FEBRUARY OPEN CALL EXHIBITION | CONNECTIONS

FEBRUARY OPEN CALL | CONNECTIONS

16 FEBRUARY – 14 MARCH

What connects us to one another and to the world around us?

Connections invites artists to explore the relationships, encounters and invisible threads that shape our lives. From the bonds between people to our relationship with places, memories and the natural world, connections can be familiar and enduring, fleeting and unexpected, or stretched across time and distance.

Work might consider friendship, family, love and community; shared experiences and moments of understanding; or the ways we connect through conversation, creativity, culture and touch. Artists might also explore connections between generations, the ties that draw us to a particular place, or the intricate networks and patterns found in nature.

The theme may be interpreted through ideas of belonging, identity, interdependence, separation and reconnection. Connections can offer comfort and strength, but they can also be complex, fragile or changing.

What brings us together? Where do we find a sense of belonging? And how do the connections we make shape who we are?

Whether expressed through landscape, portraiture, abstraction, photography, sculpture, ceramics, textiles or installation, we welcome contemporary interpretations that explore the many ways we connect, relate and belong.

Theme Keywords

Connection · Relationships · Community · Belonging · Togetherness · Friendship · Family · Love · Identity · Place · Nature · Networks · Threads · Shared Experiences · Communication · Distance · Separation · Reconnection · Interdependence · Understanding

Key Dates

Submission deadline: Monday 8 February midnight
Successful applicants notified: Thursday 11 February
Artwork hand-in: Sunday 14 February 1-4pm
Exhibition: 16 February - 14 March
Private View: Saturday 20 February 6.30-8.30pm
Artwork collection: Sunday 14  March 11am-1pm