Vessel
Call for Art
Submissions Due:
Sunday, May 24, 2026
A vessel is an object that holds something–artifacts, keepsakes, an idea. We make vessels as reliquaries for memories, grief, memento mori, the remains of a loved one. Our heart is an arrangement of vessels. A seed is a vessel that germinates a life. A vase holds natural beauty in our homes. A ship is built to connect us across vast distances.
A vessel is at once a body that contains, that journeys, that frees, and holds fast. Gallery A2 invites artists to submit a portfolio, a body of work–three or more objects–a collection of pieces holding a concept or idea. Makers across time and industries have put together collections and unified their work into series from fine artists to department stores. We are looking for emerging, early, and mid-career creative practitioners whose submission reads as a unified vessel of work.
Vessel seeks 10-15 artists each showing a vessel collection.
Current Exhibition
Absurdity
March 6 – May 3, 2026
What does one do in the face of today’s reality of declining public trust, polarization, incivility, personal attacks, societal disengagement and disillusionment, rampant misinformation, lies, and alternative facts?
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WE EMBRACE THE ABSURD!
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What does one do in the face of today’s reality of declining public trust, polarization, incivility, personal attacks, societal disengagement and disillusionment, rampant misinformation, lies, and alternative facts?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
WE EMBRACE THE ABSURD!
Artists resist oppression through expressions of sorrow and whimsy, splendor and repugnance, profundity and silliness. MakingArt has the power to overcome complicity, apathy, and indifference — an antidote for slop and banal escapism. By its very nature, the creation of art—defining and expressing personal meaning when the universe seems to have none—both embraces and rebels against the absurd.
Iterations is part of the gallery’s Community Exhibition Program, open-call group exhibitions juried by the Artisans Asylum gallery Panel.
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Alan Cohen
Amelia Young
Antonio MichaelsI
@michaels_antonio
Ben Urwin
Bets Kent
Brenna Cyr
@beenalynn
Cassie Doyon
@pangea_mosaics_
Dan Meus
Danielle Hardy
David Bricklin
https://the.fotoapp.co/poetryintheordinary
Dick Rubinstein
Doug Fox
www.instagram.com/foxswoodstuff
Eli West
@eliwest_metalworking
Eric Lavalliere
https://www.instagram.com/momentumscreenprint
Ezra Cove
Heather Buechler
https://www.heatherbuechler.com
Hillary Dorsk
Jarrod Pek
@jarrodpek
Jim Bredt
Jonathan Pinto
Karen Norberg
Kit Siegle
Leah Netsky
Marcus W Clarke
Max Eskin
@kurtkilgor
Mollie Larum
Patrick Goguen
@Patrick_Goguen_art_studio
Philip Knodle
Ruth M Rieffanaugh
Sadie
https://web.artisans-collab.org/photos/absurd_random.gif
Sadie Malksinstagram: @iameggrolll
SALVATORE MANCINI
@sgmancini
Sarah Moriarty
Sherman
@restingclownface
Sherwin Long
Simone Nemes
Sophia Day
@night.n.day (Instagram) / sophiadayart.com
Steven Witte
https://fernandtreewoodworks.com
Trish Youens
Trish Youens https://share.google/6aD1oOV7Prl8prDua
Tzviyah Rosenstock
William Turville
https://www.facebook.com/williamturvillesculptor
Yaqi Cai
Zachary Fielder
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Open to All Creative Practitioners
The Community Exhibition Program grows Artisans Asylum’s role in Boston’s dynamic arts community by inviting participation from local artists to showcase innovation and excellence in fabrication, craft, and aesthetics.
Driven by A2 Membership
Community Exhibitions showcase our homegrown talent and give opportunities to Artisans Asylum membership, to showcase their creative output in a white-box gallery setting located on the A2 campus.
Ideated and Juried by our elected Gallery Panel
Show themes are decided by the gallery panel and reflect Gallery A2’s mission to showcase innovation and excellence in fabrication, craft, and aesthetics. Themes are open to interpretation, inviting participation from all modalities practiced at Artisan’s Asylum, including work that falls outside of traditional fine art gallery objects. Work will be selected from open-call submission by the gallery panel. A majority of the work selected is created b A2 members, with the remainder by outside artists.
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Gallery A2 is Artisans Asylum’s contemporary art exhibition space, built and powered by Artisans’ members. The gallery is dedicated to showcasing innovation and excellence in fabrication, craft, and aesthetics; fostering connections between Artisans Asylum and the Greater Boston arts community through exhibitions and holistic programming.
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Gallery Hours:
Wednesday | 3–7pmGallery Address:
Artisans Asylum
96 Holton St, Boston, MA 02135 -
Vessel Submissions Due: May 24th at Midnight
A vessel is an object that holds something – artifacts, keepsakes, an idea. A vessel is at once a body that contains, that journeys, that frees, and holds fast.
Gallery A2 invites artists to submit a portfolio, a body of work–three or more objects–a collection of pieces holding a concept or idea. We are looking for emerging, early, and mid-career creative practitioners whose submission reads as a
unified vessel of work.
Vessel seeks 10-15 artists each showing a vessel collection.
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