Young Space, no.22
Distilling wonder.
Hello, friends—
It’s issue 22 already! I love the number 22. Subconsciously, it’s probably because it’s the date of my birthday—April 22 (Earth Day!)—which could be one reason I’ve always been drawn to doubles and coincidences. I’ve experienced some really bizarre, huge coincidences, like the kind when you’re thousands of miles from home and someone you know but haven’t seen in a while—from home—sits next to you on a bus. There are moments that make you think, how is this even possible?
Over time, I’ve learned that I revel in a certain lack of answers to big questions, the elements of reality objectively almost impossible for the brain to comprehend, like the size of the universe, how old the Earth is, how bodies function or heal, or why we dream. I love the not-knowing.
It strikes me that the not-knowing, this sort of active awareness of the unknown, is a tricky balance. On one hand, there are some things one should be informed about in order to make good choices or co-exist in a healthy society. On the other, curiosity, exploration, and discovery would never be possible without what might be described as the unanswerable.
Distilling that longing—the wonder itself—with the knowledge that it perhaps may never be satisfied with simple solutions is a driving force for creativity. Without it, there wouldn’t be art. And there certainly wouldn’t be the joy of looking.
See you next week!
—Kate
What you’ll find this week:
Featured artist: Greg Carideo
From Dovetail: Jordan Weber’s 4MX
Four exhibitions on view this week in Antwerp, London, Los Angeles, and Montréal
Eleven opportunities for artists with deadlines coming up soon
More than a dozen new opportunities with deadlines throughout April and May added to yngspc.com/opportunities for paid subscribers.
Featured Artist: Greg Carideo
Greg Carideo’s exceptional work evolves from references to architecture and objects the artist finds around the city. The delicate sculptures often evoke medieval reliquaries, built to house sacred items. In Carideo’s works, found objects weathered by time, use, and the elements shape both the vessels and the items within—often centering around worn shoe heels.
In the artist’s current solo exhibition, Nave, the wall sculptures further dive into ecclesiastical motifs, especially the long central corridor of a church from which the show draws its name. Sun-faded and tattered t-shirts, cloth bags, and other found textiles form arched roofs and awnings that fit over elegant steel armatures. In Carideo’s meticulous pieces, little forgotten fragments of anonymous lives and experiences collect in tender, protective structures.
Nave continues at In Lieu in Los Angeles through March 30. Find more on the artist’s Instagram.
From Dovetail: Jordan Weber’s 4MX
Proceeds from paid subscriptions to this newsletter directly support independent writing on Dovetail, inviting contributions from arts writers around a range of topics. The latest addition (with more on the way!) is a story by Queens, New York-based writer Amber Eve Anderson who grew up in Nebraska and shared her visit to artist Jordan Weber’s 4MX, a greenhouse installation on the grounds of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation in Omaha that serves as a multi-use community space.
Exhibitions
LONDON | SOUP
Nina Silverberg: The Library
Is there a more joyous, endlessly beautiful pairing than art and books? London-based Italian artist Nina Silverberg’s The Library at Soup, a young gallery in London, celebrates the printed object in an intimate collection of minimalist canvases.
Runs through April 14
LOS ANGELES | TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID
15 Years
Artist-run gallery network Tiger Strikes Asteroid, which has locations in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Greenville, celebrates 15 years! A playful, salon-style exhibition includes the work of nearly 70 volunteer artist-members from all five locations.
Runs through April 14
MONTREAL | PANGÉE
Grace Kalyta: Hall of Mirrors
“At the heart of Grace Kalyta's painting practice is the pursuit of unattainable desires,” and it’s hard to open with anything better than that. Kalyta’s paintings and sculptural works at Pangée incorporate silver ornamentation and symbols of beauty or grooming like brushes, buckles, and textiles.
Runs through April 27
ANTWERP | DE BOER GALLERY
Rachel Sharpe: Gravity and Grace
Stunning chiaroscuro scenes unfold in the mysterious narratives of Los Angeles-based painter Rachel Sharpe.
Runs through May 4
Artist Opportunities
Deadlines are coming up soon to apply for these grants, fellowships, residencies, and more.
Paid subscribers, access a list of dozens of current opportunities anytime at yngspc.com/opportunities.
The Luminary Futures Fund
Deadline: March 29 (extended from 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
Locust Project WaveMaker Grants
Deadline: April 1
WaveMaker supports Miami’s visionary artists with incubator grants for innovative projects that are shared with the public in unconventional spaces. Grantees receive up to $6,000 each in three categories: New Work / Projects, Long-Haul Projects, and Research & Development + Implementation.
Submission fee: none
The Bayard Rustin Residency at the Penington Friends House
Deadline: April 1
The Bayard Rustin Residency at Penington Friends House (PFH) is envisioned as an ongoing ladder to empowerment for Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) working to end Systemic Racism and to create a culture of anti-Racism and intersectional equality in the United States of America. It will provide up to one year of room and board to a person who demonstrates a strong creative project ( arts or activist based) that addresses ending Systemic Racism. They will reside at the Penington Friends House located in New York City’s Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Submission fee: none
The Shed Open Call
Deadline: April 4
Born out of The Shed’s commitment to act as a platform for NYC-based, early-career artists working in a range of artistic disciplines, Open Call selects, fosters, and presents new work. The Shed supports selected projects with a commissioning fee of up to $15,000 of producing stewardship per artist or collective.
Submission fee: none
Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Individuals Grants
Deadline: April 5
These project grants help individual artists and culture bearers develop or sustain their creative practices and meaningfully engage with Minnesotans. Open to artists working in dance, media arts, music, photography, poetry, prose, theater, two-dimensional or three-dimensional visual art; or culture bearers trained by traditional elders or master artists and whose artistic practice is reflective of the cultural life of a community. Applicants may request between $2,000 and $10,000.
Submission fee: none
Project Space Residency
Deadline: April 5
Project Space's 4-week residencies in Rochester, New York, are open to artists at any stage of their career and take place at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY. Residents receive 24/7 access to a private studio, digital printing equipment and an analog darkroom. They also receive a stipend of $1,000, plus $250 for supplies, and a $500 travel budget for those traveling from outside the region.
Submission fee: none
Open Call for The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition
Deadline: April 7
Brooklyn Museum is hosting an open call for a forthcoming exhibition celebrating the Museum’s 200th Anniversary. The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition is open to artists who have maintained primary residence and/or an art studio in Brooklyn during the past five years (2019–24).
Submission fee: none
LUX Art Center Teaching Artist Residencies
Deadline: April 10
The LUX artists in residency (AIR) program allows emerging artists to grow and develop by offering them studio space, quality teaching experience, and exhibition opportunities in our gallery. Residents are expected to teach classes throughout the year-long residency and during our intensive spring break and summer camp sessions. Artists receive between $1,600 and $2,680 per month depending on number of teaching hours (ranging from 15 to 30). The artist also receives 24-hour studio access, a $400/month housing stipend, $120/month materials stipend, exhibition opportunities, and more.
Submission fee: none
Rabbit Island Residency
Deadline: April 14
The Rabbit Island Residency provides financial support, time, and pristine natural spaces to challenge creative practices in a wilderness environment on Lake Superior. Artists live and work on the island for 2 to 4 weeks, engaging directly with the landscape, responding to notions of conservation, ecology, and sustainability via their research and cultural works. Artists receive a 3-week residency with an unrestricted $3,300 honorarium, live-work space on the island, an exhibition in the annual Rabbit Island publication, and mainland housing as-needed in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan.
Submission fee: none
Dovetail Open Call for Pitches
Deadline: April 14
Dovetail is commissioning two original stories for May and/or June. Pitches shoul somehow address connections between visual art and place. This can mean many things, and you’re encouraged to take a look around the site to get a sense of the range of things we like to cover. Stories that highlight diverse perspectives and identities, especially BIPOC, Native, and rural voices, are especially encouraged. Selected writers receive $300.
Submission fee: none
Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship
Deadline: April 15
Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships support early career Minnesota- and New York City-based generative artists who take creative risks in exploring, expanding, imagining, or re-imagining creative practices and experiences; reclaiming or reviving traditional forms in original ways; and/or questioning, challenging, or disrupting cultural norms. This three-year Fellowship supports artists who embrace their roles as part of a larger community of artists and citizens, and consciously work with a sense of service and responsibility. Fellows receive $60,000 over three consecutive years ($20,000 each year) to support their time and expenses for the creation of new work, artistic development, and/or professional artistic career development.
Submission fee: none
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