Tag: contemporary art
Time is almost up! Submit your work to Faces before November 25, 2025. This is a chance for women-identifying and non-binary artists to explore identity, expression, and emotion through faces whether portraits, abstract forms, or conceptual interpretations. Your art could inspire, move, and connect audiences across the globe.
Most artists know the uneasy feeling of trying to update an old artist statement and not knowing where to start. It sits on your desktop for months because every attempt feels either too stiff or too vague. You read it back and feel disconnected from the words, even though they are supposed to represent you. That gap between who you are now and what the statement says becomes wider over time. It is frustrating in a quiet, familiar way. You know it needs to change, but the process feels heavier than…
Spend a moment with Texas painter and teacher Lesa Shaw as she talks about how a sketch on her phone, a few color notes, and a curious mindset become paintings filled with life and imagination. In this interview, she shares how she balances planning with instinct, why she enjoys switching between oil, acrylic, and alcohol ink, and how her students keep her thinking fresh.
We are thrilled to announce that The Places We Call Home is now live on the Women in Arts Network! This international virtual exhibition brings together women-identifying and non-binary artists from around the world to explore the many meanings of home. Through painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, and digital art, each artist shares deeply personal stories of belonging, memory, and connection, inviting viewers to reflect on their own sense of home, wherever it may be.
If you’ve ever walked into a room and felt like the walls themselves were alive, you’ve experienced a little bit of what Rothko aimed for. Born in 1903 in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils, Latvia), Rothko emigrated to the United States as a child and later became one of the seminal figures of the Abstract Expressionist movement. What made his work stand out was his belief that colour alone, large fields of it, softly edged and hovering on the canvas, could evoke deep human emotion: tragedy, ecstasy, even the sense of the sublime.Rather…
Sharon James talks about returning to her practice after early motherhood, painting family life in rural Dorset and making space for stories often missing in British art. From IVF to raising a queer family in a mostly white area, she shares what it means to be seen without needing to explain or justify anything, and how she is helping other global majority artists find grounding and visibility too.
Take a look at the inspiring Faces submissions arriving from artists around the world. Through portraits, abstractions, and expressive forms, these works uncover vulnerability, strength, culture, and connection reminding us that every face holds a story worth seeing.
Themes in art are kind of like walking a tightrope over a pit of opinions. Tilt too much toward what everyone else expects, and suddenly your work doesn’t sound like you. Lean too far into your own thing, and people might scratch their heads, wondering what connects it all. That’s the daily juggling act every artist knows too well, how to follow a concept without letting it hijack your voice. It’s not just about looking good on a wall. Galleries, residencies, and even collectors all have invisible “expectations” baked into what…
Before announcing our selected artists for “Birds”, we want to pause and express our gratitude to every artist who submitted their work. Each piece carried a story of freedom, change, and the quiet strength that lives in every act of creation. Your submissions reminded us why we create in the first place: to connect, to feel, and to share the beauty of being human. Every brushstroke, photograph, and sculpture reflected courage and care, turning this open call into something truly meaningful. Now, we are honored to introduce the selected artists whose…
We chose the theme “Faces” to celebrate visibility, vulnerability, and connection. This exhibition is a call to artists everywhere to bring faces to life not just as images, but as reflections of emotion, identity, and the shared human experience.