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Inner Landscapes

The open call "Inner Landscapes" celebrates Mental Health Awareness 2026 month and invites lens-based artists to reflect on mental health and its relationship to everyday life. This call considers how internal experiences are shaped by social, cultural, and environmental conditions, and how they are expressed through image-making.

We welcome work that engages with care, fatigue, stability, imbalance, support systems, and personal coping strategies. Submissions may address individual experience or consider how mental health is influenced by broader structures such as work, family, community, or access to resources.

Selected works will be presented in an online exhibition on Der Greif’s homepage for one month, bringing together a range of approaches and perspectives.

Submitted on Mon, 04/27/2026 - 22:08

June Open Call: Savor

Our June Open Call, “Savor,” has been created by our 34 Gallery Staff to explore memory and sensory experiences. This month, we are particularly interested in works by artists utilizing this art therapy open call to address:  Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), Neurocognitive Disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury, Physical Disabilities, Chronic Illness & Substance Abuse Recovery.

Themes: As artists, we know that our memories and experiences shape our creative work. But how do these shape the moments we live through every day? This month, we ask you to channel your energy into expressing how you savor aspects of your everyday life.

Submitted on Sat, 04/25/2026 - 15:26

May Open Call: Brazen

Our May Open Call, “Brazen,” has been created by our 34 Gallery Art & Technology Advisor Lucid Jordan to explore social situations impacted by mental health crisis & self-forgiveness. This month, we are particularly interested in works by artists utilizing this art therapy open call to address:  Bipolar, Personality Disorders, ASD, ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Substance Abuse Recovery. 

Submitted on Fri, 03/27/2026 - 19:11

April Open Call: Focus

Our April Open Call, “Focus" has been created by our 34 Gallery Staff to explore the impact of maintaining mental stability while managing external triggers amid internal upheaval.  This month, we are particularly interested in works by artists utilizing this art therapy open call to address:  ADHD, CDD, Autism, Anxiety, Dissociative Disorders, PTSD, Substance Abuse Recovery, TBI & Chronic Illness.

Submitted on Wed, 02/25/2026 - 23:38

March Open Call: Hope

Our March Open Call, “Hope" has been created by our 34 Gallery Staff to explore the mental health impact of living in a state of ongoing crisis.  This month, we are particularly interested in works by artists utilizing this art therapy open call to address: Substance Abuse Recovery, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Depression, Chronic/Terminal Illness, Traumatic Brain Injury, & Physical Disabilities. 

Submitted on Thu, 01/29/2026 - 21:21

February Open Call: Beauty

Our February Open Call, “Beauty," has been created by our 34 Gallery Staff to explore the mental health impact of global beauty standards in our societies.  This month, we are particularly interested in works by artists utilizing this art therapy open call to address: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Skin Conditions, Physical Disabilities and Deformities, Eating Disorders, Social Anxiety, Bullying & PTSD.

Submitted on Sat, 12/27/2025 - 20:51

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