Calls for Entry | Artist Residency | Internships | Paid Positions| Download the Full Season Opportunities Poster |
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| All Manifest calls-for-entry are open to all artists, from students to professionals, unless otherwise noted. |
EXHIBITION INFO FOR ARTISTS
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The Grand Jury Award All exhibitors during a given season are automatically eligible to be considered for this award. As of fall 2021, in light of the struggles the world has faced during the covid-19 pandemic and in an effort to give back more in support and recognition of artists achieving excellence, Manifest is doubling the amount of this annual award to $5,000. The Grand Jury Award will be 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 after the close of each season. LEARN MORE HERE... |
Manifest is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit founded and operated by artists for artists, now in its 18th season. Since its launch in 2004 Manifest's exhibits and publications have featured nearly 10,000 works by nearly 4,000 artists. Our organization has provided considerable support to working artists through all four aspects of its programming, and this continues to evolve every year. |
A few upcoming exhibits have slightly extended entry deadlines due to schedule conflicts.
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| Show Period 8 (July 14 - August 11, 2023) |
MASTER PIECES A competitive survey of works by current or recent graduate students. Open to current graduate students and MFA/MA (or PhD) degree recipients since January 2022. |
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SKY SKY is an open call for works in any media about the sky, the things that travel through it, the phenomena in it, and how we try touch it. |
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UP HIGH What kind of artwork lives in the space above our eyes? UP HIGH is an open call for 2d or 3d work engaging with the ceiling, the wall above our heads, or anywhere above the gallery-standard 60” eye level. |
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DOWN LOW What kind of artwork lives in the space below our eyes? DOWN LOW is an open call for works in any media that engage with the floor, the wall below 60”, or anywhere below our eye level. |
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Upcoming Season 20 - Solo Gallery Exhibits running Sept. 2023 – August 2024)
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SOLO PROPOSALS: Season 20! Calling for Solo Proposals for our Milestone Season 20 It is important to Manifest's non-profit mission that each of our seasons of free public exhibits consist of a balanced mix of projects. Our solo exhibits provide a deeper insight into individual artists' vision from around the world, complementing the wide variety found in our thematic group exhibits across the year. Application process is now open here! |
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Manifest Artist Residency (MAR) and Scholar in Residence (SIR) 2023/2024 A year-long free studio residency to support creative research. |
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About the Manifest Jury Process The Manifest jury process is conducted by a rotating peer group panel of volunteers who are artists, arts professionals, Manifest alumni, and previous award recipients 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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Each season Manifest sends an opportunities poster like this one to over 400 academic institutions across the U.S. Our new Season 19 poster is linked for download at left. It includes all Manifest artist opportunities for the coming season through August 2023. 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 and would like one or more, 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. Please also consider sharing the link to our poster by email and social media. Manifest is an organization by artists, for artists. We can only do what we do by virtue of good word of mouth. |
Manifest is HIRING! |
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Manifest's 19th season is supported by the generosity of tens of thousands of contributors to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, by a sustainability grant from
the Ohio Arts Council, and through the generous direct contributions of individual supporters and private foundations who care deeply about Manifest's mission for the visual arts. |
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