---
title: 'Kinhouse Open Door: 2027 Exhibition & Residency Open Call'
description: >-
  Annual open call for 2027 exhibition proposals at Kinhouse in Fort Wayne,
  Indiana — solo to three-person shows, collectives and site-specific work, each
  paired with a funded 6-night residency.
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type: program
status: open
createdAt: '2026-09-04'
updatedAt: '2026-09-23'
programType: Exhibition
organization: Kinhouse Art
organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/kinhouse-art'
deadline: '2026-10-18'
entryFee: 34 USD
location: 'Kinhouse, Fort Wayne, IN, United States'
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compensationRange: >-
  Fully funded 6-night residency at Kinhouse Residency timed to the opening
  reception, plus installation support, promotion and professional documentation
  of the exhibition
careerStages:
  - Emerging artist
  - Mid-career
---

# Kinhouse Open Door: 2027 Exhibition & Residency Open Call

**Hosted by:** Kinhouse Art

**Type:** Exhibition | **Location:** Kinhouse, Fort Wayne, IN, United States | **Deadline:** October 18, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $34

## About This Program

> "Community, care, belonging, the domestic, parenting, craft, and lineage"

Kinhouse opens its door each year to emerging and mid-career artists and curators through Open Door, our annual call for solo, two-person, and three-person exhibitions. We welcome proposals for collaborations, artist collectives, performances, installations, and site-specific work — as well as proposals from curators looking to organize a show in our space. Selected exhibitions will be part of our 2027 programming year and come paired with a fully funded residency week for participating artists, timed to coincide with your opening reception.

We're looking for proposals with a clear vision, a strong statement, and compelling visuals, and thoughtful attention to diversity and inclusion. While submissions don't need to fall within our curatorial scope, Open Door especially welcomes work that engages with themes of community, care, belonging, the domestic, parenting, craft, and lineage — the same values that shape everything we do at Kinhouse. All art mediums are accepted for consideration.

Video/screen based submissions may require extra support. Work samples may be submitted as works-in-progress and do not need to be finished.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Mid-career
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Note:** Open internationally to emerging and mid-career artists and curators. All art mediums are accepted for consideration; video/screen-based submissions may require extra support. Submission limit: 3 (submission fee is $34 for 1 show proposal). For the purposes of this process a "proposal" may include completed works, work in progress, or art ideas waiting to be developed.

Submissions welcome from artists of all genders and backgrounds; work samples may be submitted as works-in-progress and do not need to be finished. For proposals requiring detailed artist oversight, the artist(s) should be available in person for installation and/or deinstallation in Fort Wayne; if work must be shipped back, artists provide shipping materials and pay return shipping.

### Additional Requirements

An exhibition proposal including a clear vision, a strong statement and compelling visuals. Media: 1-20 images (min 1, max 20), up to 3 audio, up to 3 video; total min 1, max 20. A proposal may include completed works, work in progress, or art ideas waiting to be developed; work samples may be works-in-progress and do not need to be finished. Submission limit: 3 proposals; $34 fee per show proposal.

## Compensation & Benefits

Fully funded 6-night residency at Kinhouse Residency timed to the opening reception, plus installation support, promotion and professional documentation of the exhibition

Selected artists/curators will receive:

- communication and support leading up to the exhibition
- installation support for the exhibition
- a fully funded 6-night residency at Kinhouse Residency in Fort Wayne (a 3-minute drive from the gallery)
- promotion and marketing of your artwork and exhibition across our platforms
- professional documentation of the exhibition (Kinhouse retains rights to use these images for promotional purposes).

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - A fully funded 6-night residency at Kinhouse Residency in Fort Wayne, a 3-minute drive from the gallery. Check in Monday and check out Sunday. The residency home is a 2 story/3 bedroom house with a detached art studio, basement art studio, WiFi, washer/dryer, kitchen, backyard, back deck, front porch and common areas.
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Residency includes use of a detached 600 sq ft garage studio with heat and air, plus a secondary studio in the basement.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** August 19, 2026
- **Deadline:** October 18, 2026

## Contact

**Email:** kinhouseart@gmail.com

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.kinhouseart.com/proposals-2027