MOM’S ART
APPRECIATION
Call for Visual Storytelling
About This Event
Moms Make Dope Art.
That art — and that feeling, and that meaning — means more to the people around them than most moms will ever know. However they are mothering. However they are making. This is bigger than biology. This is about the mother figure whose creativity shaped how you see the world.
Give her her flowers.
Submit the story of the mother figure whose art has meant something in your life. Show us her work. Show us her, if she's not camera shy. Tell us a little of the story. We'll feature her on the gallery projectors at Dupont Underground during Mom's Art Market weekend, May 23–24, 2026.
Free to submit. Open to everyone.
Submissions close May 4, 2026. Confirmations sent by May 9 — just in time to tell her on Mother's Day.
We'll send you something beautiful to share with her.
How to Submit
1. Choose your photos
One to three photos — her art, her, or both. Any camera, any year, as long as they're yours to share.
2. Format in our Canva template
Pick the template that fits her vibe. Your template choice determines which projector wall her story appears on.
CANVA TEMPLATE LINK
New to Canva? It's free to sign up. Open the template, replace the photos and names, and download. How to use a Canva template.
3. Submit the form
Upload your completed Canva slide(s) and fill in the details so we can build her profile. We'll handle the design from there. See below!
The Weekend
Your mother figure's story will be projected at Dupont Underground during Mom's Art Market weekend. Saturday, May 23, 12–8 PM. Sunday, May 24, 12–6 PM. Free admission with a suggested $5 donation. The exhibition runs alongside a curated visual arts market, Surrealist Games, a Paint & Debate on maternal health, and Friday Poetry Night (ticketed separately — read more and get Poetry Night tickets here).
What to Know
Free to submit — no cost, no jury. Open to everyone, anywhere. Submissions close May 4, 2026. Confirmations sent by May 9 — just in time for Mother's Day. One submission per person — if you submit more than one, we'll use the last one. Image files preferred (not PDF) for best projector display. We reserve the right to not include submissions that are incomplete or not appropriate for the exhibition. Questions? Email connect@dupontunderground.org
SUBMISSIONS DUE MAY 4
Mom's Art Market and Mom’s Art Appreciation are produced and curated by Kate Mereand, Director of Outreach at Dupont Underground (DU), in honor of her mother, artist Kathleen Mereand. Kate has produced ALT-DC, Blossom Fever, Read the Room, and the Damn Fine Art Show at DU. Promotional artwork by Kate Mereand and Kathleen Mereand