CWAC Exhibitions (CWAC Exh) presents student- and course-curated exhibitions in the Cochrane-Woods Art Center. This opportunity provides a supported environment for emerging curators, artists, and museum workers to hone their skills while activating CWAC spaces with artwork and installations.
Call for Proposals Closed for 2024-25
CWAC Exh wants to hear your ideas! The call for exhibition proposals for academic year 2025-26 is now open.
For more information about our installation spaces, the collaborative support we offer, and our evaluation criteria, please visit our guide to Preparing a Proposal for CWAC Exhibitions and review our Evaluation Criteria.
Proposals will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Please note: during our last two open calls, CWAC Exh reached capacity in November.
We invite you to complete the CWAC Exhibitions Call for Proposals online form. If you would like to discuss your idea with members of the CWAC Exh team, please email visualresources@uchicago.edu to start the conversation! We welcome a discussion at any stage of development, from those interested in exploring to see what might be possible as well as those who have a finalized object list.
Support
CWAC Exhibitions is supported by the Department of Art History. Additional support provided by Career Advancement and the Smart Museum of Art. CWAC Exhibitions’s inaugural year (2023–2024) was supported by a generous gift from Brenda Shapiro with additional support from the College Curricular Innovation Fund and the Department of Art History.
The CWAC Exhibitions Team provides preparation, installation, and archival support.
