Around Oregon Biennial
The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Free to Apply
Entries Due Sunday, May 18, 2025
About the Call
The 2025 Around Oregon Biennial (AOB) will be juried by Scott Malbaurn, Schneider Museum of Art Executive Director. The exhibition is open to professional artists, working in all mediums, who are currently living in Oregon. Artists must be over 18 years of age. Artists currently enrolled in a degree seeking program are not eligible to apply.
Each artist can submit three artworks created in the last 2 years. Submitted artworks must be available the entire length of the exhibition. The AOB is on view in The Arts Center Main Gallery July 15 – September 6, 2025. A reception and awards presentation will be held on Thursday, July 17th, 5:30 – 7 PM, during the Corvallis Arts Walk.
Selected artists will be notified by June 13, 2025. Artwork must be delivered to The Art Center no later than Wednesday July 9, 2025. Artists are responsible for delivery and pickup of work to and from The Arts Center. If shipping work, a return shipping label must be provided at delivery.
About the Juror
Scott Malbaurn is the Executive Director of the Schneider Museum of Art, part of the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University. Serving both an academic and community audience, the Schneider Museum of Art builds a challenging environment that engages with the visual arts through exhibitions and programs supporting interdisciplinary study, research, and discourse. Scott is responsible for overall curatorial, administration, planning, policy, and budget development and management of the Museum.
Scott Malbaurn is also an artist, arts educator and curator. As an artist, Malbaurn has exhibited his work internationally with most exhibitions in New York, NY. Malbaurn has held positions at Pratt Institute serving as the Assistant Chairperson of Fine Arts as well as faculty for Drawing and Painting. Malbaurn has also held positions at the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in the Curatorial and Collections Department and Design Department.