Since January of 2019, Sunspot Lit has accepted long-form fiction, nonfiction and graphic novel manuscripts as well as epic poetry. Submit single works of fiction or nonfiction from 29,001 to 49,000 words, graphic novels should between 51 and 120 pages, or a single poem between 86 and 105 single-spaced pages between July 1 and July 31 here: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit.
Temporary
Monochrome Art Contest
Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fifth Monochrome online art contest for the month of August 2025. Artists from around the world are welcome to submit. Entries must include the black and white or shades of gray as the primary focus, but also the range of a single color such as sepia, green, blue, red, yellow. 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 July 31, 2025.
FEARLESS: LACP’s Annual Members’ Exhibition, 2025
On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment, guaranteeing women’s right to vote, became the law of the land. As this year’s members show will coincide with the anniversary of that momentous occasion, this call invites submissions for works that consider the struggles and victories we share in our communities, and our collective strength when we come together.
Reflecting on those histories and regarding our current moment in time, when technology is being used to keep us divided and isolated, and as social media deepens our loneliness and alienation from one another, this call imagines a space for us to come together to celebrate and honor what connects us through photography.
This juried open call invites submissions for work with a multitude of perspective and creative approaches, from documentary to conceptual, from commercial to fiercely personal attitudes. Selected works will be shown at an exhibition at LACP’s Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles.
Call for Artists Qualifications – City Services Building Public Art
City of Ontario, CA – Call for Artists Qualifications, City Services Building Public Art
The City of Ontario’s Museum, Arts & Culture Department seeks to qualify an artist or artist team to enter into an agreement to develop a site-integrated sculptural work of art for the City Services Building located at 311 N. Sultana Avenue in Ontario, California, with construction estimated to be completed by February 2027. A work of art that fosters community, connectivity, and civic pride, while reflecting multiple cultural identities and intergenerational values, ultimately becoming a well-known visual landmark to this site for all to enjoy.
The total budget for this public art project is not to exceed $300,000.
With this public art installation, it is the goal of the City of Ontario’s Public Art Advisory Commission and the City of Ontario to achieve the following:
- Create a design that is visually captivating and engaging in all vantage points
- Have a strong visual presence both day and night
- Generate a site-specific work of art that evokes a memorable sense of place authentic to the City as a premier destination for arts and culture in the Inland Empire
Some potential identified themes shared by the Public Art Advisory Commission, include:
- Unique to and a reflection of Ontario
- Inspires a sense of community, connectivity, and civic pride
- Reflects multiple cultural identities, as well as intergenerational values
- Fosters the City’s innovative future and forward momentum
The Call for Artists Qualifications is established for professional artists based in California and eligible to work in the United States. Preference will be given to artists who reside in Southern California.
Submissions for the Call for Artists Qualifications shall be submitted on an online platform Submittable.com at: Call for Artists Qualifications, City Services Building Public Art
Learn more about this project, review the Full Version – Call for Artists Qualifications, City Services Building Public Art.
Deadline for submissions, Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 4 PM (PST).
Biofeedback Music: Theory and Practice at Indexical
Biofeedback Music: Theory and Practice is a 2-day workshop offering a comprehensive overview of the history, theory, and practice behind the use of physiological data to compose and perform music.
Biofeedback Music: History of Biofeedback Art
Aug 2, 2025, 2 pm
Scholar and curator, Anastasia Chernysheva guides us through the history of biofeedback art from the 1960s to the present and provides an overview of the main approaches to live representation of biological data.
Making Biofeedback Music
Aug 3, 2025, 2 pm
Artist and researcher, Barbara Nerness leads a hands-on biofeedback music workshop with three types of EKG devices and techniques for heartbeat sonification.
For updates: https://www.instagram.com/biofeedback_and_arts/
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/
