Compete The Changing Americas 2025
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: July 2, 2025 – Maryland Federation of Art is looking for visionaries eager to transcend postcard-perfect scenery and craft bold, evocative pieces that rethink what a “landscape” can be. Whether through abstract imagery, mixed-media installations, sculptural forms, data-driven visuals, or inventive uses of color and texture, show us how natural and human forces collide, converge, and coexist.
From wind-sculpted coastlines to cloud-piercing mountain ranges, the Americas offer some of the planet’s most powerful and varied terrains. Yet these environments are forever in motion—reshaped by urban growth, ecological restoration, natural disasters, and a warming climate.
The Changing Americas invites artists to explore this continual transformation, celebrating landscapes’ beauty, complexity, and vulnerability across North America, Hawai‘i, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Let your work reveal the places that anchor your life, the changes you welcome, and the unintended consequences you witness.
Works selected by the juror will be exhibited in MFA’s Circle Gallery from August 27 – September 20.
ELIGIBILITY
Entry is open to artists residing in any of the states or territories of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. We are looking for visionaries eager to transcend postcard-perfect scenery and craft bold, evocative pieces that rethink what a “landscape” can be. Whether through abstract imagery, mixed-media installations, sculptural forms, data-driven visuals, or inventive uses of color and texture, show us how natural and human forces collide, converge, and coexist.
All entries must be original and completed solely by the artist’s hand. A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered. If artwork is part of a limited edition, please state total number in the edition. Maximum size of work, including edges of artwork or frame, cannot exceed 72″ in any direction. Artists may be asked to assist with the installation of oversized work (greater than 60″ or over 40 lbs.).
JUROR
Mitchell Joachim: Co-Founder of Terreform ONE and Professor of Practice at NYU.
Mitchell Joachim, PhD, is a co-founder of Terreform ONE, a nonprofit architecture and urban design research group in New York. Equally, he is a Full Professor of Practice at NYU and is Co-Director of Global Design NYU. He previously upheld the noteworthy leadership role as a University Senator and full-time faculty roles within the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Formerly, he worked as an architect at the professional offices of Frank Gehry in Los Angeles, Moshe Safdie in Somerville, MA, and I.M. Pei in New York. Currently, he is Program Chair at the Norman Foster Foundation.
Mitchell has won many honors including: National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Fulbright Scholarship, LafargeHolcim Acknowledgement Prize, Ove Arup Foundation Grant, Architect R+D Award, AIA New York Urban Design Merit Award, Victor Papanek Social Design Award, Best of the Best Red Dot Award, 1st Place International Architecture Award, Zumtobel Award for Sustainability, Architizer A+ Award… see more
AWARDS
Awards designated by the juror total $1,000.
ENTRY FEE
1 or 2 entries $45 (MFA Members $30). Up to 4 additional entries are $6.75 each (MFA Members $4.50). Entry fees are non-refundable.
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SALES
Work must be for sale. Artists will retain 70% from sales (75% for MFA Members). MFA will retain 30% commission on any work sold through MFA (25% for MFA Members at the time of the sale).
DATES
- Jul 2 Entry Deadline @ 11:59 PM
- Jul 30 Notification @ 5 PM
- Aug 20 – Aug 24 Accepted and Shipped Work Must Arrive at MFA Circle Gallery 11 AM – 4 PM
- Aug 27 Exhibition Opens
- Aug 31 Virtual Awards Ceremony from 4 – 5 PM via Zoom
- Sep 20 Last Day of the Exhibition; Closing Reception at MFA Circle Gallery from 4 – 6 PM
- Sep 21 – Sep 22 Pick-up Hand-Delivered Work 11 AM – 4 PM
- Sep 25 Shipped Work Will Be Sent
About:
The MFA incorporated as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in 1968 and, through the hard work of a growing and enthusiastic membership, opened the Circle Gallery located at 18 State Circle, just steps away from the State House in Annapolis. The gallery is located in a restored loft space in the heart of the Annapolis Historic District and has been operating continuously since opening its doors. The MFA has also reached out beyond its doors through its Alternate Space efforts, often bringing art to unexpected places.
Maryland Federation of Art
18 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
t: 410 268 4566
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