Calls for Entry | Artist Residency | Internships | Paid Positions| Download the Full Season Opportunities Poster |
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EXHIBITION INFO FOR ARTISTS
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The Grand Jury Prize All exhibitors during a given season are automatically eligible to be considered for this award. As of fall 2021, in light of the struggles we have all 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 prize to $5,000. The Grand Jury Prize 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 17th 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. |
ANNUAL REGIONAL Calling for works for our special annual exhibit devoted to works by artists living and working in Ohio, Kentucky, & Indiana. OPEN CALL: no media or thematic restrictions!
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MARK MARK is a call for works about the artist’s hand, the signature left by the maker’s tool, and the energy it contains. |
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ORNAMENTAL How can you tell when something is special? To mark something as notable, we decorate it. We nest special things in beauty. |
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EXHIBITS-IN-PRINT
CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS Competitive Book Projects Surveying Painting, Drawing, or Photography on a Rotating Annual Basis |
INDA 15 $2000 in prizes, with $1200 first prize. A competitive peer-juried award-winning publication of works of drawing of all types made since January 1, 2019. This will be the last opportunity to participate in this publication and award until 2025! Find submission details and info here. |
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CALL FOR WRITING Critical, Philosophical, Creative, or other works related to practices of DRAWING, PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, or the subject of LIGHT. Details on submitting written works to be considered for inclusion in our publications are available here. Writing is featured to supplement the INDA, INPHA, and INPA publications which focus primarily on visual art. |
Manifest Artist Residency (MAR) and Scholar in Residence (SIR) 2022/2023 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 18 poster is linked at left. It includes all Manifest artist opportunities for the coming season through August 2022. 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. |
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 18th season is funded in
part by a grant from the Josephine S. Russell Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee. This season's programming is also 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 the visual arts. |
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