We’re excited to announce our next open call for our upcoming issue: DREAMS

The open call will run through AUGUST 10 2026

Selected artists will be showcased in our upcoming print issue, website and social media feeds. 

Open Call Topic: DREAMS

For this issue, we are entering the murky, luminous depths of the mind.

What is a dream? A vision, a memory, a warning, a fantasy, a place we return to in sleep? A dream can be an aspiration, a hope, a desire, or something stranger and harder to name. It can pull us forward, haunt us, comfort us, or slowly turn into a nightmare.

We are interested in dreams in every sense of the word: the subconscious, the surreal, the symbolic, the personal, the political, the spiritual, the beautiful, and the unsettling. Dreams can live in the body, in the landscape, in family histories, in imagined futures, in private rituals, and in the fragile space between reality and illusion.

How do dreams shape us? How do we chase them, remember them, lose them, fulfill them, or wake from them?

For this issue, we are looking for visual interpretations of Dreams in all their forms. 

We welcome poetic, documentary, conceptual, experimental, and deeply personal approaches to the theme.

We’re looking for images and insights.

Join us! 

Our submission process works through a membership model.

How does the membership work? There is a $30 (CAD) membership fee. This is a one time payment to access the project page. It is not a recurring subscription. The project submission page can be accessed any time during the submission period by community members. You’re welcome to make as many submissions as you’d like as part of your membership to this project. Why is there a submission fee? We’re an independent arts organization supported by our community. We do not receive government funding or sponsorships. Our open calls are accessible through a membership model. This ensures that we have a central place for a dedicated community to create each project. With your membership you also directly help to keep the lights on at BROAD.

Payment of the submission fee/membership does not guarantee the submitted artwork to be selected. Curation for the print publication is at the discretion of our curators and editors. All selected contributors will be contacted within two weeks after the open call deadline.