Tioga Arts Council (TAC), in partnership with Cloud Croft Studios (CCS), is excited to announce its eighth juried regional art exhibition, Everyday Life, Every Day Art. The Opening Night & Awards Ceremony will be on Friday, August 22, 2025. After the opening, the exhibition will run from August 23 to September 27, 2025. It will feature work from artists within a 100-mile radius of Owego, encompassing 25 counties in New York and Pennsylvania. For every artwork sold in the exhibition, 80% of proceeds will go to the artist and 20% of the commission will go towards TAC’s Beyond the Gallery services, such as Art a la Carte—a unique arts education program and partnership between TAC and the Tioga County Food for Families.

New This Year – Artist Emeritus

In recognition of being selected as Best in Show two years in a row and to celebrate his important art contributions to ELEDA, Brian Keeler will be honored with our 2025 Artist Emeritus Award. In addition to this recognition, Brian will receive a free entry into ELEDA and an honorarium. His work will be exempt from the adjudication and award process.

Digital Submission Form

Submission Guidelines, Waiver + Form

Important Dates

August 2, 3, 4 (Artwork Drop Off)
August 6 (Live Adjudication)
August 9, 10, 11 (Unselected Artwork P/U)
August 22 (Opening Night & Awards Ceremony)
August 23 (Exhibition Opens to Public)
September 27 (Last Day of the Exhibition)
September 28, 29 (Unsold/Sold Artwork P/U)

Entry Fee

The cost is $15 per submission. (3 Submissions Maximum.) AI submissions are NOT permitted. Acceptable payment methods are cash, check payable to Tioga Arts Council, and credit card.

Artwork Sales

All artwork must be for sale, and a 20% commission will be taken on all sales. The commission will support TAC’s Beyond the Gallery programs, such as Art a la Carte, which brings arts-enrichment activities to children and families who are food insecure and utilize summer meal sites in Tioga County.

Exhibition Hours

The exhibition will be open to the public from August 23 through September 27, Thursday – Sunday, from 12 – 4 p.m. For special events and appointments, contact either Christina Di Stefano, at tiogaartscouncil@gmail.com, or Mike Poe, at cloudcroftstudios@gmail.com.

Cover Art

Joan Lockburner’s Memories & Decisions will be the featured artwork for 2025 Everyday Life, Every Day Art. Thank you, Joan, for supporting this event and allowing us to feature your work.

Note: A paper form is available HERE. However, digital form submissions are encouraged.

Jurors

Chris Longwell is an artist and art educator. His ceramic works are exhibited nationally at venues such as the Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA), the M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ, and Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL . His work has been published in numerous books (Lark Books 500 Cups; 500 Pitchers) and magazines (Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics:Art and Perception). A recent one-man exhibition was installed in the gallery at Clayscapes, Syracuse, NY. Four years of teaching high school art at Notre Dame High School has provided Professor Longwell with the experience to mentor art education majors at Elmira College. As gallery director, he reaches out into the international, national and regional art communities to bring the artwork of artists to campus.
John and Barbara Wilkerson are art collectors with a focus on Outsider and Folk Art, Australian indigenous paintings, outdoor sculpture and African tribal masks. John is past president of the American Folk Art Museum and current board member of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. He also is an advisory board member of the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe aboriginal art museum. John and Barbara are avid gardeners, barn restorers and land preservationists