SCA Open 2026

SCA Open 2026

The Sausalito Center for the Arts invites artists throughout California to submit work for SCA Open, our annual juried exhibition celebrating the breadth, vitality, and creative excellence of artists across the region. The exhibition will be on view from OCTOBER 30th to DECEMBER 6th 2026 in the historic waterfront community of Sausalito.

This Call for Entry welcomes work in all mediums except video and AI-generated artwork, and will be juried by three distinguished leaders representing a museum, gallery, and educational institution, bringing a dynamic range of perspectives to the selection process.

Located in the heart of downtown Sausalito, Sausalito Center for the Arts welcomes more than 30,000 visitors each year and was recently voted Best Gallery for Art in Marin County by the Independent Journal and Pacific Sun.

        Jurors

Nancy Lim is associate curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). She is currently preparing an exhibition on Northern California craft, 1945-1980, opening next year. Previous exhibitions include Creative Growth: The House That Art Built (2024), Chiura Obata (2023–24), Hung Liu: Witness (2023), New Work: Anna Sew Hoy (2023), and Joan Brown (2022–23). Prior to SFMOMA, Lim held curatorial positions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, both in New York.

Danielle Fox currently oversees operations for SLATE Art LLC, directs SLATE Contemporary Gallery, manages SLATE’s Public Art program, and curates collections for key private and corporate clients. She has also served as a Member of the Board of the San Francisco Art Dealers Association and Oakland Art Murmur, and is a member of Art Table. Danielle has over thirty years of experience in the art world as a teacher, writer, editor, and curator; as Deputy Director of Business Development at Sotheby’s in London; founder of SLATE Contemporary Gallery in Oakland since 2009; and Principal Partner of SLATE Art Consulting since 2014.

Chester Arnold is a Bay Area painter who has exhibited and taught in area colleges for more than three decades. His large narrative oil paintings deal with many contemporary issues and may be seen in collections the San Jose Museum of Art, SF MoMA, the Nevada Museum of Art and other institutions across the country.   A major show of his new work opens at the Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, June of 2026, where he has been represented since 2003. www.chesterarnoldartist.com

ENTRY DEADLINE: Sunday, August 23rd - 11:59 PM 

NOTIFICATION TO ARTISTS: Week of September 14

ARTWORK DROP-OFF:  750 Bridgeway, Sausalito CA 94965
Wednesday 10/21 & Thursday 10/22 11-4

EXHIBITION: Friday, October 30th to Sunday,  December 6th 

OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, November 1st 1:00 - 6:00pm 

ARTIST CLOSING RECEPTION: Sunday Dec 6th, 3-5 pm

ARTWORK PICK-UP: Sunday December 6th, following reception, 5-6pm or - Monday, December 7th 11-4