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The Evolving Icon

The Evolving Icon asks artists to consider portraiture as both a way to record and interpret—a way of preserving history, responding to the present, and imagining what lies ahead...

Public Exhibition Dates: October 15, 2026 – January 3, 2027

Preview Date: Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum Gala | Saturday, October 3, 2026

Featured Portrait (left) is a detail of the award-winning portrait Promise of the Future by Linda Champanier.

Artists' Prospectus: https://forms.gle/ARWJJfit72sMWjCVA

Submissions are FREE and open to members of the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists (CSOPA) only. To join or renew membership in CSOPA, visit csopa.wildapricot.org

All submitting artists receive discounted membership to The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum with full privileges for only $25.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS JULY 15, 2026

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum

295 West Avenue

Norwalk, CT 06850

(203) 838-9799

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All artwork must be received ready to hang. Artists are responsible for hand delivery and pick-up of their work, or to make their own arrangements to have their work delivered and picked up. For your convenience, we recommend The Packaging Store in Stamford, CT, for shipping and handling.

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