CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Lay of the Land

Root Division invites artists working in all media to submit work for Lay of the Land (working title), to be presented at Root Division in June-July 2025.

Art about landscape has long played a role in how we imagine the world around us. At times, artists have envisioned a pristine, immaculate wild. At other times, the curtain is pulled back to reveal the inherent political strategies woven into such imaginings.

Lay of the Land (working title) is a group exhibition comprising works by Bay Area-based artists who are grappling with the constructed nature of nature through a variety of mediums, methodologies, and perspectives. For this open call, our curatorial team is seeking artists whose work examines the unseen or overlooked—those aspects of nature that are amorphous, invisible, and/or fleeting—to explore alternative approaches to understanding space, place, and environment.

Lay of the Land is curated by Naomi Alessandra Schultz, Julianna Heller, and Eleanor Scholz

Priority Deadline: Saturday, March 15, 2025, 11:59 pm

Exhibition dates: June 14 – July 26, 2025
2nd Saturday Opening Reception: June 14, 2025

HOW TO APPLY

Submissions are accepted through a Digital Application Form.

What to include in your application:

  • Email Address
  • Full Name, Artist Name (if different than full name) and Pronouns
  • Mailing address
  • Phone number
  • Website and social media handle (if you have one)
  • Support material: up to 4 images, including the work intended for the exhibition and if you like, images of previous work. Please know that total images are 4 regardless of combinations of previous work with intended works. All images must be labeled with artwork title, image description, media/materials (example paint on canvas), dimensions of the work listed as Height x Width ( x Depth if applicable) in inches, and year. You may submit a link to a 3-minute section of video or audio.
  • Resume up to 2 pages
  • Artist Statement up to 1 page
DIGITAL APPLICATION FORM

ABOUT ROOT DIVISION

Root Division is a visual arts non-profit located in San Francisco’s Mid-Market/SoMA District. Root Division’s mission is to empower artists, promote community service, inspire youth, and enrich the Bay Area through engagement in the visual arts.

Root Division’s 2nd Saturday Exhibition Series showcases high caliber work with an emphasis on Bay Area emerging artists reflecting contemporary artistic ideas and current social concerns, in a variety of artistic disciplines, aesthetic sensibilities, and forms of cultural expression. Exhibiting over 350 artists and hosting over 6,000 visitors to the gallery yearly through receptions, gallery hours, artist panels, online exhibitions, and digital programming, this dynamic program continues to grow in its relevance and importance in the careers of Bay Area artists and curators.

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