JURIED GROUP EXHIBITION

• Sunday, March 15 – Application Portal Opens
• Sunday, May 17 – Deadline to Apply
• Monday, June 1 – artists notified
• Fri & Sat, June 26–27 — Artwork Drop-off (11 AM–3 PM) Contract signed at drop-off
• Saturday, July 11 — Exhibition Opening & Artists’ Reception
• Friday, August 7 — First Friday Event (5–8 PM) 
• Saturday, August 8 — Closing Event / Last Day Awards
• Sunday, August 9 — Artwork Pickup (Noon–4 PM)

• Fee: $30 for up to 3 entries
• One application per artist
• Artwork images. Please save image files with Lastname_title.jpg and include artist name, title, medium, dimensions, year, and price in your portfolio information. 
• Short artist statement

Lisa Solomon is a studio artist who moonlights as a college professor and illustrator/graphic designer. Profoundly interested in the idea of hybridization (sparked from her Hapa heritage), Solomon's mixed-media works and large installations revolve thematically around domesticity, craft, and personal histories. She often fuses "wrong" things together — recontextualizing their original purposes and incorporating materials that question the line between ART and CRAFT. She is also focused on bridging the gap between creativity, living creatively, and making a living as a creative. She received her BA in art from UC Berkeley and her MFA from Mills College. She has exhibited and works with galleries both nationally and internationally, is represented in numerous private and public collections, and continually tweaks artworks in her backyard studio. She resides in Oakland, California, with her husband, a teenager, two kitties, a three-legged pit-bull, a dachshund mutt, and many, many spools of thread. She is the author of A Field Guide To Color, a workshop work-a-long watercolor journal on color theory; the follow-up, The Color Meditation Deck, a historical book on Crayola crayons; Knot Thread Stitch, the Illustrator for 20 Ways to Draw a Chair, and Draw 500 Everyday Things. Her new book Art/Craft/Color will be released in March 2026. She is also an instructor on CreativeBug. 

• www.lisasolomon.com
• @lisasolomon 

Two Exhibition Awards

• Juror Award – Featured hallway exhibition at Manna Gallery
• Manna Gallery Award – Inclusion in Manna Gallery’s annual year-end group exhibition

• Open to Northern California artists
• Must be 18 years or older
• All media welcome
• BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ artists are strongly encouraged to apply
• Work must have been created within the last 4 years
• Artwork must be hand-delivered if accepted (no shipped work)

• 2D work: Maximum 60 inches in any direction, 3D work: Maximum 12” in any direction
• Work must be gallery-ready: Proper wiring, D-rings, or cleats (No sawtooth hangers)
• The work selected by the juror must be the exact piece exhibited (no substitutions)
• Artwork must be available for the full duration of the exhibition

• Commission: 50% Artist / 50% Gallery
• Artists will sign a contract at drop-off covering: Commission structure, Payment procedures, Liability and insurance terms, Pickup agreement. Mailing address.

Important: Artwork left 15 days beyond the pickup date becomes the property of the gallery.

Manna Gallery, established in 2010, is an art space in Oakland’s Uptown Arts District, dedicated to showcasing the work of local and regional artists. We aim to create a vibrant and supportive community for artists and art lovers alike, and seek to provide diverse and engaging exhibitions that inspire and enrich our community. Manna Gallery is a member of Oakland Art Murmur, which promotes Oakland arts and sponsors events such as First Friday Art Walks, Oakland Style Week, and East Bay Open Studios.

473 25th St Oakland Ca 94612 | info@mannagallery.com | 510 905 6330

www.mannagallery.com  IG: @mannagalleryoakland

Open hours: Saturdays 12 - 5 pm, First Fridays 5 - 8 pm & by appointment.