2026-2027 Exhibition Proposals

Thank you for considering the Chesapeake Gallery at Harford Community College in your search for exhibition spaces. The Chesapeake Gallery at Harford Community College, located in Bel Air, MD, is excited to invite artists, artist groups, and curators to apply for our 2026-2027 exhibition season. Our brand new gallery space, opening this Fall semester, offers an exciting opportunity to show your work in a spacious and contemporary environment. Artists and/or curators are responsible for the transportation and shipping of all artworks to and from the Chesapeake Gallery. Artists and/or curators must be willing to travel at their own expense to participate in on-campus activities such as workshops and lectures. Honoria is available for participants in on-campus activities. There is no application fee or commission on sold work. 

Application Deadline is August 1, 2025.

Written Proposals should include:  

  1. Resume/C.V. 

  2. Artists’ Statement or Curator’s Statement 

  3. Image List corresponding to submitted images including Artist’s name, Title, Dimensions, Medium(s), and Date of Completion  

  4. Exhibition Description (500 words or less)  

    • Please address in your proposal how you will fill the gallery space should you be awarded a solo exhibition.  

    • If applicable, please indicate at the end of your proposal if you would like to be considered for a two- or three-person exhibition if not awarded a solo exhibition.

  5. 10 High Quality images, minimum size is 2,000 pixels in longest direction, not exceeding 2MB each, jpg or jpeg format, attached to your email application. (YouTube links for video & other time-based media will be accepted as well.) 

All written materials should be submitted in a single PDF or Word document. 

Notifications regarding submissions will be sent out during the months of August and September 2025. 

Please see our gallery layout below for dimensions and details of the space.  

Incomplete submission packages will not be reviewed.

The Harford 100-Mile Biennial Exhibition

The Chesapeake Gallery invites submissions to the second Harford 100-Mile Biennial exhibition. It is open to all artists who reside within one hundred miles of Harford Community College (HCC) and who are at least 18 years of age. (Some of the eligible cities include Baltimore and Annapolis, MD, Fairfax and Leesburg, VA, Harrisburg and Philadelphia, PA, Wilmington and Dover, DE and Washington, D.C.) This exhibition aims to showcase the area’s top artists as a vital component of our cultural offerings to the region. All submitted artwork must have been created within the past three years. Final choices for the show will be selected by members of HCC’s Gallery and Art on Campus Committee. Selected artists are responsible for the transportation or shipping of all artwork to and from the Chesapeake Gallery. There is no application fee or commission on sold work. There will be a $500 Juror’s Choice Award given to an artwork demonstrating high levels of skill and merit. Please visit www.ChesapeakeGallery.org and click the “Call for Submissions” tab for more details on how to apply. Contact Jenna Gregory, Chesapeake Gallery Coordinator, at jegregory@harford.edu with any questions.

Application deadline is May 5, 2025.

Exhibition Dates: October 15, 2025 – December 15, 2025

Artists may submit up to three works for consideration and up to three high quality images of each work, minimum size is 2,000 pixels in longest direction, not exceeding 2MB each, jpg or jpeg format, attached to your email application. (YouTube links for video & other time-based media will be accepted as well.)

Emailed Submissions Must Include:

  1. Resume / C.V.

  2. Artist Statement relevant to the submitted work

  3. Image List corresponding to submitted images including Artist’s name, Title, Dimensions, Medium(s), and Date of Completion

All written materials should be submitted in a single PDF or Word format

All materials are due via email to jegregory@harford.edu by May 5, 2025.

Results will be released to artists by July 1, 2025.

Accepted artworks to need to arrive at the Chesapeake Gallery by October 7, 2025.

Please e-mail proposals and questions to Jenna Gregory at jegregory@harford.edu.  

 

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