CUCHIFRITOS operates by inviting independent curators to submit proposals. In addition anyone wishing to submit a proposal may do so by using the following submission policy and guidelines.

Each Spring a curatorial advisory committee composed of curators and arts professionals from diverse backgrounds chooses exhibits from the submissions.

Please note that you do not have to be a professionally trained curator to submit a proposal, as submissions will be judged on merit, however past track record of effective presentation of exhibits will be weighed as an important factor in the decision process.

Cuchifritos seeks exhibits featuring the work of emerging or under represented artists, and exhibits involving a clear conceptual theme structured to put the work in context.

We are particularly interested in exhibits which might relate in some way to the Essex Market or the Lower East Side.

CUCHIFRITOS mission is to connect contemporary art and local community. We do not promote community based art, but rather contemporary work in all media, shown within a local community setting. We seek to serve emerging and underrepresented contemporary artists and the curators who seek to exhibit these artist's work.

We are typically booked 12 to 18 months in advance, but there is often some play in the schedule.

Application Process:

• One page proposal outlining a clear conceptual theme including prospective artists to be shown
  
  
• For each artist include short bio and CV
• Curator(s) short bio and CV
  

• Up to 10 images in total (jpegs only)
• For group proposals - 1-3 images (jpgs only) of each artist's work
• Jpegs high res. no larger than 2 MB
  
• Image list with work descriptions that should correspond with the title of the image

The proposal should be addressed to the Curatorial Advisory Committee and must be sent via aai@aai-nyc.org by January 31.

If you have a large number of images and documents, please send in seperate emails. Documents and images should be labelled clearly.

Note: Although we are open to many types of proposals, curators who also make art may not include their own work in an exhibit.

Duration of exhibits is typically 4-7 weeks.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, Noon to 6pm and by appointment. (Exhibition Hours Open to Public) Closed Holidays.

We look forward to receiving your proposal.Thank you so much for your interest in Cuchifritos.