Art Calls The Middle Room: Call for L.A. Artists
Opportunity Description
U.S. Regional Deadline: November 9, 2025 – The Middle Room is currently accepting submissions from emerging to established contemporary Los Angeles area artists for our second-annual LA-made small works salon.
Artists practicing throughout the greater LA area are invited to submit their work for consideration by The Middle Room Guest Curator Camilla Taylor to be included in The Middle Becomes Eclectic II: a large group exhibition of widely diverse small works made-in-LA-in-2025 by artists at various career levels—curated together, salon-style, and all priced $500 and under. This exciting off-beat exhibition supports community-building, accessible art-collecting and art-gift-giving during the holiday season—and reflects and celebrates the current pulse of the art being made in LA.
- All work must have been made in 2025
- All work must be 30” maximum in any direction
- All work must be ready to hang or install (works on paper must be framed)
Exhibition Dates: December 5, 2025—January 11, 2026.
CURATOR
Camilla Taylor is recognized for their monochromatic and intensely introspective works on paper and sculpture, which utilize figurative and architectural forms. Taylor’s artworks reflect the viewer’s internal lives as well as collective issues we experience as a society. Taylor co-founded Los Angeles’ C. Feign Jr. Gallery, and has curated exhibitions for Brandstater Gallery, Track 16 Gallery, Shoebox Projects, and many others. An accomplished artist exhibiting in traditional gallery spaces, they also create installations in intimate and unusual locations, such as site-specific works in a swimming pool, desert garden, and other locations. They are represented by Track 16 in Los Angeles and Kanda & Oliveira in Tokyo. Raised in Provo, Utah, Taylor attended the University of Utah and received a BFA in 2006, and an MFA from California State University at Long Beach in 2011. Taylor lives in Los Angeles, CA, and teaches at Occidental College and UCLA.
APPLY ONLINE – $30 application fee
Submit up to 5 small works in any medium—made during 2025 and priced $500 or less—with a brief bio and statement and links to web site and IG page.
Acceptances Announced: November 14, 2025
SALES
All work must be for sale, priced $500 max, with artists receiving 50% of sold work.
About:
The Middle Room is a contemporary female-focused gallery located in the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. Founded in 2023 by Artist, Educator, Curator, and Arts Administrator Shannon Rae Fincke to give support and exhibition opportunities to local and national artists, The Middle Room concentrates on often overlooked mid-career artists, and on creating connections and conversation; building community; and expanding inquiry, awareness, and education. Our exhibition space cohabitates with Institute for Visual Arts.
The Middle Room
3229 Glendale Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90039
