Opportunities
Guidelines for Visual and Performing Arts
Image: Natalie Collette Wood, Swallowed by Nature, 2018, chicken wire, repurposed furniture, plants. Presented on the grounds of Wave Hill as part of the group exhibition Eco Urgency: Now or Never, 2021. Photo: Stefan Hagen.
Wave Hill presents the work of contemporary visual and performing artists who explore the multifaceted relationships between nature, culture and site through solo and group exhibitions in Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill House, the Sunroom Project Space, on the grounds, through the Winter Workspace residency program and generated@wavehill. Visual artists may apply online. Performing artists are invited to submit materials on a rolling basis to be considered for our concert and live arts series. Please see the program descriptions, application instructions and deadlines below.
General Opportunities
Application Deadline: Friday, December 27 at 11:59 PM
Artists are invited to submit work online in consideration for solo and group exhibitions and the Winter Workspace residency program for the 2025-2026 season. The curatorial team at Wave Hill reviews submissions and contacts artists within three months after the deadline of December 27, 2024.
Glyndor Gallery
For the 2025-2026 exhibition season, we are particularly interested in works that reflect on our relationship to trees through the theme of reciprocal care. Pillars of our ecology, trees are necessary to human life and promote our physical and mental wellbeing. Yet they are often victims to environmental change, human development, pests and disease and other traumas. We seek work that carefully considers and honors the ways in which these stalwart beings care for eachother and for us, and recognizes our own roles in their wellbeing and destruction. We are also interested in works that consider the agricultural, social and cultural history of the pineapple (Ananas comosus) and its various symbols associated with, for example, hospitality, empire building colonialism, among others.
Wave Hill House
Exhibitions in the historic Wave Hill House present two-dimensional works that engage with themes related to nature for a period of four to six months. Solo or small group exhibitions of painting, photography and works on paper are exhibited in the café, tearoom and/or reception areas of the busiest building at Wave Hill.
Winter Workspace Program
From January to April, Glyndor Gallery is transformed into studio workspaces for artists. Each year, twelve artists are invited to participate in a six to eight-week long residency session through a nomination process that includes artists who submit interest through General Opportunities. Artists who are interested in studying Wave Hill's plant collection and history and responding to the site of Wave Hill and the context in which it is situated are encouraged to apply.
Winter Workspace residents are provided a workspace (not a living space) with daytime access, a financial stipend, project and professional development support, and the opportunity to share their practice with the public through open studios and public programs. In addition, Wave Hill curatorial staff organize studio visits with arts professionals including gallerists, curators and writers.
generated@wavehill
For the generated@wavehill program, the Arts Department is interested in proposals for temporal or site-specific projects on the grounds of Wave Hill.
Visit our Exhibitions page to learn more about past and upcoming exhibitions and related programs.
2025 Sunroom Project Space
Applications are now closed. The Open Call for the 2026 Sunroom Project Space season will go live in spring 2025.
Performing Arts
Wave Hill has a rich tradition of performing arts both indoors and outside.
Click here for past seasons of indoor and outdoor concert series. Listen to playlists and experience more past performances here. Artists with projects that address the natural world are welcome to submit proposals for future consideration. Due to the high number of submissions that we receive, we will only respond to those artists whose work suits the programs that are being planned. All unsolicited performing arts proposals must be sent through our submissions form here.