Our next exhibition will be held at
Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, CT
The NEMS 2026 All Member Exhibition June 22nd-July 22nd
Two floors of gallery space, open to the public 7 days a week, with beautiful natural light that faces a stunning public square, this is a great spot to show off your best work!
Reception will be Sunday, June 28th, 12:00pm-3:00pm
You must be a member of New England Mosaic Society to participate, so please renew you membership or join at this link on our website:
https://www.newenglandmosaicsociety.com/membership/
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The theme of the exhibition will be:
“Piecework for Peace Work”
Contemporary Mosaics by Members of The New England Mosaic Society
New England Mosaic society invites members to explore peace as something created through patience, repair, care, and collective effort. We welcome traditional and experimental mosaics in glass, ceramic, stone, tile, and found materials, including wall-based and sculptural work. Consider themes such as reconciliation, refuge, community, environmental healing, or the everyday labor of peacemaking. We encourage approaches that foreground process: visible seams, intentional breaks, reclaimed fragments, collaborative contributions, or rhythmic patterning that suggests practice over perfection.
Portraits, landscapes, abstractions, narrative scenes, symbolic works, and purely formal explorations are all welcome.
Possible approaches include (but are not limited to):
A landscape that represents refuge, repair, balance, or a place where conflict has quieted. It can also be a place that brings you personal peace.
A portrait of someone who embodies peace work, care work, or quiet resistance. It can also be someone who brings you personal peace.
An abstract composition that explores harmony, fracture, tension, repair, or reconciliation through color, rhythm, and material.
A symbolic or narrative scene reflecting community, healing, protest, mourning, or hope.
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Important Details:
• Entries will be only accepted digitally. The Call To Art will be accessible within the next two weeks. You will receive an email with a link to the call when it is ready.
• Artists may submit up to 3 mosaic works
•The entry fee for the 1st work will be $25, the 2nd $15, and the third $10.
•The deadline for submissions is May 26th.
•This is a non-juried show, so you are guaranteed at least one of your pieces will be accepted into the exhibition, but you may have more accepted.
•We will accept 2-D and 3-D work that is under 60 lbs.
•There are 10 pedestals available for 3-D work.
•Size for 2-D work cannot exceed 30” in width, but can be up to 3ft long.
•Size for 3-D work is more flexible, but cannot exceed the 60lb weight limit.
•All work chosen for the exhibition must arrive at the gallery prior to June 19th, and can be mailed or dropped off in person. You will also be able to mail or drop off your work with some of our members in the New Haven area.
More information on this to come in the art call.
•Pick up of your work can be done after the exhibition closes on June 23rd or by calling the art center and arranging.
•If you would like to sell your mosaics, the gallery takes 40% of the sale and the artist will get 60%. The gallery is staffed and open 7 days a week, so will facilitate all sales and arrange for the buyer to pick up or ship your piece at the end of the exhibition. The artist will be paid by check within 2 weeks of the exhibition closing.
If you have any questions, please email one of our Exhibition Co-Chairs:
Cathleen Newsham: cnewsham50@gmail.com
Jess Regelson: jessregelson@gmail.com
To view current Calls to Art and past Exhibitions you can go to this link on the ArtCall.org New England Mosaic Society Page:
https://the-new-england-mosaic-society-exhibitions.artcall.org/current-calls-for-entry
