2026 Converse Emerging Young Artists Juried Exhibition Accepting Entries
Converse’s Department of Art and Design is accepting online entries for the 2026 Emerging Young Artists Juried Exhibition beginning November 1, 2025.
High school students in grades 9-12 are invited to submit entries via their teachers through February 13, 2026.
The Converse Emerging Young Artists Exhibition provides a venue to recognize exemplary artworks of high school students and to help them begin to prepare for a major in art while still in grades 9-12.
This opportunity also introduces them to the Converse University Department of Art, Design & Letters, and the variety of majors offered to students at Converse.
Submissions are open November 1, 2025 through February 13, 2026.
Awards: 1st ; 2nd; 3rd place in each medium: Drawing, Painting, Mixed, Printmaking, Ceramics, Sculpture, Fibers, Digital Media, Photography; and Best in Show.
Accepted submissions will be exhibited in Milliken Art Gallery from March 16 through March 21, 2026. A reception and award ceremony will be held in the gallery on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 1-2:30PM.
Artwork featured: Separation by Mattie Atnip, 10th Grade Carbon Pigment Print Fine Arts Center; Teacher: Zane Logan