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 17 poster is linked at left. It includes all Manifest artist opportunities for the coming season through August 2021. 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. During this time of COVID new-normal, please consider sharing the link to our poster by email and social media. |
As a small artist-run nonprofit, we are keenly aware of public wellbeing and of the potential impact of the current pandemic 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 have found 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 has continued 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. All exhibits are currently planned to be produced on schedule**. We will continue to make additional efforts to share images of exhibited works, installation views, and VR Tours via social media during the foreseeable future to provide 'virtual access'. October 1, 2020 *Artists are reminded that all exhibited works (whether virtual or physical) will be featured in our large season-documenting retrospective publication, the Manifest Exhibition Annual once it is produced after the season ends. However only physically exhibited works will be eligible to contend for the end-of-season $2,500 Manifest Grand Jury Prize. These adjustments have been very successful over recent months in allowing artists and Manifest to continue producing exceptional exhibitions and reaching a broad audience during this unprecedented time.
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11th Annual MANIFEST PRIZE An international competition and exhibit featuring one prize-winning jury selected work, including a $5000 cash award. $1000 in additional awards to finalists. |
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HOARD “Sleeping on a dragon's hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.” ― C.S. Lewis ***Covid-impact flexibility plan is NO SHIPPING REQUIRED to participate for qualified submissions.*** |
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HOMAGE An international call for works honoring, inspired by, or sharing respect for another artist. ***Covid-impact flexibility plan is NO SHIPPING REQUIRED to participate for qualified submissions.*** |
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THE FIVE-THEME PROJECT: For this season Manifest has created a very special set of exhibitions—the Five Theme Project. The project is made up of five concurrent interrelated thematic shows that will be presented at Manifest from January 22 through February 19, 2021. The first Five Themes Project was launched in 2020 with great success. This will be the second in what is planned to be an annual series which will vary in approach each year. |
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WHO WHO indicates a specific or generalized identity, whether individual |
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WHAT WHAT indicates inquiry or determination about the identity, nature, or value of an object or matter. This exhibit will be the second in a five-segment, five-space sequential exhibition experience. |
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WHEN WHEN indicates inquiry or determination about a particular point in time, or a generalized timeframe for some event or action. This exhibit will be the third in a five-segment, five-space sequential exhibition experience. |
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WHERE WHERE indicates physical location, whether exact, generalized, or as yet undetermined. Or it indicates a circumstance or context. This exhibit will be the fourth in a five-segment, five-space sequential exhibition experience. |
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WHY WHY indicates a reason, cause, grounds, or motive. This exhibit will be the fifth in a five-segment, five-space sequential exhibition experience. |
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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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Manifest Artist Residency (MAR) and Scholar in Residence (SIR) 2021/2022 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 17th season is funded in
part by a grant from the Charles Moerlein Foundation, Fifth Third 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 and private foundations who care deeply about the visual arts. |
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