3 Square Art

08/29/2026

LAST YEAR’S WALLS. THIS YEAR’S CALL. 11 DAYS.

This is what 100 Square Inches of Art looks like when it hangs.

Last year’s 7th annual: 96 works. 45 artists. Across the U.S. and beyond. Tiny pieces that stopped people in the gallery — and left with collectors before the holidays.

Any shape. Any medium. 100 square inches or less (frame counts). 3D gets 1,000 cubic inches. We’re shooting for 100 works this year!

8th annual. Last exhibit of 2026.

👉 $700 in cash awards — Gold $400 / Silver $200 / Bronze $100

🎉Opening Night = 🎃 Halloween dress-up party Friday, October 30, 6–8pm

🗓️ Exhibit: October 30 – December 20

✨ Deadline: Tuesday, September 8 at midnight

Enter: www.3squareart.com/list-of-calls-for-entry/100-square-inches-of-art-26

Swipe the postcard, then last year’s exhibit. That’s the show you’re entering.

08/29/2026

CALL FOR ENTRY—13 DAYS. 100 SQ IN. $700.

How much art can you pack into 100 square inches?

100 Square Inches of Art is back for 2026 — our 8th annual juried show and the last exhibit of the year. Any shape. Any medium. 100 square inches or less (framing counts). 3D artists get 1,000 cubic inches.

Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital — abstract to realism. Small work that collectors actually take home. Holiday-gift scale with a big presence.

$700 in cash awards
Gold $400 / Silver $200 / Bronze $100

Opening Night = Halloween dress-up party
Friday, October 30, 6–8pm
Exhibit: October 30 – December 20

Juried by 3 Square Art Gallery

Deadline: Tuesday, September 8 at midnight
Enter here:
www.3squareart.com/list-of-calls-for-entry/100-square-inches-of-art-26

08/25/2026

✨Upcoming Exhibition!!✨
【COLOR 26, 9th Annual Juried Competition & Exhibition】
The exhibition features 65 artworks from 41 artists across the United States!

【Selected Artists】
Aki May, Fort Collins, CO
Alicia Thompson, Fort Collins, CO
Alison Dickson, Fort Collins, CO
Andrew Traub, Boise, ID
Ann Corbett, Keedysville, MD
Annie Briggs, Loveland, CO
Barbara Keim, Westfield, MA
Blake Welch, Louisville, CO
Bob Coonts, Fort Collins, CO
Catherine Brown, Fort Collins, CO
Darryl Erdmann, Farr West, UT
Dave Hanson, Price, UT
David Thoutt, Thornton, CO
Diana Yeagle, Loveland, CO
Gary Hixon, Fort Collins, CO
Gloria Campbell, Fort Collins, CO
Gordon Middleton, Loveland, CO
Janis Goldblatt, Fort Collins, CO
JoAnn Hovland, Fort Collins, CO
Kathy Suprenant, Lawrence, KS
Ksenia Winnicki, Ridgewood, NY
Leonard Mahoney, Fort Collins, CO
Marilyn Davis, Loveland, CO
Mary Lu Lovett, Fort Collins, CO
Megan McGrath, Midlothian, VA
Meghann and Kevin Haase, Berthoud, CO
Melinda Mergendahl, Fort Collins, CO
Meredith McCarthy, Fort Collins, CO
Michael Moss, Timnath, CO
Michelle Angelina, Fort Collins, CO
Miguel Lazaro Osorio Martinez, Windsor, CO
Natalie Wetzel, Valrico, FL
Phillippa Lack, Cheyenne, WY
Rebecca Kuri, Fort Collins, CO
Robert Schwarzenbach, San Francisco, CA
Roger Sherman, Fort Collins, CO
Sara Simonson, Macomb, IL
Sarah Brice, Fort Collins, CO
Sue Sell, Fort Collins, CO
Susan Montague, Fort Collins, CO
Todd Cookman, Sheridan, WY

⭐️Juried by:
* Steve Scheuring
* Denise Demby
* Craig McKee
* Kumiko McKee

🔸Curated by Kumiko McKee, 3 Square Art Gallery Director/ Co-Founder of the McKee Art Foundation

📍3 Square Art - Fine Art Gallery
📌 Exhibition: September 11 - October 16, 2026
📌Opening Reception: September 11, 6-8pm

FYI: www.3squareart.com/exhibit-listing-2026/color-26

🔹3 Square Art Presents
3 Square Art - Fine Art Gallery
Fort Collins, Colorado
www.3square-art.com

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07/24/2026

【CaRt26 | Contemporary Art in Realism – 3rd Juried Exhibition】

The final week of the CaRt26 | Contemporary Art in Realism - 3rd Juried Exhibition!

🌟 The exhibition features 47 artworks by 30 talented artists from across the United States and Spain.

From captivating portraits and expressive figurative works to striking landscapes and still-life, CaRt26 showcases the diversity and excellence of contemporary realism today.

Featuring several impressive large-scale works, this exhibition offers an experience that simply cannot be fully appreciated through photographs alone. The scale, craftsmanship, and presence of these artworks are best experienced in person.

If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t miss this bold and inspiring exhibition!

【Exhibiting Artists】
Alberto Carol, Miami, FL, USA
Andrew Graham, Gypsum, CO, USA
Andrew Meade, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Benjamin Harden, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Blake Welch, Louisville, CO, USA
Carmen Ferrando, Madrid, Spain
Cece Sol, Fort Collins, CO, USA
David Hicks, Brecksville, OH, USA
David LaPalombara, Athens, OH, USA
DeAnn Prosia, Morristown, NJ, USA
Derek Wilkinson, Emporia, KS, USA
Haley Hasler, Fort Collins, CO, USA
J. Michael Gatlin, Arvada, CO, USA
Jason Turner, Spring, TX, USA
Jodie Kain, Boston, MA, USA
Jody Elston, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Karla Ellis, Virden, NM, USA
Karolina Zakharova, Annapolis, MD, USA
Kate Galloway, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Kenny Altmaier, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Lupe Galvan, Eureka, CA, USA
Maria Battista, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Melanie Damore, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Mieke Maes, Longmont, CO, USA
Norma Najacht, Custer, SD, USA
Patsy Lindamood, Huntsville, TX, USA
Richard Ambrose, Richmond, CA, USA
Samuel Kumi, Loveland, CO, USA
Shelby Shadwell, Laramie, WY, USA
Victoria Peterson, The Billages, FL, USA

⭐️ Juried by four contemporary masters of realism:
Kazuhiro Yamada
Kumiko S. McKee
Ricki Klages
Rubén Fernández Pereira

⭐️ Curated by Kumiko McKee - 3 Square Art Gallery Director/ Co-Founder of the McKee Art Foundation

📌Exhibition Dates: June 19 - July 25, 2026
🔹Gallery Hours:
Thursday - Sunday: 1-5pm
Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday: Closed

🧚‍♀️More Info ➡️ www.3squareart.com/exhibit-listing-2026/cart26-contemporary-art-in-realism

📍3 Square Art - Fine Art Gallery
Fort Collins, Colorado
www.3square-art.com

07/10/2026

✨CALL FOR ENTRY!!!📢✨
Calling all Artists - DEADLINE EXTENDED to July 13!

Submit to COLOR26, our 9th Annual International Juried Exhibition at 3 Square Art. $3,500 in Cash Awards!

Dive into a Spectrum of Creativity at 3 Square Art! Ready to unleash a riot of colors or the perfectly sublime color combinations? Welcome to COLOR 26, the year’s most electrifying, anticipated exhibition where color isn’t just seen—it’s experienced leaping into your senses!

Juried by:
* Steve Scheuring
* Denise Demby
* Craig McKee
* Kumiko S. McKee

$3,500 in cash awards to recognize exceptional work.
We invite mediums and genres for this exciting exhibit from abstract to realistic. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital. All types of work featuring use of color from powerful to subtle.

Full call details and submission👉 www.3squareart.com/list-of-calls-for-entry/color-26

Don’t miss this chance to be part of the 9th Annual Exhibit of Color!

✨ EXTENDED Deadline: Monday, July 13 Midnight

Submit now for COLOR!

Image Credit:
*** “Tastes Of Home” by Steve Scheuring

Submit your best vibrantly colored artwork to COLOR 26, 9th Annual International Juried Exhibition coming to the 3 Square Art Gallery this June in 2026. Get ready for our most vibrant, powerful, and anticipated exhibition of the year COLOR 26! This year’s exhibit promises to be an explosion of com...

07/02/2026

06/27/2026

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【CaRt26 | Contemporary Art in Realism - 3rd Juried Exhibition】
We are pleased to announce the Gold Award!

✨ Gold Award✨
“Eve, or The Fall of Man” by Haley Hasler
Oil, 60” X 48"
2024

Congratulations!

⭐️Juried by four contemporary masters of realism:
Kazuhiro Yamada
Kumiko S. McKee
Ricki Klages
Rubén Fernández Pereira

🔸We have now posted the Award Winners & Honorable Mentions to our website here: www.3squareart.com/exhibit-listing-2026/cart26-contemporary-art-in-realism

***This fantastic exhibition runs until July 25!!
★Exhibit Date: June 19 - July 25, 2026

★Gallery Hours:
▪️Thursday - Sunday: 1-5pm
▪️Monday, Tuesday & Monday: Closed

★Presented by the McKee Art Foundation
3 Square Art - Fine Art Gallery
Fort Collins, Colorado
www.3square-art.com

06/26/2026

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【CaRt26 | Contemporary Art in Realism - 3rd Juried Exhibition】
We are pleased to announce the Silver Award!

✨ Silver Award✨
“West of Eden” by Ric Ambrose
Graphite, 78” X 36"
2022

Congratulations!

⭐️Juried by four contemporary masters of realism:
Kazuhiro Yamada
Kumiko S. McKee
Ricki Klages
Rubén Fernández Pereira

🔸We have now posted the Award Winners & Honorable Mentions to our website here: www.3squareart.com/exhibit-listing-2026/cart26-contemporary-art-in-realism

***This fantastic exhibition runs until July 25!!
★Exhibit Date: June 19 - July 25, 2026

★Gallery Hours:
▪️Thursday - Sunday: 1-5pm
▪️Monday, Tuesday & Monday: Closed

★Presented by the McKee Art Foundation
3 Square Art - Fine Art Gallery
Fort Collins, Colorado
www.3square-art.com