a fervent and necessary arrangement ·
a fervent and necessary arrangement ·
a fervent and necessary arrangement is our Spring 2025 online juried exhibition. The theme, a fervent and necessary arrangement, is a phrase taken from the poem Sometimes by Mary Oliver, exploring the emotional unknown between life and death. We would like you to show us how you explore emotions and feelings in your art for this exhibition; consider the ways emotions dictate your practice, how feelings change the way you see your work, or how you want to evoke emotion in your viewers.
The exhibition will examine these ideas through a variety of mediums in art. Any mediums are welcome, including but not limited to sculpture, painting, collage, photography, digital art, video art, installation, ceramics, performance art…anything you can think of! You may submit up to 3 artworks for a $5 fee, due March 20, 2025. Artists will receive a notification a week after the deadline. Students may submit for free with the code STUDENT25 (to use this, please use your school email when applying). The exhibition will go live on April 1, 2025.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at midwestniceart@gmail.com.
This exhibition will be juried by André Ramos-Woodard (he/ they).
Raised in the Southern states of Tennessee and Texas, André Ramos-Woodard is a photo-based artist who uses their work to emphasize the experiences of marginalized communities while accenting the repercussions of contemporary and historical discrimination. His art conveys ideas of communal and personal identity, influenced by their direct experience with life as a queer African American. Focusing on Black liberation, queer justice, and the reality of mental health, he aspires for his art to help bring power to the people.
Selected for Foam Museum’s Foam TALENT Award in 2024 and a two-time top-50 Finalist for Photolucida’s Critical Mass (in 2020 and 2023), Ramos-Woodard has shown their work at various institutions across the United States a beyond, including the Foam Museum–The Netherlands, Amsterdam, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston–Houston, Texas, Leon Gallery–Denver, Colorado, and FILTER Photo–Chicago, Illinois. He received his BFA from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and his MFA at The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.