AURORA Video Art Night Open Call 2026 - Opportunity | Culturalyst | Culturalyst New Orleans

Description

We cordially invite all artists to submit proposals for AURORA's VAN 2026 program, taking place on the evening of April 17, 2026 at the AT&T Discovery District, during a one-night free public art event that will transform the outdoor site. Regional and national artists and collectives, aged 18 and above, are invited to propose their moving image artworks for the opportunity to be included in the 2026VAN program. We welcome innovative proposals that respond to our uncertain present marked by ecological, technological, and socio-political transformations. Submitted artworks should explore states of metamorphosis and in-betweenness, considering what we release, what we carry forward, and how we move through change. We’re particularly interested in works that engage with Dallas’s ongoing urban and ecological transformation and its impact on various communities. Artists should propose video artworks to be projected onto walls that are in vertical format, contributing to an immersive group exhibition that will offer visitors a chance to experience art in an unconventional setting.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

To be considered for the VAN 2025 exhibition, you must meet and agree to all of the following criteria: You are an individual artist or group of artists aged 18+ and residing in the United States. You agree to submit a work that respond to our uncertain present marked by ecological, technological, and socio-political transformations. The project must be an original contemporary video artwork created by the open call applicant. The proposed submission video should be a finished work. The project expenses will not exceed the allocated video usage fee of $300.00. AURORA is unable to support projects exceeding the scale and scope of the allocated production budget. The artist bio and proposed artwork description should each be kept to 200 words or less each, and CVs should be kept to one page in length. A minimum of 3 and no more than 5 supporting images should be submitted, no smaller than 500 pixels width, 72 dpi and no larger than 2000 pixels width, 72 dpi. Each file size must be 10MB max. File type accepted: JPG and PNG. Sharing of up to 3 links to videos of related past artworks (or documentation of video installations) is encouraged. Artists should submit artwork in a vertical format video that will be projected onto a 4’ wide by 8’ tall vertical panel with requested size of 3840 pixels (height) by 2160 pixels (width). Artists should also submit artwork sized for the 104 foot LED Media wall at the AT&T Discovery District with requested size Please note: Selected artworks will be exhibited without sound. Submissions will be assessed and evaluated by AURORA's VAN Selection Committee. You are able to provide a W9 for payment. There are no submission fees.