Application Closed
Entry Fee (Entry Fee): $35.00
Images | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 6
Video | Minimum:Min. 0, Maximum:Max. 2
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 8
Eligibility: International
State: New York
Event Dates: 7/1/23 - 7/31/23
Paperworks 2023 is an international, juried competition for artists
creating work on, with, or about paper
Juror: Emily Olek is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Before joining MoMA, Emily was the Janet and Craig Duchossois Curatorial Research Assistant in Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she worked on projects including Joseph
E. Yoakum: What I Saw, Hairy Who? 1966-1969, and Lygia Pape: Tecelares. She also worked on exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Emily recently completed her M.A. at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a concentration in American works on paper and holds a B.A. in Art History from Loyola University Chicago. Her Master's Thesis entitled “So-Called “Outsiders”: A Case Against the Moniker” won UIC Graduate College’s 2022 Outstanding Thesis Award
Accepted Media: Works made on paper, of paper, or about paper: cut paper, folded paper, woven paper, glued paper, drawings, paintings, pastels, printmaking, photographs, paper sculpture, 3D, bound books, collage, mixed media, video, and installation
Awards and Reception: Selected artists will have up to six pieces and or 2 videos included in a virtual online exhibition on the gallery’s website (https://www.bjspokegallery.org) from July 1-31, 2023. Artists will be promoted on the gallery's social media accounts. Cash awards for 1st ($300), 2nd ($200), 3rd ($100) place artists. Opening reception is Saturday, July 8, at 7:00pm (EST) via ZOOM
Deadline for Submission: May 24, 2023
Entry Fee: $35.00 for up to 6 images and/or 2 videos. Artists will be juried on their body of work
Eligibility: Artists who use paper as their primary medium, as a substrate, or as the subject of a video. All entries to the Paperworks 2023 competition must be the original work of the artist
Promotion: If selected, images of your art, your name, voice, video, artist’s statement and/or bio will be used to promote the exhibit on social media, print and any other publicity used to promote Paperworks 2023.
Size Limitations: There are no size limitations
Notification: Artists will be contacted on or about June 7, 2023
Application Requirements
The application fee of $35.00. All art must be the original work of the Artist
Eligibility Criteria
International competition for artists creating works, on with or about paper. Artist using paper as their main substrate, or as the subject of a video