Dear America

In a time when many immigrant communities across the United States are navigating uncertainty, Two Faced Gallery’s goal is to create space for stories that remain untold. Often, the most powerful stories live in the smallest moments of everyday life — the subtle changes, familiar routines that feel different, the things one carries but doesn’t always say aloud. Through the Dear America Project, they aim to allow those moments to be expressed and witnessed.

The Dear America Project invites written letters reflecting on the realities of the immigrant experience today. Your letter can take any form, a memory, a passing moment, a loss, a fear, a hope, or simply a day in your life. In gathering these voices, Two Faced Gallery hopes to illuminate the humanity behind experiences that are too often reduced to headlines.

Through these letters, the Project seeks to honor the complexity of immigrant experiences, creating a collection of voices that reminds one how every headline represents a life, a family, and a story worth telling–a collective archive of voices that deserve to be heard.

Application Instructions

Mail or drop off to:

Two Faced Gallery
7969 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90046

OR

Visit Two Faced Gallery’s website to submit a virtual letter.

You may write to:

America, yourself, a loved one who has been detained or separated from you, someone who has been deported, someone you have lost, ICE or the systems that affect your life.

You may choose to write about questions such as:

• What has changed in your daily life?
• How does an ordinary moment feel different now?
• Has someone you love been detained, deported, or separated from you?
• What does working, traveling, or simply moving through your neighborhood feel like today?
• What do you wish others understood about your experience?

These prompts are simply starting points. You are welcome to write about any aspect of your experience that feels meaningful to you. There is no correct way to write this letter, Two Faced Gallery simply hopes you choose to share.

Details:

Two Faced Gallery recognizes that sharing personal experiences can be sensitive. Contributors may choose whether their work is submitted anonymously or credited.

You may submit your letter:

• Anonymously
• With your name credited

If anonymity is selected, no identifying information will be shared or published. If identifying details are included within the text of your letter, they will only appear in the displayed version if consent is given. The safety and privacy of submitters is a top priority and will be protected.

Length:

There is no minimum or maximum length requirement. Your letter may be a single paragraph, a page, or several pages long. As a general guideline, many submissions may fall around one page, but Two Faced Gallery encourages you to write only as much, or as little, as feels right to you.

Presentation of Letters:

Letters may be lightly edited for formatting, when necessary for exhibition purposes. but the voice and meaning will remain intact. Two Faced Gallery will not alter the meaning or intent of your submission.

A Final Note:

Your story does not need to center on a major event. Some letters may speak about separation, loss, or uncertainty, while others may focus on everyday moments, family traditions, memories, hopes, or acts of belonging. Every experience is welcome.

There is no correct way to write this letter. Whether your story is joyful, difficult, ordinary, unresolved, or still unfolding, Two Faced Gallery invites you to share whatever feels meaningful to you.