OPEN CALL FOR CURRENTS 2026: ART & TECHNOLOGY FESTIVAL

CURRENTS New Media is now accepting submissions for our 17th annual Art and Technology Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Please feel free to forward our call for submissions to anyone in your network who you would feel would benefit from this opportunity!

Call for Submission: 
CURRENTS 2026 Art & Technology Festival
Submission Deadline: December 5, 2025
Festival Dates: June 12 – 21, 2026

Every summer since 2010, CURRENTS New Media presents one of the leading art and technology festivals in the United States. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, CURRENTS brings together the work of established and emerging new media artists from the USA and around the world.  

This year’s submission categories include:

• Installations
• Sound Environments/Installations
• Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Environments
• Artist/AI Collaboration
• Robotics/Kinetic/Electro-Mechanical Objects and Installations
• Multimedia Performance
• Fabrication and 2D/3D Printing
• Wearables
• Experimental Single Channel Video, Experimental Documentary, and Animation

Submission Fee: - $25/single, $20 each/multiple 

Due to the already high and escalating cost and risks of international shipping we may not be able to support this expense for international artists. We may be able to supply needed equipment. 

Please read the Submission Guidelines before filling out the form

Our Mission:

CURRENTS New Media is an annual art + technology festival, year-round exhibition/experience space, and non-profit organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA. We support 21st Century art making and innovative creatives. Our festival, educational programs, and exhibition space give the public year-round access to immersive and expansive art experiences.

The Festival is the result of a collaboration between Parallel Studios, its partners throughout the city and the many volunteers who invest their time to support this project.