November 6/7 2026. 6-10p.m.
Gulf Coast State College Campus
Panama City, Florida
Since 2014 we have featured the work of hundreds of artists from 45+ countries.
What Should You Enter?
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• Local and International projection art • Live performance •
• Interactive Activities • Short Films • Animation • Photography • Doodlers •
• World's Largest Pinball Machine? • Sand Art • What's YOUR Idea? •
YOU - (The artist)
1 - MUST own all copyrights/performance rights to all material submitted.
2 - WILL retain ALL rights to your work (except noted below)
3 - No Generative AI (complete details in our Entry Form)
WE - (Public Eye Soar)
1 - Reserve the right to use photos/video taken at the event in our future promotions for other Eye Soar events.
2 - Will air submitted material during the projection festival only.
3 - Will never release any raw files "into the wild" and will destroy them after the festival upon request.
4 - Will never bug you with emails, maybe 4 or 5 a year.
5 - Will never sell or distribute your email in any way without your permission.
6 - We MAY have to crop/rotate/adjust your images to suit/fit the surface being projected upon
ANY subject will be considered - keep in mind that Public Eye Soar is a all-ages, free public event
ALL decisions to air any piece (or not) are made solely by Public Eye Soar.
PUBLIC EYE SOAR Projection Festival
HOW TO SEND - PHOTOS
A suggested number of photos would be 8-15, We will be glad to build a slideshow for you.
Any number of photos, or slideshow length will be considered.
Email your Large size pictures no more than 3-4 at a time to:
PublicEyeSoarEntry@gmail.com
NO Dropbox - NO Google Shares
Other (free) options :
www.wetransfer.com (up to 2gb) or www.filemail.com (up to 5gb)
Send the transfer to PublicEyeSoarEntry@gmail.com
Recommended Sizes/ Formats :
Jpeg / Png - "Large" or "Original Size" - 72 dpi or higher SUPER DUPER High Resolution images NOT needed.
Yes - you can put a small watermark/website address on images.
HOW TO SEND - MOVIES / FILMS / ANIMATIONS / FINISHED SLIDESHOWS
Movie Lengths: Ideally 1-10 minutes, all lengths considered.
You can send movie files via a free file-transfer service such as: www.wetransfer.com (up to 2gb) or www.filemail.com (up to 5gb)
OR - send us a download link to: PublicEyeSoarEntry@gmail.com
NO Dropbox - NO Google Shares
Recommended Sizes : 1920x1080 (Landscape) / 1080x1920 (Portrait)
Recommended Formats : .mp4 .h264 24fps/30fps
INTERACTIVES / LIVE PERFORMANCE
INTERACTIVES
Past shows have featured:
JD's Funhouse • Jacob's Megadome • The Shadowdome • Megalegalopolis • "Astronomy Live" • Watercolor demonstrations • Live Doodlers • The Yellow Room • "Video Mapping 101" • "Worlds Largest Pinball Machine?" • "The Laser Room" • Lazer Drumz • Sand Art • Puppets!
LIVE PERFORMANCE
Past Public Eye Soars have included:
Bay High Marching Band • The Singing Commodores • Live Music of all kinds • Hooping Performances •
Belly Dancers • Generative soundscapes • Live Astronomy • "Butterfly Kisses" • Doodlers ! • Blacklight Painting • What's YOUR idea?
Public Eye Soar is a very small - and free festival, with an extremely tight budget.
We DO NOT have the resources to sponsor travel for live performances. ( one day maybe... )
We DO occasionally commission specific works and performances. Contact us with your ideas.
If you would like to present a interactive exhibit or live performance at Public Eye Soar,
please contact us as far in advance of the show as possible at: PublicEyeSoarEntry@gmail.com