07/08/2026
AVA Gallery and Art Center (SlideRoom partners for 10 years!) encourages artists to explore "how their work might open a portal to the irrational, the symbolic, or the deeply personal terrain of inner vision. Step beyond waking reality. Enter the dream." (By Aug 1 we might add!).
https://avagalleryandartcenter.slideroom.com/
a place visited only in dreams | call to artists! Submission Deadline: Mon. Aug. 10. Exhibition dates: Sept. 25-Nov. 14, 2026 (link in bio to submit your work)
**Call for Artwork in the Style of Surrealism** A Place Visited Only in Dreams invites artists to explore the shifting terrain of the subconscious, where logic dissolves and imagination reigns. Rooted in the legacy of Surrealism, this exhibition seeks works that construct alternate realities—worlds shaped by dream imagery, memory fragments, intuition, and the irrational. Here, narratives unfold beyond the boundaries of waking life, where objects may float, figures transform, scale collapses, and time behaves unpredictably.
Surrealism has long offered a visual language for expressing what cannot be spoken directly: desire, fear, wonder, longing, and the strange poetry of the mind at rest. In this exhibition, we are drawn to artworks that embrace unexpected juxtapositions, uncanny atmospheres, and illogical pairings that provoke both unease and fascination. Whether playful or haunting, meditative or disruptive, these works invite viewers to step into spaces that feel familiar yet impossible— places visited only in dreams.
We welcome submissions in all media that interpret dream states, altered perception, subconscious narrative, or imagined worlds. Artists are encouraged to consider how their work might open a portal to the irrational, the symbolic, or the deeply personal terrain of inner vision. Step beyond waking reality. Enter the dream.
