Open Call for Independent Curators

We are excited to share a new open call and invite independent curators and arts professionals to submit their proposals for the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos for its FY2024 Exhibitions Calendar (July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024). This season’s theme is Against the grain.

The selected curators will be responsible for contacting and sourcing all materials from artists, writing exhibition texts, and facilitating a public program. We encourage curatorial proposals by independent curators who are attuned to stretching boundaries and familiar with artists from The Bronx.

This call for proposals aligns with our mission to nurture the development of a diverse array of artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond The Bronx. We seek to strengthen the cultural ecosystem of The Bronx by nurturing its artists and arts organizations, and by serving the field at large and the public through programs that build connections with other organizations in NYC, provide resources and advocate for equitable practices.

BCA focuses on the work of underrepresented groups, especially artists of color, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

[nonconformist, renegade, maverick, rebel, radical, individualist, heretic, dissenter, dissident, iconoclast, loner], etc.

Artists have always stood out for raising their voices within societies that favor the general– not the particular–where innovative ideas are scrutinized with suspicion, and where dissent and advocating for overlooked communities might be suppressed.

We invite curators to submit proposals that highlight the voices of artists who challenge the status quo.