Welcome to Woodland Pattern's Submittable site!
Located in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood, Woodland Pattern is a poet- and artist-run nonprofit book center, gallery, and performance space. Each year, we present over 400 programmatic activities and events.
Our goals are to promote a lifetime practice of reading and writing; to serve as a forum and resource center for poets and other artists in our region; to encourage collaboration and exchange across the literary, sonic, and visual arts; and to act as a bridge between local and national communities of poets and other artists.
Help us open our gallery space in our new location at 347 E Ward St. with a group show. Open to local and regional artists, submit your work for our inaugural exhibition. There is a theme; please read on to see if your work fits.
Iterations. Versions. Multiples. Shifts.
The multiple versions of one movement, one story, one timeline. Working through iterations, variants emerge, and they in turn branch out as new growth. Through small shifts and transitions moving towards transformation—What are the steps along the way?
Corresponding with our Poetry Marathon in January 2027, in which we come together as a community for poetic and musical performances and screenings, we hope this open call adds to our collective celebration of the arts and becomes an annual invitation as well.
Do you have work in multiples? Work that shows the process? Artwork that celebrates change? Please consider submitting your work.
Guidelines
- All mediums welcome! (4D, movement/dance, performance, moving image, 3D, installation, 2D) (We now have space to install work in the MIDDLE of the room 🙂)
- Please include an artist statement, images of existing work to be considered that fits the theme OR images of your practice in general with a proposal for a new project you would like to work on that’s specific to this exhibition, and a short third-person bio.
- We’re excited to work with Milwaukee and Wisconsin artists. Regional artists from the surrounding states are also encouraged to apply.
- This call closes October 23, 2026. Work should be ready and delivered to Woodland Pattern during the week of January 11, 2027 (details will be provided at acceptance). The exhibition will run through March.