YAA Announces Inaugural Members' Juried Exhibition
- Chris Gold, Gallery Chair
- 15 hours ago
- 3 min read
The York Art Association is thrilled to announce the launch of submissions for our Inaugural Members’ Juried Exhibition. This will be the first exhibition to be held in our new location on Linden Avenue.
This exhibition marks a historic milestone for our organization. As we continue building the future of the York Art Association in our new space, this exhibition will celebrate the artists who make our community so vibrant and meaningful. It is an opportunity to showcase the incredible breadth of talent within our membership while honoring the significance of this new chapter in YAA's 120-year history.
Membership Required to Participate
Participation in this exhibition is exclusive to our York Art Association members. If you have been considering joining YAA, now is the perfect time to become a member and take advantage of this exciting opportunity.
Exhibition Structure
Members may submit up to three artworks through ArtCall. During the jury process, our curator will select zero to one pieces of work per member artist for inclusion in the exhibition.
The exhibition will feature:
55 professional artists
55 non-professional artists
A total of 110 selected works
Consistent with our longstanding members' exhibition tradition, professional and non-professional artists will be exhibited together. Artwork labels and gallery placement will not distinguish between categories, allowing visitors to experience the exhibition as a unified presentation of artistic achievement.
A One-Time Celebration
The Inaugural Members' Exhibition is being organized as a special, one-time exhibition to commemorate the opening of the York Art Association's new home on Linden Avenue. This exhibition format will not be repeated in the future. Instead, it has been designed specifically to celebrate this historic milestone and recognize the artists who are helping shape the next chapter of the Association.
Free to Members
There is no entry fee for current YAA members to participate in the Inaugural Members’ Juried Exhibition.
Additionally, no awards or prizes will be presented. Rather than focusing on competition, this exhibition is intended to celebrate the remarkable talent found throughout our membership and to showcase the high caliber of work being created by both professional and non-professional artists.
By presenting these works together, the exhibition highlights the depth, creativity, and artistic excellence that define the York Art Association community. This exhibition is about celebrating our artists, our members, and the opening of a new home that will serve the arts in York for generations to come.
We encourage all eligible members to submit their strongest work and be part of this historic moment. Submission details and deadlines will be announced through ArtCall. If you are not yet a member, we invite you to join today and become part of this landmark exhibition.
MEET THE JUROR: Joyce Henri Robinson
Joyce Henri Robinson has been a curator at the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State since 1997 and has served as assistant director since 2018. During her nearly 30-year tenure at the Palmer, Joyce has curated more than 75 exhibitions and authored exhibition catalogues primarily in the fields of contemporary art, photography, American art, and studio glass. She was part of the multidisciplinary curatorial team behind Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials (2018), Field Language: The Painting and Poetry of Warren and Jane Rohrer (2021), co-curated with faculty from the College of the Liberal Arts, and Global Asias, guest-curated by Chang Tan in partnership with Penn State’s Global Asias Initiative. In 2024, she co-curated the inaugural special exhibition for the new Palmer Museum of Art, MADE IN PA. Her most recent exhibition is Dreaming American Futures: Invitational 250, which opens on June 13, 2026.
Joyce has been active in the State College community as a member of the America250PA committee, president of the Board of Directors of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, ongoing member of the Schlow Library gallery committee, occasional juror for regional art exhibitions, and volunteer pledge host for WPSU-TV and WPSU-Radio.
YAA's Mission is to encourage and develop an interest in the visual arts; to provide opportunities for education through classroom instruction, workshops, lectures and publications; to support interaction within the community and to provide a venue for members and non-members to exhibit their work in a gallery setting.
