Southern Exposure is currently accepting submissions for consideration and review by our Curatorial Committee. Visit soex.submittable.com to begin your online submission.

About Open Submissions

The Projects and Exhibitions Program presents the work of artists and other creative thinkers selected by Southern Exposure's volunteer artist member Curatorial Committee. Only projects that are newly developed and unusual in form and idea will be selected to be presented at Southern Exposure. Projects may vary in duration and location, ranging from gallery-based projects to off-site works, performances, events, workshops, exchanges or collaborations.

While SoEx primarily focuses on supporting local artists, we encourage submissions from national and international artists as well. SoEx is interested in supporting a diverse population of artists and strongly encourages artists of diverse ages, women, and people of color to apply. Southern Exposure has other opportunities and open calls each year including our annual Juried show, project-specific awards for public art projects such as the Graue Award, SoEx's Alternative Exposure Grant Program and three open calls a year for teaching artists to work in our nationally recognized Artists in Education Program.

Submission criteria + the review process

Southern Exposure will consider submissions for:

• specific projects that take the form of off-site or gallery–based projects, programs, or events; or
• examples of work that will become part of a general ongoing pool of artwork. The Curatorial Committee may draw on this pool of artists for upcoming programming.
• Projects may exist as a one-time occurrence or may be ongoing for weeks or months. Only ideas that are compelling and original in approach as well as concept will be considered. Southern Exposure is not accepting proposals from curators at this time. We strongly recommend artists interested in submitting work to familiarize themselves with our recent programming and mission as a way to focus their application and ensure their work is an appropriate fit. Past projects have included performances and lectures in private homes, immersive interactive installations, walks, workshops, and an event in a cave. View past programs in the archive sections of this site.

All submissions are reviewed twice a year by SoEx's Curatorial Committee, a volunteer group of 8 local artists plus two staff members including SoEx's Executive Director and Projects and Exhibitions Program Director, representing a diverse cross section of the Bay Area arts community. Reviewing proposals is a highly competitive process as we receive hundreds of applications annually.