January 16 - 19, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge


Art Show

Art Show - Charles View Ballroom (16th Flr)
  • Friday
    • 10:00 am - 5:00 pm: Artist CheckIn
    • 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Open
  • Saturday
    • 10:00 am - 6:00 pm & 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Open
    • 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Mobility aid users & companions only
  • Sunday
    • 10:00 am - 6:00 pm: Open
    • 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Purchased art pickup
    • 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm: Artist Checkout
  • Monday
    • 10:00 am - 1:00 pm: Artist checkout - Final sales and purchased art pick - up

The Arisia 2025 Art Show featured work by 54 artists including our Artist Guest of Sarah Morrison hung salon style plus some of the dresses she made. Subject matter included science fiction, fantasy, space, and other speculative subjects, in a wide variety of media.

At Arisia 2025, we had 1,113 for-sale and 34 not-for-sale originals, and 1741 copies of 414 prints, on 113 panels and 16 tables. Of these, we sold 262 originals and 513 copies of 222 prints to 325 different buyers for a total of $27,576.13 plus tax. Out of 54 artists with work for sale, 45 sold work.

Applications for entry are open now and close on August 15th.

 

There is a small hanging fee, but no commission is charged on sales. Unlike most other science fiction convention art shows, sales at Arisia are at fixed price only. More information is available on the rules and fees page.

 

2026 Art Show Winners


Best In Show: Luna by Amelia Royce Leonards

Popular Choice

2D award: Dragon Parade by Meredith Dillman
3D award: Facehugger by Brian Chan

Artist Guest of Honor:

2D award: Studio Apartment, Great View by Christopher Mindle
3D award: Treasure Seekers by Theresa Mather

Art Show Directors awards:

Crows in Snow by Sandra Van Vooren
The Nascent Wanderer by I.S. Kallick

Art Show staff award:

Night Walk by Avigail Borah

Con Chair/Assistant Chairs awards:

Symbiote City by Anne E.G. Nydam
Toadstools by Abranda Icle
Phoenix Chrysalis by Kendra Tornheim

Con Chair/Assistant Chairs honorable mention:

The Forest Raised Me, Victoria Chapman

Young Artist award

Blue/Silver/Purple dragonscale bracelet by Express Maille (Harry Davidoff)