submission deadline
Sunday, March 2, 2025
exhibition dates
April 24–May 25, 2025
Artists harness dreams, folklore, and personal intuition as creative tools to envision new realities and to cultivate new possibilities of the unknown. By merging imagination and contemplation of the unfathomable depths of space and human existence, artists develop contemplations of reality that extend beyond the material world. In Beyond The Veil, we invite artists based in the United States to explore contemporary interpretations of surrealism and the supernatural.
About the juror
Kate M. McNamara is a curator, educator, and author based in Providence, RI. She is the founder of ODD-KIN, a contemporary art project space in East Providence, and serves as the Executive and Creative Director of My HomeCourt, a nonprofit organization that collaborates with contemporary artists to revitalize city parks. McNamara co-founded the Interlace Grant Fund and is a Visiting Critic at the Rhode Island School of Design and Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Previously, McNamara was Curator-at-Large at Providence College Galleries and Director of Galleries and Exhibitions at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, where she curated significant exhibitions and commissioned large-scale projects with artists such as Polly Apfelbaum, Anna Craycroft, and Kenzi Shiokava. Before her role at Otis, she served as Director and Chief Curator at the Boston University Art Gallery, organizing exhibitions with artists including Leidy Churchman, Destroy All Monsters, and Vlatka Horvat. Additionally, she co-founded Cleopatra’s, an alternative project space in Brooklyn established in 2008, and held curatorial positions at MoMA PS1 and Participant, INC. McNamara earned her MA from The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and a BA with a Curatorial Concentration from Hampshire College.
How to apply
Applications are submitted through the online form below. Up to 6 artworks, represented as jpg files or video/audio links, may be uploaded to the form for consideration. Payment is settled either as the final step of the online application form or by a follow-up payment method (mailed check). Selections for the exhibition are made by the guest juror. All communication and installation decisions are conducted by Gallery 263. Please read the full information below prior to applying.
Artwork size restrictions & shipping details
- 2D (painting, drawing, photography, graphic design, etc.)
Max dimensions: 108 inches H x 60 inches W (40 pounds max) - 3D (sculpture, assemblage, installation)
Max dimensions: Must be self-supportive or mountable; may not exceed 108 inches H x 30 inches W x 30 inches D. Installations must be simple to assemble or installed by artist - Time media (video or audio)
No length restrictions. Submit with links to streaming (YouTube or Vimeo). Artists will be required to provide a/v equipment with selected time-based works. - Size restrictions of artwork to be shipped
Shipped artwork must fit in a box no larger than: 36 inches W x 36 inches H x 8 inches D, 40 lbs. - Artwork must be shipped using UPS, with a return UPS shipping label included. Gallery 263 does not pay for return shipment. If your package does not include a UPS return label, it is the artist’s responsibility to make an arrangements with the gallery within 30 days of the conclusion of the show.
Eligibility
This is a national call, open to all US residents. Submitted work must have been created within the last five years, complete and presentation ready.
Submission
Online submissions only. Artists may submit up to 6 works. Work in all media is encouraged.
Entry fee
Payment of $25 for 1–3 submissions; $40 for 4–6. Payment must be received by the submission deadline.
Gallery volunteers may be eligible to receive a discounted or waived submission. Learn more.
FAQs
Please review our page of FAQs for additional information.
Artwork Nudity Policy
Gallery 263 is located in a residential neighborhood with large storefront windows and is adjacent to a school bus stop. As such, the gallery is mindful about artwork that contains nudity or sexually suggestive imagery. Gallery 263 welcomes submissions of artwork containing nudity, and if selected to be included in an exhibition, the artist may have to collaborate with gallery staff to meet the needs of both the artist and the local Cambridge community. Possible precautions taken by the gallery may include the right to decide on the location of artwork in the gallery, frosting a bottom section of glass in the main windows, and/or additional disclaimers located at the gallery entrance. Furthermore, the gallery reserves the right to use its discretion with the type of content it disseminates on its channels, including email, the website, and social media. If artists are unsure if their artwork would be suitable for presentation in the gallery, please contact us before submitting your artwork at [email protected].
Please be kind!
Gallery 263, a small nonprofit organization, operates on the generosity of volunteer board members, a few staff members, and local volunteers who are artists and art lovers, like you. We care deeply about what we do and appreciate your understanding that we are human, too.
As the gallery operates on a small budget, submission fees cannot be waived. These fees support the operating costs of our nonprofit, such as keeping the lights on. Thank you for your support!
Submission form
