SIGHTLINES Call for Art

After a successful showings of GROUND TRUTHS and FUEL LOADING for our Stories of Fire exhibition series, we're excited to spread the word about our call for Part III: SIGHTLINES art submissions. We are reaching out to you in the hopes that you can help us share this opportunity with folks in your area who might be interested in participating.

Fire is transformative. While wildfires may trigger fear and loss, they also foster new growth. Fire is essential to forest health, as trees with serotinous cones need the heat of fire to drop their mature seeds onto nutrient-rich mineral soils. In human communities, fire enables new Sightlines to emerge. New ways of seeing and feeling about fire become visible in its aftermath. Resilience, humility, relief, and compassion may sprout, as communities in post-fire landscapes sift through what was lost, what was changed, and what was gained.

What seeds could be planted and what social and ecological trajectories fostered? Where do you want to support new abundance? Where does your community want to hold open lines of sight? What does it mean to live with fire and what does justice look like in a fire-prone landscape?

As the third and final part of the Stories of Fire online exhibition series, SIGHTLINES seeks new work that engages sightlines for fire prone landscapes by envisioning speculative futures that help us live better with more fire. The exhibition will showcase creative works that explore collective emotional and material resilience by (re)imagining human relationships with fire across the Pacific Northwest.

eligibility & terms: Artists & designers may be residents of the states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, tribal sovereign nations of the region, or any artists responding to fires within the Pacific Northwest and adjacent regions. Some of the artists selected for the Stories of Fire series may be invited to participate in the Stories of Fire Atlas, a brick-and-mortar exhibition (gallery construction pending), and other Confluence Lab opportunities.

There is no submission fee or age expectation.

Works submitted may be of any genre and must be original work. There are no size restrictions for work, but in line with an online exhibition, quality documentation is paramount.

submission deadline: December 1, 2023
jury notifications: December 15, 2023
exhibition opens: January 12, 2024

More submission information here:
https://www.theconfluencelab.org/sofa-call-for-art