---
title: "STNDRD: Open Call"
description: Open call for site-specific flag proposals at a 15' outdoor flagpole in Granite City, IL. Modest honorarium + installation support; selected works join the 2027 program.
url: https://www.artsume.com/programs/d3fe41da-be79-4f89-be2c-9d48bd2b3734
type: program
status: closed
createdAt: "2026-05-05"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Open call
organization: STNDRD
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/stndrd
deadline: "2026-05-29"
location: Granite City Art and Design District (GCADD), Granite City, IL, United States
isOnline: false
compensationRange: Modest honorarium to offset material expenses. No shipping, travel, or insurance support provided.
disciplines:
  - installation
  - mixed media
  - intervention
  - textile
  - sculpture
---

# STNDRD: Open Call

**Hosted by:** STNDRD

**Type:** Open call | **Location:** Granite City Art and Design District (GCADD), Granite City, IL, United States | **Deadline:** May 29, 2026

## About This Program

> "Flags as cultural objects; historical and contemporary flag-making; site-specific response to an outdoor flagpole and its surrounding landscape"

STNDRD Exhibitions invites artists and cultural producers to submit proposals for its flagship program at the Granite City Art and Design District (GCADD) in Granite City, Illinois. The program centers on a 15' outdoor flagpole, encouraging proposals that explore flags through historical and contemporary contexts—as cultural objects that abstract, encapsulate, and canonize. Artists may respond to the flagpole site, the surrounding landscape designed by landscape architect Chris Carl, or Granite City's identity as a historically white, working-class steel town across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. STNDRD welcomes traditional and experimental flag-making and encourages interpretations of the flagpole itself as a site open to interpretation. Proposals may integrate or rely upon the surrounding grounds. Programs run roughly six to eight weeks; selected proposals join the 2027 program. A modest honorarium offsets material expenses. Shipping, travel, and insurance are not provided, but STNDRD offers installation support, curatorial guidance, documentation, marketing, and promotion.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** installation, mixed media, intervention, textile, sculpture
- **Note:** Open to artists from all backgrounds. STNDRD especially encourages underrepresented groups including artists of color, LGBTQ artists, women artists, non-binary, transgender and gender nonconforming artists, and artists with disabilities.

### Additional Requirements

Compile into a single PDF: a 1–2 page proposal detailing plans for the site and conceptual framework (materials must account for continuous outdoor display for the exhibition duration); preferred dates or seasons within the year; current CV; 5–10 work samples with captions. For video or sound work samples, provide a link.

## Compensation & Benefits

Modest honorarium to offset material expenses. No shipping, travel, or insurance support provided.

**Includes:** Honorarium

## Timeline

- **Opens:** May 5, 2026
- **Deadline:** May 29, 2026

## Contact

**Email:** contact@stndrd.org

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.wooloo.org/r.php?d=i&oid=422779