The Merced Multicultural Arts Center galleries work on an 18 - 24 month calendar. The MAC galleries are always accepting entries. Entries are reviewed once a year.

Current Call for

Heartland Creative Corps Showcase

Heartland Creative Corps Grantees are invited to exhibit their projects at the MAC May through June 30, 2024. The Heartland Creative Corps AO serviced 43 grants from the California Creative Corps program for artists living in Merced, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties.

Event Details:

Venue: Multicultural Arts Center, 645 West Main Street

Date: Visual Exhibition runs May 1 - June 30, 2024

Performance based projects have Black Box Theatre availability weekends, May 31 to June 30, 2024.

Please contact jason@artsmerced.org for more information.

Accepting submissions from Feb 15 to March 30

Submit online by clicking the link below:

Heartland Showcase Form

Gallery Exhibitions at the MMAC

The Merced Multicultural Arts Center Galleries are a contemporary visual arts space located in downtown Merced, California. This 28,000 sq.’ interdisciplinary fine arts and education facility also houses the offices of the Merced County Arts Council, a nonprofit 501c3 organization established in 1978 and relocated into its brand new facility in 1996 through a private/public partnership with the City of Merced. The Exhibitions Program provides professional exhibition opportunities in the heart of the Central Valley.

The Merced Multicultural Arts Center Galleries seek exhibition and diverse programming proposals from artists, curators, and collection lenders.

The Merced County Arts Council seeks artists primarily from California and will give priority to work that reflects the issues and lifestyle of the myriad cultures represented in Merced County. We encourage exhibits that lend to opportunities for community engagement or educational components for K12 schools. The Arts Council may design activities such as discussion groups about the issue or a lecture about the technique and strongly encourage the artists to participate.

Proposals are open to all media including installation, new media, and performance art. Work must have been completed in the past three years unless part of a thematic grouping or retrospectives. Artists may also submit proposals for new works, providing samples of work representative for review.

FOR General Entry, PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS:

  1. Provide High-resolution Images of Work

  2. Artist Resume including Exhibition Record

  3. Exhibition Concept/Statement of Intent/Proposal

  4. Date Restrictions—Please remember exhibitions may be scheduled up to 18 months in advance.

SEND EXHIBITION/PROGRAMMING PROPOSALS TO:

Email: director@artsmerced.org

Snail Mail:

MCAC Curatorial Committee
Merced Multicultural Arts Center
645 W. Main Street Merced, CA 95340

Need all that info in a downloadable version?

DOCUMENTS FOR EXHIBITING ARTISTS

The following PDF downloads are for artists showing in our galleries.

DIAGRAMS

MCAC-1st Floor Gallery Diagram

MCAC-2nd Floor Gallery Diagram

EXHIBITING ARTIST CONTRACT

MCAC – Exhibiting Artists Contract

SPECIFICS OF WORK

MCAC – Specifics of Work (filled out and emailed to curator)

CHOSEN TO EXHIBIT?

All artists chosen to exhibit should provide the following materials to the curator a minimum of 2 months before their opening:

  1. A show title

  2. An artists biography including education and prior exhibitions

  3. An artists statement

  4. A show statement

  5. A digital copy of the Specifics of Work form (linked above)

  6. Two high resolution images (preferably in both portrait and landscape orientation)