2025 Exhibition Open Call for Chinese Heritage Artists

Gallery 456 and the Chinese American Arts Council is extending an open call to contemporary artists of all mediums to exhibit their work in Gallery 456, with an emphasis on art that reflects or engages with Chinese and/or Asian heritage.

Gallery 456 offers both emerging and established Chinese-heritage artists from various backgrounds and disciplines a space to showcase their work. Operated by the Chinese American Arts Council in SoHo, New York, Gallery 456 hosts over 10 contemporary art exhibitions annually. 

We would like to offer this opportunity to artists with our open call for proposals due July 15, 2024. The selected artists will showcase their work in two-week exhibitions during 2025. Space fees are incurred for maintaining the gallery; if artists are facing financial difficulties, please email us with your circumstances and we will work to waive the fees. Artists age 18 and up from all backgrounds and nationalities are welcome to apply. If selected, artists will be asked to confirm which date periods in 2025 work for them to exhibit.

Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC) is a non-profit organization established in 1975 to meet the cultural needs of the expanding Chinese community in New York City. Nowadays, CAAC has broadened its goals in serving the Asian diasporic community in New York City and beyond. As a hub for cultural exchange, we strive to provide a wide variety of programming including traditional and contemporary performance, dance, theater, film, folk art, and fine art exhibitions.

Open call timeline:

1. Submission Deadline: June 30th, 2024

2. Notification Date: by July 15th, 2024

3. Exhibition Date: 2025

Submission details:
 

• Submission method: Email us at info@caacarts.org.

• Fee: $15 USD. Please send via Paypal.me here (@caacarts), and attach your payment confirmation in your submission as well. We will send you a confirmation of submission upon receiving it. You may also choose to pay the submission fee via mail, by sending us a check payable to: Chinese American Arts Council.

  • For mailing a check, please mail the check to:

Chinese American Arts Council

456 Broadway 3rd floor

New York, NY 10013

• Please email info@caacarts.org if the submission fee poses a financial difficulty.

• Submission materials: Selected work images or portfolio in a single PDF file (5MB max), a link to your website (if any), CV/Resume, artist statement, brief bio (~150 words or less), and any other supporting materials (e.g. video link, video statement, artist portfolio). Please, no zips and videos in the attachments.

• Our gallery floor plan can be viewed here. (http://www.caacarts.org/wapp/caac/_docs/floor_plan_gallery_456.pdf)

  • Please be aware of any space limitations when considering your submission in regards to work/installation sizes. 

If your proposal is selected:
 

• Gallery 456 will be in contact to discuss exhibition promotion, agreements, and featured works.

• Artists will be fully responsible for shipping works to/from our gallery and installing their works.

• Artists will have a page on our artist portal, linked: http://www.caacarts.org/dp/?q=/node/8&mi=c2

For any questions, please email us at info@caacarts.org. We look forward to reading your proposals!

CAAC/Gallery456

456 Broadway, 3FL, New York, NY10013

(212) 431-9740

Hours: M-F, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

http://www.caacarts.org