Convos Around the Dinner Table
Gallery Athanor x Vulpes Bastille
Annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition
Open Call Submissions Due February 20
Gallery Athanor and Vulpes Bastille are pleased to invite submissions for their second annual undergraduate exhibition, Convos Around the Dinner Table. This show aims to amplify the diverse talents of student artists, providing opportunity for artistic growth through public display. We welcome submissions from both traditional and untraditional undergraduate students working in a range of media, highlighting the creative process within the university and college arts community.
This open call is ONLY for students currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in the Greater Kansas City metro area with a graduation date no earlier than Spring 2026. You will not be considered if you are in high school, a post-graduate program, or have already graduated.
The exhibition will open on Friday, April 3, and close Friday, April 24.
How To Apply
Submissions open Monday, January 12th, 2026 and close on Friday, February 20th, 2026.
**We recommend that you do not wait to the last minute to submit!**
Artists will be contacted by email on or near Wednesday, March 4th.
Submissions must be of original, completed work. We will not accept concepts or unfinished pieces. All media is eligible including but not limited to traditional mediums, ceramics, fibers, sculpture, video, animation, photography, illustration, painting, print, quilt, fashion, et al.
To ensure that we have room for every piece on display, please only submit work no larger than 24" in any dimension, and it MUST be ready for display (wired, mounted, or otherwise). We are not picky about hanging method. We are picky about size. If it is not ready to hang or requires extensive problem solving, we will not hang it. Reach out to your professors or curator Tanith K if you want advice on how to display your piece!
Info Session
There will be an information session for students and professors to attend:
Tuesday January 27th, 2026 7-8pm
**NO RSVP NEEDED**
About Gallery Athanor
Gallery Athanor is a private domestic art space and curatorial project in South Kansas City. It is cozy and intimate at around ~200 square feet. Tanith K's curatorial style is unconventionally balanced, finding unheard conversations and unique foundations between artists, their art, and viewers. Gallery Athanor has three exhibitions a year to provide artists with an alternative venue to showcase their works and to give potential collectors a clearer vision of what that art can look like in their own home.
IG: @galleryathanor Website: thetanith.com
About Vulpes Bastille
Vulpes Bastille is an artist-run studio and gallery space located in the East Crossroads District of Kansas City, MO. Housed in a 100-year-old renovated dancehall, it provides emerging and local artists with affordable spaces to create and display their work. It is an ideal venue for experimental and installation-based exhibitions, with an emphasis on giving artists full control over their shows. Since 2012, Vulpes Bastille has been a fortress for artists of all backgrounds and career levels.
IG:@vulpes.bastille Website:vulpesbastille.com