Image: 500X Gallery, Dallas
500X Gallery is inviting artists and writers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to submit work for 'ICED,' a juried online exhibition paired with a physical zine. The call centers on themes of immigrant justice, solidarity and mutual aid, abolition and resistance, borders, belonging and movement, protest movements and collective care, and visions of a freer future. According to the gallery’s submission materials, the project is open to artists over 18 living in the DFW area, with visual art and writing both eligible.
The call positions 'ICED' as a community-facing project rather than a single-site exhibition. 500X describes itself as a volunteer-run gallery operated by artists for artists, and says entry fees help sustain its exhibition opportunities and events for local and emerging artists in Texas. The gallery is also presenting the project as a way to keep its programming accessible while gathering work from the region around a shared theme.
Submissions are being handled through a Google Form titled 'ICED: Zine + Online Exhibition (Juried by 500X Members Bebos and Peggy Espinel),' identifying current 500X members Bebos and Peggy Espinel as the jurors. The form states that all media and interpretations are welcome, and invites artists and writers to approach the theme freely and expansively, with personal, historical, ecological and speculative readings all possible within the call.
The submission fee is $10 for five artwork submissions. The materials say that payment should be made through 500X’s shop by purchasing the listed 'Zine + Online Juried Exhibition Submission Fee,' and that submissions without the entry fee will not be considered. Selected artists will receive a free copy of the zine.
The deadline for entries is Saturday, August 1, by midnight CST. The gallery’s email announcement also says notifications of Juror’s Choice will be sent on August 7. A zine party is planned, though the location and time are still listed as to be announced.
The call follows 500X’s broader pattern of artist-led, community-based programming, and the gallery’s public materials frame 'ICED' as part of its mission to serve the DFW art community. While the announcement does not specify an exhibition venue for the online component, it clearly sets out a regional call for work and a print outcome in the form of the zine. The project is open now, with the submission window closing at midnight on August 1.
