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Art for Social Change: FOOD FOR THOUGHT


  • Oak Park Art League 720 W. Chicago Ave. Oak Park IL. 60302 US (map)

From the still lives of the Renaissance and Dutch Golden age to the soft sculptures of Claus Oldenburg, or the lush impasto of Wayne Theibaud, food is everywhere in art!  Food is sustenance, it brings us together around a table, it can bring joy or anxiety, it can be factory-farmed or farm-to-table.

This open call judged exhibit asks; what are your best or strongest memories about food, or eating in community? What are your feelings about food and how can they be conveyed in an artwork to continue the long tradition of food as subject? All media welcome.

Judge(s): TBA

*Please read the Exhibition Guidelines. Entry into the exhibition and payment of the hanging fee constitute your acknowledgment that you have read and understood the guidelines for exhibitions in OPAL’s Carriage House Gallery.


This is an Open Call. The artwork you submit will be included if it meets the Call criteria.

● All work must have been completed within the past 3 years and not previously exhibited at OPAL.

● Deliver artwork to the Gallery on the drop-off dates below. All media/mediums accepted except for AI generated work.

● ARTWORK IS LIMITED IN SIZE TO (42”) IN THE LARGEST DIMENSION, including frame.

● Sculptural work can be up to 72” high if it is freestanding but must be no more than
36” wide in the round.

● All work MUST be ready to hang, with hanging wire.
(ABSOLUTELY NO SAWTOOTH OR STRING HANGERS WILL BE ACCEPTED)

● Limit of 2 submissions per artist.

Submission fee:

Art Member -   1st work - $25., 2nd work $15.

Non Member - 1st work - $35., 2nd work $20.


Important Dates

Drop off work: Nov 1 & 2

Exhibition dates: Nov 7 - Nov 30

Please note ~ Opening reception:
Saturday Nov 8, 1-4pm

Pick up work:  Nov 29 & 30

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