Call for Artists

DRAWING with PLACE, Creative Retreat

7 nights / 8 days in Italy’s undiscovered Molise region
Fri 09 Oct 2026 – Fri 16 Oct 2026
Led by artist, curator, and educator Tracy Mackenna
Book your place via the web page. No application required.

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Time and space, curated with care by award-winning educator and artist Tracy Mackenna, to explore drawing and mark-making in the remarkable National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise.

Our creative retreat gives you a period of dedicated time and space, providing a careful balance of guided workshops and uninterrupted personal time. It is designed to help you step out of your daily routine, to decelerate, so you can focus your energy through creativity and rest to heighten senses and increase inspiration.

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DRAWING with PLACE, Creative Retreat, Orkney Islands

Lead by artist, curator and educator Tracy Mackenna

Sat 04 July – Sat 11 July 2026

Book your place via the link in the web page (no application required)

Time and space, curated with care, for six people to explore drawing and mark-making in the remarkable environment of the Orkney Islands.

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DRAWING with PLACE invites you to take the time to slow down by experiencing and investigating place through drawing. All forms of drawing are encouraged, activated through experimentation, play, trial and error. Being and working in the ancient environment of the Orkney Islands will stimulate deep consideration of time, perspective, and personal and environmental well-being.

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“Not For Sale” - Group Exhibition at New York

We live in a world that demands a “why.” In a culture obsessed with optimization, we are told that every work must serve a purpose: it should be for a portfolio, for a client, or for sale. We’ve been conditioned to treat our creativity like a factory—if it doesn’t produce “value,” we’re told it’s a waste of time.

But we are looking for the work that was born without a destination. What about the work that simply saved you? What about the messy sketches you made while stuck on a Zoom call, the weird abstract shapes you doodled just to keep your hands from shaking, or the pieces that are “too personal” to sell and “too weird” to post? We want the art that happened when you stopped trying to be "productive" and started being honest.

Submitted on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 04:53

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Embracing Our Differences 2027 International Call for Art

Artists and writers are invited to submit original work to the 2027 Embracing Our Differences international juried exhibition, a free, open-call competition celebrating inclusion, individuality, and the richness of human experience.

Selected works are displayed as 50 billboard-size images paired with thought-provoking quotations, exhibited mid-January through April at multiple public locations along Florida's Cultural Coast. Since 2004, the exhibition has reached more than 5.2 million visitors and 693,500 students through education programs worldwide.

Submitted on Tue, 05/05/2026 - 15:36

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Open Call for Magazine Feature & Interview

Open Call for Artists!
Be featured in the international Goddessarts Magazine Issue 21!

This is your chance to showcase your work in our beautifully curated international art magazine — available both in print and online!

What you can get:
4-page or 6-page magazine feature
Optional artist interview or article about your art journey
Chance to be selected for our cover pages
Combine your feature with a virtual solo exhibition
Extensive promotion on our social media & newsletter (with approx. 4000 subscribers)
Ongoing spotlight for featured artists — even after release!

Submission is free!
A small fee applies only after acceptance, starting at just 27€ depending on the package.

Submitted on Tue, 05/05/2026 - 09:50