Welcome to ATHICA

General Submission Policy Once a year in mid-summer ATHICA invites proposals from curators, collectives & artists with challenging, progressive or innovative projects. Artists should submit who have developed a strong cohesive body of work or large installation projects. (The specifics of that Call are to the right when the deadline is imminent.) We ask that general submissions not be sent at other times of the year.

Throughout the year we issue Calls for Entries on specific themes that emerge from our mid-summer Exhibition Committee review. These also appear to the right when current.

In summer 2007 we started a new program for local emerging artists called ATHICA Emerges, which operates during off-season slots in summer and mid-winter when we are normally dark.This program is curated, but it is markedly different than our main season offerings in that it requires more participation on the part of the artists in terms of staffing hours during gallery hours. But for it we still seek Mission-appropriate projects we deem challenging, progressive or innovative. (We also offer a 4Lease program with none of these parameters.) The deadlines vary, but will be posted to the right when active.

For all submissions note that we are able to accommodate large-scale sculpture and/or installation (Please see Our Space for images and/or a downloadable floorplan). Curators should be aware that we generally look for focused themes that are timely and not media specific. Please read our Mission Statement and visit our Past Exhibitions pages to get a more specific sense of our criteria for inclusion.

We prefer that you submit questions via email.

We are a non-profit organization, which opened in March 2002. We have a relatively small budget, and a mostly volunteer staff, but fortunately often receive great press, have large openings (300 is a recent record), and receptive audiences, with upwards of 700 or more visitors per exhibition.

We have exhibited over 400 artists since opening in March 2002, 2/3rds reside outside the southeast region of the US, and a small number have hailed from Canada, Europe and South America.

There are no fees, no sales, no prospectus, no insurance. We occasionally provide travel stipends or shipping assistance for large sculpture or installation projects, and free or subsidized lodgings during artist installation visits.

We generally select and mount three major exhibitions a season which run from August through May, as we are located in a college town. We match curators with projects that are chosen during our annual Exhibtion Committee Selection meeting, who are usually locally-based individuals with expertise in a particular subject area and an interest in experiencing the curatorial process. Some artists submissions may be retained for a number of years until an appropriate project arises.