How to Submit Exhibit Proposals

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Documentary artists who are interested in submitting work for consideration for an exhibition in the Center for Documentary Studies galleries should send the following information to the Exhibitions Program Director:

• Cover letter, including artist’s statement about the project,
• Background information and resume(s) on the documentarian/artist(s),
• Fifteen (15) to twenty (20) images in slide or digital form (with caption sheet),
• Self-addressed stamped envelope for return of materials, and
• Self-addressed stamped postcard for notification of receipt of materials by CDS.

The space available for exhibition in the Juanita Kreps Gallery is approximately 154 running feet (approximately 176 running feet with portable wall). The Lyndhurst and Porch Galleries are approximately 60 running feet. The University Gallery is approximately 58 running feet. Please allow four months for review of your proposal, and note that the Juanita Kreps Gallery is generally booked at least one year in advance.

From time to time CDS mounts “calls for submissions” for companion shows to be paired with larger shows planned for the Kreps Gallery. These calls for work are generally around a set theme (e.g. “HIV/AIDS“ or “youth culture”).

A listing and description of past and current exhibitions for the CDS galleries can be found elsewhere on this site. Before submitting an exhibition proposal, please review this listing to get a better sense of the exhibitions that CDS has presented in the past and to assess the suitability of your proposal.

If you’d like more information about any aspect of the Exhibitions Program at the Center for Documentary Studies, please feel free to call 919-660-3663.

Click on the image below to see the CDS exhibition spaces with The Innocents: Headshots (Juanita Kreps and Lyndhurst Galleries) and A Sense of Place (Porch Gallery) on display:

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Partial view of the Lyndhurst Gallery, one of four exhibition spaces at CDS. Photograph by Christopher Sims.

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