Call to Artists

Interested in exhibiting with us?

Grassroots Wallspace

Applications open from October 2, 2025-January 9, 2026

A New Year means a new round of exhibitions! We invite emerging curators, artists, collectives, and thinkers of all kinds to submit preliminary ideas for thought-provoking exhibitions to be exhibited in our multidisciplinary art venue, Wallspace at Grassroots Coffee.

For more information, follow the link. We look forward to receiving your application!

Apply Here

Annual Wildlife Arts Festival | November 2026

Every fall, Thomasville welcomes the arrival of world-renowned wildlife artists from near and far to the annual Wildlife Arts Festival. A true celebration of Thomasville’s sporting culture during a long weekend in November, at the start of Georgia’s Quail season, through a Fine Art Show, experiences that celebrate the land, workshops led by artists and designers and family friendly events.

Apply for the 2026 Festival >

Congratulations to the “My Side of the Story” selected artists!

The My Side of the Story public art experience is designed to promote the Southern art of narrative quilting while promoting fiber artists who reside throughout the South, providing them with a platform to showcase their artistic talents. Narrative is a vessel through which artists can express stories from their lives in their art, and these narratives tend to be personal.

These artists will create 4×4 custom narrative quilts depicting People, Places, and Things related to Thomasville. Their work will be exhibited during Due South and Rose Show in Spring 2026. Stay tuned for community opportunities related to this project.

A special thanks to Ashley Homestore and 1915 South for their amazing support.

NARRATIVE QUILTERS

PERSON
1. Jackie Jenkins
a. Jaqueline Kennedy’s visit after JFK’s shooting
2. Kabuya Pamela Bowens-Saffo
a. Miss Pepsi – Nicola Chislay
3. Sara Malave
a. Jack Hadley
4. Mary Proctor
a. Grandma’s Quilt
5. Hannah Glaser
a. Joanne Woodward
6. Ned Stacey
a. Thomasville Characters

PLACE
1. Margina Gabriel
a. Glen Arven Country Club
2. Darlene Crosby Taylor (Not eligible for an award)
a. The Bottom Creative District
3. Emily McKenna
a. Imperial Hotel
4. Bobbi Zagrocki + Mary Bone
a. Paradise Park
5. Lindajo Haythorn
a. Archbold Oncology
6. Erika Zambello
a. Big Oak
7. Leslie Cohen
a. Jewish Synagogue
8. Linda Tucker
a. Thomasville Medley
9. Deana Coyner
a. Cleaver Brooks
10. Erin Wood
a. Thomasville skyline
11. Edi McConnell-Gonzalez
a. Self-portrait about Georgia-Mexican heritage

THING
1. Pamela Doffek
a. Comparision: Thomasville/Wisconsin flora/fauna
2. Jennifer Vanderbeek
a. Rose Show
3. Sara Simmons
a. Dirt Roads/Red Clay

4. Jane Junker
a. Iconic Churches
5. Sara Malave
a. Day at the Museum
6. David Junker
a. Ghosts Murals or Businesses of Broad Street
7. Mardi Howell
a. The Game of LIFE
8. Cora Nimtz
a. Southern Ephemera
9. Margaret Hobbs
a. Historic Buildings and Houses
10. Tracy Foutz-Hunt
a. Railroad comes to Thomasville
11. Sissy Ledbetter
a. Sunbeam Bread
12. Tim Hobbs
a. Nature
13. Tenee’ Hart
a. History Center’s Quilts