FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY proudly hosts the 28th iteration of our annual call for artists – NO DEAD ARTISTS: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art. NO DEAD ARTISTS has been a springboard for numerous artists leading to national press coverage, recognition, gallery representation and acquisitions by museums and other prominent collections. The exhibition itself is installed in the gallery for the entire month of September and first-half of October with an opening reception in conjunction with the Arts District New Orleans’ First Saturday Gallery Openings in September 2024 from 5-9 pm.
The call is open through 17 JUNE 2024 and the exhibition participants are selected by an ever-changing group of three prestigious arts professionals.
2024 JURORS
KATE CHERTAVIAN – Cambridge, MA – An internationally recognized art consultant, Kate has over 25 years of experience curating independent projects and building private collections. She built and curated David Bowie’s art collection from 1992 to 2000 and has subsequently built important collections in her fields of expertise.
TOCCARRA THOMAS – New Orleans, LA – Toccarra is a nonprofit arts professional with experience spanning community-based cultural programming, artist services, and nonprofit operations. Thomas has served in many capacities within organizations of varying sizes, facilitating opportunities for individuals and communities to access resources that contribute towards a more inclusive, connected, and culturally-rich future.
KATE SCHEIN WAISMAN – Larchmont, NY – Kate has been working in the museum field for over 25 years as both an exhibition developer and museum educator. She has led conceptual planning and overseen design and fabrication for exhibition projects in partnership with various cultural institutions including: The Boston Children’s Museum, “Peep’s World”; The Brooklyn Botanic Garden – conceptual plan for their new Children’s Garden; The Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, “Heroic Journeys”; and various National Park Service Historic Sites including The Roanoke Island Festival Park.
ELIGIBILITY
Living artists worldwide, at any stage of their careers may apply. All media is accepted. There are no size restrictions apart from the constraints of the gallery walls (up to 19 ft) and ceiling height of 11.5 ft. Work must be available for sale during the exhibition dates.
AWARD
Finalists will be featured in the group exhibition in September 2024. One selected finalist will be awarded a solo exhibition in 2025.
HOW TO APPLY
Go to https://www.ferrarashowman.com/call-for-artists and scroll down till you see a login portal with the heading “APPLICATION”. The application will begin through this portal and you will have to login/create an entrythingy® account. Through entrythingy®, you’ll need to upload your resume, biography, artist statement and images of 1-5 artworks, which you would like to submit for the show. A single application may contain up to FIVE artworks for consideration. Each submission is allowed up to three additional detail images per artwork. All images must be in .jpg format and videos in .mov format – high resolution files around 1MB are preferred. All works must be for sale.