

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Open Call to Artists  ? Growth - Stories in Bloom ? Women's Exhibit
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 12 Jan, 2026 at 11:45 pm
- **Event Description**: Open Call to Artists

? Growth - Stories in Bloom ?

Curated by Carol McLaughlin Kortnik



Submission Deadline: January 12, 2026 - 11:59pm

Artist Notification Email: January 16th

Artwork Check-in: Monday, February 23 2-4pm

Opening Reception: Friday, February 27 at 7 PM

Exhibit Dates: February 27 – April 4

Artwork Pick-up: Monday, April 6 10-4pm



Every work in Stories in Bloom reveals a unique chapter of growth—personal, creative, and collective—celebrating the beauty of transformation. This juried exhibition invites women artists to explore the theme of Growth in all its forms—personal, cultural, natural, and spiritual. From cycles of nature to the evolution of self and community, Growth is both universal and deeply personal.



Awards – $700 in Cash Prizes

First Place – $200

Second Place – $125

Third Place – $100

Best Painting - $50

Best Multimedia - $50

Best Photography - $50

Honorable Mention – $50

Best Young Artist – $25

People’s Choice Award – $50

Entry Guidelines:

Entry Fee: $20 per artist (youth 17 and under: free entry)

Eligibility: Open to all women artists working in any 2D or 3D medium.

Submission Limit: Up to three works per artist  ($20 total for all three)

Sales: All submitted artwork must be for sale. Artists receive 60% commission on sales; JCAC retains 40% to support exhibitions and programming.

Restrictions: No AI-generated artwork will be accepted.

Image Submission Requirements

One digital image per artwork submitted
JPEG/JPG format only
At least 1800 pixels on the longest side


Submissions Opening Soon!



About the Curator: “Fine Art Dedicated to the Natural World”

Carol McLaughlin Kortnik is primarily a self-taught artist but had a semester of drawing at Walla Walla Community College in the early 1980’s.  She is adept at working in watercolor, pastel, bronze sculpture, fiber arts, and mixed media collage.

In 1988 she and her husband Mark opened one of the first main street galleries in Joseph, Oregon.  Now after 38 years they own and operate Aspen Grove Gallery where she displays her original paintings, fiber art, bronze sculpture, and mixed media collages.  She likes trying new media and she displays all her creations in the gallery and also in her Creative Cottage annex building.

Carol has won many first place and People’s Choice awards at art shows she has attended in the Northwest.  She was honored to be included in the most celebrated bird art show in the country, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Bird Art Show in Wisconsin.  Her work has been featured in several art magazines.  She was chosen to be an artist on the OPB Oregon Art Beat television program because of her wide variety of creative skills and mastery of many diverse mediums.

Carol has also created a series of mixed media collages that honor Americas most influential women in history.

Carol’s latest art work is called “painting with fabric”.  Starting with a watercolor, she adds texture and depth to it by adding fabric and fibers to give the piece a three dimensionality.  Carol has had great success and recognition with this new addition to her creative body of work.

Carol is now creating art pieces with peyote beading and her own designs influenced by the Native Americans. Carol also has past art work that shows similar influences in her ledger styled art.

Carol is constantly looking for new ways to express her creativity and spends her days in that exciting venture as one of Joseph’s most established professional main street artists.

 Carol invites visitors to their Aspen Grove Gallery on main street in Joseph, Oregon.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/joseph/open-call-to-artists-growth-stories-in-bloom-womens-exhibit/200029416871535
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, crafts, exhibitions, it, womens-history-month
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://josephy.org/event/growth-stories-in-bloom/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=joseph-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Joseph
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 403 N Main St / PO Box 949, Joseph, OR, United States, Oregon 97846
- **lat**: 45.35594
- **long**: -117.23
- **full address**: 403 N Main St / PO Box 949, Joseph, OR, United States, Oregon 97846

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Josephy Center for Arts and Culture (https://allevents.in/org/josephy-center-for-arts-and-culture/21120770)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 12 Jan, 2026 at 11:45 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 403 N Main St / PO Box 949, Joseph, OR, United States, Oregon 97846
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Josephy Center for Arts and Culture
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, fine-arts, crafts, exhibitions, it, womens-history-month
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Open Call to Artists  ? Growth - Stories in Bloom ? Women's Exhibit ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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