CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
With Open Eyes

Root Division invites artists working in all media to submit work for With Open Eyes, to be presented at Root Division in July-August 2024.

With Open Eyes is a group exhibition that utilizes Afrofuturism through positive depictions of Black culture and life, thus disrupting racial stereotypes. Through their exhibited works, the artists will redefine notions of Blackness and utopia by creating counternarratives of desire and relief. By rejecting oppressive perceptions that are often entangled in Black identity, the exhibition provides a contemporary visual understanding of the need to have inclusion, liberation, and equality. The diverse array of works, ranging from installation, photography, painting, and video, exemplifies the importance of exploring Blackness, which is candid and complex, in all aspects.

With Open Eyes is curated by Adrianne Ramsey.

This open call invites artist to submit work in line with the above theme to be considered alongside confirmed artists, who include:
Cash Cooper, Ashara Ekundayo, Eniola Fakile, Nicole Henton, Gbenga Komolafe, Maya June Mansour, Lola Ogbara, Raymond Pinto, Adee Roberson, Michon Sanders, and Fulton Leroy Washington (MR. WASH)

Priority Deadline: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 11:59 pm

Exhibition dates: July 10 – August 3, 2024
2nd Saturday Opening Reception: July 13, 2024

Artists will be notified if they were accepted within two weeks of the deadline.

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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