OPEN CALL: Spiva Art Gallery

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Check out the Open Call for Spiva Art Gallery at Missouri Southern State University. No media restriction, no geographic restrictions, no entry fee. You can’t really ask for more…

OPEN CALL:

Spiva Art Gallery

Missouri Southern State University’s Art Department is inviting artists via an Open Call to submit proposals for the campus Spiva Art Gallery. The Gallery’s Advisory Board selects works and collections for exhibition. The Gallery hosts approximately eight shows per year, including one or more group shows by local guilds or artist collectives, themed exhibits, and solo shows. We have a standing Call to Artists who wish to submit their works for consideration.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

ENTRY FEE: None

DEADLINE: Ongoing

SUBMISSIONS: Artists can send a packet of information by U.S. mail or electronically. Applications sent by mail should provide the Advisory Board with a proposal for exhibition, including: (1) A cover letter or email (2) Artist’s biography / resume (3) Samples of work submitted for consideration.

Mailed submissions should be sent to: Missouri Southern State University Spiva Art Gallery: Gallery Coordinator Burt Bucher 3950 E. Newman Rd Joplin, MO 64804

Electronic submissions should be sent to (bucher-b@mssu.edu) with MSSU Art Gallery Submission in the subject line.

ABOUT THE GALLERY: Located on the main floor of the Art Building immediately to the east of the main entrance, it has approximately 325 running feet of exhibition wall space. Gallery Hours are usually Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Monday through Thursday in the summer) and there is no admission charge.

Spiva possesses a large permanent study collection of African art and artifacts and hosts an active program of international, regional, and student exhibitions of visual art. The gallery’s African Holdings are made up of these individual collections:

John and Pam Finley Collection

Institute of International Studies Collection

Marianna Keown Collection

Vivian Olson Collection

Guy Mace Collection

Ben Pickard, Pickard Gallery Collection

For additional details, email bucher-b@mssu.edu !