FELT | LSU School of Art Summer Contemporary

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LSU School of Art Juried Summer Contemporary: FELT
Open Call: April 22–June 10, 2025
On View: July 12–August 23, 2025 | Glassell Gallery
Reception + Awards: August 23, 2025, 6–8 p.m.
ProspectusTaking an expansive approach to feel, feeling, felt, Glassell Gallery is seeking artists whose work addresses emotional states and embodiment—to the shifts felt when we tune into our senses. We seek work that embraces the sensuous—touch, temperature, vibration, aura—and connects the haptic, emotional, and somatic.
Juror: Emily WilkersonEmily Wilkerson is the founder and director of Other Plans, a contemporary art gallery in New Orleans that presents solo and two-person exhibitions by an inter-generational group of artists. Wilkerson's writing has been featured in Artforum.com, Art in America, Pelican Bomb, Art Papers, Burnaway, and multiple exhibition catalogs, and she has worked on exhibitions and projects with Prospect New Orleans, the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, the Chinati Foundation, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. Wilkerson completed her Master's at the University of Southern California in Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere in 2012 and holds a B.A. from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Submission DeadlinesThe call will be open from April 22, 2025 6:00 p.m. CT through June 10, 2025 11:59 p.m.
AwardsFirst $750 / Second $500 / Third $250
Eligibility & FeeContemporary visual artists and culture bearers who live, work, study in–or are connected to– Louisiana are eligible to apply. We especially encourage local and college/university student-artists from across the Greater Baton Rouge area to apply. Artists must be 18 years and older.
There is a $10 entry fee.  Applicants may enter up to four (4) artworks TOTAL. If more than 4 are submitted, only the first 4 submissions will be considered. All media are eligible.
Work should have been completed within last three years.All selected works must be ready for installation at the time of delivery or work will be disqualified (unless special arrangements are made for artist install.)Artists must frame work and/or provide any specialized hardware. In some cases, artists must provide required special AV equipment and/or display stands that are specific to the work. For each submitted work, applicants must provide general technical elements/ specifications. For each submitted work, where applies, applicants must provide a checklist of objects/ elements that are included with the work and any special display descriptions and values. Work made of materials that may be hazardous cannot be accepted. Installation-based work may require self-installation, with support from Glassell’s staff. Glassell Gallery is unable to provide travel assistance.
Shipping/DeliverySelected artists are responsible for covering travel costs and making all round-trip delivery and incoming shipping arrangements in coordination with Glassell Gallery. Return shipping via FedEx Ground for works mailed incoming will be covered by gallery if work is suitably packed/able to be repacked. If deemed unsuitable for repacking, the Gallery will reimburse travel up to $35.00 for artist to retrieve work.
Sales/CommissionsWorks are offered for sale with a 50/50 split to support Glassell Gallery Programming.
To process payments, artists will be required to sign up as supplier with LSU.
Important Dates  Open Call: April 22–June 10, 2025 – Entries accepted through artcall.org Juror Review: June 11–22, 2025 Notification of Acceptance: June 23, 2025Mail or Deliver Artwork: Glassell Gallery June 29–July 2 / July 7 Exhibition Dates: July 12–August 23, 2025 Reception & Awards: Saturday, August 23, 6–8 p.m. 
Pick up/ Return of Artwork: Artists may pick up their work at 8 p.m. 8/23 or August 25-30, 12-5 p.m. // Mailed works will be returned August 25–30 in original packaging via FedEx.

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