SOLO SHOWS
Woodstock Artists Association & Museum boasts five galleries, one of which is devoted primarily to one-person exhibitions. Selected artists have the opportunity to take over the Solo Gallery where they can present a focused body of work that speaks to the issues and aesthetics that drive their practice. Submissions take place each year in early Fall for the following year’s calendar.
One esteemed juror selects the artists for the entire year’s solo programming; usually six to seven artists. Those who have applied in the past, and not gotten in, should consider reapplying since each juror’s aesthetic, ideolo
Applications are open to all artists within a 50 mile radius of Woodstock. Non-members pay a $40 application fee, but there is no fee for WAAM members. Artists selected for a solo show are asked to procure a full WAAM membership within 30 days of notification of their acceptance. The $40 non-member fee will be applied toward their annual membership fee.
2021 CALL FOR SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SUBMISSION FEE: Free for WAAM members, $40 for non-members. Open to artists within a 50 mile radius of Woodstock.
SUBMIT ONLINE: AUG 14 – SEP 13
NOTIFICATION: OCT 1, 2020
ABOUT THE JUROR
Mara Held was born in 1954 and received an MA from Immaculate Heart College in 1979. Her studio is located on a former dairy farm in the picturesque Hudson Valley that has been in her family since the 1960’s. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in New York City and abroad. Institutions that have collected her work include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The New York Public Library; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The International Artists’ Museum, Tel Aviv; and the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. Mara Held’s work has been profiled by The New York Times, Elle Decor and The Brooklyn Rail.
