Challenges for Summer 2025

Open the Door

 

No matter the weather, there is an opening for your creative expression. Your story is unique in all the world. If shared in writing or other arts, that connection inspires and encourages the artist and the audience. Do art!


Free Speech

Rainbow after Storm

From the Lascaux cave paintings, dating back to approximately 15,000-13,000 BCE, to the Sumerian cuneiform around 3,200 BCE, and the Egyptian hieroglyphs, humans have used pictures, symbols, and alphabets to immortalize their ideas. The ability to read and write was so precious that it was often reserved for those in power. When those in power limit the ability to read, write, and even speak, they attempt to restrict social, scientific, and cultural…