Suspended at the UMLAUF: Call for Submissions

Submissions Open: March 1, 2025 
Submissions Close: March 24, 2025 
Acceptances Notified: April 2, 2025 
Opening Reception for first 2025 Suspended Exhibition: June 11, 2025 6-8pm  
Exhibition Talk: July 2025 (TBD)   
Exhibition Closes: August 24, 2025  
Future Suspended installations: September – December 2025, and January – March 2026. 

​The UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum is seeking applications for our new exhibition series – Suspended at the UMLAUF. This series complements our gallery and garden exhibitions by featuring a single artist’s sculptural work to be suspended in the center of the octagonal Roberta Crenshaw Room. The jury will select three artists who will exhibit consecutively: from June-August 2025, September-December 2025, and January 2025-March 2026. 

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Operating as both a public and private event space, the Crenshaw Room is dedicated to the philanthropist and former Chair of the Austin Parks Board, Roberta Crenshaw. Suspended creates a dynamic and immersive experience for all visitors to the UMLAUF. The theme of Suspended is open and we encourage artists to submit works that bring a unique perspective to the UMLAUF. UMLAUF Staff will judge the applications.  

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There is no cost to apply to Suspended. To submit your work for consideration, please fill out this form.

1. Artist/s Contact Info 

2. Name, phone, address, email, social media handles, and/or website 

3. C.V. or resume 

4. A statement describing what the artist/s plan to create, including dimensions and media 

5. Up to two high-res sketches or renderings of the proposed artwork 

Accepted artists will receive further logistical information, shall be provided with a contract to sign, and will be given an honorarium of $500 to offset the costs of delivering and picking up their work from the UMLAUF. The UMLAUF is a 501c3 non-profit museum that does not discriminate on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.  

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The applications for this series will open again in 2026.