Call for Participation — FEMINISIS

Special Anniversary Edition of MUSARTHIS Magazine

Presentation

The first flip-through issue of Musarthis Magazine was published on March 3, 2025, under the title Pinceaux d’Âme, when creation in the feminine liberates, heals, and transforms.
This year, a special anniversary edition will be released, taking the form of a volume entirely devoted to this exploration: FEMINISIS, the elegance of creativity in the feminine.

This call for contributions is addressed to all beings whose practice is rooted in creation in the feminine, understood as a way of entering creation, a singular relationship to gesture, matter, time, and thought.

Participation is open in Switzerland and worldwide.
All artists, from all artistic fields, are invited to participate: visual, sound, written, performative, and hybrid practices.

The edition will bear the title FEMINISIS.
It will be published as an e-magazine, a flip-through magazine, and a printed magazine.
The edition will be available in French, English, German, and Italian.

The FEMINISIS edition is freely accessible online, for everyone, worldwide, thanks to the support of Mardès, a Swiss publishing, culture, and knowledge-transmission house.

Conditions of Participation

1. Schedule

• Submission opening: January 22, 2026

• Submission deadline: February 12, 2026 (11:59 p.m., Swiss time)

• Notification: only selected candidates will be contacted from February 17, 2026

No reply will be sent to unsuccessful applications.

2. Eligibility

• Participation is open to all beings whose creative practice is rooted in creation in the feminine.

• All artistic fields are accepted.

• Individual applications only.

3. Submission languages

Applications may be submitted in French, English, German, or Italian.

4. Works submitted

• Existing or unpublished works.

• Original works, not infringing on third-party rights.

• One to three proposals maximum per applicant.

5. Submission process

Applications must be sent by email to the following address:

feminisis@musarthis.com

Each application must include:

• the applicant’s name,

• a short text presenting the artistic approach (max. 1 page),

• the proposed work(s),

• a valid email address,

• links allowing redirection to the artist’s websites or platforms.

Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

6. Format of works

• Images: JPG files at 300 DPI, suitable for print.

• Texts: text documents.

• Links: links to artists’ websites or platforms.

7. Selection criteria

Priority will be given to:

• a coherent artistic approach, identifiable and well articulated,

• a legible universe, recognizable in both intention and form,

• a coherent aesthetic, consistent with the proposed approach,

• the contemporaneity of the work, understood as its ability to engage with its time,

• the appropriate alignment of the overall proposal with the spirit of FEMINISIS.

The quality of the creative gesture may be subject to additional analysis as part of the selection process, conducted by a consultant appointed by MUSARTHIS.

8. Selection

• Selection is carried out by MUSARTHIS.

• The number of selected participations will be limited.

• Decisions are final and not subject to appeal.

• A collaboration agreement will be signed with selected artists in order to define the terms of publication and distribution of the contents of the FEMINISIS edition.

9. Publication

Selected works may be published in the FEMINISIS edition:

• as an e-magazine,

• as a flip-through magazine,

• and as a printed magazine.

Detailed publication modalities will be communicated to selected artists.

10. Fees and framework

• Participation is free of charge, thanks to the support of the Swiss house Mardès.

• Participation in FEMINISIS does not grant access to an exhibition within the M.A.G (Musarthis Art Gallery) or the M.I.M (Musarthis Index Market).

11. Rights

• Selected artists retain full ownership of their copyright.

• The works are published exclusively within the framework of the FEMINISIS edition of MUSARTHIS Magazine, according to the announced editorial formats.

• MUSARTHIS reserves the right to use the selected works solely for communication related to the FEMINISIS edition, on its communication channels, with systematic mention of the artist’s name.

• No other use, reproduction, commercial exploitation, or distribution outside this framework will be made without the artist’s prior consent.

Additional Provisions

Submitting an application to the FEMINISIS special edition implies full and unconditional acceptance of these conditions.

The applicant guarantees that they are the sole rights holder of the submitted works, or duly authorized to present them, and indemnifies MUSARTHIS and Mardès against any claim or action by third parties relating to the proposed works.

Selection results in the granting, free of charge, of a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide authorization to reproduce and present the selected works, strictly within the framework of the FEMINISIS edition, its printed and digital versions, the editorial archives of MUSARTHIS, and communication related to the project. This authorization is granted for an unlimited duration, with full respect for the integrity of the works and the name of their author.

After editorial validation and layout, any withdrawal of a work or participation may only occur with the written consent of MUSARTHIS.

Personal data transmitted as part of this call are used exclusively for the management of applications, communication with artists, and, for selected participants, the presentation of their work. They are neither sold nor transferred. In accordance with applicable law, any person may request access to, rectification, or deletion of their data by contacting MUSARTHIS at the indicated contact address.

Unselected applications will not receive feedback. They may be retained for internal archiving and editorial follow-up purposes, without any public dissemination.

MUSARTHIS and Mardès shall not be held liable for technical incidents, data loss, access difficulties to distribution platforms, or unauthorized uses of the works by third parties.

These conditions are governed by Swiss law. Any dispute falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the canton of Neuchâtel.

Musarthis : january 2026