2nd Midwest Open

Entry fee: $30.00 USD

EXHIBITION DATES: JANUARY 11 – FEBRUARY 2, 2019
ENTRY DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 9, 2018
NOTIFICATIONS: WEEK OF DECEMBER 3, 2018

Exhibition Description: Invitation to all female identified artists residing in one of the twelve Midwestern States to submit artwork for an open themed exhibition. States include: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. All themes, styles, and media will be considered. Currently created artwork that explores or challenges conceptual and material boundaries is encouraged.

Awards: 1st place $300, 2nd place $100, 3rd place, Honorable Mention

**Works in all media are welcome. The application fee for our juried exhibitions is $30 for up to three images of work, plus one detail image if necessary. A limited number of artists who experience financial hardship may be exempt from paying the entry fee; please send us an email to request a fee waiver: general@womanmade.org.  All applicants should submit an artist’s statement about their body of work. Accepted artworks must not exceed 72″ horizontally and must not have been previously shown at WMG.

Apply here: https://womanmadegallery.submittable.com/submit/124682/2nd-midwest-open

Juror: Amy Galpin

Amy Galpin, Ph.D., is the Chief Curator at the Frost Art Museum. She is formerly the Curator at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum of Rollins College and Associate Curator, Art of the Americas, at the San Diego Museum of Art. In addition to exhibitions at these institutions, she has also curated exhibitions for the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, the Pasadena Museum of California Art, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Orlando Science Center, and the Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, among other spaces.