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Event History

For 18 years, The Guild of Boston Artists has hosted the New England Regional Juried Exhibition in order to highlight the diversity and depth of representational art in the region and to celebrate established, early-career, and emerging realist artists working in traditional methods. This art exhibition has grown over its history and has become a beloved part of the organization's annual calendar of events with audiences eager to see the annual display.

Copyright Policy

Artists retain all copyrights to submitted images and represented artwork.

Image Usage Rights

By entering the competition, artists selected to exhibit grant The Guild of Boston Artists permission to use the selected image(s) on social media, the website, and printed materials for promotional purposes as well as in the online show gallery.

Open Call for Entries for The New England Regional Juried Exhibition

The New England Regional Juried Exhibition will feature the best of representational painting, drawing, and sculpture by regional artists who work in the realist tradition.

The art exhibition will be on view from August 29th - September 26th. The exhibit will be held at the historic Guild of Boston Artists Gallery located on Newbury Street in Boston.

Please review the following information. If you have any questions, please call the gallery at 617.536.7660 or e-mail us at BostonGuild@gmail.com.

Submission Guidelines                                                                                                               

• Artists must complete and submit the entry form by July 18, 2026
• Work must be representational with a strong academic background*
• Artists may submit up to 3 artworks for consideration
• Prints (including giclées), kits, and AI generated art are ineligible. Using a print as an underpainting is also prohibited.

Awards

First Place: Gold Medal & $750.00
Second Place: Silver Medal & $500.00
Third Place: Bronze Medal & $350.00

Glenn G. MacNutt Award & $250.00
New England Watercolor Society Award & $150.00
Robert Douglas Hunter Award & $100.00
Award(s) of Merit & $50.00

*Most of our applicants have had some level of academic training or preparation either through an atelier/studio or collegiate program, private lessons, or self-directed independent study.

For more information regarding this juried exhibition please view the full prospectus on our website.