The theme of this Cotton Candy show is all about that sweet, sweet sugary life! Think careless summertime fun. Iridescent sunsets from a slow-spinning Ferris wheel. Warm and breezy neon nights. Laughter and “step right up” carnival sounds. Oversized stuffed animals and, of course, that wonderfully fluffy, zero nutritional value, unnaturally sweet, every-color-of-the-rainbow cotton candy! 🍭☀️🎢⛱️👙🌈🍉🎡🍦🎆🎠🧸🎪🤹🏻‍♂️🃏

Your best POP ART would show well in this height-of-summer July exhibit. We’re also hopeful some surrealist pieces make it to this side of the fun house mirror. So, eat some candy and share with us your most sugar high work.

As always, we encourage you to push your creative limits. We love innovative, conversation-provoking work of all sizes, shapes, and mediums. We’re looking for thoughtful and beautiful work with strong ties back to the liberally interpreted cotton candy theme. We love and support your kooky installation ideas—sugar mountain anyone?! And, of course, we also love your traditional wall-hanging wonders! All we ask is that you help us understand how your work fits the Cotton Candy theme. We imagine this yummy show will feel like a gallery oasis amidst a summertime carnival. You can almost feel the sticky on your face!

We cannot wait to see what you spin up! We have so much love and gratitude for all that you do.

Link to submit work in bio, comments, and at: bit.ly/cottoncandyart

Key Dates
Submissions are due by 11:59pm on June 23.

Selected artists will be notified by June 26.

Drop-off dates and times will be June 28, 29, 30 and July 7 during gallery hours (Friday 2-6pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 12-4pm).

Show will open Friday, July 12 from 6pm to 9pm(ish) during the Belltown Art Walk. We will also host our 3rd Annual Block Party at that time. The show will run through Seattle Art Fair on Sunday, July 28.

Artist panel discussion will be Saturday, July 20.