20th NATIONAL

MARINE ART EXHIBTION

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Our ASMA National Exhibitions are at the foundation of the Society’s mission — to showcase the very finest maritime works from our artist members across the nation and beyond, to the widest possible audience, in museum institutions that elevate and celebrate our artistry. These opportunities come only every few years, and are a chance for you to enhance your reach, reputation and artistic accomplishments.

And so we invite you to offer your best work for consideration for the 20th National Exhibition, hosted by two nationally recognized Museums, The Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, VA and the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, CT.

The Exhibition will run June 11, 2027 through September 9, 2027 in Williamsburg before traveling to Mystic, where it will be on display from October 9, 2027 until January 30, 2028. During its run in Mystic, the ASMA will be hosting our 5th National Marine Art Conference, October 25-28.

All ASMA members are encouraged to submit to this exhibtion. If you are not an ASMA member, you must join before submitting. More information is shown below under Eligibility.  ASMA Membership entitles you to enter all ASMA exhibitions, receive our full color quarterly magazine; Marine Art Journal, and receive discounted entry to our National Marine Art Conferences. We will be hosting the 5th National Marine Art Conference with events beginning on Monday evening, October 25, 2027  and ending Thursday, October 28, 2027. These are wonderfully inspiring learning and gathering events that include workshops and demos, lectures, painting opportunities and social events. Artists and guests desiring to register for the conference may do so online at our ASMA website beginning in the Spring of 2027.  Look for more details soon.

All ASMA Signature Members are required to submit at least one piece for consideration by a jury of the Fellows to all National Exhibitions. Fellows of the Society are required to submit at least one piece to be included all National Exhibitions.

Any Signature Member failing to submit an entry without presenting a written Letter of Hardship prior to the closing of the submission process will jeopardize their Signature membership status and must re-apply for Signature membership. Each hardship will be reviewed by the Fellows, and each case will be accepted or denied based on individual circumstances.

All artists are encouraged to submit their finest, museum-quality work for this Exhibition. Work must have been created within the last five years, and never submitted previously for any ASMA National Exhibition.

Submitting artwork for an ASMA National show is an affirmation that the artwork is original, does not infringe on any copyright, and that the jpeg image you send is an accurate and high-resolution representation of your artwork. Images of your work may be reproduced for catalog and promotional purposes.

Eligibility:

Any artist submitting for this Exhibition must be a member. If you are not currently a member, go to the ASMA website and click on join.

https://www.americansocietyofmarineartists.com. Current members who may know non-member artists working in the marine genre should encourage those artists to join ASMA and submit for the exhibition.

Regular member dues of ASMA are $65.00 annually.  Any new artist may also consider submitting for Signature Membership during open online portfolio review later in the Spring of 2027.

Entries will be accepted from December 1, 2026 through January 5, 2027 online at www.showsubmit.com, and final selections will be made in mid-January. Acceptance notices will be sent no later than January 30, 2027. More information will follow and notifications will go out when the window for submissions is open.

Artworks Accepted:

Mediums accepted for the ASMA National Exhibition include oil, water media, acrylic, pastel, drawing, etching, engraving, scrimshaw and sculpture. Sculpture is limited to bronze, stone, or wood. No cold cast bronze, ceramic, or any type of stoneware is accepted. Ship and boat models are not eligible. No digital art or painting created by painting over paper or canvas printed photographs will be accepted.

Combined length and width of the framed work must not exceed 90 inches. Sculpture is not to exceed 50 inches in height. Weight should be no more than 150 pounds. Artists may submit between 1 to 3 entries for consideration. Sculptors must submit 2 views for each entry. Once an artwork has been submitted, no substitutions or early removal of work will be allowed. NO exceptions. All paintings will be required to have gallery or museum quality frames.

The submission fee for the ASMA 19th National Exhibition is $35.00 for the first artwork and $10 for additional artwork submissions.

ASMA reserves the right to reject works if not fairly represented by the image or information provided.

Shipping:

Each artist is responsible for the shipping costs to send their artwork to the first Museum venue, and for returning shipping from the final Museum. The Museums themselves cover the expense of inter-venue shipping. Artists who live nearby Williamsburg, VA will be allowed to drop their works in person during a very specific day and time window, and likewise, artists living nearby Mystic, CT will be allowed to pick up their works at the close of the show at a designated time.

Painters are required to use Air Float Strongbox shipping containers or the equivalent for this Exhibition (U-line's model designed like Airfloat or MasterPak). Sculptors are highly encouraged to use double wall, foam injected boxes for shipping sculptures. No peanuts are allowed when shipping sculpture. The Society recognizes the financial burden of packing and shipping your work to and from a National Exhibition, and so for the first time we will be helping underwrite these expenses in some meaningful way. More specific information on this will accompany notifications of acceptance into the Exhibition.

Prior to shipping, you will be required to notify ASMA as to the weight and dimensions of your box going to Williamsburg. Keep a record yourself to facilitate the return of your artwork. A few weeks before the exhibition closes, each artist will be contacted by ASMA to create and send a return shipping label to accommodate returning all artwork in a timely fashion at the close of the exhibition.

Artwork sales:

As a museum exhibition, the ASMA 20th National is a "not for sale exhibition". However, buyers who may have an interest in purchasing works of art will be supplied with contact information for the artist by the participating Museums. Any sales during the exhibition shall be privately arranged between the artist and buyer. Artwork may not be removed before the end of the exhibition. No exceptions.

How to Enter:

Please submit entries at ShowSubmit.com on the ASMA 20th National page.  The deadline for entry is January 1, 2027. A link to the submission portal will be on the ASMA website at www.americansocietyofmarineartists.com.

ALL images must be submitted in jpeg format at 300 dpi. Images should be 8” on the longest side. This requirement is for creating a high quality, color catalog of the 20th National Exhibition.

All artists will be informed of jury results by January 30, 2027.

A full color catalog will be produced for the Exhibition, and ASMA members, whether participating in the exhibition or not, will be able to purchase one or more at a discounted price.

Artwork will be fully insured while on exhibition and while being shipped between museums. The artist is responsible for shipping and insuring the work to the first museum and return shipping back from the last museum.

Thank you and we look forward to your submissions.