Manifest Gallery

Manifest Gallery The non-profit Neighborhood Gallery for the World. And the Center for Drawing, Painting, Printmaking and Photography Practice, Learning, and Experience.
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Cincinnati, Ohio. MANIFEST'S FOUR AREAS OF PROGRAMMING


Manifest GALLERY (exhibition)

Manifest DRAWING CENTER (education)

Manifest PRESS (documentation)

Manifest ARTIST RESIDENCY (support)

SIX DAYS. $7,000 TO GO.Manifest’s 22nd season closes on August 31, and we are $7,000 short of matching last season’s Ann...
08/25/2026

SIX DAYS. $7,000 TO GO.

Manifest’s 22nd season closes on August 31, and we are $7,000 short of matching last season’s Annual Fund support.

Annual Fund gifts directly determine how much Manifest can provide in scholarships and discounted access to studio programming. They also give our small staff the capacity to keep our exhibitions, studios, publications, artist support, and public programs moving forward while major work continues on our permanent home.

Capital support secures the home. Annual Fund support sustains what will happen inside it.

A gift of any size today will help us finish Season 22 strong and carry that momentum into Season 23.

MAKE YOUR ANNUAL FUND GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT, EVEN $1, BY AUGUST 31:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DUK2RXJ2UJ8P2&source=url

If you have already given, our entire team is grateful for your support.

Pictured: Artists at work during a recent week-long Manifest Drawing Center workshop focused on the figure in colored pencil.

“Quality is not a thing. It is an event.”
“Quality tends to fan out like waves.”
—Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

TRANSLUCENT: Works About Transparency & TranslucencySubmission Deadline: September 11, 2026"Not all light is reflected o...
08/24/2026

TRANSLUCENT: Works About Transparency & Translucency

Submission Deadline: September 11, 2026

"Not all light is reflected or absorbed; light can be transmitted, scattering within and beyond objects or layers to reveal what is on the other side."

TRANSLUCENT is a call for works that employ, depict, or explore translucency and transparency. Glass, acrylic, plastic, stacks of layers, gossamer weaves, lenses, and filters are just some of the materials, subjects, and mechanisms that may pierce, reveal, and distort.

Includes an honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist, and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view.

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For complete details visit www.manifestgallery.org/translucent.

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Image: Amanda Besl (PLASTIC, 2023)

IMPRINT: An International Call for Contemporary Works of PrintmakingSubmission Deadline: September 12, 2026"Printmaking ...
08/24/2026

IMPRINT: An International Call for Contemporary Works of Printmaking

Submission Deadline: September 12, 2026

"Printmaking is an important checkpoint on the road map between the earliest cave markings and the ubiquitous photography in everyone’s pocket today."

IMPRINT invites artists to submit works of printmaking and explores the range of methods and results being achieved within the expansive bounds of these processes.

Includes an honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist, and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view.

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For complete details visit www.manifestgallery.org/imprint.

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Image: Catherine Kramer (IMPRINT, 2024)

TAPPED: 17th Annual Exhibit of Paired Works by Artists and their Current or Former Instructors*Submission Deadline: Sept...
08/24/2026

TAPPED: 17th Annual Exhibit of Paired Works by Artists and their Current or Former Instructors*

Submission Deadline: September 13, 2026

"The relationship between artists and their current or former instructors can be a powerful one. Even when this bond is left unstated, we carry our professors' voices forward in time as we mature as artists and people."

Out of respect for the artist-teacher bond, and in honor of instructors working hard to help artists tap into a higher mind relative to art and life, we offer TAPPED every year, an annual exhibit that presents paired works of art by current or former artist/teacher pairs.

Includes an honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist, and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view.

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For complete details visit www.manifestgallery.org/tapped.

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Image: Emmanuelle Namont & Yaniv Sherman (TAPPED, 2026)
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17th Annual MANIFEST PRIZE --- $10,000 AWARD!Early Submission Deadline: September 15, 2026The MANIFEST PRIZE is an inter...
08/24/2026

17th Annual MANIFEST PRIZE --- $10,000 AWARD!

Early Submission Deadline: September 15, 2026

The MANIFEST PRIZE is an international competition and exhibit featuring one prize-winning, jury selected work, including a $10,000 artist's award. $1,000 in additional awards to finalists. Application fees discounted for early entry by September 15th.

Works submitted must have been completed within the past five years (2021-2026), and the winning work must also be available for the exhibition period of early December through mid-January in order to be eligible. Open to works of any media, any genre/style, any size.

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For complete details visit www.manifestgallery.org/one.

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FINAL DAYS TO SUBMIT!HYPERVIEW: An International Call for Works About Vastness and ScaleSubmission Deadline: August 23, ...
08/17/2026

FINAL DAYS TO SUBMIT!

HYPERVIEW: An International Call for Works About Vastness and Scale

Submission Deadline: August 23, 2026

"Physical scale inspires feelings of both protection and megalophobia. Perceptual scale permits us to take a long view of things, while also challenging our egos. Things of great scale humble us. They also inspire awe."

HYPERVIEW is a call for works about scale, largeness, and vastness, both formal and conceptual.

Includes an honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist, and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view.

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For complete details visit www.manifestgallery.org/hyperview.

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Image: Kristen Letts Kovak (AQUACHROME, 2025)

FINAL DAYS TO SUBMIT!COUNTERFORM: A Call for Works About Reactions—the Aftermath of ChangeSubmission Deadline: August 23...
08/17/2026

FINAL DAYS TO SUBMIT!

COUNTERFORM: A Call for Works About Reactions—the Aftermath of Change

Submission Deadline: August 23, 2026

"Things happen. Good and bad, large and small, events occur and demand something of us."

COUNTERFORM is a call for works in any medium about the shape, size, and proportion of our responses: to culture, to form, to action, to an extended hand, to conversation, to intentions.

Includes an honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist, and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view.

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For complete details visit www.manifestgallery.org/counterform.

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Image: Hayward Wilkirson (OH, KY, IN REGIONAL SHOWCASE, 2018)

Stop by Manifest Gallery to see our Season 22 finale—on view now through September 11, 2026!The following thirty-four ar...
08/17/2026

Stop by Manifest Gallery to see our Season 22 finale—on view now through September 11, 2026!

The following thirty-four artists from 17 states, Canada, and Taiwan will have 47 artworks on display throughout all five galleries. Exhibits include the 18th Annual N**E, VELVET, PASTEL, and INHERITANCE (two-person solo by Daniela Kovacic & Katie Simmons).

Manifest Gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday through Friday from noon to 7pm, and Saturday, noon to 5pm.

Email [email protected] with questions, or call us at (513) 861-3638.

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FINAL DAYS TO SUBMIT!VISAGE: An International Call for Works of PortraitureSubmission Deadline: August 23, 2026"A premiu...
08/17/2026

FINAL DAYS TO SUBMIT!

VISAGE: An International Call for Works of Portraiture

Submission Deadline: August 23, 2026

"A premium has been placed on visual identity. The center of our humanity has coalesced into the mind, behind the face. When we think of one another, we begin, almost always, with the face."

VISAGE is a call for works that address the portrait. All interpretations and explorations are welcome—traditional and non-traditional approaches in any media, self-portraits or portraits of others, singular figures or groups, and beyond.

Includes an honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist, and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view.

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For complete details visit www.manifestgallery.org/visage.

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Image: Patricia Schappler (PASTEL, 2026)

A friendly reminder to join us for the opening of FOUR new exhibits at Manifest Gallery!On August 13th from 7-9pm Manife...
08/12/2026

A friendly reminder to join us for the opening of FOUR new exhibits at Manifest Gallery!

On August 13th from 7-9pm Manifest will host a ticketed preview benefit with proceeds supporting the Manifest Annual Fund—(a sneak peek) at four new exhibits. Tickets can be obtained for any donation amount, even $1. To get your special preview tickets for Thursday’s event, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/1994477777723.

The public opening will take place Friday, August 14th from 6-9pm (no tickets required).

The shows will remain on view for four weeks, Tuesday through Friday, 12-7pm, Saturday noon-5pm through September 11th.

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Exhibits on View:
18th annual N**E | VELVET | PASTEL | INHERITANCE (Daniela Kovacic & Katie Simmons)

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Small bites and beverages will be available during Thursday’s special preview. Friday’s opening is free and open to the public. Come out and see us in ! Feel free to give us a call at 513.861.3638 with any questions.

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2727 Woodburn Avenue
Cincinnati, OH
45206

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 7pm
Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 12pm - 7pm
Friday 12pm - 7pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+15138613638

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