2026 March Members’ Exhibit

Monday,March 2 – Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Canoa Hills GVR Center

We are excited to announce the SRAL March Members Show with the reception on Saturday, March 14 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM at GVR Canoa Hills. The show is titled “March into Spring,” but there is no theme.

A maximum of 50 pieces will be accepted. All art must be original and must comply with the Criteria for Artwork. Each artist may enter one piece. The maximum image size is 24″ x 30″ or a total of 720 sq. inches. No entry may be from an earlier exhibit or workshop. All submissions must be odor-free and dry. Submittals of sculpture, fabric art, photography, computer generated art, combines and/or assemblages, giclee printing forms, and any artwork that is not amenable to hanging on a wall are excluded from this exhibit.

More details to come in January.

Reception: Saturday, March 14th, from 4:00 – 6:00 PM
The maximum image size is 24″ x 30″ or a total of 720 sq. inches
Each artist may enter one piece
Entry Fee: $20
Prizes: First Place – $300, Second Place – $200, Third Place – $100, plus two Honorable Mentions – $50/each and one Member’s Choice Award – $100.
Judge: Mary Frances Dondelinger, worked primarily in egg tempera and gold leaf however, since 2016 she has been swept up by sculpting with clay.

She was born in Auburn, California then moved to the northwestern United States where she earned her B.A. degree from Seattle University (1992). She was awarded a NEA Fast-Track grant through the Idaho State Arts Commission (1995) for her exhibit “A Place Called Ferdinand”, a series of oil pastel paintings about the demise of small towns focusing on a rural Idaho community. She also received an NEA Professional Development Grant from Washington State Arts Commission.(1997) She was awarded a position in the Florence Biennale in Italy (2007) with sponsorship from Ampersand Art Supply and private supporters.

Ms. Dondelinger served as director of Gallery One Visual Arts Center in Ellensburg, Washington (1997-2004) during which time she was responsible for a $1.2 million renovation and restoration of its historic building. Completion of the project and the death of her husband in 2002 led Ms. Dondelinger to re-direct her energies to her studio work. She currently has a studio in Arizona and Idaho.

Over her career, Ms. Dondelinger has won numerous awards in local and regional exhibitions and is in many public and private collections in the United States. Her work held a prominent space in the invitational exhibit GOLD in 2012 in Vienna, Austria at the Belvedere Palace Museum curated by Thomas Zaunschirm. Additional information about Mary Frances can be found on her website.

Co-Chairs: Laurie Chambers (LaurieC@SantaRitaArt.org) and Layne Cook (LayneC@SantaRitaArt.org)
Entry forms and check due Saturday, February 21, 2026
Entry form & criteria (prospectus) available in the studio or download by clicking here.