CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Merced Multicultural Arts Center galleries work on an 18 - 24 month calendar. The MAC galleries are always accepting entries. Entries are reviewed once a year.

Current Call for Artists

“Community Spirit” 2022
On View: August 10th – September 11th

Online Entries: https://client.smarterentry.com/artsmerced
Art Prospectus: PDF

Last Day to enter: July 30th, 2022
Deliver Entries: August 3 – 5, 2022
Pick-up: September 14th - 18th, 2022

RULES:
Must be created by your hands
No Size limitation
Entries for sale or not for sale
Media: works in all media may be entered. Artists with works requiring assembly may be asked to assist in installation if accepted.

ADULT SHOW - Main Gallery
2 Categories: Advanced & Newbies

YOUTH SHOW - Upstairs:
3 Categories: 0-K, 1st-3rd, 4th-8th

Gallery Exhibitions at the MMAC

The Merced Multicultural Arts Center Galleries are a contemporary visual arts space located in downtown Merced, California. This 28,000 sq.’ interdisciplinary fine arts and education facility also houses the offices of the Merced County Arts Council, a nonprofit 501c3 organization established in 1978 and relocated into its brand new facility in 1996 through a private/public partnership with the City of Merced. The Exhibitions Program provides professional exhibition opportunities in the heart of the Central Valley.

The Merced Multicultural Arts Center Galleries seek exhibition and diverse programming proposals from artists, curators, and collection lenders.

The Merced County Arts Council seeks artists primarily from California and will give priority to work that reflects the issues and lifestyle of the myriad cultures represented in Merced County. We encourage exhibits that lend to opportunities for community engagement or educational components for K12 schools. The Arts Council may design activities such as discussion groups about the issue or a lecture about the technique and strongly encourage the artists to participate.

Proposals are open to all media including installation, new media, and performance art. Work must have been completed in the past three years unless part of a thematic grouping or retrospectives. Artists may also submit proposals for new works, providing samples of work representative for review.

FOR General Entry, PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS:

1. Provide High-resolution Images of Work

2. Artist Resume including Exhibition Record

3. Exhibition Concept/Statement of Intent/Proposal

4. Date Restrictions—Please remember exhibitions may be scheduled up to 18 months in advance.

SEND EXHIBITION/PROGRAMMING PROPOSALS TO:

Email: director@artsmerced.org

Snail Mail:

MCAC Curatorial Committee
Merced Multicultural Arts Center
645 W. Main Street Merced, CA 95340