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Calling all writers and artists!

Over the course of July and August of 2025, The LAVA Center will feature a steadily evolving installation that needs your creativity.

As artists, we are creatively stirred by the world around us. We create in response to what we experience, both our lived realities and the works of other artists. In the Words on Art on Words installation, we will observe this responsiveness in real time. Each week, at least 4 new visual or written pieces will be added to the installation wall. The only rule is that visual artists must create in response to an already-displayed piece of writing, and writers must create in response to an already-displayed piece of visual art.

Want to get involved? First, please watch the short video on our website to see a description of how the project will expand from 5 works of visual art and writing up to 30-40 over the course of the summer as artists respond to writers respond to artists.