“The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” —Alain de Botton
It dawned on me recently that I’ve become the person who, in winter—or with winter on the horizon, starts ordering free travel guides in the mail. In my nebulous role in the arts, I always crave a residency experience to focus on writing or ideating projects. I also crave flexibility, spontaneity, alone time… in cool places.
Last week, I went on a bit about what it’s like to work from a decentralized location in the art world. Extended road trips have become a way of mitigating the occasional feeling of being either stuck or unmoored (and the long, cold months). My last trip took me to the West Coast via Colorado and back through Montana, and in the spring, I’m thinking a jaunt to New Mexico… or maybe Wyoming… or…
I think of these trips as self-prescribed residencies. They’re about expanding my view of the world and picking up ideas. I stop by exhibitions and archaeological sites and roadside attractions, and I write a lot when I’m out and about.
I picked up a cheap notebook at a dollar store last time, and it was half-full of snippets and ideas for fiction by the time I got back home. It almost doesn’t matter if a body of work never materializes. It’s more about opening the mind and getting unstuck from routine.
In the meantime, it’s finally fully fall, and winter is right around the corner. I just spent a very quick couple of days in Wisconsin’s Northwoods to take in the peak autumn colors, and it even snowed at one point for a few minutes. It was a little bit of magic as the yellow, orange, and red leaves floated down at the same time. Even a relatively local change of scenery can do wonders.
See you next week!
—Kate
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Featured artist: Ali Silverstein
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Twelve opportunities for artists with deadlines coming up soon
Featured Artist: Ali Silverstein
I received an email from Los Angeles-based artist Ali Silverstein sometime last week that detailed a series of paintings she’s been working on through a period of upheaval and changing circumstances. After working on a studio space for some time, she learned that there were some major issues with water getting in, and she had to entirely rebuild.
Silverstein’s Bows series emerged from a classic source about two years ago: Christmas. At a time of the year when they’re everywhere, “They were on my mind: large, iconic, archetypal bows,” she says.
Through tribulations with her building and figuring out a way to pursue her career independent from formal gallery representation, she describes the works as companions. “They give me a way to track—through slow, methodical, raked lines of paint—the ebb and flow of constriction and unfurling; spiritual entanglement and self-liberation,” she says.
Find more on Silverstein’s website and Instagram.
Exhibitions
BARCELONA | ALZUETA GALLERY
Larissa Lockshin: Hook Echo
Lockshin’s brushy, loose, dreamy paintings have a glorious sketchy quality reminiscent of Cy Twombly’s gestural scribbles, with a lightness that evokes a midsummer meadow.
Runs through October 19
TORONTO | COOPER COLE
Kate Newby: Who Is This Song?
I first learned of Kate Newby’s work about eight-ish years ago via the Poor Farm, an alternative space run by Michelle Grabner in rural central Wisconsin. Newby’s installation-based approach considers how material and process combine in situ, usually through concrete, textiles, glass, and ceramics.
Runs through November 9
LONDON | LEHMANN MAUPIN
Dominic Chambers: Meraki
One of my favorite things is recalling an artist’s work at the start of their career—in the case of Dominic Chambers, I saw it first during a group exhibition in Milwaukee several years ago before heading to Yale for an MFA. It’s been exciting to see his paintings evolve in their dreaminess as he emphasizes landscapes. He calls on an influential book (and a personal favorite), Mary Oliver’s Upstream, in a recent chat with Kin Woo in The New York Times.
Runs through November 9
LONDON | CASTOR
Colin Crumplin: Paintings
Lorena Torres presents a suite of paintings deeply rooted in the artist’s upbringing on Colombia’s Caribbean coast through the lens of miracles, the absurd, and the spectacle of performance.
Runs through November 16
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.
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VisArts Fleur and Charles Bresler Residency
Deadline: October 25
In honor of patrons Fleur and Charles Bresler, VisArts invites applications and proposals from local, national, and international artists for a four-month residency at our studios in Rockville, Maryland. Bresler Residents present their work in solo exhibitions at VisArts. VisArts provides studio space free of charge, along with a $2,000 stipend (housing is not included).
Submission fee: none
Squeaky Wheel Workspace Residency 2025
Deadline: October 25
The short-term residency is open to applicants from Buffalo, NY, and across the United States who are seeking resources, time, and support for ongoing projects or the creation of new work. The residency runs for two weeks, from April 4 to 19, 2025. Support includes a $900 stipend, up to $300 in artist fees, accommodations, up to $400 in travel support for non-local residents, and up to $900 optional financial assistance for childcare and/or disability support.
Submission fee: none
Open Call for Proposals for EMERGENCE(Y) — Science Museum of Melbourne
Deadline: October 27
EMERGENCE(Y) springs forth in response to a rapidly changing world. As we enter a future defined by climate crisis, humans and non-humans must adapt in order to survive. Looking forward, back and all around, how might we change in response to the cataclysmic shifts occurring on this planet we call home?
This open call invites proposals for installations and research projects that can operate in a shared-space group exhibition context. Projects selected via the museum's open calls are generally funded for up to AUD $8,000, which includes all fees, materials, freight, and other project costs. Travel is not covered.
Submission fee: none
A-N x Freelands Foundation Artist Bursaries
Deadline: October 31
A-N and Freelands Foundation are offering bursaries of £500 to £1,500 to Black, Asian, Brown, and/or Global Majority artists at every stage of their career. Artists must be A-N members to apply.
Submission fee: none
Pilchuk Glass School Better Together Residency
Deadline: November 1
The Better Together Residency is dedicated to supporting BIPOC artists. This hot-shop focused residency is intended to provide up-and-coming artists with an opportunity to expand their body of work or explore new creative directions. The cohort will consist of artists, selected through a juried application, and paid assistants from the Hilltop Artists Program. This residency runs May 7 to 16, 2025, and includes 100% of qualifying travel reimbursement; housing and meals; honorarium to cover expenses; and some materials.
Submission fee: none
Pilchuk Glass School Emerging Artists Residency
Deadline: November 1
The Emerging Artist in Residence (EAiR) program supports knowledgeable artists who are making a transition in their professional lives. Whether moving from academia to a professional studio practice, taking up a new medium, or beginning a new body of work, artists find this independent residency ideal for contemplation, research, and experimentation. All residents will receive a stipend of $2,000 per artist and travel reimbursement. On campus, they will share open studio space and cooking facilities with their cohort and be lodged in their own private room with shared bath. Materials, instruction, and food are not provided for residents.
Submission fee: none
The Rome Prize
Deadline: November 1
For 130 years, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each Rome Prize winner is provided with a stipend, a bedroom with private bath, and a private workspace. Additionally, winners are invited to participate in the Rome Sustainable Food Project, which provides lunch and dinner, Monday through Friday, at no cost to Rome Prize Fellows. Winners of half- and full-term fellowships receive stipends of $16,000 and $30,000, respectively.
Submission fee: none
American-Scandinavian Foundation Grants for Americans
Deadline: November 1
The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers year-long fellowships of up to $23,000 and short-term (1 to 3 months) fellowships of up to $5,000 to graduate students (preferably conducting dissertation research) and academic professionals interested in pursuing research or creative arts projects in the Nordic region (Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sámpi, and Sweden).
Submission fee: none
The Netherland-America Foundation Cultural Grants
Deadline: November 1 (round four of four in 2024)
The NAF is looking to fund exhibitions and performances for artists, promoting a high level of artistic and intellectual exchange between the United States and the Netherlands. A typical grant award is between $1,500 and $5,000, but higher or lower requests are considered. Applications must be submitted at least six months before the grant is needed.
Submission fee: none
A.I.R. Gallery Fellowships
Deadline: November 3
The A.I.R. Fellowship Program was established in 1993 by former artist member Stephanie Bernheim in order to support emerging and underrepresented women and non-binary artists in New York City. Each year, six artists are awarded a year-long fellowship to develop and exhibit a project at A.I.R. Gallery.
Submission fee: none
National Sculpture Society Stanley Bleifeld Memorial Grant
Deadline: November 4
The Stanley Bleifeld Memorial Grant is a prize of $5,000 sponsored by the National Sculpture Society. It is awarded annually to a sculptor who has demonstrated outstanding ability as a sculptor and who has created a body of work inspired by nature which includes works of sculpture in the round and in bas-relief. All applicants must be citizens or residents of the United States.
Submission fee: none
Gasworks Residency for Artists Based in Central America
Deadline: November 4
This residency open call is for an early-career artist based in Central America. The eleven-week, fully funded residency will take place at Gasworks in London from April 7 to June 23, 2025. Gasworks provides administrative, pastoral, and curatorial support throughout the residency but expect residents to be self-motivated and to lead on the research and production of their own work.
Submission fee: none
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