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SOS 2024 – For Artists

Our most recent Somerville Open Studios event took place on May 4 & 5, 2024. Listed below are the calls for art for each of the events and shows we produced in 2024, including a one-night-only fashion show called Artwear. Click each heading for more information on a particular show. We expect to present similar shows next year for SOS 2025.

Artist news

  • Call for Art: Visions of Somerville
    SOS has issued a Call for Art for a juried show called “Visions of Somerville – As Seen Through Artists’ Eyes”, to be hung at 50 Prospect Street in Union Square during the winter of 2024-25. This exhibit will showcase the work of our own Somerville artists, presenting their views of our vibrant and diverse city.  The deadline for submission is Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The show is open to any artist who has been a member of SOS in any year since 2019.
  • SOS 2024 Kids’ and Teens’ Art Show
    Art by Somerville children and teens will be on display in the Armory cafe from May 1 through 12. For information on how to submit art to this show, visit the SOS Kids page at https://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/kids/ . Deadline is April 28.
  • Call for Art: 2024 SOS Locavore “The Book as Art – Unbound”
    Hand-made books, book illustration, book art, zines etc. We are seeking art that uses the book as content and/or medium to explore and transform our idea of what a book can be. Show location: Somerville Public Library, 79 Highland Avenue. Submission deadline: extended to April 17, 2024.
  • Call for Art: 2024 SOS Locavore “Art unleashed!”
    This show was cancelled for 2024 because of insufficient response to the call.
  • Call for Art: 2024 First Look Exhibit
    The SOS 2024 First Look Exhibit will take place at the Somerville Museum from April 11 to May 11. Opening reception Sunday, April 14 from 3-6 pm. All SOS member artists are eligible to submit a single piece. See the complete call for more details. Drop-off dates are March 24, March 27, and April 1.
  • Call for Art: 2024 SOS Locavore “Community”
    This year we celebrate Community with a small works show at Neighborhood Produce in Ball Square. Work will be seen through the corner window at the intersection of Broadway and Boston Ave. Your interpretation of “community” may be literal or symbolic, representational or abstract, painted, drawn, sculpted, photographic or multi-media. Submissions should not exceed 12” x 12” x 12” since the space is small. Submission deadline: April 1, 2024.
  • Call for Art: 2024 SOS Volunteer Small Works Show
    People who have volunteered for SOS over the past two years are invited to submit work to the SOS 2024 Volunteer Small Works Show. The show will be displayed at Forge Bakery, 626 Somerville Avenue. Submission deadline: April 2.
  • Call for Art: 2024 Inside-Out Gallery Show
    Somerville Open Studios, the Somerville Arts Council, and the Inside-OUT Gallery (the Davis Square CVS display windows) Call to Somerville Open Studios Artists Members showcase. Submission deadline April 1st, 2024. Show on view from April 19th to May 20th. Exhibit Theme: Celebrating 25 years of Art in the ‘Ville. Somerville Open Studios’s milestone silver anniversary is the theme for this years show. More details on the submission form.
  • Artwear: The SOS 2024 Fashion Show
    Artwear is the new name for the SOS Fashion Show, which will take place on Thursday, May 2, at the Crystal Ballroom in Davis Square. Send email to artwear@somervilleopenstudios.org if you’d like to participate.

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