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29TH Annual SAC Member Artist Show

Important Dates:

• Application & Entry Fee deadline:  Friday, April 17
• Email Quality Jpeg of your Artwork for the website: Friday, 24
  Artwork Drop Off:   Mon-Tues, April 27 & 28th, 10-5pm,   Please contact SAC if you need a different day or time
•  Opening Reception Date: Friday, May 1, 5- 7p
•  SAC Exhibit Dates:  Friday, May 1 -Friday July 3rd
• Artwork Pick Up: Thursday & Friday, July 2-3, 10-4p

Upcoming:

Feature Artists/Group Call out 2027:

The Shiawassee Arts Center (SAC), located in Owosso, Michigan, is offering artists in all media featured exhibition opportunities for the calendar year of 2027. 

One‑person or group exhibits are possible. Each exhibit runs approximately five to seven weeks with a “meet‑the‑artist” opening reception. A minimum of 75% of the artwork in the exhibit must be for sale. SAC does not insure work exhibited in the gallery; however, the utmost care in hanging and protecting artwork is taken.

Groups please submit the names of the members that will be in the show, if accepted. Send us an example of all artists that will be participating , please jury the work within the group, that will be in the show. SAC provides all publicity including press releases and postcard invitations to the exhibit. The Arts Center retains a 40% commission on sales, the artist must be a current SAC member. A SAC artist membership is $40 a year.

If interested in a featured exhibition please email the completed application with up to five jpeg images representing current work, biography and artist statement to jennifer@shiawasseearts.org no later than June 12, 2026 to be considered for the 2027 schedule. You can also mail the completed application and photographs or thumb drive to SAC 206 Curwood Castle Drive, Owosso, Michigan 48867.

Upcycled Art in the Park

Sculpting Beauty from Scrap/Trash/Plastic/Waste…

September 4th-25th, 2026

Shiawassee Arts Center is seeking artists who are skilled in the use of varied material. Artwork should demonstrate the importance of conserving our limited natural resources.  We are looking for how well the medium relates to the upcycle and recycle movement and how the artist’s intention or concept is presented and realized. Utilizing trash collected from the recycling centers and other recycled/found material, Michigan artists will be invited to participate in an event presented by the Shiawassee Arts Center entitled “Upcycled Art in the Park.” 

• Call-out will be issued to artists seeking three-dimensional sculptures created from primarily recycled materials to help promote the clean-up of the environment and raise awareness about recycling in our community. 
• The resulting sculptures will be on display along the river on the grounds surrounding the Shiawassee Arts Center and in Curwood Castle Park. 
• This event will expand the Shiawassee Arts Center’s artist network by introducing SAC to emerging and established artists from throughout the state of Michigan.  

DATES:
Call Out: April 1, 2026
Final Submission Deadline: Aug 7, 2026
Gallery Exhibition: September 4-25th, 2026
Opening Reception: September 27th, 1-3p 2026

Drop off the week of : Aug 31- Sept 2
Amount of Awards: $3500
People’s Choice Award on event day- paper ballet # of sculpture
Public Artwork- Will be in the elements – in a public park
Show ends on Sept 27, 2026

ELIGIBILITY:
Emerging and Established Artist- Age 18 years and older
Call-out will be issued to artists seeking three-dimensional sculptures created from primarily recycled materials to help promote the clean-up of the environment and raise awareness of recycling’s importance in the community.
The resulting sculptures will be on display along the river on the grounds surrounding the Shiawassee Arts Center and in Curwood Castle Park.

What is recycled art called?
Just like us, our waste also deserves a second chance and recycling has led to the emergence of an artistic movement known as recycled art — upcycled art or upcycling art — that is currently inspiring many artists around the world with its critical message regarding excessive consumption and environmental pollution.

Most Famous Tash Art
https://youtu.be/6IZmGlLG7ak?si=-W2e4gNmvZGX_ZHL

Goals: Raise Awareness of the Environment, Repurpose/Recycle, Embrace Creativity

Focus Statement: SAC seeks to promote the environmental importance of recycling by hosting an upcycle art sculpture event that repurposes trash collected from recycling centers and the environment
Summary: SAC’s mission working towards sustainability and waste reduction, we seek anyone with passion for the arts and our environment. The artwork should demonstrate the importance of conserving our limited natural resources. We are looking for how well the medium relates to the upcycle and recycle movement and how the artist’s intention or concept is presented and realized. Utilizing trash collected from recycle centers or the environment, Michigan artists will be invited to participate in a new event presented by the Shiawassee Arts Center entitled “Upcycled Art in the Park.”
Call-out will be issued to artists seeking three-dimensional sculptures created from primarily recycled materials to help promote clean-up and raise awareness of its importance in the community.
The resulting sculptures will be on display along the river on the grounds surrounding the Shiawassee Arts Center and in Curwood Castle Park.
This event will not only highlight the Shiawassee River, but also expand the Shiawassee Arts Center’s artist network by introducing SAC to emerging and established artists from throughout the state of Michigan.

Partner with local scrap yards/ recycle organizations/ and dumps- Artists allowed access

Greater Laingsburg Recyclers: (517) 651-2005

PRESENTATION:
All artwork must be suitably presented to a professional standard.
Three-dimensional works are allowed but need to be stable enough for handling and displaying.
The Arts Center will not accept works containing combustible or toxic materials, live animal/plant matter, perishable food products, or other substances that are harmful to the Arts Center’s visitors.
A label must be affixed to the back of the work that indicates- Artist Name, Title, Medium, Dimensions, and Price. This information must correspond with the accepted artwork as listed on notification form. No artwork may be substituted.
The Museum is a family-oriented facility and reserves the right to refuse any artwork of questionable nature or content that may alter its mission.
Work cannot be withdrawn, nor sales shipped, before the end of the exhibit.
The artist, by submitting their artwork, gives permission to SAC to display the artwork on its website, Facebook, and other social media and will allow the use of their artwork for promotional purposes for the exhibit.
SAC’s staff takes every precaution to protect and secure the items submitted. SAC does not insure the items against loss, damage, or theft. By submitting your artwork and having it on display, you agree to hold SAC and the Town of Owosso harmless and to indemnify both parties against all claims resulting from losses.12:00 pm and 3:00 p.m. If an artist is unable to pick up their art on said dates but can arrange for a friend or family member to pick it up instead, please notify SAC staff. We will not release artwork without verbal or written approval from the artist.

SHIPPING:
Artists will be responsible for delivery and return shipping of all their artwork. The artist assumes all responsibility for ensuring artwork against shipping damage or loss.
LIABILITY:
Site: Shiawassee Arts Center is not responsible for any damage, breakage, replacement or cost associated with any damage or breakage that may have occurred during transport or unpacking the work. Every precaution will be taken in handling the work, but Site assumes no liability for any loss or damage to any artist’s work while in our care, custody or control, before, during or after the exhibition. Each artist, if they wish, needs to provide their own insurance.
SALES/COMMISSIONS:
All artwork must be priced for sale.
Artwork cannot be withdrawn before the end of the exhibit.
Site SAC will retain a 30% commission on all exhibition sales. The price represented on the artist entry form will be the sale price. No changes will be allowed.
CONTACT/QUESTIONS:
Please direct all questions to jennifer@shiawasseearts.org
ENTRY AGREEMENT:
With the submission of artwork into the “Upcycled Art in the Park” Exhibition, the artist agrees to all the terms and conditions set forth in this prospectus.