Call Description

The New Bedford Art Museum presents Synergies: Hybrid Art, a juried exhibition inviting submissions from artists working in all media. This call seeks works that merge artistic disciplines, materials, and technologies to create innovative forms of expression. Synergies: Hybrid Art is open to artists internationally.
 

The exhibition is juried by Amy Lemaire & Nicolas Touron, an artist duo based in Brooklyn, NY, whose collaborative practice explores materiality, form, and the intersection of natural and constructed environments. Working across diverse media, their work bridges the disciplines of sculpture, glass, and installation, creating immersive visual narratives that challenge perception and engage the senses.

ABOUT THE JURORS: 

Amy Lemaire is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, N.Y. She earned a BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she studied painting and contemporary art. She has taught at UrbanGlass in NYC, Salem Community College in N.J.; Pilchuck Glass School in Wash.; and Penland School of Crafts in N.C. Lemaire has exhibited at SOFA New York, SOFA Chicago, Bijoux at the Norton Museum (Fla.), Glass Weekend (N.J.). Lemaire was a 2015 resident artist at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC as a part of the Artists’ Studios Program, and the recipient of a 2015 CGCA Flexible Fellowship at Wheaton Arts.

Nicolas Touron is a storyteller. Born in France, he graduated from the Gerrit Rietvelt Academy in Amsterdam before coming to the USA with a Fulbright grant to complete an MFA at School of Visual Art (SVA) in New York City where he currently teaches. Nicolas Touron’s work has been featured in art galleries, museums, and public spaces in both the U.S and abroad. His work is in numerous private collections around the world. Residencies and awards include Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Space, Socrates Sculpture Park, Lower East Side Printshop and Sculpture Space NYC.

IMPORTANT INFO:

Submission Period: September 19 - November 17 

Jury Period: November 18 - January 12

Notification Date: January 15, 2026

Exhibition Dates: June 4 - August 30, 2026 

Drop off Period for accepted work: April  23, 24, 25, 26

                                                             May  7, 8, 9, 10

Work not delivered by May 10 is subject to disqualification. Contact aborges@newbedfordart.org to schedule a pick up if you are unable to make one of these dates.                                                    

Shipping period for accepted work: January 13 - May 10, 2026. Work not delivered by May 10 is subject to disqualification.

Cash prizes: $1000 first place, $500 second place

 Entry fee: $40 for 5 images 

 Additional $5 per image after your fifth image. (max 20 images)

Application Requirements

Submission Requirements:

• All work must be original, designed, and created by the artist applicant
• Works may be 2D or 3D
• Submit your images and other materials online via CaFÉ. Only digital images uploaded to CaFÉ will be accepted and reviewed. Physical submissions delivered to the Art Museum will not be reviewed.
• Work needs to arrive at the gallery ready to hang but framing is not required. Magnets, clips, and other methods can be used.
• Artwork may not be larger than 40 inches on the longest side.
• The artist must provide return prepaid postage or pre-paid return shipping label for work and packaging or arrange for drop off and pick-up
• Submitted work must be available for the duration of the exhibition
• Submitted images must be the same as the works intended for the exhibition. Unfinished or “like” work will not be considered. Work that has been modified from the original image submitted will not be accepted. Do not include borders or backgrounds in images as this only reduces the size of your artwork for viewing by jurors.

Eligibility Criteria

All artists are encouraged to apply. New Bedford Art Museum values the arts as a universal language and recognizes it is crucial to be an organization that integrates equity, diversity, inclusion, and access into everything we do. 

All submissions should relate to the theme of Hybrid art by material or process.