Artist Opportunities
Studio M Student Exhibitions
Massillon Museum invites students or recent graduates pursuing a BA/BFA or MFA in studio art at a Northeastern Ohio university to apply for two Studio M show slots for the following year. Student shows are installed for three weeks each. The initiative connects Museum visitors to artwork by emerging artists in the region.
Apply soon! Student and recent graduate applications will be accepted from May 6 through July 17, 2024, for exhibitions during the winter of 2025.
Return to this page to find the application link, which will posted by May 6, 2024.
Vehemence, Digital photograph by Alana Cartwright. Cartwright's exhibition Clothed in Resilience was featured in Studio M from April 3-25, 2021.
Studio M
Massillon Museum members have the opportunity to apply to exhibit their artwork in the Studio M Gallery on the second floor of the Museum. Shows are celebrated by an artist’s reception, and artists are also featured guests for Massillon Museum's podcast, MassMusings. Show proposal applications are reviewed and scheduled two years prior to exhibition.
Apply soon! Professional applications will be accepted from May 6 through July 17, 2024, for our 2026 exhibition schedule.
Return to this page to find the application link, which will posted by May 6, 2024.
Image shows Nature Configurations: The Drawings of Sandra Benny, featured in Studio M in 2019.
Annual Stark County Artists' Exhibition
The Massillon Museum has held this annual juried show for more than 30 years. In order to apply, you must be a present or former Stark County, Ohio resident, or currently work in Stark County, Ohio.
Download Submission Information (Coming May 2024!)
This call for art is open May 1 - July 7, 2024.
Paul Brown Museum's "Brown's Town: Art Inspired by Ohio's Football Heritage"
The Paul Brown Museum at the Massillon Museum invites emerging and established artists 18 and older who are current or former residents of Ohio, to submit their artwork for the new exhibition Brown’s Town: Art Inspired by Ohio’s Football Heritage. This exhibition will be on display from August 21, 2024 through January 12, 2025 in the Paul Brown Museum gallery. Artists are invited to submit their original artwork completed within the past five years inspired by themes relating to the father of modern football, Paul Brown. These themes include Paul Brown, the Massillon Tigers, Ohio State Buckeye football, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Miami University-Oxford/Cradle of Coaches, the Massillon Tiger Football Booster Club/commitment to community, early professional football in northeast Ohio, Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, the Massillon Tiger Swing Band, the Massillon/Canton McKinley Rivalry, and Paul Brown’s coaching tree. This exhibit will offer a contemporary look at the legendary coach’s inspiration throughout Ohio.
The call for submissions is now extended through April 28, 2024.
