The 2025 Small Stones Festival of the Arts is scheduled for January 25, 2025 through February 2, 2025, when it will return to its wonderful new location, the Brigham Hill Community Barn, 37 Wheeler Road, North Grafton, thanks to the courtesy of Community Harvest Project.  This year’s Art Call for the Festival will open from September 15 through October 15, 2024. 

The Festival is a collaboration of the Worcester County Camera Club and the Blackstone Valley Art Association, now in its seventh year. It exhibits fine art painting and fine art photography.

Work chosen for the juried in-person exhibition as well as prize winning entries will be selected by an independent panel of distinguished jurors. Once they are announced, the selections can be read about on the Festival’s website, www. smallstonesfestival.org.

Art work exhibited at the Festival will be selected from approximately 500 submissions and will include 144 fine art paintings (including drawing, sketches, ink and other 2D productions) and fine art photographs (including film based, digital, infrared and alternative processes). There are strict restrictions on the size of work that can be exhibited. Works chosen for the exhibition will be published in the annual hardbound catalog. All submissions will appear in the Web Gallery.

The prizes for both photography and paintings are as follows: First Place - $500; Second Place -$250; Third Place - $100; Juror’s Choice - 3 Ribbon Awards; Popular Choice - Ribbon Award.

There is a nonrefundable submission fee of $10 per entry. A maximum of five entries per artist. Up to two may be selected for in-person exhibition by our jurors. You must submit a high-quality photo of your work, suitable for inclusion in the catalog.

For more information on registering and submitting your work, visit smallstones2025.artcall.org