The Series

The Sculpture Center is seeking applicants for the 15th year of its 2024 Revealed Early Career Artist Series with an open Call to Artists from the Ohio region (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, western New York, or Ontario, Canada by birth, residency, or education, but need not be currently residing in the area). Founded in 1989, The Sculpture Center fosters and promotes the careers of exceptional sculptors during the first ten years of their profession.

Revealed is a funded exhibition. An artist stipend will be provided in addition to gallery support.

4-6 artists are chosen annually for one-person exhibitions. The 6-7 week-long exhibitions will be held January 2024-January 2025.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for The Sculpture Center’s Revealed Early Career Artist Series, the artist must:

• • create stand-alone sculpture, installation, expanded media, relational aesthetics work, or performance art
  • have an Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, western New York, or Ontario, Canada connection, by birth, residency, or education, but need not be currently living in the area
  • have a graduation date (B.A. or M.A.), apprenticeship, or period of equivalent self-taught experience that falls between the dates December 31, 2012 through December 31, 2021. If you graduated in 2022 or will graduate in 2023 you are not yet eligible and we encourage you to apply next year.
  • be outside matriculation at the time of the exhibition. If a sculptor chosen for the Revealed Early Career Artist Series enters an art school before the exhibition, he/she/they forfeit the exhibition opportunity, but may reapply, with preference given, upon graduation.

The Responsibilities

The Artist develops work for either a 1,000 or 750 sq. foot gallery. The artist is responsible for transportation of the artwork, installation, de-installation, insurance during transportation, exhibition equipment and materials, and personal housing, if needed.

The Sculpture Center provides the artist with moderate assistance during installation and de-installation, basic exhibition equipment, fine arts insurance while the artwork is on the premises, all publicity, an exhibition opening, the opportunity to speak at an artist talk and professional photography of the exhibition. The Sculpture Center provides a small stipend to assist with travel or materials.

How to Apply

In the application portal you will be asked to submit the following items:

You may wish to organize your files before opening the application portal as you will not be able to re-enter your application once you close your web browser. 

1. Provide your contact information, which includes a statement of your regional connection (lived/worked/studied in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, western New York or Ontario, Canada).
2. Your artist resume should be named lastname_firstname_cv.pdf
3. Your image list should be titled lastname_firstname_imagelist.pdf. For each image please include the title of each work, materials, dimensions and date.
4. If submitting videos, please title your document lastname_firstname_video.pdf. You can submit up to 3 YouTube or Vimeo links. Each video should be no more than 3 minutes, and should include the title, date and length. Each video link should be hyperlinked to your text.
5. Your artist statement should be named lastname_firstname_statement.pdf. (In lieu of a written statement you may submit a document with a link to your spoken video uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo that is no more than 3 minutes. The link should be hyperlinked to your text.)
6. You can submit up to 15 images. Submitted images or videos should be of sculpture, installation, other expanded media, etc., that indicate current work. Each image should be no more than 2MB. Please label each image lastname_firstname_imagetitle.jpg (.JPG or .jpeg extensions will NOT be accepted.) 
7. $35 application fee* is payable only through PayPal  

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Questions: info@sculpturecenter.org

* Artists who have extenuating financial hardships may request an application for a fee waiver. The application deadline for a fee waiver is January 20, 2023.

For a downloadable document on how to apply, click the button below.

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