
Open Call Application
2025 Exhibition
Through the Eyes
of a Child
OPENS: May 1 | ROUND ONE DEADLINE: May 31, 2025
Through the Eyes of a Child
“Through the Eyes of a Child” presents works that explore themes of childlike wonder, curiosity, and unfiltered imagination. Drawing from memory, fantasy, and visual storytelling, this exhibition creates a space to consider innocence as both sanctuary and refuge in an ever-changing world. It invites viewers to reminisce,reflect, and reconnect with memories and experiences that may have faded overtime.
Artists are encouraged to showcase work that embodies playfulness, innocence, and escapism. Through abstract forms, bold use of color, and adventurous experimentation, these works convey emotional honesty and the beauty of uninhibited self-expression. While diverse in method, medium, and subject matter,each piece shares a common thread: a childlike lens that offers a fresh, imaginative perspective on the world around us.
This exhibition celebrates visual languages that are intuitive, raw, and expressive,offering a safe space for both nostalgia and creative invention. Viewers are invited to embrace the whimsy and wonder within these works, allowing themselves a momentary escape into a simpler, more magical world.
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Submission deadline: May 31, 2025
Type: OPEN CALL for all
Eligibility: International
Categories: Studio Art, Fine Art, Photography, Mixed Media, Written, Video and Multi Media, Open Theme
Curatorial Team: Abi Bruno, Isabelle Brett, and Erick Rivers
Exhibition Director: Abigail Bruno

About Abigail:
Abigail Bruno is an Associate Curator with a BA Studio Arts and Technology from Purdue University. She has curated exhibitions such as A Moment in Which We Want to Linger and Retro Fusion: Nostalgia Reimagined, exploring themes of memory, surrealism, and abstraction. With a strong foundation in art history, she is particularly interested in how historical influences intersect with modern technologies and contemporary artistic practices. Drawing on her artistic practice as an abstract painter and her academic experience, Abi’s curatorial work seeks to foster a deeper engagement with the evolving landscape of contemporary art.