Inez and Atrium Artist Call, 2025-2026
Location: MN — Twin Cities Metro
Type: Call for Submissions
Categories:
Visual Arts
Deadline: 11/03/2024
No entry fee required
Open to artists statewide
Paid opportunity (250)
Sales opportunity
Artistry Theater and Visual Arts, a multi-discipline non-profit arts organization based in Bloomington, MN, is currently accepting exhibit proposals for their 2025-2026 exhibition program year. Emerging and established artists, artist groups, and exhibit curators residing in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin who are 18 years or older are invited to submit a proposal. All visual art mediums are eligible. All proposals must be received by November 3, 2024, to be considered. There is no entry fee to apply. Applicants will be notified by November 27, 2024, of the curatorial panel’s decision.
About Artistry:
Artistry is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization based in the city-owned Bloomington Center for the Arts. We reach a regional audience of 80,000+ with acclaimed theater productions, exhibitions, and arts education.
Mission – In pursuit of artistic excellence, we engage our region’s most talented artists in work that welcomes and develops audiences and opens hearts and minds.
Learn more about Artistry at artistrymn.org
About the Exhibition Program: Each year Artistry presents approximately five exhibitions in each the Inez Greenberg Gallery and the Atrium Gallery showcasing artistically excellent artwork executed in a variety of media and styles that express a wide range of creative voices.
Emerging and established artists, artist groups, and exhibit curators residing in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin who are 18 years or older are invited to submit a proposal for the 2025-2026 exhibition program. All proposals must be received by November 3, 2024, to be considered.
Proposals will be reviewed by a curatorial panel who will select proposals based upon the following criteria:
Quality of the artwork/artistic excellence
Creativity and originality
Technical skills
Overall exhibition proposal
Selected artists may be combined (by Artistry) to create a small group show or chosen for a solo exhibition to create a dynamic and exciting exhibition program for the given year that showcases a variety of visual art mediums, subjects, and techniques by a wide range of creative voices (i.e., a variety of ethnic, cultural, and gender representation) while always expressing a high standard of artistic excellence. In addition to proposals selected through a jury panel process, Artistry may also invite exhibition curators to hand select artists for a particular exhibition or invite artists directly to exhibit. Applicants will be notified by November 27, 2024, of the curatorial panel’s decision.
Artistry seeks to increase the diversity of its exhibiting artists – BIPOC artists are encouraged to apply.