2025 Mood Ring Open Call

Burnaway welcomes submissions from Southern/Caribbean-based art-makers, designers, and researchers to their artist column, Mood Ring! Anyone anyone from the American South/Caribbean is welcome to apply, but those based in Alabama, Arkansas, the Caribbean, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia are strongly encouraged to apply

The format of Mood Ring is meant to be free-flowing, adaptable to various artist projects, and specific to the digital realm. Works can be small studies related to a larger developing project, new works that can be adapted for online publication, or pieces of long-form writing about an area of research interest. Selected artists will work closely with Burnaway’s editorial team to develop their Mood Ring project throughout 2024/2025. The final projects will be published on Burnaway’s website and promoted on our social media platforms. Selected artists will receive a W.A.G.E. compliant stipend for their work ($750 at time of writing).

Criteria:

• Artists must be currently based in Burnaway’s coverage region: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, or the Caribbean.
• Collaborative groups are welcome to apply. Groups will receive one stipend payment.
• Artists must not be active, degree-seeking art students. Recent graduates are welcome to apply.
• We ask that Mood Ring proposals complement the existing design and structure of Burnaway’s digital publication. See past Mood Rings.

Application materials:

• A short proposal (250 words or less) or artist statement
• Three images of representative work (or links to videos). Individual files should be formatted as .jpg files and must not exceed 1MB.
• An artist biography and CV
• Applicants may upload a .pdf file of the proposed layout for the artist project.

Submit your application through the online form by September 13, 2024, 11:59PM EST. 

Accepted artists will be notified no later than October 1, 2024.