Opening Reception Friday January 22, 2027, 6-8 p.m. Juror Awards announced at 7 p.m.

January 22 - March 14, 2027

2027 Juried Biennial Exhibition

The Juried Biennial at Olin Hall Galleries has been exhibited every two years since 1990. The juried exhibition exemplifies works of art from artists within a 200-mile radius of Roanoke College. All fine arts media are accepted for submission, including, but not limited to, painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic design, photography, ceramics, printmaking, mixed media, textiles, video, and film.

Olin Hall Galleries will be accepting submissions for the 2027 Juried Biennial August 3 through October 30, 2026.

Artists within a 200-mile radius of Roanoke College can submit up to three works of art in any medium. All artwork must be original and completed within the last three years. There are no submission fees for the 2027 Juried Biennial.

  • Calendar

    August 3, 2026 - Applications open on ArtCall.org

    October 30, 2026 - Deadline for entries

    November 20, 2026 - Accepted artists notified via ArtCall.

    January 6-9, 2027 - Artists deliver artwork to Olin Hall Galleries between 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

    January 22, 2027 - Opening reception 6-8 p.m. Juror Awards announced at 7 p.m.

    March 14, 2027 - Exhibition closes at 4 p.m.

    March 15-17, 2027 - Artists pick-up artwork from Olin Hall Galleries between 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

  • 2027 Biennial Juror Betsy Johnson

    Betsy Johnson is an Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with responsibility for overseeing the photography and works-on-paper collections. At the Hirshhorn, she has curated Tony Lewis: Anthology 2014–2016 (2018); The Evidence Room (2019); Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions (2019); Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory (2021); One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection (2022); A Window Suddenly Opens: Contemporary Photography in China (2022), Jessica Diamond: Wheel Of Life (2023), Basquiat x Banksy (2024), and Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860-1960 (2024), which she co-curated with Marina Isgro. Johnson completed her B.A. in Integrative Arts and M.A. in Art History at the Pennsylvania State University and is ABD in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, currently writing her dissertation on American conceptual artist Robert Barry.

Explore previous Juried Biennial Exhibitions

2025 Juried Biennial
2023 Juried Biennial
2019 Juried Biennial