Open Call For Art: Being/Seen

Name: Open Call For Art: Being/Seen
Start: 2025-04-06T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 980 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Schedule

Sun, 06 Apr, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

980 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh, PA

Calling all artists of African descent in Greater Pittsburgh! Submit your work for ‘Being/Seen’ and seize the opportunity to have your art featured in our galleries. Apply by March 29, 2025.
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center invites artists of African descent living in the Greater Pittsburgh area to submit their work for Being/Seen, a group exhibition, opening May 2025.
Selected artwork will be on display at The August Wilson African American Culture Center 1st floor galleries, including the Victoria Gallery and Yvonne Cook Family Regional Gallery.
The group exhibition will run concurrently with Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden, the first major retrospective of prolific twentieth century African American sculptor John W. Rhoden (1916-2001).
The concept of “being seen” (being recognized, being acknowledged) is an integral theme of Determined to Be in that it will allow John Rhoden’s life and work to be experienced and recognized in a way that has never been seen before.
Despite being an artist who maintained an active international career and garnered many fellowships, awards, and commissions, John Rhoden’s work has never been the subject of a major solo exhibition and his name is largely unknown.
Our group exhibition, Being/Seen, invites artists to not only explore what it means when Black art history is erased and undervalued, but also invites an exploration of feelings when Black art history is recognized, validated, and celebrated.
Acting as a bridge between the Greater Pittsburgh arts community and the life, legacy, and works of John W. Rhoden, this group exhibition will dive into ideas of form, figurative abstraction, spirituality, iconography, migration, and global black identity.
Rhoden’s legacy challenges us to consider how visibility and representation shape our connection to one another and leads to joy and strength.
We encourage artists to create work that engages with these themes and reflects your personal experience or perspective on Being Seen.
Find more here: www.AWAACC.org