Organizer Information
One Culture Foundation (OCF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging cultural divides and empowering diverse communities through education, career development, and innovative programs. With operations in New York and the California Bay Area, OCF creates inclusive platforms that celebrate diversity, foster resilience, and cultivate opportunities for sustainable growth. Since 2020, OCF has hosted over 60 events, directly engaging 5,000+ participants and reaching 20,000+ community members through partnerships across 20+ industries.
As part of its global engagement, OCF has collaborated with faculty, alumni, and professional networks from Harvard University, MIT, Columbia University, UPenn, Cornell, Brown, the Wharton School, RISD, Tsinghua University, and the University of Tokyo to advance arts, culture, and education initiatives. OCF additionally partners with UN NGO and the EU-China Commission to host arts and education summits and forums, fostering global dialogue and cross-cultural collaboration. World Culture Salon is OCF's multi-sensory cultural series, tracing civilization and human connection through the senses, entering each culture through art, music, scent, taste, ritual objects, and philosophy.
Title & Description
World Culture Salon — Art Open Call: Chapter I, Greece
World Culture Salon invites artists worldwide to submit work for its ongoing international cultural series. The series is structured as a sequence of chapters, each dedicated to entering one civilisation through all the senses. Chapter I is focused on Greece. The call is open to any medium that engages the spirit of Greek culture — its mythology, philosophy, aesthetics, and enduring sense of beauty. Existing works are welcome alongside newly created pieces.
Selected works will be considered for physical exhibition at the July chapter event, shown at the Foundation's October salon, hosted in OCF's permanent online gallery, featured in a year-end journal, and considered for an annual cultural and arts award. The series is positioned as an ongoing framework: artists selected for Chapter I may be invited to participate in future chapters and collaborations as the programme grows.
The curatorial approach treats art as a vehicle for cultural inhabitation rather than historical documentation — works are selected for their capacity to evoke lived experience across civilizations, and are presented before audiences drawn from the curatorial, diplomatic, and cultural institution communities.
Theme
Greece — mythology, philosophy, aesthetics, and the enduring spirit of Greek culture, addressed through any artistic medium or sensory register.
Categories
- Visual Arts
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Digital
- Sound/Music
- Installation
- Multimedia
- New Media
- Interdisciplinary Arts
- Mixed Media
- Audiovisual
Eligibility
- Open internationally to artists at all career stages
- All mediums accepted: painting, sculpture, digital and immersive art, sound, scent, video, installation, and cross-disciplinary or multisensory work
- Existing works are eligible; pieces need not be newly created
- No age, nationality, or career-stage restrictions are stated in the source
Program Benefits & Awards
- Consideration for physical exhibition at Chapter I: Greece (July, before an audience of curators, cultural institution leaders, and diplomatic and cultural community members)
- Exhibition at the October exclusive cultural salon
- Inclusion in the One Culture Foundation online gallery as an ongoing exhibition
- Feature in the OCF year-end journal
- Automatic consideration for OCF's annual cultural and arts award
- Potential invitation to participate in future World Culture Salon chapters and collaborations as the series expands
Application Fee
None
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 31 July 2026
- Chapter I: Greece exhibition: July (month and year not further specified in the source)
- October cultural salon: October (year not further specified in the source)
- Year-end journal: Year-end (date not specified in the source)
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Additional Details
- Artists retain full copyright of their submitted works. By submitting, artists grant One Culture Foundation permission to exhibit, document, and promote selected works in connection with World Culture Salon and the Foundation's programmes, with artist credit always published.
- This is a curated selection; not all submissions will be exhibited. Selected artists are notified directly.
- No monetary compensation is offered to artists at the submission stage.
- The series is described as international and ongoing; Chapter I: Greece is the first instalment of a multi-chapter cultural programme.