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People Places & Things : Cravings
Organization:
Abrams Claghorn Gallery
Location
Albany, CA
Entry Fee
Paid Entry
Deadline
February 24, 2026
Exhibition
Mar 3
- Mar 29, 2026
Show Working Title : People Places & Things : Cravings
Jurors : Eugenie Hsu, Robert Abrams
We invite visual artists and spoken word performers to submit original work for an upcoming multidisciplinary exhibition and performance event exploring the theme “People, Places & Things Cravings.”
This theme is borrowed from a well-known idea in Alcoholics Anonymous: that people, places, and things can act as temptation triggers. For this exhibition, however, the concept is expanded far beyond addiction. Submissions do not need to center on substance use or recovery. Instead, artists are encouraged to interpret cravings in the broadest sense—what pulls at us, calls to us, or feels difficult to resist.
We are interested in work that reflects:
People who exert a magnetic pull—relationships, figures from memory, strangers, or archetypes
Places that haunt, comfort, seduce, or promise escape
Things that symbolize desire, longing, attachment, obsession, nostalgia, or hope
The tension between restraint and indulgence
What we want, miss, yearn for, or can’t quite let go of.
2D Artworks no larger than 24"x24"
3D Artworks no larger than 12"w x 12"d x 18"h
Spoken Word and performances should be between 1 and 6 minutes.
Spoken word performance submissions may include
Poetry, short stories, personal essays, monologues, or other original spoken text intended for live performance.
Works may be literal or abstract, intimate or political, quiet or confrontational. Humor, vulnerability, ambiguity, and contradiction are all welcome. We are especially interested in pieces that explore how cravings shape identity, memory, behavior, and imagination.
All work submitted must be less than 2 years old and must not have been shown in the SF Bay Area in the past year.
Jurors : Eugenie Hsu, Robert Abrams
We invite visual artists and spoken word performers to submit original work for an upcoming multidisciplinary exhibition and performance event exploring the theme “People, Places & Things Cravings.”
This theme is borrowed from a well-known idea in Alcoholics Anonymous: that people, places, and things can act as temptation triggers. For this exhibition, however, the concept is expanded far beyond addiction. Submissions do not need to center on substance use or recovery. Instead, artists are encouraged to interpret cravings in the broadest sense—what pulls at us, calls to us, or feels difficult to resist.
We are interested in work that reflects:
People who exert a magnetic pull—relationships, figures from memory, strangers, or archetypes
Places that haunt, comfort, seduce, or promise escape
Things that symbolize desire, longing, attachment, obsession, nostalgia, or hope
The tension between restraint and indulgence
What we want, miss, yearn for, or can’t quite let go of.
2D Artworks no larger than 24"x24"
3D Artworks no larger than 12"w x 12"d x 18"h
Spoken Word and performances should be between 1 and 6 minutes.
Spoken word performance submissions may include
Poetry, short stories, personal essays, monologues, or other original spoken text intended for live performance.
Works may be literal or abstract, intimate or political, quiet or confrontational. Humor, vulnerability, ambiguity, and contradiction are all welcome. We are especially interested in pieces that explore how cravings shape identity, memory, behavior, and imagination.
All work submitted must be less than 2 years old and must not have been shown in the SF Bay Area in the past year.