Cluley Projects

We are delighted to announce Dallas-based artist, Katherine Miller, as the winner of the fifth annual open call for proposals for the 2026 season. ✨
 
Miller will receive a month-long solo exhibition in May 2026, an honorarium of $500, professional photographic documentation of the show, and mentorship as needed. For the second time, the winning Cluley Projects Open Call exhibition will be displayed at Erin Cluley Gallery’s main location in the Design District.
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Images:
Portrait of the artist.
 
Katherine Miller
“Draw a ribbon of light upon the water…”
2023
Handwoven lace cloth, natural indigo, linen, wool, five found stones
Dimensions variable
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Katherine Miller (b. 2001) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and BFA graduate from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Fibers.
 
Her work collages iterative and intuitive rituals of weaving, printmaking and natural dye to explore our relationship to the natural world through the material and the ephemeral. Influenced by signs and symbols of the occult. Miller’s practice poses craft as a tool for spiritual resilience and as a means of entry to eclipsed systems.
 
She has exhibited work across Maryland, North Texas, and South Florida. Miller currently lives and works in Dallas, TX.
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Closing out our countdown to this year’s Annual Artist and Art Writer Open Call deadline, we’re highlighting Chukwudi Ukonne, inaugural recipient of the Cluley Projects Arts Writing Mentorship.

Earlier this year, Ukonne’s essay In Constant Translation: Leili Arai Tavallaei’s tender archive of memory was published in conjunction with Tavallaei’s exhibition Shotor 〇 Morghe — marking the first collaborative publication produced through the Arts Writing Mentorship. Guided by Cluley Gallery’s Press Release Writer Blake Bathman, Ukonne developed his text over several months, culminating in a public reading at the exhibition’s opening.

Since the mentorship, Ukonne has had an essay published with Glasstire, exhibited work in Apophenia at ICOSA Gallery in Austin, and begun a residency at Arts Mission Oak Cliff, where he is preparing a hybrid exhibition titled The Space Between. His continued work explores collaboration across artists, galleries, and writers — a pursuit that began through his time with Cluley Projects.

Applications for this year’s Annual Artist and Art Writer Open Calls close November 9 at 11:59 PM CST. For more info and to submit, visit the link in our bio.
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Image 1:
Ukonne In his studio at the Cedars Union, 2025
Photo courtesy of the artist.

Image 2:
Installation of ‘Apophenia’ group exhibition at ICOSA, Austin, 2025.

Image 3:
Ukonne And his fellow artists in residence at Arts Mission Oak Cliff, 2025.
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TODAY join us today from 1 to 4 PM for a closing cookout, featuring delicious food prepared by Cat Rigdon. Enjoy yogurt-marinated chicken and vegan dolmas, take one last look at this impactful work, and celebrate our time together in this space before we close.
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