Groovin’: Where Art Meets Music is an upcoming show at Powell Lane Arts inviting artists to explore how music shapes the way we make, move, and think through art—an open call for work that moves with music, whether heard, felt, or embedded in the way it’s made. We’re looking for artwork where music isn’t just the subject—it’s part of the process.This exhibition is not simply about depicting music. Groove can be literal — musicians, instruments, performance — or physical: carved marks, stitched patterns, layered gestures, and repeated forms that build visual rhythm. It may live in the body, in movement and flow, or in the quiet internal cadence of a studio practice.

For many artists, music is not just inspiration — it is an active collaborator.

We are especially interested in how music (and its components) shapes your creative process. Do you work to a specific song on repeat? Does an album influence the pace, tone, or emotional direction of your work? Do rhythm, texture, beat, timbre, or genre show up in your materials, marks, or structure?

We encourage submissions that reflect this relationship, whether directly or abstractly, including:

• Work inspired by or structured around a specific song
• Visual translations of rhythm, tempo, or musical form
• Repetition and pattern as a kind of visual “loop”
• Gesture, movement, and improvisation in mark-making
• Pieces tied to memory, emotion, or time through music
• Cultural or genre-based influences (jazz, punk, hip-hop, ambient, etc.)
• Disruptions of rhythm — glitch, interruption, improvisation

Artists are welcome (but not required) to share a song, album, or playlist connected to their work. Selected works may be paired with these sound elements as part of the exhibition experience.

Submission Fee: $27.50 for up to 3 pieces
Details and dates: www.powelllanearts.com/2026-groovin