Call for Art: Kinhouse 2026
Exploring Kinship and the Spaces We Inhabit
We’re excited to announce our annual open call at Kinhouse Gallery, juried this year by Braydee Euliss! We’re honored to have Braydee bring her perspective to this year’s selections and can’t wait to see the range of work submitted.
For this exhibition, we are seeking work that reflects the spirit of our name, “Kinhouse.” “Kin” speaks to one’s sense of belonging—whether inherited or chosen, rooted in blood or built through friendship. It represents the people we create a life with. “House” evokes not only a physical dwelling, but also the body, a sense of place, and an intentional space for comfort, intimacy, and safety.
We invite artists to respond to one or both of these ideas, exploring themes of belonging, grounding, connection, and rootedness—whether on a personal or collective level. Submissions that engage with the domestic sphere, caregiving, heritage, place, legacy, and community are especially encouraged.
About the juror Braydee Euliss
Braydee Euliss is an Indianapolis-based arts and culture practitioner with experience in curation, artist advocacy, arts administration, nonprofit leadership, and as an artist herself. Her curatorial and consulting work examines the interdependence between artists and institutions across public, private, and nonprofit sectors. For nearly twenty years, she has worked with objects, spaces, and frameworks to explore the often inconspicuous ways they hold us up and hold us back. She is the Founder of COMPANION, a gallery and gathering space launched in 2021.
Housed in her midtown Indianapolis home, COMPANION presents small solo, group, and concept-based projects to support and steward the curiosities and connections of a new, Midwestern creative class. Interdisciplinary projects and gatherings to deepen understandings of the materials, processes, and histories that inform artists and their practices, as well as bridge needless distances between individual practitioners, their art forms, and their audiences. Exhibiting art and design objects in a relatable, domestic environment makes for an intimate and accessible experience—modeling how to live with and celebrate artwork in everyday ways and encouraging more knowledgeable and intentional art patronage. COMPANION has presented 15 distinct projects, including 6 solo exhibitions, 4 large-group exhibitions, and a project titled Indiana Beach, produced in collaboration with Sugarspace Productions, Storage Space Gallery, and 60 artists for Miami Art Week 2022.
In addition to the gallery program, COMPANION is the lens through which Euliss provides curatorial and consulting services to area public, private, and nonprofit entities. Those partners and collaborators include Merritt Chase, the Indiana Arts Commission, GANGGANG, 16 Tech, Indiana University Health, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, and more. Previous roles include Director of Curatorial Affairs (2023) and curatorial team lead (2021-2022) for BUTTER Fine Art Fair; Executive Director at Muncie Arts & Culture Council (2017-2019) and Indianapolis Contemporary (2020-2020), and co-creator of PlySpace, an artist-in-residence program in Muncie, Indiana. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the School of Art at Ball State University.
Submission Fee: $22 for 1-3 entries
For the purposes of this process an “entry” is an individual work of art, regardless of the number of images used to represent it in the submission. Fees are non-refundable. All art mediums are accepted for consideration.
This show will be juried by Braydee Euliss
Persons with any gender identity, ability, and from any location are welcome to apply. Work must be submitted in its finished state (no works in progress) and available to be shown August 21st through September 30th, 2026 in our gallery in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
Call Ends: June 28th, 2026 11:59pm ET
Artist’s Notified by: July 24th, 2026
Work Must Arrive at KHG: August 21st, 2026
Exhibition dates: August 27th - September 30th, 2026
Exhibition reception: ???? Kinhouse Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Email us with any questions at kinhouseart@gmail.com
Promotion and Social media:
Every selected artist will have their work featured in our brick and mortar gallery in Fort Wayne, IN, and on our instagram @kinhouseart
Sale of the artwork:
It is preferred but not required that the artwork you submit for this show be for sale. Selected artists will be presented with an exhibition contract which includes a 20% commission on work sold. Artists keep 80% of the sale. You will receive a payment within 2 weeks of the show closing on any works sold.
Agreement to Participate:
This is a physical exhibition where artists are responsible for shipping both to and from the gallery (unless work is sold). Your submission to this show indicates that you agree with the expectations and conditions of this exhibition as outlined.
US and Canada only:
We are proud that all of our exhibitions have been open to artists around the world! Because of recent global shipping issues, we have made the decision to make this call open to artists shipping to/from the United States and Canada only. The safety of your work is the most important thing to us!
To get a better idea of our space: please view our instagram: @kinhouseart or check our FLOOR PLAN here.