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Create Connections Through Creativity

Whether you're an individual artist or part of a team, you can share your work, collaborate with others, and help grow a creative community rooted in curiosity, expression, and mutual support.

Silhouettes of people observing colorful and abstract artwork arranged in a gallery display. The artwork features various bold colors and dynamic shapes, with text panels below each visual piece.
Silhouettes of people observing colorful and abstract artwork arranged in a gallery display. The artwork features various bold colors and dynamic shapes, with text panels below each visual piece.

Step One:
Choose Your Category

Whether your creativity shines through film, photography, spoken word, digital media, painting, or dance, there’s a place for you here.

These steps are for individual participants—but if you’d rather join an existing team, click here to collaborate on a Challenge project that’s already underway.

  • Pick the category
    (see list below).

  • Pick the medium
    (see list below).

People are engaged in a creative activity, focusing on painting or drawing. One person is holding a paintbrush to a piece of paper. The background is blurred, suggesting a busy environment with multiple individuals participating.
People are engaged in a creative activity, focusing on painting or drawing. One person is holding a paintbrush to a piece of paper. The background is blurred, suggesting a busy environment with multiple individuals participating.

Step Two:
Create Your Piece

Your submission should be thoughtful, engaging, and relevant to the challenge’s mission—educating, informing, and empowering communities.

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gray train station

Step Three:
Submit Your Work

Upload your project via our submission portal (or email/Google Drive for large files). Provide a short description, including your inspiration and intended impact.

Have questions?
e-mail: Contact Us Today

mural painting
mural painting

Post your submission on social media using our challenge hashtag #createtorium.

Step Four:
We thrive. You thrive.

Category Groups

Medium-Based Categories

  1. Best Short Film Award – For documentary or narrative storytelling through film.

  2. Best Photography & Visual Storytelling Award – Capturing injustice through impactful imagery.

  3. Spoken Word & Poetry Award – The power of words to inspire and educate.

  4. Music & Sound for Impact Award – Songs, compositions, and sound-driven activism.

  5. Digital & Motion Art Award – Animation, motion graphics, and digital storytelling.

  6. Performance Art Award – Dance, skits, or theater-based advocacy.

  7. Illustration & Graphic Design Award – Using visual art to expose injustice.

  8. Personal Narrative Award – Storytelling through first-person experiences.

  9. Experimental & Mixed Media Award – Projects that combine multiple creative disciplines (e.g., from textiles to digital).

  10. MUA & Hair Award – Celebrating Makeup Artists and Hairstylists whose artistry significantly contributes to storytelling.

  11. Handcrafted Activism Award – Celebrating craft-based activism through handmade works such as textile arts, woodwork, ceramics, quilting, jewelry-making, embroidery, and sculpture that tell stories of resistance, resilience, and advocacy.

  12. Wearable Art & Costume Design Award – Recognizing the artistry of wearable activism, including handmade fashion, upcycled designs, and culturally significant garments that make statements on social justice issues.

  13. Community & Public Art Award – Honoring collaborative art installations, murals, or craft-based community projects that engage and uplift communities through visual storytelling.

A bold and colorful poster features the phrase 'Build Confidence in the Creative Spirit' in black and yellow text. The background displays vibrant vertical stripes in blue and pink, with contrasting designs in yellow and purple.
A bold and colorful poster features the phrase 'Build Confidence in the Creative Spirit' in black and yellow text. The background displays vibrant vertical stripes in blue and pink, with contrasting designs in yellow and purple.
A handmade sign with the message 'Creativity is better left unconfined' is attached to a weathered, textured background using a purple clothespin on a blue and white rope. The sign blends an artistic mix of handwritten styles in a combination of black and some colorful accents.
A handmade sign with the message 'Creativity is better left unconfined' is attached to a weathered, textured background using a purple clothespin on a blue and white rope. The sign blends an artistic mix of handwritten styles in a combination of black and some colorful accents.
A vibrant, circular mural with the phrase 'MAKE ART NOT WAR' painted in bold black and red letters on a multicolored abstract background. The wall is in an outdoor wintry setting, partially covered with snow. A sign for 'Velvet Cafe' is visible to the side, with trees and snow around.
A vibrant, circular mural with the phrase 'MAKE ART NOT WAR' painted in bold black and red letters on a multicolored abstract background. The wall is in an outdoor wintry setting, partially covered with snow. A sign for 'Velvet Cafe' is visible to the side, with trees and snow around.
A vibrant mural on a building wall features various figures and signs with messages advocating for social justice. The artwork prominently includes phrases like 'Black Lives Matter,' and other calls for societal change. The imagery uses a mix of colors and geometric patterns as a backdrop, with figures wearing masks, highlighting themes of activism and awareness.
A vibrant mural on a building wall features various figures and signs with messages advocating for social justice. The artwork prominently includes phrases like 'Black Lives Matter,' and other calls for societal change. The imagery uses a mix of colors and geometric patterns as a backdrop, with figures wearing masks, highlighting themes of activism and awareness.
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Empowered

Step into a thriving creative movement where artists uplift one another, transforming everyday spaces into dynamic expressions of self-expression. Stylists, designers, photographers, and performers come together to turn the ordinary into something extraordinary.

Captured through the lens of photographer Matt Ordeshook, this underground gathering radiates raw energy, bold artistry, and limitless creativity.

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Get In Touch

Connect with us to share your creative work and help expose injustices faced by vulnerable communities. Together, we can make a difference.

E-mail us!

createtorium@gmail.com