NEI Open Artist Call for Activism-Based Art
Neurodivergent Empowerment Institute seeks activism-based art challenging stigma and advocating for equity, autonomy, and human dignity.
The Neurodivergent Empowerment Institute (NEI), part of the Bionic Bloom Wellness Collective, is issuing an open call for artists creating activism-based art that challenges stigma, centers lived experience, and advocates for equity, autonomy, and human dignity. The institute seeks artwork that does not remain neutral in the face of injustice, particularly work that speaks to systems impacting neurodivergent, disabled, queer, marginalized, and historically excluded communities. Art selected will be exhibited within NEI's therapeutic, educational, and community-facing spaces where it serves as both reflection and provocation, supporting dialogue, empowerment, and social awareness.
Themes of interest include neurodiversity and disability justice, autonomy and bodily sovereignty, unmasking and identity, harm caused by punitive systems, intersectionality across race, gender, sexuality, class and ability, and resistance and collective care. Political, personal, poetic, confrontational, or quietly radical approaches are all welcome.
The call welcomes neurodivergent and disabled artists, those engaged in social justice, artists with lived experience, and both emerging and established artists across all mediums. Formal credentials are not required; voice, intention, and impact matter. Accepted mediums include painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, photography, digital art, text-based work, sculpture, installation, fiber arts, and touchable or interactive works.
Exhibiting with NEI provides opportunities to exhibit in a mission-driven institute, reach clinicians, educators, families, and neurodivergent individuals, contribute to spaces supporting awareness and transformation, and access opportunities for future exhibitions, commissions, and collaboration within the Bionic Bloom ecosystem.