This open call is looking for art handlxrs to profile and feature through Art Handlxrs*. These profiles would consist of a interview and accompanying photographs that would be utilized to support, elevate, and celebrate the work of our community members and increase the visual representation of BIPOC, queer, trans*, non-binary, disabled, and women art handlxrs. AH* wants to expand how we care for our community through the positive envisioning of art handlxrs across generations, race, class, ability, and gender. Through these profiles AH* aims to create more tangible labor opportunities for art handlxrs.

The labor of art handlxrs is made to be invisible within arts organizations. This lack of visibility has proliferated a labor force that is predominately white, male, and cis and a work culture that is not equiped to support diversity and equity within the work environment. By using first-person storytelling and photography, AH* will produce visual profiles that better represent the diversity present in our current moment. We want to uplift each other, through our collective fierceness.