“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” -Aesop
Our world spins ever on, with more and more of us clinging to its surface all the time. It can be a harsh and lonely place, the earth, filled with strangers each of whom are looking out for their own interests, their own fortunes. When we turn our backs on each other, we make this cold place even colder. It only takes a small gesture, a kind work, a hand reaching out when there is need, to let someone know they aren’t alone.
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore spoke to us from Seattle. Her most recent book, The Freezer Door, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, one of Oprah’s best LGBTQ books of 2020 and a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. The book is about desire and its impossibility.
Through that lens, it is about the dream of the city of the place where you find everything and everyone that you never imagined and whether that possibility even exists anymore. Set in Seattle, the book explores the foreclosure of things that the city once allowed. The gentrification of the city, Sycamore believes, has contributed greatly to this. To hear more from the author including live readings from The Freezer Door, listen to the complete interview.
Autumn Wallace spoke to us from Brooklyn where she is working out of a temporary studio following two months residency working in a Brooklyn brownstone. When we spoke, Wallace was preparing for a show in Cologne, Germany at Gaa Gallery. The working title of the show is Ode to the Working
Thermometer, an homage to archaic things whether customs, utilities, all those things that have been packed out of existence. The exhibition will take up three rooms. Two of them will be filled with paintings and sculptures and the third will be a group show along with curators who have been instrumental in Wallace’s career. To hear more about the solo portions of the show and other aspects of her life and work, listen to the complete interview
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Maria The Jewess And The Women of Alchemy
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Weekly Grants &
Resources for Artists
Emily Kennerk, installation, 2015
Every week you will find updated resources here to apply for grants, find residencies and more.
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Opportunity doesn’t always present itself, often we must seek it out. For artists, this is especially true. There are abundant ways to enrich your career and your practice, but you must dedicate time to finding and securing those avenues that can advance you in the direction...
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As summer begins to set its waning course, the time is right to plan for the next quarter. If you’re a career artist, that could mean approaching galleries, creating new work, working to secure funding or applying to residency periods to enrich your artistic experiences. There are a number of ways that artists can...
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The world is smaller than you think and it’s yours to explore. You were born a citizen of this planet and you have a lifetime to get to know every corner. For artists, the ability to immerse themselves in other places and cultures is not only an invaluable tool for personal growth but can...
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The world is yours if you choose to take hold. For artists, residency can offer the opportunity to expand your horizons, grow your practice, network well outside your usual circles and embrace places and experiences you might not otherwise encounter. While not every residency will be suited to every artist, if you commit to your...
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These are positive and / or negative reviews of galleries, art fairs, consultants, writers, online pay to play offers,
residencies and more – all written by artists so that other artists can beware of situations where institutions treat artists badly, or that end up costing the artist money or are outright scams.
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