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Interpretations of an American Dream
Call for entry open April 21 – July 21, 2025
Interpretations of an American Dream is a regional, all-media juried exhibition showcasing contemporary artwork that explores the meaning of dreaming in America today. This exhibition invites artists to reflect on the aspirations, ideals, myths, and realities that shape the American experience.
A panel of three jurors will select artworks based on originality, innovation, design, technique, and craftsmanship. Submissions will be accepted digitally. More than one piece may be selected per artist. Selected pieces will be on view in The Dairy Barn Arts Center’s Sauber Gallery from October 3 through December 7, 2025.
Jurors
Sarah Rose Sharp
Sarah Rose Sharp is a writer and multimedia artist. She writes about art and culture for print and online venues. Sarah is a 2015 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow for Art Criticism and is a 2018 recipient of the Rabkin Foundation Prize. She is a guest lecturer at several universities in Southeast Michigan and served as a mentor in the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program in 2018. Sarah has served as guest curator and juror for institutions including Penn State University, Scarab Club, The Terhune Gallery, and The Ann Arbor Art Center, and most recently mounted a comprehensive survey of 70+ SE Michigan fiber artists as part of Detroit’s 14 th annual Month of Design (Sept 2024). Sarah has shown her work in New York, Seattle, Columbus & Toledo, OH, Covington, KY, and Detroit—including at the Detroit Institute of Arts—with solo shows at Simone De Sousa Gallery and Public Pool. She was a Spring 2024 resident at the Surf Point Foundation in York, Maine. She is primarily concerned with artist and viewer experiences of making and engaging with art.
Matt Eich
Matt Eich is a photographic essayist working on long-form projects related to memory, family, community, and the American condition. He is the author of five monographs of photography and his work is widely exhibited and held in public collections including the Chrysler Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Portland Art Museum and others. Matt’s projects have received support from an Aaron Siskind Fellowship, two Getty Images Grants, two VMFA Professional Fellowships and an Aperture/Google Creators Lab Photo Fund Grant. He was an artist in residence at Light Work in 2013 and at a Robert Rauschenberg Residency in 2019. Eich is an Associate Professor at Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at the George Washington University, makes books under the imprint Little Oak.PRESS and resides in Virginia with his family.
Rich-Joseph Facun
Rich-Joseph Facun is an Otomi and Pinoy storyteller, photographer, and bookmaker presently based in the Appalachian Foothills of southeast Ohio. His work aims to offer an authentic look into ways in which individual identity is influenced by the economic, geographic, and community norms of a given landscape. The exploration of place and cultural identity present themselves as a common denominator in both his life and his photographic endeavors.
Facun’s photography has been commissioned by various publications, including NPR, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, ProPublica, NBC News, AARP, The Associated Press, Reuters, Vox, Adweek, Education Week, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The FADER, Frank 151, Topic, The Guardian (UK), The National (UAE), Telerama (France), The Globe and Mail (Canada) and Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), among others.
Holzer Community Gallery
Call for Proposals for Solo Exhibition
Call for entry open June 18 – October 1, 2025
The Dairy Barn Arts Center invites proposals for solo exhibitions in Holzer Community Gallery, located 1st Floor, Holzer Hospital, 2131 E State St, Athens, OH. This gallery is located in a hospital setting—art must be sensitive to patient needs, offering a calm, therapeutic, uplifting experience. For representational pieces, we welcome imagery that feels inspiring, harmonious, and universally accessible—free of political or potentially sensitive content.
Artwork will be selected based on suitability for hospital setting, originality, innovation, design, technique, and craftsmanship. Submissions will be accepted digitally.
EXHIBITION PERIODS :
December 2, 2025 – April 6, 2026
April 6, 2026 – August 4, 2026
August 4, 2026 – December 1, 2026
ELIGIBILITY
- Solo show proposals only (no group exhibitions)
- Open to emerging artists
- Entry fee of $35
- The space can hold 15-20 small works (less than 24″ wide), or up to 10 medium-sized works (up to 48″ wide)
- Ready-to-hang: framed or stretched canvas, with wire; fits a single hook
- Artwork content must support mental wellbeing and provide a sense of calm.
- Artists can deliver work to The Dairy Barn Arts Center or pay for shipping.