What Keeps Us Well Open Call Galleries
As part of our What Keeps Us Well heritage project, It’s Not Your Birthday But... held an Open Call between December 2025 and March 2026. Inspired by A.F. Freeman’s 1921 poem titled ‘Shalford, 1921’, discovered in a Shalford Women’s Institute scrapbook at the Surrey History Centre, we invited artists, writers, and filmmakers to reflect on what keeps them well. You can view the winning entries for four different categories below, alongside other selected works that were entered into the open call.
Over 18’s Visual Category
Over 18’s Written Category
Under 18’s Visual Category
Under 18’s Written Category
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