New Voices: The 2026 ELAC Juried Student Art Exhibition

04/19/2026 - 06/14/2026

OPENING RECEPTION: April 19, 2026

Photo by Monica Orozco.

We are pleased to announce the Open Call for the return of New Voices, the East Los Angeles College-focused student art exhibition.

Submissions are open now through Friday, February 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM PST. 

The 2026 ELAC Juried Student Art Exhibition celebrates outstanding student artwork created across multiple disciplines, from ceramics, photography, and painting to drawing, digital illustration, and mixed media. The exhibition highlights works produced during the Spring 2025 through Fall 2025 semester, including Summer 2025 and Winter 2026 intersessions.

Artworks will be reviewed and selected by curator, educator, and writer Jheanelle Brown. 

EXHIBITION DETAILS

• Venue: Vincent Price Art Museum, East Los Angeles College

• Exhibition Dates: April 19–June 14, 2026

• Opening Reception: Saturday, April 25, 2026

HOW TO SUBMIT

• Interested students may submit online through the SlideRoom submission portal. Each student may submit up to 3 artworks maximum. All submissions are free.

• Submission Portal and Guidelines: vpam.slideroom.com

• Submission Deadline: Friday, February 27, 2026, 4:00 PM Pacific Time

About the Juror

Jheanelle Brown is a curator, educator, and writer in Los Angeles, whose curatorial practice creates frameworks to explore the boundlessness of Black life in experimental and non-fiction film and video. She is on faculty at California Institute of the Arts and curates film programming at REDCAT and the Los Angeles Filmforum.

She recently co-curated the exhibition KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Media Arts of Ben Caldwell, co-presented by Art + Practice and the California African American Museum, and served as Project Director and Curator of Experimentations: Imag(in)ing Knowledge in Film for LA Filmforum. 

“I love learning from students and younger folks— pushing and challenging my perspective and my assumptions. I’m looking forward to viewing all of the submissions!” Jheanelle shared.

Acknowledgements

All exhibitions at the Vincent Price Art Museum are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College.