Tuesday, March 13, 2012

2012/2013 CALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS: Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts


April 25 deadlines:
  • LIMIT(LESS)
  • Somewhere Else
  • Utopia/Dystopia
As part of our ongoing commitment to promote challenging, innovative practices in the visual arts, UICA is seeking exhibition proposals for work that addresses contemporary issues and concerns, and/or work that pushes traditional boundaries in its treatment of materials or subject.

The work being considered for this call will be displayed in UICA’s new home, a LEED-certified mixed-use building on the corner of Grand Rapids’ busiest intersection. A variety of exhibition opportunities are available ranging from traditional galleries, site-responsive locations, areas for large suspended work, and a dedicated sound/video gallery.

To Apply
Visit slideroom.com
2012/2013 Call for Proposals (PDF)

Mail-in applications cannot be accepted. Visit uica.slideroom.com for exhibition descriptions and to fill out an entry application and post images. Entry fee - $35 per application.

$10 of each entry fee is paid to slideroom.com for processing. The balance is invested in artists honoraria.

Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
2 West Fulton
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616 454 7000

Founded in 1977, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) is Michigan’s largest contemporary arts center and a dynamic, multidisciplinary laboratory for the advancement of the art of our time. The mission of the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts is to stimulate transformative human experiences fueled by extraordinary creative activity.