Of Note: Save the Date for the Berkshires/Columbia County Pay Equity Coalition: 2024 Summit, Wednesday, September 25, 2024 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Learn more. The summit will build on the organization’s Here is a 2023 Pay Equity Project Summary and Full Report on pay equity for cultural workers. They are also conducting a new survey for workers and survey for employers, with a July 16, 2024 deadline.
Call to Artists with Disabilities The Open Doors Festival: Arts + Disability is a free event celebrating disability culture by elevating the voices of artists with disabilities. The festival will be held the weekend of October 19, 2024 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, featuring performances, art installations, panel discussions, and an arts market. The Call for Artists is now open and submissions will be accepted through July 18, 2024. Artists will be selected and notified by August 19, 2024. Learn more.
Deadline: July 18, 2024
Artist Residency Byrdcliffe’s Artists-in-Residence (AiR) program offers artists in all disciplines uninterrupted time to live and work within the serene natural setting. Fall 2024 options include 2-to-4-month long residencies in historic Byrdcliffe cottages. A selection of artistic merit and financial need fellowships are available each year, covering partial to full residency fees. Learn more.
Deadline: July 29, 2024
Funding for Filmmakers of Color Applications are currently being accepted for the AXS Film Fund. This program is for creators of color in documentary filmmaking or nonfiction new media who identify as living with a disability. While AXS prefers that a person of color living with a disability is a key contributor to the project, the fund welcomes diverse teams to apply. Each year up to five creators receive grants of up to $10,000 each to assist in finishing their projects in any stage of production. Learn more.
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Writers Entries are currently being accepted for the 2024 Best Spiritual Literature Awards in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction will award $500 and publication in the Best Spiritual Literature anthology (Orison Books) for a single work in each genre. Judges: Sarah Ghazal Ali (poetry), Amit Majmudar (fiction), Susanne Paola Antonetta (nonfiction). Entry fee: $12. Submission period: May 1–August 1. Learn more.
Deadline: August 1, 2024
Call to Artists Brookline Arts Make Community (BAMC) seeks proposals from artists (solo or teams) with experience in outdoor and site-specific works. We’re looking for vibrant and playful concepts to bring joy and beauty to Brookline’s streets. Boxes Around Town (Round 3): BAMC invites artists to submit artwork designs for transforming three utility boxes along Harvard Street into captivating pieces of art. These painted installations provide a canvas for artists to infuse color, vibrancy, and narrative into the everyday streetscape.
Turkeys Around Town (Round 2): Paying homage to Brookline’s unofficial mascots, BAMC continues its popular program of personalized and painted fiberglass turkey sculptures. Inspired by the “Cow Parade,” these turkey sculptures add whimsy and charm to Brookline’s commercial areas. Artists are encouraged to submit proposals for designing and painting three fiberglass turkey sculptures to be installed at the Public Library of Brookline branch locations (Brookline Village, Coolidge Corner, and Putterham).
Art Around Town (Art Benches): BAMC seeks local artists to submit design proposals for two park benches that will be primed, painted, and sealed before installation on the Town Hall Lawn. These “art benches” should reflect the spirit and diversity of Brookline, creating functional and beautiful pieces of art for the community to enjoy.
Deadline: August 2, 2024 at 12:00 pm.
Call for Artists The Gallery at Asylum in Boston is asking for submissions of work that reflects the spirit of our theme “Cross-Pollination.” In this call for submissions, we’re hoping to motivate and forge collaborations between artists and craftspeople. We are seeking work unique to the culture of creatives sharing their craft with each other. Learn more.
Deadline: August 28, 2024
Call for Muralists The Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee (PACC) is collaborating with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to commission a mural along the Watertown/Cambridge Greenway that commemorates the life and work of Arshile Gorky, who, notably, forged the birth of Abstract Expressionism in the United States. The mural is an extension of a larger project by a Watertown working group to memorialize Gorky’s time in Watertown, MA, and his contribution to modern art, led jointly by resident Jack Dargon and the Public Arts and Culture Committee with support from The Armenian Museum of Watertown, Mosesian Center for the Arts, and the Historical Society of Watertown. Learn more.
Deadline: September 15, 2024 by 11:59 PM
Of Note: Emergency Preparedness: A 4-Step Action Plan, an easy-to-follow plan geared toward helping individual artists in all disciplines protect themselves and their assets in case of emergency.
Image credit: Photograph of a man standing on a spiral staircase painting a wall in India, 2007, Jorge Royan. From Wikimedia Commons.
Leave a Reply