Open call: Declarations of Incongruence

Fourteenfifteen invites art submissions for our July 2026 exhibition Declarations of Incongruence by guest curator Aaron Wilder. At a time of commemorations of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this exhibition draws attention to the document’s covert normalization of exclusion and exploitation. Despite 250 years of claimed progress, expanded inclusion, and justice for all, the Declaration’s true legacy continues in the erosion and erasure of cultures, identities, rights, and statuses not only at the federal level, but also perpetuated by state, county, and municipal governments. This exhibition seeks artistic declarations of challenging, highlighting, refusing, of resilience despite, and of thriving and joy despite the perpetuation of incongruence between America’s founding mythology and contemporary, future, and historic realities.