Gallery Submissions

Current Calls for Submissions in chronological order by submission deadline

Summer is Served: Summer Harvest call for submissions

This show will celebrate the bounty of the summer garden and wild, foraged foods. Whether you’re in the North harvesting wild raspberries and harvesting loads of cucumbers and tomatoes from your garden; in the South growing okra, peaches, and fat watermelons and gathering those scrumptious chanterelles; all the way down in Florida harvesting mameys, mangoes, and tropical greens; out on a boat or in a creek catching fresh fish; or living that urban life of abundance through your local CSA and farmer's market, the summer is a time of rich bounty at our fingertips and memories and moments of warmth and joy enjoying summer foods in the wild, in the garden, or at the picnic table. For this exhibition, we welcome pottery that evokes the beauty and bounty of summer delectables. This show will include both invited artists and artist via submissions. Please submit exactly 4 vessels. Please do not submit multiple pieces that are intended to be sold as one item/as a set. Please do not sell any of the pieces you submit for consideration for this show before notifications are sent; we will not accept substitution works in lieu of those you originally submitted. Please do not submit pieces with flaws such as drying cracks, glazed-on chunks from kiln shelves, etc. as most of our customers will be shopping your works online without the opportunity to scrutinize them. We welcome submissions from both national and international artists.

To submit your work for consideration for this exhibition, please email the following to submissions@charliecummingsgallery.com by midnight Eastern, Friday, June 27, 2025 with Summer is Served: Summer Harvest in the subject line:

Part 1 - In the body of the email include:
1. Your full contact information including email, telephone, and website address.
2. A guide to the images you submit with title, type of clay, type of firing, forming process, dimensions, and retail price. Please identify the entries using the naming format listed below.

Part 2 - Attachments:
1. Four (4) medium-resolution images of the 4 actual pieces you would like to send for the exhibition. Named using the following format- LastnameFirstname_01.jpg, LastnameFirstname_02.jpg... Please note capitalization. No detail shots please. Do not send zip files.
2. Your resume or CV in PDF format.

There is no fee associated with this call for submissions.
Please read carefully. Incomplete or incorrect submissions will not be considered.

Exhibition calendar and details:
June 27 Midnight Eastern – Submission deadline
July 7 – Notifications sent
July 25 – Work ship-by Deadline
July 31 – Work due at gallery
Tuesday, August 12 – Show opens online at noon Eastern
August 26– Sold work turned off on website
July 2026 – Unsold work returned

Artist pays shipping and insurance for shipment to gallery and for return of unsold work.
Gallery insures work while on the premises.
Gallery actively advertises and promotes the exhibition.
Gallery takes a 50% commission on all sales. All works in this exhibition must be for sale. Gallery does not pay artists with paper checks. We use a bank transfer service, and all participating artists will be required to provide our reputable online servicer information in order to receive payment.

Send questions (not submissions) to jessica@charliecummingsgallery.com, or call 352-810-0171.

Cup: The Intimate Object XXI call for submissions

This fall Charlie Cummings Gallery will host Cup: The Intimate Object XXI, the twenty-first installment of our iconic annual cup show. This year the exhibition will once again be via both invitations and submissions, showing five individual cups from each participant, and will be online. We are pleased to invite artists to submit cups for consideration for this exhibition celebrating the most intimate and beloved of functional ceramic objects. All kinds of cups are welcome, including mugs, yunomi, teacups and saucers, etc. Please submit exactly 5 cups. Please do not submit multiple cups that are intended to be sold as one item/as a set. Please do not sell any of the cups you submit for consideration for this show before notifications are sent; we will not accept substitution cups in lieu of those you originally submitted. Please do not submit cups with flaws such as drying cracks, glazed-on chunks from kiln shelves, etc. as most of our customers will be shopping your cups online without the opportunity to scrutinize them. We welcome submissions from both national and international artists.

To submit your work for consideration for this exhibition, please email the following to submissions@charliecummingsgallery.com by midnight Eastern, Monday, July 7, 2025 with Cup: The Intimate Object XXI in the subject line:

Part 1 - In the body of the email include:
1. Your full contact information including email, telephone, and website address.
2. A guide to the images you submit with title, type of clay, type of firing, forming process, dimensions, and retail price. Please identify the entries using the naming format listed below.

Part 2 - Attachments:
1. Five (5) medium-resolution images of the 5 actual cups you would like to send for the exhibition. Named using the following format- LastnameFirstname_01.jpg, LastnameFirstname_02.jpg... Please note capitalization. No detail shots please. Do not send zip files.
2. Your resume or CV in PDF format.

There is no fee associated with this call for submissions.
Please read carefully. Incomplete or incorrect submissions will not be considered.

Exhibition calendar and details:
July 7 Midnight Eastern – Submission deadline
July 12 – Notifications sent
August 15 – Work ship-by Deadline
August 25 – Work due at gallery
Friday, October 3 – Show opens online at noon Eastern
October 20 – Sold work turned off on website
March and April 2026 – Unsold work returned

Artist pays shipping and insurance for shipment to gallery and for return of unsold work.
Gallery insures pots while on the premises.
Gallery actively advertises and promotes the exhibition.
Gallery takes a 50% commission on all sales. All works in this exhibition must be for sale. Gallery does not pay artists with paper checks. We use a bank transfer service, and all participating artists will be required to provide our reputable online servicer information in order to receive payment.

Send questions (not submissions) to jessica@charliecummingsgallery.com, or call 352-810-0171.

Portfolio Submissions

Ceramic artists who would like for their work to be considered for inclusion in group exhibitions, features, and solo exhibitions may submit a portfolio including the following: