Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council

The 38^th Annual Skylands Regional Juried Art Exhibition

Submissions are now closed.

SCAHC is excited to continue hosing our Annual Skylands Juried Exhibition, now in its 38th year! This prestigious event invited artists from across the Tri-State area to submit their work for consideration. The works selected by our jurors will be on display from June 11 to July 16, 2026, at SCAHC's gallery in Newton, NJ.

This show will showcase works in all mediums, including photography, painting, sculpture, and digital art. Both professional and non-professional artists, aged 18 and over, were eligible to apply. There was no specific theme for this exhibition, allowing artists the freedom to showcase their best and most recent work.

See below for more key dates including when the acceptances will be issued and when Drop Off will occur.

Download the Rules and Guidelines by clicking HERE.
Please read them carefully as some information has changed.

Download the Interactive Entry Form by clicking HERE.
Paper copies are available in the gallery.

If you have any questions, you can contact SCAHC at 973-383-0027 or email us at scahc@scahc.org

Key Dates:

Submission Deadline
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Skylands Acceptances Issued
April 22 - 24, 2026

Skylands Artwork Drop off
Sunday June 7, 11 AM - 4 PM
Monday June 8, 1 - 4 PM

Reception and Awards Ceremony
Saturday, June 27, 6 - 8 PM

Skylands Artwork Pick up
Friday July 17, 11 AM - 4 PM
Saturday July 18, 1 - 4 PM

Entry Fees

Submissions are now closed.

Take a look at the award winner's from Skylands 37!

Skylands 37 Best in Show

Trustee's Award

Survivor

By: Linda Rossin

A small Acrylic painting of a rhino in a field. The light from the sun is glinting off the rhino's horn an the tops of the flowers.

The Anne H. Hanifan
Memorial Award

Manuel Antonio

By: Jean Weir

An Abstract Watercolor piece of people sitting on the beach under a leaning tree.

The Don Scheidt
Memorial Award - For Glass

Monet's Boat

By: Joel Leibowitz

A mosaic made of small shards of glass that evoke Monet's style of painting. It depeicts a small boat by a white wooden bridge arching over the water with a weeping willow branches above it.

The Robert G. McCoy Memorial Award - For Photography

Still No More

By: Renelle Lorray

A still life of a bowling ball knocking into bottles with pieces of glass flying off it.

The Angela Kelliher
Memorial Award

Don't Bug Me While I'm Painting

By: Anne Smiga Greene

An abstract mixed media piece that loosely depicts colorful flowers intersected with flowing, graphic lines that break up the colors, forms, and shapes.

The George W. Morville Sr.
Memorial Award

Floral Still Life

By: Lori D'Agostino

A photo-realistic acrylic painting of a still life. It depicts a vase of flowers on a marble table. The vase has red gerbe daisies, red roses, red carnations, lavender mums, and greens in a clear glass vase.

The Little Seely's
Farm Award - For Pastel

Rooted in Red

By: Kathleen Kral

A pastel image of a bunch of beets sitting on a white table.

The Dr. John & Katherine
Bonner Memorial Award

Their Sheer Excitement

By: Joanna West

An abstract acrylic painting of four horses neighing. The brush strokes are broad and expressive, and have a slightly abstract quality to them.

The Trevor Hodgson
Award

Walk in the Woods

By: Patricia Quirk

A pastel image of a field of wildflowers boardering the woods with dappled sunlight coming down.

The Vincent Buchinsky
Memorial Award

Golden Hour

By: Linda Rossin

The E&M Haworth
Memorial Award

The Old Barn

By: Louis Cunningham

Funding of the Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council has been made available in part by the NJ State Council on the Arts, a division of the NJ Department of State and a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through the State/County Partnership Block Grant Program, as administered by the Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council. Additional funding has been made available in part by the New Jersey Historical Commission through the County History Partnership Program, as administered by the Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council. Partial funding provided by the Sussex County Board of Commissioners.