Call Description

Stories of immigration often incorporate the idea of worn baggage, as in, what has been brought over - intangibly/theoretically/philosophically, and sometimes subconsciously - and ingrained into one's sense of home. This exhibition seeks works from artists responding to the multitudes that Asians/Asian-Americans carry, represent and experience, as a modern collective. 

We encourage artists to reflect on one's deep appreciation for tradition while also affirming one's sense of belonging and place.

ABOUT THE JUROR: Adriana Proser is Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy Scott Curator of Asian Art and Chief Curator at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. At the Walters, she oversaw the creation of Across Asia and the Islamic World, galleries that opened to the public in 2023.

Previously Dr. Proser was Assistant Curator of East Asian at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and for 17 years prior to joining the Walters she was John H. Foster Senior Curator at Asia Society Museum.

She has organized and co-organized more than forty-five exhibitions for Asia Society, New York, as well as Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Asia Society Texas Center, Boston College’s McMullen Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, featuring diverse works from all over Asia.

Proser is author of Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society (Hirmer, 2020) and served as an editor and contributing author for numerous books, including Across Asia and the Islamic World: Movement and Mobility in East Asian South and Southeast Asian and Islamic Cultures (The Walters Art Museum and Giles, 2023), Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds (Asia Society and Officina Libraria, 2022), and the Golden Visions of Densatil: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery (Asia Society, 2014). 

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VENUE
Studio Montclair’s Leach Gallery, 641 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ
 

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IMPORTANT DATES

Exhibition Dates: September 19 to October 24, 2025
Entry Deadline: Monday, June 30, 2025
Notification Date: Week of July 14, 2025
Delivery of Artwork by Hand:
Friday, Sept. 5, 4-6pm and Saturday, Sept. 6, 10am-1pm
Delivery of Artwork by Shipping: by Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, September 19, 2025, 6-8pm
Pickup of Unsold Artwork:
Friday, Oct. 24, 5-7pm and Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, 10am-1pm
 

Application Requirements

ENTRY PROCEDURE
● Online entry via CaFE only.
● Artists may submit a maximum of 3 Works of Art.  Note: Artist may submit up to 3 images per Work, one main image and two detail images. Be sure to have all images ready to upload when applying. 
● All mediums accepted - including videos and installations.
● Work previously shown in any SMI exhibition will not be accepted.
● Regarding JPEG file format images: files should be at least 300 dpi and minimum size of 1600 pixels on the longest side. We will accept lower resolution images, but please note that those images cannot be used for publicity. Digital images should be cropped to show only your artwork. If edges are irregular, it is best to photograph against a black background.
● Submit work that will be available for the duration of the exhibition. No substitutions will be accepted after selections are finalized.
● No giclee reproductions of original art accepted

Eligibility Criteria

This exhibition is an OPEN CALL to all artists