Deadline: November 14, 2025

Arch Enemy Arts is an exhibition space for established and emerging artists from all over the world working in the vast and imaginative movement of new-contemporary art. Founded in 2013, AEA is located in the heart of Philadelphia’s historic Old City district and is dedicated to showcasing the striking and unconventional, highly technical, and delightfully strange.

The gallery is currently open for submissions to our annual juried Spotlight Showcase group exhibition set to open in January 2026. This show features new and emerging talent, as chosen and curated by Arch Enemy Arts, with no themes or direction in subject matter allowing applicants to focus on their best personal work.

Curation at Arch Enemy Arts focuses on representational drawing, painting, and sculpture with emphasis in lowbrow/pop-surrealism, dark surrealism, magical realism, post-graffiti and illustrative genres. Artists are encouraged to visit our website at www.archenemyarts.com to get a sense of our curatorial vision and consider if their work is a good fit for our gallery.

ELIGIBILITY: The 2026 Open Call is open to all artists aged 18+, regardless of location. International submissions are welcome!

ACCEPTED MEDIUMS: painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, ceramics, and collage. We do NOT accept submissions created with Midjourney, Dall-E, or any other AI generating software.

IMPORTANT DEADLINE DATES:

• Submission Deadline: the application window will close promptly at 11:59pm EST on Friday, November 14th, 2025

• Notifications (for both accepted and rejected works) will be sent by end of day on Tuesday, November 25th, 2025

TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO THE 2026 OPEN CALL go to www.archenemyarts.com/opencall2026. At the link, you will find the online application and more information including submission instructions, requirements, and a summary for consignment if your work is accepted. Unfortunately, we cannot provide feedback on work that is not accepted; however, we encourage artists to reapply again to future open calls. Good luck, and we look forward to reviewing your work.

Arch Enemy Arts
109 Arch St
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106