Hello, friends—
I put air in my bicycle tires for the first time this year when my nephew wanted to go for a few loops around the neighborhood on a sunny day recently. It was the ultimate test of what I think of as my fight against the annual winter laze—the utter blah of being indoors for months and getting into the habit of, well, lazing. Even though a bike ride was an objectively nice thing to do, my initial response was, “Not right now, buddy. Maybe take your scooter?”
He didn’t want to, and a few minutes later when I happened to go inside, he was picking up his phone to plug into some Minecraft videos on YouTube (anyone else know a 10-year-old?). I felt this sudden pang of both guilt and the realization that a) screen time was definitely not a great option on one of the first sunny spring days we’d had, and b) I had been basically doing the same thing, too stuck in my work routine to really appreciate that it was super nice outside! What was wrong with me!? Of course we were going to go for a bike ride.
The excitement on my nephew’s face when I told him we could pump up the bike tires was an instant and elemental snap out of my own seasonal blues. The phone—and computer—were forgotten (even if only for the next hour). It’s good to recognize the automatic responses sometimes, if only because things need to be switched up and habits aren’t often recognized until they’re well embedded—like since March 2020-level embedded. It really takes some conscious reconditioning. I think about this a lot when I get into a rut with work, too, when everything needs a good shake-out.
I’m not serious about cycling, but I do enjoy my nearly 20-year old road bike and the few hundred miles I manage to put on it each summer. I’ve never gone so far as a 100-mile ride, a century, but I’ve gotten up to about 50 in a day. In a way, here at issue 25 already, Young Space Digest has made it to a quarter of a century!
It’s so exciting to put this newsletter together each week and through it, learn about so many wonderful exhibitions, artists, and opportunities around the world. Now a few months in, I’d love to hear your thoughts about the newsletter—what do you look forward to in the digest? Is there anything you’d like to see more of? Less of? Paid subscribers, feel free to leave comments below. You can also reply to this email.
Thanks so much for being here! See you next week.
—Kate
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What you’ll find below:
Featured artist: Miguel Arzabe
Four exhibitions on view this week in Arzingnano, London, Los Angeles, and Taos
Fifteen opportunities for artists with deadlines coming up soon
Featured Artist: Miguel Arzabe
Concluding the series of artist features relating to the upcoming group show Desire Lines I’ve curated at David B. Smith Gallery in Denver, which will open in late May, I’m thrilled to share the work of Miguel Arzabe. The Oakland-based artist explores the nature of painting itself through a process of destruction and reconstruction, beginning with an abstract image on a traditional canvas, then cutting it down into numerous strips.
He weaves these strips together to create tapestry-like surfaces evocative of the vibrant textiles of Bolivia, where he traces his family roots. In some works, spectral elements of the original painting merge with recognizable, traditional textile motifs from the region, like the condor. In others, the shapes transform into abstract suggestions of mountains, clouds, or other animals.
Desire Lines opens May 25 and runs through June 29 at David B. Smith Gallery, with an opening reception on June 1. Find more information on the gallery’s website.
Find more on Arzabe’s website and Instagram.
Exhibitions
TAOS | THE VALLEY
Sarah Esme Harrison: The Place With 10,000 Doors
Sarah Esme Harrison’s wedge-shaped supports draw attention to the boundary between the natural and unnatural, further explored in her subject matter of gates. “Sometimes I feel heretical when I use the gate to conceal parts of the plein air painting,” she says in a statement. “At the same time, on their own, the naked landscapes strike me as an obscenity by omission.”
Runs through May 4
LOS ANGELES | MOSKOWITZ BAYSE
Michael Henry Hayden: Rocks & Windows
The natural landscape and built environment merge in atmospheric compositions by Los Angeles-based artist Michael Henry Hayden in a series of new works on paper.
Runs through May 11
ARZIGNANO, ITALY | ATIPOGRAFIA
Mirko Baricchi: Babel
Atipografia’s stunning space, a former printing house from the late 19th century that has been transformed into a gallery and multipurpose venue, is a perfect site for Mirko Baricchi’s abstract paintings, which reflect their surroundings’ rejuvenated industrial details.
Runs through May 18
LONDON | GOLDSMITHS CCA
Mark Corfield-Moore: We Speak Chicken
Goldsmiths CCA’s Episodes series, of which We Speak Chicken is no.12, is designed to present counterpoints to the program’s larger-scale exhibitions. I remember seeing Corfield-Moore’s work in a graduate exhibition in London years ago, and I love seeing how his exploration of textiles and language continues to evolve.
Runs through June 2
Artist Opportunities
Young Space emphasizes fully-funded opportunities with low or no entry fees and programs that focus on creative and professional development for visual artists. Deadlines are coming up soon to apply for these grants, fellowships, residencies, and more.
SOZO Fellowship Pilot Program
Deadline: April 18
SOZO Fellowship Pilot is a 6-month coaching program designed to equip full time working, mid-career independent artists with sustainability and entrepreneurship training to reach new heights in their livelihood and creative endeavors. Each selected Fellow will receive a $2,000 honorarium for their participation.
Submission fee: none
The Blunden Prize for Public Art
Deadline: April 26
Stonewater's Blunden Prize is calling for artists from all disciplines to put forward their ideas for an art installation at our Elm Fields Farm scheme in Coventry, U.K., which is set to provide 148 affordable homes to the local community. The winner of the Blunden Prize 2024 will receive a cash prize, be commissioned to produce their piece for Elm Fields Farm, and receive two additional commissions for public art at other Stonewater developments. Two runners-up will receive a commission from Stonewater to create a piece of public art for a new affordable housing scheme in the U.K.
Submission fee: none
CCA Islands Travel Scholarship 2024/2025
Deadline: April 26
CCA Islands offers the CCA Travel Scholarship for emerging artists, curators, architects, designers, and those who aim to be a professional in various areas of contemporary art and culture, pursuing their research and creative activities in Japan. The scholarship offers research expenses of JPY 200’000 and covers one return transportation fare to/from Japan. In the case of residing in Japan, transportation expenses for one round trip between the two locations in Japan is provided. Preference will be given to applicants under 35 years of age. The recipients are expected to stay in Japan, and the minimum length of stay is 4 weeks, and 8 weeks at the maximum, between September 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025.
Submission fee: none
UNIDEE Summer 2024 Residency Program
Deadline: April 28
UNIDEE Residency Programs and Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto are pleased to announce two open calls for participation in Module VII and Module VIII in the Summer Season 2024 of Neither on Land not at Sea: Meeting by the Mediterranean Im/Possible, initiated and curated by UNIDEE Visiting Curator Chiara Cartuccia. Residencies are free of charge and include accommodation. Some travel bursaries are available.
Submission fee: none
Residency Kunst Raum Mitte
Deadline: April 28
Kunst Raum Mitte, Berlin, is calling for applications for a residency program running for two months between June and August 2024 (exact dates negotiable), targeting researchers, artists, curators, writers, and other cultural practitioners. This open call welcomes both individuals and groups with a focus on archival practices. Residents receive a total of €2,500, which includes an honorarium and individual consultation with the artistic directors as part of the production budget.
Submission fee: none
French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici Arts and Craft Residencies
Deadline: April 30
Candidates must present a detailed design project specifying the design methods, and if necessary, the identification of production partners in Italy, the technical specifications, a production budget, and a timetable for completion. Artists receive up to €1,000 to cover transporration, a grant of €2,500, and a production grant awarded on the basis of the project, up to €5,000.
Submission fee: none
Magnum Foundation Inge Morath Award
Deadline: April 30
Magnum Foundation is accepting applications for the Inge Morath Award, a grant given to a woman or nonbinary photographer under the age of 30 to support the completion of a long-term documentary photography project. The selected recipient will receive a grant of $7,500, and one finalist will also receive a $1,000 grant in support of their project.
Submission fee: none
Fort Union National Monument Artist in Residence
Deadline: April 30
Nestled against the far tip of the Sangre de Cristo Range and facing the great plains, Fort Union National Monument is one of New Mexico’s legendary and historic frontier army posts, located in Mora County near Watrous, NM, was the hub of commerce, national defense, and migration at the final stretch of the Santa Fe Trail. Open to all artists, writers musicians or performance artists. Participant receives housing in Park Service housing suitable for solo artists and couples and a $1,000 stipend.
Submission fee: none
Wolfsonian Creative Fellowships
Deadline: April 30
Wolfsonian creative fellowships invite artists of all kinds—visual artists, designers, performers, writers, filmmakers, and musicians—to immerse themselves in the Wolfsonian collection in Miami and draw visual, conceptual, or storytelling inspiration from its wide range of historical materials. The program is open to creatives with a record of demonstrated accomplishment. Residencies run for two weeks and are open to U.S.-based artists.
Submission fee: none
U.K. International Collaboration Grants
Deadline: April 30
This £1 million grants programme supports the creation of new cultural collaborations between U.K. artists, arts professionals, and organizations and their peers around the world. The grants encourage new bilateral and multilateral partnerships, providing funding to enable organizations to make and develop creative artwork with their international peers, and help individual artists find innovative ways of collaborating. Available grants range between £25,000 and £75,000.
Submission fee: none
Ohio Arts Council Artist Opportunities Grants
Deadline: May 1
Artist Opportunities grants support Ohio artists who have opportunities that will significantly impact their professional growth or have projects that will contribute to the vitality of their community. The emerging artist grant ($500) and professional artist grant (up t0 $2,500) are open to artists of all disciplines, at any stage of their career, and includes all types of artistic practice.
Submission fee: none
Ohio Arts Council Artists with Disabilities Access Program (ADAP)
Deadline: May 1
The Artists with Disabilities Access Program (ADAP) provides funding that gives individual artists with disabilities the resources they need to further their artistic development. ADAP awards help artists with disabilities advance their practices, making Ohio a more accessible and inclusive place to build an artistic career.
Submission fee: none
Saratoga Clay Arts Year-Long Artist Residency and 3-Month Summer Residency
Deadline: May 1
The 2024 Artist in Residence program is open to qualified clay artists looking to enhance their knowledge and experience in a working studio environment. Residents are expected to work to develop a strong and cohesive body of work, have a visible presence in the studio and interact with members of the clay community and the public. This year-long adventure starts on September 1, 2024 and continues through August 31, 2025
Saratoga Clay Arts also offers a 3-month Summer Residency, running June 1 - August 31. The summer resident will have the opportunity to assist or teach in our summer kids and clay camp programs while developing their voice as an artist and being part of a dynamic ceramic community.
Artists receive use of fully equipped semi-private studio 100-sq. ft. space, a monthly $200 stipend, free firing, modest living accommodations (if needed), open invitation to attend all classes and workshops during residency, and more.
Submission fee: none
ARTNOIR Jar of Love Fund
Deadline: Rolling
The Jar of Love Fund is intended to provide relief for artists, curators, and cultural producers of color. The Jar of Love Fund has distributed over $100,000 and first launched in 2020 in response to the unprecedented times of uncertainty, unrest, and the subsequent adverse impact on our community. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis as funds become available. Microgrant amounts are determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the scale of the project.
Submission fee: none
See all opportunities
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