Art
Switchboard Art Gallery
Welcome to the Switchboard Gallery, a place for artists to connect, create, and collaborate!
The Switchboard has quickly become the local art hub of Columbia and it's our goal to provide as many opportunities as possible to the local arts community. Whether you are a professional looking to make connections or fresh on the scene and looking for experiences hanging your work in a local gallery, we want to use our Open Call For Art shows to help support artists of every skill level and medium.
Check out upcoming Call For Art themes and deadlines below. Use this form to submit your artwork!
https://forms.gle/M8vUgaZUdVvVxnJg9
ALL ARTWORK MUST BE WIRED/ READY TO HANG. The Switchboard will not be responsible for attaching hanging wire and hardware on individual pieces due to damage liability. Any artwork that is delivered without proper hanging attire will not be hung. Thank you for your understanding.
Artwork will hang for the entire month unless notified otherwise by the gallery. Artists will receive notification for artwork pick-up via E-mail the week before the next 4th Friday.
Patrons are welcome to take home artwork at time of purchase, the gallery asks that all sales are reported to the gallery so we can account for any missing pieces and refill the space.
Open during Kettle Works hours, all artwork can be purchased by private appointment with the Gallery Operator, Miss Alison. Contact info below!
E-mail Gallery Manager- Kim Morrow: kimorroworks@gmail.com
Message Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SwitchboardStudiosandGallery
Message Instagram: @switchboardstudios_andgallery
Upcoming "Call For Artists" and Exhibits
January 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: PET PORTRAITS
Submission Deadline: DECEMBER 28TH 2024
(See top of page for submission requirements)
February 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: GUILTY PLEASURES
Submission Deadline: FEBRUARY 1ST 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
March 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: PI 3.14 (NUMBERS- COUNT ME IN)
Submission Deadline: MARCH 1ST 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
April 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: 420 FRIENDLY
Submission Deadline: MARCH 29TH 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
May 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: BOARD GAMES
Submission Deadline: APRIL 26TH 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
June 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: WALK THE PLANK (PIRATES)
Submission Deadline: MAY 31 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
July 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: 3D ART
Submission Deadline: JUNE 28TH 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
August 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: THRIFT ART
Submission Deadline: JULY 26TH 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
September 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: Sculpture
Submission Deadline: AUGUST 30TH 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
October 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: BOOOOOOBIES (BREAST CANCER AWARENESS)
Submission Deadline: SEPTEMBER 27TH 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
November 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: DYSTOPIA
Submission Deadline: NOVEMBER 1ST 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
December 2025- OPEN CALL FOR ART- THEME: NEON
Submission Deadline: NOVEMBER 29TH 2025
(See top of page for submission requirements)
Open Figure Drawing
The Switchboard will be the new home to Open Figure Drawing here in Columbia on the second and 4th Thursdays of every month from 6-9PM starting February 9th.
Darren Jordan will be organizing and hosting these sessions so please direct all inquiries his way!
Artists are encouraged to bring their own art supplies and easels. Beer from the brewery downstairs always welcome.
$10 Cover
Elevator access through brewery.
For the off weeks that we don't have sessions in studio, (1st and 3rd Thursdays) artists are welcome to join Miss A at Hell in a Bucket Brewery in Marietta. Starting at 7PM, Bjorn Jacobsen hosts Open Mic with a very talented crew of local musicians that make for great models and quick figural sketches. The movement, speed, and music keep your brain from getting too caught up in little things.
Music and Art are developed in the same portion of the brain, it's always great to find ways to mesh the two. Get in the zone with other creatives!
See y'all very soon!