The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents the 2025 MOJA Juried Art Exhibition, on view at City Gallery from Nov. 14 through Feb. 2, 2026, and at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture now through Jan. 2, 2026. The City Gallery exhibition was delayed due to ongoing construction and maintenance. The gallery will reopen Nov. 14 with an opening reception from 5–7 p.m., free and open to the public.
This annual juried exhibition highlights the recent work of artists across South Carolina, as well as those based in communities near the Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor in Georgia and North Carolina. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and photography. Prize-winning works are displayed alongside a limited selection of pieces the jurors identify as meriting exhibition.
This year’s exhibition was juried by staff of the Avery Research Center: Daron Calhoun II, facilities, outreach, and public programming coordinator and Race and Social Justice Initiative coordinator; and Tey Sanders, outreach and public program coordinator.
Invited artists include: Oyindamola Adewale, Brittany Alston, Robert Ariail, Wynter Bell, Carlos Bilal, Tyler Blanton, Carolina Bowie, Chelsey Bradley, Eric Bridges, Jamil Burton, Julie Byrd Diana, Colleen Cannon-Karlos, Stephen Cefalo, Brigitte Codron, Alice Colin, Belle Connor, Heather Conyers, Jabriel Davis, Ty Davis, Nancy DeMore, Stasea Dohoney, Joseph Dreher, Arun Drummond, Benjamin Elam, Lucille Elliott, Renne Fleuranges-Valdes, Sumaya Florez, Harriet Forbes, Rodney Foster, Ayana Gadsden, Alvin Glen, Timothy Green, André Griffin, Monique Gross, Benjamin Gufford, Kenish Harmon, CoCo Harris, Barton Hatcher, Malik Hayward, Karyn Healey, Cory Hines, Shannon Hopkins, Albert Howard, Lori Isom, Caseline Jenkins, Cynthia Jesup, Christine Johnson, Danielle Jones, Celeste Joye, Michelle Kaye, Mary Keadle, KELA, Alison Kelly, Ben Kelly, Wesley King, Valerie Kramer, Alia Kroos, Gary Kunkelman, Anita Laudone, Thomas Lipkins, Flavia Lovatelli, Jennifer Lutz, Tiana Lynaé, Elizabeth Macias, Robert Maniscalco, Ervin McDaniel, Dan Mohan, Anthony Montagna, LeeAnn Morrisette, Justin Moultrie, Aldo Muzzarelli, Sekelle Nathan, Stefanie Neuner, Jeleata Nicole, Shadai O’Neal, Samira Owens, Habibur Rahman, Shamsad Rahman, Kevin Russell, Schenayda Salido, Taylor Sanders, Chantiana Staley, Bonita Strickland, Andrea Stubbs, Fenton Thompson, Julia Vanderpool, Tina Vincent, Calvin Walton, and Nathalie Watson.
City Gallery will be open Nov. 14 through Feb. 2, 2026, Wednesdays through Sundays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Avery Research Center will be open through Jan. 2, 2026, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. To make a reservation for viewing outside of operating hours, visit http://bit.ly/46OL0xD.