Calls for Art
Exhibitions in the Front & Center Galleries are scheduled via an annual Call for Art. The next Call will occur mid-2025 for shows that will be scheduled through 2026 and into 2027. To be notified when the next Call occurs, sign up for our quarterly electronic newsletter here.
Informational links: Submission Guidelines | Exhibition Process | Acceptable Media | Map – Front Gallery | Map – Center Gallery
Our selection committee is comprised of two guest curators and the MAC Gallerist. The guest curators for the 2024 exhibition calendar were:
Kanani Miyamoto is an artist, curator, and educator. She is originally from Honolulu, Hawai`i, and is currently living in Portland, Oregon. Kanani holds an MFA in Print Media from the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and a BFA in Art Practices from Portland State University. Her artwork has been shown nationally. As an individual of mixed heritage who identifies most with her Hawaiian and Japanese roots. she uses traditional printmaking techniques to create large-scale print installations. Important to her work as an artist is “sharing and celebrating her unique mixed background in our contemporary art world in hopes of representing her community and the beauty of intersectional identities.” Kanani is also an advocate for art education and a passionate community worker. She works at p:ear as the Art Coordinator.
Pablo V. Cazares is an artist, curator, and community organizer in Portland, Oregon. In 2022, he created the t4t Art Collective, an art group focused on giving transgender artists opportunities to show work and build resilient community. In his own art he explores memory and self-creation through the lens of his overlapping neurodivergent, mixed-race, and transgender identities. Pablo holds a BFA in Art Practice from Portland State University, as well as an associate degree in Apparel Design. He’ll be attending the Rhode Island School of Design to begin his MFA in Sculpture this fall.
(photograph at top) A 2023 exhibition by Tatyana Ostapenko.
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Calls for Art
Exhibitions in the Front & Center Galleries are scheduled via an annual Call for Art. The next Call will occur mid-2025 for shows that will be scheduled through 2026 and into 2027. To be notified when the next Call occurs, sign up for our quarterly electronic newsletter here.
Informational links: Submission Guidelines | Exhibition Process | Acceptable Media | Map – Front Gallery | Map – Center Gallery
Our selection committee is comprised of two guest curators and the MAC Gallerist. The guest curators for the 2024 exhibition calendar were:
Kanani Miyamoto is an artist, curator, and educator. She is originally from Honolulu, Hawai`i, and is currently living in Portland, Oregon. Kanani holds an MFA in Print Media from the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and a BFA in Art Practices from Portland State University. Her artwork has been shown nationally. As an individual of mixed heritage who identifies most with her Hawaiian and Japanese roots. she uses traditional printmaking techniques to create large-scale print installations. Important to her work as an artist is “sharing and celebrating her unique mixed background in our contemporary art world in hopes of representing her community and the beauty of intersectional identities.” Kanani is also an advocate for art education and a passionate community worker. She works at p:ear as the Art Coordinator.
Pablo V. Cazares is an artist, curator, and community organizer in Portland, Oregon. In 2022, he created the t4t Art Collective, an art group focused on giving transgender artists opportunities to show work and build resilient community. In his own art he explores memory and self-creation through the lens of his overlapping neurodivergent, mixed-race, and transgender identities. Pablo holds a BFA in Art Practice from Portland State University, as well as an associate degree in Apparel Design. He’ll be attending the Rhode Island School of Design to begin his MFA in Sculpture this fall.