Call for Artists and Panelists The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) is seeking artists and panelists for its Fall/Winter exhibition IDENTITY featuring self-reflective art that expresses and explores how the artist perceives themself. This exhibition will be open January 4 – March 5, 2021 on the virtual exhibition platform Kunstmatrix.

Application Deadline: Tuesday, December 1, 11:59 PM.

Artists
How does your identity show up in your literature and performing art? What experiences have shaped, challenged, and transformed how you perceive your unique self and how you navigate life? A person’s identity is constantly evolving and can include their cultural identity, social identity, gender identity, racial identity and the intersection of multiple identities to form one’s whole self. MSAC is seeking self-reflective art that expresses and explores how the artist perceives themself for the upcoming IDENTITY online exhibition. We highly encourage artists with disabilities, black, indigenous, people of color, women, and gender non-conforming artists to apply.

Submit your application via MSAC’s online grants management system, SmartSimple. 

  • Click here to log in or create a free account in SmartSimple.
  • Under Funding Opportunities, select “Public Call.”
  • Select “Artist” from the drop down options and click “Save Draft” to populate the application.
  • Select “Exhibition” as the Grant Program.

Literary arts, performing arts, media arts and visual art will be accepted. See details below. Preference will be given to artwork created in the past year. Artists must currently reside in Maryland.

Literary arts

  • Submit a written work (that is brief enough to be shared on one Powerpoint slide in 20-point font) as a Microsoft Word document or PDF, or
  • Submit a video of the artist reading an original work that meets the length criteria above.

Performing arts

  • Submit a video recording of a performance, with audio, or
  • For music, submit a recording of the audio with a cover image.
  • Maximum 5 minutes total (video or audio).

Media arts (time-based media art only, such as film or animation)

  • Submit a video recording of a performance, with audio. 
  • Maximum 5 minutes total (video or audio).

Visual art

  • Submit image files of original artwork. Please note that the images submitted will be used for both the panelists’ review and in the final online exhibition. Please submit well documented images.

Questions? Contact msac.exhibitions@maryland.gov for assistance. 

Application Deadline: Tuesday, December 1, 11:59 PM.

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