Annual Adult Student Exhibition

For 127 years, the Annual Adult Student Exhibition has celebrated the vibrant artwork created by Fleisher’s students. The exhibition provides students with the opportunity to show their work in a public gallery. Prizes are awarded to students in a wide spectrum of mediums including fiber arts, drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, and photography.

 

Adult Student Exhibition 2027 Key Dates: 

  • Drop-off date: Starting Monday, October 26 – Friday, November 6. Please do so during Fleisher’s regular business hours
  • Exhibition dates: Friday, December 11–Thursday, January 29, 2027
  • Virtual Awards Ceremony: Friday, January 15 from 6:00-7:00pm
  • Closing Reception: Thursday, January 28 from 5:00-8:00pm
  • Deinstallation: Directly following the closing reception, students are encouraged to take their work home

Questions? Email adulteducation@fleisher.org

Support is provided by The F. McCarthy Memorial Fund.

FAQ

  • Students who had enrolled in a class from Winter 2025 through Fall 2026 are eligible to participate.

     

  • Artwork drop-off begins Monday, October 26 and runs through Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

    All students must complete an Artwork Drop-Off Form before dropping off their work. Once the form is complete, artwork may be brought to the front desk and handed to a member of the Visitor Services team.

    Please drop off artwork during Fleisher’s regular business hours.

  • Students can submit one piece. It should be no larger than 36″ in any direction (including frame) to make sure there is room to display everyone’s work.

    For digital artworks, please reach out to adulteducation@fleisher.org for submission guidelines.

  • Yes. We strongly encourage you to frame your 2-D artwork whenever possible. The Student Exhibition typically receives more than 200 submissions, and framed work makes installation easier for our small staff. Your frame does not need to be fancy. IKEA, Dollar Tree, and local thrift stores are great places to find affordable frames that work well.

    If your work is on board or canvas, it does not need to be framed, as these materials are also easy to hang.

    For all other work, please make sure there is a safe and secure way for us to display it without causing damage.

  • You can pick up your artwork after the Closing Reception, Thursday, January 28.

  • To help the juror make appropriate decisions, please select the category that best describes your work. The number of prizes and award amounts are predetermined for each category.

    • Works on Paper (drawing, collage, watercolor, book arts)
    • Painting (representational and abstract)
    • Ceramics
    • Sculpture (3D work, mixed media, framing)
    • Glass & Mosaics
    • Fiber Arts (sewing, weaving, dyeing)
    • Jewelry
    • Printmaking (screenprinting, lithography, intaglio, etc.)
    • Photography (analog and digital)
    • Digital (animation, digital art, sound, video)
    • Writing & Performance

  • María Pérez
    Fire Alarm, 2025
    15″ x 22″ – size of artwork, not frame
    Works on paper
    $150

127th Annual Adult Student Exhibition Awardees (2026)

Francis McCarthy Drawing Award: Frank Reynolds 

 

Drawing 

1st Sue Gettlin

2nd Suzanne Kane

3rd Devi Malloy 

 

Still Life, Landscape and Figure Painting 

1st Missy Maxwell

2nd Irina Vinokur

3rd Sam Landsberg

 

Works on Paper 

1st Alice Rizen 

2nd Erika Guadalupe Nuñez 

3rd Ann Feldman 

 

Abstract Painting 

1st Eric Orts 

2nd Rosa Mannion 

3rd Ayesha Sohail 

 

Ceramics 

1st Mary Schneider 

2nd Miriam House  

3rd Lauren Scheiderer 

 

Sculpture (including mixed media) 

1st Trev Holbourn 

2nd Nox Shin – 50/50 

3rd Eugenia Chan – until 6:45 or so 

 

Fiber Arts & Crafts  

(mosaic, book arts, fabric work, framing) 

1st Kate McFadden 

2nd Shannon Patterson 

3rd Irene Gottlob 

 

Mosaics Honorable Mention: Esther Biker 

 

Printmaking  

(screenprinting, lithography, etching, woodcut, pronto plate lithography, and monoprinting) 

1st Stacie Leigh Bumgarner 

2nd Patrick Deviney 

3rd Hannah Fenn 

 

Photography 

1st Noelle Goldcamp 

2nd Gene Renzi 

3rd Robyn Mahan 

 

Student Advisory Council Award:

Rebecca Soriano 

Annual Student Exhibitions