Our Feminesto

The 6000 Circle Project, focuses on the circle as a symbol of balance and unity, a never ending container of feminine energy and light that builds upon The Calling’s previous interactive installation as part of The Feminine Journey exhibition at the Beseder Gallery in Prague, 2022. We envisioned 6000 circles, created by a multitude of artists, of all genders, from around the globe, both groups and individuals, gathering and making for a series of interactive public and digital installations. The initial inspiration came from the Obliteration Room created by Yayoi Kusama, where people were invited to place circle stickers spontaneously throughout the exhibition space, thereby creating an interactive and evolving installation. Our intention was to expand its scope and reach beyond our individual journeys and personal stories, to be a fully inclusive global collaboration to gather together and honor the stories and experiences of all aspects of the feminine. 

We wanted this project to exemplify aspects of feminine energy and be wholly different from anything we’d participated in or created before. We worked on developing the project together throughout 2023, developing monthly themes and prompts with supporting content including artists, books and podcasts. Artists and groups were encouraged to self-define and design the parameters for their participation through individual circle making, community events or creating and hosting exhibitions. For us this meant releasing control and ownership, allowing for the project to develop over time and in ways we couldn’t see or account for at the outset. We created a pre-packaged concept that gave artists license to participate in a variety of ways. Participants were asked to document and share their experiences via social media.  There were only two non-negotiable parameters to the project: that the substrate for the images was circular and the art responded to the theme of feminine energy. 

The project officially launched on Instagram as a nine month living project based on the nine months of gestation and ran actively from March of 2024 - November 2024. We chose to open in March 2024 in honor of International Women's Month with pop-ups, exhibitions and circle making events across the country. Due to the phenomenal response and ongoing exhibitions we have extended the project into 2025.

The participating artists or groups will self-define and design the parameters for their exhibitions and or individual pieces, as well as the documentation of the circle making experiences. Exhibition possibilities are open ended and can include pop-up, street style, traditional installations or virtual presentations; the only criteria is that the substrate for the images is circular and responds to the feminine journey. 

We are asking all participants to document processes, any circle making events, receptions, etc and to share with The Calling digitally. This material will be combined with documentation from other facets of the project. Participants may also use this documentation for their own creative content.

“The 6000 Circle Project is honoring the Feminine by uniting artists, poets, collages, photographers, psychics, muses, mothers, musicians, sons and daughters with interactive art series that called on many creatives out there to tell a visual story of their feminine journey. This chapter of the story is currently on display at The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley, CA.The experience of the show transcends the four walls by incorporating floating display and whimsical yet organized molecular layout to this menagerie of thoughts and tales from participants of the project. The artists responsible for organizing such an event have honored Neighborhood Center for the Arts by donating all proceeds from the show to our organization. We are so inspired by this project and generosity of The 6000 Circle Project that we kindly ask you to insert yourself in the space.The idea of the show itself to a change of perception. It instills a feeling that isn’t easily reproduced; seeing so many people unite their creative powers over an idea that produces such a great variety of art and intention in one space is once in a lifetime stuff. We see the WOW factor and you should too!!”

Amee Medeiros, Executive Director, Neighborhood Center For the Arts