November 30, 2025 - Deadline to submit application (scroll below for application form). Artists selected for the showcase will be notified by December 15, 2025. 

December 30, 2025 - Deadline for selected artists to confirm participation in the showcase and returning a Virginia substitute W-9 form requiring a handwritten signature.

• The signed W-9 form will be used to create a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between you and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation regarding your participation in the showcase and to pay you a small honorarium at the conclusion of the showcase.

• Please note that not returning your confirmation and completed Virginia substitute W-9 form by the deadline may mean that your work cannot be exhibited in the 2026 showcase.

January 19-25, 2026 - Deadline for physical delivery of artworks to Jamestown Settlement

• Appointments for delivery must be made in advance.

• All artworks must be ready to exhibit/hang at time of delivery.

• Please confirm that the submitted dimensions for your work are accurate for your ready-to-hang art.

• If the work is framed, the framed dimensions are needed. See image below for how to measure.

• Dimensions must be accurate for the exhibition design team to plan the spacing of the installation.

• Your art should be ready to hang with hardware installed. (D-rings preferred instead of wire.)

• All works on paper should be glazed, framed, and ready to hang with hardware installed. (D-rings preferred instead of wire.)

See image below for example of hardware.

The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation will not be responsible for the preparation, mounting, framing or installation of hardware to any works of art. Work that is not exhibit ready on delivery will be eliminated from the showcase.

February 1 – March 29, 2026 - Black Artist Showcase exhibition at Jamestown Settlement

January 31, 2026, 6-8 p.m. - Black Artist Showcase Opening Reception at Jamestown Settlement 

Join us to celebrate the opening of the 2026 Black Artist Showcase! Reservations are required and a registration form will be supplied as the event approaches.

February 21, 2026, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Annual "After Angelo" daytime event celebrating African American heritage and culture through the arts.

"After Angelo" highlights a variety of performance artists and a community discussion. All showcase artists are invited to promote and sell their original works by reserving a vendor table.

March 6-9, 2026 - Artists pick up works.

Showcase artists will receive instructions on how to retrieve their artwork. Artwork will be picked up by appointment which must be made in advance.