“Contemporary mixed media practice across materials, techniques, and disciplines”
The Big Book of Mixed Media Artists 2026 is the next chapter in a global publishing project by Arts to Hearts Project, bringing together 100 artists whose practices move across materials, mediums, and processes. Each edition becomes a record of a particular creative community: the ideas being explored, the materials being used, the approaches being developed, and the different voices shaping a field at a particular moment. The project began in 2024 with The Big Book of Tiny Creatives, created for artists between the ages of 2 and 18. Across its first three editions, more than 200 young artists have been brought together through the series. The series is now expanding beyond young artists: The Big Book of Painters 2026 will bring together another 100 artists working across painting, while The Big Book of Mixed Media Artists 2026 will add 100 artists working across materials, techniques, and disciplines. The ambition is not to create one book and move on to the next. It is to build a long-term publishing collection in which each edition documents a different community of artists and, together, the books begin to form a broader record of contemporary creative practice.