assemblage, Charcoal, Color Pencil, Collage, Digital Art, Drawings, Encaustic, Fiber Art, Graphite, Glass Art, Illustration, Jewelry, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Painting, Pastel, Photography (Traditional and Digital), Printmaking, Quilts, Scratchboard, Sculpture, Video and Watercolor.

In Gallery + Online Exhibition

Deadline:                  July 30, 2025

Notification:             Weekly throughout July

Final Notification:    Aug 3, 2025

Exhibition:                 August 7 - 31, 2025  

Artist Reception:      August 7, 2025 

Commission:            65% to the Artist

There are several speculative ideas behind abstract art. While a few have taken the proposal of abstract work being 'art for art’s sake' (that artwork should be simply about the creation of striking effects), other people have proposed art can or should be similar to music; in that just as music is patterns of sound, art’s consequence should be created by patterns of form, color and/or line. True abstract art not only utilizes flexibility and freedom; it may also employ bold uses of color, line, pattern, form, process, mark-making and composition.

For this Call for Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery is seeking artists to provide abstract works in a variety of mediums.

Acceptable work includes, but is not limited to: Acrylic, Collage, Color Pencil, Digital Photography, Encaustic, Fiber Arts, Glass Art, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Pen and Ink, Printmaking, Sculpture, Traditional Photography, Watercolor and more.

In Gallery + Online Exhibition

Deadline:      June 14, 2025   In Gallery

                       June 28, 2025  Online Only

Notification: June 16, 2025    In Gallery

                       June 30, 2025   Online Only 

Exhibition:    July 3 - 27, 2025

Artist Reception: July 3, 2025 

Commission:       65% Artist | 35% Gallery

Las Laguna Art Gallery is seeking interpretations and depictions of the human face or figure. 

Both realistic and abstract work is encouraged. The medium for the work is open. 

Suggested mediums include Acrylic, Airbrush, Alcohol Ink, Bronze, Charcoal, Collage, Color Pencil, Computer Art, Digital Art, Digital Photography, Drawings, Encaustic, Fiber Arts, Glass Art, Graphite, Gouache, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Pastel, Pen and Ink, Photo Assemblage, Printmaking, Quilts, Scratchboard, Sculpture, Traditional Photography, Video, or Watercolor and others.​

Note: All artists who submit to this show will be accepted and have at least one of their submitted works exhibited on our website and to our client list.

A select number of artists will be chosen to send their work to the gallery for the in-person exhibition at our brick-and-mortar gallery in Laguna Beach, California.

Theme: Cultural or Pop Icons
Deadline: August 28, 2025
Artist Notification: August 30, 2025
Art Delivery Date: August 30 to Sept 1, 2025
Artist Reception: Thursday September 4th from 6:00pm to 8:30pm
SHOW RUNS: September 4 to 27, 2025
$35 for up to 3 images
Commission: 65% Artist, 35% Gallery

For this exhibition Las Laguna Art Gallery is asking artists to explore the notion of cultural and pop icons.

A cultural icon is an object made by a human being that is identified by members of a culture as representative of that culture or a physical thing such as the national tree, flower or pastime.

For example America is often represented in art by an apple pie, a flag, baseball, the Statue of Liberty or an Eagle. For England cultural icons may be a red telephone booth or double-decker bus. For France, cultural icons may be the Eiffel Tower or a Gallic rooster. For Japan, cultural icons may be the Maneki-neko (beckoning cat), the Cherry blossom tree, or Koi fish.

Each county and many major cities across the globe can be identified by their icons. For example the icon for New York is a Big Apple; the icon for the icon for San Francisco is a Golden Gate Bridge or Trolley Car. These physical things are representative the city.

A pop icon is a celebrity, character or object whose exposure in popular culture is regarded as a defining characteristic of a given society or era.

Pop icons can be movie stars, recording stars, athletes, or people throughout history that did something notable and are remembered long after their passing.

Examples of pop icons include Elvis Presley, Gandhi, Mozart, Einstein, Michael Jackson, Walt Disney, David Bowie, Prince, John Wayne, Bruce Lee, Elton John, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Bruce Springsteen and many others. Sometimes these pop icons can be identified by a single image. (For example, Prince used an identifiable symbol and Elton John could be identified by his iconic glasses. The Rolling Stones are identified by lips.

This exhibition invites artists to explore the premise of cultural or pop icons.

Acceptable mediums include: Acrylic, Airbrush, Charcoal, Collage, Color Pencil, Computer Art, Digital Art, Digital Photography, Drawings, Encaustic, Fiber Arts, Glass Art, Graphite, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Pastel, Pen and Ink, Photo Assemblage, Printmaking, Sculpture, Traditional Photography, Video, and Watercolor.

Note: All artists who submit to this show will be accepted and have at least one of their submitted works posted on our website. A select number of artists will be selected to send their work to our gallery for our in-person exhibition at our brick and mortar gallery in Laguna Beach, California.