Art Calls CUE’s Open Call for Artists & Curators
Opportunity Description
U.S. National Deadline: June 30, 2023 – CUE’s Open Calls provide artists and emerging curators the opportunity and necessary resources to realize an exhibition at CUE’s storefront gallery in East Chelsea, New York.
Each year, a panel of established artists and curators select three solo exhibitions and one curatorial project to be realized at CUE. Finalists are paired with a member of the selection panel, who works with them as a mentor throughout the process of planning and mounting the exhibition. CUE provides institutional guidance, generous honoraria, a shipping budget, and an accompanying exhibition catalogue with a critical essay by a participant in CUE’s Art Critic Mentoring Program.
CUE aims to present new and exceptionally strong work by under-recognized and emerging artists based in the United States, and is committed to exhibiting contemporary work of all disciplines.
The exhibition selection process consists of a nomination and open call hybrid, with three types of opportunities for artists and emerging curators. This includes a series of Nominated Solo Exhibitions, a Solo Exhibition Open Call, and a Curatorial Project Open Call. In line with CUE’s commitment to providing substantive professional development opportunities, exhibiting artists and curators receive mentorship support throughout the process of planning, promoting, and curating the exhibition.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Solo Exhibition Open Call provides emerging and under-recognized artists the opportunity and financial support to present an exhibition at CUE in 2024. The selected artists will receive valuable mentorship from an established artist or curator on the selection panel, including a studio visit and installation guidance. Exhibiting artists each receive a $5,000 honorarium and an accompanying exhibition catalogue with an essay written by a participant in CUE’s Art Critic Mentoring Program.
CUE’s Solo Exhibition Open Call is for artists who:
- Practice any artistic discipline that can make use of exhibition space for a solo show
- Have not had a solo exhibition in New York City within the last five years (small non-profit and artist run spaces are fine)
- Do not have current, consistent commercial gallery representation in the United States
- Are not currently enrolled in a degree program (with the exception of students who will have graduated by 2024)
- Have maintained a consistent studio practice outside of an academic setting for three or more years
- Currently live and work in the United States
Apply Online – $10 Application
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
With the aim of providing experience with curatorial research and exhibition planning, the Curatorial Project Open Call provides one deserving curator or curatorial team resources to realize a project in CUE’s space in 2024. CUE provides institutional guidance and resources to the curator, who produces a group exhibition with related public programming and an accompanying exhibition catalogue.
The selected curator will receive valuable mentorship from an established artist or curator on the selection panel, including preparation for the exhibition and installation guidance. In addition, the curator will be awarded a $2,500 honorarium; A budget for artist fees for participating artists; a modest budget for art shipping and art handling to transport and install the work; A catalogue that accompanies the exhibition and that includes an essay developed through CUE’s Art Critic Mentorship Program.
Proposals are evaluated on merit of project, singularity of concept, and adherence to the application guidelines. All applications submitted will be considered final and treated as such. Applicants will not be permitted to add or edit an application once it has been submitted. All incomplete or duplicate applications will be disqualified.
Guidelines
- Proposals should be conceptually strong and present work and concepts that are innovative, challenging, and engaging
- Proposals should include the work of three to five artists, with a focus on artists that are underrecognized in accordance with CUE’s mission (see FAQs for more info).
- Applicants cannot include their own work in the exhibition
- The applicant and the artists proposed must live and work in the United States.
- Extra consideration will be given to proposals from curators who are early in their careers and those who demonstrate a creative approach to curatorial research methods and exhibition planning.
- Special consideration will also be given to proposals that reflect our commitment to promoting diversity and equity, as well as those that present ideas or concepts that are not well-represented in the mainstream, commercial, or institutional spaces.
- Exhibitions that have already been shown elsewhere will not be considered.
Apply Online – $10 Application
About:
CUE Art Foundation is a dynamic visual arts center dedicated to creating essential career and educational opportunities for emerging and under-recognized artists of all ages. Through exhibitions, arts education, and public programs, CUE provides artists and audiences with sustaining and meaningful experiences and resources.
CUE was founded in 2003 by a group of visionary and entrepreneurial art enthusiasts who wanted to showcase a wide range of incredible artwork from across the country. Ever since, CUE’s founders have remained dedicated to supporting artists at all stages of their careers.
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