“Draw a map to get lost.”
                                                                -Yoko Ono, Grapefruit, 1964

“Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there.”

                                                                       -Aldous Huxley, Island, 1962

The Importance of Being Nowhere

Acadiana Center for the Arts
Summer Group Exhibition 

Juried by Amy Mackie
AcA Main Gallery 

June 13, 2026 – August 22, 2026

Each year, Acadiana Center for the Arts dedicates its summer time main gallery exhibition to a thematic group exhibition, open to works submitted by artists of Acadiana and beyond. 

This year artists are asked to submit works which consider the Importance of Being Nowhere. Our 2026 juror Amy Mackie has crafted this phrase, “the importance of being nowhere” to act as a point of departure for artists who would create or select works in response. 

Call to Artists Details

The Call to Artists guidelines and submission portal is open on March 16th and will be accepting submissions until April 19th, 2026. The selection process will commence thereafter by our guest juror. 

The exhibition will open to the public in the AcA Main Gallery from June 13, 2026 through August 22, 2026

Submission Guidelines

• All submitting artists must be over 18 years old and reside in the United States.
• To be considered for entry, all work must be completed after January 1, 2022.
• It is FREE for AcA Members to submit work and for non-members there is a $25 entrance fee for submissions
• Artists are limited to 10 works for consideration and if accepted, artists are required to hand deliver works to Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W. Vermilion St, Lafayette LA 70501 by May 25th, 2026.

Call to Artists Opens: March 16, 2026

Online Submission Deadline: April 19, 2026 

Works Selected/ Artists Notified: First Week of May

Works Must be Received at AcA: May 25 , 2026 

Exhibition Opens: June 13, 2026 

Exhibition on View: June 13, 2025 – August 22, 2026 

First Day of In-Person Pick Up Period: August 24, 2026 

All Work Picked Up Must be Retrieved: September 1, 2026