Call Description

We invite artists working in all mediums to submit work for Fluid Patterns, a group exhibition exploring water in the age of climate change. 

This show examines water as both a vital resource and a force of disruption—through flood, drought, rising seas, and shifting weather. 

We’re especially interested in how patterns—natural, visual, ephemeral or symbolic—emerge from water’s behavior and our relationship to it. 

How do we as artists see, feel, or trace these patterns—and what do they reveal? 

This national open call welcomes work of all media, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, photography, video, and digital art.  

Artists may enter up to three original works new to the local public for selection.

Juried by artists Marta Baumiller and Rainer Gross.

Artists can enter up to three [3] submissions of work. Works must be the artist's original design and concept, fit within the theme, and not previously shown at East End Arts Council or the local area. Please view the terms for details including size restrictions.

Submissions should include: 

1-3 images or video samples 

Brief description of proposed work(s), including size, medium, and installation needs 

CV or short bio 

Submission Fees: 
First submission = $40 Non-Members / $20 EEAC Members 
Additional submissions = $20 Non-Members / $10 EEAC Members 
All submissions must be completed in a single transaction. 
[Members must use coupon code sent via email to receive discounted pricing. Contact members@eastendarts.org for assistance.]

Prizes:
Best in Show = $500 cash prize
1st Place = $250 cash prize
2nd Place = $150 cash prize
Honorable Mentions
[Prize Winners and Honorable Mentions are selected by the Jurors and awarded by East End Arts.]

About the Jurors:

Marta Baumiller is an artist, designer and world traveler. Originally from Warsaw, Poland she emigrated to the US and presently lives and works in a renovated barn studio on the North Fork of Long Island. She has been a costume maker, milliner, fashion, lighting and product designer as well as an arts educator.  

Marta’s work, in all its various forms, can be found in galleries, hotels, and stores around the globe from The Straw Hat Restaurant in Anguilla to Salesforce offices in Silicon Valley and Westin Hotels worldwide. Her designs have been published in the New York Times, Wallpaper and Interior Design Magazine among others.  

She has recently exhibited at the Zuccaire Gallery in Stony Brook, Serendip Gallery in Kobe Japan, Arts Westchester, SUNY Chancellors Gallery in Albany,  Portal: GI on Governor’s Island, and numerous other galleries in the New York area. 

martabaumiller.com 

Instagram:  @martabaumiller 

Rainer Gross is an internationally renowned German American artist.  

Born in Cologne, Germany in 1951, he has worked in New York City since 1973 until moving his art studio to Cutchogue in 2017. 

His paintings have been widely exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Europe and Asia including solo exhibitions at the Ludwig Museum Koblenz in Germany, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois US, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany and many others. 

Gross’ paintings are in numerous public and private collections. His work has been reviewed by The New York Times, Art in America, The Boston Globe, ArtNews, Arts magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Germany, El Pais, Spain and others. 

 www.rainergross.com 

Instagram:  @rainer_gross 

Application Requirements

Artists can enter up to 3 submissions of work that meet the theme and have not been previously shown at EEAC or the local area. Only digital submissions will be considered. All 3 entries must be submitted at the same time, in the same transaction. All information, including dimensions must be included with each submission. Submissions that are missing information will be rejected. There is no refund for the rejection of a submission for any reason. 

Submissions should include: 

1-3 images or video samples 

Brief description of proposed work(s), including size, medium, and installation needs 

CV or short bio 

ART DROP OFF or DELIVERY:  Monday, October 13 – Friday, October 24

WORK MUST ARRIVE: by Friday, October 24

Eligibility Criteria

This national open call welcomes work of all media, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, photography, video, and digital art.  

It is open to applicants age 16 and over.