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Apply for a Special Exhibition
The Hopkins Center for the Arts (HCA) invites all artists to apply for a special exhibition. Application deadline for 2024 to 2025 season is February 1, 2024.
These shows explore the following artistic works that often include an educational or outreach component:
- Culture
- Form
- Genre
- Medium
- Theme
Proposals
We accept proposals from members or nonmembers, from individuals or organizations, from artists or curators. You may submit a proposal based on your own original work, as a representative of a group of artists or as a curator. Exhibition Proposal Application
HCA or the Friends of the HCA do not pay artists to exhibit or to develop exhibition ideas.
More Opportunities
- Artery Display Cases
- Arts North International
- Hopkins Artstreet
- See local artist calls and opportunities
Exhibitions for Member Artists
Member Artists are invited to participate in an annual Spring Members’ Show, submit work for consideration for the Fall Juried Show, and sign up for an Member Spotlight. Please select a link from the side bar to learn more about these opportunities.
- HCA receives a 30% commission on exhibited work. HCA handles all sales and requires sold work to remain in the show until it closes.
- HCA has the right to promote the exhibition, including using artists’ names and reproducing images of their work. HCA must approve all promotion done by an exhibiting artist.
- Artwork must arrive ready for installation and labeled with the artist’s name and title of the piece. Artists are responsible for installing their own exhibitions.
- HCA reserves the right to:
- Refuse or remove work that it deems a hazard to the facility or its guests.
- Reject work at installation if that work is markedly different from that proposed.
- Refuse or restrict placement of work that it deems inappropriate for family audiences.
Apply Online
For More Information
Call 952-548-6489 for any questions and more information.
Submission Due Date
- Online Submission Deadline: February 1, 2023
- Online submission must be received by midnight, deadline is firm; no exceptions
Apply By Mail
Send proposals to:
Visual Arts Selection Committee
Hopkins Center for the Arts
1111 Mainstreet
Hopkins, MN 55343
Submission Due Date
- Postmark Deadline: February 1, 2023
- Deadline is firm; no exceptions
Submission Requirements
- 5 to 15 images on a CD or external drive (we do not accept for review original artworks, emailed images or images as slides, photographic prints or digital printouts, nor will we download images from your website).
- Artist statement about the work. (If applying for a group, include a brief description of the thread that ties the work together)
- Format: jpg file, recommended dimensions of at least 1000 pixels on the smallest side, overall file size between 1-5MB
- If applicable, information on a proposed educational / outreach component
- Stamped and self-addressed envelope for the return of your CD / external drive if desired
- A typed or printed list of the submitted images with artist’s name, date, title, medium and dimensions of each piece
For More Information
Call 952-548-6489 for more information.
- Proposals are reviewed by the Visual Arts Manager and a committee of artists and community members in February of each year. Proposals may be submitted at any time but must be postmarked no later than February 1 to be reviewed that same year. You are notified of results by April 1.
- Selection criteria include the quality of the work to be exhibited and how the work will aid in providing a diverse and exciting exhibition schedule. The potential for community involvement and educational and interpretive content may also be considered.
- A solo exhibition may require up to 40 images / works. HCA may suggest combining proposals into shows if the work complements each offer.
- HCA is not responsible for loss or damage of submitted proposal items.