Calls for Entry | Artist Residency | Internships | Paid Positions| Download the Full Season Opportunities Poster |
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| All Manifest calls-for-entry are open to all artists, from students to professionals, unless otherwise noted. |
EXHIBITION INFO FOR ARTISTS
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The Grand Jury Award All exhibitors during a given season are automatically eligible to be considered for this award. As of fall 2021, in light of the struggles the world has 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 award to $5,000. The Grand Jury Award 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 18th season. Since its launch in 2004 Manifest's exhibits and publications have featured nearly 10,000 works by nearly 4,000 artists. Our organization has provided considerable support to working artists through all four aspects of its programming, and this continues to evolve every year. |
Some upcoming exhibitions have deadlines extended by a few weeks as indicated below.
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| Show Period 9 (August 18 - September 15, 2023) *This show period is Manifest's Season Finalé for our 19th year of programming!** |
NUDE An international call for works of any media exploring the uncovered human form. |
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PLASTIC PLASTIC is an open international call for works featuring plastic as subject matter, works primarily made from any type of plastic, or art about its heavy presence in our lives.
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PRIVATE SPACE PRIVATE SPACE is an open call for works about secrets, surveillance, solitude, and the tension between openness and over-exposure. What have you been able to keep to yourself—and how much are you willing to tell us about it? |
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SOLO PROPOSALS: Season 20 Calling for Solo Proposals for our Milestone 20th Season It is important to Manifest's non-profit mission that each of our seasons of free public exhibits consist of a balanced mix of projects. Our solo exhibits provide a deeper insight into individual artists' vision from around the world, complementing the wide variety found in our thematic group exhibits across the year. Application process is now open here! |
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| Show Period 1 (September 29 - October 27, 2023) *This show period launches Manifest's 20th year of exhibition programming!** |
PAINTED – BIENNIAL 2023 The sixth biennial international exhibition surveying Painting of all types, styles, and subjects will launch our milestone 20th season alongside AQUACHROME. |
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AQUACHROME 2023 A biennial international call for works of outstanding watercolor, gouache, inkwash, and other similar media, including mixed media, for an exhibition that will join PAINTED to launch our 20th season. |
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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 19 poster is linked for download at left. It includes all Manifest artist opportunities for the coming season through August 2023. 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 and would like one or more, 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. Please also consider sharing the link to our poster by email and social media. Manifest is an organization by artists, for artists. We can only do what we do by virtue of good word of mouth. |
Manifest is always looking for kindred creative spirits devoted to excellence in the visual arts for teaching opportunities in our educational studio curriculum. Our studios are a great landing spot for recent MFAs to hone their skill in the classroom for those who desire a future in education. |
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Manifest's 19th season is 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 Manifest's mission for the visual arts. |
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