Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 6th “Blue” Online Art Competition for the month of September 2025. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. The theme may include any work with interpretation of the color blue or shades of blue as as a prominent or secondary color. All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installation art) except sound and video art. Winning artwork (First place) will be on the poster of the show. Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, Merit awards and Honorable Mention awards may also be presented. The deadline to apply to this art competition is September 25, 2025.
Multidisciplinary
Open Call
Final quarterly calls closing in September for longform works up to 7,500 words, shorter works, flash, poetry, graphic novels and art at Sunspot Lit. Staggered closing dates and guidelines here: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit.
Faces Art Contest
Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fifth Floral online art contest for the month of September 2025. Artists from around the world are welcome to submit. The gallery invites artists and photographers to share their artistic vision using any work with interpretation of botanical and floral art (flowers, herbs, fruit, leaves, plants and related floral subcjects). All visual art mediums (except video and sound) are allowed. Winning artwork (Best of Show) will be on the poster of the show. All winning artists will receive a digital award certificate. The deadline to submit entries is the September 04, 2025.
Strategies for Change: Operationalize Antiracist Concepts
As growing hostility impacts workplace culture towards trans folks, immigrants, and people of color, we’re seeking to support community members by sharing tools to build culture change in their organizations and push back.
Strategies for Change is a two-part intensive focusing on how to launch, sustain, and engage antiracism in your institution. This training, happening on September 5 + 12, will provide concrete practices, real-life organizational examples, and opportunities to practically apply antiracist concepts.
As heavy as this political moment is, this is the time to alchemize our frustrations into practical change. Visit our website to learn more, and register today! Deadline to register is September 4, 2025.
International Art Competition Open
Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 9th “Open” Online Art Competition for the month of August 2025. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. There is no theme in this competition. All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installation art) except sound and video art. Winning artwork (First place) will be on the poster of the show. Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, Merit awards and Honorable Mention awards may also be presented. The deadline to apply to this art competition is August 21, 2025.
Biofeedback Music: Your Heart as a Drum Machine and Sweat as a Melody
This workshop on biofeedback music offers an introduction to the theory and practice behind this innovative approach to utilizing physiological data to compose and perform music.
Participants will learn about live representation of biological data through video and sound, and develop an understanding of the challenges of this hybrid art-science practice. Then, they will build a small emotion biofeedback system using galvanic skin response (GSR). Students will process the data from the GSR device and map it to music/visual changes using Max/MSP. Participants may choose to work solo or in small groups of 2-3 people. The session will conclude with an open discussion of the participants’ experiences and results of the workshop; those willing to share their work will be offered an opportunity to present their biofeedback pieces.
This workshop takes place in person over a three-hour session.
Enrollment Deadline: Saturday, July 26, 2025
Dates: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Times: 1 – 4 PM PT
More information/enrollment: https://grayarea.org/course/biofeedback-music-your-heart-as-a-drum-machine-and-sweat-as-a-melody/
