Annapolis-Area Events
In addition to AAA exhibits and events offered throughout the year to members, we also strive to connect the Annapolis arts community whenever possible. Here is a list of current outside organizations offering art exhibition opportunities.
Contact the AAA to suggest a show or location for the upcoming year.
AAA Member Plus and Business Members are encouraged to share their events with the AAA Community. Here’s what to look for:
- ArtFarm – New Classes Each Month
ARTFARM OPEN CALL: ‘This Art is for Sale’ Exhibit
Deadline: Dec 1st
Show location: Maryland Hall – Chaney and Martino Galleries, produced by AND Creative.
Call #1: Martino Gallery Exhibit:
Poster Art Exhibit Call: We are looking for Illustrators, Designers, Tattoo Artists, Sign Painters, Font Creators and all the artists in-between to create an 11×17 sized poster to be displayed during the Martino Gallery. Multiple submissions are permitted. A total of 20 designs will be chosen for the exhibition. Final original works must be framed in a white OR black frame of your choice. Original artwork will be for sale, but you can also have digital prints or screen prints of your posters made to sell as well.
We welcome all mediums, so get creative and share your interpretation of what ‘Artwork is Work’ means to you. The poster design can be just words that state the idea of “Artwork is Work” or an illustration that drives this idea home. Our main goal is to fill the gallery with posters that shout out this message to the community that artist’s time and their creations have value.
Call #2: Chaney Gallery Exhibit:
“Functional” Art Call: When we think of fine art, our minds usually go to paintings and pieces hanging on a gallery wall or maybe it’s a sculpture set up in the corner of the space. These are almost always pieces that are to be looked at and enjoyed but not touched.
Fine art can also be functional art. We are seeing more and more functional art out in the world. From hand designed rugs to unique lighting and furniture we see sculptures that serve as coat racks or a ceramic pitcher that looks like a sculpture on your countertop. We even see it in fashion with art to wear pieces. The ideas and options are endless and we want to celebrate the artists working in that sphere.
All mediums are welcome in this call. Interpretations of “functional” does not have to be literal and can be more on the creative side. These works will be on exhibit in the Chaney Gallery at Maryland Hall.
Link to more info: https://www.andcreativestudio.com/artcall/blog-post-title-one-5rhw9-3727t-k9pbd-g24zn
The Bowie Arts Committee (BAC) will sponsor an exhibit of artwork from local artists from Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia. The theme for this show is Identity: Self Portraiture.
Pleaes use this link, https://forms.gle/Hkf7BpMb1zRGcsiN6, to complete the “ENTRY FORM” for our next gallery exhibit. No email submissions will be accepted.
Identity: Self-Portraiture (September 9, 2023 – January 20, 2024)
The theme for this exhibit is Identity: Self Portraiture. The exhibit will feature original artwork, giving the artist the unique opportunity to portray themselves as they perceive themselves. The work should capture the artist’s concept of personality, ethnicity, culture, or emotional identity. Artwork must fit into our specifications for hanging or exhibiting in Bowie City Hall’s exhibitions. (Please see the entry form for details.)
Eligibility
Artists may enter up to two submissions. Any original 2-D and 3-D work that meets the exhibition guidelines and size restrictions will be considered. Any artist residing in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia, 18 years of age and older may enter no more than two pieces of original art falling under the theme of Identity: Self Portraiture.
Exhibit Schedule
- August 22, 2023: DEADLINE for submitting Google entry form to BAC (by 5:00 PM)
- September 1, 2023: NOTIFICATION of acceptance by email for artwork selected by BAC
- September 9, 2023: DROP-OFF DATE to deliver (framed, wired, and ready to hang) accepted art to Bowie City Hall between 9 – 10 am
- January 20, 2024: PICK UP DATE to receive your artwork from Bowie City Hall between 9 – 10 am
Application Deadline: Rolling (submissions reviewed bi-annually)
Maryland Art Place (MAP), in partnership with Hotel Indigo is pleased to announce an open ‘Call to Artists’. As an extension of MAP’s annual IMPACT public art partnership projects, MAP is working with Hotel Indigo to offer rotating exhibitions in Hotel Indigo’s library and Poets Modern Cocktails and Eats. This opportunity is available to visual artists living or working in Maryland. Maryland Art Place will curate four exhibitions a year based on submissions entered through a rolling basis.
Hotel Indigo, Baltimore Downtown is a boutique hotel located in Baltimore, MD has been working closely with the hotel since it opened, selecting and installing the hotel’s permanent artwork collection including works by Jared Ragland, Gary Kachadourian and Christos Palios. Hotel Indigo and MAP share the same vision of
supporting working artists in the region, and both look forward to their continued partnership and the rotation of quarterly exhibitions.
For more information, visit www.baltimoreindigohotel.com.