Calls for Entry | Artist Residency | Internships | Paid Positions| Download the Full Season Opportunities Poster |
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GENERAL EXHIBITION INFO FOR ARTISTS
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Manifest Grand Jury Prize A $2500 cash prize awarded to one work as a 'best of the season' from among all exhibits at Manifest. All current season exhibitors are potentially eligible for this prize.* Candidates will be announced in early fall after the close of each season. |
The Manifest Jury Process The Manifest jury process is conducted by a rotating peer group panel of volunteers who are artists and arts professionals from around the country. Panel makeup changes from exhibit to exhibit in order to promote diversity in the types of work shown in the gallery. The process is always conducted as a blind jury where only the work in question is judged, not individuals. LEARN MORE...
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Manifest is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit founded by artists for artists, now in its 16th season. Since its launch in 2004 Manifest's exhibits and publications have featured nearly 7500 works by over 3000 artists. Our organization has provided considerable support to working artists through all four aspects of its programming, and this continues to evolve every year. |
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Each season Manifest sends an opportunities poster like this one to over 400 academic institutions across the U.S. Our new Season 16 poster is linked at right. It includes all Manifest artist opportunities for the coming season through August 2020. This poster gets pinned on information boards, studio walls, art centers' info boards, and professors' office doors. It lists a full season of opportunities for professional, developing, academic, and student artists to participate in Manifest's peer-juried exhibits, publications, and artist residency programs. If you are an instructor or administrator at an academic institution with an art program, and do not usually see our posters at your institution, please email us at info@manifestgallery.org with your name, school mailing address, and the name of the institution you represent. We'll add you to our list if your school is not already on it. |
As a small artist-run nonprofit, we are keenly aware of public wellbeing and of the potential impact of the Novel Coronavirus on our friends, colleagues, students, and neighbors. Manifest believes in creativity, discipline, and optimism, and that these are essential especially in challenging times. With this we will find ways to serve the artists, students, and community members who rely on our programming as a source of inspiration and aspiration, even in a crisis like the one we now all face together. The Gallery will continue to operate, and current and future exhibition and publication processes will continue with a few modifications.** Submissions to our projects will continue to be accepted. Most exhibits are currently planned to be produced on schedule**. We will be making additional efforts to share images of exhibited works and installation shots via social media during the foreseeable future to provide 'virtual access'. Artists are also reminded that all exhibited works (whether virtual or physical) will be featured in our large season-documenting publication, the Manifest Exhibition Annual once it is produced after the season ends. You can read our recent full statement regarding the COVID-19 situation here. March 23, 2020
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MAGNITUDE 7 A popular favorite—A competitive international exhibit of works of any media, genre,
or style no larger than 7 inches in size*.
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RITES OF PASSAGE A competitive survey of works by artists attaining or scheduled to receive an undergraduate degree in art or design in 2019, 2020, or 2021. Including $500 best of show prize. |
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MASTER PIECES A competitive survey of works by current or recent |
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MINI/MICRO An International Call for Art of Any Size About Small Subjects. |
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TWINKLE An International Call for Art About Sparkle, Enchantment, Facade, Flashiness, and the Seductive Power of Bright Lights and Color |
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MONSTERS An international call for art about monsters, real or imagined. |
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Publication Projects ( Competitive Book Projects Surveying Painting, Drawing, or Photography )
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INPA 10 A competitive peer-juried award-winning publication of works of painting of all types
made since January 1, 2018. This will be the last opportunity to participate in this publication and award until 2023! |
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WRITING Critical, Philosophical, Creative, or other works related to practices |
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Upcoming Season 17 - Solo Gallery Exhibits running Sept. 2020 – August 2021)
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PHOTO SOLO PROPOSALS A special call for solo proposals of photography and photo-based works to coincide with Manifest's FotoFocus Biennial Participating Venue Exhibition and the launch of Manifest's 17th season. |
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SOLO PROPOSALS - FULL SEASON 17 A Call for Solo Proposals for Season 17 |
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CERAMICS-BASED PROPOSALS A special call for exhibit proposals of ceramics-based works to coincide with The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference (NCECA) to be held in March of 2021 in Cincinnati. |
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Manifest Artist Residency (MAR) and Scholar in Residence (SIR) 2020/2021 A year-long free studio residency to support creative research. |
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Manifest is not currently hiring for any paid positions. But we are always considering new volunteers passionate about our programming and mission. |
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Manifest's 16th season is funded in
part by a grant from the Robert H. Reakirt Foundation, PNC Bank, Trustee. This season's programming is also supported by an impact grant
from ArtsWave, by a sustainability grant from
the Ohio Arts Council, and through the generous contributions of individual supporters who care deeply about the visual arts.
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