Urban Creativity, conference and activities, 2026

Intangible: Art Canon and Motion

Lisbon and online, July 2, 3 and 4

Program NOW AVAILABLE
All info: Urbancreativity.org

 
Open Calls

Writing, place-making and architecture
for Epigraphy, Graffiti, Iconography (EGI), an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
Co-editor: Philippa M. Steele, PhD, Research Professor, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, Senior Research Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Abstract (for webinar) until 30 of June 2026 (NEW DATE).
Full paper (publishing) until the end of September 2026.
Webinar September / October (to be announced)
Publication of the Issue: December 2026.
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Pseudo-Scripts? Rethinking an Underexplored Script-Image Phenomenon
for Epigraphy, Graffiti, Iconography (EGI), an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
Co-editor: Anna Elisabeth Krebs-Bendszus, Institute for Art History, University of Bonn, Germany

Abstract (for webinar) until 30 of June 2026 (NEW DATE).
Full paper (publishing) until the end of September 2026.
Webinar September / October (to be announced)
Publication of the Issue: December 2026.
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Space as a Medium for Organizing Collective Realities & Transforming Social Environments
for UXUC - User Experience and Urban Creativity journal (Vol.8 N1) and Space as Experiment – Experimenting with Space, NEW Webinar, 17 June 2026
Co-editor: Philipp Schnell, Institute of Urban and Regional Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Space as Experiment – Experimenting with Space
Webinar, 17 and 18 June 2026
(Report and Videos soon)
All info here

Submission of full papers until July 30, 2026.
Publication of UXUC Special Issue: November 2026.
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Space–Body–Movement: Contemporary territories, practices and displacements
for CAP - Public Art Journal (Vol.8 N1)
Co-editors: Evandro Fiorin (UFSC, Brazil) and Lilian Amaral (USP, Brazil)

Abstract until 30 of June 2026 (NEW DATE).
Submission of full papers until August 30, 2026.
Publication of CAP in continuum: November 2026.
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Inscribed Frames Hybridizations of the Moving Image
for GSA - Graffiti and Street Art journal (Vol.4) and Urban Creativity, conference and activities, 2026
Co-editor: Mattia Ronconi, Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture ID+; Faculty of Fine Art, University of Porto

Full paper until the end of July 2026.
Publication of the Issue: November 2026.
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Graffiti Expressionism: Updating the Classical Art Canons
for GSA - Graffiti and Street Art journal (Vol.4) and Urban Creativity, conference and activities, 13th edition
Co-editor: Kai Hendrik Schlusche, Author and Independent Researcher in Graffiti and Street Art

Full paper until the end of July 2026.
Publication of the Issue: November 2026.
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Graffiti, Street Art, and (Il)Legality: The role of (il)legality in graffiti and street art
for GSA - Graffiti and Street Art journal (Vol.4) and Urban Creativity, conference and activities, 2026
Special Issue Editor: Stefano Bloch, University of Arizona

Full articles: until the end of July 2026.
Expected publication date: November 2026.
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2026 Closed calls 

Situated Drawing: Practice, Place, and Conditions
for Black Book Drawing and Sketching journal (Vol.7, N1) and Nature Drawing Nature, 2nd Seminar
Co-editors: Sara Schneckloth and Kiera O'Toole

Seminar: April 2–3
Full paper until May 30, 2026.
Publication: September 2026.
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Cartographies of Practice: Drawing, Mapping, and Situated Knowledge
for Black Book Drawing and Sketching journal (Vol.7, N2) and Nature Drawing Nature, (online) 2nd Seminar
Co-editors: Sara Schneckloth (University of South Carolina, USA) and Kiera O'Toole (Loughborough University, UK).

Seminar: April 2 and 3
Full paper until the end of May 2026.
Publication of the Issue: September 2026.

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