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   Submitting a Proposal for an Exhibition at Salisbury University Art Galleries


    DEADLINE: October 1 (annually reoccurring)

    Salisbury University Art Galleries (SUAG) invites proposals for solo, group, and curated
    exhibitions, open to all media including but not limited to: ceramics, glass, sculpture,
    painting, drawing, printmaking, new media, video, performance, sound, and installation.
    We are especially interested in proposals to exhibit new projects and work that has never    
    before been exhibited.

    Proposals are accepted for the University’s three exhibition spaces, the University Gallery,
    located in Fulton Hall, the Atrium Gallery, located in the Student Center, and the
    Electronic Gallery, located in the Teacher Education Technology Center. The Exhibition Review
    Board, made up of a variety of arts professionals reviews proposals annually, usually during
    the fall semester. Rest assured, you will receive a response from us.
 

    To process all proposals, we require a $10 application fee, payable by check or by credit card. 
    To pay by check please mail your $10 check made out to Salisbury University to the address
    below. Please be sure to include your full name on the check so we can match it up with your
    other application materials. To pay by credit card, please visit our online donation page.

    To propose an exhibition, please bundle the following documents into a single pdf file.
    Email the file as an attachment to eckauffman[at]salisbury[dot]edu with 'Exhibition Proposal'
    in the subject line. For more information on how to create a single pdf containing all of your
    application documents, please follow this link.

        In your application pdf, please include:
            1. A resume/CV.
            2. An artist's statement and/or other background material.
            3. An Exhibition Proposal. In the proposal please be specific and descriptive about
            what it is that will be created, how it will be achieved and what larger implications
            you expect of the work.
            4. Documentation of the work to be shown. Or, if the proposal is for new work,
            please include documentation that demonstrates your ability to complete the
            proposed project.

                For Visual Arts, Design or Architecture include:
                * A minimum 10 and maximum 25 images of your work, one image per page
                of the pdf. (Website links are not accepted for images.)
               
                * Be sure to integrate your image captions into the image presentation.
                Captions should include a title, date, dimensions, media and any other
                descriptive clarifying information for each work.
               
                * For proposals for new work, mockups of the planned work, in addition
                to past work, are accepted.

                * Please reduce image size so that emails do not exceed 10MB in size.

                For Film, Video, Digital Art, Sound or Performance include:
                * A website, Youtube or Vimeo link(s) to documentation of your work.

                * A list of works featured on the link(s) along with the title, date and length
                of the submitted works. (Please note the order in which you’d like work to
                be viewed. We will view up to 15 minutes in initial review.)

                * Any descriptive information that will clarify the presentation. Please be clear
                and informative in indicating how the works get exhibited, this is particularly
                important for film, video, digital, performance and sound work.

    Please email your pdf application to eckauffman[at]salisbury[dot]edu with the subject
    line 'exhibition proposal.'

    Alternatively, you may mail your hard copy materials to:
       
            Salisbury University Art Galleries
            ATTN: Exhibition Proposal Review
            Fulton School of Liberal Arts
            1101 Camden Avenue
            Salisbury, MD 21801-6860

    Applications that are not submitted in the format described above and/or are not
    accompanied by a $10 check or credit card payment will not be considered.