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Deadline to submit: January 13, 2023

Since 1910, OAL's annual juried exhibitions continue to be the backbone of the organization's artistic programming, showcasing current work by Ohio artists. For each exhibition, the juror(s) invited by OAL’s Board will apply contemporary standards of excellence to select visual art of the highest merit.

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2023 Spring Juried Submission Portal - Members Only

Image from: movementresearch.org/people/dani-and-sheila-restack

Jurors: Dani and Sheilah ReStack

Dani and Sheilah ReStack have embarked on an artistic relationship that is formally and emotionally adjacent to their domestic lives, a quotidian zone they share with their young daughter Rose. Both artists have established careers on their own. Neither Dani’ video work or Wilson’s multimedia performance and installation work could exactly prepare us for the force of the women’s collaborative efforts. – Michael Sicinski, Cinema Scope, 2017

Dani’s work is made with an emotional logic, questioning cultural, personal and animal realities. She got her MFA at UIC in 2003 in Studio Art and an MFA in Film/Video at Bard College in 2010. She has screened at Union Docs, Oberhausen, Rotterdam, MoMA PS1, Anthology Film Archives and Projections.

Sheilah uses photography, video, and text as performative and documentary tools to analyze the traces between history, story and the land. Sheilah got her MFA from Goldsmith College in London in 2005. She has had exhibitions at Ortega y Gasset Projects, The Knockdown Center, Queen Elizabeth Park, New Zealand and the
Albuquerque Museum.

Their recent collaborations have shown at Camden Art Center, MoMA, TCU Contemporary, the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Iceberg Projects Chicago, TorontoInternational Film Festival, Images Film Festival, Toronto, Lyric Theater, Carrizozo, NM, Leslie Lohman Project Space, Gaa Wellfleet and The Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio.

Spring Juried Exhibition Submission Information

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Eligibility:

Open to Ohio Art League members only. Not a member yet? Click here to fix that!

Entrants must be at least 18 years of age

Artists may enter only their original work

Artwork must have been completed in the last four years

Artists may enter up to three (3) pieces

Artwork larger than 48" x 48" or that requires specific installation methods can be submitted and awarded but may not be exhibited due to venue constraints.

Awards:

Juror will award up to 6 winners: $500 for Best of Show, $200 for second place, and $100 for third place; with up to three possible Honorable Mention.

Policies:

The curators reserve the right to refuse entry of materials not prepared to the specifications listed on the entry form.

Submission of an entry shall constitute agreement on the part of the artist or artist's representative that said images may be used without restriction by the exhibition’s coordinators for the purpose of promoting and documenting the exhibition (e.g., press releases, posters, internet promotion, grant requests and reports)

Sales – All monies from art sales will be disbursed as follows: 40% split between OAL and the Columbus Cultural Art Center and 60% to the artist within 45 days after the conclusion of the exhibition. Please price your work accordingly.

For questions about submission please email oal@oal.org