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Pseudo-Scripts? Rethinking an Underexplored Script-Image Phenomenon

for Epigraphy, Graffiti, Iconography (EGI), an Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
Co-editor: Anna Elisabeth Krebs-Bendszus, Institute for Art History, University of Bonn, Germany

Abstract (for webinar) until 15 of May 2026.
Full paper (publishing) until the end of August 2026.
Webinar September / October (to be announced)
Publication of the Issue: November 2026.
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Graffiti, Street Art, and (Il)Legality: The role of (il)legality in graffiti and street art
for GSA - Graffiti and Street Art journal (Vol.4) and Urban Creativity, conference and activities, 2026
Special Issue Editor: Stefano Bloch, University of Arizona

Abstract submission date: until the end of May 2026.
Full articles (if invited): until the end of July 2026.
Expected publication date: November 2026.
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Space as a Medium

Space as a Medium for Organizing Collective Realities & Transforming Social Environments
for UXUC - User Experience and Urban Creativity journal (Vol.8 N1) and Space as Experiment – Experimenting with Space, NEW Webinar, 17 June 2026
Co-editor: Philipp Schnell, Institute of Urban and Regional Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Submission of abstracts (300 words max.) until April 30, 2026.
Submission of full papers until July 30, 2026.
Publication of UXUC Special Issue: November 2026.
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Inscribed Frames

Inscribed Frames Hybridizations of the Moving Image
for GSA - Graffiti and Street Art journal (Vol.4) and Urban Creativity, conference and activities, 2026
Co-editor: Mattia Ronconi, Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture ID+; Faculty of Fine Art, University of Porto

Abstract until the end of April 2026.
Full paper until the end of July 2026.
Publication of the Issue: November 2026.
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Graffiti Expressionism

Graffiti Expressionism: Updating the Classical Art Canons
for GSA - Graffiti and Street Art journal (Vol.4) and Urban Creativity, conference and activities, 13th edition
Co-editor: Kai Hendrik Schlusche, Author and Independent Researcher in Graffiti and Street Art

Abstract until the end of April 2026.
Full paper until the end of July 2026.
Publication of the Issue: November 2026.
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Space-Body-Movement

Space–Body–Movement: Contemporary territories, practices and displacements
for CAP - Public Art Journal (Vol.8 N1)
Co-editors: Evandro Fiorin (UFSC, Brazil) and Lilian Amaral (USP, Brazil)

Submission of abstracts until May 30, 2026.
Submission of full papers until August 30, 2026.
Publication of CAP in continuum: November 2026.
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Situated Drawing

Situated Drawing: Practice, Place, and Conditions
for Black Book Drawing and Sketching journal (Vol.7, N1) and Nature Drawing Nature, 2nd Seminar
Co-editors: Sara Schneckloth and Kiera O'Toole

Seminar: April 2–3
Full paper until May 30, 2026.
Publication: September 2026.
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Cartographies of Practice

Cartographies of Practice: Drawing, Mapping, and Situated Knowledge
for Black Book Drawing and Sketching journal (Vol.7, N2) and Nature Drawing Nature, (online) 2nd Seminar
Co-editors: Sara Schneckloth (University of South Carolina, USA) and Kiera O'Toole (Loughborough University, UK).

Seminar: April 2 and 3
Full paper until the end of May 2026.
Publication of the Issue: September 2026.

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Lisbon Urban Creativity Conference: July 2, 3 and 4, 2026. Stay tuned to our newsletter for updates.

2025 Recap

In 2025, we organized three conferences and seminars. Nearly 200 articles were published across our journals: Check the reports here.

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