Kala Curatorial Fellowship Program

Kala is launching a new Curatorial Fellowship program accepting applications from Bay Area curators, artists, and cultural workers to provide research and exhibition development opportunities. The year-long program culminates in an 8-10 week exhibition in the Kala Gallery, with the exhibition taking place between September 2027 and January 2028.

The inaugural program will select and support one Curatorial Fellow who will receive a $3,000 stipend, an available desk in the gallery office for exhibition research and development, a Kala art class or workshop, access to Kala's permanent collection of over 2,500 prints and works on paper, mentorship by a local curator from a museum program, and support from Kala's exhibitions and collections team (Mayumi Hamanaka and Sonya Castillo). Kala will provide exhibition support including 40 hours of direct payment to Kala's installers for install/deinstall and up to $3,000 for artist honoraria, shipping, materials, and other miscellaneous exhibition costs for the Curatorial Fellow's exhibition.