No one turned away for lack of funds- email info@elycenter.org for waiver information

**This Open Call is not for just one opportunity but for our upcoming year of programming.**

**_We are pleased to announce Jared Quinton as our guest curator this year!_**

“I'm interested in the politics of form and believe the best art conveys its meaning or message through the artist's formal and material choices. This applies across all media and to the entire spectrum from figuration to abstraction. I'm less interested in art that represents an idea or narrative (illustration), rests purely on visual appeal (decoration), or relies on external information in order to be understood.” -Quinton

Jared Quinton is a curator, writer and currently the Emily Hall Tremaine Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT, where he oversees the pioneering MATRIX exhibition series and the museum’s postwar and contemporary collection and galleries.

  
**Submissions Considered For:**

* Exhibition curated by **Jared Quinton** to take place September 14 - October 26, 2025\*
* Flat File exhibitions
* Keyhole Workspace in Residence (Spring/Fall ‘25)
* Solo exhibitions
* Thematic group exhibitions
* Entry Project Space for mural, video, installation, and other experimental works
* _Digital Grace_, our online exhibition platform, as well as other online programming and exhibitions
* Special interviews and social media features
* Trash to Fashion programing

Artists are responsible for cost of shipping work

**Submissions Considered For:**

* Exhibition curated by **Jared Quinton** to take place September 14 - October 26, 2025\*
* Flat File exhibitions
* Keyhole Workspace in Residence (Spring/Fall ‘25)
* Solo exhibitions
* Thematic group exhibitions
* Entry Project Space for mural, video, installation, and other experimental works
* _Digital Grace_, our online exhibition platform, as well as other online programming and exhibitions
* Special interviews and social media features
* Trash to Fashion programming

**Eligibility & Terms**

* Artists may submit up to five works, any medium.
* Files should be 2 MB or smaller and labeled as follows: lastname\_firstname\_worktitle ex: Ely\_Grace\_VictorianMansion.jpg If submitting video upload a still image and provide a link to the video in the following work description section. If submitting sound upload up to one minute .mp3 file, you may include a link if works are longer than one minute.
* Artists working in new media, film, or video may be required to use own equipment for exhibitions as ECOCA’s equipment library is limited
* Artists are responsible for hand-delivery of artwork or are responsible for the shipping cost to and from the gallery.
* All artwork accepted must be ready to hang or install.
* Artists retain 70% of the proceeds from any work sold.
* **$35 application fee**: Includes 1 – 5 artworks
* No one will be denied a submission, if one cannot afford the $35 fee please email info@elycenter.org
* **Deadline:** March 16, 2025, 11:59 pm EST
* Please note ECOCA cannot insure any single work valued at more than $10,000.
* Please reach out to info@elycenter.org for any further questions.

For ease of application we suggest that you use Chrome when submitting your application. We also suggest that you have all your information/materials ready for copy/paste and uploading in order to finish in one sitting. If you have any issues email info@elycenter.org for troubleshooting.

\*Dates are subject to change

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