Yavapai College Visual Arts

10/08/2026

One Gallery/Two Exhibitions Closing Reception October 9th!

Featuring:
- Scott Heide: Acid West
- Joann Tomsche: from Far from Near

Join the YC Prescott Art Gallery this Friday from 5-7pm to celebrate our two guest artists and their work, featuring a vibrant saturated printmaking style of Scott to that of a softer, landscape-focused canvas by Joann.

A live reading of the 2026 edition of Threshold will be held in the gallery at the same time of the closing reception from 5:30-7:30pm.

Featured readers include:
- Dee Cohen
- Tinamarie Cox
- Ellen Greenblum-Siddons
- Lara Hamidi-Ismert
- Michael McLaughlin

Submissions are also open for the 2027 edition of Threshold for poetry, prose, and visual art & design. You can submit at: https://yavapaicollegeartgallery.submittable.com/submit

This event is free and open to the public, and we hope to see you there!

10/07/2026

The Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery Presents
Resilience

January 22 – February 19, 2027
Juror: Shane Hawk, co-editor of the bestselling
Never Whistle at Night series.

The Yavapai College Art Gallery in Prescott, Arizona invites artists working in any medium to submit original artwork inspired by “Resilience” and the themes of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Vintage Books, 2023). Resilience is the strength to withstand, adapt to, and transcend adversity while keeping the spirit unbroken. Artists are invited to explore this powerful concept through painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, textiles, ceramics, digital art, and beyond.

Important Dates:
Exhibition: January 22 – February 19, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, January 22, 5pm – 7pm
Submissions Close: Monday, November 30, 11:59pm
Artists Notified: Friday, December 11
Art Must be Delivered to Gallery by: Monday, January 11, EOD

Juror: Shane Hawk

Shane Hawk is a horror writer, editor, and creator of the Native Horror Index, a comprehensive database of Indigenous horror. He is a coeditor of the bestselling Never Whistle at Night series and cowriter of the horror stage play The Land Has Spoken. At Counterpoint Press, Hawk exclusively acquires and edits books authored by Indigenous North Americans. You can find his work in numerous anthologies, magazines, and academic volumes. He lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and daughter, and is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.

Submit:
https://yavapaicollegeartgallery.submittable.com/submit

Accepted artists will be responsible for all shipping costs to and from Yavapai College Art Gallery. Please include paid return postage.

Send Work To:
Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery, 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ, 86303, C/O

Art Gallery Manger Tim Hull

Please direct all questions to Art Gallery Manager:
Tim Hull: [email protected]

10/06/2026

Behind The Scenes: FMA102- Production I

Our Fall Semester Production I class journeyed over to the medical sciences division of Yavapai College for the niche opportunity of filming in a hospital setting! Take a peek as students put the fundamentals of filmmaking into practice—from composing shots and controlling camera movement to considering lighting, framing, blocking, and visual storytelling. Each setup gives students hands-on experience with the creative and technical decisions that transform a scene from an idea on the page into a compelling image on screen.

Interested in exploring the art of filmmaking? Spring registration is now open!

Register Here: https://www.yc.edu/v6/academics/register.html

10/05/2026

Join us for the YC Winter Art Fair Holiday Art Raffle! YC students, faculty, and staff artists are invited to create and donate a holiday-themed artwork. Raffle proceeds support Art Gallery improvements and student art prizes. See the flyer for important dates and details.

10/05/2026

One Gallery / Two Exhibitions is coming to an end!

Don’t miss your final chance to experience the work of Scott Heide and Joann Tomsche. Join us this Friday, October 9, for their Closing Reception, where we’ll also celebrate the release of our Threshold 2026 Magazine.

And just around the corner…

YC Art Faculty Exhibition
Featuring the work of Rita Toikka, Brandelyn Andres, Dana Cohn, Bryan Robertson, Steve Mason, and 17 other faculty members.

October 17 – November 15
Opening Reception: October 23, 5–7 PM

We invite you to join us and discover what’s coming next at the Yavapai College Art Gallery!

10/05/2026

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Yavapai College Art Classes
Spring Classes Are Filling Up!

Explore your creativity. Learn something new.
Register today and save your spot.

10/02/2026

IT'S TIME TO CREATE.

Yavapai College Art Classes
Spring Registration Opens October 5th!

Save the date. Find your class. Make something amazing.

10/01/2026

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: Threshold Spring 2027

Threshold, Yavapai College’s print and digital journal of literature and creative visual works, is now accepting submissions for its Spring 2027 issue.

LITERATURE

Open to undergraduate writers at Yavapai College, college affiliates, and Arizona residents.

Deadline: December 1, 2026

Poetry: Up to 5 poems, submitted as separate Microsoft Word files
Fiction: Up to 15 double-spaced pages
Nonfiction: Up to 15 double-spaced pages
Work must be previously unpublished
Include your name and email, numbered pages, standard font, and a short cover letter
Submissions must be in Microsoft Word format
Threshold does not accept AI-generated work

VISUAL ART & DESIGN

Open to artists in the United States.
Deadline: January 18, 2027

Threshold considers fine art, photography, illustration, and visual design, including digital design.

Digital submissions only through Submittable
Files must be print-ready: minimum 7-inch edge at 300 ppi or vector-based
Accepted formats: JPG, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PSD, and PDF
One artwork or project per submission
Multiple works are welcome, but each must be submitted separately
PDFs may be multipage, but do not combine separate projects into one PDF
We will curate a selection of poetry, prose, and visual art for the Spring 2027 issue.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

Submit Here: https://yavapaicollegeartgallery.submittable.com/submit

10/01/2026

The One Gallery Two Exhibitions Closing Reception and Threshold Reading is coming up soon! We hope to see you there!

Please Join us in celebrating the 2026 issue of Threshold!

Friday, October 9th | 5:30-7:30pm
Yavapai College Art Gallery

You are invited to join on the free showcase and presentation of the 2026 Threshold artist showcase of the best of design, visual arts, prose, and poetry done by students and community members from 2025!

A reminder that Threshold submissions for the 2027 issue are open on https://yavapaicollegeartgallery.submittable.com/submit

We hope to see you there!

09/30/2026

ART298F: Plein Air Workshop
crn: 3297
Instructor: Rick Derman

Begins: October 19th - December 16th Fridays from 9-12:30pm

Sign up today for Rick Derman's Plein Air Workshop in the second 8 weeks of the Fall semester to capture the changing of the leaves in real time as you explore the wonderful nature of Prescott! You'll also gain the opportunity to paint alongside Art in the Pines artists as they teach their techniques in how they capture the landscape.

Register now at https://www.yc.edu/v6/academics/register.html

We look forward to seeing you there!