Call for Entry: The Ghosts that Linger Annual Juried Exhibition
Annual Themed Juried Exhibition
The Ghosts that Linger
Juried by Shaina Kasztelan
South Haven Center for the Arts
600 Phoenix St, South Haven, MI 49090
Phone: (269) 637-1041
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 11AM – 4:00PM (ET)
Thursday: 11AM – 6:00PM
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The Ghosts That Linger is an exhibition that explores the emotional weight carried by the material objects that surround us. It highlights artists that engage with themes of nostalgia, memory, and identity. These works transform everyday materials into something uncanny, poetic, or personal, revealing the hidden stories and meanings embedded in the things we possess. Each piece asks: What do the things we keep or abandon say about who we are?
Juror:
Shaina Kasztelan is a multidisciplinary artist based in Detroit, Michigan. She was raised in a midwest suburb surrounded by rows of identical houses, ever-changing strip malls, and endless fast-food franchises, all of which have influenced the materials and formal signifiers used in her work. Operating between painting, sculpture, collage, and installation, Kasztelan creates psychedelic dreamscapes using kitsch commodities that shuffle between curated control and chaotic mess. Through humorous juxtapositions, her work highlights the emotional dissonance between pleasure and disgust experienced through the consumption of manufactured goods and viral media under capitalism.
Kasztelan received a BFA from the College for Creative Studies in 2012 and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2024. In addition to her formal education, the artist has worked as a muralist, built theater sets, worked as a prop maker, and spent years building floats for America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Her work has been exhibited in many places including The Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI), the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit, MI), and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities (Ann Arbor, MI). Notable murals include those painted for the NXNE Music Festival (Toronto, ON), Facultad de Artes y Diseño UNAM (Mexico City, MX), and Murals in the Market (Detroit, MI).
Entry requirements
Entries for The Ghosts that Linger are open to artists 18-years and older residing in the United States and the Tribal Nations that share these geographies. A maximum of two works can be submitted as well as a total of two images. Accepted art work(s) must remain on display for the duration of the exhibition. Close ups or a video to show a piece of visual art that is 3D, moves, etc. maybe submitted for the juror to view.
All work must be the original work of the artist and completed in the last five years. We reserve the right to decline any work that is substantially different from the submitted images, does not meet size limitations, or is not professionally presented.
To find more information on the call for entry for South Haven Center for the Art's Annual Juried Exhibition click the "Call for Entry: The Ghosts that Linger" link!
