Collective Badge Open Call

Working Class Creatives

We are inviting artists of all disciplines to submit artwork in the form of a badge for our first Working Class Creatives collective artwork.

In Brief

For a while now we have wanted to develop collective artworks, bringing working class creatives from different disciplines, places, and practices together to make something shared, rooted in community.

Following on from our DIYISM workshops, we are inviting all members of Working Class Creatives CIC to take part in our first collective work.

We are asking you to create a badge responding to the themes:

Art · Community · Home · Protest · Love · Working Class identity

You can respond in any way you want. The final work will become a shirt filled with badges made by our members, forming a collective artwork that holds our voices, histories and creative practices together.

This shirt will be archived, with the intention of future exhibition. We also plan to release limited edition posters featuring the work, with all proceeds going back into supporting the CIC.

Who can apply

This open call is for any member of Working Class Creatives CIC.Membership is free via our website.

What we are looking for

We are looking for badge designs that respond to:

• Community

• Home

• Love

• Care

• Protest

• Inclusion

• Working Class identity

We are open to process and material. You can work physically or digitally.

For physical submissions:

You can use any material you want, including paper, ceramic, fabric, wood or mixed media, as long as it can be pinned onto a shirt.

For digital submissions:We will print your work and turn it into a badge in our studio.

Digital submission requirements

If submitting digitally, please follow:

• Badge size: 60mm circle

• Resolution: minimum 300 DPI

• File formats: JPG, PNG, TIFF, PDF

• Maximum file size: 10MB per file

• File naming: YourName_Title

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Please refer to the template provided for sizing guidance.

Maximum: 5 badge designs per person

How to submit

You can submit your work in two ways:

Email submission

Send your digital files to us and we will print and press them into badges.

Postal submission

If you are making physical badges, you can post them to:

Working Class Creatives CIC

25 Francis Street

Hull

HU2 8DT

United Kingdom

Deadline for all submissions: 30/06/2026

What to include

Please include the following with your submission:

• Full name

• Artist name (if different)

• Pronouns

• Where you are from and currently based

• Title of artwork(s)

• Medium(s)

• Dimensions (if relevant)

• Year created

• Short description (max 150 words per work)

• Artist bio (optional)

Selected works

All submitted badges will become part of a collective artwork and archive, documenting this moment within Working Class Creatives CIC.

Selected works may also feature on limited edition posters. Artists will be notified by 15/07/2026.

Notes

By submitting work, you grant Working Class Creatives CIC permission to print, display and include your submission within the collective artwork and archive.

Works may be reproduced as part of limited editions to raise funds for the CIC. Artists retain copyright and will be credited in all relevant uses, including promotional and sales material.

Questions

Email: workingclasscreativesdatabase@gmail.com

Subject line: COLLECTIVE ENQUIRY

We’re excited

We’re really looking forward to seeing this first DIY rooted collective commission come together, shaped directly by you!!

Full open call PDF

https://ugc.production.linktr.ee/b5d4fbc8-8875-44bf-8986-c453b71f0b36_open-call--1-merged.pdf