Open Call Nº4 By the Numbers

Open Call Nº5 was the fifth Open Call launched by RICE Initiative. Candidates had the opportunity to be shortlisted by a jury panel to be part of this magazine, and further to be selected for an exhibition at FLIPA Art Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, in summer 2022.

The selection process followed a minimum quota system whereby at least 50% of the selected artists were to be women or members of the LGTBQ+ community or racialized persons.

RICE’s objective in doing this is to reverse the current state of favoritism towards the traditionally privileged in mainstream contemporary art, by exercising positive discrimination while still leaving room for male artists and curators to be a part of this initiative.

We are happy to report these great statistics of participation!

51 persons per country countries