In partnership with Faire Magazine, Artrepreneur is holding an Open Call to accompany Faire’s column “Stories of Salt and Starlight”, written by Ruth Steadman. FAIRE is a quarterly print magazine filled with considered words and exceptional visual storytelling, taking readers inside the homes, studios, and minds of artists, makers, and craftspeople all over the world to explore what it means to live creatively. Every issue features British storyteller Ruth Steadman’s column, 'Stories of Salt & Starlight’. Her column explores the power of working with our own fragility to craft and transform our setbacks and trauma into something that regenerates and restores. The winning entry of this open call will have their work published (full-color page) opposite Ruth’s column.

Theme: The Small Dance.

In this "Stories of Salt and Starlight" column, Ruth Steadman reflects on an afternoon in an East London dance studio and the lessons it offers in how we might come back together beyond the pandemic. Or, in the candlelit words of the great Pina Bausch: "Dance, dance, otherwise, we are lost." The artwork should be an existing piece of work and should not be too literal an interpretation of the theme. Instead, it needs to capture the spirit of the topic. Although in the past the space has usually gone to photography, Faire is opening up the page to all media that can be reprinted in 2D. This includes Photography, Painting, Digital Art, Illustration, and Sculpture (in which case the quality and style of the photo would be just as important as the quality of the sculpture).