COVINGTON — The St. Tammany Art Association (STAA) announced a call for entries to its 55th National Juried Artists Exhibition: The Summer Show. The annual competition of contemporary art opens July 11 – Sept. 12, features up to $3,500 in a cash awards including $2,000 Best of Show.
The juried competition of contemporary art invites artists ages 18 and up across the United States to submit up to three pieces for consideration. Accepted artwork is original visual art completed within the past two years and not previously exhibited at STAA. Space limitations do not allow STAA to accommodate film, video or large installations, and reproductions of original artwork are not admitted.
To enter, artists must create an account on www.CallforEntry.org and submit images of work to the St. Tammany Art Assoc. 56th National Juried Artists Exhibition: The Summer Show. Entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. (MST) on May 16, 2026. Accepted artists will be announced on or about June 3rd. Visit www.sttammany.art for more details.
The 56th juried competition opens Saturday, July 11, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. and presentation of awards at 7 p.m. The show will be on view until Sept. 12 when STAA will also host a closing reception from 6 to 9 p.m.
The juror this year is MaPó (b. 1960, Cleveland, Ohio). A New Orleans-based artist and educator, Kinnord’s work explores ancestral memory, architecture, and the meditative potential of clay. After early training at Cleveland’s School on Magnolia and apprenticeships with production potters, she earned her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art (1984) and her MFA from The Ohio State University (1994), relocating to New Orleans in 1995, where she now serves as Department Head and Associate Professor of Art at Xavier University of Louisiana. Drawing inspiration from the architectural traditions of Ghana, Kinnord’s ceramic sculptures reflect her extensive research in West Africa and blend structure with improvisation, often likened to jazz. A respected educator, she has taught internationally and at institutions including the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Penland School of Craft, and her work has been widely exhibited, including her 2021 solo exhibition Outside In, Improvisations of: The Ceramic Work of MaPó Kinnord at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
All events are free and open to the public and take place at the St. Tammany Art Association Art House located at 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, LA 70433. For more information, please call (985) 892-8650 or email info@sttammany.art.