apexart International Open Call 2024-25

Calling all artists, curators, and creative minds! apexart will be accepting exhibition proposals for its International Open Call from February 1 – March 1, 2024. Winning proposals will become apexart exhibitions presented in their selected locations around the world as part of their 2024-25 exhibition season.

Submission

When the submission form is live, participants can submit a 500-word proposal describing a focused, idea-driven, and original group exhibition. Anyone, from anywhere, can submit. There are no fees involved at any level. Creative individuals with interesting exhibition ideas, trained and student curators, artists, writers, and creative individuals, regardless of experience level, background, or location can apply. Submitters must select a geographic location (outside of NYC) they have visited to ensure a sense of location logistics and potential challenges of organizing an exhibition there. The specific exhibition venue can be determined following selection by apexart’s jury. Submissions are accepted only through an online form posted on the apexart website during the submission period (February 1 – March 1, 2024).

SELECTION

A diverse and changing international jury of more than 600 people in 70 countries participate in a crowdsourced voting process every March (for International Open Call proposals). Every juror receives a dedicated login to cast votes online for at least 50 proposals. apexart’s voting system ensures that jurors do not see the names of the submitters, and that every proposal receives an equal number of views by the jurors. Each year several university classes also participate in the jury. Projects are judged by the strength of the exhibition idea and the organizer’s ability to communicate it, not by social connections, past accomplishments, or personality. For more information on the individual or class juror process click here.

RESULTS

After the last vote is cast, the highest-ranked proposals are contacted and receive funding and production support to become apexart exhibitions.

Appexart announces the winners online shortly following the voting period.

apexart has increased the budget substantially to $10,000 for each Open Call exhibition and related programming. Each curator/organizer must work within apexart’s budget to cover expenses including curator travel, artwork shipping, artist and public program participant honorariums, equipment, installation, and venue fees with $8,000 of the budget. Of the $10,000, the curator/organizer receives up to a $2,000 honorarium for coordinating the project and writing the exhibition brochure essay. For exhibitions outside NYC, apexart will match up to $1,000 for a location rental if necessary.

To submit an exhibition proposal, visit apexart website between February 1 and March 1, 2024.