Landscape And Places

The Women in Arts Network is pleased to share an early look at the submissions arriving for our upcoming International Virtual Exhibition, Landscape and Places. Artists from across regions, cultures, and creative disciplines have begun responding to the open call, each bringing a personal interpretation of place shaped by experience, memory, and observation.

The works received so far reveal how deeply landscape influences artistic expression. Some submissions focus on expansive natural environments, while others explore small, often overlooked spaces that carry emotional weight. Together, they form a visual conversation about how places leave traces long after we move through them.

Many of the artworks engage with landscape as a living presence rather than a static backdrop. These pieces reflect how environments shift over time, shaped by seasons, movement, and human interaction. This sense of change adds depth to the way artists approach the theme.

As submissions continue to arrive, the exhibition is growing into a layered collection of voices rather than a single narrative. Each new work brings a fresh perspective, adding nuance to how landscape and place can be understood.

There is still time to submit your work and be part of this evolving international exhibition.

Defining the Theme: “Landscape and Places”

Landscape is often understood as something we look at, but for many artists, it is something deeply felt. A place can shape identity, influence mood, and hold memories that surface unexpectedly through creative work. These emotional layers are central to how landscape is explored in this exhibition.

For some, landscape is rooted in nature, open skies, coastlines, mountains, or changing light. For others, it emerges through streets, rooms, neighborhoods, and built environments that quietly shape daily life. Both approaches are equally valid and welcomed.

Places can feel comforting, distant, unfamiliar, or even conflicted. Artists often return to these feelings through texture, color, repetition, or abstraction, allowing personal experiences to guide visual decisions rather than strict representation.

This exhibition invites artists to consider how place has influenced them, whether through presence, absence, movement, or memory. The relationship with landscape does not need to be literal or easily explained.

Through any medium that feels true to your practice, you are encouraged to share a perspective that reflects how landscapes and places live within you.

Why Submit Your Work

Submitting your work to Landscape and Places gives you the opportunity to be part of an international virtual exhibition seen by curators, collectors, and art audiences worldwide. The virtual format allows your work to reach viewers beyond geographical boundaries.

Artists whose work is selected will be showcased in a curated environment that values thoughtful engagement with the theme. This context helps viewers connect more deeply with the ideas behind each piece.

Participants also have the option to take part in an exclusive feature that highlights their creative process and relationship to place. These features offer artists a space to share insights that may not be visible within the artwork alone.

Being part of this exhibition means joining a collective exploration rather than standing alone. Your work contributes to a broader conversation shaped by diverse experiences and perspectives.

For many artists, opportunities like this provide meaningful visibility and connection within the global arts community.

Who Can Apply?

This open call is open to artists aged 18 and above from anywhere in the world. The exhibition aims to reflect a wide range of voices and lived experiences.

Artists at all stages of their creative journey are encouraged to apply. Whether you are emerging, mid-career, or established, your work and perspective are welcome.

All artistic mediums are accepted, including painting, photography, textiles, sculpture, digital art, mixed media, and experimental practices. There are no restrictions on style or approach.

What matters most is the authenticity of your response to the theme. Your work does not need to fit a specific visual language to be considered.

If landscape or place plays a role in your practice, directly or subtly, this exhibition offers space for your voice.

What Will You Get?

If selected, your artwork will be featured in the Landscape and Places Virtual Exhibition, presented to an international audience of art professionals and enthusiasts. This provides a platform for your work to be seen in a curated setting.

Artists will also have the opportunity to participate in an optional Artist Interview. This feature allows you to share the story behind your work, your inspirations, and how place influences your creative process.

These interviews are published on the Women in Arts Network website and shared across social media channels, extending the reach of your work beyond the exhibition itself.

The combination of visual presentation and written storytelling helps audiences engage more deeply with your practice.

This experience can support artistic visibility, connection, and professional growth.

Participation Fee

The Women in Arts Network is a small, self-funded organization built with care, intention, and a deep belief in supporting emerging artists. To keep this platform running and accessible, we rely on submission fees to help cover the everyday costs that make these opportunities possible.

Your submission fee directly supports the work that happens behind the scenes, from reviewing and publishing artworks to editing exhibition content, promoting artists, and maintaining our website and server. These details may not always be visible, but they play an important role in giving your work the thoughtful presentation it deserves.

The submission fee for Landscape and Places is $3. It is a modest contribution, but one that helps us continue offering curated exhibitions and global visibility to artists from diverse backgrounds.

Please note that the submission fee is non-refundable, as it supports the review process and ongoing platform costs regardless of the final selection. Even so, every submission is carefully considered with respect and attention.

For artists who wish to share their story in more depth, there is an optional Artist Interview add-on. This feature carries a small fee of $12 to support production and promotion.

We are truly grateful for your support. By submitting, you are not only sharing your work, but also helping sustain a community that exists to uplift and celebrate artists like you.

A Glimpse of Submissions So Far

The submissions received so far reveal an inspiring range of interpretations of landscape and place, reflecting how differently artists connect to the spaces around them. Some works respond directly to natural environments, open fields, coastlines, forests, and changing skies, while others turn toward cities, neighborhoods, and the quiet architecture of everyday life. A number of artists have also explored imagined or remembered places, creating landscapes shaped as much by emotion as by geography.

Many pieces center on feelings of familiarity and belonging. These works often depict places that feel lived-in and personal, spaces shaped by routine, memory, and long-term connection. In contrast, other submissions explore distance, transition, or subtle tension, capturing places that feel unsettled, temporary, or in the process of change. This emotional contrast adds depth and complexity to the exhibition.

Several artists approach landscape through abstraction rather than representation. Using color, texture, repetition, and form, these works communicate how a place feels rather than how it looks. In these pieces, landscape becomes a way of expressing mood, memory, and internal states, allowing viewers to connect emotionally without relying on specific locations.

Other submissions take a more observational approach, documenting particular places with care and attention. These works often focus on moments that might otherwise go unnoticed, a quiet street at dusk, the corner of a room filled with light, or a familiar path walked daily. By slowing down the viewer, these pieces highlight the significance found in ordinary spaces.

Together, the submissions show how landscape can be both deeply personal and widely relatable. While each artist speaks from an individual perspective, the themes of place, memory, and connection resonate across experiences, creating an exhibition that feels intimate, layered, and shared.

Note For Artists

The artworks highlighted so far are part of the submissions we’ve received, not the final selections. Landscape And Places is still accepting entries, and the selection process will officially begin once the open call closes. Final chosen artists will be announced after a thorough review and curation process by our team. Stay tuned!