20 Mar CraftForms 2025 | Wayne Art Center, PA | Deadline Sept. 10, 2025
CraftForms 2025, 30th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft
December 7, 2025 – January 24, 2026
Wayne Art Center, Davenport Gallery, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Juror: Bruce W. Pepich
Wayne Art Center is seeking submissions for the 30th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, in the following mediums: basketry, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood. Works created utilizing CAD/CAM technologies and 3D printing tools are also eligible. Selected works will be on display in the Davenport Gallery of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania from December 7, 2025 through January 24, 2026. This year’s juror, Bruce W. Pepich, will present $10,000 in prize awards funded by Wayne Art Center.
For more information about CraftForms 2025, visit www.craftforms.org.
ABOUT THE JUROR
Bruce W. Pepich is the Founding Director Emeritus of the Racine Art Museum (RAM) in Wisconsin. He recently celebrated his 50th anniversary of working at RAM and its Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts campus. In the 1990s, he assembled one of the most significant contemporary craft collections found in any art museum in North America. He opened RAM in 2003 in downtown Racine as a second campus that is home to this collection. During his time at the museum, he has grown the collection from 326 artworks to over 14,000 pieces. He currently serves as Consultant for Permanent Collection Projects at RAM.
Pepich has curated exhibitions from RAM’s collection and regularly presents lectures on contemporary craft around the country. He is a published writer and has served as a juror for over 150 national and international art competitions and fellowship awards including the US Artists and Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Awards. His latest publishing project is an essay for Quiet Elegance: The Jewelry of Eleanor Moty, published by aronldsche Art Publishers in 2020. In 2012, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow into the American Craft Council’s College of Fellows and currently serves on the Council’s Board of Trustees.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
Works submitted must be original in design. Collaborative works are accepted. Work derivative of other artists or work created in a workshop with the aid of an instructor is not eligible.
Work must have been completed in the last two years. (Created after January 1, 2023)
Work previously exhibited at Wayne Art Center is not eligible.
All work must be for sale.
Work must remain on display for the duration of the exhibit.
Withdrawal of invited work by the artist prior to the exhibition will result in exclusion from exhibiting at WAC the following year.
All artwork submitted online to CraftForms MUST be available for the entire duration of the jurying process and exhibition. If a piece is accepted to both CraftForms and a simultaneously running exhibit, the piece must only be exhibited in CraftForms.
Wayne Art Center reserves the right to reject entries that do not meet the requirements. Work that differs from the work invited through digital submissions will be disqualified.
AWARDS
$10,000+ in prize awards funded by Wayne Art Center will be presented by juror Bruce Pepich at the CraftForms 2025 Preview PartyDecember 6, 2025.
ONLINE ENTRY INFORMATION
Artists may submit up to 2 works per application. A maximum of two additional images may be uploaded per piece to show alternate views or details of work for a total of three images per piece for two works.
$50 per application
Artists are permitted to submit additional CaFE accounts/applications. Artists may use the same name and contact (including email) information for both applications but must use a different username to create additional CaFE accounts/applications.
Visa, MasterCard, AMEX or PayPal will be accepted for application fee payment via the CaFE platform.
Artists are asked to carefully review submission info before completing an entry.* Exhibition inventory for works invited to this exhibit will be created from your submission listings.
*Updates, edits and/or changes to any part of listings (artist name/title/medium/size/price of work) after entry and for the in-gallery exhibition can be made only by contacting WAC. A $20 administrative fee will be applied to make any requested changes to listings of invited works.