For its 2023 Juried Members Exhibition, the Berkeley Art Center invites artists living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area to submit their best works in any media to our open call. Artworks of any theme will be considered.

Submitting is free for current members. New and renewing members can sign up at a sliding scale of $15–$55 on our website. Up to three Curator Spotlight awards will be chosen to receive a one-on-one studio visit with the juror via Zoom, and a special Audience Award will be announced at the exhibition closing.

Juror
HOI LEUNG is the Deputy Director of the Chinese Culture Center, overseeing the internal culture, programs and operations of the organization. Leung was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the US in 2004. Previously, Leung was the Curator at CCC for 4 years, where she established a distinct practice specializing in Asian diasporic contemporary art, developing emerging artists, and designing community engagement in immigrant neighborhood settings. Leung’s curatorial projects included “dawn_chorusiii: the fruit they don’t have here” by Sofia Cordova (2019 - 2021), an experimental video foregrounding the stories of six Bay Area women who journeyed to the United States as refugees, and “Interior Garden” (2022), a major solo exhibition of large-scale ceramic-based installations by Cathy Lu exploring the dream and dystopian states Asian America. Leung’s projects have received critical acclaim in KQED, Hyperallergic, Artforum, Artsy, and SF Arts Monthly. She was also named one of five new game-changing curators by SF Arts Monthly in 2021. Leung an emerging leader in the field as she devotes her unique background in artist support and community curation into building a healthy, sustainable, and imaginative arts ecosystem.

Timeline      
Submission Deadline: March 22, 2023, by 10:59PM PT/11:59 MT.
Accepted Artists notified: May 2 
Drop-Off Dates: May 23-25, 2023, 11am–5pm by appointment
Exhibition Dates: June 3–July 29, 2023

Application Requirements

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Recent artworks in all media are welcome.
• A short artist statement or project statement is required.
• In order to accommodate and appropriately present all submitted work, the show will be an exhibition of “small works” with a size limit of 30 inches in any direction, including frames. Out of fairness to other exhibiting artists, BAC will refuse entries that exceed size limits.
• Freestanding sculpture may be up to 48 inches tall and no more than 24 inches in any other dimension. BAC will provide pedestals.
• No artwork will be accepted without a fully completed submission form. The submission form deadline is March 22, 2023, at 11:59 pm.
• Works must be ready to hang, dry, and framed where appropriate. Pieces with special hanging requirements should include hardware and a clear, typed set of instructions, where appropriate.
• Artists must provide all necessary equipment with regard to sound and video works.
• Work must have the artist's name clearly written on back unless the nature of the work makes it impossible to do so.

Eligibility Criteria

ELIGIBILITY

• Recent artworks in all media are welcome.​
• Only greater Northern California Bay Area residents may submit. Sorry, we cannot pay for shipping.