Organizers - Jenn Manzella & Ted Mosher

This portfolio is an invitation to other artists/printmakers to consider the conceptual nature of borders and bridges in a way that expresses personal narrative, metaphor, or political/national designations. We are calling for work that examines how personal and political identities are connected across multiple intersections. These intersections can allow flow between areas of cultural or national identity, as well as purely geographic or ecological zones.

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SGCI Conference Info: Crossing The River is an official “Themed Portfolio Exchange” to be exhibited at the SGCI 2027 Confluence conference in Pittsburgh, PA in October 2027. To be eligible for the Portfolio, one must be an SGCI member at an “advocate” level to participate. This can be obtained through the SGCI website SGCInternational.org

Timeline:

• October 31, 2026: Round 2 Call for Proposals closes

• November 15, 2026: Notification of participation from program leads

• Editions are due mid-June 2027• Compile portfolio - mid July 2027

• Mail out completed portfolios (including SGCI Archive copy) - end of August 2027

• SGCI conference exhibition/ Pittsburgh PA - Oct 13 - 17