Call for Visual Artist Submissions – Album Cover art
What Is Noise | Temporal Echoes

What Is Noise, an award-winning contemporary chamber ensemble, invites artists to submit designs for the cover of our second album, Temporal Echoes. The winning design will be featured as the official album cover and the selected artist will receive:

• $500 prize

• Promotional Credit

• A physical copy of the album

• Release date: April, 2026

• Record label: Parma Recording

Album Theme:

Temporal Echoes explores the relationship between space and time, engaging with ideas of memory, places, people, and nostalgia as our ensemble celebrates over 10 years of making music together.

Track Listing:

• Jensen Thomassie – Wander

• Daniel Whitworth – Ripples in Infinity

• Rob Smith – Sprint

• Joshua Burel – Temporal Echoes

• Kevork Andonian – A Footstep Too Far from My Soul

• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Divertimento

• Jennifer Jolley – How to Be a Deep Thinker in Los Angeles

Artists may email us to request the album track list with limited access if they would like to listen to the music and use it as inspiration for their submission.

 Submission Guidelines:

The competition welcomes a variety of genres, including painting, printmaking, mixed media, photography, and digital media. Artists are welcome to submit existing works that fit these categories. Please note that AI-generated art will Not be accepted.

• Deadline: November 23, 2025

• Submit to: whatisnoisemusic@gmail.com

• Entry fee: $20 (Pay via Paypal: www.whatisnoise.net/donate )

• What to Submit:

• High-resolution photograph of the artwork that will be modified (adding of ensemble name, album title, record label information, etc.) and used as the album cover.

• Square format (3000 x 3000 px, 300 dpi)

• JPG or PNG file format

• Optional: Include a short description (100–150 words) explaining your design concept.