North of the 45th

CALL FOR ENTRIES! 2021 North of the 45th; ENTRIES DUE: March 16, 2021 11:59 PM EST

Eligibility: Open to residents of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, 18+ who are living north of the 45th parallel + 1 degree of this area. The idea is to represent artists residing in the Upper Midwest region. Work in all media made in the last three years is welcome. Work previously exhibited at the museum is not eligible.

Submissions: All entries must be submitted by creating an account at devos.slideroom.com. There is a $20 fee to submit up to five images; the juror will select specific pieces for the exhibition based on these submissions.

Timeline (all dates are 2021):

March 16, 11:59 PM EST: Entries due

April 21: Jury decisions sent via e-mail

June 4, 5 PM EST: Artwork due at the Museum*

June 21 - July 30: exhibition dates

 * Accepted work must be delivered/shipped to the museum ready to display. (Shipped work returned at the museum’s expense.)

Ron Platt is Chief Curator at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, where he plans and organizes the Museum’s program of changing exhibitions and leads the presentation and growth of GRAM’s permanent collection.  Throughout his career as a curator, Ron has organized numerous thematic and solo artist exhibitions. His recent exhibitions include Monir Farmanfarmaian: Mirror Variations, which comprised large-scale sculptural reliefs of cut mirror mosaic and reverse-glass painting that demonstrate the late artist’s interest in the serial progression of rectilinear forms, and Dylan Miner: Water is Sacred//Trees are Relatives.  Current projects include An Interwoven Legacy: The Black Ash Basketry of Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish, a mother and daughter duo of West Michigan artists and environmentalists, which opens in December, 2020, and a two-person exhibition pairing the work of Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems, which premieres at GRAM in 2022 and then travels to other U.S. museums.