UPCOMING DEADLINES:
February 1, 2002 - sculptors, painters, and printmakers
May 1, 2002 - photographers

Creative Artists Network (CAN) is a not-for-profit arts organization that encourages the professional development of emerging artists. Each year CAN’s Art and Photography Boards meet to select talented and committed artists for a two-year affiliation with the organization. Deadlines for applications are: February 1 and September 1 for sculptors, painters, and printmakers; May 1 for photographers.

Applicants must live within a 100-mile radius of Philadelphia and must not have had a solo exhibit at a commercial gallery or any commercial gallery affiliation. Although there is no educational requirement, applicants cannot submit an application while they are in a degree program.

Although CAN provides no funds for its affiliates, they have the opportunity to participate in group shows four to six times a year and to meet collectors and museum/gallery representatives. CAN does not take a commission on art sales; instead, buyers are asked to make a 15% donation at the time of sale. In addition to exhibiting, affiliates are given the opportunity to earn stipends by teaching art classes to at-risk youths in city shelters through CAN‘s Hand-in-Hand Program.

Creative Artists Network provides its artists with the experience and exposure necessary to launch liable careers in the visual arts. Past and present affiliates have been awarded impressive fellowships, residencies, and museum/gallery exhibitions. Works by CAN artists are in the collections of 24 corporations and twelve museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Delaware Art Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Studio Museum in Harlem.