Sincerely, [Your Name Here]

Sincerely, [Your Name Here]

May 15 – August 2, 2025

Opening Reception + Awards Presentation | Wednesday, May 28 from 6-8pm

Presented at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery & CAA @ University Place

Juror | Dell M. Hamilton, an interdisciplinary artist, writer and independent curator

About Sincerely [Your Name Here] | Sincerely, [Your Name Here] is an opportunity to share your perspective and personal experiences; whether you want to recount a joyful trip, reflect on a significant moment, express a dream, etc. Through painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, mixed media, or any other creative form, we invite you to share your story — honestly and openly — to us, from you.

For this call, the Cambridge Art Association invites artists 18 and older, and based in New England, to submit. All visual media will be considered (2D, 3D, video). Artwork will be installed at the CAA’s Kathryn Schultz Gallery (25 Lowell Street) and CAA @ University Place Gallery (124 Mount Auburn Street) in West Cambridge.

ABOUT THE JUROR

Dell Marie Hamilton is an artist, writer and independent curator whose performances have been presented to audiences in New York at Five Myles Gallery and Panoply Performance Lab. She has extensively presented her work in the New England area including at the Museum of Fine Arts/Boston, Dartmouth College’s Hood Museum of Art, as well as at the Clark Art Institute, where she became the first visual artist -in the Clark’s 64-year-history – to present a performance artwork in their galleries.

Working across a variety of mediums including performance, video, painting and photography, she uses the body to investigate the social and geopolitical constructions of personal memory, gender, history and citizenship. With roots in Belize, Honduras and the Caribbean she frequently draws upon the colonial and folkloric traditions of the region.

Dell is a recipient of the ICA/Boston’s 2021 Foster Prize and her work will be discussed in a forthcoming article by scholar Iyko Day, in the anthology AntiBlackness (eds. Moon-Kie Jung and Joao H. Costa Vargas, Duke University Press). Her most recent curatorial project, “Nine Moments for Now” was presented at Harvard’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art, and was ranked by Hyperallergic.com as one of 2018’s top 20 exhibitions in the U.S.

She was also named a grantee of the U.S. Latinx Art Forum’s 2021 inaugural cohort of the Charla Fund, a Ford Foundation-sponsored initiative that provides grants to Latinx artists. A frequent performer in the work of Afro-Cuban artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Dell appears in her collaborative video, “When We Gather” which includes choreography and poetry by Okwui Okpokwasili and LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs. She also works at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research where she has held a variety of roles organizing exhibitions, events, and conferences.

AWARDS

  • Best in Show ($1,000)
  • First Prize ($750)
  • Second Prize ($500)
  • 3 Juror’s Choice Awards ($100 each)

IMPORTANT DATES

  • Submission deadline | Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 5pm EST
  • Exhibition dates | May 15 – August 2, 2025
  • Opening reception | Wednesday, May 28 from 6-8pm
  • Artist notification | All accepted artists will be posted on this webpage on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 by 5pm EST
  • Drop-off* | Tuesday, April 29 & Wednesday, April 30 from 12-4pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place *Late drop-offs will not be accepted. If you do not pick up work from a show on the scheduled date, you will be charged a $15 per week storage fee + a $15 transportation fee if your artwork is exhibited at our CAA @ University Place Gallery. If your artwork requires a truck rental, you must pay the rental fee as well. All fees must be paid before or at pick-up.
  • Pick-Up* | Tuesday, August 5 and Wednesday, August 6 from 12-4pm at Kathryn Schultz Gallery and CAA @ University Place. *Late picks-up will incur a $15 per-week fee. CAA does not have storage, and if you do not pick up work from a show on the scheduled date, you will be charged a $15 per week storage fee + a $15 transportation fee if your artwork is exhibited at our CAA @ University Place Gallery. If your artwork requires a truck rental, you must pay the rental fee as well. All fees must be paid before or at pick-up.

For any questions or concerns regarding artwork drop-off or pick-up, please contact Candice Driver, cdriver@cambridgeart.org

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Sincerely, [Your Name Here] will be presented as two in-person exhibits in our Kathryn Schultz Gallery and at CAA @ University Place Gallery. Artists cannot choose which show they would like to be considered for.

  • All mediums accepted: 2D, 3D, video/digital/multimedia work, installations
  • All artwork must be available for sale.
  • Artwork must not exceed 72 inches on the longest side.
  • Artwork must have been created within the past five (5) years.
  • Work must be original, no reproductions.
  • All work submitted must be available for the exhibition dates.
  • Artwork that has been previously accepted into a CAA show will not be considered.
  • Artwork must be gallery ready. Read our Art Entry Information page for more details.
  • All wall-mounted work must be wired or have D-rings for hanging (or should note method of presentation on the entry form). We do not accept sawtooth hangers. Please note: artworks displayed at CAA @ University Place must be installed using a cable hanging system, meaning work must those artworks must be wired or have D-rings.
  • Diptychs/triptychs are considered as a single work and must be entered as a single JPEG, and must meet the size requirements of a single artwork.
  • Total weight of wall-mounted work must not exceed 25 lbs.
  • We cannot accommodate works that hang from the ceiling for this exhibit.
  • All artwork images should be a maximum file size of 5MB.
  • On the submission form we have provided a Frame/Presentation image field. This image is not required. In this field an artist can upload an image of their artwork in the frame, or a second, detail image. It will be added to the online portion of the exhibition to give viewers and potential buyers an idea of what the work looks like in person and installed.

3D WORK REQUIREMENTS

  • Total weight of 3D work must not exceed 50 lbs.
  • Wall-mounted 3D work should meet all 2D requirements listed above.
  • Artists must supply appropriate installation materials and directions.
  • The CAA has a limited number of pedestals. Pedestals can be reserved with CAA Staff upon acceptance. If artwork requires a pedestal of a specific size, the pedestal must be provided by the artist.

VIDEO REQUIREMENTS

  • For accepted video work, the artist is responsible for providing all necessary display and viewing equipment, including, but not limited to: display monitor, DVD player, USB drive, mounting hardware, remote controls, batteries. The CAA has two, 32-inch flat screen monitors available for use, on request.
 

APPLICATION FEES

Fees are for up to 3 works per artist. Entires are limited to one (1) submission per applicant or collaboration.

  • General Submission | $45
  • CAA Artist + Associate Artist + Lifetime Members | $35
  • Student Members + Fee Waivers | Free
APPLY

Have questions? If you have questions after reviewing the above information, please email Associate Director, Candice Driver at cdriver@cambridgeart.org, or call us at 617.876.0246

Cambridge Art Association does not issue refunds for exhibition applications. Once submitted, changes cannot be made to any application. All applications must be entered via Submittable.

All decisions/selections are made by the juror. All decisions are final.