The Middle Room is a contemporary female-focused gallery concentrating on mid-career artists and on creating connections, conversation, and community. Located in the heart of Atwater Village in Los Angeles.
Open Call
For LA Area Artists Working in all Media!
GUEST CURATOR: CAMILLA TAYLOR
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 9th
The Middle Room is currently accepting submissions from emerging to mid-career to established contemporary Los Angeles area artists for our second-annual LA-made small works salon: The Middle Becomes Eclectic
Artists practicing throughout the greater Los Angeles area are invited to submit their work for consideration by The Middle Room Guest Curator Camilla Taylor to be included in our 2nd annual The Middle Becomes Eclectic—a large group exhibition of widely diverse and accessible small works, all made-in-LA-in-2025 by artists at various career levels—curated together, salon-style, all priced at $500 and under. This exciting and off-beat exhibition supports community-building, accessible art-collecting and art-gift-giving during the holiday season—and reflects and celebrates the current pulse of the art being made in LA.
Events
December 5th, 6-9pm
The Middle Becomes Eclectic II
Guest Curator: Camilla Taylor
Exhibition Dates: December 5, 2025—January 11, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, December 5, 2025—6-9pm
Please join us for the Opening Reception of The Middle Becomes Eclectic II: a large group exhibition of widely diverse small works made-in-LA-in-2025 by artists at various career levels—curated together, salon-style, and all priced $500 and under. This exciting off-beat exhibition supports community-building, accessible art-collecting and art-gift-giving during the holiday season—and reflects and celebrates the current pulse of the art being made in LA.
THE DINNER PARTY
SPECIAL 2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER 26, 2025
WATCH ➡️
A Video from our 1+1 Artists Dinner Party
To celebrate our 2nd anniversary, each reunion artist invited another artist who had not previously exhibited at The Middle Room to pair with their work in special anniversary show AND bring as their guest to the formal sit-down dinner held within the exhibition on September 26, 2025. 22 reunion artists+22 guest artists=expanded connection+conversations+community
READ MORE PLUS LISTEN TO THE RECORDING OF THE CANDID CONVERSATION BETWEEN SHANNON RAE FINCKE AND KRISTINE SCHOMAKER OF SHOEBOX ARTS ON SUBSTACK
MY YEAR AT HOME
ABBEY GOLDEN
SOLO EXHIBITION
JUNE 20-29, 2025
WATCH ➡️
A Short Film about the making of Abbey Golden’s My YEAR AT HOME by Alison Michaela