CALL FOR HAIGA PROSPECTUS & ENTRY FORM
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum is calling for submissions from haiga artists for our upcoming exhibit HAIGA: THE ART OF HAIKU, which will open with a reception on October 5 and run through December 31, 2025. Submissions open May 1; the entry deadline is August 1, 2025. Entrants will be notified of acceptance within 12 days after the deadline.
These artworks will be exhibited in our Montgomery Gallery, which is open to the public during our regular hours. Just across the hall is the Beyond Our Borders Gallery that includes, among other things, 18 & 19th and 19th-century Japanese fine and decorative art, samurai armor, and swords/weaponry.
The museum is located in historic Roscoe Village in Coshocton, OH, which brings in visitors from a wide variety of places, especially during the Apple Butter Stirrin’ Festival which is scheduled for October 17-19, 2025.
ENTRY FEE
$20 for entries submitted. Fees are non-refundable. No more than ten (10) entries will be accepted. Entry fee must be paid via the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum’s website, jhmuseum.org/haiga, or via cash or check with mailed submissions. Checks can be made payable to The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum.
What Is My Fee Used For?
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum (JHM) is a non-profit and publicly funded museum. All proceeds from entry fees fund project-related expenses, such as the printing of digital entries for the exhibit and for return postage on hard copy/multimedia entries that must be mailed back to the artists (artists will pay the postage to mail their entries to us).
Our board of directors and small dedicated staff work hard to make involvement with JHM projects well worth the effort and cost. It is important to note that this fee is the only cost charged by JHM for participation. Simply by participating in this exhibit, you are helping this nonprofit organization do its work and achieve its mission.
SUBMISSION OF IMAGES
JHM accepts only digital images/files of your artwork for consideration. Physical works can be submitted, but only as pictures during the consideration phase. If a physical piece is accepted into the exhibit, we will send you details on how to ship it to the museum at a later date. See specifications below. JHM will retain the submitted images of accepted artwork and reserves the right to use the images in publications and museum publicity. By this, we mean that artists retain copyright, but JHM is granted the nonexclusive right to use and reproduce accepted images for the promotion of the show, artist, and museum. The title & artist will always be included in promotional materials. Following the conclusion of the exhibit, haiga prints produced using the museum’s printing resources will not be returned or shipped to the artist.
Digital images can be submitted on CD in the mail or through our website, jhmuseum.org/haiga. Use the submission form below on this page to submit digital images. Hi-Res, print-quality images will be requested for accepted works upon conclusion of the selection process. If suitable images are not provided, the work may not be included in the exhibition.
Entry Image Specifications:
MORE ABOUT HAIGA
According to The Haiku Foundation, haiga (hī-guh) is the Japanese term for combining haiku poems and visual images — hai comes from haiku, and ga is the Japanese word for painting. Haiga incorporates the written haiku into the visual form itself, which can include any type of visual art such as photographs, paintings, drawings, digital art, textile art, collages, etc.
It should be noted that a good haiga is more than the sum of its parts. In other words, the art is not simply an illustration of the haiku, and the haiku is not simply a caption for the art. The art and the haiku add resonance to each other so that together, they convey a deeper meaning or insight. For inspiration, visit thehaikufoundation.org/haiga-galleries or dailyhaiga.org
SALE OF ARTWORK
Artworks are not required to be for sale to be included in our exhibition. It is required that works are indicated as either "for sale" or not for sale (NFS) on the submitted entry form. JHM will retain a commission of 20% of the sale price on all artwork sold during the exhibition. Artists set the sale price on the entry form. Sale price and status cannot be changed after the deadline to submit.
To download a PDF copy of this prospectus, click here.
These artworks will be exhibited in our Montgomery Gallery, which is open to the public during our regular hours. Just across the hall is the Beyond Our Borders Gallery that includes, among other things, 18 & 19th and 19th-century Japanese fine and decorative art, samurai armor, and swords/weaponry.
The museum is located in historic Roscoe Village in Coshocton, OH, which brings in visitors from a wide variety of places, especially during the Apple Butter Stirrin’ Festival which is scheduled for October 17-19, 2025.
ENTRY FEE
$20 for entries submitted. Fees are non-refundable. No more than ten (10) entries will be accepted. Entry fee must be paid via the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum’s website, jhmuseum.org/haiga, or via cash or check with mailed submissions. Checks can be made payable to The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum.
What Is My Fee Used For?
The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum (JHM) is a non-profit and publicly funded museum. All proceeds from entry fees fund project-related expenses, such as the printing of digital entries for the exhibit and for return postage on hard copy/multimedia entries that must be mailed back to the artists (artists will pay the postage to mail their entries to us).
Our board of directors and small dedicated staff work hard to make involvement with JHM projects well worth the effort and cost. It is important to note that this fee is the only cost charged by JHM for participation. Simply by participating in this exhibit, you are helping this nonprofit organization do its work and achieve its mission.
SUBMISSION OF IMAGES
JHM accepts only digital images/files of your artwork for consideration. Physical works can be submitted, but only as pictures during the consideration phase. If a physical piece is accepted into the exhibit, we will send you details on how to ship it to the museum at a later date. See specifications below. JHM will retain the submitted images of accepted artwork and reserves the right to use the images in publications and museum publicity. By this, we mean that artists retain copyright, but JHM is granted the nonexclusive right to use and reproduce accepted images for the promotion of the show, artist, and museum. The title & artist will always be included in promotional materials. Following the conclusion of the exhibit, haiga prints produced using the museum’s printing resources will not be returned or shipped to the artist.
Digital images can be submitted on CD in the mail or through our website, jhmuseum.org/haiga. Use the submission form below on this page to submit digital images. Hi-Res, print-quality images will be requested for accepted works upon conclusion of the selection process. If suitable images are not provided, the work may not be included in the exhibition.
Entry Image Specifications:
- All entry files must be named with a short title that identifies your haiga (underscore) artist’s last name (underscore) first name (i.e. wintermoon_Jones_Mike.jpg).
- The image files should be in HIGH QUALITY JPEG format, images should be no smaller than 1000 pixels in any direction (about 13”) and 72dpi. This should result in most image files ranging from 700kb to 2mb in file size, but this is only approximate. Be ABSOLUTELY sure you are sending files at the correct size.
- Images must be oriented properly (i.e. top of the image is the top of the artwork) and should not include text info or borders that are not part of the actual work.
- The font used for the haiku should be clearly legible and should be in English. If another language is used, please include an English translation.
- Collaborations between haiku poets and visual artists will be accepted. Collaborative work should identify all contributors.
- We will not accept haiga that contain racist, sexist, misogynistic, overly violent, homophobic, or any other hateful content. Decisions about content are at the discretion of the curators.
MORE ABOUT HAIGA
According to The Haiku Foundation, haiga (hī-guh) is the Japanese term for combining haiku poems and visual images — hai comes from haiku, and ga is the Japanese word for painting. Haiga incorporates the written haiku into the visual form itself, which can include any type of visual art such as photographs, paintings, drawings, digital art, textile art, collages, etc.
It should be noted that a good haiga is more than the sum of its parts. In other words, the art is not simply an illustration of the haiku, and the haiku is not simply a caption for the art. The art and the haiku add resonance to each other so that together, they convey a deeper meaning or insight. For inspiration, visit thehaikufoundation.org/haiga-galleries or dailyhaiga.org
SALE OF ARTWORK
Artworks are not required to be for sale to be included in our exhibition. It is required that works are indicated as either "for sale" or not for sale (NFS) on the submitted entry form. JHM will retain a commission of 20% of the sale price on all artwork sold during the exhibition. Artists set the sale price on the entry form. Sale price and status cannot be changed after the deadline to submit.
To download a PDF copy of this prospectus, click here.
