CALL FOR ART

Deadline: 7/30/25

A virtual exhibition

There is a kind of silence unique to summer—the hush beneath high sun, the pause between growth and wither, the weightless breath before the fall.

Summer & The Silence invites artists to explore the stillness and subtle intensity of this season: its warmth, beauty, and the quiet truths it conceals.

We are seeking works that reflect the internal or external landscapes of summer, not just in light and color, but in sensation and memory. What lingers in the brightness? What remains unsaid in the hum of heat and horizon? This exhibition holds space for joy, nostalgia, longing, and reflection—and quietly anticipates the deeper questioning to come in our live fall exhibition.

With Summer and The Silence we encourage artists to explore the emotional stillness and layered introspection found within the height of the season. While summer often conjures ideas of vibrancy and heat, there exists a parallel quiet: the lull beneath the sun, the long shadows in the late afternoon, the internal spaces we return to when the world outside is in full bloom. This exhibition asks: what is held in that pause? What does the warmth obscure, and what truths emerge in the silence it leaves behind?

We welcome visual interpretations that engage with the complexities of summer—works that are not only celebratory or bright, but reflective, atmospheric, even tender. Artists might explore themes such as the quiet between life changes, the solitude of a heatwaves and droughts, the memory of a long drive at dusk, or the absence felt during a season of collective presence. Silence here can be emotional, spiritual, environmental, or imagined.

From the shimmer of sun-washed surfaces to the abstraction of memory, from quiet protest to personal ritual, Summer and The Silence is a space for artists to hold stillness and sound in visual tension. This exhibition serves as a meditation before descent—into fall, into darker questions—where doubt, longing, and change will inevitably arrive.

All media are welcome, from painting and photography to sculpture, and time-based works. Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly—through the personal, the seasonal, the metaphorical, or the abstract.

Let this be a season of deliberate revelations.