On Belonging Open Call  


On Belonging invites artists to consider what belonging feels like, looks like, or takes shape across material, memory, and place. 

Open to interpretation, this call welcomes responses to belonging through collective or personal experience expressed through material or immaterial form, site, and relation.


You may consider the following as points of entry to belonging: 

context  intimacy  site  inheritance  

structure meaning       body    material  

construction landscape  connection  touch  

identity  trace relation movement 

mobility presence form memory place 

distance home community 

surface        matter       territory       dwelling


To apply:

Submit up to 10 images, a brief artist statement, and a short description of the project / works you’d like to include.

Submission Fee: $10 via Cash App ($cargospacemiami). Please label your payment “Submission Fee – [Your Name], Cargo Space.” Open to South Florida based artists.

Submissions close at 11:59 PM, January 15, 2025.




Exhibition Details:

Selected artists will be invited to exhibit at Cargo Space, a mobile cargo-van gallery based in Miami. Exhibition is scheduled for February 2026, with all works ready for installation in a variety of formats and mediums. The exhibition location within Miami-Dade County will be determined according to the project’s needs.


Please consider the following dimensions of a 15’ u-haul.


A $10 submission fee is required via Cash App ($cargospacemiami) labeled “Submission Fee – [Your Name], Cargo Space.” Upload a screenshot or receipt of your payment as part of your submission form. This modest fee supports programming, materials, permits, licenses, and truck rentals. If the fee presents a financial barrier, please contact cargospacemiami@gmail.com.


Link to apply: https://forms.gle/W3uivSicXW9P2YVc7