Handmade

About the Call

The human hand possesses a particular intelligence. From the earliest carved tools to the studio traditions of ceramics, glass, textile, and woodwork, artists have long understood that artistic creation comes from a synthesis of mental and physical labor. In an era increasingly shaped by mechanical and digital reproduction, the handmade object points towards something different: a focus on touch and the material process. For Handmade, SiteBrooklyn is looking for works, across all mediums, that foreground the artist's hand as both process and subject — the point where thought becomes physical, direct, and irreversible action.

Dates

Final Submission Deadline: October 26, 2026 11:59 PM PT
Notification Letter: November 3, 2026
Online Exhibition: November 14, 2026 -December 14, 2026

About the Juror

Pallavi Surana is an arts writer and curator based in New York. Since 2024, she has been working on projects with Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and with curator Cecilia Alemani. She has recently curated exhibitions at Smack Mellon (2025), GHOSTMACHINE (2025), and Hessel Museum of Art in New York (2024, 2023). Previously, she has held positions at SculptureCenter and Hessel Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Flint, and St+India Foundation in India; as well as the Cookhouse Gallery and the Camden Arts Centre in London. Her writing has appeared in publications like e-flux Criticism, ARTnews, The Art Newspaper and Ocula, among others. Pallavi has been a visiting critic at various residencies around New York City, such as Pioneer Works, EFA Studios and NARS foundation, among others. She has a graduate degree from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, NY.