International call for experimental or challenging exhibitions for 2008 - 2009. Contact: Marilyn Ladd-Simmons. Address: Call for Artists, SPACES Gallery, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Telephone: 216-621-2314. Email: info@spacesgallery.org. Surf: www.spacesgallery.org/apply.html. Deadline: 12 May 2008.

Focusing on functional porcelain. Juror: Sam Chung, Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Arizona State University. Contact: James Mitchell. Address: Lillstreet Art Center, 4401 North Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois 60640. Telephone: 773-769-4226. Email: james@lillstreet.com. Surf: www.lillstreet.com. Deadline: 2 June 2008.

Juried by Jim Koudelka. Address: Soda Salt National, The Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne, Unit A, Missoula, Montana 59802. Telephone: 406-543-0509. Email: info@theclaystudioofmissoula.org. Surf: www.theclaystudioofmissoula.org. Deadline: 1 August 2008.

Fourth international exhibition of non-traditional funerary vessels. Juried by Adela Akers, Nadine Jarvis, and Sylvia Seventy. Dates: 27 September - 30 November 2008. Address: Funeria, P.O. Box 221, Graton, California 95444. Surf: www.funeria.com. Deadline: 1 August 2008.

Seeking proposals for welcoming, durable, site specific, static or kinetic work that may include water and light features, for prominent downtown square. Address: Hamilton Ohio City of Sculpture, One High Street, Box 545, Hamilton, Ohio 45012. Telephone: 513-895-3934. Email: hamiltonohiocityofsculpture@fuse.net. Surf: www.cityofsculpture.org/Journal_Square.html. Deadline: 30 September 2008.

The Third InternationalÊ Exhibition of Postmodern Ceramics 2009. No entry fee. Dates: 6 March - 4 April 2009. Address: KERAMEIKON, Croatian Ceramic Association, Krizaniceva 13, 42000 Varazdin, Croatia. Telephone: 385 42 211 227. Email: info@kerameikon.com. Surf: www.kerameikon.com. Deadline: 30 October 2008.

Showcasing the idea of ceramic cups from around the world. Juried by Patti Warashina. Dates: 6 February - 28 November 2009. Address: International Cup, The Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne, Unit A, Missoula, Montana 59802. Telephone: 406-543-0509. Email: info@theclaystudioofmissoula.org. Surf: www.theclaystudioofmissoula.org. Deadline: 26 November 2008.

Seeking new outdoor work that responds to site. Contact: Rina Greer. Address: Toronto Sculpture Garden, 38 Avenue Road, Suite 713, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2G2, CANADA. Email: info@torontosculpturegarden.com. Surf: www.torontosculpturegarden.com/proposals.htm. Deadlines: January 15, May 15, September 15, annually.

Funding for strong thematic exhibition concept that challenges the boundaries of contemporary art, for curators w/ non-profit exhibition spaces. Address: The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, 290 Pratt Street, Meriden, Connecticut 06450. Telephone: 203-639-5544. Email: sklar@tremainefoundation.org. Surf: www.tremainefoundation.org/Content/The_Emily_Hall_Tremaine_Exhibition_Award.asp. Deadline: Early March, annually.

Seeking proposals for non-solo shows of any theme, especially those of artist-curators. Contact: Ceci Mendez. Address: Curatorial Opportunity Program (COP), New Art Center in Newton, 61 Washington Park, Newtonville, Massachusetts 02460. Telephone: 617-964-3424. Email: ceci@newartcenter.org. Surf: www.newartcenter.org/exhibitions/exhib_cop.html. Deadline: April, annually.

Exhibition proposals for all types of and approaches to ceramic materials. Contact: Jeff Guido. Address: Juried Solo Exhibition, The Clay Studio, 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106. Telephone: 215-925-3453. Email: jeff@theclaystudio.org. Surf: www.theclaystudio.org/artist/. Deadline: 31 May, annually.

Proposals sought for contemporary art space. Contact: Brooke Fitzpatrick. Address: K Space Contemporary, P.O. Box 545, Corpus Christi, Texas 78403. Telephone: 361-887-6834. Email: info@kspacecontemporary.org; Surf: www.kspacecontemporary.org. Deadline: September, annually.

Ongoing call to artists and curators for show proposals. Address: Contemporary Artists Center, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, Massachusetts 01247. Telephone: 413-663-9555. Email: info@thecac.org; Surf: www.thecac.org/calls.html. Deadline: November 1, annually.

Site specific work responding to the architectural and environmental characteristics, minimum 2 year display. Contact: Sharon Bates; Write: Art and Culture Program, Albany International Airport, 737 Albany-Shaker Road, Albany NY 12211; Telephone: 518-242-2241; Email: arts@albanyairport.com; Surf: www.albanyairport.com/3/gallery/sitespecific.html . Deadline: Open.

Proposals and applications sought for a wide variety of exhibitions. Address: Altered Esthetics Gallery, 1224 Quincy Street NE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413. Telephone: 612-378-8888. Email: opencall@alteredesthetics.com. Surf: www.alteredesthetics.com/opencalls. Deadline: Open.

Show your art in US embassies worldwide. Write: Art In Embassies Program, A/Art Room 258, U.S. Deptartment of State, Washington 20252, DC; Telephone: 202-647-5723; Email: artinembassies@state.gov ; Surf: aiep.state.gov. Deadline: Open.

All media. Juried monthly. Write: Artemisia Gallery, 700 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, Illinois 60622; Surf: www.artemisia.org. Deadline: Open.

Artists In Cellophane believe that art should be progressive, yet personal and approachable. What better way to do this, than with a heavy cold steel machine? Write: Artists in Cellophane, 5000 Rushland Drive, Winston-Salem NC 27104. Telephone: 336-774 0717. Email: clark@artomat.org. Surf: www.artomat.org/. Deadline: Open.

Proposals sought by artists or curators for exhibitions in a contemporary arts center. Write: Gallery Coordinator, The Asian Arts Initiative, 1315 Cherry Street, 2nd Floor East, Philadelphia PA 19107; Telephone: 215-557-0455; Email: info@asianartsinitiative.org; Surf: www.asianartsinitiative.org. Deadline: Open.

Exhibition opportunities in main gallery and project space for challenging, contemporary work, preferably new and non-commercial. Address: Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston Massachusetts 02116. Telephone: 617-426-1017. Email: araine@bcaonline.org. Surf: www.bcaonline.org. Deadline: Open.

Exhibition opportunities in street level windows; two areas, Broadway Windows and Washington Square Windows. Address: Broadway Windows and Washington Square Windows, NYU Steinhardt, 80 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003-6697. Telephone: 212-998-5751. Surf: www.nyu.edu/pages/galleries. Deadline: Open.

Proposals sought for two gallery spaces. Contact: Brooke Fitzpatrick. Address: Buffalo Arts Studio, 2495 Main Street, Suite 500, Buffalo, New York 14214. Telephone: 716-833-4450 x10. Email: gallery@buffaloartsstudio.org; Surf: www.buffaloartsstudio.org. Deadline: Open.

The Chianti Sculpture Park looks for artists doing new work. Contact: Mr. Piero Giadrossi; Write: The Chianti Sculpture Park, La Fornace di Pievasciata, 53010 SIENA, Italy; Telephone: ++39 0577 357151; Email: info@chiantisculpturepark.it; Surf: www.chiantisculpturepark.it. Deadline: Open.

The City Of New York Department Of Cultural Affairs presents Free Expression, a guide to alternative and free exhibition space in New York City. Address: City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Attention: Expression Guide, 330 West 42nd Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10036. Surf: www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/home.html. Deadline: Open.

Seeking durable outdoor sculpture for one to five year exhibition. Contact: Nick Capasso. Address: Sculpture Park, DeCordova Museum Sculpture Park, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773-2600. Telephone: 781-259-8355. Email: ncapasso@decordova.org. Surf: www.decordova.org/decordova/sculp_park/submit.html. Deadline: Open.

Proposals sought of forward-looking practices, fruition of innovative ideas, innovative approaches, et cetera. Address: Main Exhibition Space, Eyelevel Gallery, 2128 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1Z7 CANADA. Telephone: 902-425-6412. Email: director@eyelevelgallery.ca. Surf: www.eyelevelgallery.ca. Deadline: Open.

The Public Art Program of the Fulton County Arts Council announces opportunities for artists. Write: Fulton County Arts Council, 141 Pryor Street SW, Suite 2030, Atlanta GA 30303; Telephone: 404-730-5780; Surf: fultonarts.org/info/artsopp_ind.html. Deadline: Open.

Two to four week self-curated shows for undiscovered artists. Use online submission form. Gallery in Berlin, Germany. Fee. Write: Gallery twenty-four, Krossener Strasse 34, Berlin, Germany; Telephone: 030-516 583 53; Email: info@oder24.com; Surf: www.oder24.com. Deadline: Open.

Accepting proposals for exhibitions. Address: Exhibition Proposals, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Box 966, Grants Pass, Oregon 97428. Telephone: 541-479-3290. Email: museum@gpmuseum.com; Surf: www.gpmuseum.com/Call/call.html. Deadline: Open.

Accepting international proposals for exhibitions. Contact: Grey Gardner, Gallery Director. Address: Willard Arts Center, 498 A Street, Idaho Falls, ID 83402. Email: ggardner@idahofallsarts.org. Surf: www.idahofallsarts.org/forartist.html. Deadline: Open.

Illinois Wesleyan University invites submissions for upcoming exhibition schedule. Write: Gallery Director, School of Art, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington IL 61701; Telephone: 309-556-3391; Surf: titan.iwu.edu/~art/galler.html. Deadline: Open.

Three month show opportunities in kiosks or gallery. Contact: Cabeth Cornelius. Address: Haskell Gallery and Art Kiosks, Jacksonville International Airport Arts Commission, Box 18018, Jacksonville, Florida 32229. Telephone: 904-741-3546. Email: ccornelius@jaa.aero. Surf: http://www.jiaarts.org/opportunities.htm. Deadline: Open.

Emerging curatorial exhibition proposals are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Address: Visual Arts Curator, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New York 11432. Telephone: 718-658-7400 x123. Email: hhan@jcal.org. Surf: jcal.org/visual_arts/registry.html. Deadline: Open.

The Los Angeles County public transit system has an active public art program. Write: MTA Metro Art, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles CA 90012-2952; Telephone: 213-922-4278; Surf: www.metro.net/about_us/metroart/ma_opportunities.htm. Deadline: Open.

Solo or group shows of innovative or experimental work; residencies also considered. Juried by committee. Write: Curatorial Committee, The Lab, 2948 16th Street, San Francisco CA 94103; Telephone: 415-864-8855; Surf: www.thelab.org/submit.htm . Deadline: Open.

Seeking exhibition proposals from artists and curators for 2008 - 2009 and 2009 - 2010. Contact: Mike Deetsch. Address: Call for Proposals, Lexington Art League, 209 Castlewood Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40505. Telephone: 859-254-7024. Email: mdeetsch@lexingtonartleague.org; Surf: www.lexingtonartleague.org/calltoartist.htm. Deadline: Open.

Proposals sought. Contact: John Ballinger, Associate Director. Address: Midway Contemporary Art, 527 2nd Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414. Telephone: 612-605-4504. Email: info@midwayart.org; Surf: www.midwayart.org/opportunities.html . Deadline: Open.

Contemporary works encouraged. Contact: Melissa Pickford. Address: ArtistsÕ Proposals, Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, 980 Fremont Street, Monterey, California 93940-4799. Telephone: 831-646-3060. Email: melissapickford@yahoo.com. Surf: www.mpcfaculty.net/art_gallery/prospectus.htm. Deadline: Open.

2008 - 2009 gallery shows; also window space. Contact: Leonie Bradbury. Address: General Submissions, Montserrat College of Art Gallery, 23 Essex Street, Beverly, Massachusetts 01915. Telephone: 978-921-4242. Email: lbradbury@montserrat.edu. Surf: www.montserrat.edu/galleries/opportunities.shtml. Deadline: Open.

Proposals for shows of contemporary craft media accepted for 2008 - 2009. Contact: Arthur DeBow. Address: Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, 8245 SW Barnes Road, Portland, Oregon 97225. Telephone: 503-297-5544. Email: adebow@ocac.edu. Surf: www.ocac.edu . Deadline: Open.

Accepting exhibition proposals. Contact: Jonathan Kaplan. Address: Plinth Gallery, 3520 Brighton Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80216. Telephone: 303-909-5488. Email: jonathan@plinthgallery.com. Surf: www.plinthgallery.com.

Exhibit temporary projects in various PS1 locations. Write: Special Projects, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City NY 11101; Telephone: 718-784-2084; Email: josh@ps1.org; Surf: www.ps1.org. Deadline: Open.

Proposals sought for solo and group shows in college gallery. Contact: Beatrix Reinhardt; Write: Olin Hall Galleries, Roanoke College, 221 College Lane, Salem VA 2415; Telephone: 540-375-2332; Email: reinhardt@roanoke.edu. Deadline: Open.

Seeking exhibition proposals for a one artist show in gallery or a group exhibit in sculpture park. Write: Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 South Greenbush Road, West Nyack New York 10994; Telephone: 845-358-0877; Email: lstein@rocklandartcenter.org; Surf: www.rocklandartcenter.org/submissions.html. Deadline: Open.

Solo or group exhibitions lasting four to six weeks. Contact: Jennifer Hughes. Address: Resnikoff Gallery, Roxbury Community College, 39 Everett Street, Arlington, Massachusetts 02474. Telephone: 617-541-5380. Surf: www.rccmainstage.com/index.html. Deadline: Open.

Seeking artists for site furnishings for tideland parks and public spaces around San Diego Bay. Address: Site Furnishings & Amenities Prog, Port of San Diego, Box 120488, San Diego, California 92112-0488. Telephone: 619-686-7246. Surf: www.portofsandiego.org/sandiego_publicart/paopportunities.asp. Deadline: Open.

Proposals sought by artists, groups, or curators for one of five exhibition spaces. Contact: Jason Lahr, Curator of Exhibitions. Address: South Bend Regional Museum of Art, 120 South Saint Joseph Street, South Bend, Indiana 46601. Telephone: 574-235-9102. Email: info@sbrma.org; Surf: www.sbrma.org. Deadline: Open.

Exhibition proposals sought. Address: Gallery Exhibition, Space 237 Galleries & Clay Space, 237 N. Michigan Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43624. Telephone: 419-255-5117. Email: info@space237.com. Surf: www.space237.com/pages/submision.html . Deadline: Open.

Proposals sought for exhibitions in university gallery. Contact: Mick Briscoe; Write: CEVA, Western Oregon University, 345 N. Monmouth Avenue, Monmouth OR 97361; Telephone: 503-838-8241; Email: briscoem@wou.edu. Deadline: Open.