EXPO 44 International Juried Competition  

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: All fine arts media are acceptable (no crafts): watercolor, oils, acrylic, mixed media, printmaking, pastel, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation art, video (short), photography, original digital art, fiber art. Submissions must be the original work of the artist / No collaborations will be accepted. Artist will be allowed to submit up to 6 images and/or 2 videos.

Awards and Reception: Selected artists will be included in a virtual on line exhibition on the gallery’s website (https://www.bjspokegallery.org), February 1 through March 31, 2025. Work will be promoted on all of the gallery's social media platforms. Cash awards for 1st ($300), 2nd ($200), and 3rd ($100) place artists. Reception will be Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 7:00pm (EST) via ZOOM. The reception will be recorded

Deadline for Submission: December 20, 2024

Entry Fee: $35.00 for up to 6 images and/or 2 videos. Artists will be judged on their body of work 

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 EXPO 44  

Size Limitations: Expo 44 will be an online exhibition. There are no size limitations for works submitted

Notification: Artists will be contacted on or about January 17, 2025

Eligibility: All artists 18 years of age and older

Entering the competition implies your consent for b.j. spoke gallery to use your name, artist statement, and images of your art in all advertising and publicity for EXPO 44, including but not limited to; print, video, on line, on ZOOM, bjspokegallery.org and social media. In addition you consent to the recording of the Zoom reception for future promotions

Application Requirements

All art must be the original work of the Artist / No collaborations will be accepted

Eligibility Criteria

All artists must be 18 years of age or older