Call for Artists!

Cortland Arts Connect's Annual Small Works Show & Sale will be on exhibit at McNeil Building Gallery at 17-29 Main Street Cortland in November and December.

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Works must be able to hang on a wall, and be smaller than 16x16 inches, including frame. Each artist can enter 2 pieces. There is no entry fee. Work is not juried, though the exhibit committee has the right to reject pieces that do not fit requirements.

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Drop off dates Nov 7 - Nov 10.

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Opening Reception Friday Dec 5th from 5 to 7pm.

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Works to stay up for the show, though sold works can be picked up by Dec 22nd.

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The Community Arts Challenge is a juried competition to encourage creativity within the Cortland County community and enhance the profile of the Center for the Arts and Cortland Arts Connect as venues for local artists and performers. The Challenge is an opportunity to use one’s artistic talents to communicate a common theme. The artistic theme for the 16th Annual Arts Challenge is “HOME” The exhibits and performances that result from this competition will be open to the public to celebrate the many ways our area artists interpret the topic of HOME. Prizes will be awarded in each entry categories. There will also be a “People's Choice” visual-art award for the artwork that gets the most votes from visitors to the Arts Challenge exhibit.

CAC is highlighting the breadth of arts and culture in our area by developing a county-wide Cortland Arts Trail features artists, studios (visual, dance, music) art instillations (murals, statues, etc) art venues, music venues, galleries and businesses that support the arts.

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List your self or your business on our directory and or digital arts trail!

We coordinate First Fridays on the First Friday of each month. We use our digital Arts Trail to highlight the venues that are open!

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All venues must be on the arts trail and fill out the First Friday form with their event details!

Seeking solo, dual or group exhibit proposals for our spaces at McNeil Building Gallery and Guthrie Medical Center

Cortland Free Library seeks artists to exhibit in their gallery.

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Please email Theresa at reference@cortlandfreelibrary.org or call 607-753-1042 for more info!

An original art show featuring copies, forgeries, ill conceived restorations and imaginative misinterpretations of famous artworks, artists and art movements.

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Call for Artists

We’re seeking irreverent, creative, and joyfully blasphemous takes on famous artworks for our Fall 2025 group show, Remastered. Think “Dogs Playing Poker” but it’s the Last Supper. Or What if Mona Lisa had a mullet? Or if American Gothic featured a pitchfork-wielding alien and his influencer daughter?

Remastered is an original art show featuring copies, forgeries, ill conceived restorations and imaginative misinterpretations of famous artworks, artists and art movements.

We’re looking for the paint-stroke perfect to amateur best try.

This exhibition challenges the solemnity of the art world by asking: What if irreverence is the sincerest form of flattery?
 

ARE YOU AN ARTIST?

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Share your bio with us!

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The Cortland County Historical Society (CCHS) is committed to preserving the stories of the Cortland County community. As part of an effort to identify and document these stories, we are creating an archive specifically devoted to the artists of Cortland County and their art.

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We want to know more about you.

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If you currently have a short bio or artist statement about yourself and your work, we hope you will share it with the Cortland County Historical Society to be included in our artist archive.

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Or maybe these questions will help you create one:

• When did you first become interested in art?

• Did you study formally or are you self-taught?

• What medium(s) do you work in?

• Are there artists or mentors who inspire you?

• How does being part of the Cortland County community influence you?

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CCHS appreciates your participation in this vital community project.

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Email your bio or any questions you have about the project to: info@cortlandhistory.org.