The 34 Gallery is an International Mental Health Arts Initiative!
The 34 Gallery is an International Mental Health Arts Initiative!
The 34 Gallery invites artists to join our creative community to help reduce global rates of suicide, depression, PTSD and other mental health issues among youth and adults. This month, we are particularly interested in works by artists who reduce mental health distress through self-care with the assistance of pets, guide/therapy animals and the natural world.
Our July Open Call, “Animalia," has been created by our 34 Gallery Art Advisor Lawrence W. Lee to generate discussion on emotions that often defy words. Previous Winners can be found on the Open Calls page of our website. Our initiative aims to channel the power of art to explore monthly mental health themes through art therapy.
Why Animals Matter in Art
Themes: We ask artists to explore the connection between humanity and the natural world. We invite you to express your own connection with animals and nature. It might be an old cat who shared your childhood bed or a wild bird of prey that represents the strength and freedom you are longing for. Show us what "Animalia" means to you!
Remember: Artists create Golden Ages. Join us in starting one! Let's remind humanity to embrace the light of who we are. Your artistic advocacy with us can and will make a difference. 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.
Requirements: Submit up to 3 artworks or poems by June 27th to submissions@34gallery.org. Include the following questions in your cover letter:
Artists will be notified by July 10th.
The 34 Gallery invites artists to join our creative community to help reduce global rates of suicide, depression, PTSD and other mental health issues among youth and adults. Previous Open Call Winners can be found on the Open Calls Page.
Our Open Call theme is "Ancestral Futures" created by 34 Gallery Medical Advisor Dr. Saravanan Thangarajan.
Themes: One day, someone will trace their healing, identity, and survival back to us. What kind of ancestor are we becoming? "Ancestral Futures" is a global call for art that explores legacy as choice. We invite artists to envision the impact of your voice & your story for generations to come.
This exhibition is not about nostalgia or despair. Instead, it is about human responsibility, intergenerational imagination, and the way our everyday acts echo through time. Whether your work reflects generational healing, cultural lineage, ecological repair, or personal transformation—it belongs in this space.
Additional theme suggestions: Healing through time, creative inheritance, cultural continuity and reinvention, ecological legacy and future kinship, and/or visions of oceanic and space exploration.
Please Note:
The technique for this call: Open Medium. Audiovisual & A.I. Artwork Accepted.
File Type: .MP4, .JPG, .PNG --File Size: Up to 100 MB
Our #Empower4Her 2025 Campaign features the very best global professionals & creative talent to show you that being a woman is, in fact, amazing! Follow us for self-care advice from Medical Advisor Dr. Bernadette Anderson & art therapy with Art Advisor MindSoul Meditations:
Interested in being featured as a mental health or art professional? Get in Touch.
Interludes is a virtual publication by The 34 Gallery featuring Global Arts Professionals and Brands discussing their careers, creative process, and mental health to inspire at-risk populations to utilize The Arts for art therapy, self-care and mental wellbeing.
Submissions: Email submissions@34gallery.org with up to 5 artworks or career photos with answers to the following questions:
● State your artist name and preferred creative mediums or Arts field.
● Describe your career in The Arts & creative process.
● What (or who) inspired you to work in the Arts?
● What has been your favorite experience as an artist?
● How have The Arts improved your mental health?
● What do you think has made the global mental health crisis worse?
● How do you think humanity can unify and address these outcomes?
● Has climate change impacted your region? If so, how?
● What has been the mental health impact of these disasters?
● Why did you choose to be involved with the 34 Gallery?
● Describe your winning selection(s) with us & the creative process. (if applicable)
● What is your advice to youth looking to delve into The Arts?
● What is your advice to those interested in arts careers, art for self-care and/or arts therapy?
Be Advised: The 34 Gallery is an SDG 3.4 Mental Health Arts Initiative. A number of our artists are
working under the condition of anonymity due to international conflict, domestic violence, and
trafficking situations. For this reason, our content must pass global screening filters to continue
providing outreach and safe virtual spaces to these artists. Your work with us ensures they will continue
to have a creative mental health outlet.
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