Still Here is a juried national jewelry and metals exhibition celebrating artists who despite facing obstacles such as grief, trauma, burnout, transition, or healing, have continued to create thoughtful and meaningful work. We encourage artists to apply who’s work speaks to the persistence of living through difficulties; have the power of returning after long pauses, and the beauty of creating under weighty conditions. Work that is an example of endurance, where the act of making itself is a testament to resilience and a refusal to just quit due to unexpected circumstances. 

DEADLINE: November 15th 2025

NOTIFICATIONS: December 1st 2025

WORK RECEIVED BY: December 20th 2025

The selected work will travel from the Emerge Gallery during the ECU Jewelry and Metals Symposium in Greenville NC to The Silver Fern's Fiddlehead Gallery in Cookeville TN.  If selected, each venue will require separate contracts for the selected artists to sign. Still Here will contact selected artists with details.

SHOW SCHEDULE:

Emerge Gallery January 2nd- January 31st 2026

The Silver Fern Fiddle Head Gallery February 10th- April 11th 2026

Return of work: April 20th 2026

Hobgoblin, a solo exhibition by Ash Lusietto. “Hobgoblin is a mischievous assembly of likenesses—humans, animals, spirits—where resemblance is a form of magic and making is enchantment. Each handmade doll, mask, and creature conjures a presence, suggesting that something lives within.”