Call for Submissions: 2026 Headwaters Arts Fall Festival Art Show & Sale

Headwaters Arts Gallery

Call for Submissions: 30th Anniversary Headwaters Arts Fall Festival Juried Art Show & Sale

Submission Deadline: August 10, 2026
Festival Dates: September 16 – October 4, 2026
Headwaters Gallery/Alton Mill Arts Centre, Alton, Ontario

Jurors: Liza Zhurkovskay and Julia Veenstra | Meet the Jurors

Headwaters Arts invites emerging, mid-career and established artists to apply to the 30th Annual Open Juried Fall Festival Art Show and Sale. Open to all Ontario artists working in any media (including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media, fibre arts, jewellery, glass, pottery, wood or others).

We are looking for your best new work (2024 to present day). Artwork must not have been entered into any previous Headwaters Arts shows. Students welcome. No work from classes or instructional teaching will be accepted.

All entries will be juried. The juror decisions are final. Fee is non-refundable.

Alton Mill Arts Centre

Notice of Acceptance: Acceptances will be posted on the Headwaters Arts website no later than on Friday, August 21, 2026.

You may enter up to three submissions.

Members: one piece of artwork $40.00 + HST = $ 45.20. Additional pieces $20.00.

Non-members: one piece of artwork $55.00 + HST = $62.15. Additional pieces $25.00.

Headwaters Arts will receive 35% commission on all sales. Headwaters Arts Festival’s Opening Soiree will take place on Thursday, September 17, 2026 at the Alton Mill Arts Centre. Over $2,000 will be awarded as artists prizes.

Submission Deadline: August 10, 2026 at midnight

For full guidelines and to submit, visit the Headwaters Arts 2026 Call for Submissions.

Contact:
info@headwatersarts.org
519-943-1149 (Wednesday through Friday only)
www.headwatersarts.org

The Headwaters Arts Gallery and Headwaters Arts not-for-profit organization is located in the Alton Mill Arts Centre at 1402 Queen St W, Alton, ON in the Town of Caledon, L7K 0C4.

The historic Alton Mill is in the village of Alton, in the rolling hills of Caledon, Ontario, just fifty minutes northwest of downtown Toronto. www.altonmill.ca