Around Oregon Annual 2022 – Call to Artists

Application Deadline: May 1, 2022

Description:

The 20th Around Oregon Annual exhibit, honoring the quality and diversity in creative expression being produced throughout Oregon, is open to artists living or working in all parts of the State. The Around Oregon Annual exhibition also recognizes and encourages excellence by awarding cash prizes, thoughtfully selected from the actual work. Our goal is to share the voices of all artists together: from the young and upcoming, as well as mid-career and established artists.

Juror:  Mario Mesquita, Manager of Advocacy and Engagement of the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC). Bilingual, bicultural and mission driven, Mario has a special interest in shaping and delivering positive cultural shifts throughout the arts. He is an arts educator, artist and social justice supporter. He served as a panel member on the Americans for the Arts conference (2018), on the California Arts Council grant panel and worked with the city of Santa Monica as an invited artist.

We encourage a diverse selection of artists to apply, including artists from historically excluded communities including (but not limited to): artists from rural communities, emerging artists, artists from communities of color, LGBTQ+, artists who are self-taught, and artists new to creating artwork. We welcome artists regardless of citizenship status, familial status, race, gender identity or expression, religious observance, sex, sexual orientation, and sources or level of income.

Method of entry: Use the Entry Form Below to upload images and information. Virtual/Digital submissions may be submitted by providing a link, sending a USB-stick or CD to Curator Hester Coucke.

If you need accommodations to support your submission, please contact Hester@theartscenter.net.

Notifications will be made by May 31, 2022

Eligibility:

  • The exhibit is open to all artists living or working in Oregon; the work does not need to have “Oregon” as its subject matter.
  • All work must be recent and completed during 2019 – 2022.
  • Accepted Media: Digital/video, animation & poetry, 2- and 3-dimensional, excluding music and performance, will be considered.
  • Work previously exhibited at The Arts Center will not be accepted or presented to the juror.

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