The Pedantic Arts Residency (Pedantic) is seeking applicants for creatives and researchers to participate in the Summer 2025 and Winter 2026 terms. Open to non-Pittsburgh residents, Pedantic is a program that provides free housing and an immersion into the Pittsburgh arts community while fostering and strenghtening creative discussion and thought. Formulated to host a visual artist, curator, and writer, Pedantic aims to encourage dialogue and cross-disciplinary exchange while establishing connections between non-Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh-based cultural producers and artists. Pedantic is also seeking applicants for The Grant, a separate program from the arts residency that is independently-led and open to those aiming to do Pittsburgh-based research.
The open call is now live and the deadline is Sunday, October 27 at 11:59PM EST. To learn more and apply, click the button below.
CALL FOR ART: Keystone Progress x Casey Droege Cultural Productions
Keystone Progress Education Fund and Casey Droege Cultural Productions are thrilled to present a call for art for a series of exhibitions.
Submit your work for a series of exhibitions in collaboration with Keystone Progress Education Fund. Taking place this Fall, the three exhibitions will create a dialogue around democracy and explore key voter issues such as reproductive rights and gun violence in our communities, particularly within our region as it prepares for the upcoming elections.
To learn more about this opportunity, click the button below.
Photo of the Lohr Gallery, taken by Travis Mitzal
CDCP x WCDC 2023-2024 Season Open Call
CDCP x WCDC 2023-2024 Season Open Call
APPLICATIONS DUE JUNE 23rd, 2023
CDCP is pleased to host a call for works in collaboration with the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) and Naomi Chambers of FlowerHouse.
We’re seeking Wilkinsburg artists to submit work for consideration. We will be curating four solo exhibitions at the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation’s (WCDC) Lohr Gallery and flex space (725 Wood St., Wilkinsburg, PA 15221) that highlight the arts within the community.
Applicants must either be residents of Wilkinsburg, have a studio in Wilkinsburg, or have a strong relationship to the community.
Only 2D work will be accepted. Work must be ready to attach via a hook with wire or similar and cannot exceed roughly five pounds in weight per piece.
Each artist will receive a $1,000 stipend in recognition of their work. This is in collaboration with the Visual Arts Coalition for Equity’s (VACE) standard wage for a solo exhibition.
Each exhibition will run for approximately 8 weeks open on Saturdays from 12–5pm. Exhibition slots will be scheduled between August 2023 and June 2024.
Artists will be asked to do a video interview and participate in a Saturday public program/opening co-organized by Naomi Chambers of FlowerHouse.
Artists will receive professional documentation of the show organized by CDCP.
CDCP will work with artists to sell available works and artists will receive 80% of all sales in one payment at the end of the exhibition.
One of these exhibitions will align with Little Amal, a global art event coming to Pittsburgh. For this exhibition, we are especially interested in work that connects with the refugee experience, a newfound sense of home, or constellations.
Please click the button below to learn more and apply.
Pedantic Open Call and Info Session
APPLICATIONS DUE: Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 11:59PM EST
Casey Droege Cultural Productions (CDCP) in partnership with Headwater Media is pleased to host a call for applications for the next two rounds of Pedantic Arts Residency. The summer session of Pedantic will run June 9 through July 8, 2023. The winter session will run January 5 through February 3, 2024.
Pedantic is an arts residency that brings together an artist, a curator, and a writer under one roof for a collaborative arts experience. It is a unique invitation to open greater and more cross-disciplinary dialogue within the arts by re-embracing the significant impact that education, study, and structured contemplation can have on artistic output. It is focused on fostering artistic connections rather than production.
CDCP is seeking applicants with practices in either visual art, curating, or arts and culture writing. Individuals working across multiple practices are welcome, though we request you identify one field you are most keen to engage with while participating. Applicants must be non-Pittsburgh residents* and must be available to live in Pittsburgh at the Pedantic apartment for the duration of the program dates.
To learn more an to apply, click the button below:
Got some questions about the residency and the open call? Click the button below to RSVP for our free Open Call Info Session on January 12th, 2023!
CCAC x CDCP Call for Art
Community College of Allegheny County Call for Artists
Submissions Due July 30th, 2022 at 11 PM EST
Call Summary:
Casey Droege Cultural Productions (CDCP) is pleased to request submissions for the new CCAC Workforce Development & Training Center to be located at CCAC’s Allegheny Campus on the North Side. Artists are invited to submit samples of work to be considered for purchase for permanent installation at the site, which is scheduled to open in 2023.
About the Project:
This new facility will house programs for fields such as cybersecurity, information technology, autonomous and process technology, machine learning, advanced manufacturing and robotics. The center will also feature experiential classrooms and labs, collaborative areas, and a new culinary school.
About the Call:
Individual artists or art collectives are invited to submit up to 10 samples of 2D works (originals or reproductions are welcome) or mural works. Individual 2D works must be available for sale (with or without framing). Mural works can be examples of previous works only. All sale money goes directly to the artist.
Artwork Restrictions and Guidelines:
Choice of media and imagery for the site is broad but should be a material suitable for a public space hosting a wide range of people. Figurative work such as portraiture will not be considered. Work that connects to the academic building’s areas of study (Information Technology, Culinary Arts, and Advanced Manufacturing) is not required but will be considered for portions of the project.
Two-dimensional pieces that will be mounted on the walls. Pieces should not come away from the wall more than 4” inches, due to ADA limit of protruding objects.
We are seeking examples of the following:
Prints, paintings, collages, photographs, or other 2D wall hanging works
Outdoor Mural work
Eligibility:
Artists located within a 100 mile radius of Pittsburgh
We strongly encourage submissions from artists who are BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or disabled.
We are also eager to find artists who are connected to CCAC (i.e. CCAC graduate, resident of the same neighborhood, etc.).
To learn more and to apply, please click the button below.
Small Mall Holiday Open Call!
Small Mall, our concept store, is hosting a special holiday open call! The selected artists will have their work displayed and available for sale over our holiday season (60 days) in the storefront. We are currently seeking (but not limited to) the following:
Jewelry
Pins and buttons
Ceramics (i.e. mugs, bowls, plates)
Blank books and journals
Cards and postcards
Patches
Keychains
If you think your work is a good fit, click the button below to apply and learn more! Deadline to apply is October 20, 2019.