Opportunities

Application Deadline: Sunday, August 3 at 11:59 PM 

The Sunroom Project Space offers artists in the New York City area and in the early stages of their careers—regardless of age—a chance to create and showcase a site-specific, solo project in the Sunroom or Sun Porch of Glyndor Gallery. 

Wave Hill invites proposals for artist projects that thoughtfully respond to and engage with the site—its plant collections, history, design, and architecture—with a focus on the interconnected relationships between nature, culture, and the Bronx. For the 2026 season, Wave Hill is especially interested in projects that center non-human life and offer new perspectives on the concept of nature, particularly as it challenges speciesism—the belief that humans are inherently superior to other living organisms, a view often reflected in how we treat non-human animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and other life forms. Proposals should consider the defining characteristics of living organisms—including energy use, growth and development, reproduction, responsiveness to stimuli, adaptation, homeostasis, and metabolism—as well as their complex behaviors and cognitive capacities. 

Four to six artists will be selected for solo presentations. Artists will receive an honorarium of $2,000 each, exhibition and professional development support, and will have six to twelve months to research and develop their ideas. Organized by Curator of Visual Arts Rachel Raphaela Gugelberger, each project is accompanied by a Meet the Artist program that is co-designed with the artist, and a short exhibition essay published both in print and online. The Meet the Artist program provides an opportunity for Wave Hill visitors, the artist’s communities, and others to learn about each artist’s creative process and the themes that shape their work. 

Eligibility & Guidelines: 

• Wave Hill welcomes applications from artists who work across media; 
• Are in the early stages of their career regardless of education; 
• Live within a 50-mile radius of the Bronx; 
• Artists may submit proposals for consideration online through SlideRoom; 
• Applications are reviewed by a jury comprising Wave Hill’s Curator of Visual Arts, an invited guest curator, and a prior 2025 Sunroom Project Space artist. Artists interested in applying are encouraged to visit Wave Hill and Wave Hill’s website and arts pages before applying. 
• Students enrolled in a degree-granting program; artists with commercial gallery representation; and/or artists who have previously exhibited at Wave Hill are not eligible to apply.  

Learn more about Wave Hill exhibitions here. 

Information Session: Monday, July 7, 12 – 1 PM. RSVP to visualarts@wavehill.org with the subject line "2026 Sunroom Project Space Info Session." 

Notifications: Week of September 29, 2025. 

Questions? Email visualarts@wavehill.org with subject “Sunroom Project Space"

Applications are now closed. The Open Call for the 2026 General Opportunities will go live in fall 2025.

Wave Hill has a rich tradition of performing arts both indoors and outside.

Click here for past seasons of indoor and outdoor concert series. Listen to playlists and experience more past performances here. Artists with projects that address the natural world are welcome to submit proposals for future consideration. Due to the high number of submissions that we receive, we will only respond to those artists whose work suits the programs that are being planned. All unsolicited performing arts proposals must be sent through our submissions form here.