2025 Descanso Gardens - Community Show call for entry

Descanso Gardens invites you to submit your masterpiece to Searching for Serenity, an open juried competition and exhibition that will be on display at the Sturt Haaga Gallery on November 1, 2025 – January 3, 2026. Searching for Serenity is an exhibition of artwork made by community and professional artists exploring how art and nature can harness the healing power and help bring us into community with one another. We are looking for unique artworks that convey the role of art and nature in healing, wellness, connectedness, and recovery as a response to 2025 wildfire disasters in Los Angeles County. The exhibition aims to bridge creativity with personal storytelling - we invite you to share how a deep connection to nature can serve as a tool for individual transformation and community healing. What nature experience helps you feel centered or grounded? What plant or place symbolizes healing or offers hope? What landscape sparks the feeling of compassion, resilience or strength? All artwork styles, media, and sizes are welcome. Works can include other elements, but the subject of the work should focus on botanical or landscape components. The entries are judged using specific criteria including originality, technical competence, and how well the art and their statement reflected the theme.