Open Call For Group Show in NYC: Memory
14BC Gallery
Submit up to 3 two-dimensional artworks exploring the theme of memory for a group exhibition in New York.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 23 days left
- Entry fee
- $25
- Location
- New York, NY
- Exhibition window
- Sep 24, 2026 → Sep 26, 2026
- Size cap
- ≤ 30" max dimension
About
Overview
14BC Gallery, located in the East Village of NYC, is accepting submissions for a group show exploring the theme of memory. The gallery shows artists across mediums and themes and welcomes artists at any stage of their careers.
Theme
The call invites work that explores memory in all its forms: personal memory (private archive of a life, childhood, family, place, loss), collective memory (shared or contested histories, public memory, erasure, cultural inheritance), embodied memory (the past as it resurfaces through sensation, texture, or instinct), memory and forgetting (absence, erasure, what is lost or deliberately unremembered), and inherited memory (stories and trauma passed down across generations).
Media & Size
- Maximum 30" wide
- Up to 3 artworks per artist
Fees & Sales
- $25 application fee
- Artists keep 70% of sales (30% commission to gallery)
Key Dates
- Submission deadline: August 31, 2026
- Artwork drop-off: September 18, 19 & 20 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
- Opening: Thursday, September 24 from 5–9 p.m.
- Viewing: Friday, September 25 from 3–7 p.m.
- Viewing: Saturday, September 26 from 1–7 p.m.
- Artwork pickup: Saturday, September 26 from 7–9 p.m. & September 28 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Logistics
No shipped artwork; drop-off and pickup only.
- Entries per artist
- Up to 3
- Sales commission
- Organizer retains 30% on sales
- Theme
- Call for Entry/Open Call - All Visual Arts
- Eligibility
- Open to artists at any stage of their careers.
- Audience
- Artists at any stage of their careers
- Size & format
- Max 30" wide
- Format
- Drop off or ship - your choice
- Also worth noting
- Max 30" wide
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