; On 10/18, 3 queer Jewish disabled writers and artists, including #CCAwardees Kenny Fries and Quintan Ana Wikswo will discuss their work on Aktion T4, a prime crucible of disability history, during a Zoom, says @SyracuseNews. https://news.syr.edu/blog/2021/10/10/panelists-to-discuss-aktion-t4-and-contesting-the-erasure-of-disability-history-during-virtual-event-oct-18/
On 10/20 #CCAwardees Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born present a new work at @FIAFNY's Crossing the Line Festival. BEFORE THE WHISPER BECOMES THE WORD will be a room-sized installation that crosses media. https://fiaf.org/event/2021-10-ctl-okpokwasili-video/
This $7,000 award by the Recharge Foundation, administered by @nyfacurrent, was created for painters living in the United States who are working in the New Surrealist style. Deadline: Oct 19. https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/recharge-foundation/
"My real hope is that this film will help people beyond ones that were born into a similar family." @HBO interviewed Ry Russo-Young about her Creative Capital Project, NUCLEAR FAMILY, which is available to watch now. https://www.hbo.com/nuclear-family/ry-russo-interview
#CCAwardees Lead Pencil Studio have designed a new artwork at the U District Station in Seattle. The work, entitled FRAGMENT BROOKLYN, references the original plan to name the neighborhood Brooklyn. @KUOW spoke to the collective. https://www.kuow.org/stories/behind-the-art-in-north-seattle-s-new-light-rail-stations
Apply now to the Blue Springs Public Art Commission's call for sculptures, Regenerate, for a temporary exhibition of public art! Open to all professional and emerging artists.
Deadline: October 17, 2021
Find the details and apply here: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=9476
@BlueSpringsGov
Frogs, turtles, butterflies, bumblebees are disappearing rapidly. THE AGE OF LONELINESS at @acadianacenterforthearts in Lafayette, Louisiana, showcases #CCAwardee Brandon Ballengée’s work based on research on extinct species in the Gulf of Mexico. https://acadianacenterforthearts.org/exhibition/brandon-ballengee-the-age-of-loneliness/
NEW BEGINNINGS: SMALL WORKS
International Deadline: 12/03/21 – Upstream Gallery invites artists to submit small works interpreting the concept of New Beginning for a juried exhibit to be held at New York's Upstream Gallery, a well-known, beautiful venue... https://artdeadline.com/ops/upstream/
Faye Driscoll is looking for performers for the performance of a new work coming to New York later next year. Apply by Oct 22. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEtfkpcJ70wVgwlotUtajfol4POQpxtv467SK9ew4hSYqixA/viewform
Kenny Fries' Creative Capital Project, IN THE PROVINCE OF THE GODS, is out on paperback by @UWiscPress on 10/19. The book follows Kenny on a journey of profound self-discovery as a disabled foreigner in Japan, a society historically hostile to difference. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5638.htm
Today's #NPRBookOfTheDay is Percival Everett's gruesome yet screamingly funny THE TREES -- check out his conversation with @nprscottsimon: https://n.pr/3vaelOD
If you haven't used Patreon before, I'm sure you've considered it as a way to support your creative practice. This great piece on @creativecap blends data and opinions to help you decide if the platform is right for you: https://creative-capital.org/2021/08/12/a-guide-to-using-patreon-artists-and-writers-on-using-membership-platforms/ #creativity #Entrepreneurship
To celebrate the premiere of Laura Parnes Creative Capital Project, @PioneerWorks_ hosts a special screening and performance around TOUR WITHOUT END on 11/12, featuring performances by The Blow, CRICKETS, and Macy Rodman. Don't miss this! https://pioneerworks.org/programs/tour-without-end-screening-and-performance
Apply today to the 3rd Annual Sell @ 100 Galleries Online - 2021! Organized by @BiafarinArt, this exhibit will showcase art from each selected artist in up to 100 online placements for 3 months.
Deadline: October 20, 2021
Get more info and apply at https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=9056
"I’m not looking for gods and heroes in my art or in my authors or in the art that I love. I’m looking for experiences that make something palpable or sensible to me that hadn’t heretofore." #CCAwardee Maggie Nelson spoke to Ezra Klein on @nytimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/podcasts/transcript-ezra-klein-interviews-maggie-nelson.html
.@MoMAPS1's GREATER NEW YORK survey exhibition is now on view through 4/18/22. The show features work by #CCAwardee Steffani Jemison. https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5352
More things to apply for in October and November rounded up by @creativecap! https://creative-capital.org/2021/09/29/artist-opportunities-with-upcoming-deadlines-in-october-and-november-2021/?mc_cid=f34c854cb1&mc_eid=c98b430f6d&fbclid=IwAR0VkpFlxX7l5PO1okK5DGhH3x_t4-1qS2LCyEhW1q8GfrjTh_DmJ2Fz7Eo
This photograph, titled Glimpse Through the Veil, was taken by E Bee Bantug (@BeeBantug on Instagram) in 2018. #Oregon
#WayOutWest #Photography #ArtOfTheDay
@creativecap presents Grantwriting for Artists, a 4-part workshop with Tracie Holder, starting Nov 2. Open to artists working across all disciplines who have a project in development and are ready to start the grant application process. https://www.classy.org/event/grantwriting-for-artists/e351493.
For decades, @4_columns writes, #CCAwardee Jennie C. Jones "has made abstract 'compositions' that initiate a taut dialogue between the fields of visual art and music." Her exhibition NEW COMPOSITIONS is on view at Alexander Gray gallery in NYC thru 10/23. https://4columns.org/griffin-tim/jennie-c-jones
OCTOBER PLEINAIR SALON $33,000 ART COMPETITON
11th Annual PleinAir Salon Art Competition. All types of paintings are eligible and do not need to have been completed in plein air. Monthly online competitions in 18 categories. $33,000 each year in awards... https://pleinairsalon.com/deadline
We're live! Join us for a free conversation about how artists balance academia life. We're joined by Julia Christensen, Hasan Elahi, and Marcia Douglas. https://youtu.be/3mxg35w_gAc
Apply today to Artistonish Magazine - October 2021, hosted by @BiafarinArt! Each magazine issue presents significant artworks created by brilliant artists from all around the world.
Deadline: October 17, 2021
Find more info and apply here:
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=9379
Huge congrats to #CCAwardee Guadalupe Maravilla, who received the Lise Wilhelmsen Award, one of the world’s largest art prizes! https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/guadalupe-maravilla-wins-lise-wilhelmsen-award-1234605745/
#CCAwardees Rodney McMillan, Jennie C Jones, Beatriz Muñoz Santiago, Simone Leigh, and Jamal Cyrus join this year's lineup of @prospect_nola, which opens 10/23! Prospect is a citywide contemporary art triennial in New Orleans. https://www.prospectneworleans.org/p5-artist-list
