Calls for Art

Museum of Museums has ongoing opportunities to participate as artists, curators, and vendors in our many programs. Browse our current calls for art below and be sure to follow us on social media for in real time updates @momartseattle

9 Stair Mural

  • Interior mural on 9 stairs

  • In an effort to maximize the visual experiences at the museum, we are finding unconventional places to introduce more art.

    One such location is on the staircase risers between the first and second floor at MoM.

    Visitors walking down the stairs would never know it was there but viewing the mural at the base of the stairs reveals it to museum visitors.

  • The artist stipend is $500.00 + $200.00 materials + museum membership.

  • 1 - one design proposal (JPEG/PDF)

    2 - two related work samples of your choosing

    3 - description of your concept

    Please email your design details and imagery to info@museumofmuseums.com

  • In elevation, the staggered planes of this composition is 69.75” tall and 44.5” wide

    Each of the 9 steps have 44.5” x 6.5” surface available

MoM Entry Door Mural

  • Exterior mural

  • Each year we select one artist to use our main entrance as a canvas for your work.

    This 47” x 88” solid cedar door is located at our Boylston entrance and any style, theme or color is open to our review.

  • The artist stipend is $1,000.00 + museum membership.

  • Submit your proposal to: info@museumofmuseums.com

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Toilet #2 & Toilet #3

  • Bathroom art installation

  • Toilet #2 + Toilet #3 are both located on the first floor of the museum. In an effort to not let good space go to waste, we have an active and open call for proposals to transform our two first floor bathrooms into art and/or video installations.

    Each space is 95” x 122” x 97” tall and contain a toilet, a sink and a mirror. Floors are concrete, walls are plaster.

  • The artist stipend is $500.00 + $200.00 material budget (MoM provides electronics + projectors) + museum membership.

  • Submit your proposal to: info@museumofmuseums.com

  • The bathrooms do need to remain functional, but other than that, anything goes so long as it is a safe and child-friendly experience. The installations trade out every six months.

Camp Milliman

  • Immersive video installation

  • Camp Milliman is our immersive video art installation on the first floor of MoM. It is a great place to hang out, catch up with friends, do some drawing or drink some beer. It looks and feels like your uncle’s cabin in the woods and has an old wood divided window that serves as the frame to view to the video art behind it. Video art loops change the first day of each new season, or, more specifically, March 20, June 20, September 22 and December 21.

  • The artist stipend is $200.00 + museum membership.

  • Submit your application here.

  • As mentioned above, this video art installation is mounted behind a wooden window with the intention that it appears to be the view from the window. As a result, we are seeking videos shot from a single perspective with a horizon line.

    While the scene outside the window could be a forest, a desert, a mountain or a beach, the opportunities are boundless. Is the cabin in space, deep below the ocean, in a video game or in a post-apocalyptic landscape? Are there wild animals, monsters or forest nymphs frolicking about? Does the view include a dance performance, silent play, or ritual?

    The content can be anything but save your tilts, pans, zooms, and cuts for a submission our Video Art Stairwell or The Charles Mudede Theater.

    The only requirement of the call for video art is that it is a single perspective and presented as the view from a window.

    The loop can be any length from 10 seconds or 90 minutes long.

    There is no sound.

Ummagumma Sound Installation

  • Sound art installation

  • Born during quarantine, Ummagumma is our outside sound art program that pipes spoken word, field recordings, interviews, music and other unconventional sound art to a pedestrian audience on Broadway. Ummagumma features ten artists every six months, with five minute max audio tracks and two minutes of silence between them. This hour-long assemblage loops from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm from two Bose outdoor speakers mounted 20 feet in the air, strategically placed behind our towering California Oak tree.

  • The artist stipend is $50.00 each + museum membership for the use of their work for a period of six months.

  • Submit your proposal to: info@museumofmuseums.com

  • Anything goes, but the selected tracks must be original, recognize the site, and child-friendly.

Locker #141

  • Miniature art installation

  • Locker #141 is an actual gym locker located in “The Kitchen” on the first floor of the museum. It is about 30” off the ground, mounted to the wall, with interior dimensions of 18” wide x 14” deep x 18” tall. We have no idea what this could be, but welcome proposals for small installations, instructional art, or interactive experiences.

  • The artist stipend is $200.00 + $100.00 material budget + museum membership.

  • Submit to: info@museumofmuseums.com

  • Must fit within dimensions of 18” wide x 14” deep x 18” tall

Calls for Guest Curators

Please contact us via email for inquiries, questions or proposals regarding guest curation at The Museum of Museums: info@museumofmuseums.com

The Mudede Theater

  • The Charles Mudede Theater is our four-seat cinema located on the first floor of the museum. It features four video curators per year, each responsible for three months of programming. Curators are welcome to present one looping reel that occupies the three month run, or can program the theater as they see fit.

  • The Charles Mudede Theater is located on the first floor between the Gift Shop and the Kitchen. This 70 square foot theater boasts four theater seats and a short throw digital projector. Guest curators program the theater in 3 month intervals.

  • Please email your proposal to info@museumofmuseums.com

The Emergence Room

  • The Kitchen is our pop-up exhibition space located on the first floor of the museum. It is a flexible space designed to host all different types of events, classes, pop-ups and short-term exhibition. Roughly 1,200 square feet, The Kitchen has its own entrance to Broadway and holds great potential for short term exhibitions both commercial and non-commercial.

  • This first-floor flexible space hosts unique programming throughout the week. From art classes to pop-up exhibits, workshops and artist bazars, it is the most active and diversely programmed space at the museum. The Kitchen has its own entrance at 903 Broadway and holds hours independent of the museum. The Kitchen is available for private events along with reoccurring programs.

  • Please email your proposal to timothy@museumofmuseums.com

The Kitchen

  • Emergence Room is our rotating space for group exhibition of artists age 6-16. We invite arts educators, students, and curators to present the works of up to 100 students for this 6 weeks-long exhibit with artist receptions and open to participating artists, educators and their families.

  • The Emergence Room is a rotating, monthly showcase of visual art that celebrates young artists from around the Pacific Northwest located in the museum lobby. Artists age 6 – 16 are encouraged to participate in our five annual, open calls for exhibition.

  • Please email your proposal to kate@museumofmuseums.com