Dear Artists & Respected Community Members,

SOMArts Cultural Center invites you to deepen your relationship with us and expand your creative practice by submitting a proposal to The Commons Curatorial Residency Program. If you are not personally interested in applying, please assist SOMArts in garnering a robust set of proposals by forwarding this notice to your respective communities.

Artists, independent curators and arts organizations presenting contemporary work in any medium may apply. Full information about the submission process can be found here.

The proposal period for 2014–2015 exhibitions is open Monday, September 16th through Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 at 11:59pm. Applicants invited to submit a full application will be notified in mid-November.

Financial support provided by The Commons Curatorial Residency enables artists to continue their professional development, form new collaborative partnerships, and engage community residents through programming that serves the mission of SOMArts: to promote and nurture art on the community level and foster an appreciation of and respect for all cultures.

Artists/curators 
selected 
for
 exhibition 
funding
 receive project grants up to $3,000, 
exhibition
 space 
in 
the 
SOMArts
 Main 
Gallery,
 installation, 
technical
 and 
event 
production 
support, 
and 
community
 engagement/public 
relations 
support 
valued 
at 
$23,000.
 
Four
 residencies
 are
 awarded
 each
 season 
and
 are
 designed 
to 
support
 emerging
 and 
mid‐career
 artists, 
as
 well
 as
 artists 
exploring 
new
 and
 challenging 
ideas.

There are multiple opportunities (online RSVP requested) to learn about The Commons Curatorial Residency and to tour the gallery space before the Letter of Intent is due. We look forward to receiving your proposal!

For more information, please visit somarts.org/exhibitions/submissions. Reach our Main Gallery by email at gallery@somarts.org or by phone at (415) 863-1414 xt. 110.