Athenaeum Solo or Group Show: 2023-2024

The Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia invites artists and curators to submit proposals for solo shows, group shows, or curated exhibitions. Artists who live or work in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia may submit proposals for solo shows. Groups of artists from the region may submit proposals for group shows. Curators living or working anywhere may submit proposals for shows featuring works by artists living or working in the Virginia, Maryland, or District of Columbia area.

Proposals will be evaluated by Athenaeum Gallery Director Twig Murray based on selection criteria including: what the artist is trying to achieve or communicate through the work, what makes it unique or interesting, whether the work is technically excellent, and whether the works or artist have been displayed in the area recently. All visual media is welcome, but every work must be wall-mounted and less than 9 inches deep. Paintings, drawings, collages, and similar works must be framed or fully finished, wired, and ready to hang on picture hooks. Sculpture must be less than 9 inches deep and lighter than 30 pounds. No floor-mounted, free-standing, or electricity-requiring work will be considered. Work does not have to be for sale to be included in a show.

The entry fee is $40.00. Applicants may submit 3 applications with 5-12 images per application. The Athenaeum Gallery will retain a 40% commission on works sold and issue a check for 60% of the sales price to the artist no longer than thirty days after the show closes. For curator-proposed shows, the commission structure can be adjusted with full agreement of the gallery and curator. All works in the show will be insured by the Athenaeum Gallery for 100% of the retail price during the run of the show. Artists/curators are responsible for delivery of work to the gallery and pickup of unsold works at the close of the show.