Mixed Feelings is an invitation to reflect creatively on how we manage daily living and note (as best we can) the feelings that come with that. Paying attention to the textures, rhythms, impediments we encounter, this call asks us to pick a moment (which represents a problem, a dilemma, an encounter, etc.) and identify feelings that surround it. We are looking for artwork that represents how feelings, memories, patterns of thought are complicated by and influence everyday events.

Everyday navigation of the world involves a constant wash of feelings. They are messy, overlapping, contradictory and often too fleeting to register or label. We can reference a scene, a fragrance, a series of movements or steps that correspond to a moment of functioning or going through the world.

We are looking for art that considers the space between your visceral response to your subject, or problem, and how you make sense of it. Open this space up. This exhibit is interested in how we construct or identify an emotion to make sense of our visceral experiences. Mixed Feelings is an inquiry into the idea that we respond to and access our experiences through aesthetic judgment. How we solve or circumvent obstacles in our paths is negotiated through an aesthetic sensory of emotional, historical, motivational and cognitive components.

Please refrain from submitting art that solves, or represents an outcome. We are interested in the space before resolution.