STUDENT OPEN CALL

Gallery Athanor x Vulpes Bastille

 

About The Call

Gallery Athanor and Vulpes Bastille host an annual Student Exhibition, Convos Around the Dinner Table. Curator Tanith K of Gallery Athanor partners with Vulpes Bastille to curate this show and provide valuable gallery experience to students. This exhibition aims to showcase the diverse talents of student artists, providing opportunity for artistic growth through public display. We welcome submissions from students working in a range of media, highlighting the creative process within the student arts community. 

The 2026 Student Show is slated for April 2026 and will be curated through an open call to students across the region enrolled in undergraduate programs. The 2026 Open Call will launch January 2026.

The 2025 Student Call is Closed.

2026 open call launches January ‘26.

How To Apply

Artists can submit 1-3 completed artworks for review, along with an artist bio, artist statement, and information about each work.

Artists will be contacted up to 3 weeks AFTER call has closed with exhibition details.

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, et al.

To ensure that we have room for every artist to be shown, please only submit work no larger than 24" in any dimension, and it must be ready for display (wired, mounted, or otherwise). 

There will be TWO information sessions for students to attend:

  • November 13th, 2024 6-7pm and January 21st, 2025 6-7pm

  • Show Dates: Opens on First Friday April 4th and closes on  Friday April 25th (3 weeks) at Vulpes Bastille.

Vulpes Bastille has limited equipment for video artists. We encourage artists to provide their own projectors, monitors, etc for installation. 

We encourage that your artwork be listed for sale. The gallery takes a 25% commission while the artist retains 75%. If you do not want to sell your piece, be sure to include that information in your submission.

About Gallery Athanor

Gallery Athanor is a private domestic art space and curatorial project in Kansas City that opened in fall 2022. It is cozy and intimate at a whopping ~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 open calls 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. Exhibitions are selected through an annual open call, with priority given to students and emerging artists. As a result, Vulpes Bastille has become a creative fortress for artists of all backgrounds and career levels, sustaining a diverse community of artists over the past decade.

IG: @vulpes.bastille Website: vulpesbastille.com