Confluence Community

Confluence Community Confluence Community is a space for collaboration, creativity, and sustainable growth.

We provide tools, strategies and support for community-driven initiatives, including markets, art exhibitions, events, environmental projects, and educational programs. Confluence Community Center strives to unite communities by providing educational opportunities to create, work, and learn from one another.

CALL FOR ART: Our Wild World | Virtual Art Exhibition Learn More:https://www.confluencecommunity.org/event-details/our-w...
07/20/2026

CALL FOR ART: Our Wild World | Virtual Art Exhibition

Learn More:
https://www.confluencecommunity.org/event-details/our-wild-world-art-exhibition-2nd-annual

From towering forests and native wildflowers to insects, birds, and marine life, Our Wild World celebrates the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth. Centered around the themes of Flora and Fauna, this international exhibition invites artists and photographers to explore the beauty, complexity, and interconnectedness of the natural world.

Who Can Submit?
Submissions are open internationally to artists and photographers of all backgrounds and experience levels. We welcome emerging and established creatives working in any visual medium.

What We're Looking For:
+ Painting
+ Drawing
+ Mixed Media & Collage
+ Photography
+ Sculpture & Ceramics
+ Fiber Arts
+ Printmaking
+ Digital Art
+ Illustration
+ Nature Journaling
+ Botanical & Wildlife Studies
+ Both realistic and conceptual interpretations are encouraged.

Selected Artists Receive:
+ Inclusion in the virtual Our Wild World exhibition gallery
+ Promotion through Confluence Community's website and social media platforms
+ A digital exhibition archive for your professional portfolio
+ Certificate of Participation
+ Consideration for future publications, exhibitions, and collaborative opportunities

Submission Guidelines
+ Open internationally.
+ Original artwork only.
+ All visual mediums are welcome.
+ NO AI GENERATED ART WORK
+ Artists retain full copyright and ownership of their work.

Submission Deadline: August 15th, 2026
Exhibition Opens: September 4th, 2026

Learn More:
https://www.confluencecommunity.org/event-details/our-wild-world-art-exhibition-2nd-annual

07/15/2026

ISSUE #2 of Where We Are Magazine is out now!

View and download on our website!

Emails with the links will be going out soon! We appreciate your patience, it’s been a busy summer for us, but we are so excited to celebrate these artists and creatives!

Thank you for your continued support ✌️❤️

For thousands of years, people have raised sheep for their fleece, carefully shearing, washing, carding, spinning, dyein...
06/22/2026

For thousands of years, people have raised sheep for their fleece, carefully shearing, washing, carding, spinning, dyeing, and weaving wool into textiles.

Hand-spinning is one of humanity's oldest creative traditions, with evidence of spun fibers dating back more than 20,000 years. Archaeological evidence suggests that the practice dates back to prehistoric times, long before the invention of the spinning wheel.

Early spinners used simple tools like the spindle and distaff to twist wool, flax, cotton, and other natural fibers into yarn, creating threads that would eventually become clothing, blankets, sails, baskets, and textiles essential to everyday life. Every step required patience, skill, and a deep understanding of natural materials.

For fiber artist, Arianne Cope, WOOLEN BLUEBIRD , this ancient practice continues in the Missouri Ozarks. As a painter, shepherd, and fiber artist, she raises sheep for their wool, hand-processes the fleece into yarn, and creates garments before documenting the journey through her paintings.

Living with PTSD, Arianne has found healing in this intentional process. Caring for her flock, and slowing down enough to closely observe the world around her, have become integral parts of her life and her creative practice. Through her work, we witness how fiber art is a craft, and a relationship between people, animals, and nature.

Upcoming Opportunities to submit your work! Where We Are Magazine | Issues 3 & 4: - Where We Care: Community - Where We ...
06/16/2026

Upcoming Opportunities to submit your work!

Where We Are Magazine | Issues 3 & 4:
- Where We Care: Community
- Where We Rest: Reflection
- Open to artists, poets, writers, communities, and even galleries and organizations that want to share what they are doing to make an impact.

Virtual Art Exhibitions:
- Our Wild World: Flora & Fauna
-Looking for nature Photographers, artists, illustrators, painters, sculptures, and more!

- The Art for All | Open Exhibition: Almost anything goes! (Coming soon)

FREE TO SUBMIT
Donations are always appreciated

Open to Artists Worldwide!

The Art Exhibitions are curated in a professional Virtual Gallery, and a digital archive on our website.

The Magazine is digital, and FREE to download, with end of year print opportunities coming soon!

ART EXHIBITION SUBMISSIONS HERE:
https://www.confluencecommunity.org/virtual-art-exhibit-submission-form

MAGAZINE SUBMISSIONS HERE:
https://www.confluencecommunity.org/where-we-are-magazine

Upcoming Opportunities to submit your work! Where We Are Magazine | Issues 3 & 4: - Where We Care- Where We Rest- Open t...
06/13/2026

Upcoming Opportunities to submit your work!

Where We Are Magazine | Issues 3 & 4:
- Where We Care
- Where We Rest
- Open to artists, poets, writers, communities, and even galleries and organizations that want to share what they are doing to make an impact.

Art Exhibitions:
- Our Wild World: Flora & Fauna
Looking for nature Photographers, artists, illustrators, painters, sculptures, and more!

- The Art for All | Open Exhibition: Almost anything goes!

FREE TO SUBMIT
Donations are always appreciated ❤️

Link in bio!!

On a farm in the Missouri Ozarks, Arianne Cope transforms raw fiber into yarn for knitting and weaving. Every stage of t...
06/13/2026

On a farm in the Missouri Ozarks, Arianne Cope transforms raw fiber into yarn for knitting and weaving. Every stage of the process is connected to the land, the animals, and the rhythms of daily life.

She then paints the entire journey from sheep to shawl, honoring the labor, care, and relationships behind her handmade work.

For Arianne, the process is understanding her place within the natural world, the sheep, the wool, the plants used for dye, the work of her hands, and the stories each finished piece tells, it all become part of the experience.

WOOLEN BLUEBIRD

Explore ISSUE #1 of Where We Are Magazine, available to download for FREE on our website. LINK IN BIO!Featured in this ...
06/13/2026

Explore ISSUE #1 of Where We Are Magazine, available to download for FREE on our website.

LINK IN BIO!

Featured in this issue:
- The Art for All Exhibition
- January Artist of the Month: Art💥Fashion by GiANNElli
- February Artist of the Month: Erica LeeAnne Molefi
- March Artist of the Month: Martina Sestakova * COLOR IS JOY
- Featured articles by: Adriana & .ist.relativ
- Community submissions and poetry from several artists from around the world, and so much more!

Show your support for artists, and communities that are cultivating connection in meaningful ways. ✌❤️

Cover Artist: mark salevitz

"The work presents a postmodern reinterpretation of the figure of "Dionysus X“ through a male portrait made on a rec...
06/13/2026

"The work presents a postmodern reinterpretation of the figure of "Dionysus X“ through a male portrait made on a recycled beef shoulder blade. By combining an organic support and artificial elements — zircons, decorative stones, artificial eyelashes and a plastic bunch of grapes — the work establishes a tension between natural and constructed identity. By using discarded organic material, the work affirms ecological awareness through an act of transformation, giving new life to a remnant that would otherwise be forgotten. Dionysus, as a symbol of hedonism and excess, is here translated into a contemporary visual code marked by the aesthetics of consumption and “must-have” culture. The contrast between the durability of the bone and the artificiality of the accessories emphasizes the relationship between nature and consumerism, inviting reflection on sustainability, value and cycles of transformation." - VESNA VUGA SUŠAC - Vesna Susac

Thank you for celebrating the Earth with us!

Explore the gallery here: https://visit.virtualartgallery.com/confluencecommunityearthday

LINK IN BIO

Thank you to all of the contributing artists:

JULIA SLYUNKOVA - Noname Studio Mosaic | Artist Julia Slyunkova
URVE TÕNNUS - Urve Tõnnus
SONALI NARANG - .NARANG
DRAGANA OLAH - Draganart
LARISA SEMKE - Larigami - Paper in Shape
STEVE JENSEN - Steve Jensen
HEATHER STEFFEN - Heather
IVAN NASCIMENTO - Ivan Nasc Art
ALTHEA ADAMS -
RACHEL BROWN - rachel brown
MAY-MAY MEIJER - May-May Meijer
SHEI-CHAU WANG -
VESNA VUGA SUŠAC - Vesna Susac
SHABNAM MEHRVAR - 👩🏻‍🎨 Artist SHabnam Mehrvar from 🇩🇪 Germany
EKATERINA SEROMAKHA - Серомаха, художник из НИИ
RENATE HELENE SCHWEIZER.
CLARE-LOUISE BATTERSBY - Clare-Louise Battersby
CRISTINA MAYA CAETANO
KREŠIMIRA GOJANOVIĆ
MICHAEL DUNLAP
MARK SALEVITZ - mark salevitz
LOIC GIRARD - Girard-Cousin Loïc / AWOZ
JOYTI KAUR - Joyti Kaur Art
KATIE MILLER -
SABINE THORNAU - Sabine Thornau
MERVI KORHONEN - Mervi Korhonen - Artworks
CHARLOTTE JONES - ._.artt
ADRIANA ROCHA - Adriana
JESSICA LAWSON - Jessica Lawson
HELEN KLEBESADEL - Helen Klebesadel

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