An original art show featuring copies, forgeries, ill conceived restorations and imaginative misinterpretations of famous artworks, artists and art movements.
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Call for Artists
We’re seeking irreverent, creative, and joyfully blasphemous takes on famous artworks for our Fall 2025 group show, Remastered. Think “Dogs Playing Poker” but it’s the Last Supper. Or What if Mona Lisa had a mullet? Or if American Gothic featured a pitchfork-wielding alien and his influencer daughter?
Remastered is an original art show featuring copies, forgeries, ill conceived restorations and imaginative misinterpretations of famous artworks, artists and art movements.
We’re looking for the paint-stroke perfect to amateur best try.
This exhibition challenges the solemnity of the art world by asking: What if irreverence is the sincerest form of flattery?
Accepting
Prizes will be awarded in each entry category. There will also be a “People's Choice” visual-art award for the artwork that gets the most votes from visitors to the Remastered exhibit
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Exhibition Schedule
The Ake Gallery
165 South Main Street
Cortland NY 13045
Show Dates: November 7 – December 5, 2025
Submission & Prep
Now Open – Call for Artists
Saturday, October 4 – Submission Deadline
Friday, October 17 – Notification of Accepted Works
October 31–November 2 (Fri–Sun, 12–6 PM) – Art Drop-off & Delivery (Venue location and delivery instructions will be emailed to accepted artists)
November 3–6 – Installation (Closed to Public)
Exhibition Events
Friday, November 7 – 5 to 9 pm Opening Night Reception. Includes: Live music playing bad cover songs, snacks, questionable wine
Friday, November 14 – 7 to 9 pm - Kara-akey. 3 Hotdog Night hosts an ear splitting evening of karaoke.
Saturday, November 22 – 7 to 9 pm The Art Of Improv - an all art related improvisational show by Ake Gallery resident improv Group, The Comedy Flops
Friday December 5 – Closing Party & Awards
Post-Exhibit
Saturdays December 6 and 13 from 12–6 PM – Artwork Pickup
IMAGE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please make sure to meet all of the specifications outlined below:
There is a fee of $20 for each piece entered. Cortland County residents use the code LOCAL10 to get 50% off entry fee.
Deadline: Saturday October 4, 2025
We’re seeking irreverent, creative, and joyfully blasphemous takes on famous artworks for our Fall 2025 group show, Remastered. Think “Dogs Playing Poker” but it’s the Last Supper. Or What if Mona Lisa had a mullet? Or if American Gothic featured a pitchfork-wielding alien and his influencer daughter?
Remastered is an original art show featuring copies, forgeries, ill conceived restorations and imaginative misinterpretations of famous artworks, artists and art movements.
We’re looking for the paint-stroke perfect to amateur best try.
This exhibition challenges the solemnity of the art world by asking: What if irreverence is the sincerest form of flattery?
Accepting
- Illustration, sculpture, paintings, collage, found objects
- Parodies, mashups, and gloriously inaccurate tributes to anything canonically famous
- Human-generated art only. No Neanderthals or AI.
- Masterpieces Reimaagined Famous masterpieces with an extra helping of inspiration..
- Time-Traveling Portraits Historical figures redressed or reimagined in modern (or absurdly futuristic) style.
- Mashups & Collisions Combine two or more famous works, movements, or artists into one delightfully confusing piece.
- Art School Dropouts Purposefully bad or beginner versions of famous paintings (childlike renderings encouraged!).
- Movement Misfits Works that explore or satirize an artist or movement.
- Show Offs This category is for works that are genuinely well-rendered copies of masterpieces that might fool even the most seasoned art inspector.
Prizes will be awarded in each entry category. There will also be a “People's Choice” visual-art award for the artwork that gets the most votes from visitors to the Remastered exhibit
.
Exhibition Schedule
The Ake Gallery
165 South Main Street
Cortland NY 13045
Show Dates: November 7 – December 5, 2025
Submission & Prep
Now Open – Call for Artists
Saturday, October 4 – Submission Deadline
Friday, October 17 – Notification of Accepted Works
October 31–November 2 (Fri–Sun, 12–6 PM) – Art Drop-off & Delivery (Venue location and delivery instructions will be emailed to accepted artists)
November 3–6 – Installation (Closed to Public)
Exhibition Events
Friday, November 7 – 5 to 9 pm Opening Night Reception. Includes: Live music playing bad cover songs, snacks, questionable wine
Friday, November 14 – 7 to 9 pm - Kara-akey. 3 Hotdog Night hosts an ear splitting evening of karaoke.
Saturday, November 22 – 7 to 9 pm The Art Of Improv - an all art related improvisational show by Ake Gallery resident improv Group, The Comedy Flops
Friday December 5 – Closing Party & Awards
Post-Exhibit
Saturdays December 6 and 13 from 12–6 PM – Artwork Pickup
IMAGE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please make sure to meet all of the specifications outlined below:
- In the entry form below, you will paste URLs to each piece. You can link to a website or a public social media post.
- Your image should be high-quality.
- The artwork should be clearly visible from a front-facing view.
There is a fee of $20 for each piece entered. Cortland County residents use the code LOCAL10 to get 50% off entry fee.
Deadline: Saturday October 4, 2025
