PIGMENT MAGAZINE ISSUE VI: AMERICA 250 —WE ARE THE PEOPLE
- Jun 4
- 2 min read
Call For Art and Advertisers
Two hundred and fifty years. That is the span of American history this nation is marking in 2026 — and Pigment International® is marking it on our own terms.
Pigment Magazine Issue VI, our Collector's Edition, arrives this August themed America 250: We ARE The People. At a moment when the contributions of Black Americans risk being minimized or erased from the national record, this issue centers Black artists as essential narrators of where this country has been, where it stands today, and where it must go.
The editorial landscape is extraordinary. Profiles of Expo Chicago's new curator Essence Harden and the Smithsonian's Jane Carpenter Rock sit alongside a landmark anniversary story on the Kinsey Collection at 20 years. We travel from Chicago's iconic Wall of Respect — whose anniversary we have long documented — to Venice, to Lagos, to wherever Black creative vision is reshaping the world. The Edmonda Lewis traveling exhibition, currently moving across this country, receives the attention it deserves. And at the center of it all: a multi-voice story exploring how artists today are interpreting America's 250th through the charged, contested, and reclaimed image of the flag.
We are calling on you. If you are a Black artist working with themes of nationhood, identity, history, resistance, or belonging — we want to see your work. Submit images for editorial consideration to pigmentintl@gmail.com. Image submissions are due June 15, 2026.
Advertisers and corporate partners: this is the issue you want to be in. Ad reservations close June 15. Final materials are due July 1. All ads are full page. Beautiful design is expected and celebrated.
Issue VI, an evergreen keepsake, goes to press July 15. E-mail us at pigmentintl@gmail.com. Artwork by Thomas Lockhart, courtesy of E&S Gallery.
This is the record. Be part of it.
Pigment International is grateful to the Field Foundation for their support of this issue.