artist calls

This award is open to visual artists in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho. Administered by @iheartsam, the award honors artists for their original, compelling work. The winner receives $15,000 and will be able to show their work at the museum. Deadline: Aug 1 https://www.seattleartmuseum.org/about-sam/art-submissions#bet

Visual artists based in Washington State can now apply for the McMillen Foundation Fellowship. The fellowship comes with $5,000 to $10,000 awards. Deadline: Aug 11. https://mcmillenfoundation.org/fellowships/

Seattle concert venues are filling up again. #CCAwardee Ahamefule J. Oluo is scheduled to play Retail Therapy on Capitol Hill, says @knkxfm. https://www.knkx.org/post/new-cool-seattles-modern-jazz-stars-are-back-stage

Alan Ruiz's show at @TheKitchen_NYC closes this weekend! Through conceptual and minimal art, Ruiz explores how value is created from nothing, using concepts like air rights, prefabricated construction materials, and light. https://thekitchen.org/event/alan-ruiz-container-and-contained

#CCAwardee Guadalupe Maravilla is ready for his CLOSE UP. @art21 presents their latest profile of Maravilla and his work as a sculptor, performer, and sound healer. https://art21.org/watch/new-york-close-up/guadalupe-maravilla-the-sound-of-healing/

#CCAwardee Michael Rakowitz recreates stone carved panels destroyed by ISIS or otherwise lost in these vibrant collages made using Middle Eastern food packaging. @OculaArt previews this and more works coming to the Armory Show this year. https://ocula.com/magazine/art-news/armory-show-announces-giant-platform-works/

Join us today for a live conversation between Kenneth Bailey of @ds4si, and artists Marina Zurkow and Tiago Gualberto, as they talk about visual art projects and social justice. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-evolutions-artist-roles-in-reimagining-the-social-tickets-161115588061

Through 8/31, @DanspaceProject is screening dance films by choreographers and performers like #CCAwardee Okwui Okpokwasili's RETURNING. https://danspaceproject.org/journal/

On 7/28, #CCAwardee @sanfordbiggers joins Andrea Andersson and Sergio Bessa in conversation to talk about his work, and his exhibit CODESWITCH on view at @caaminla in LA. https://events.kcrw.com/events/in-conversation-sanford-biggers-andrea-andersson-and-sergio-bessa/

"If you’re interested in race in America," says Clementine Jacoby, CEO of @recidiviz about Paul Beatty's #CCProject THE SELLOUT, "you’ll just have to take my word for it and read it." @FastCompany interviews CEOs about their summer reads. https://www.fastcompany.com/90657098/10-ceos-on-the-books-theyre-reading-this-summer

TRANSFER II "is subtle to the point of near-invisibility, achieving the artist’s stated aim to reveal the 'formalism' of institutional frameworks." @archpaper reviews #CCAwardee Alan Ruiz's show at @TheKitchen_NYC. https://www.archpaper.com/2021/07/form-supplants-function-the-kitchen-alan-ruiz-container-and-contained/

This month’s list of artist opportunities includes a residency near Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, a $10,000 fellowship for visual artists based in Washington state, and an award for films exploring the intersection of health and climate change. https://creative-capital.org/2021/07/26/artist-opportunities-with-upcoming-deadlines-in-august-and-september-2021/

Kenneth Bailey of @ds4si discusses with Marina Zurkow and Tiago Gualberto how artists can lead the way in imagining more just and vibrant arrangements for everyday. Join us this Thursday for a free, online conversation. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-evolutions-artist-roles-in-reimagining-the-social-tickets-161115588061

In 2014 #CCAwardee Theaster Gates bought Halsted Hardware in Chicago, a family-owned True Value shop that was going out of business. @ArtinAmerica reviews his recent installation there HARDWARE STORE PAINTING. https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/theaster-gates-gray-chicago-hardware-1234599537/