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“Art & Spirituality,” A Juried Exhibition

Application Deadline: August 15th (by end of day)
Notifications: Week of August 25th
Work delivered to Gallery by: October 13, 2025
Exhibition Dates: October 15 - November 19, 2025
Reception Date: October 23, 2025 6-8PM
Work picked up by: Nov. 24th at 4PM

About:
The Julio Fine Arts Gallery seeks entries for a juried exhibition themed around “Art & Spirituality” at the Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University Maryland. Works could engage with specific religious traditions and/or include elements of ritual, repetition, meditation/meditative practice, sacred space or community, concepts of sacredness, spirituality and intersectionality, etc. The topic is widely defined to allow for a variety of voices and themes to emerge. Works of all media are eligible for submission—we encourage experimentation and diversity of ideas! Artists may submit up to 5 images, which could be 5 entries, or a combination of entries and additional views/details of entries. Please be prepared to provide the following information about your work: Title, Medium, Year(s) created, & Dimensions.

Terms of Entry:
—Entrance is free and open to all artists over the age of 18 living in the United States, but preference will given to artists living and working in the region, with an aim towards increasing community participation and artist presence at events and receptions.
—Arrangements for delivery and pick up of artwork is the responsibility of exhibiting artists.
—The work you are submitting must be available for the entire duration of the exhibition, be delivered to the gallery by the designated date, and picked up within 5 days of the closing date.
—By entering the exhibition, artists whose works are selected understand that the Julio Fine Arts Gallery and Loyola University Maryland may use submitted images on printed materials, gallery and/or University website, and social media sites for promotional purposes. Images will include attribution wherever possible.

**Please reach out to Megan Rook-Koepsel, the Gallery Director (mrook-koepsel@loyola.edu) if you have any questions about these requirements, the application process, or the theme—we want to make this process as smooth and fulfilling as possible for everyone!

About Our Jurors:
Kerry Boeye (he/him), an associate professor of art history at Loyola University Maryland, earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago with a specialization in western medieval art. Through his research, writing, and teaching, he has explored expressions of spirituality, faith, and religious practices in medieval Christian, Jewish and Islamic art as well as early modern and contemporary artworks.

Dan Schlapbach (he/him) received his MFA from Indiana University and is now a Professor of Visual Arts/Photography at Loyola University MD. His research interests include the intersection of the indexical nature of photography with the ungraspable nature of reality. His artworks merge 19th century practices like wet-plate collodion with contemporary digital imaging to create photographic koans that challenge viewers to embrace uncertainty and our interdependence. He frequently offers a course on Spirit Photography.

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