Hello, friends—
I’ve been trying to get into the mindset of springtime by getting outside more, which usually equates to trying to convince myself that the marginally longer days mean warmer weather (it doesn’t, because as we all know in the northern climes, sun in the winter usually means it’s freezing). I’ve also been doing the classic spring clean in preparation for a move to a new office space (!!). More on that down the line.
I dug into stacks and boxes of artwork, books, zines, and all sorts of fun documentation from shows that I’ve had stashed away for a few years. I found some 10-year-old Young Space things, like the flier for the very first show I ever presented. It was called re:generation—very cool—and it popped up in a vacant storefront here in Wisconsin. I remember that the opening night was so elbow-to-elbow that no one could see the work, and I thought, well, that’s not what I expected, but it sure is something! I learned more from that three-week DIY experiment than any single class I’d ever taken.
A lot has changed since then. Oh, the bliss of not knowing what you don’t know! But it’s so good to find those little reminders of how far things have come and how much you’ve learned, especially when it feels like time is moving at a glacial pace. I’m so done with February already; let’s get a move on!
In the spirit of looking forward, I’ve added a bunch of opportunities to yngspc.com/opportunities, and I’ve got a load more I need to add for deadlines later into the spring/summer. More soon!
See you next week.
—Kate
What you’ll find this week:
Featured Artist: Nina Hartmann
Five exhibitions on view this week in Berlin, Detroit, New York City, and Seoul
Twelve opportunities for artists with deadlines coming up soon
Featured Artist: Nina Hartmann
Legally, the burden of proof is a standard that requires parties to present evidence to demonstrate that a claim is valid. Nina Hartmann is interested in the malleability of that proof, like how mathematical statistics can be presented to support a particular bias or how webs of “truthiness” are wound on political message boards or UFO websites. I was initially drawn to the rich resin colors and shaped supports, which evoke glyphs or cyphers, flow charts, or the kind of shape that goes “Pow!” with information.
Hartmann gleans photographic evidence from government websites like the U.S. Air Force or the CIA, juxtaposing it with imagery supporting things like the Roswell incident or secret experiments in the 1970s to verify Uri Geller’s ability to perceive paranormal activity. I love the use of resin to create a thin, portal-like veil between where we stand as viewers and what—the truth, the past—we think we know. But she asks, do we? How do we know?
So then, I wonder, can I trust the artist’s version of events? Hartmann uses AI and other methods of altering the images, authoring her own version of events to further break down what is real or traceable, adding yet another layer to the enigma.
Most of these works formed the artist’s exhibition at Silke Lindner last autumn, and I’d recommend her interview with CULTURED, too, a great read!
See more of Hartmann’s work on Instagram.
Exhibitions
DETROIT | LIBRARY STREET COLLECTIVE
Natalie Wadlington: Pollards
Natalie Wadlington’s paintings hum with color and curious energy. I don’t think I can sum this up better than the gallery itself when it says Wadlington’s “paintings, drawings, and sculptures in Pollards explore moments of growth and pruning, of expansion and recoil, and the pollarding of our highest branches as we continue to reach upward and outward.”
Runs through February 21
NEW YORK CITY | KURIMANZUTTO
Daniel Guzmán: The Man Who Should Be Dead
Ohh, give me an architectural, multiple-angled painting show and I’ll be a happy clam. Daniel Guzmán’s solo exhibition, subtitled “notes on the dead house, the fire and the tale,” continues the artist’s ongoing project The Man Who Should Be Dead, an enigmatic, idiosyncratic narrative tale that unfolds like a three-dimensional graphic novel with references to his Mexican identity, music criticism, science fiction, and more.
Runs through February 24
SEOUL | THEO
David Surman: Sleepless Moon
Surman, whose work often focuses on gently caricatured animals that interact with one another and their surrounding landscapes, draws on the bucolic yet ruggedly remote glens and coastlines of his childhood home in the Scottish Highlands. These paintings initially brought to mind the softness of tapestries, then made me think of folktales and nostalgic watercolor illustrations found in early-20th-century children’s books.
Runs through March 8
NEW YORK CITY | SIKKEMA JENKINS & CO.
Heidi Lau: A Cacaphony of Rocks
Lau’s otherworldly ceramics blend corporeal forms with references to Taoist funerary garments or ritual items, like mingqi, or spirit vessels prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty. The artist incorporates an experimental sound element into part of this exhibition, welcoming visitors into an immersive experience.
Runs through March 15
BERLIN | GALERIE BARBARA THUMM
FAMILY OF PRIME (Zipp/Kabul): Astro Dark & Blinding Nice, Afghanistan 1998
Collaborative projects, when experimental and new, can be some of the most exciting melding of perspectives. The work in this exhibition, between Berlin-based artist Thomas Zipp and Munich-based Afghan artist Kabul, started to take shape in 2022 when the two met and a spontaneous dialogue between their practices emerged.
Runs through February 24
Artist Opportunities
Deadlines are coming up soon to apply for these grants, fellowships, residencies, and more.
If you’re a paid subscriber, access a list of dozens of current opportunities anytime at yngspc.com/opportunities.
Stiftung Kunstfonds Scholarship and Solo Project
Deadline: February 15
A scholarship award of €18,000 is awarded to visual artists based in Germany over the course of 6 months to support concentrated focus on their practice. Another award of at least €5,000 and up to €30,000 is available that assists with the production of new work in Germany.
Submission fee: none
Roman J. Witt Residency at the University of Michigan
Deadline: February 15
The 2024 – 2025 Witt Residency is organized in partnership with the Stamps Gallery, a public center for contemporary art and design in downtown Ann Arbor, part of the Stamps School of Art & Design, at the University of Michigan. Witt Residents receive an honorarium of $20,000 for up to twelve weeks in residence served over an academic year. In addition to the honorarium, residents will be provided with housing, studio space, and up to $5,000 funding support for project materials.
Submission fee: none
2024 Longwood @ Governors Island Residency Program
Deadline: February 18
The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) is thrilled to announce the launch of the Longwood @ Governors Island Residency Program, a BCA/Longwood Arts Project effort that makes free studio space available to under-represented and under-resourced Bronx visual artists. This residency program will run from May 10 to October 30, 2024.
Submission fee: none
U.K. New Artists Call for Participants
Deadline: February 18
UKNA is seeking 10 artists working in any discipline from across the U.K. to join our New Artist Collective #2 (NAC2). The opportunity considered fluid, as it can run alongside your existing practice but also give you the opportunity to step out and reflect on your process, recharge creatively and develop a strong and enduring peer network. Artists receive a£1000 bursary and some travel and accommodations are covered as needed.
Submission fee: none
HUG Tax Strategy Masterclass for Artists
Event: February 20 at 1pm EST, virtual
HUG has partnered with global accounting firm MGO and You to present a Tax Strategy Masterclass specifically tailored to artists and freelance creatives. HUG has generously offered Young Space followers and subscribers a 100% discount for the class (a $69 value), which includes a live 90-minute session, a recording of the event, and a downloadable e-book. Visit this post on Hug’s Instagram and comment YNGSPC. They’ll send you the code and more information.
Fee: none with discount
Dovetail Open Call for Artists and Writers
Deadline: February 29
Dovetail launches Fields, a new zine project that aims to bring together, in a printed format, diverse perspectives around art and the spaces we traverse and inhabit. For the first issue, submissions are invited from artists and writers based in the Midwest or whose work focuses on locations, landscapes, the environment, social issues, migration, and other themes around the Midwest region. Pitches may include photo essays, artist profiles, interviews, critical reflections, and more. Dovetail would especially like to prominently feature and engage Native artists, the LGBTQ+ community, creatives of color, and individuals in the rural Midwest. Selected pieces will be provided with a $500 stipend.
Submission fee: none
Millay Arts Core Residencies 2024 Round 1
Deadline: March 1
Located at “Steepletop" in the Hudson Valley, the historic estate of poet/activist Edna St. Vincent Millay, Millay Arts is a nonprofit organization that offers multidisciplinary artists residencies. Residencies invite 6 to 7 artists for periods from August to December 2024. Fellowships may be available.
Submission fee: $45
Baltic 2024 Bothy Residency
Deadline: March 1
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art has partnered with the Bothy Project for a funded residency for an artist based in the North East of England. The Baltic Bothy Residency will provide the opportunity for an artist to work in a unique environment and have time and space to research, think, and develop their practice in the inspiring landscape of the Inner Hebridean Islands. The residency runs July 6 to 13, 2024, and is supported with a £500 artist's fee, a travel bursary, and the bothy accommodation, a live/workspace, for seven days.
Submission fee: none
apexart International Open Call
Deadline: March 1
apexart's Open Calls are opportunities for artists, curators, and other professionals to turn their curatorial idea into an apexart exhibition, combined with inviting apexart’s international community to collectively determine our programming through an online jury process. Winning proposals become part of apexart’s next exhibition season and receive funding and staff support.
Submission fee: none
KHN Center for the Arts Residency
Deadline: March 1
The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, Nebraska, awards up to seventy juried residencies per year to established and emerging visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists from across the country and around the world. Residencies are available for 2 to 8 weeks stays. Each resident receives a $175 stipend per week, free housing, and a private studio.
Submission fee: $45
CEC Artslink Art Prospect Residencies
Deadline: March 3
In 2023, the Art Prospect Network Residency program supports residencies for eighteen artists and curators from U.S. and the Art Prospect Network countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) focusing on exchange and collaboration in the field of socially engaged art and/or public art. CEC ArtsLink provides international travel, visa support and health insurance (if needed), accommodation, per diem, and a small production budget.
Submission fee: none
Open Call for Collide Copenhagen
Deadline: March 4
Arts at CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary welcome proposals for the second edition of Collide Copenhagen. Artists and collectives from any country are invited to submit their proposals for a fully-funded two-month residency shared between CERN in Geneva and Copenhagen Contemporary. The fully funded residency includes travel, living, and accommodation expenses in Geneva and Copenhagen. Additionally, the winning artist will receive a production stipend of CHF 15,000 to support the creation of a new artwork.
Submission fee: none
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