Call for Art: 3rd Midwest Open

EXHIBITION DATES: JANUARY 16 – FEBRUARY 8, 2020

ENTRY DEADLINE: OCTOBER 18, 2019

NOTIFICATIONS: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 20, 2019

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

Juror: Mia Lopez 

Mia Lopez is Assistant Curator at DePaul Art Museum in Chicago where she works on exhibitions, publications, and public programs focused on expanding the art historical canon. At DPAM she has contributed to numerous projects, including the exhibitions Remember Where You Are, Eric J. Garcia: The Bald Eagle’s Toupee, and Barbara Jones-Hogu: Resist, Relate, Unite. Mia was previously Curatorial Fellow for Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis where she assisted with the exhibitions International Pop and Art at the Center: 75 Years of Walker Collections.