WAAM 2025 Small Works Juried Exhibition: Object Poetry

JURORS: Lauren Aitken & Chase Folsom, Headstone Gallery, Kingston, NY
ONLINE APPLICATION DATES: May 5 – June 13, 2025
ARTIST NOTIFICATION: July 2, 2025
DROP OFF DATE: Monday August 11, 10 am – 5pm
EXHIBITION DATES: August 15 – October 5, 2025
OPENING EVENT: Saturday, August 16, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
PICKUP DATE: Monday, October 6, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
EXHIBITION will be held in the Founders Gallery of WAAM

ABOUT THE CALL FOR ENTRIES
Small Works: Object Poetry is an open call for artists to submit work that explores the poetic potential of objects—how things, images, and materials can carry memory, symbolism, or emotions. Whether through representation, abstraction, or physical assemblage, submissions should reflect a sensitivity to how form, context, and content interact to tell a story or evoke meaning. Artists like Felix Gonzales-Torres, Ann Hamilton, Ai Weiwei, and Sonya Clark have shown how objects and imagery can transcend function and become powerful carriers of metaphor—this call invites work created in that spirit.

FORMAT
Open to all artists within 50 miles of WAAM
Size limit 15 x 15” framed, 24” x 24″ x 24″ for sculpture
All artwork must be clean, framed, wired and ready to hang. (no sawtooth hangers, or fishline)
All work must be for sale. No NSF’s
Artists will submit up to 3 jpg/png/mp3/mov files for the juror’s consideration.. All media are welcome
Artists receive 60% of sales during the run of the exhibition. WAAM retains 40% of sales as commission in support of its programs. Artists should consider this when pricing submitted work.
All media will be considered. Submissions can range from, (but aren’t limited to), painting,sculpture, video, photography, drawing, sound and music.
Video artists may submit one text document with up to 3 links to files to be reviewed. Please provide title, date, running time and retail price for each video.
Artists must be able to transport or ship work to WAAM. Shipped work must contain a prepaid return label. Shipped work must arrive by intake date.
All work should be in good condition and ready to hang or install.
Any special installation needs must be supplied by the artist for the duration of the show and should be noted in their submission.
All work must be the original conception and execution of the artist listed. No reproductions.
WAAM reserves the right to reject works that do not comply with these guidelines or are otherwise found to be unsuitable for display.

SUBMISSION FEES
$20 Application Fee for non-members. Members apply for free
All submissions welcome.
ABOUT THE JURORS
Lauren Aitken & Chase Folsom, co-directors of Headstone Gallery in Kingston, NY. Both accomplished ceramic artists and instructors at their ceramic studio, Headstone Workshop. Headstone was founded in Kingston, NY in the spring of 2022 and shows strictly two-person and solo exhibitions of contemporary artwork.
ABOUT WAAM
The Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, founded in 1919, is a not for profit membership organization. Its mission is to promote and foster the visual arts, art education, and artists through dynamic exhibitions and programs thus enriching and engaging the community. The WAAM is vital to the culture, history, and the economy of the mid-Hudson region and beyond; its Contemporary Galleries, Permanent Collection, Archives and Education Programs provide continuity, linking the past, present and future.
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