Funky Ride: // Fall Exhibition Open Call

PAR-Projects invites artists in a variety of media to submit work(s) for an 8-week group exhibition during the 2025 season.

This exhibition, titled "Funk Ride: The South's Still Got Something To Say" appropriates the phrase used by Andre 3000 at the 1995 Source awards when OutKast won best new rap group for their debut album, “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.”

A nod to fifty+ years of hiphop, this exhibition honors the visual language of HipHop culture, as well as stories generated in the south.

We encourage artists to interpret this theme liberally and apply with works that feature or address hiphop and/or southern culture via traditional media (drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, etc.) or via non-traditional media including fashion design or street art media (tagging stenciling, postering or photographic/video documentation of street art).

This application is now open | deadline - June 30th.

Interested in more information? Click HERE for application details or to submit your application today:

This exhibition will run in The Gallery at Studeō PAR- from September 13th through the middle of November.

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About PAR-Projects: PAR-Projects is an artist-led organization with a mission to empower diverse communities of people who believe in the arts. As educators, we provide workshops & eight-week classes, related to career development & skills training. As working artists, we enjoy hosting thought provoking exhibits & large scale collaborations throughout Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

PAR-Projects is currently in the midst of a major community development project in Northside, Cincinnati, that is transforming 3/4 of an acre of blighted land into a contemporary arts & education center. Within their campus they currently host a fine art gallery and a number of creativity-focused artist studios. In the coming years, they will open their outdoor performance stage and outdoor movie theater, creating an outdoor venue, truly designed to give their communities a place to gather.

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