Visual Voices: Kro-Matic at Red Wall Art Gallery
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Kro-matic
RFP Open April 7, 2025
RFP Close May 2, 2025
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) has partnered with Resorts World New York City to showcase artists in their acclaimed Red Wall Art Gallery. We seek multidisciplinary artists to display original work for “Kro-matic,” an exhibition conceived and curated by Adrian Bermeo.
Kro-matic is a group exhibition showcasing a spectrum of monochromatic artworks by 15 New York-based visual artists, each dedicated to a specific color. Though each piece stands alone in its distinct hue, together they form a cohesive yet complex dialogue exploring ideas on perception, individuality, and observing “the bigger picture.” Throughout this collection of independently striking styles and subject matter, viewers are challenged on the notion of singular viewpoints by celebrating various approaches to artmaking and the applications of color. Kro-matic exemplifies uniqueness while embracing multiple perspectives, urging us to consider a broader scope of aspects, ultimately leaning towards compassions beyond the immediate self.
For this direct invitation to the exhibition, artists are asked to confirm a chosen color and submit a monochromatic piece that exemplifies each artist’s unique style and approach to art making, ultimately promoting the importance of acknowledging multiple viewpoints and observing "the bigger picture" on any and all subject matters.
All proposed work must be install-ready. The exhibition will be on display at the Resorts World Red Wall Art Gallery from Friday, October 3, 2025 to Friday, December 5, 2025. Artists selected for this exhibition will each receive a $250 stipend. Kro-matic is part of JCAL’s Visual Voices curatorial initiative.
About Visual Voices:
Visual Voices is a three-year fellowship for emerging and midcareer visual arts curators. Through Visual Voices, curators identify and cultivate emerging talent; vet artist submissions; articulate the overall design aesthetics of exhibitions; coordinate transportation and collect and track artwork; oversee installation, deinstallation, and related tasks; collaborate with the JCAL artistic and administrative staff; and more.
Visual Voices reflects our leadership’s conviction that a diverse community isn’t defined top-down by a cultural institution, but rather by giving agency and power to a community to define itself.
Highlights from the first three-year cycle of Visual Voices include Jamaica-based curator Shenna Vaughn’s curated gallery at JFK’s Terminal 8, and Adrian Bermeo’s show featuring visual interpretations of ancestral music. Exhibition themes also included Black resilience through an Afrofuturist lens; youth gun violence prevention; and music and visual art in the African, Latine, and Caribbean diasporas. The second cycle of Visual Voices begins later in 2025 and runs through 2027.
Eligibility:
Solo artists only; no collectives or collaborations will be considered.
NYC-based artists are encouraged to apply; priority is given to Queens based artists.
Artists under 18 may participate with parental or guardian consent, with the minimum age being 13.
JCAL welcomes artists of all races, colors, religions, languages, gender identities, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, disabilities, and socioeconomic and marital statuses. Those who identify as part of underrepresented communities, and whose work centers on the artist’s personal experiences and observations, are especially welcome and encouraged to apply.
Application Materials (PDF or Word Only):
Only one application per artist will be accepted. A completed application must contain elements detailed below. Maximum file size is 100MB per file.
A. Artist Statement
Introduce yourself and your journey as an artist (500 words max).
B. Works for Consideration
Submit up to 10 individual works, that are original to you, as follows:
Title, date, medium of work, and dimensions of the work;
Short description of each work (100 words max);
Special exhibition directions, if appropriate, per work (100 words max).
C. Artist CV (optional)
Include a CV if you have one available.
Work will be reviewed based on quality and the completeness of the accompanying application. You may be contacted with follow-up questions regarding the nature of the work and the manner of intended exhibition. Artists are responsible for transporting and collecting all artwork to and from the institution. JCAL reserves the right to not exhibit artwork that does not meet display criteria or does not align with the institution’s mission. Submissions received after May 2, 2025 will not be considered.
Please note:
This is a request to submit artwork for exhibition purposes only. Not an offer for purchase.
JCAL does not offer feedback in any form on submitted works.