You’re invited to participate in a collaborative work of art.
Follow the tutorial above (or this one) to create a circular weaving to represent your experience of neurodivergence. You will mail your weaving to me and I will connect them making a large collaborative fiber work.
You can use:
yarn
thread
strips of shopping bags
strips of old clothing
foraged materials
Click here to sign up. 💌
I will send out my mailing address on July 9 and again on July 27. One week before thr deadline. You can be anonymous or credited by name.
Please mail your work by August 1.
Those who sign up above will receive email reminders as the due date approaches.
I hope this can be a fun summer project - especially for families!
You’re welcome to submit a weaving for each person in your family. In the video I said neurodivergent members, but in the case of mixed neurotype families please submit weavings from all of your kids. I don’t want to leave anyone out and I’d like to include all of your kids to celebrate neurodiversity.
We are not however seeking artworks from neurotypical adults.
Please invite your neurodivergent friends! I’m envisioning a huge number of weavings for this project hung across a large white wall. Once I’ve photographed the work I will submit it to various art exhibitions as a collaborative fiber arts piece.
I also wanted to give a quick update on our Open Call.
I’m in the process of curating the summer issue. This will likely be July or August due to some corrupted files.
There will be a winter issue and an exhibition so it is not too late to submit work!
Right now we have a lot of literal weavings. There are also a lot of written works.
I’d love to see works in visual mediums (or multimedia!)
Our 2024 theme is weaving. You are invited to explore related concepts (unravelling, knots, tangles, integrating, combining, etc.)
Consider submitting older works so long as you have a photograph. It does not have to be a new piece for consideration.
Works in ANY MEDIUM are welcome.
This includes, but is not limited to…
Fiction
Video
Dance / Performance Art
Handcraft
Poetry
Visual Art
New Media / Coding
Photography
Sculpture
Personal Storytelling
Creative Infodumps
& More
Submissions will be considered for publication all year. 🖤
Find all the information here.
Neurodivergence includes, but is not limited to those who are autistic, ADHD, OCD, syntesthetes, dyspraxic, dyslexic, dyscalculic, etc. It also includes those with sensory processing differences such as hyper sensitivity or hypo sensitivity.
This publication respects self identification.
No diagnosis is required to contribute.
Neurokind will endeavor to represent a diverse range of experiences.
This includes, but is not limited to race, gender, sexuality, age, etc.
No hate speech or trolling will be tolerated in this space.
This is an independent, volunteer run publication.
I’m your curator Sarah Shotts. But we may bring on more curators, editors, and collaborators as the project grows.
Neurokind is a passion project.
There will be no paywall. The publication is free to all.
This is not a business enterprise. It’s not a side hustle. It’s not a marketing funnel.
Should you choose to support Neurokind every dollar earned will go back into the project.
Your monthly pledge (or one time donation) can help fund:
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Exhibition Spaces
And more.
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Typographic ornaments are from various sources within the public domain.
Create a Collaborative Work of Art ♾️