Young Space, no.28
A multitude of infinities.
Hello, friends—
In my role as a curator, my primary function is as a communicator. Usually, I facilitate connections between a group of artists, a gallerist, a gallery manager/director, possibly additional assistants or preparators, other galleries where works might be consigned or who represent the artists, prospective press, and sometimes other organizations—depending on the project. I typically write a press release, which often translates to a brief essay.
The only people I don’t really chat with very much are advisors, collectors, or those involved specifically in things on the gallery side once the show is up, like photographers. When things run smoothly, it’s thanks to countless emails, Zoom calls, PDFs, agreements, and clarifications over several months—but even this time frame can vary quite a bit.
Since September (!) I’ve been working with four artists toward Desire Lines at David B. Smith Gallery. But only since last month have I also been collaborating with CARVALHO PARK in Brooklyn toward a group exhibition, emphasizing textile and sculpture, featuring seven artists from the U.S., Norway, and the U.K. Needless to say, my emails have been blowing up, but naturally, in the most wildly exciting way. For me, there’s nothing quite like getting an update from an artist about their progress in the studio—their experiments, their thoughts about new materials, the things they’ve been thinking about, reading, or researching.
Sometimes, I pluck things from a PDF if someone is unable to make new work in a short time span, and other times there’s a sense of things developing, a bit of let’s-just-see-what-happens. There are merits and risks to both, but ultimately when it gets to the point that a gallerist and I can start to really envision how the show will look and feel in the space… that’s when I always feel the closest to a “flow,” a reward for this mysterious compulsion to facilitate artistic ideas. I look forward to sharing more about this show next week!
If you’re in New York, you can mark your calendars for the opening on Friday, May 17. We’re excited to share work by Taylor Kibby, Liam Lee, Cato Løland, Se Yoon Park, Brian Rattiner, Pauline Shaw (who has a show in Mexico City right now, too, which is featured below), and Grace Woodcock. Keep an eye on carvalhopark.com for updates.
I look forward to seeing you next week.
—Kate
What you’ll find this week:
Featured artist: Chyrum Lambert
Four exhibitions on view this week in Cleveland, Mexico City, and New York City
Fourteen opportunities for artists with deadlines coming up soon
Featured Artist: Chyrum Lambert
Suggesting natural textures like stone, leaves, petals, or minerals, Chyrum Lambert’s enigmatic painted shapes gather on panels like collections of… something. A poet and a visual artist, Lambert is fascinated by the myriad possibilities of meaning and the way perspective or scales of distance can transform how objects or ideas are perceived.
The artist’s solo exhibition Electric & Infinite Body: An Alphabet Of Looking at la BEAST Gallery hones a visual language that Lambert has been developing for the past several years, layering and collaging paper onto surfaces as well as, sometimes, three-dimensional kinetic objects. His newest paintings “read” a bit like charts or tables, specimen containers, natural history illustrations of alien life, or talismans (which could be alive, it’s hard to tell).
I love this quote by the artist in the gallery text:
“It looks like it could be a claw. But it also looks like a knife on a soft pillow. It could be a number of things. And the thing is, it has to stay kind of strange and vague because that's the way letters work too…in an alphabet. If I just look at a Q, I'm like, ‘I don't really know what I'm looking at here.’ But when I look at it in a sentence, it makes a lot of sense.”
Electric & Infinite Body: An Alphabet Of Looking continues through June 8 in Los Angeles.
Exhibitions
NEW YORK CITY | JAMES FUENTES
A Study in Form (Chapter Two)
I love a major group show that centers around a direct and simple pairing—in this case, artists and poets. Part two of a curated presentation by Arden Wohl, more than 70 artists have work on view in the final exhibition in James Fuentes 55 Delancey Street location before it moves to its new home in Tribeca. Pictured is a work titled “Daybreak” by Zoe McGuire.
Runs through May 25
CLEVELAND | ABATTOIR GALLERY
Emil Robinson: Interiors
Cincinnati-based artist Emil Robinson has a knack for capturing the subtleties of light, shadow, and domestic architecture—the allure of a door left ajar or the patina of age on brass hardware emerge in deceptively simple oil paintings as surprisingly beguiling subjects.
Runs through June 1
MEXICO CITY | NARANJO 141
Pauline Shaw: Not a Number
A new series by Pauline Shaw, “a suite of felts and intricate wire laces that mine the aesthetics of man-made instruments of control,” draws on the mathematical concept of NaN—Not a Number—referring to an undefined value generated by 0 divided by 0 or the square root of a negative, or “floating-point numbers.”
Runs through June 2
NEW YORK CITY | MARCH
Ayé Aton: Atonment in Balance
“Atonment in Balance is a first attempt in a lengthy process of decoding and organizing the complex universe inhabited by the artist, linking works across time and space, from his earliest murals painted in Chicago to small works on paper, created in the twilight of his life at home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.” Learn more about Ayé Aton.
Runs through June 8
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.
ARTcib SciArt Residency
Deadline: May 12
The pilot ARTcib SciArt Residency invites an artist to explore the research at three research groups in microbiology, focusing on the role of yeasts as transformative agents, the potential of self-sustaining systems concerning carbon and nutrient cycles, and computational modeling of organisms and such settings in the context of an ongoing artistic discourse with respect to space art. The residency will take place in Vienna with a minimum of 8 weeks on-site with scientists at three different universities.
Submission fee: none
Circ Artist Grants
Deadline: May 15
The Circ Artist Grants are open to emerging, mid-career, and professional artists in an international open call, several times throughout the year. The Circ Artist Grant provides unrestricted funding to artists with a demonstrated commitment to their art. For the Spring 2024 cycle, three artists will be awarded $1,000 each to enhance and further their creative practice.
Submission fee: $25
AIR_Frankfurt Kuala Lumpur Exchange Residency
Deadline: May 15
This program is intended for young artists who live and work in Malaysia. The applicants should be successful graduates of an art college and have several years of artistic experience. The residency program provides the chosen artist with the flight costs, accommodation, a studio, and a monthly grant of €1,000. After the residency, the artist has the opportunity to present their work in an exhibition at basis e.V., which gets supported with €500.
Submission fee: none
Sawtooth Residencies in Ceramics and Woodworking
Deadline: May 15
The year-long Artist-in-Residence programs encourage the development of new skills, connections, and bodies of work while assisting with studio operations. Ceramic Residents are given 24/7 access to studio space, materials at cost, free firings, and the opportunity to teach, inspire, and energize our community. The Woodworking Resident will receive round-the-clock access to Wood and Lathe studios, a semi-private studio space, and a $3,000 stipend in exchange for working several hours per week.
Submission fee: none
100-Day Residency 2025 in Clermont-Ferrand
Deadline: May 15
Created in 2011 in Clermont-Ferrand, Artistes en résidence (A·R) is a non-profit organization that supports contemporary creation by organizing residencies for artists in the field of contemporary art. The 100-day residency program aims at welcoming artists of all ages and nationalities to Clermont-Ferrand for a period of 100 days. Participating artists receive a €4,500 stipend, travel costs covered up to €700, accommodation in one private bedroom in a three-bedroom apartment shared with other residents; access to a 160-sq.-m. studio space (shared with up to two other artists), meetings and exchanges, and an optional public event.
Submission fee: none
VIA Art Fund Artistic Production Grant Fall 2024 Award Cycle
Deadline: May 16 (letter of inquiry)
Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions, in amounts ranging between $25,000 to $100,000. Often exhibited beyond museum walls in public space, these projects feature high levels of thought leadership, artistic production, and public engagement. VIA Art Fund accepts Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) on a semiannual basis.
Submission fee: none
McKnight Fellowship for Minnesota Ceramic Artists
Deadline: May 17
The McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists supports outstanding Minnesota ceramic artists who identify with any methodology—whether it be functional, sculptural, or relational—all techniques are welcome. Two $25,000 grants will be awarded in 2024.
Submission fee: none
Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship at Cambridge University
Deadline: May 19
This unique collaborative opportunity is open to artists internationally and is not confined to any single aesthetic, theme or medium. Artists with no previous experience of working with scientists or in a scientific environment are particularly encouraged to apply. The one-year Fellowship will begin in October 2024 and end in October 2025. The Fellowship includes a residency period in Cambridge, typically of at least six months up to one year. Exact dates of the residency period are flexible and will be agreed with the selected artist. The successful candidate will receive a stipend of £10,000 for living costs and expenses, free accommodation at Girton College for the duration of the residency, a £10,000 production budget for the development of new work, and a travel budget of up to £3,000.
Submission fee: none
Gasworks London Residency for Artists Based in Zimbabwe and South Africa
Deadline: May 20
This residency open call is for an early-career artist based in South Africa or Zimbabwe. The eleven-week, fully funded residency will take place at Gasworks in London from September 30 to December 16, 2024. The residency provides 24-hour access to a fully accessible private studio at Gasworks, alongside other resident artists, and a community of London-based studio holders; single room accommodation in Gasworks’ Residency House; economy return flights and taxi transfers from the artist’s home country to London; all visa costs and support with the visa application process; a weekly stipend of £150 to cover living expenses in London; a materials budget of up to £800; a prepaid travel card (TFL zones 1+2) for unlimited travel within central London throughout the residency, and more.
Submission fee: none
JGS Fellowship for Photography
Deadline: May 21
The JGS Fellowship for Photography is a $8,000 cash grant open to New York State photography artists living and working outside of New York City. The Fellowship is awarded to five artists working in traditional and experimental photography or any form in which photographic techniques are pivotal. The support for this funding is provided by The Joy of Giving Something (JGS).
Submission fee: none
AIR_FRANKFURT Helsinki Residency
Deadline: May 21
Open to artists to live and work in Frankfurt, Germany, this exchange residency is in collaboration with Helsinki International Artists Programme (HIAP) and takes place from August 19 to November 19, 2024. The selected artist receives €1,000 of monthly financial support, a travel allowance, and accommodation in a studio apartment.
Submission fee: none
1708 Gallery's InLight 2024 Call for Proposals
Deadline: May 22
1708 Gallery is pleased to announce its call for proposals for InLight: Grounds for Clearing, an annual exhibition of contemporary art that takes place at night and is in a different location each year in Richmond, Virginia. Now in its 17th year, InLight features new media, sound art, light-based media, sculpture, installation, performance, community-based works, and interactive and virtual projects that are experienced in the dark. For this year’s exhibition, 1708 invites regional, national, and international artists, collectives, and community organizations working in all media and disciplines to submit entries that engage with and respond to the histories that comprise Pine Camp and its surrounding terrain. Selected proposals are supported by an honorarium of $1,000 per project, significant production and technical support, and recognition and inclusion in all InLight media.
Submission fee: none
Art in Odd Places 2024: Care
Deadline: May 26
The public visual and performance art festival in Manhattan will take place October 18 to 20, 2024, under the theme of Care. Artists, performers, agitators, and caretakers are eligible to submit projects that invite the public to stop, to rest, to consider, and, above all, to care.
Submission fee: none
Indigo Arts Alliance Mentorship Residencies
Deadline: Rolling
This program brings together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative process, while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. Artists of all disciplines are encouraged (painting, sculpture, illustration, writing, dance, music, theater/performance, photography, fiber/textiles, etc). Applications are accepted from various regions of the U.S. at various times.
Submission fee: none
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