“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where to start from.”
– TS Eliot
“Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find our what’s inside you, to make your soul grow. Seriously! I mean starting right now, do art and do it for the rest of your lives.”
– Kurt Vonnegut
What does it mean to experience perpetual becoming? How does your art confront change, continuity, impermanence, and time? For this Supporter Call for Entry, artists are invited to share their freshest work from 2024, setting the stage for their direction in 2025. Share a new series; works that express resilience or even frustration; works resulting from disciplined repetition and sustained practice. Written descriptions accompanying the work are highly encouraged. Begin again!
Begin Again will be on display in the Supporter Gallery at ARTS Southeast from January 30th – May 17th, 2025, with an Opening Reception on Friday, January 7th from 5 – 9PM and a Closing Reception on Friday, May 2nd from 5 – 9PM in conjunction with First Fridays in Starland.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: January 18th, 2025 by 11:59PM via this form: https://forms.gle/Hst7NwigAsTvE5kG8
ARTISTS NOTIFIED: Monday, January 20th, 2025
DROP OFF SELECTED WORKS: Thursday, January 23rd – Sunday, January 26th, 12 – 5PM
ARTWORK PICKUP: Sunday, May 18th, 2025
• Size limitations: Please submit works no larger than 4 x 4 ft and 3 inches deep.
• Up to 4 wall-hanging works in all media may be submitted.
• This Call for Entry is open to all current ARTS Southeast Supporters.
• Artwork submissions will be juried and artists will be notified of accepted works. ARTS Southeast Supporters are guaranteed entry into a minimum of one Supporter exhibition per membership year. Acceptance to every Supporter exhibition is not guaranteed.
• A brief written description sharing your thoughts behind each piece (space provided in application) is highly encouraged. This may be used as wall text at the discretion of ARTS Southeast. Text containing multiple errors will not be considered.
• Work does not have to be for sale, however ARTS Southeast will handle all sales and retain a 40% commission on the retail price.
• Work may be listed on our sales website for the duration of the show. All work submitted must be accompanied by a web quality image for the web listing.
• Work may be in any medium. Work does not have to be framed. Alternative presentations of 2-dimensional works are welcome, but work should be well presented, safe to display, and stable enough to hang on the wall for the duration of the exhibition. Framed pieces should arrive at the gallery wired and ready to hang, D-rings preferred. No sawtooth hangers may be used. Artwork should arrive at Sulfur Studios wrapped in paper, glassine, bubble wrap or other appropriate materials.
About the Supporter Gallery
The Supporter Gallery at ARTS Southeast, established in 2022, is a dedicated space where Artist Supporters have three exhibition opportunities per year. Encircling our central gallery and running along a loop of artist studios, it is a high-visibility space in the heart of our community, showcasing our Supporters and helping to set the tone of our creative space. Running in tandem with our main exhibition space The Ellis Gallery and Artist Residency projects, it exists in conversation with events throughout the year. The Supporter Gallery strives to support and uplift emerging and established artists through every step of the exhibition process. Questions about the application or results are always welcome. Artists should contact the Supporter Gallery curator, Samantha Mack, with any questions: sam@artssoutheast.org
Please note: ARTS Southeast Supporters are guaranteed entry into a minimum of one Supporter exhibition per year. Acceptance to every Supporter exhibition is not guaranteed.
