Description

What does it mean to feel safe—truly safe—in your body, your identity, your community, or your art?

In a time marked by state violence, forced displacement, and ongoing erasure—from queer and trans lives under attack, to the persecution of Palestinians, to the criminalization of immigrants—we believe art can hold space for both grief and joy.

We invite artists whose work explores identity as resistance, as celebration, as survival, and as communion. A Safe Space seeks to uplift voices that are often silenced or surveilled, and to honor how communities create sanctuary for one another—through culture, care, protest, and presence.

This exhibition aims to spotlight work that:
-Celebrates identity beyond the binary and the box.
-Reflects on safety as a personal or political idea.
-Centers joy, resilience, or interdependence.
-Imagines radical futures rooted in justice, equity, and love.

All media welcome.

Artists across the gender spectrum, immigrants, BIPOC, queer and trans folks, and those directly impacted by systems of oppression are strongly encouraged to submit.

Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place ($100, $50, and $25 respectively).
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a safe space call for entry instructions

Send an email to “thespaceinbetweengallery.entry@gmail.com” including the following information in the body of your email:
-Name
-Pronouns
-Location
-Artist Website (if applicable)
-IG Handle (if applicable)
-Links to video or audio work (if applicable)

Please include the following attachments in your email:
-Artist Bio
-Artist CV
-Artist Statement (optional)
-Image files of Artworks submitted (up to 5 artworks)

**If you are submitting a piece that would benefit from having detail shots–like sculptural work, installation work, or work with important texture–you may submit up to 3 image files per piece.

Image File Requirements:
-72 DPI
-Adobe RGB (1998)
-2000 Pixels on the longest side
-.JPG format

Your name and title of the work should appear in the filename.
ex. Andre Marion_Hold Me Steady.jpg

Please title your work: we will assume the title is whatever the file name is (minus your name).

If sending video or audio, please send us a link through Vimeo, YouTube, Bandcamp, or whatever web-based client you prefer. Just don’t send us none of them spam sites.

Title the subject of your the title of the exhibition in all caps.
ex. A SAFE SPACE

After making sure you’ve got the sizing and naming shit done, double-check it to make sure it’s all good. Then, please attach all of your images to the email. If your submission isn’t formatted correctly, we won’t consider it. Please don’t send us images through a Google Drive folder, Dropbox, or WeTransfer: we only use those when we need high resolution imagery.

ADVERTISEMENT CLAUSE:
By entering this call for entry, you (the Artist) are giving us (the space in between) the confirmation that we can use your work for promotional material in the future. Artists accepted into this call may be included in advertising material which includes but isn’t limited to social media posts, digital invitations, flyers, and press releases. Anytime we use an Artist’s work, we will be sure to credit them as being courtesy of the Artist (but we’ll include their name) in accordance with their specifications. We retain the right to display and reproduce work accepted for this exhibition for publicity and promotional purposes. The Artist retains the original copyright to their artwork. We will not alter reproductions of the Artist's work, other than potential cropping for design purposes in advertisements.

Late Submissions will not be considered.