This exhibition is for MFA and MA students and is juried by MFA students in a peer-to-peer review. It is an excellent opportunity for graduate students to see work made by their peers and to network for the future. This exhibition welcomes any visual medium that explores these questions.
The spaces we inhabit influence our perspectives and experiences, especially as graduate students during a time of transition, inquiry, and artistic growth. “Taking Space” asks artists to show how they incorporate space in their current work, overtly or indirectly.
Modest cash awards for Best in Show, First, Second, and Third Place.
Deadline to submit works: Monday, October 26, 2026, by midnight MST
This is an online exhibition and work will be shown on the website:
mfaexhibitiononline.org
and on Instagram:
@mfa.online.exhibition.
This exhibit is open to graduate students, both nationally and internationally, currently enrolled in an MFA or MA program in the visual and media arts. Only artworks completed during graduate studies will be considered. If you graduated in Spring 2026, you can apply with that work, even though you are no longer a graduate student this fall.
All visual art mediums are accepted, including but not limited to: ceramic arts, pottery, painting, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, 2D and 3D mixed media, installation art, digital art, sound art, cinematic arts, video gameplay and mechanics, game design process, and video and/or video-art stills.
For video-, time-, or sound-based works, the first two minutes will be reviewed by jurors in the initial selection process. We will also accept stills from any video, gaming, or time-based work and will review such stills according to the terms and tenets of the media they belong to.
Work dealing with “space” will be looked at with the broadest sense possible and will not be limited to explicit ideas or concepts. Work will also be selected based on contemporary themes, originality, craftsmanship, and use of medium, the theme of the exhibition is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Graduate Students from the University of Montana and Montana State University: Dylan Quackenbush, Lillian Sciulli, Kevin Tracy, Sam Joyner, Josh Collins, Carolyn Hansen, Jeremy Hatch, and Min Yoon.
No entry fee. Application is free. Artists may submit up to three entries in total.
Sale inquiries will be directed to the artist via the email provided.
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*Please note:* If you have applied to this show before and were not accepted, please review the information. The jurying and application process is subject to change from year to year.
Deadline to submit works: Monday, October 26, 2026
The jury process will be complete by the middle of November. We anticipate sending out acceptance and rejection emails by November 23.
Anticipated Website goes live: Monday, November 23, 2026
* Note: if your application has been processed, you will receive an email confirmation within three days. If you do not receive this confirmation, your application did not go through; please resubmit the application.
Questions? Please contact Julia at julia.galloway@umontana.edu