Run an Open Call the Smarter Way
A public art open call done right takes time. Reviewing applications individually, coordinating jurors, verifying eligibility, documenting decisions — traditional open call administration runs 3–4 minutes of staff time per submission. For a call that attracts 150 applicants, that's 20+ hours. At 250 or 350 applicants, you're looking at 35–80 hours across the review cycle. Monochronicle's staged review process and AI-assisted tools cut that time by 50–85%, depending on call size and complexity — without sacrificing rigor or compliance — so your team can focus on the decision, not the paperwork.
For $800 per project — no annual subscription, no hidden fees — we manage everything from application setup to final documentation and promotion.
How it works
You fill out a structured "P-framework" questionnaire that guides you through every detail artists need before applying — place, people, purpose, product, price. It generates a ready-to-publish brief that we review, refine if needed, and publish as a custom, SEO-optimized call-to-artists page promoted through our network, social media, and discoverable on Google. Your call is also available as a PDF to print, share with stakeholders, or embed on your site. No technical setup on your end.
We support an optional staged review model: artists first submit images and a brief statement, your committee conducts a blind review, and only the highest-ranked applicants move forward to full submission. This reduces reviewer fatigue, raises deliberation quality, and keeps the burden on artists proportional to their actual likelihood of selection.
During each phase, jurors work inside a modern dashboard with blind review options, AI-enhanced summaries showing how each applicant meets your criteria, smart sorting, and exportable scoring reports.
At close, you receive a professional AI Report — covering scoring, selection rationale, juror activity patterns, and process transparency. The kind of record that holds up to stakeholder scrutiny and satisfies institutional compliance requirements.
Built for this work
Monochronicle was founded by artists and curators with over a decade of producing murals, festivals, and large-scale public commissions. That shapes every decision about how the platform works:
No artist registration required on the first round — high-profile professionals actually apply
Artists save time by reusing their stored materials without charge and retain full rights to their images, always
No fee-based listings — we don't accept pay-to-play calls
No annual commitment — you pay per project
How we compare
CaFÉ, Submittable, and CODAworx manage file intake. Monochronicle manages the process — the structure that makes selection fair, the AI layer that makes review faster, and the documentation that makes decisions defensible. At $800 per project, it's the most accessible option for organizations running one to three calls per year.