With support from the Benjamin and Jean Troemel Arts Foundation, the Lightner Museum announces the fifth year of Lightner Local. Created to showcase the talents of artists who live in Northeast and Central Florida, three artists working in any media will be awarded solo exhibitions at the museum in 2025.

The Lightner will host three exhibitions, opening on March 7, June 6, and September 5, 2025. Each exhibition will be displayed in the museum’s East Room Gallery for approximately eight weeks. The gallery space includes approximately 90 feet of linear wall space for hanging artwork.

Selected artists will receive the following:

• Solo exhibition at the Lightner Museum in the East Room Gallery.
• Promotion via the museum’s website, lightnermuseum.org.
• Press outreach.
• Social media outreach.
• Exhibition opening during St. Augustine’s First Friday Art Walk.
• $2,000 honorarium.

Lightner Museum staff will work directly with the selected artists to produce the exhibition and will promote it through print and online media. Submission deadline is February 1.

Applications
Artists should send the following:

• Three images of recent work – including title, dimensions, medium and date for each work.
• Proposed exhibition title.
• Exhibition proposal – 500 words or less.
• Artist statement – 500 words or less.
• Artist bio – 500 words or less.
• Contact details.
• Do not send actual artwork.

Applications and inquiries should be emailed to: [email protected]. Artists that are not selected for 2025, might be selected in future years of the program.

The Lightner Local exhibition series is presented by the Benjamin and Jean Troemel Arts Foundation.

Mike Taylor, Eighth of the Last Beach Days, 2024
Graphite on Bristol Board

Gail Beveridge, Jeweled Reflections, Oil on Canvas, 2022