Lunaria Gallery Home Is Where the HeART Is 2027: Oregon and Southwest Washington Artists
Lunaria Gallery in Silverton, Oregon is inviting artists living in Oregon and southwest Washington to submit original works for Home Is Where the HeART Is, its upcoming juried group exhibition. The subject is the emotional and visual meaning of home, belonging, memory and what moves the heart. The gallery welcomes a range of physical two-dimensional and three-dimensional media; digital photographs or design work may be used as application images, but accepted artwork must meet the show's original, display-ready physical-object rules.
Local eligibility and deadline
Only artists from Oregon and southwest Washington are invited to apply. The official online entry deadline is 30 November 2026, midnight Pacific time. The gallery's current page describes the 2027 programme but retains an outdated sentence referring to the previous show year and inconsistently calls it both the ninth and tenth edition. Applicants should rely on the 2026–27 event dates in its CURRENT Important Dates section and ask the gallery if any uncertainty remains. The locality condition is explicit and is why this article is categorized as geographically restricted.
Fees, commission and awards
Application is free, but every ACCEPTED piece carries a $20 hanging fee. The gallery charges a 40% sales commission on works sold through the show. Two annual awards are described: a People's Choice Award and a Member's Award. The Member's Award has historically offered a guest exhibition opportunity in the gallery's Loft. The site does not promise an automatic cash prize or a sale for each successful applicant.
Artwork size and image submission
Artists may submit up to three images. The online form requests images sized to 1,280 pixels along the longest edge, 72dpi, and no larger than 1MB per file, plus each work's title, medium, dimensions and sale price. Physical 2D work must not be larger than 22 by 28 inches and needs secure professional hanging hardware. Three-dimensional objects may not exceed 40 pounds and must be stable and safe to display. The organiser allows original artist prints but excludes giclée reproductions and other reproductions. Digital-image artists must confirm whether their specific edition or printing method satisfies this important originality distinction.
Installation and exhibition timetable
The current schedule says notification of selection is planned for 2 December 2026. Artists must deliver accepted work to Lunaria Gallery on Sunday 27 December 2026, 11:30am to 4pm. The exhibition is scheduled from 30 December 2026 to 1 February 2027, with a reception on 8 January 2027. These are provisional organiser dates, not a claim that an online upload alone fulfils the gallery's physical-delivery requirement.
About Lunaria Gallery
Lunaria Gallery is a longstanding gallery in Silverton with recurring juried themed exhibitions and a programme featuring local and regional makers. Its website documents several previous Home Is Where the HeART Is editions and retains a working application form for the 2027 show. The gallery publishes the physical installation rules, selection timing, sales commission and contact information. Those details allow applicants to distinguish the official opportunity from generic art-contest directories.
Apply through the original gallery
Use the official form attached to the gallery's 2027 page. If the form cannot be completed, Lunaria lists enter@lunariagallery.com as an alternative contact for entry details and images. Prepare original artworks, appropriate permissions and physical delivery arrangements before applying; selected work's display and sale terms are governed by the gallery's full instructions.
This article provides a summary. To avoid misunderstandings, please be sure to check the official page for full details.
Information verified: 19 October 2026. The organiser's page contains some legacy year wording, explained above.
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