SPRING CALL FOR ART
OVERVIEW
CICADA seeks submissions of black and white art for our upcoming online exhibition curated by artist Dylan Hausthor.
Artists will be featured this website and on the CICADA instagram account. There are no theme or content restrictions for this call. The only requirement is that the work is in black and white. See below for submission details.
WHO
Anyone making achromatic (black and white) art in any medium. Any color outside of the white-black spectrum is not eligible. If you have any questions about your work, please send us an email.
Please review our instagram feed to see if your work fits: CICADA focuses on work that is mysterious, moody, and a little bit Romantic but these are not strict parameters.
HOW
1. As attachments, please send the following to annika (at) annikaearley.com with subject line CICADA SPRING 2025.
- 3-5 high-res jpgs. Please label each jpg as lastname_title.jpg
- a PDF of a short bio (300 words max) including your website and instagram name
- a PDF with work info for each submitted image (title, date, medium, dimensions, price)
2. Pay the sliding scale application fee by sending $5-$15 to @Annika-Earley and add CICADA SPRING 25 in the memo. If this fee is a barrier for you to apply for any reason, please send us an email. No explanation needed!
Please submit all materials via separate attached files in an email. Please do not submit files via DropBox, Google Drive, or as a combined PDF.
WHEN
Submissions are accepted until Monday, March 31, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.
Show will open online in early April 2025.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Dylan Hausthor is an artist based on an island off the coast of Maine. They received their BFA from Maine College of Art and MFA from Yale School of Art. They work teaching ghost hunting, ritual, photography, and mushroom foraging. To help write this biography, Dylan contacted a forensic medium, who suggested that they “seemed like someone who was passionate in the things they believed in, hides secret messages in the things they have to say, and should avoid driving Volvos.” They are a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow.
ABOUT THE SLIDING SCALE APPLICATION FEE
As of April 2024, CICADA asks for an application fee for open calls. This decision comes out of the desire to compensate guest curators for their time and to cover the basic expenses of running the website.
CICADA recognizes that any application fees can be barriers to artists. For this reasons, we offer sliding scale options in an effort to keep things as affordable as possible. Additionally, if the fee is a barrier for your application in any way, please send us an email.