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The 34 Gallery aims to channel the power of art to explore monthly mental health themes through art therapy. Your participation is a form of mental health advocacy that also brings global attention to these conditions.

• This month, we are particularly interested in works by artists utilizing this art therapy open call to address: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Shift work sleep disorder (SWSD), Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Insomnia, Parasomnia, PTSD & Holiday Isolation.

Themes: Our December Open Call, “Solstice," has been created by our 34 Gallery Staff to explore the mental health impact of the holiday season. As artists, we already know that this time of year can be emotionally volatile and lonely for many.

• Each year, the rate of mental health crisis and suicidal ideation skyrockets during the holiday season.
• Environmental Seasonal Changes and observed Daylight Savings Time increase these outcomes.

Artists are invited to explore connection during the holidays. Memories and dreams. Being different amid cheer. The shift in sunrise and sunset that reaches into the subconscious. Create works that authenticate the human experience of 2025 with the hope we need to enter 2026. Show us what Solstice means to you!

Remember: Artists create Golden Ages. As a Mental Health Art Gallery, we are asking Creatives to mobilize to help save lives at this time. Someone seeing your work can be inspired to keep going with hope and resilience despite their mental health struggles. Your artistic advocacy with us can and will make a difference. 

Requirements: Submit up to 3 artworks or poems below or to submissions@34gallery.org by November 28th. Include the following questions in your cover letter: 

• Your artist name, artwork titles, and website/social media links.  
• 1 - 2 paragraphs describing the creative process regarding your work & how it fits with the Open Call Theme. 
• 1 - 2 paragraphs on your experience of the holidays, such as social gatherings and memories, along with coping strategies to begin the new year.

Open Medium. Fine Art, Poetry, Audiovisual, Short Film & A.I. Artwork Accepted. 

Selected artists will be notified by December 10th. 

• Be advised that this open call also includes a global youth & adult audience.
• Works that are sexually graphic and/or advocate violence (self or others), discrimination, or hatred (societal/gender/religious/cultural) of any kind will be disqualified.
• Technique for this call is open but not limited to: Open Medium. Poetry, Audiovisual & A.I. Artwork Accepted. 
• File Type: .MP4, .JPG, .PNG --File Size: Up to 100 MB for art & audiovisual submissions; Word, Google Docs, .PDF for poetry.

• What if nostalgia wasn’t about longing, but liberation?

This November, The 34 Gallery invites artists everywhere to pause, remember, and reimagine the past.

Our Open Call theme is “Nostalgia: A Portal to Healing.”

• 🏆 Be featured in The 34 Gallery’s official digital showcase hosted on Webbie Social.
• 🌍 Gain visibility across Webbie Social’s creator network and partner media.
• 💎 Be featured on The 34 Gallery website and social media.

• 🌀 Memory and the body: How does memory live inside you — in movement, tension, stillness, or touch?
• 🌙 Inheritance and identity: What stories have been passed down to you? Which ones are ready to be transformed?
• ⚡ Healing through reinterpretation: How can revisiting your past create peace, insight, or renewal?
• 🌿 The beauty of imperfection: Show us the cracks, the glitches, the distortions — where the real story hides.

• Include your response in your Artist Statement.

Inspiration could look like:

• 💭 Raw reflections and honest emotional storytelling
• 📸 Imperfect archives — layered, fragmented, and human
• 🎨 All mediums welcome: painting, digital art, photography, collage, writing, video, performance, sound, or mixed media
• 🪞 Personal truths — art that remembers, releases, and rebuilds.

Whether it’s a photo, a poem, or an animated piece — let your work hold space for healing.

Create or Complete Your Webbie Social Profile:

1. 🌐 Visit webbiesocial.com
2. 🖼️ Add a profile photo.
3. 📝 Write a short artist bio.

Submit to the Open Call

1. ➕ Click Add New Content.
2. 📂 Select Post Type: Open Calls.
3. 🏷️ Choose Nostalgia.
4. 📤 Upload your submission and hit Submit.

This November, let your art remember — and let it heal.

Turn reflection into release. Turn nostalgia into liberation.

✨ Let your past speak — for you, not over you.

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• Selected artists will be notified by December 10th. 
• Technique for this call : Open Medium. Fine Art Audiovisual & A.I. Artwork Accepted. 
• File Type: .MP4, .JPG, .PNG --File Size: Up to 100 MB for art & audiovisual submissions; Word, Google Docs, .PDF for poetry.
• Works that are sexually graphic and/or advocate violence (self or others), discrimination, or hatred (societal/gender/religious/cultural) of any kind will be disqualified.