CoCA accepts proposals from independent curators and artists for art exhibits at its two galleries.
The galleries are located in Ballard and Belltown
• Ballard: Inside the Shilshole Bay Beach Club at 6413 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle 98118
• Belltown: Located on the first floor of the Avenue One Condominiums at 2721 First Avenue, the gallery is viewable through the three windows on the Clay Street side.
Each exhibition will last approximately one month. The emphasis is on group shows but CoCA will consider solo artists as well. The call is open to all media with a strong focus on 2D work. Selected exhibitions will receive exhibition show cards, event marketing and support in seeking individual and corporate sponsorship for exhibitions.
Curators and artists must submit the following to be eligible (please note we strongly prefer electronic submissions over hard copies):
- Send up to five digital images of each piece in jpg file format (maximum dimension of 800 pixels in either direction).
- If the work is multi-media (film, video, electronic media, etc.), tailor your submission appropriately. Links are acceptable in this case.
- CoCA can accept Quicktime videos that are 90 seconds or less in length and a max file size of 150mb.
- If submitting a video, please email us and let us know, we will email you a link to our FTP server.
- Do NOT send us videos via email.
- A description of the images (artwork title, dimensions, medium and year of creation). Send this in the body of your email.
- Artist's statement (Send as an attachment not in the body of your email). We accept Microsoft Word .doc and Acrobat .pdf files only.
- Resume/CV (Send as an attachment not in the body of your email) We accept Microsoft Word .doc and Acrobat .pdf files only.
- Your resume and artist statement must use the following naming concention: FirstName_LastName_Resume & FirstName_LastName_statement.
- Contact info (address, phone, email).
- Artist web site link (if available).
Send proposals to:
Center on Contemporary Art
Attn: Programming Committee
6413 Seaview Ave NW Seattle WA 98107
Or email to
submissions@cocaseattle.org or call (206) 728-1980