Learn more about WPA’s 2025-2026 Open Call “Lineages: Generations of Creative Resilience in the District,” inviting proposals for projects that center intergenerational collaboration among DC-area artists. Conceived in concert with WPA’s 50th Anniversary and the forthcoming launch of our digital archive, this prompt reflects on the potential of intergenerational community-building among artists in the District as a way to carry forward vulnerable histories and imagine resilient creative futures.

WPA invites artist-duos to propose a project, involving other DC-area participants, to be presented in WPA’s project space in Dupont Circle (appx. 600 square feet, raw space, storefront opening in Fall 2025) for durations of at least 10 weeks, accompanied by two (2) public programs that will take place offsite.

Recognizing that concepts of generational age difference can vary between different communities and groups, artists are invited to interpret the term “intergenerational” however they find most suitable to their project.

Details and application can be found here. Submissions will be accepted through August 5, 2025 at 11:59pm ET.

Please email us at info@wpadc.org with any questions.