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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:  Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), Neurocognitive Disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Physical Disabilities, Chronic/Terminal Illness & Substance Abuse Recovery.

Our June Open Call, “Savor,” has been created by our 34 Gallery Staff to explore memory and sensory experiences.

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.

Each of the conditions covered in this Open Call can make living moment by moment a necessity:

•  Adults with SPD often experience intense emotional exhaustion, anxiety, impulsivity and panic caused by sensory overload, which increases the risk of suicide.
• The risk of suicide is highest within the first year of a dementia, neurocognitive/TBI diagnosis or substance abuse treatment.
• If a physical disability and/or chronic pain is the result of a work injury, the suicide risk increases substantially. 
•  Individuals with multiple addictions (alcohol, drug, and tobacco) have up to an 11-fold increase in risk of suicide. 
• People who use opioids are 14 times more likely to die by suicide compared to the general population.

For 2026, Artists are invited to express what Savor means. Delve into ways nostalgia can linger for a lifetime. Explore how a culinary dish can set the tone at a gathering. Seek out the thoughts making you smile when no one is looking. Remind us of a song or style that captures the mood of a time period. Authenticate the experience of losing yourself in a moment you'd like to last forever. Embrace the reality of being fully aware. Show us what Savor means to you.

Please Note: 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: Open Medium. Fine Art, Poetry, Audiovisual, Short Film & A.I. Artwork Accepted. Submit up to 3 artworks or poems  by May 29th. 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 a memory or self-care method that helps you positively cope with mental health diagnosis, disability, illness, substance abuse recovery or having a loved one with these conditions.

Selected artists will be notified by June 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,  or .PDF for poetry.

34 Gallery is proud to present “Weightless,” an open call inviting artists worldwide to explore the sensation of lightness as embodied release, movement, and quiet transformation. This challenge asks: 

• What does it feel like when the weight lifts? When the body remembers how to float?

There are moments when something shifts—subtle, but undeniable. A deep exhale. A step away from something that once felt heavy. The feeling of water holding you, or gravity loosening its grip. This open call invites artists to explore lightness not as emptiness, but as release. The kind of feeling that lives in the body: in drifting, in softening, in letting go. What does it mean to feel light again? What does it look like when the body rises, suspends, or simply rests without burden?

Theme: “Weightless” explores the physical and emotional sensation of lightness through abstraction, surrealism, or embodied representation. Submissions should reflect: 

• The transition from heaviness to ease  
• The body in states of release or suspension 
• The quiet, powerful presence of letting go 

• Form & Suspension: What does it look like when the body defies weight?
• Release & Letting Go: How can tension dissolve into softness?
• Movement & Drift: Where does the body go when it is no longer anchored?
• Breath & Space: How does expansion feel after contraction? 

Traditional Interpretations:

• Floating figures or weightless forms  
• Water as buoyancy and surrender  
• Open landscapes evoking space and freedom  
• Moments of rest, stillness, or exhale 

Outside the Box Concepts:

• Lightness as absence of pressure or density  
• Objects defying gravity or dissolving structure  
• Emotional weight lifting, dispersing, or evaporating  
• Transitions between constraint and release 

Traditional, digital, AI-assisted, mixed media, and experimental approaches are all welcome. Submit your work between May 1 & May 29, 2026.

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 "Weightless"
4. 📤 Upload your submission and hit Submit.

• 🏆 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.

• Selected artists will be notified by June 10th. 
• Technique for this call : Open Medium. Fine Art, Photography, Audiovisual & A.I. Artwork Accepted. 
• 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.