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Apply Now: Artist Fellowships in Drawing & Printmaking, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, Painting

December 15, 2021 2 Comments

Saira Wasim (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow '20), REST IS HISTORY (2017), paper cut collage, ink and gouache on wasli paper, 28.5x26x2 in.

Mass Cultural Council believes that artists are essential to our vital communities. To support artists and their creative work, we are now accepting 2022 Artist Fellowships applications in the categories of Drawing & Printmaking, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Painting. Deadline: Monday, January 24, 2022. The Artist Fellowships are unrestricted, anonymously judged, … [Read more...]

Cresting Artist Opportunities

December 14, 2021 Leave a Comment

Call to Artists The Newburyport Art Association invites artists to submit to the Winter Juried Show part 1, focusing on Digital Art, Drawing, Oil, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Watercolor. Their seasonal juried exhibits promote regional excellence in each medium. Winter Juried Show part 1 is juried by Julie Hamel of the Currier Museum. Learn more. Deadline: December 17, … [Read more...]

Artist Opportunities Carry On

December 7, 2021 Leave a Comment

Call for Artists The Morini Gallery, at the MMS in Mansfield, in partnership and purpose with the Joe Andruzzi Foundation, asks artists to submit their best works exploring the hope, humor, and humanity that thrives within all of us despite our deepest fears and our most challenging experiences. The exhibition "Art for Hope," is juried by Tatiana Flis, artist and assistant … [Read more...]

Mythology and Traditional Stories in Art

December 3, 2021 1 Comment

Ethan Murrow (Drawing & Printmaking Fellow '16), THE CULTIVAR (2021), High flow acrylic on mounted board, 60 x 48 in.

Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked a group of artists, How do mythology, fables, folk tales, and traditional stories impact your art? Poet Kirun Kapur, visual artist Ethan Murrow, printmaker Debra Olin, Bharatanatyam dance artist Soumya Rajaram, and photographer Astrid Reischwitz … [Read more...]

Vernacular Glamour

December 2, 2021 Leave a Comment

The Cambridge Art Association's (CAA) upcoming exhibition Vernacular Glamour, curated by Juan Omar Rodriguez, will be held in January 2022 at its Kathryn Schultz Gallery. This exhibit is part of their Platform Curatorial Opportunity series, an annual opportunity for emerging or established curators to explore a new curatorial idea in the CAA's Kathryn Schultz Gallery. Curators … [Read more...]

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