Coming Soon: August 2025 "Lifelong Threads"

Maus Haus Gallery is excited to announce the 2025 Open Call for Architecture Themed Works. This opportunity is for all creative types to showcase their artistic take on design and architecture. Requirements for the piece(s) entered are, Works must have been created no later than 2020, must focus on architecture or design elements (ie. Blueprints), must be listed for sale during the show’s running dates, and cannot be in any local art shows within the 2025 calendar year: including duplicate submissions of pieces to other shows during the same time. This is not limited to 2D work, 3-dimensional work can be accepted. The submission fee is $20 and limited to 3 pieces. This show will run during Detroit’s Month of Design in September. Cheryl has design and architecture in her blood (almost went to undergrad for Interior Design), her maternal grandfather was a landscape architect, and both of her siblings have degrees in Architecture. Cheryl also has a love for Detroit architecture, which has been an ongoing inspiration for most of her photographic work. 

Maus Haus Gallery was founded in 2023 with the sole intention of bringing artists and their artwork to everyone. We strive to connect art with the community in a way that encourages and promotes artists of all levels. We believe that art should be accessible to everyone. Curator and owner, Cheryl Maus, has loved art ever since she was little and exploring her father’s Canon 35mm film camera. She studied photography and studio art at Oakland University, graduating with a BA in 2013. She then went on to pursue an MA from Johns Hopkins University in 2022 in Museum Studies. Cheryl loves visiting local art galleries and especially the Detroit Institute of Arts but felt something was missing. While in her studies she felt there was a disconnect between up-and-coming artists and having work shown in art galleries. She formed Maus Haus Gallery with the intention of helping to educate new artists with how to work with art galleries and other opportunities to show and display their art. Cheryl has shown her work in a few local galleries including The Scarab Club, Lawrence Street Art Gallery, Detroit Artist Market, Grosse Pointe Artists Association, and Hatch Art Gallery.

Key Dates

Show Dates – Friday September 5th-Friday September 26th

-Tuesday, July 1st – Jotform Opens

- Sunday– August 3rd at 11:59pm – Entries Close

- Sunday – August 10th – Selected works will be announced by 10pm

Rules for this show:

- Each artist may submit one entry that includes up to three pieces for $20, with a max dimension of 30 inches on the longest side. Any submission larger than 30 inches will NOT be accepted. This is to ensure the ability to try and accept a piece by each artist. Any 3 dimensional work cannot exceed 10lbs and must include HxLxD in submission details *This is a submission fee only; this does not guarantee a place in the show* 

- Images need to be Hi-Res. Label each image, FirstnameLastname_Artworktitle_DateCreated. Failure to label images in this manner can decrease the chances of being accepted.  If you use a particular medium, ie. AI and curious if it can be submitted please contact maushausgallery@gmail.com for any clarification prior to the Entry Close Date. Only other requirement is all images MUST have a Date Created for all images to ensure they have been created in the time frame parameters. Anything submitted older than 2020 (ie 2019) will NOT be accepted. 

-All artwork must be available for sale, with 30% commission going to Maus Haus Gallery. A formal contract will be sent to each artist when selected works are announced. This also includes in reproduction prints that artists can have available for purchase during the show.

-Maus Haus Gallery will exercise professional care in the handling of all entries but cannot assume liability for loss or damage while works are in our possession.

-Artwork that is selected is available to the exhibiting gallery to use for promotional use and display on social media during the duration of the show.