Event
Call for Artist Submissions -- Here & Now: LUAG Celebrates 100 Years with 100 Local Artists
November 1, 2024 12:00AM to January 5, 2025 11:59PM
LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center
Here & Now: LUAG Celebrates 100 Years with 100 Local Artists
From the engineering and artistry of the original Lenape people, through the upheavals of the steel and railroad industries, to the hi-tech manufacturing of today, makers and innovators of all kinds have found a home in the Lehigh Valley. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this maker mindset found its way into the DNA of Lehigh University, shaping both artists and engineers and setting the stage for Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG).
Tracing our roots to 1926, the year of the first known art exhibition on campus, LUAG has grown into a vibrant museum with robust programs and a collection of over 20,000 works of art.
In honor of this milestone, LUAG presents an open call to a juried exhibition of 100 local artists reflecting the wide range of artistic practices thriving in our community today. Artists (aged 18+ years) in a range of media are encouraged to submit work to this salon-style exhibition which will take place in the LUAG Main Gallery.*
The exhibition will coincide with an initiative to make significant purchases of works by local artists for the university’s collection.
*Please see detailed submission guidelines for more information.
Submit your artwork here.
Submissions close January 5 at midnight (11:59 pm)
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WHO CAN APPLY?
Artists with any level of experience aged 18+ years living and working within the Lehigh Valley and neighboring communities within a 35-mile radius of Bethlehem, PA.
Artists living/working primarily in Philadelphia are not eligible for the exhibition
TIMELINE
Submissions open: November 1, 2024
Submissions close: Jan 5, 2025 (midnight)
Jurying starts in early January
Acceptances announced: March 1, 2025
Loan agreements prepared and signed prior to drop-off
Drop-off dates determined.
Drop off for members of Lehigh campus community: May 5-9, 2025
General drop off: August 4-8, 2025
Exhibition dates: September 2, 2025 - May 22, 2026
Pickup of works: May 26-29, 2026
JURYING
Works will be juried by the Director and Curators of Lehigh University Art Galleries in consultation with the museum staff, along with guest community jurors.
THE SPACE
The exhibition will take place in the LUAG Main Gallery, located in the Zoellner Arts Center on Lehigh University’s Asa Packer campus (420 E. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015). The gallery is roughly 2500 sf. Please consider the space parameters in light of a 100-person exhibition as you decide which works to submit. See map on full invitational doc here.
QUESTIONS?
Contact us at luag@lehigh.edu or 610.758.3615.
*Please see detailed submission guidelines for more information.
Submit your artwork here.
