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Manifest's nonprofit projects are open to all artists, ages, backgrounds, and levels of achievement, unless noted otherwise. Artists of diverse backgrounds and geographic regions are encouraged to apply. (see the reach and inclusion of Manifest's projects here) |
EXHIBITION INFO FOR ARTISTS
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EXHIBITING ARTIST HONORARIA Starting in Manifest's 20th season (as of fall 2023), every participating exhibitor is awarded a $50 honorarium. THE GRAND JURY AWARDS All exhibitors during each of nine exhibition periods across the season are automatically eligible to be considered for this award. Since Manifest's 13th season the Grand Jury Award has recognized one exhibited work each year with a significant jury-determined cash prize, representing the 'best of the best' shown in Manifest's many exhibits that year. In fall of 2023, to mark our transition into Manifest's 20th season as an arts organization by artists, for artists, we made a change. Starting at that time the Grand Jury Award format results in the awarding of $1,000 to one work during each of our nine exhibition periods. This expanded our support from one to up to nine artists each year, and allocated 80% more funding to recognize the merits of exhibited works.
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Manifest is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit founded and operated by artists for artists, and by professors and students for professors and students, now at the start of its third decade. Since its launch in 2004 Manifest's exhibits and publications have featured over 10,000 works by more than 4,000 artists. Our organization has provided considerable support to working artists through all four aspects of its programming, and this continues to evolve every year. This is made possible largely by individual donations small and large from across the country and beyond to our Annual Fund. |
| Show Period 1 - Season 22 Kickoff (September 26 - October 24, 2025) |
PAINTED 2025 (season launch) Our seventh biennial exhibition surveying works of Painting will launch our 22nd season side-by-side with AQUACHROME. |
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AQUACHROME 2025 (season launch) Our biennial call for works of watercolor, gouache, inkwash, and other similar media for an exhibition that will join PAINTED to launch Manifest's 22nd season. |
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Season 22 - Solo Gallery Exhibits running Sept. 2025 – August 2026)
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SOLO PROPOSALS A Call for Solo Proposals for Season 22 It is important to our non-profit mission that each of our seasons of free public exhibits consist of a balanced mix of solo and group thematic projects. The group shows provide diversity of approach, media, style, and geographic origin, while the solo exhibits provide a deeper insight into individual artists' vision. Application process is now open here! |
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| Show Period 2 - (November 7 - December 5, 2025) |
TOOLS TOOLS is a call for works that are about, depicting, or whose making directly reflects tools, equipment, machinery, or devices we use to accomplish things. |
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FURNITURE A call for artwork about the objects that make a space suitable for living—about its use, its design, its crafting, or about the events and work in our lives that happen around it. It is open to both examples of furniture, as well as work made with, about, or depicting it. |
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LOST ARTS LOST ARTS is a call for work made about or using skills and materials the world may have moved on from, but which still contain depth of potential. |
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About the Manifest Jury Process The Manifest jury process is conducted by a rotating peer group panel of volunteers who are artists, arts professionals, Manifest alumni, and previous award recipients from around the country. Panel makeup changes from exhibit to exhibit in order to promote diversity in the types of work shown in the gallery. The process is always conducted as a blind jury where only the work in question is judged, not individuals. LEARN MORE... |
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MANIFEST IS HIRING! Development Manager - Full Time
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Manifest is supported by sustainability funding from
the Ohio Arts Council, and through the generous direct contributions of hundreds of individual supporters and private foundations who care deeply about Manifest's mission for the visual arts. |
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