ALNF Winter Art Show (January 2025)
The Art League hosts a Winter art show and competition each year for ALNF members, held at the Gateway Art Gallery, including an opening reception and awards ceremony. To enter, you must be an active member in good standing of ALNF* and your work must meet the show’s entry requirements (outlined below.)
- Awards sponsors: TBA
- Entry drop-off date: December 28th from 11 am-2 pm (Due to logistics, no early or late entries will be accepted. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.)
- Opening Reception/Awards Ceremony: Friday, January 3 @ 5:30 pm
- Entry pick-up dates: January 30 & 31 during normal hours of operation
Entry Qualifications:
- Open to current members of ALNF.
- One entry per member. Work must be no more than 2 years old.
- Entries must be no larger than 36″ in any direction. Framed and canvas-wrapped entries must be wired for hanging. Unwired entries will not be accepted.
- Categories: Painting (oil, acrylics, watercolor), Drawing (graphite, pastels, pen & ink), Photography (altered/photoshopped images must be specified), Mixed Media/3D (fabric arts, sculpture, woodworking, 100% handcrafted jewelry, digital painting)
- No work utilizing AI, in full or in part, will be accepted for entry. (Entries may require verification of creation process if a question arises about authenticity.)
* All 2024 memberships expire on December 31, 2024. Participants must join or renew on or before the show drop-off date to enter.)
Please note: We do not have space to store artwork long-term. Entries left at the Gallery past the pick-up date will become the property of the Gallery and may be sold or donated.
Annual Youth Art Competition (March 2025)
The ALNF will host an annual Youth Art League show and competition at the Gallery in March—National Youth Art Month!—with prize money and trophies (sponsored by Pinnacle Auto Sound) and an evening reception where awards are presented. To enter, each child must be an active member in good standing of YAL and work must meet the show’s entry requirements. Details about next year’s show will appear here as the date approaches.
Summer: Wally Reichert Memorial Art Show (June 2025)
The Art League of North Florida—in coordination with the Columbia County Library System and Friends of the Library—sponsors an annual art show & competition each Summer, which is held at the West Branch library in Lake City and includes a reception and awards ceremony. To enter, you must be an active member in good standing of ALNF or Friends of the Library and your work must meet the show’s entry requirements. Details about next year’s show will appear here as the date approaches.
Gallery Exhibitions
Throughout the year, the Gallery hosts themed exhibitions for our Member Artists. These events are designed to highlight the talent and artistic abilities of our local artists and also to challenge them to create new work from a prompt. Past exhibitions include Art of the Matter, Celebrating Fathers Through Art, Florida’s Wildlife Wonders, the Precious Pets portrait contest, & our recent Spring Into Summer event. Some of these events are open only to Gallery Display Artists, while others are open to all ALNF members. Our next Member Artist exhibition will be on the theme of “Everyday Art”, hosted in June of 2025. Stay tuned for more information!
If you have questions or need more information, give us a call!