Open Call For The Space Of Hope

Open call for artwork to be considered for a juried, group exhibition titled The Space of Hope: A Collective Response at the Missoula Art Museum. This exhibit will be on view from June 7 to September 18, 2021. The exhibition title is taken from a quote by author Rebecca Solnit, “We don’t know what is going to happen, or how, or when, and that very uncertainty is the space of hope.” Rather than focus on the devastation wrought by the intertwined processes of industrialization, extraction, climate change, cultural displacement, and colonization, this exhibition will imagine solutions and amplify voices that serve as a counter-narrative to the historical power structures that are inherent with extraction. MAM is grateful for project support from the Cultural Vision Fund for this project.

MAM invites feminist approaches, Indigenous voices, and underrepresented viewpoints. Artists are encouraged to submit works that focus on healing, reparations, nurturing, cooperation, unity, and problem-solving as a global society. The exhibition is open to artists of all genders and backgrounds, working in any fine art or craft medium. Submissions can be for single or multimedia projects by solo or collaborative practitioners. Artists may submit up to three works for consideration, with detail images as appropriate.

PROSPECTUS:

• The exhibition is open to artists of all genders and backgrounds, working in any fine art or craft medium.

• Submissions can be for single- or multimedia projects by solo or collaborative practitioners. 

• Artists may submit up to three works for consideration, with detail images as appropriate.

•  The deadline for submissions is April 25, 2021, with notification by May 5, 2021.

• Selected work is due at MAM by May 28, 2021. 

• Selected artists will receive an exhibition honorarium, as well as support for shipping and transit. 

• Submissions are now closed.