Call for Artists: Afrocentric Eclectic 2026: In the Flesh

In the Flesh is an invitation to explore embodiment, presence, and identity through the diverse experiences of Blackness. This theme centers the body as a site of memory, power, vulnerability, and celebration—unapologetically physical and profoundly alive.

The exhibition asks: How do we show up in the flesh—in all our complexity, beauty, and contradictions? How do our bodies carry stories, histories, desires, and dreams?

This exhibition welcomes work that confronts and embraces the politics of the body—its textures, movements, scars, joys, and sacredness. From sculpture and textiles to performance, photography, video, and mixed media, artists are encouraged to engage the body as a living, breathing archive of identity, resistance, and care. 

Curatorial Highlights

• Celebrating the multiplicity of Black bodies, genders, and expressions

   

• Exploring intimacy, sensuality, and collective presence

   

• Addressing health, disability, and the politics of visibility

   

• Honoring ancestral connections and future visions through corporeal form

   

Engaging ritual, movement, and sensory experiences of being alive

Possible Artistic Directions

• Figurative and abstract representations of the body

   

• Performance art and dance exploring presence and movement

   

• Textile and sculptural works evoking skin, texture, and touch

   

• Video or photographic series focused on identity, healing, or celebration

   

Exhibition Dates: June 1–30, 2026