In a world of relentless headlines, buzzing devices, climate anxiety, and fears of what may happen next, being fully present has become an act of its own.

 

What does it mean to truly inhabit this moment—to see, listen, feel, notice, and connect without reaching for the next distraction?

We invite CCMoA members to submit artwork that explores presence, attention, immediacy, and the beauty or urgency of now. Your work might celebrate a fleeting encounter, reveal something overlooked, embrace stillness, or capture the intensity of being alive in an uncertain world.

 

Step away from the noise. Look closely. Feel deeply. Make something that brings us back to now.

The Present of Presence: Live the Moment.

 

All submitted works must be new to CCMoA and may not have been previously exhibited at the Museum. Please include a brief artist statement of 100 words or fewer. If your work is accepted, your statement will appear on the wall label alongside your artwork.

 

Juror’s Awards will be presented at the Opening Reception & Gallery Talk on Thursday, January 14, 2027 — with prize awards of $300, $200, and $100.

 

Let’s celebrate the incredible creativity of our member artists — submit your work and be part of our inspiring annual tradition!

What connects us? What patterns emerge when ideas, experiences, people, events, or observations intersect? Positive Correlations invites artists from around the world to explore the relationships we discover, and the conclusions we draw from them.

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A positive correlation can appear hopeful, reinforcing what we believe to be true. But correlation can also expose troubling patterns, challenge assumptions, or provide evidence that causes us to reconsider what we thought we knew. It can help verify an idea, refute it, or open the door to an entirely different understanding.

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From science and technology to nature, politics, culture, identity, relationships, economics, history, and everyday life, correlations shape how we interpret our world.

We invite artists working in any medium, perspective, culture, or subject to interpret the theme broadly, personally, playfully, critically, or provocatively.

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What connects? What conflicts? What does the evidence reveal?
Show us your Positive Correlations.

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This International Exhibition will be prominently featured at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in our expansive Hope / McClennen Gallery. All interpretations of the theme Positive Correlations will be considered by our juror, to be announced.

 

The juror will award three monetary prizes: $500, $200, and $100.

Artists from across the United States and around the world are invited to submit original artwork to the Cape Cod Museum of Art’s Annual International Juried Exhibition. Positive Correlations is intentionally open to broad interpretation. Artists may explore connections, relationships, patterns, coincidences, evidence, cause and effect, or any other interpretation that resonates with the theme. Alternative and unexpected interpretations are welcome.

Submissions are open to traditional and unconventional 2D and 3D mediums, as well as video and digital art.