EFA Project Space 2024-2025 Exhibitions Open Call

EFA Project Space 2024-2025 Exhibitions Open Call is now accepting applications!
The selected candidates will be awarded an honorarium, production budget, materials budget, programming and logistical support to organize a six-week-long exhibition at EFA Project Space. For more information please see tabs below.

Focus: “Folklore”

For the 2024-2025 Open Call theme, EFA Project Space is interested in exploring the notion of “Folklore” in its various forms and aspects. We are looking for exhibitions, community engagements, and public programming that celebrate personal narratives, memories, traditions, and ceremonies. We are interested in stories and experiences that vitalize roots and origins, in works and actions that are not filtered through a globalized lens, and that touch on raw materiality.

EFA Project Space is a collaborative, cross-disciplinary arts venue founded on the belief that art is directly connected to the individuals who produce it and the communities that arise because of it. By providing an arena for exploring these connections, we empower artists, curators, and other participants to forge new partnerships and encourage the expansion of ideas. It is a home for emerging, mid-career, as well as established curators and artists. We focus our attention on community engagement and public programming.

Guidelines

*Applicants may submit a letter of inquiry proposing a community based exhibition.

*The exhibition will be presented over a 6-week period in March-April of 2024 at EFA Project Space, and upcoming dates in 2025.

*The proposed exhibition may include up to ten artists/participants.

*Exhibitions should be aligned with Project Space’s mission and present an appropriate use of the space, taking into consideration its location within NYC, and the potential of including relevant communities.

*Community organizers, activists, curators, artists, and other professionals are encouraged to apply.

*Please note: Applicants may submit a proposal for an exhibition or a project, or for both. However only one may be accepted.

Inquiries are due by September 29, 2023.

Acceptance notifications will be announced in December 2023.

Selected exhibitions will be presented over a 6-week period in March-April of 2024 at EFA Project Space, and upcoming dates in 2025.

Applicants must be age 21 years and older.

Must have legal authorization to work in the USA.

Must be committed to being in NYC during the exhibition dates and be an active participant in the organizing of the exhibition and public programming.

Program Offerings

*EFA Project Space offers the use of a 2200 sq. ft. gallery space in the heart of NYC.

*EFA Project Space staffing during project hours.

*Exhibition budget is up to $12,000.00 and includes:

-Curator/facilitator honorarium ($2000)
-Artists/participants honorariums
-Art handler and installation fee
-Public programming and collaborative events
-Exhibition documentation
-Catalog production
-Accessibility support

*Promotion through EFA Project Space’s social media, website, and newsletter.

Website link: Exhibition Open Call — EFA Project Space (projectspace-efanyc.org)