CALL FOR ARTISTS & STORIES
Seeking digital art including photography, animated media, graphics, images of physical art, video, sound, music, performance, writing (poetry/prose).
DEADLINE IS JANUARY 25 for digital exhibit.
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This preliminary online exhibit launches February 2026 and displayed on a website and instagram.
FUTURE PROGRAMMING includes traveling in-person visual art exhibits, poetry slams, workshops, performances, and immersive galleries. Unifying themes of change, connection, and community will layer individual narratives into a portrait of global migration.
ABOUT: The Butterfly Effect Project (BEP) celebrates the unity of immigration stories. In a time where communities are pulled towards division, BEP aims to unearth the roots that connect us all. Creating an interdisciplinary experience will weave together a series of unique personal histories and stories to create a tapestry showcasing the shared way humans move and adapt all over the world, recognizing and respecting that our work exists on indigenous land.
The BEP seeks to illuminate universal threads of intention, evolution, and survival, revealing the connection of stories shared by cultures and communities all over the world. Beneath cultural and racial differences, the same longing for love, growth, and opportunity drives humanity to new places.
🎨🖌️🎶🎤Artists of all backgrounds invited to share personal or communal stories of migration, immigration, and movement. This exhibit will highlight journeys of those who have needed to move due to environmental factors or loss of land. An interactive map that traces people’s physical journeys will showcase unity amongst marginalized communities.
We encourage non-artists to share stories through a variety of mediums in order to reconnect with our roots, learn from one another, and write the next chapter of our community’s collective story.
The Butterfly Effect Project is volunteer-run and associated with AnySquared, a nonprofit.