Artist Submissions
The Breath & The Clay 2026 Art Exhibition with Juror Lanecia Rouse
Each year as part of our annual creative arts gathering, The Breath and The Clay hosts an interactive art gallery for artists of all backgrounds and mediums. We believe that your art contains the ability to change lives, inspire generations and foster deep, spiritual encounters. See the details below and submit your works for consideration for this year’s event.
-Entry Deadline: Sunday, February 8th, 2026 by 11:59 PM.
-Notification of Juror Results: Monday, February 16th, no later than 7 p.m.
-Exhibition dates (Event Dates): March 20-22, 2026
-Entry Fee: $25 (Entry fee includes submission of 3 pieces)
All media are eligible, including but not limited to: painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, drawing, fiber, installation, and sculpture. Video and sound work will require the artist to send/bring their own equipment for display. Work that includes sound will be displayed at a volume appropriate for the gallery, as decided by The Breath and The Clay staff. There are no size restrictions for this exhibition. This exhibition will be held physically and will also be represented as an online gallery at www.thebreathandtheclay.com/bc26gallery
About The Juror
Lanecia A. Rouse creates from a deep knowing that art serves as sacred ground where empathy is fostered, curiosity is cultivated, healing unfolds, and connection flourishes. This guiding philosophy infuses her multifaceted practice as an artist, embracing collage, abstract painting, photography, teaching, writing, speaking, and thoughtful curatorial work with local non-profit organizations.
Lanecia has been honored to share her practice through workshops at SnowFarm New England Craft School, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Shakerag Workshops, and The Glen Workshop. Her artistic journey has been enriched by meaningful residencies, including the Foundation for Spirituality and the Arts in Charleston, SC (2023); the Artists on Site: Series 3 Artist-in-Residence at the Asia Society HTX (2022); and the 2020–2021 Artist-in-Residence for the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL) at Rice University. She currently serves as Artist-in-Residence partner at Holy Family HTX Episcopal Church in Houston, TX, where she guides the curation team for the Lanecia A. Rouse Gallery, and brings her vision to the Board of Directors for Image Journal.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions at University Museum of Texas Southern University, Houston, TX (2025), Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (2022, 2023, 2025); Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (2024); Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN (2024); Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX (2024); Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Session 5 Faculty Exhibition, Deer Isle, ME (2024); San Jacinto College Central Gallery, Pasadena, TX (2024); Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX (2023); Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC (2021, 2022, 2023); Hogan Brown Gallery, Houston, TX (2023); Monterroso Gallery, Houston, TX (2022, 2023); Project Row Houses, Houston, TX (2020, 2022); Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX (2022); Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX (2022); Art Is Bond Gallery, Houston, TX (2022); Urban Zen Gallery, New York, NY (2021, 2022); Duke University Chapel (2022); Collect It for the Culture, Houston, TX; Houston First Corporation, Houston, TX (2021); Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (2020); Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI; Forth and Nomad Gallery, Houston, TX (2019); the American Church in Paris, Paris, France (2018, during a one-month residency); and Fourth Chapter Gallery, Kansas City, MO (2017, 2021).
Lanecia's work was featured in Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, which debuted at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, TN, from September to December 2023, before traveling to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, and The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.
She is a graduate of Wofford College and Duke University Divinity School.
