Young Space, no.18
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Hello, friends!
The past week has been a refreshing pre-Spring leap into action. A Spring spring! For the first time in about three years, I’ll finally have an office and workspace again. Working from home has its perks, for sure—I do really like being able to start working bright and early in the morning without having to do much besides go downstairs, make a cup of coffee, and sit down. On the other hand, being home too much can make for a weird headspace. I didn’t realize how much I needed a project.
Dovetail is in the process of rebooting its print issues, so from a purely logistical standpoint, I needed more room. But it also got me thinking about the benefits of “going to work,” or to the studio, and separating the creative and administrative processes from everyday routines at home. When they get too jumbled, it’s harder to draw the line where work ends and the rest begins. Whether it’s a spare bedroom, a cooperative, or a formal space, there’s something so potent about the possibilities a space presents.
The space belongs to a good friend of mine who happens to be very handy with wall-building, plaster, and such things. When I went to look at the place the other day, a casual hello and scout around turned into a two-hour spontaneous demolition of some wall cladding and the snap decision to buy a five-gallon paint pail on my way home. I love motivated sparks like these! And I look forward to sharing more about it soon.
I’d love to know more about and feature your studios! If you’d like, reply to this email with images of your workspace—maybe we can peep some WIPs!—and I’ll share in upcoming newsletters.
See you next week.
—Kate
What you’ll find this week:
Featured Artist: Lugas Elias
Five exhibitions on view this week in Berlin, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Portland (Maine)
Thirteen opportunities for artists with deadlines coming up soon
Featured Artist: Lugas Elias
The painting above, which is untitled, was my first introduction to the work of Lugas Elias, whose naïve-style paintings evoke imagery associated with childhood memories. I was immediately drawn to the tacked-on canvas and the way the individual cartouches or tiles read like stickers arranged on a page of a journal, a bedroom wall, or a mirror.
Elias is particularly emphatic about horses, which appear in various forms throughout most of his paintings, in addition to symbols like hearts, teddy bears, and lions. Whether silhouetted, line-drawn, or filled in as if from a coloring book, the artist hones in on the aspirational dreams, nostalgia, and imagination of youth.
See more on Instagram.
Exhibitions
PHILADELPHIA | PEEP PROJECTS
Sleight of Hand
This lively, joyful group show combines work by Bruno Cançado, Saskia Fleishman, Kati Gegenheimer, Debbi Kenote, Na Chainkua Reindorf, Sophia Starling, and Yage Wang (pictured).
Runs through March 2
BROOKLYN | TAPPETO VOLANTE
La Banda 2024
Another playful feast of color, practically salon-style at Tappeto Volante, featuring the work of a whopping 43 artists.
Runs through March 3
BERLIN | WENTRUP
Sophie von Hellermann: Monumental
The only thing that can make a good painting show better is more painting. Around her stunning canvases, Sophie von Hellermann has transformed Wentrup Gallery into a dreamy, immersive landscape.
Runs through March 9
PORTLAND, MAINE | DUNES
Lauren Luloff
I’ve long been drawn to Lauren Luloff’s textile-like paintings, which emphasize a soft, undulating grid that she fills with patchwork-like color and patterns.
Runs through March 28
LOS ANGELES | THE PIT
Halfway to Sanity
The Pit rings in their brand new space with an expansive, near-sensory-overload type group exhibition featuring dozens of artists, including Amir Fallah (pictured).
Runs through April 6
Artist Opportunities
Deadlines are coming up soon to apply for these grants, fellowships, residencies, and more.
Paid subscribers can access a list of dozens of current opportunities anytime at yngspc.com/opportunities.
Ville de Carouge International Ceramics Competition
Deadline: March 1
Since 1987, the City of Carouge (Geneva) has been organising a biennial ceramics competition for the creation of works focusing on an imposed theme. This year's theme is festivities. The jury awards the following prizes in the present competition: City of Carouge Prize, in the amount of CHF 10,000; the Bruckner Foundation Prize for the promotion of ceramics, in the amount of CHF 2,000; and the Swiss Ceramics Association prize, in the amount of CHF 1,000.
Submission fee: none
Gasworks Residency for Artists Based in Pakistan
Deadline: March 4
This opportunity is for an artist in the early stages of their career based in Pakistan and offers a fully funded 11-week residency at Gasworks in London from July 1 to September 16, 2024. Gasworks’ residencies are opportunities for self-led professional development, artistic exchange, and experimentation.
Submission fee: none
Squeaky Wheel Workspace Residency
Deadline: March 8
Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is a project-based residency for artists and researchers working in media arts. Offered twice per year, the residency is open to applicants from Buffalo and across the United States who are seeking resources, time, and support for ongoing projects or the creation of new work. Selected applicants receive $1600 in artist fees and stipends. Non-local residents also receive funds toward their round trip travel to Buffalo and accommodations support.
Submission fee: none
NEW INC Incubator at New Museum
Deadline: March 8
NEW INC is a shared workspace and incubator program supporting a multidisciplinary community of individuals and small teams. Our year-long program runs September - August, and is designed to support creative practitioners as they pursue a sustainable practice or bring a new business to life. We are based in New York City and welcome virtual or hybrid participation. Benefits include a 3-day CAMP experience, monthly workshops, seasonal intensives, peer discussions, seminar-style groups, bookable workspace, New Museum membership, and more.
Submission fee: none, $150/month to participate, with potential for subsidized tuition
Gasworks Residency for Artists Based in India
Deadline: March 11
This opportunity is for an artist in the early stages of their career based in India and offers a fully funded 11-week residency at Gasworks in London from 1 July – 16 September 2024. Gasworks’ residencies are opportunities for self-led professional development, artistic exchange, and experimentation.
Submission fee: none
Open Call for 2024 Exhibitions at Ortega y Gassett Projects
Deadline: March 13
Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, NY, invites proposals for two solo exhibitions to open in September 2024. Both opportunities will include an opening reception on Saturday, September 7, 2024, a programmed event (an artist talk or a closing event), and promotion on all OyG social media outlets. In celebration of OyG's 10 year anniversary last year, the honorarium was increased to $1000 for each artist/proposal. In collaboration with Paradice Palase, all finalists receive a one-year Paradice Palase Essentials Membership, valued at $300.
Submission fee: $25, with a limited number of fee waivers available
Create! Magazine Call for Art for Issue #45
Deadline: March 15
Create! Magazine is an independent contemporary arts magazine and welcomes submissions to a juried call for artists for a two-page spread in forthcoming issue #45 (both print & digital).
Submission fee: $40 for 3 images
Kala Art Institute Fellowship
Deadline: March 15
The Fellowship is geared towards supporting artists in completing specific projects or bodies of work that would benefit from Kala’s specialized equipment in and across printmaking, photography, digital media, media installation, and book arts. Each fellowship includes a cash award of $3,000, up to nine months of studio residency, one class at the Kala Art Institute, and inclusion in an exhibition.
Submission fee: $20
Watershed Salad Days Residency
Deadline: March 15
Watershed selects an artist annually to create 500 plates or shallow bowls for the following year’s Salad Days. Over the course of seven months, from September to April, the artist lives and works on campus making their Salad Days pieces and becoming integral member of the Watershed community. The artist receives housing in a private room, meals and/or a meal stipend, a large dedicated studio space, free materials and firings, a $4,000 stipend. and accommodation and meals during Salad Days weekend.
Submission fee: $25
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program
Deadline: March 15
The Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program offers six artists a place to live and work for a year, with a monthly stipend and no strings attached. Artists-in-residence have the opportunity to mount a solo exhibition of their work at the Roswell Museum, and to have an artwork purchased for the permanent collection of the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art. Professional visual artists 21 years of age or older, involved in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video, digital media and installation, are invited to apply.
Submission fee: none
The Luminary Futures Fund
Deadline: March 15
Futures Fund is a regranting initiative organized by The Luminary and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in order to support innovative, experimental, and forward-focused artistic projects throughout the St. Louis region. Futures Fund awards grants ranging from $2,500 to $8,000 for proposals will take innovative approaches to the urgent questions of our moment; create lasting impact on its intended publics; exemplify equity at all levels; and display originality within the region and nation.
Submission fee: none
Bildingship Fellowship for Young Artists in Innsbruck
Deadline: March 21
Bildingship is a work scholarship for young artists up to 31 years of age who can use their art in a studio space at Bilding, in Innsbruck, Austria, for half a year (optionally extendable), as well as a small-time job (€500 for approx. 10 hours per week).
Submission fee: none
Munson Artist-in-Residence
Deadline: March 25
Munson's Artist-in-Residence program is an education-based residency that allows one emerging artist to live, work, and teach on the Munson and Pratt Munson College of Art & Design campus in Utica, New York, for one academic year. Programming includes presenting a public lecture, teaching community arts education classes, holding a public open studio event, and designing and implementing accessible community projects with various departments on campus. Artists receive financial support, housing, meals, studio, and an exhibition in the Museum of Art.
Submission fee: none
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