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Open Call: Cloud of Witnesses

Exhibition dates

Tuesday 4th March to Sunday 27th April 2025

Deadline for online submissions

11:59pm on Monday 11th November 2024

Background

Racial justice and inter-faith integrity are the central inspiration for this exhibition. Working ecumenically and wanting to reach out to all faiths, St John’s Waterloo and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, advised by Art and Christianity, are seeking to create an exhibition which raises awareness, understanding and mutual respect of our collective witness in the UK.

Criteria

Artworks must respond to the title Cloud of Witnesses: Images of faith and divinity today. Artworks must be two dimensional and either representative of, or alluding to, persons or deities from any religion and from any era. Artworks should invite or encourage an exploration of images of faith and divinity, while provoking the viewer to think differently about how these have traditionally been portrayed.

Format and size

We welcome submissions in both 2D art and photography formats. All artwork should be original and presented finished to be hung on a wall in the exhibition, framed or unframed. We will not accept any other media including video and performance art, or AI generated images.

The maximum size is 24 inches x 40 inches x 4 inches (60.96cm x 101.6cm x 10.16cm). It must be ready to hang and not exceed a weight of 20kg. The exhibition space has railings, steel cables and hooks and hanging will be the responsibility of the organisers.

Artist’s profile

Artists must be resident in the United Kingdom and aged 18 years or over as of 31st December 2024. Artists will need to send:
• A title and short description of their artwork in up to 200 words.
• A short artist’s biography in up to 150 words.
• The size of their artwork in either inches or centimetres with up to five photos of their artwork.
• Only one artwork can be submitted per person.

Prizes

1st prize of £1,000
2nd prize of £750
3rd prize of £500.

Further details:
stjohnswaterloo.org/arts/cloud-of-witnesses-open-call/