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It’s Raynham Hall Museum’s second Call for Artists Exhibition! We invite artists from Long Island and New York City to submit entries for our upcoming exhibition, We the People. A jury panel will select the artworks included in the show, and the opening reception will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2026. The exhibition will run through August 30, 2026.
Theme
“We the People.” The three opening words of the Constitution place the power of the United States not in a monarch, nor even in individual states, but in its citizens. The original promise of those words was eloquent and evocative — yet from the start, that promise was only partly true. Women and people of color would have been disenfranchised from the political process, and those included among “the people” has expanded only through struggle and hard-won legal change. The story of the United States is one of continual redefinition, as people of many backgrounds have claimed their place and pushed the nation toward its ideals of a more just and equitable society. Shifts in our population continue to fuel ongoing debate over who may be recognized as a citizen. We invite artists to respond to these tensions and possibilities, and to explore through their work what “We the People” means today.