Call to Artists
Want to exhibit at Gallery Route One?
Gallery Route One is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, not a commercial gallery. It is operated by a Board of Directors, a small, part time staff and its Artist Members.
Here are GRO’s exhibition opportunities:
- Become an artist member. Artist members have solo or two person exhibitions every 24 – 36 months. Members support the gallery through paying dues and doing the volunteer work required to operate the art gallery. Applications are reviewed quarterly. Apply through GRO’s website. You will find more information and the application form online in Become a GRO Member Artist below.
- 2025 Fellowship Program – Application Deadline September 30,2024. Gallery Route One is offering two, 12-month Fellowships to artists ages 21-40, living in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, and working in any fine art media. BIPOC artists are encouraged to apply. Learn more at the Fellowship Program page.
- Exhibit in our Visiting Artist Program. GRO’s Visiting Artist Program seeks artists who address one of three themes: Environment (climate change and related issues); Social Justice (many themes), and Immigration (borders, diaspora, etc) as experienced by first, second or third generation artists. Find more information and the online application form in Visiting Artist Exhibition below.
- Annual Juried Show. Now open to artists throughout California. The call for entries is open, see below.
Sign up for our newsletter to receive notices of upcoming call deadlines. These are also posted on our Facebook and Instagram pages.
See work by Gallery Route One artists on their Artist Pages.
See previous exhibitions in our Exhibitions Archive.
WHAT CAN’T BE SPOKEN
Gallery Route One’s Annual Juried Exhibition 2025
Juror: Frances McCormack is an abstract painter. She was born in Boston and received her MFA from the University of California at Berkeley. She is Professor Emerita at the San Francisco Art Institute. McCormack was the recipient of the first SFAI faculty residency at the American Academy in Rome, three Buck Foundation individual artists grants and residencies at Djerassi in Woodside CA and Willapa AiR in Oysterville WA.
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, January 11 – Saturday, February 15, 2025
Reception and Awards: Saturday, January 11 @ 3-5 pm
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: Friday, October 25, 2024, Midnight (MDT)
Deliver work: Sunday January 5 @ 5–7 PM or Monday, January 6 @ 10 AM – 2 PM
Pickup unsold work: Sunday, February 16 @ 10 AM – 5 PM
Eligibility: All artists currently living in California
Media: All media except video, crafts or installation
Size: No to exceed 5’ (60”) in any direction
Entry Fee: $15 per artwork entry, up to a maximum of 4 total entries; Application fees are nonrefundable
Apply: Online only, through callforentry.org or use QR Code in PDF below.
Become a GRO Member Artist
Gallery Route One artist membership is open to all professional artists living in the greater San Francisco Bay area. Artists from historically underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply because GRO embraces diversity, equity access and inclusion.
We review artwork in all media including video and installation, but not production crafts.
Applications are reviewed quarterly by a panel of GRO artist members. Deadlines for each quarter are: March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31.
NOTE: we are pausing new membership application reviews until December 31, 2024. Applications will reopen in 2025.
Artists in the Schools Application for Teaching Artists
Gallery Route One invites artists to apply and participate in the Artists in the Schools Program for the upcoming academic year.
More Exhibition Opportunities at Gallery Route One
GRO holds an annual juried exhibition in January / February open to Northern California artists; sign up for our mailing list to learn when we will accept entries for our next Juried Show.
Our famous Box Show usually has a few openings each year; sign up at the front desk to be on the waiting list for a box.
The Visiting Artist Program reviews exhibition proposals at least once per year. More information coming soon. Join our mailing list to learn when proposals are being accepted.
Applications are closed for 2024 exhibitions. Applications for 2025 will open in early 2024.