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Call for Art: Student & Teacher Showcase

7/14/2026

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Our November show will feature the work of students and teachers that have taken or taught classes at Push/Pull!

​Did you make something cool in class? Start something that you finished at home and it turned out awesome? Or even just better than you thought it might? Share it with the world -- maybe you'll inspire someone else to give it a shot, too! And maybe your piece will find a home with someone who really loves it!
Submit to the Showcase!
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Call for Art: Hide & Seek

7/11/2026

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Have you ever made a cool artistic mask? Submit to HIDE & SEEK, our October group show!

Half masks or full masks for an exquisite Halloween party, for scaring your neighbours, for plays and dramas, scrappy indie films, or even a masterful old school one -- show us what you've got!
Submit to Hide & Seek
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Call for Art: 6x6x6

6/23/2026

 
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We're putting on a small works show in September! Do you have work that's 6x6x6 or smaller? Let's see it!

Open to all mediums, though space is limited for 3D art. All art must be ready-to-hang/display and for sale. Non-local artists are welcome to submit!

If you have other questions, feel free to leave a comment or reach out to info at pushpullseattle.com!
Submit to 6x6x6

Call for Art - Cats of Ballard June 2026, due May 1st

2/27/2026

 
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What's better than a cat art show? We can't think of anything, so we're bringing back Cats of Ballard for a third year.

This time you're invited to participate! Got a cat in Ballard that you love? Submit your artwork of them and show it off this June at Push/Pull!

Submissions are due May 1st and the gallery opening is June 13th 6pm - 9pm. Use the button below to submit your work. 

Cats must reside in Ballard! Artists don't though!
Submit to Cats of Ballard

Call for Collage Art - Bits & Pieces

2/27/2026

 
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Push/Pull is celebrating the art of collage this May with Bits & Pieces! Opening night of the gallery is May 9th.

​Art submissions are due April 1st and notifications will go out by April 5th. You can submit up to three pieces for consideration. Click on the link below and get started on your submission. All collage work is welcome, including poetry collage.
Art Submission Form

Call for Submissions: Stanza 2026

10/31/2025

 
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We're excited to announce GROWTH as our theme for next year's Stanza, our annual art & poetry collaboration anthology and gallery show!

Poets are invited to submit poetry inspired by plants and fungi. 🌱 Accepted poems will be paired with artists for visual interpretation. Poets can submit work for consideration, and artists can apply to be considered for pairing until January 18th. You can submit as both a poet and an artist.

All work will be published in 2026's Stanza book to be released in April, which is National Poetry Month! Artwork will also be featured in a gallery show coinciding with the book launch on April 11.
Poetry Submission
Artist Consideration

Call for Submissions: A Better World

10/28/2025

 
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We want to tell people that there is a better way, something we can all work towards.
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First, tell us something that happened to you or someone you know. Then, tell us how it could be different, better, more equitable, kinder.

Stories will be reviewed and selected by Riff Raff League, an open community organizing group hosted by Push/Pull. We'll publish the stories in a free zine that will be distributed to Little Free Libraries throughout the Northwest Seattle area, online, and hopefully will reach even farther.

We're looking for stories that are no more than one letter size page typed (approx 400-450 words). Send questions to [email protected].
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Accepting submissions through November 15.
Submit Your Story

Call For Submissions: Stanza 2025

3/4/2025

 
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Turn over a leaf. Dig inside the couch cushions. Pick something off the bottom of your shoe. There are poems everywhere, for those willing to look.

Push/Pull's annual poetry collection, Stanza, invites wordsmiths to be the imagemakers and artists to be the poets. Using both word and image, artists are invited to submit work that crosses genres—however you choose to interpret it. Found poems, collage, poetry comics, and any other combination of language and visuals are welcome!
Submit Your Work
​Stanza: Lost & Found will be printed in up to 2 colors on Risograph. Contributors will receive a contributor copy and a $50 gift card for Push/Pull's printing services, art supplies, or classes.
Interested in submitting to Stanza but don't have anything ready-made?

Join us for two FREE meetups and work parties, where you'll be able to use our extensive collection of magazines and old books for collage material and inspiration!

​Make poetry collages, found poetry, black-out poetry, or something new and weird from the scraps of pages and images available!
Come Make Stuff!
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Stanza: Lost & Found will open Saturday, April 12th, with an opening reception from 6-9 PM!

Artists and poets are invited to read their work, and all are invited to see and listen! Light refreshments will be provided.

​See you there!
RSVP

2024 Push/Pull Book Club & Art Show

5/21/2024

 
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This year's Book Club pick is A Journey into the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne (often also translated as Journey to the Center of the Earth), a classic science fiction tale first published in French in 1864.

Push/Pull Press & Vertvolta Press are collaborating on an illustrated edition of Journey to the Interior of the Earth. Book Club participants will be invited to contribute visual pieces inspired by the novel to this edition of the book, which will then be available at Push/Pull.

All readers are welcome to participate in the Book Club though, whether or not your goal is to make art!

We will meet every Monday in June and July at Push/Pull to discuss the relevant chapters for each session. Come to as many meetings as you're able!

Full Schedule


Monday, June 3, 6pm-7:30pm - Book Club Meeting
Monday, June 10, 6pm-7:30pm - Book Club Meeting
Monday, June 17, 6pm-7:30pm - Book Club Meeting
Monday, June 24, 6pm-7:30pm - Book Club Meeting
Monday, July 1, 6pm-7:30pm - Book Club Meeting
Monday, July 8
, 6pm-7:30pm - Book Club Meeting
Monday, July 15
, 6pm-7:30pm - Book Club Meeting
Monday, July 22
, 6pm-7:30pm - Book Club Meeting
Monday, July 29
, 6pm-7:30pm - Book Club Meeting
Thursday, August 5, 5pm to 9pm - Wrap-up Art Work Party
Wednesday, August 7 - Art Due! All art must be delivered by 8pm
Saturday, August 10, 6pm to 9pm - Opening Reception

For more information and details please email [email protected].

Call for Submissions: Stanza 2024

2/1/2024

 
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Stanza is Push/Pull's annual art & poetry collaboration anthology and gallery show. 
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The theme for this year is Nonbinary. We are only accepting submissions from poets and artists that identify as nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, or other gender identities outside of male or female. 
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Accepted poems will be paired with an artist to visually interpret the poem.

Interested? Please apply by February 15th!
Poetry Submission
Artist Consideration
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