EXPO 44 (Online Art Competition) – Call For Artists
[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] bj spoke gallery announces a call for artists for EXPO 44, an international juried art competition. This competition will be a virtual show with a virtual reception on Zoom.
Click here for the application / registration
Enter by: 20 December 2024
$35.00 for up to 6 images and/or 2 videos. All artists will be judged on their body of work. There are no size limitations.
All fine arts media are acceptable (no crafts): watercolor, oils, acrylic, mixed media, printmaking, pastel, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation art, video (short), photography, original digital art, fiber art. Artist will be allowed to submit up to 6 images and / or 2 videos. Submissions must be the original work of the artist. No collaborations will be accepted. Finalists will be notified by January 17, 2025.
Entering the competition implies your consent for bj spoke gallery to use your name, artist statement, and images of your work in all advertising and publicity for EXPO 44, including but not limited to: print, video, online, bjspokegallery.org and social media.
EXPO 44 Juror
Emily Olek is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Currently, Emily is working closely with Esther Adler on the upcoming exhibition of textile abstractions, Woven Histories, set to open at MoMA in 2025. She recently completed work on the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time, with curator Samantha Friedman and conservator Laura Neufeld.
Before joining MoMA, Emily was the Janet and Craig Duchossois Curatorial Assistant in Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she worked on projects including Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw, Hairy Who? 1966-1969, and Lygia Pape: Tecelares. She also worked on exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Emily recently completed her M.A. at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a concentration in American works on paper and holds a B.A. in Art History from Loyola University Chicago. Her Master’s Thesis entitled “So-Called Outsiders: A Case Against the Moniker” won UIC Graduate College’s 2022 Outstanding Thesis Award.
Artist Benefits
If selected as a finalist, images of your art, your name, voice, video, artist’s statement and/or bio will be used on the gallery website social media, print and any other publicity used to promote EXPO 44.
bj spoke gallery will promote the virtual show and display the finalists work on the gallery’s website and social media platforms. The virtual show dates will be February 1st through March 30th, 2025. Cash prize for First Place is $300, $200 for Second Place, and $100 for Third Place. A Zoom Reception and Awards Presentation will be held on Thursday, February 6, 2025, for artists, their guests, and the public. At which time, the award winners will be announced. The Zoom reception will be recorded.
About bj spoke gallery
bj spoke gallery is a member owned and run, not-for-profit 501(c)3 gallery of professional artists with a broad diversification of styles and media. Artists have won numerous awards; been featured in press and media; taken roles as teachers, mentors, and exhibit jurors; and are represented in public and private collections.
The gallery presents members’ shows monthly, offers solo exhibitions for artists, yearly invitational shows, two national juried art competitions, artist talks, the Artist’s Circle (open to all artists, gallery membership not required), workshops, live theater, and poetry readings. In an effort to bring under-served artists to the attention of the Long Island community, the gallery maintains an outreach program to individuals, such as young emerging artists. Use of gallery space is extended for benefits, lectures, readings, and exhibits by not-for-profit groups whose mission reflects the objectives of the gallery.
bj spoke gallery has maintained a reputation as a prestigious gallery and sustained an image of excellence in reviews in New York’s Newsday and The New York Times. After nearly 50 years, their reputation continues to be one of artistic expertise, resilience, empowerment, and community engagement.
For more information, contact competitions@bjspokegallery.org