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Midnight Gallery · Bentonville, United States
Open call from Midnight Gallery, Bentonville, Arkansas, for visual artists and poets within 100 miles responding to Daniel Hoffman's poem 'Entering doorways'. USD 10 covers six submissions; exhibition 5 January to 4 April 2027.
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Who can enter
- Location
- United States (by country of residence)
- Local area
- within 100 miles of Bentonville, Arkansas
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Any medium
- Theme
- inhabited spaces, rooms and doorways, poetry
- Entries
- Up to 6 works per artist
- Size limits
- Gallery 15.5 x 28 ft, 9 ft ceiling; suspended work max 10 lb
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Practitioners within 100 miles of Bentonville, AR; under-18s need guardian signature; visual artists and poets.
About
Midnight Gallery in Bentonville, Arkansas, invites local artists and poets to submit work inspired by Daniel Hoffman's 1965 poem 'Entering doorways', exploring the spaces we inhabit, enter and leave and how rooms shift through life's changes. Content should be PG-13.
The call is open to practitioners within 100 miles of Bentonville; applicants under 18 need a parent or guardian signature. The gallery is 434 square feet with 9-foot ceilings and a 10 lb limit for suspended work. The fee is USD 10, covering six submissions, and the gallery takes a 20% commission on sales.
The application deadline is not stated and the decision date is marked TBD. Drop-off is 27 to 30 December 2026 and the exhibition runs 5 January to 4 April 2027.