2026 OPEN CALL

CKA 2026

We have picked this quote by Jorge Luis Borges for this year’s exhibition in order to inspire our artists to plumb the depths of their reminiscences, to summon up their hopes and dreams and to disentangle their fragmented thoughts, in order to re-arrange and present them in an artistic form as they deem appropriate. We hope the quote will be a launching platform for all creative endeavours and not a straitjacket.

“We are our memory, we are that chimerical museum of shifting shapes, that pile of broken mirrors” - Jorge Luis Borges

KEY POINTS

  • Open to Kent artists

  • Submission entries will close at 11.59pm on Saturday 20 June

  • Exhibition will take place in The Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable, Kent

    from 7 October to 18 October 2026

  • Submission fee is £25 for first entry; £15 for second entry and £10 for third entry

  • Submit up to 3 jpeg images for selection

  • All works should be for sale (commission charged at 30%)

  • If interested please fill out the form below and submit. Type CKA 2026 Submission in the subject box and write a short message

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