The Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial 2025

The Burchfield Penney Art Center announces a call for entries for The Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial 2025. Presented by the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment for Fine Art in Craft Media, the 18th juried biennial exhibition celebrates the work of Western New York artists working in glass, fiber, wood, clay, metal, and other craft forms. The exhibition will be on view November 14, 2025 – March 29, 2026 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

To be eligible, artists must be current or past residents of Western New York state (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming, and Monroe Counties).

Submissions will be accepted beginning Monday, March 17, 2025.  Artworks in glass, fiber, wood, clay, metal, and other works rooted in craft skill, form, or tradition, which have been completed in the past two years will be considered. The deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 13th, 2025. Late or incomplete entries will not be considered.

All entries must be submitted through ArtCall™ at sylviarosenbiennial.artcall.org. Artists may submit up to 3 submissions, but each work must be submitted individually and represented by two to four images for each. There is no entry fee.

Download the 2025 prospectus

Apply here