Curatorial Opportunity
Posted: 02/13/2025
Posted by: Jenn Bratovich
Expires: 04/06/2025
Call for Curatorial Proposals
Print Center New York
New York,
NY, United States
Due date: 04/06/2025
In celebration of Print Center New York’s 25 year history of platforming guest curators, we invite emerging and early-career curators to submit letters of interest for exhibition opportunities beginning in 2028. Through this curatorial open call—the first in our organization’s history—we aim to identify promising voices and areas of research that are pushing our field forward, and to accelerate professional opportunities for curators who are building the print exhibition and scholarship of tomorrow.
Print Center New York’s curatorial program aims to generate new knowledge and understanding of printmaking’s potential by: locating print within broader artistic, historical, and cultural contexts; re-examining and expanding established histories and narratives; fostering cross-disciplinary conversation; and making print visible and accessible to non-specialist audiences.
Program Features:
We work closely with guest curators to realize their projects at their fullest potential.
Financial Support: Guest curators receive an unrestricted curatorial fee (beginning at $5,000 and scaling upward), plus, if needed, an additional travel budget that can be used for curatorial research and related exhibition travel. Print Center New York also covers all exhibition, publication, and public programming costs.
Mentorship Group: Print Center convenes a working group of subject-area experts who act as a sounding board at key intervals in a project’s development.
Comprehensive Guidance: Our curatorial staff provides guidance and feedback on areas such as project conceptualization, writing, and public engagement development.
Full Production Support: Our team handles project management, logistics, and budget administration, and all aspects of exhibition production and installation, outreach, and publicity.
Our exhibitions are on view in Print Center New York’s main exhibition space, the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery, on the ground floor of 24th Street in Chelsea. The gallery is about 1800 square feet, and floor plans will be shared with curators we invite to submit full proposals. We are able to borrow works from a range of lenders, including institutional/museum collections.
Our exhibitions are on view for about 12 weeks and are accompanied by a roster of public programming and, typically, a modest publication.
Curator Eligibility:
Open to emerging and early-career curators based anywhere in the United States.
We define “emerging and early career” as those with less than 15 years of professional arts experience.
Curators must be present for key dates such as exhibition installation, opening, and select programming.
Anyone with an SSN or ITIN is eligible to receive payment.
Artists are welcome to apply if the project does not include their own work.
How to Apply:
Submit to to programs@printcenternewyork.org with the subject “Curatorial Open Call Letter of Interest.” Please include:
A brief letter of interest (no more than 500 words) describing your project.
Current resume/CV, to programs@printcenternewyork.org with “Curatorial Open Call Letter of Interest” in the subject line.
Letters of interest should outline a concise and compelling pitch for an exhibition the curator would like to develop, including the artist(s) the curator is considering. Please do not send checklists or image decks at this stage.
https://www.printcenternewyork.org/curator-open-call
Print Center New York’s curatorial program aims to generate new knowledge and understanding of printmaking’s potential by: locating print within broader artistic, historical, and cultural contexts; re-examining and expanding established histories and narratives; fostering cross-disciplinary conversation; and making print visible and accessible to non-specialist audiences.
Program Features:
We work closely with guest curators to realize their projects at their fullest potential.
Financial Support: Guest curators receive an unrestricted curatorial fee (beginning at $5,000 and scaling upward), plus, if needed, an additional travel budget that can be used for curatorial research and related exhibition travel. Print Center New York also covers all exhibition, publication, and public programming costs.
Mentorship Group: Print Center convenes a working group of subject-area experts who act as a sounding board at key intervals in a project’s development.
Comprehensive Guidance: Our curatorial staff provides guidance and feedback on areas such as project conceptualization, writing, and public engagement development.
Full Production Support: Our team handles project management, logistics, and budget administration, and all aspects of exhibition production and installation, outreach, and publicity.
Our exhibitions are on view in Print Center New York’s main exhibition space, the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery, on the ground floor of 24th Street in Chelsea. The gallery is about 1800 square feet, and floor plans will be shared with curators we invite to submit full proposals. We are able to borrow works from a range of lenders, including institutional/museum collections.
Our exhibitions are on view for about 12 weeks and are accompanied by a roster of public programming and, typically, a modest publication.
Curator Eligibility:
Open to emerging and early-career curators based anywhere in the United States.
We define “emerging and early career” as those with less than 15 years of professional arts experience.
Curators must be present for key dates such as exhibition installation, opening, and select programming.
Anyone with an SSN or ITIN is eligible to receive payment.
Artists are welcome to apply if the project does not include their own work.
How to Apply:
Submit to to programs@printcenternewyork.org with the subject “Curatorial Open Call Letter of Interest.” Please include:
A brief letter of interest (no more than 500 words) describing your project.
Current resume/CV, to programs@printcenternewyork.org with “Curatorial Open Call Letter of Interest” in the subject line.
Letters of interest should outline a concise and compelling pitch for an exhibition the curator would like to develop, including the artist(s) the curator is considering. Please do not send checklists or image decks at this stage.
https://www.printcenternewyork.org/curator-open-call
Relevant research areas: North America