Take action and let your voice be heard.
'About Face' invites commentary on artistic, personal, and cultural identity, as much as it is about the politics of authority, representation, inclusion, and exclusion. For this call, we would like to see work that ranges from bold and socio-political to subtle and poetic. We’d like the world to see through your unique lens.
There is an opportunity for the artist to take the concept in any number of directions, considering the expression's double meaning, focusing on the fluidity of self/identity or centering the underrepresented, for example.
This call is an open question that asks artists to interpret the concept widely when selecting works to submit. Let your imagination flow as you think about the theme and how you feel about its meaning. True and clear interpretations will catch our attention. The work should speak to your message and your statement should explain intention, unique materials, processes or any risks taken.
An Annual International Exhibition | About Face: Take Action and Let Your Voice Be Heard, juried by Payal Thiffault and Michelle May of Juniper Rag. A record-breaking submission count of over 691! Join us for this important show sharing the work of brilliant artists.
ABOUT FACE Accepted Artworks
Elisa Adams, Surprise!
Marines Adrianza, Murae
Dana Al Rashid, Death in Consumerism
Dana Al Rashid, The Erasure of the Natural
Elizabeth Alexander, A Mightier Work is Ahead: They Were Soldiers Indeed no.2
Susan Alport, "Portrait"
Susan Alport, "It's About Time"
yi believe, how to stay afloat
Trudy Borenstein- Sugiura, The Other/Brother
Trudy Borenstein- Sugiura, Thursday's Child
Sandra Cohen, Kilroy
Delaney Conner, Ugh
Delaney Conner, Love That For Me
Linda Diak, Franklin Habit
Natasha Dikareva, Witness
Dina Doyle, “Bleu Coeur”
Dimitri Dubuisson, Social Interaction
Julia C R Gray, On His Way Up, Manifesto Added
Julia C R Gray, SHE Coral, Charcoal Nebula Blue
Naomi Grossman, Connection
Casey Hayward, Your Protection (example 2)
Bob Kephart, Root Mask
Karen Khan, Imminent
Jackie Liu, Wishful Thinking
Nicole Maloof, The Freddy Jar
Nathaniel Massari, Maybe She Went Out For a Walk?
Kate Morgan, what was, what is and what will be
Denyse Murphy, Facing2
Carrie Nixon, H from Somalia (Young Immigrants Series)
Paul Plumadore, Anatomy Lesson #33
Paul Plumadore, Anatomy Lesson #37
Paul Plumadore, Anatomy Lesson #47
Paul Plumadore, Anatomy Lesson #49
Chelsea Revelle, Grooming the Thoroughbred
Karin Rosenthal, Conversation, 2022
Simone Scholes, Be Here Now
Fay Senner, Ancestral Healing
Robert Steffen, Limit Number 2
Diane Sullivan, I Dream of Bats
Robert Sullivan, Meditora
Robert Sullivan, Cognitia
Stephanie Todhunter, MINA: First Contact
Stephanie Todhunter, Fern is good at hiding
Gay Tracy, Adam's Apple, Breasts, Woman, Man
Ira Upin, Grant Park Lady
Nick Ward, Private Message #2
Bruce Wilson, Common Cause