CALL FOR ART! Asia North 2026
The 2026 Asia North exhibition committee is excited to announce Dylan Kaleikaumaka Hill as this year's guest curator! Hill is currently the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Meyerhoff-Becker Curatorial Fellow. This year’s exhibition will take place in the SNF Parkway Theatre and Currency Studio throughout the month of May.
Asia North invites artists to submit artworks that explore the many facets of hospitality—a core value rooted in respect, ritual, and community for many of us who grew up in APIMEDA (Asian Pacific Islander Middle Eastern Desi American) households. Considering hospitality as a malleable practice, we ask that submitted works address the ways in which hospitality beckons us to prioritize the care of others, create safe spaces for exchange, and reinforce/redefine cultural traditions. We invite works from across mediums that convey the nuances of what it means to be “hospitable” across the greater Baltimore and DMV regions today.
Click the link below to apply before Friday, March 6!
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Click the link below to apply before Friday, March 6! 〰️
About the Curator:
Dylan K. Hill- Hill’s curatorial practice aspires to center underrepresented perspectives and interrogate colonial narratives. joined the Contemporary Art Department at the Baltimore Museum of Art as the Meyerhoff-Becker Curatorial Fellow in 2024. While at the BMA, she has supported projects including Crosscurrents: Works from the Contemporary Collection 2025, Amy Sherald: American Sublime 2025 and the upcoming Meyerhoff-Becker lobby commission. Dylan also co-curated the group exhibition, Exquisite Relations 2025, at the Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery at the Pratt Institute, NY.
She received her M.A. in the History of Art and Design at Pratt, where she also served as a research assistant, and holds a B.A. in Art History from Portland State University. Her research interests explore the ways in which Native Hawaiian culture, settler colonialism, and tourism manifest in contemporary art and design.
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Description text goes hereArtists based in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. The exhibition will feature works from guest artists and from this open call for art.
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Description text goes here1 to 5 works. All 2-D, sculptural, and video works welcome. Works must be original. Site specific installation proposals welcome. Works must be related to the theme of hospitality as detailed in the description above. PLEASE NOTE: This is a curated exhibit. Asia North reserves the right to decline any submissions.
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Exhibition Dates: May 1 - 31, 2026
Locations: SNF Parkway Theatre and North Avenue Market in Baltimore's Station North Arts District
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Applications must be received no later than March 6.
You will receive a notification from Asia North no later than March 13.Accepted work must be available two weeks before May 1. Work may not be withdrawn before the close of the exhibition on May 31
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Item descriptionArtists are responsible for the transport of their work to and from the exhibition venue. Each accepted entry must be installation-ready with appropriate hanging hardware if needed and installation instructions, and clearly labeled with artist’s name and title of the work. Sculptures will be wall placed, on pedestals, or free standing. Test your framing/presentation before delivering our work. If your work requires A/V equipment, please provide own equipment if possible (preferred), or specify the equipment needed. Asia North staff will coordinate with artists regarding delivery/installation/pick-up logistics.
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AA&CC will insure the works while on site for the insurance value indicated on the entries.
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Item descriptionAsia North partners may photograph the work for reproduction on the Asia North website, press releases, social media, and a possible future online version of the exhibit.
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There is a modest stipend for artists whose works are accepted into the show.
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Contact ASIANARTS@TOWSON.EDU for more info.
Check out last year’s Asia North Exhibition!
Video of Asia North’s 2025 Exhibition, Exceeds Expectations, by Yefu Liu