Public | Private

Theme: SlipStitch invites artists to submit work for an April exhibition exploring the shifting boundary between what we hold close and what the world can access.

Exhibition Dates: Tuesday April 7th - Saturday May 2nd, 2026

Public Opening: Georgetown Art Attack Saturday April 11th 12PM - 7PM

Artwork Delivery Dates: March 31st - 7th | 11AM - 6PM

This is an In-person exhibition 

Accessibility / Fee Waiver Statement (Open Call)
SlipStitch is committed to keeping this opportunity accessible. For every 8 paid applications, we offer 1 no-fee application on a first-come, first-served basis. If the application fee is a barrier, you’re welcome to request a waiver - join the no-fee list here: CONNECT.

Private | Public: Artist Call Description

Consider the porous line between interior and exterior life: the body and the street, the home and the institution, the personal archive and the public record. We’re interested in work that sits in tension between intimacy and exposure, safety and visibility, consent and capture, self-authorship and the gaze. This theme is intentionally open: it can be quiet, tender, humorous, confrontational, or unresolved.

We welcome submissions across mediums, including (but not limited to) painting, drawing, photography, print, sculpture, textiles, video, sound, installation, performance documentation, and mixed media.

Creative Director / Brd. President & Founder: Otto Chan

Otto is the Creative Director, blending over a decade of style, design, and visual storytelling into a practice that pushes the gallery’s vision beyond convention and into the now.​​​ Otto is a graduate of Academy of Art University , SF/CA.

Executive Director / Brd. VP & Cofounder: Devon Dunham

Devon is informed by 25+ years as a working artist, service on local and national arts nonprofit boards. A graduate of School of Visual Art, NYC/NY, Devon offers a east coast perspective to the PNW Art Market. 

Consider:

• What do you keep for yourself and what gets taken, shared, or assumed?
• Where do boundaries live: in language, architecture, skin, data, ritual, law?
• What does privacy look like in a community? What does visibility cost?
• How do you represent intimacy without turning it into spectacle?
• What does it mean to be seen on your own terms?

"SlipStitch is an artist-centered nonprofit gallery committed to accessibility and socially contextual work. We encourage submissions from BIPOC artists and artists working across identity, community, and place."

• Submissions due by twelve midnight 3/29/2026
• Artist approval notifications will be sent by midnight 3/30/2026
• Invited Artists artwork should be ready to be shipped with the Gallery receive date or personal delivery date between 3/31/2026 - 4/7/2026 between hours of 11am - 6pm
• Artwork is available at time of submission and during exhibition dates.
• Artist Commission 60% | Gallery Commission 40%
• Exhibition includes, 2nd Saturday Artwalk Event, Website and Social Media Representation, and mid-exhibition Artist Event

• Price Restrictions: Artist's Retail Price (includes Gallery Commission) should not exceed $5,000.00
• Invited Artist are responsible for Shipping and Receiving of artwork to and from gallery.
• Suggested size for two-dimensional work is 48 inches on the longest side. For three-dimensional work, please keep pieces under 60 inches in height and under 30 inches in width or depth.
• Framing prefered for works on or made of paper.