Description

FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY is accepting artist submissions for the 28th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS International Juried Exhibition. NO DEAD ARTISTS has been a springboard for numerous artists leading to national press coverage and recognition, art fair presentations, gallery representation, and acquisitions by museums and other prominent collections. The exhibition’s name is derived from the old adage that artists never achieve success until they are dead. NO DEAD ARTISTS turns that notion on its head and gives emerging artists their first break in the art world. The call is an INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS, open to living artists of all ages, emerging and established, working throughout the world. All mediums are accepted.

Each year the gallery invites a panel of renowned arts professionals and collectors to select the NO DEAD ARTISTS finalists. Finalists will be featured in the group exhibition in September 2024. One selected finalist will be awarded a solo exhibition in 2025.

2024 JURORS

KATE CHERTAVIAN – Cambridge, MA - An internationally recognized art consultant, Kate has over 25 years of experience curating independent projects and building private collections. She built and curated David Bowie’s art collection from 1992 to 2000 and has subsequently built important collections in her fields of expertise.

TOCCARRA THOMAS – New Orleans, LA - Toccarra is a nonprofit arts professional with experience spanning community-based cultural programming, artist services, and nonprofit operations. Thomas has served in many capacities within organizations of varying sizes, facilitating opportunities for individuals and communities to access resources that contribute towards a more inclusive, connected, and culturally-rich future.

KATE SCHEIN WAISMAN – Larchmont, NY - Kate has been working in the museum field for over 25 years as both an exhibition developer and museum educator. She has led conceptual planning and overseen design and fabrication for exhibition projects in partnership with various cultural institutions including: The Boston Children’s Museum, “Peep’s World”; The Brooklyn Botanic Garden – conceptual plan for their new Children’s Garden; The Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, “Heroic Journeys”; and various National Park Service Historic Sites including The Roanoke Island Festival Park.

HOW TO APPLY
To apply, go to https://www.ferrarashowman.com/call-for-artists and scroll down till you see a login portal with the heading "APPLICATION" (it'll be under the IMPORTANT DATES section). The application will begin through this portal and you will have to login/create an entrythingy® account. Through entrythingy®, you'll need to upload your resume, biography, artist statement and images of 1-5 artworks, which you would like to submit for the show. A single application may contain up to FIVE artworks for consideration. Each submission is allowed up to three additional detail images per artwork. All images must be in .jpg format and videos in .mov format - high resolution files around 1MB are preferred. All works must be for sale. For questions or more information, please contact the gallery at matthew@ferrarashowman.com.