Weekly free resources from Brainard Carey - grants, residencies, awards, and interviews with art world figures as well as book recommendations for artists like you.
Published: Sun, 04/13/25
Updated: Wed, 04/16/25
Your Weekly Digest from Pra is Center for Aesthetic Studies APR 13, 2025 Is Your Life Mundane? Maybe That’s A Good Thing… by Brainard Carey Marek…
Published: Sun, 04/13/25
Updated: Wed, 04/16/25
Dear Artist, This is my final email to you in this sequence. No dramatic countdown timers. No confetti. Just a quiet, sincere reminder: Tonight is the…
Published: Sat, 04/12/25
Updated: Fri, 04/18/25
Dear Artist, A few months ago, one of our members—let’s call her A.—joined Pra is with a very specific goal: to fund a large-scale, multi-year project…
Published: Sat, 04/12/25
Updated: Wed, 04/16/25
Dear Artist, Last week inside Pra is, a curator who worked on the Venice Biennale spent a full hour in conversation with our members. She wasn’t on a…
Published: Fri, 04/11/25
Updated: Sat, 04/12/25
Dear Artist, Let’s pause for a moment. You’ve read several emails from me this week. Hopefully, they’ve offered you insight—not pressure. Because this…
Published: Thu, 04/10/25
Updated: Sat, 04/12/25
Dear Artist, There’s a romantic version of the art world that still floats around: You find a gallery. You build a relationship. They take care of…
Published: Wed, 04/09/25
Updated: Thu, 04/10/25
Dear Artist, There’s a particular tone you’ve probably heard before. It’s the “let me e plain how the art world works” voice. It usually comes from…
Published: Tue, 04/08/25
Updated: Tue, 04/08/25
Dear Artist, There’s a persistent fantasy about curators. It’s that they’re sitting in front of their laptops, scouring Instagram, following rabbit…
Published: Mon, 04/07/25
Updated: Tue, 04/08/25
Dear Artist, Let’s begin with a truth the art world rarely articulates: You will not be discovered. This isn’t meant to discourage, only to clarify.
Published: Sun, 04/06/25
Updated: Mon, 04/07/25
Your Weekly Digest from Pra is Center for Aesthetic Studies APR 06, 2025 Why Are You Who You Are? by Brainard Carey Diane Burko Summer Heat 1 & 2 2020…