Call for artists, Every Woman Biennial, deadline Oct. 31

October 13, 2025 - 4:31pm — AMP

from Franklin Furnace

OPEN CALL

EVERY WOMAN BIENNIAL MARCH 2026

SPECTALiA

Opportunity Discipline(s): All Visual Arts, Film/Video/Media, Interdisciplinary/Hybrid, All Performing Arts, Digital/Electronic Arts

WE'RE BACK! NEW HOME, NEW THEME, SAME BAD-ASS SALON STYLE SHOW!

A century ago, movements like Cabaret, Dada, and Surrealism were artists’ responses to social and political unrest. One hundred years later, we ask: What are we building in a troubled world that’s moving faster than we can grasp?

Our answer? SPECTALiA. In an age of distracting algorithms and spectacular seduction, we’re blurring binaries—of gender, canvas and screen, sense and nonsense.

We want your punk rock carnivalesque absurdity, your abstraction, your spectacle, your tech witch digital daring, your strange and delightful quiet resistance. Here, joy becomes our most subversive act.

Think of these as suggestions, not literal directions or interpretations. We're looking for a broad scope of work that embodies your definition of the theme. Surprise us!

This isn’t just a show…it’s a world-building spell.

Join us!

Applications: Sept 1 – Oct 31st, 2025 (11 PM EST)

Exhibition: March 8 – April 11th, 2026 Pen + Brush Gallery, NYC

Open to women and non-binary artists of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.

This year, choose from four categories: Visual Arts, Installation, Performance, and New Media Arts

How to Apply

Please visit our website www.everywomanbiennial.com/apply for application links and instructions. We prefer regional entries, as we don't have the capacity to accept large amounts of shipped work. However, we can make exceptions if the work is accepted. A suggested donation is requested for the Every Woman Biennial, which helps our volunteer-run organization produce these shows, but it is not required.

Application Deadline10/31/2025

Application Fee - suggested donation $15

Molly Caldwell, Executive Director/Executive Producer (Dream Facilitator and Manager of Expectations)

molly@everywomanbiennial.com | 646.265.6580

www.everywomanbiennial.com