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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: Substance Abuse Recovery, Childhood & Domestic Truma, Work Burnout, PTSD & Holiday Isolation.

Themes: Our January Open Call, “Solitary," has been created by our 34 Gallery Staff to explore the mental health impact of the New Year.  As artists, we already know that too many of us enter the New Year alone. The holidays sometimes trigger conflicts in our homes, workplaces, and social lives that require us to walk our own path for survival. 

• The New Year is a powerful time of transition & reflection to address changes we want to cultivate in ourselves.
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Artists are invited to explore what it means to be solitary. What part of ourselves went unheard in those traumatic moments before we walked out? Who emerges from the cocoon after the final argument is over? What talisman do we hold when toxic people and habits resurface like ghosts? How do we cope when everyone has walked away? And when do we finally feel whole on this journey of accepting who we are? Show us what Solitary means to you.

Please Note: As a Mental Health Art Gallery, we are asking Creatives to mobilize to help save lives at this time. The 2025 holiday season is expected to have the highest global percentage of mental health crisis and suicidal ideation since The Pandemic. 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 January 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 radiance wasn't about perfection, but presence?

Theme: Radiance, Mental Health, and Wonder in the Everyday

This open call reclaims radiance as a healing force — an exploration of how we find light within ourselves and the world around us, even when darkness feels overwhelming. Show us the art that sparkles — the pieces dusted with light, touched by wonder, glowing like star-flecks suspended in twilight. We're seeking works that carry that quiet magic: the shimmer of frost at sunrise, the way fresh snowfall catches light like scattered glitter, the subtle glint that transforms an ordinary moment into something luminous.

Radiance can be bold or gentle, glittering or softly glowing. Interpret it through color, texture, emotion, or story. Whether your work shines with brilliance or whispers with a pale, icy glow, we want to see how you awaken light.

• How does awakening radiance become a healing act?
• Where do you find light—soft or bold—when the world feels dim?
• Let your art illuminate — but let it shine with you, not despite you.

• 🏆 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.

• 🌀 The awakening of radiance through creative transformation: How does making art become an act of bringing light into being?
• 🌙 Everyday wonder found in nature, community, or quiet reflection: Where do you discover moments of unexpected brilliance?
• ⚡ Sparks of connection, synchronicity, or personal insight: Those flashes of recognition that make you feel alive and awake
• 🌀 Restorative rituals that cultivate hope and mental clarity: What practices help you reconnect with your inner light?
• 🌿 Turning pain into something luminous or meaningful: How can darkness become a backdrop for light to shine brighter?
• Visual expressions of inner brilliance, warmth, glittering subtlety, or gentle glow: Show us radiance in all its forms

• Include your response in your Artist Statement.

Inspiration could look like:

• 🎨 All mediums welcome: painting, digital art, photography, collage, writing, video, performance, sound, or mixed media.
• 💭  Works that sparkle with wonder and emotional honesty.
• 📸 Art that carries light — whether bold or whispered, glittering or softly glowing.
• 🪞Personal truths — art that finds light in unexpected places.
• Visual expressions of mental health healing through radiance, glow, and transformation.

Whether it's a painting shimmering with texture, a poem about dawn breaking, or a photograph capturing frost catching morning light — let your work glow with meaning.

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 Radiance.
4. 📤 Upload your submission and hit Submit.

• Let your art shimmer.
• Turn wonder into healing.
• Turn radiance into revelation.

Let your light awaken — gently, boldly, brilliantly.

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

Tags: #AwakeningRadiance #The34Gallery #WebbieSocial #OpenCall #ArtAsHealing #MentalHealthArt #EmergingArtists #WebbiePlus

• Selected artists will be notified by January 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.