Artist Registries

Artists Space
The Irving Sandler Artists File
New York, New York
Open Call
The Irving Sandler Artists File is a digital artists registry regularly used by curators, artists, gallery owners, collectors, consultants, and students to discover the work of visual artists. Artists are encouraged to update their materials at least once every year, and an artist’s online file that has not been updated in two years will automatically* be removed and made inactive. (*A warning email will be sent 1 month prior to this date.)
http://www.afonline.artistsspace.org/join.php
http://www.artistsspace.org



Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC)
Brooklyn, New York
Open Call
BAC’s Online Artist Registry is a free listing of Brooklyn based artists which includes artist statements, contact information, web site links, and artwork* images for BAC members.
*For a $25 fee, an artist can upload 4 images onto the site.
http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org



BRIC Rotunda Gallery
Brooklyn, New York
Open Call
Slide file and a computerized database utilized by gallery staff and is also consulted regularly by guest curators and independent art professionals searching for work on a wide range of projects. The Rotunda Gallery supports and promotes Brooklyn-affiliated artists: the Artist Registry is open to artists who were born in, live in, work in, or have a studio in the borough of Brooklyn.
http://www.brooklynx.org/rotunda/registry.asp



The Drawing Center
New York, New York
Open Call
The Drawing Center Artist Registry contains slides,photos, catalogues, cds/dvds, and documentation of artwork by artists who have participate(d) in the Viewing Program. Their work has been selected to be on file by The Drawing Center's curatorial committee. The Artist Registry is a public resource for contemporary drawing that is consulted by curators, gallerists, collectors, and art educators. Material must be updated at least every two years to remain on file. In order to assist researchers, the files are catalogued alphabetically and cross-referenced by style and media.
http://drawingcenter.org/artreg_registry.cfm



Dumbo Arts Center
Brooklyn, New York
Open Call to Brooklyn Artists
The DAC slide registry is open to all Brooklyn-based artists and is consulted for all DAC exhibitions. The registrry is also open to other curators, gallerists and collectors.
http://www.dumboartscenter.org/slide



Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Buffalo, New York
Deadline: Open
Proposals reviewed for possible solo or group exhibitions and residencies. Proposals not returned within three months may be kept on file for up to a year for further review. The files are open to curators. Hallwalls maintains a separate file of regional artists, the Western New York Slide File.
http://www.hallwalls.org/subguides.html



Pierogi
Brooklyn, New York
Open Call
The Flat Files at Pierogi contain works from over 700+ artists and are open to curators, collectors, critics, dealers, and the general public.
http://www.pierogi2000.com/ff.html



Mixed Greens
New York, New York
Open Call
Submissions are reviewed every three months. Artists must live in the US.
http://www.mixedgreens.comhttp://www.mixedgreens.com/artweb/html/legalpage.asp?page=faq.htm#a2



National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, DC
Open Call
Application Fee:$20.00
The Library and Research Center of the National Museum of Women in the Arts has a dedicated registry for women artists. Qualified women artists must have participated in at least one solo exhibition in a museum or gallery.
http://www.nmwa.org/library/archives.asp



NURTUREart
Brooklyn, New York
Open Call*Files should be updated annually October 1
Artist Registry exists both on site and online (Online registry is currently under construction.) see web-site for complete submission requirements.
http://nurtureart.org/



Sculpture Center
Long Island City, New York
Open Call
All submissions will automatically be considered for inclusion in the Image Library. Sculpture Center staff utilizes the Image Library for curating group exhibitions.
http://www.sculpture-center.org/gi_artistsubm.html



UrbanArts Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Open Call
A national and international Artist Registry representing over 2,000 artists. Utilized by galleries, curators, corporations, urban planners, landscape architects, architects, city and state officials, public sector clients, and consultants.
http://www.urbanartsinstitute.org



White Columns
New York, New York
Open Call
White Columns Curated Artist Registry is an online digital register of images, slides, video and DVDs for emerging artists without commercial gallery representation in New York City chosen by the Director/Chief Curator. In order to be considered for the registry submit up to 15 images, a bio and artist statement. You must have an active email address to register for submission.
http://registry.whitecolumns.org/admin/artist/signup.php