National Open Call for Exhibitions With $$ and Travel to New Orleans

ABOUT
Antenna is now accepting submissions for our National Solo Exhibition Open Call for 2023 AND 2024. Individual visual artists or collaborators working in any visual art mediums are eligible to apply. This opportunity is for individual artists, collaboratives, and collectives living and working in the state of Louisiana. The Antenna Collective is supports exhibitions that align with Antenna’s mission to provide opportunities for BIPOC, LGBTQ-GNC+, women, immigrant, and other abled cultural contributors and cultural bearers who produce artistic works at the intersection of Gender and Identity, the Environment, Equity, Renewable Resources, Abolition, Restorative Justice, and the histories of the Gulf South, and artists that take an expansive, decolonial, and experimental approach to exhibit-making.

AWARD
Two applicants will be selected and awarded a solo show. One artist will exhibit for the months of June - July in 2023, and one artist will exhibit May - June of 2024 at Antenna Gallery (see important dates below for more information), an honorarium of $1,000 (split amongst the group, if collaborative), paid shipping of artwork, paid travel to and from New Orleans for the install and opening of the exhibition, and accommodations in Antenna Gallery’s residency space. Antenna will provide installation and curatorial support along with an opportunity to publish an exhibition catalog, artist book, or similar ephemeral to be determined in collaboration with Antenna’s publishing center, Paper Machine.

JURORS
The National Open Call is selected by the Antenna Collective. The Antenna Collective is an interdisciplinary group of artists, writers, makers, and innovators that collaboratively curate, exhibit, and maintain Antenna’s Gallery Spaces located at 3718 St. Claude Ave. The Antenna Collective consists of a culturally and socially engaged group of New Orleans based artists who combine their energies and experiences for the cultivation of the New Orleans art community. To learn more about the Collective, you can visit our website at https://www.antenna.works/collective/.

Requirements

SUPPORT MATERIALS FOR EXHIBITION APPLICATION
A portfolio of recent works (10-20 images)
Inventory list including titles, dates completed, sizes, and mediums
Artist statement/statement about the overall artistic process
Artistic Resume
Artist Bio
All Applications will be reviewed by a panel of Antenna Gallery Collective members. See a listing of current members at: https://www.antenna.works/people/. Please note, examples submitted to the Antenna :: National Open Call need only represent your work or practice and do not necessarily have to be the pieces planned for exhibit at Antenna Gallery. For those who may wish to propose a site-specific project, you can view the gallery layout here: http://antenna.works/antenna_layout.pdf.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to individual visual artists or collaboratives residing outside the state of Louisiana, and in the United States

SUBMISSION FEE: $20
This fee helps to defray the cost of the jury process. If support is needed with the application fee, please contact us at info@antenna.works for assistance.

IMPORTANT DATES
2023 Exhibition
December 30, 2022: Deadline for applications
Late January 2023: Announcement of awardees
June 5 – 9, 2023: Installation of exhibition*
June 10, 2023: Exhibition Opening*
June 10 - July 30, 2023: Length of Exhibition*
2024 Exhibition
December 30, 2022: Deadline for applications
Late January 2023: Announcement of awardees
May 6 – 10, 2024: Installation of exhibition*
May 11, 2024: Exhibition Opening*
May 11 - June 28, 2024: Length of Exhibition*
* Upon acceptance, you will be contacted by the Director of Artist Initiatives and Gallery Exhibitions to discuss your solo exhibition and scheduling details. The listed dates are the preferred months for the National Open Call exhibition. However, we understand that there may be circumstances that may prevent this.