In lieu of Vox Populi's Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Emerging Artists, the collective has decided to reimagine our annual open call, shifting the outcome from a physical exhibition to an e-publication. Vox remains committed to highlighting opportunities for emerging artists and the current need to find alternatives to traditional exhibitions. The collective urges interested artists to submit work that is representative of their long-standing interests and does not need to speak towards the current crisis or a change in practice or thinking. Vox Populi is interested in highlighting work in all media that is ambitious, timely and risk-taking. 

Juried by James Claiborne and Brittany Webb /// The e-publication will be released in August 2020 with a foreword by the jurors /// This opportunity prioritizes emerging artists without commercial representation who push boundaries in terms of form and content, employ alternative methodologies and want to expose their practice to new audiences. 

/// Jurors: 

James Claiborne is the Public Programming Manager at the African American Museum in Philadelphia and teaches at Drexel University. He is the gallery curator and public program lead at Art Sanctuary, a Philadelphia-based, black arts organization. Claiborne is also an Executive Committee Member of the board of directors at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. He serves on the board of directors or advisory committee at ArtBlog and Mural Arts. Claiborne previously worked at the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance as Community Engagement Manager. 

Brittany Webb holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Temple University and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Southern California. She is the Curator of the John Rhoden Collection at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum. Webb was previously a curatorial and research assistant at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

 /// Questions may be directed to juried@voxpopuligallery.org