The Post Hurricane Art Network is an online educational repository featuring visual artworks from those living in hurricane-impacted communities.
Publishing: December 2025
Research Participants Needed
Current Project: “The Role of Visual Arts in Hurricane Recovery”
CALL FOR ART
We are currently seeking submissions of visual artworks created as a response to hurricanes which impacted the United States to be included in the Post Hurricane Art Network. This educational repository seeks to center the voices of those who live in hurricane-impacted communities by showcasing either 1.) professionally made art, shown or highlighted by a museum or gallery or created as a commission, 2.) personal art created for self-expression or disaster processing or 3.) socially created art through community arts engagement. The goal of creating this online space is to highlight the personal histories of those impacted by disasters, foster connection amongst hurricane-impacted people, aid in the development of relevant arts programming for communities impacted by natural disasters, and increase understanding of the complex ways people experience recovery.
The submitted image will appear in an online database as part of an interactive story map, created with ArcGIS software, and include your artist statement or an article of your choosing about the work, with the option to link to your professional website. The website will be live by December 2025. This is a scholarly undertaking that will be highlighted within dissertation work for educational and nonprofit purposes only, being completed as part of DMH program in Medical and Health Humanities at Drew University. In addition to the educational repository, your submitted image may be published in the library's institutional repository and linked within the catalog.
Please click the button below for further information and to upload your submission online:
RESEARCH: INTERVIEWS
We are seeking participants to complete interviews about the role of visual arts in hurricane recovery. Questions relate to the following topics: your role and connection to hurricane-impacted areas, the impact of the storm on your community, compounding circumstances and recovery, post-hurricane material culture, and your connection to art-making, social arts, professional arts, and virtual arts engagement.
Participant Qualifications: Adult Participants ages 18+ with a direct connection to a hurricane-impacted area, including self-identified artists, non-artist community members and stakeholders who have a role in decision-making, recovery, care, or research of hurricane-impacted communities.
o Artists: Self-identified artists, either in a personal or professional capacity, in all visual art mediums (excludes performing, literary, and musical arts, unless interdisciplinary) who live/lived in a hurricane-impacted area.
o Non-Artist Community Members: Those who do not identify as an artist and who live/lived in an hurricane-impacted area.
o Stakeholders: Those who work in initiatives and/or research surrounding hurricane response and recovery or arts in health who live/lived in an hurricane-impacted area. May or may not identify as an artist.
Please utilize the calendar below to schedule an interview. All interviews require that you review a consent form to participate and to a consent to record the interview. All data remains anonymous and non-identifiable. Interviews are conducted remotely via ZOOM.
Contact
Questions can be sent to Crystal King Wallner, doctoral candidate and researcher in the Medical and Health Humanities program at Drew University at:
ckingwallner@drew.edu
Or you may reach out directly through the site by emailing:
info@postdisasterart.net