For a limited time, Sunspot Lit is calling for single works of novella-length fiction or nonfiction in any category, including memoir, literary, genre, and historical. Open July 1 through July 31. See guidelines and submission form, along with the journal’s other open calls (including art), here: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit.
Multidisciplinary
Landscapes Art Competition
We are pleased to announce our fifth Landscapes online Art Competition for the month of June 2026. The gallery invites artists and photographers from around the world to submit their best representational and non-representational artwork for our upcoming competition. This competition celebrates the beauty and diversity of the natural world. Submissions may include any artistic interpretation of natural elements such as mountains, hills, valleys, deserts, forests, farmland, trees, rivers, lakes, polar regions, rainforests, islands, and tropical landscapes. All artistic styles and mediums are welcome for consideration.
LUMINEX 4.0: Resonance of Connection – Request for Qualifications
Now in its fourth iteration, LUMINEX is a world-class outdoor art and technology exhibition of renowned artists that offers the opportunity for creative voices to connect with the public at-large. NOW Art initiated this experience as an artist-led public art exhibition and response to revitalizing our community. As artworks continue to push the boundaries of digital technology, placing site-specific works that are large-scale, conceptually driven and accessible to the public, is at the heart of contemporary culture and art today. Artists have a unique stage and moment to connect with the public through sound, light and motion.
We are inviting artists to send their qualifications to potentially be part of LUMINEX 4.0: Resonance of Connection, which will take place November 7 – 8, 2026 in downtown Los Angeles.
We are seeking multiple forms of art across disciplines which include may include projection mapping, interactive pieces, sound, performance, sculpture, and other installations. Selected artists should be able to form concept proposals informed by the curatorial statement with the ability to be adjusted in terms of scale and site-specificity to physical location.
Compensation: There will be an artist honorarium of $1,000 for participants. Any production and technical costs will also be based on review and approval of artist concepts.
Application Deadline: June 5, 2026 @ 11:59 PM PST
Send an application here: https://nowart.fillout.com/luminex4
Learn more about LUMINEX: https://nowartpublic.com/luminex
Questions? Email us at info@nowartpublic.com
Call for Zines
The Verdancy Project Presents – Memories of Summer: A TVP Zine Swap 2026
You know the ones. Bare feet on warm grass, the smell of a campfire, falling asleep in the backseat on the way home from somewhere. Road trips that took forever, swarms of mosquitoes, swimming until your fingers pruned, eating outside because why would you eat inside, smokey skies, berry picking. This July we’re collecting those memories in zine form. Make us a zine about your favorite or not so favorite memories of summer.
How it works
You make 11 copies of your zine and mail them to us by July 1st (July is national zine month). One copy goes into The Verdancy Project’s permanent library, and the other ten get bundled up and mailed back out to your fellow participants. You’ll receive ten zines from makers around the world.
Zine Making Day
Not sure where to start? On June 7th from 11am to 1pm we’re hosting a zine making day here at The Verdancy Project in Troutdale. You’ll learn three different zine formats, have time to experiment, and spend time working alongside other makers. It’s a great way to get your ideas going and meet the people you’ll be swapping with. Can’t make it in person? We’ll have templates available so you can work through the formats on your own time.
The Details
Participation is open to anyone, any age, anywhere in the world. Sign up deadline is June 7th. Zine submission deadline is July 1st. The fee is $20, which covers postage, materials, the zine making workshop, and the work of sorting, packaging, and mailing bundles across the country and beyond.
What you get
Ten handmade zines, your cover featured in our online gallery and on social media, and a short maker bio with a link back to your work posted on The Verdancy Project website, a two-hour in-person workshop and zine templates.
Learn more and sign up here – https://www.verdancyproject.com/zine-swap
Call for Artist Researchers
Call for Artist Researchers
The 7th Street Museum is seeking Artist Researchers to work alongside our team on the projects building this museum: oral history, neighborhood research, and artist and community outreach.
Length: 4 months, starting summer 2026
Time: Approximately 5 hours/week (~80 hours total), flexibly scheduled
Stipend: $2,500
Location: Hybrid – some work required in West Oakland, some remote
Priority consideration will be given to applicants with an explicit connection to West Oakland: as a current or former resident, through family, or through sustained community work in the neighborhood.
Apply by Tuesday, May 11, 2026
View details on our site: https://7thstreetmuseum.org/
Call for Sacramento-based Artists & Musicians
Capital Dance Project (CDP) is seeking Sacramento-based visual artists, musicians, spoken-word artists, designers, and creatives of all other mediums who are excited about a unique collaborative opportunity. Each of CDP’s resident choreographers will select one local artist or group to co-create an original work to premiere at Behind the Barre, CDP’s outdoor festival at the Red Museum in September 2026.
