Open Call for Art: Take Care of Us
Deadline to submit: April 30, 2026
Artists working in all visual media are invited to apply to this year’s Open Call, guest juried by Natasha Zeta, CFEVA Visual Artist Fellowship Alum. Please find the submission form below. Accepted Submissions will be notified in early May for a July drop off date to Philadelphia, PA, 19104. The exhibition will be on view from July-September 2026.
CFEVA Members may submit to this call at no additional cost. Contact us at Membership@cfeva.org for the Members link to submit for free. Please contact Membership@cfeva.org or visit cfeva.org/membership to join or renew your membership.
Please note, this application is nonrefundable. Refunds cannot be applied retroactively.
Natasha Zeta photographed by Gladney Hall.
Natasha Zeta (b. 1993, Mumbai, India) is a mixed media painter who creates interactive portraiture with broken mirrors, allowing the viewer to step into another perspective, challenge their conceptions and empathize with her subjects. Zeta seeks to amplify narratives from marginalized communities that disproportionately experience mental illness, but whose stories are vastly underrepresented in our conversations about mental health. To further this mission, Zeta collaborates with nonprofits to paint their constituents, foster community engagement, cultivate cultural reform, and raise public awareness.
In 2022, Zeta received the Center for Emerging Visual Artists Fellowship. She also received grants from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s Fund for Art and Civic Engagement (with support from the Knight Foundation), Puffin Foundation, and was a finalist for the Barbara Deming Foundation Money for Women Grant.
In 2021-22, Zeta worked with Safe Horizon’s Anti Trafficking Program, the nation’s leading victims assistance organization providing case management, psychotherapy, and legal assistance to trafficking survivors.
In 2023-24, Zeta is working with Women Against Abuse, Philadelphia’s largest domestic abuse service provider, to create space and visibility for domestic abuse survivors and their scars, sites of somatic healing, artwork, and journeys.