Important Dates
ENTRY DEADLINE
due December 5th, 2025
NOTIFICATIONS SENT
Dec. 22nd, 2025
ARTWORK DELIVERY
January 15 - 16th, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION
Jan. 23, 2026, 7-10 pm
OPENING/CLOSING
March 13th, 2026
Join KAI LIN ART as we host the seventh Open Call for our annual juried works on paper exhibition: THE NEW SOUTH 7. This year’s exhibition encompasses a range of themes, styles and techniques celebrating the largely versatile medium of paper.
The competition is open to both emerging and established artists who have lived or worked in the Southeast. Please submit your artwork and application form before Friday, December 5th
JUROR
Elizabeth Wilson
Fine Arts Manager, The Coca-Cola Company
Elizabeth Wilson joined The Coca-Cola Company in 2019 and comes with more than 25 years of experience in corporate and non-profit art environments. She began her career at the High Museum of Art and has worked as an Art Consultant, curating art collections for high-end hotels around the world. In her current role as the Fine Arts Manager, her responsibilities range from managing the corporate collection to developing special exhibitions and curating workspaces in both the Atlanta headquarters and abroad.
ENTRY CRITERIA
• All artwork must include paper in some form and be created by the artist within the last 5 years.
• Artists under the age of 18 must have signed parental consent.
• Artwork must not exceed 40 inches in any direction.
• Submitting artists must have lived or worked in the Southeastern Region, USA.
• Artists may submit up to five (5) images for the $30 application fee
• Printed Photography is accepted
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
• All submissions must be made online per instruction on kailinart.com/thenewsouth on or before
FRIDAY DECEMBER 5, 2025 before 11:59 PM
• Images must be high quality JPEG format between 1MB – 2MB, 300DPI, 1,500 pixels wide.
• Title images, “ARTIST LAST NAME_FIRST NAME_TITLE_MEDIUM_DIMENSIONS (inches)”.
To Submit
Please follow the link below to our custom submission form and read all steps carefully
For questions email thenewsouth@kailinart.com
Thank you and good luck!
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Susan Hopp
Disposition appropriated images & digital collage on paper 20 x 24 inches TNS4 051G
Fair Weather appropriated images & digital collage on paper 20 x 24 inches TNS4 052G

Donna Catotti
Chilkat River Sunset serigraph 8 x 18 inches TNS4 042G
Salmon Fishing in Alaska serigraph 8 x 18 inches TNS4 043G
Aspen Shadows serigraph 8 x 18 inches TNS4 044G



TL Manty Dey Carmine Bloom acrylic & ink on paper 24 x 30 inches TNS4 038G
TR Stephanie Kolpy Title is the whole poem ""The Moment"" by Margaret Atwood, Cyanotype/Monotype, Stone Litho,Screen, Ink, watercolor on BFK Reeves 23 x 30 inches TNS4 039G
BR Manty Dey Gold Bloom acrylic & ink on paper 24 x 30 inches TNS4 040G
BL Stephanie Kolpy As Above So Below Cyanotype, Screen, Diamond Dust, watercolor, White Ink on BFK Reeves 20 x 11 inches TNS4 041G

TL Mary Beth Cornelius Song Surround acrylic on paper 30 x 24 inches TNS4 012G
R Mary Beth Cornelius Past in the Present I acrylic on paper 31.5 x 24.5 inches TNS4 013G
BL Chloe Alexander Army of Onescreen print 18 x 18 inches TNS4 014G

TL Jacob Crook Beacon III Mezzotint 6 x 9 inches TNS4 033G
TR Jacob Crook These Last Days Mezzotint 18 x 12 inches TNS4 034G
BR Jacob Crook Nightrise II Mezzotint 11 x 8.5 inches TNS4 035G
BL Jacob Crook This Way Out Mezzotint 18 x 12 inches TNS4 036G

Roxane Hollosi Sojourn 20 drawing with graphite, charcoal, sewing, pen, ink, pastel, colored pencil,wax relief on paper 40 x 26 inches TNS4 028G
Annamarie Williams Mama Tea & graphite 22 x 30 inches TNS4 029G

Lu Liu Beginning of Summer Lithography 15 x 10 inches TNS4 030G
Annamarie Williams Paving the Way Together Watercolor & graphite 30 x 22 inches TNS4 031G




TL Lu Liu Lotus Lithography 15 x 10 inches TNS4 015G
TR Apple Zhao Mushcat Ballpoint pen 32 x 40 inches TNS4 016G
B Lu Liu Remember the Wind Lithography 15 x 10 inches, TNS4 017G

Steven Anderson Which Came First—the Forest or the Earth? marker & pen on paper mounted on canvas 40 x 26 inches TNS4 010G

Steven Anderson Entangle gouache on paper mounted on canvas 40 x 30 inches TNS4 008G

Chad Hayward Portal Acrylic, colored pencil, watercolor & pigmented cotton pulp on handmade paper 23.5 x 33.5 inches TNS4 009G

Chad Hayward Ether Acrylic colored pencil, pen, pigmented cotton & abaca pulp on handmade paper 23 x 32.5 inches TNS4 011G

Chad Hayward Entrance V Acrylic, pen, & pigmented cotton pulp on handmade abaca paper 22.5 x 33.25 inches TNS4 007G

Philip Carpenter
Wrench color pencils on paper 28 x 20 inches TNS4 003G
Paint Brush color pencils on paper 28 x 20 inches TNS4 004G
Shears color pencils on paper 28 x 20 inches TNS4 005G
Pick color pencils on paper 28 x 20 inches TNS4 006G

Marryam Moma Positive Manifestations Collage, preserved floral, archival paper & adhesive 16 x 20 inches TNS 001G
Marryam Moma She Is Music To My Ears Collage art print, preserved floral, archival paper & adhesive 16 x 20 inches TNS 002G

Jessica Durrant Forests Within mixed media on paper 12 x 18 inches TNS4 055G

Honor Bowman Hall Williams Seafood Acrylic & paint pen on paper 9 x 12 inches TNS4 053G
Honor Bowman Hall Clary's Acrylic & paint pen on paper 9 x 12 inches TNS4 054G

Denise Wellbrock Close, Far, Slow charcoal & watercolor on paper 22 x 30 inches TNS4 075G

Gwen Gunter
Your Window of Perception acrylic on paper 18 x 12 inches TNS4 065G
Brain Racking acrylic on paper 20 x 16 inches TNS 066G
My Window of Perception acrylic on paper 18 x 12 inches TNS4 067G

Emily Shopp Opening Up Etching, Chine-collé, relief 28 x 28 inches TNS4 074G

Lori Brook Johnson Winter Coat Graphite 14 x 10 inches TNS4 072G
Lori Brook JohnsonBlue Graphite 12 x 16 inches TNS4 073G

Franklin Delgado In Praise of Love Charcoal on paper 40 x 40 inches TNS4 071G

Rob Nixon The Play That Breaks the Game digital composition (original and found photography), vintage paper dolls and game board 20 x 20 inches TNS4 069G
Jo Arellanes, Double Bridge Carbon Printing 18 x 18 inches TNS4 070G

Christina Kwan Grounded acrylic ink on paper 30 x 22 inches TNS4 068G

Debbie Ezell Go With The Flow Mixed Media on Paper 18 x 18 inches TNS4 046G
Debbie Ezell Gentle Evidence Mixed Media on Paper 18 x 18 inches TNS4 049G

Christina Kwan Lineage acrylic ink on paper 30 x 22 inches TNS4 047GS

Debbie Ezell Coalesce Mixed Media on Paper 18 x 18 inches TNS4 045G
Debbie Ezell Parallel Narrative Mixed Media on Paper 18 x 18 inches TNS4 048G

Donna Catotti
Chilkat River Sunset serigraph 8 x 18 inches TNS4 042G
Salmon Fishing in Alaska serigraph 8 x 18 inches TNS4 043G
Aspen Shadows serigraph 8 x 18 inches TNS4 044G

Mark Schoon & Casey McGuire Craters IV Archival pigment print 40 x 40 inches TNS4 037G

TL Jacob Crook Beacon III Mezzotint 6 x 9 inches TNS4 033G
TR Jacob Crook These Last Days Mezzotint 18 x 12 inches TNS4 034G
BR Jacob Crook Nightrise II Mezzotint 11 x 8.5 inches TNS4 035G
BL Jacob Crook This Way Out Mezzotint 18 x 12 inches TNS4 036G

Andrew Mullally Untitled (Ivory Billed) linocut 22 x 30 inches TNS4 032G

Roxane Hollosi Sojourn 20 drawing with graphite, charcoal, sewing, pen, ink, pastel, colored pencil, wax relief on paper 40 x 26 inches TNS4 028G

Jonathan Prichard Temporal Reign Pen & ink wash on paper 30 x 22 inches TNS4 023G








































































