Submission Info

How to participate:

All submission information can be found on our online submission for here.

1. Create an original postcard-size artwork (4 x 6 inches). Drawings, photographs, paintings, printmaking, and mixed media are welcome. One entry per artist.
2. Complete our online submission form. You will receive a submission number after completing the form.
3. Write your submission number on the back of your artwork, along with your full name and signature. Indicate the top of the artwork with an arrow. If it’s not possible to write on your postcard, you may enclose a separate piece of paper with your submission number.
4. Carefully package your artwork. We recommend that you wrap artwork in wax paper and place it between cardboard. Do not submit charcoal or pastel pieces without fixing them. Do not wrap wet or sticky artwork.
5. Mail your artwork to Visual AIDS before the postmark deadline: Friday, November 22, 2025.
   Mailing address: Visual AIDS, 526 West 26th Street #309, New York, NY 10001

Thank you! We appreciate your generous donation of artwork. 

There is no entry fee to participate, but we welcome donations to help us cover the overhead costs of producing this event and online sale. Please consider making an additional donation here.

Email notifications

You will receive an email notification when your artwork is received and processed by Visual AIDS. After the sale has ended, you will also receive a notification email to let you know if your artwork was sold.

Please make sure you have entered your email correctly on our online form!

Artwork return

Sometimes artwork does not sell during the sale. If you would like to ensure the return of your work in the event it does not sell, we ask you to cover the cost of return.

We require a donation of at least $5 to cover the cost of return postage and packaging. If you make a donation, you are not required to enclose a return envelope or postage. We are unable to return artworks outside of the United States.

If your work does sell and you have paid for return shipping, it is considered a donation to support our work. Thank you!

Anyone is welcome to donate work! It's part of the fun to have artists from different careers share in this exhibition and sale.

All work is accepted as long as it is original, meaning you made it, it's not a mass print, and it isn't someone else's work. It must fit within our sizing limits (~4"x6").

We accept original paintings, drawings, photographs (on quality, archival paper), special edition prints (signed and numbered on back, on quality archival paper), sculpture (must provide a way to hang the work), mixed media, textile, digital work (if original and on quality archival paper).