Deadline: 1 July 2025
The Embracing Our Differences invites you to participate in creating a society where inclusion is embraced and individuality is celebrated.
Become a part of this change by submitting your original art to Embracing Our Differences and its annual international outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard-size images measuring 16 feet (5m) wide by 12.5 feet (4m) high.
Theme
- Artists are asked to submit their interpretation of the theme “embracing our differences.”
Funding Information
- $6,000 (US) will be presented in the form of three separate awards.
- $2,000 each for “Best-in-Show Adult;” “Best-in-Show Student;” and the “People’s Choice” award.
Eligibility Criteria
- Artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, students — everyone can participate. National and international submissions are encouraged.
- There is no submission fee.
Application Requirements
- Your submission must be an original concept and execution and is not a copy or reproduction of the work of another. Final selections for inclusion will be made by a five-judge panel of art professionals based on artistic excellence and originality in reflection of their theme “embracing our differences.”
- Your art must be Horizontal in orientation which means that it must be wider than it is tall – submissions that do not meet this requirement will be disqualified.
- Your digital file must be a high resolution image of no less than 300 dpi (the higher the better).
- Include a brief (200word maximum) “Artist Statement” explaining your art, your creative process and/or what the theme means to you.
For more information, visit Embracing Our Differences.
