SIDE STREET
STUDIO ARTS
Where Elgin Creates
CALLS FOR ART
2025
MARCH - YEAR 12
Side Street Studio Arts seeks artworks to celebrate our Twelfth Anniversary! This is our annual juried call to all artists working in any medium to participate.
SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED
MAY - Asian Heritage Month
Side Street Studio Arts seeks artwork to represent the Asian American community during Asian American and Pacific Islander Month. W/E is a reference to the western/eastern cultural split for which many Asian Americans in the United States hold space. This is an open call for visual art in any medium to discuss, share, and make space for this experience. CLICK HERE FOR INFO & TO SUBMIT
JUNE - Pride Month - Lavender Feels
Get Hyped! We are kicking off summer at Side Street with our Pride Month exhibition, Lavender Feels. The color Lavender has been part of LGBTQIA+ community since its early history and has been reclaimed to be a symbol of queer empowerment and resistance. This is a call for art in any medium that explores and represents the LGBTQIA+ community. CLICK HERE FOR INFO & TO SUBMIT
OCTOBER - Something Wicked 12...
Side Street Studio Arts' 13th Annual Something Wicked... a variety of arts media whose subject matter is meant to instill a combined sense of wonder, awe and perhaps a little dread in the City of Elgin's art scene.
DECEMBER - Side Street's Under 30 Fundraiser Auction & Exhibition
Side Street Studio Arts seeks artwork for our fundraiser exhibition. Without the artists we work with (YOU!), we couldn’t do what we do and we’re asking for your help! Proceeds help us to continue and fulfil our mission of advocacy.
SEPTEMBER - Elgin Fringe Festival
The Twelfth Annual Elgin Fringe Festival celebrates bold artistic experimentation, showcasing artists' work across a spectrum of forms and genres! Artists are selected via lottery, and the exhibition is not curated.
EXHIBITION PROPOSALS
If you have an idea, we're all ears. Please download this document and follow it step-by-step to provide the necessary documents in order to submit an exhibition proposal.
Once that is done we will review your submission and contact you regarding our decision/next steps.
Click here to download a layout of the gallery space or the theater space. This will help if you plan to submit a floor plan with your proposal.
For helpful information on preparing your work for hanging and other exhibition resources please visit here.