OPEN CALL for Ritual, Rites & Routine: Performing the Human Experience

Submission Deadline: Monday, September 30, 2024 (extended)
SUBMISSION FORM LINK

We invite artists to submit works that explore the many aspects of the subjects: ritual, rites, and routine. Since the beginning of time, humans have sought to engage in practices or set activities — personal or collective — that define or demonstrate their beliefs, philosophies, traditions and identities. Many of these customs or acts are prescribed by a community or passed down through families. Some are more mundane as experienced through gesture or words. Others revolve around objects – some spiritual others simply revered. Identity is often shaped by these ceremonies. Through these actions, we may give order or structure to our day or perhaps they help us perform love or grief. We invite artists to consider all aspects of the subject — from the mundane to the spiritual, societal to the personal, from the individual to the larger collective. Some examples to consider may be: birth, marriage, and death ceremonies; culturally specific traditions; or even your individual morning coffee ritual!

Show will run (tentatively) October 15, 2024 – January 3, 2025

• deadline: September 30
• notification: October 7
• drop off work: October 14-21
• Opening: October 29 (TBC)

NoMAA’s Gallery is at 4140 Broadway on the first floor of the annex, inside the United Palace.

Participating artists must live or work in Washington Heights, Inwood or West Harlem to apply.

ACCEPTED WORK (please read and follow the instructions carefully): 

• Wall-hung work must be under 90” in length or height and under 25 lbs. 
• Sculptural works that are freestanding or displayed on a pedsetal will be considered.
• All accepted artworks must be delivered a professional manner, including matting and framing of works on paper.
• Images printed on stretched canvas will not be considered.
• Unframed works must be cradled, stretched or appropriately mounted (excluding textile, 3-D or odd-shaped works, which must include professional hanging hardware.) 
• All works must have hanging wire attached to the back (2-4” below top edge of work).
• All work must be labeled on the back with the artist’s name and title. 
• All artwork must be available for exhibition for the duration of the show. 
• Sales of artworks are not conducted by NoMAA. However, a price list will be available, and artists will be contacted directly by interested buyers. We suggest a donation of 15% of the sale price to NoMAA. 
• Images of the artwork may be used by NoMAA for promotion of the exhibit (for non-commercial purposes only), including on NoMAA’s Google Arts and Culture page. 
• Artists will sign a loan agreement provided by NoMAA at the time of notification. 
• Artists are strongly encouraged to participate in an artist talk. (Date TBD)
• NoMAA has up to $2,500 of insurance for each work. Any additional insurance required is the artist’s responsibility.