GoggleWorks’ 18th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts proudly presents the 18th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, juried by Mia Fabrizio! This annual exhibition showcases artists from across the nation with artworks that range diversely across all 2D and 3D media. 

Each year, artworks are selected from an open call by the juror to fill both the East and West sides of the Cohen Gallery, located on the first floor at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. Artworks exhibited are curated as a group show that reflects the richness and diversity of contemporary artistry, bringing together bold ideas, masterful techniques, and innovative perspectives.

First Friday Gallery Reception & Award Ceremony: May 1, 2026 from 6-8pm

Featured Artists: Kayla Ackelson, Salem Alhussaini, Robert Anthony, Matthew Apol, Kathryn Ashleigh, Courtney Barnard, Richard Begbie, Melanie Berardicelli, Nilanjan Bhowmik, Diane Cirafesi, Marieken Cochius, Rachel Coleman, Peter Cunicelli, Dadisi Curtis Jr, Carin Kulb Dangot, Reggie Davis, Tedd, James A. DePietro, Marni Dheere, Nick Dominguez, M. Camille Eaton Romig, Jim Ehling, Chad Endy, Chad Cortez C Everett, Andrea Finch, Raphael Gallo, Meaghan Gates, Rah Gerg, Maryam (Nilu) Ghasempour Siahgaldeh, Elaine Goodman, Bob Hakun, Michael Mykola Haleta, Dusty Herbig, Brianna Howard, Karen, Phoebe Jamieson, Natalie Jenkins, Sarah Knight, Lukas Kohler, Oxana Kovalchuk, Alan Lankin, Jason Lipow, Taina Litwak, Derek Ludwig, Laura Madeleine, Dave Magyar, Deepa Mahajan, Loren M Marquardt, Karen McCool, Claudia McGill, Angie Meche Kilcullen, Alecia Miller, Joanne Minnick, Suzan Ann Morgan, jason moss, Robert Mull, Carlos Nuñez, Kate Perkins, Ben Polczynski, Jasmine Pritchard, Megan Raab Greenholt, Cassi Denise Rodriguez, Justin Rothshank, Edwin Santiago, Drew Scanlon, CamCurated, Scott Sneddon, Amber Staedtler, Clark Stoeckley, Ana Stoy, Debra Storm, Joey Strain, Michael N Thomas, Peter Tietbohl, Andrew Wagner, don weaver, Haley Weinberger, and Birdie Zoltan.

A digital catalog will be created by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts containing artists’ statements and images of work(s), together with the juror’s bio and statement.

About the Juror: Mia Fabrizio

Mia Fabrizio was born in Conshohocken, PA. She received her B.F.A from Tyler School of Art in 2002 and her M.Ed. from Arcadia University in 2006. She taught art in K-12 classrooms for a dozen years before graduating with her M.F.A. from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in 2020. An interdisciplinary artist, Fabrizio explores identity and social constructs through her mixed media paintings, sculptures and installations.

Fabrizio received Montague Travel Research Grant Awards in 2018 and 2019 and the Museum Council Sculpture Prize in 2020. After her 2021 Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship at SMFA at Tufts University, she was a resident at The Studios at MASS MoCA, in North Adams, MA. She served as Sculpture faculty at Maine College of Art & Design in Portland. Shortly after relocating to the greater Philadelphia area, Fabrizio participated in The Philadelphia Residency (2023), sponsored by 12Gates Arts. During the summer of 2025, she was Park Towne Place Artist in Residence and a WCU Clay resident.   

Fabrizio’s solo installation “A Seat At the Table” was in featured in the Schmidt Gallery at Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA (spring, 2024).  In January 2025, her solo installation, BLINDSIDED was on view at Chester County Art Association, as well as having an installation, Pull Up A Chair on view at The Delaware Contemporary, in their winter/spring exhibition, The Dinner Table. Her work was view in several other exhibitions in the Greater Philadelphia area, including the group show at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery, Contemporary Ruin, Future Vision and the 2-person show at City Art Salon, Emerging Paradox.  Currently, Fabrizio teaches at Delaware County Community College and West Chester University in PA and works in her home-studio, in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. 

Awards

2027 Exhibition Award – GoggleWorks staff will award a solo exhibition to an artist whose work aligns with the GoggleWorks mission of transforming lives through unique interactions with art for the 2026 exhibition calendar.

Awarded by the Juror
Best in Show
First Runner Up
Second Runner Up
Honorable Mention(s)

Important Dates

April 16, 2026: Mail delivered artwork due at GoggleWorks

In-Person Artwork Drop-Off (Cohen Gallery)
– Wed. April 22, 2026 (10am – 12pm & 3pm – 6pm)
– Thur. April 23, 2026 (12pm – 3pm)

April 30 – July 12, 2026: Exhibition on-view to public

May 1, 2026: First Friday Gallery Reception & Award Ceremony, 6-8pm

In-Person Artwork Pick-Up
– July 13 – July 14, 2026: Times TBD