OPEN CALL | “The Ones Who Stayed”

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Group Exhibition at Memor Museum

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We are living in an era of uncertainty, where identity and belonging are constantly negotiated. For many who come to study or work abroad, the decision to “stay” is not just a choice—it is a struggle against systemic barriers, isolation, and invisible weight.

 

Instead of clear paths, life becomes an ongoing process of adaptation, resilience, and redefinition. This exhibition seeks to make visible what often remains hidden: the cost, the courage, and the fragile hope behind staying.

 

“The Ones Who Stayed” is a collective exploration of endurance and transformation. Through immersive rooms, personal objects, and stories, the exhibition creates a living archive—a space where narratives of struggle and perseverance intersect, inviting audiences to witness and reflect.

 

We welcome submissions in different mediums: artworks, personal objects filled with feeling, or individual stories, poems—that respond to the experience of staying: visa struggles, quiet acts of survival, and the small narratives hidden in everyday life—stories told through objects or traces that carry memory.

 

Your contribution will help build a shared landscape of memory and possibility.

 

✈️ Open to visual artists working in different mediums

✈️  Submission deadline: August 15, 2025

✈️  Exhibition dates: "September 5, 2025" - "September 7, 2025"

✈️  Location: Memor Museum, 1130 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10028

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