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Creative Tallahassee is an annual juried art exhibition of 2-D and 3-D media at the City Hall Art Gallery. COCA shows the artwork of approximately 35-40 local and regional artists every year in this exhibition. From the entries submitted, as many as 75 individual artworks, never before shown at the Artport or City Hall Gallery, will be selected to show. The 2026 Creative Tallahassee exhibition opens on April 8th and closes on June 8th. The deadline to apply is February 13th at 11:59 p.m. Read this prospectus carefully before submitting an application. Please send questions to COCA's Public Art Manager at sam@tallahasseearts.org
Deadline: Friday, March 20th
Presented by the Tallahassee Watercolor Society (TaWS) with support from the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA). Watercolor artists from Alabama, Florida and Georgia are cordially invited to participate in this watercolor competition and exhibition. It will be on display from Thursday, May 28th to Saturday, July 25th at Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts (MOFA). An awards reception is scheduled for Thursday, May 28th from 5:30pm-7:30pm.
This exhibition is only open to members of the Tallahassee Watercolor Society with dues paid for 2026. If you are not a current member or have not yet paid your 2026 dues you can pay your dues with your registration fee. Dues for TaWS membership are $35 and the Tri-State application fee is $40. You will be directed to the Tallahassee Watercolor Society webpage to do so once your application is submitted.
The exhibition prospectus is available here. Please be sure to read it and assure your submissions comply with the instructions. Questions may be directed to Lisa Waxman at lwaxman@fsu.edu. Place “Tri-State Inquiry” in the subject line.
This exhibition opportunity is only open to current members of the Tallahassee Watercolor Society with dues paid for 2026. Click here to become a Tallahassee Watercolor Society member.