To be seen is to be heard. I WANT YOU TO SEE ME is a curated exhibition for art that is about the queer experience by LGBTQIA2+ artists residing in Oregon. Through this exhibition, UVA wishes to give a platform for queer artists to share their artistic practice and experiences. There is no specific theme within the exhibition, except to showcase works that pay homage to the kind of joy, grief, creativity, tragedy, and celebrations that are unique to the queer experience. The goal is to create dialog and conversations recognizing LGBTQIA2+ identities, ideologies, expressions, and politics. UVA is honored to be hosting this call for queer artists and creators. 

Artworks for this exhibition will be chosen by a queer artist and/or curator who is prominent in the Pacific Northwest art scene and the LGBTQIA2+ community whom UVA invites to lend their eye and voice to select works for the project. 

Curator June T. Sanders
Sister June T. Sanders is an artist, writer, educator, and curator located in the hills of rural South-East Washington State. She has been awarded the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts curatorial prize, a Research Fellowship from the New Hampshire Institute of Art, and the Western Communities Photo Grant form High Country News. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Washington State University. She is embedded in work of place, visions, and not yet here(s). 

Exhibition Calendar:

• Submission Deadline: April 29th
  IMPORTANT NOTE: Entries close at 11:59PM Mountain Time, or 10:59PM Pacific Time.
• Artist Notified: May 7th
• Art Delivery to UVA:  June 4th-7th & June 10th, 9am-6pm (artwork must arrive no later than June 10th
• Opening Reception: Friday, June 14th, 4pm-7pm
• Exhibit Ends: August 16th
• Artwork Pick Up: August 19th, 9am-6pm
• Artwork Shipped from UVA: No later than September 13th
   

Application Requirements

All entries are digitally submitted with digital jpeg files through CaFE. If this is your first time using the CaFE system, we recommend allowing an hour to create a CaFE account, upload files, and complete your application. Entries will be accepted via review of the submitted digital jpeg files. 

Images must be uploaded into the Call for Entry system (CaFE). Submissions made using slides, links to websites, physical photographs, paper applications, or resume/CV will not be eligible for entry. CaFE’s upload requirements are as follows: 

• File format: JPEG only
• File dimensions: No smaller than 1920 pixels on the longest side
• File resolution: 72 ppi/dpi (standard web resolution)
• File size: up to 5 MB maximum

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible to all established, mid-career and emerging artists who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit, and any other affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify (LGBTQIA2+) across Oregon.

For this exhibition, UVA is open to all media and modes of making. Please see the list of Rules and Terms to see guidelines and requirements around media rules and eligibility.