Juried Art Exhibition

Applications for the 2025 exhibition have closed.

For 50 years, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry has hosted the nation’s premier exhibition of African American art. The Juried Art Exhibition is a pillar of the Museum’s Black Creativity program, which showcases African American achievement in a variety of scientific, artistic, and technological fields. Each year, the Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition presents more than 100 works of art from professional and emerging Black artists from throughout the U.S.

Call for 2025 entries has closed

Applications for the 2025 Juried Art Exhibition closed on October 13. Thank you to all who submitted entries. Artists are encouraged to apply in fall 2025 for the 2026 exhibition.

Entry guidelines

The 2025 Black Creativity Program is sponsored by The Allstate Insurance Company and Ardmore Roderick.

About the featured artwork

Rosemary Summers, Date Night at Home (detail), 2023, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy Rosemary Summers.

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