“I think what I’m trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.” —Barbara Kruger
I’m keeping this brief this week because it’s one of those times where my brain feels like it’s being divided into so many little compartments for various things—starting a reno/addition project, re-establishing a routine with a convalescing dog, working toward a number of deadlines, fitting in a few little work trips, trying to stave off a cold—I’m just going to play the “bandwidth low” card and leave the commentary for next week. Of course, below you’ll find all the usual great opportunities and featured exhibitions. See you next Wednesday!
—Kate
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Featured opportunity: Yellow Chair Salon’s Symposia! Workshop
Five exhibitions to see in Houston, Kingston (NY), London, New York City, and River Junction (VT)
Thirteen opportunities for artists with deadlines coming up soon
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Featured Opportunity: Yellow Chair Salon’s Symposia! Workshop
Communication, Connection, Community: How to Talk about Your Work
Starting mid-November, join Jennifer Samet, Senior Director of Eric Firestone Gallery and faculty at the New York Studio School, to learn how to effectively communicate and connect with others about your work.
Yellow Chair Salon’s Symposia! series presents engaging, hands-on workshops offering opportunities to work with and learn from leading artists, educators and critics in contemporary art.
Explore how artists can work outside traditional institutional roles; learn about artist-run projects and their importance in building connections; and get introduced to alternative art writing, journalism, and artist-to-artist platforms. Symposia! will help you to develop confidence in communicating about your work and expressing your personal vision.
Tuition covers 12 bi-weekly meetings, both online and in-person in New York City. Participants will virtually and physically tour studios, alternative spaces, and gallery exhibitions, interacting with a diverse group of artists, curators, and writers across generations. Partial scholarships are available! Apply soon.
Exhibitions
RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT | KISHKA
Falon Stutzman: Being Alive
I love how Stutzman describes the paintings in this show as a “certain love between forms and a sense of longing.” She continues, most relatably: “I can be quite confused by life and the world around me, but in the act of painting I find an unshakeable stability.”
Runs through October 26
KINGSTON, NEW YORK | HEADSTONE GALLERY
Courtney Dudley + Ishraq Zraikat: Before Castles
A great two-person, textile-focused show closes this weekend in Kingston, featuring Courtney Dudley’s hand-dyed, sculptural silk pieces (pictured) and elegant woven compositions by Jordanian artist Ishraq Zraikat.
Runs through October 27
HOUSTON | PAZDA BUTLER
Matt Kleberg: Blind Arcade
Blind Arcade continues Matt Kleberg’s ongoing exploration of the arch motif, including a suite of drawings, monoprints, and paintings.
Runs through November 2
NEW YORK CITY | MY PET RAM
Debbi Kenote: Fire Followers
Kenote begins with the aesthetic framework of quilt blocks for her vibrant paintings, examining the nature of repeating motifs and patterns and their relationship to decoration and domestic application. “Fire Followers, Kenote’s most holistic body of work to date, is conceptualized around cataclysm and her personal experience with grief,” says a statement for the show, tying the quilt element back to comfort and security.
Runs through November 10
LONDON | CORVI-MORA
Jem Perucchini: Strange Fruit
Atmospheric figurative works, brimming with pattern, hint at mysterious narratives reminiscent of Renaissance paintings.
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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Struts Gallery Open Studio Residency 2025
Deadline: October 28
Struts Gallery is an artist-run centre located in Sackville, New Brunswick, a rural community of roughly 6,000 people, built on the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People in Mi’kma’ki. The gallery welcomes applications from professional visual and media artists at all career levels to participate in five-week-long residencies running between May and October 2025.
Open Studio residents are provided with 24-hour access to a studio space (approx. 400 sq. ft.) in the gallery and a private, two-bedroom, furnished apartment with a separate entrance on the second floor above the gallery. The studio space is open to the public during regular operating hours. Struts Gallery pays an artist fee of CAD$3,250, $30 per diem ($750 total for 25 working days), travel costs up to $800, and $200 towards materials associated with workshops or other public events.
Submission fee: none
Raleigh Wayfinding Artist-in-Residence
Deadline: October 30
This is a one-year artist collaboration with the City of Raleigh Department of Transportation Sign Shop to create artful wayfinding that helps visitors navigate from site to site around downtown. The artist will organize a minimum of two community events/classes and has a $75,000 budget for artwork fabrication, supplies for community events, and artist stipend. Up to three semi-finalists will be selected to interview (includes a $100 honorarium).
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
apexart Open Call for 2025-2026 Proposals
Deadline: October 31
apexart's open calls are opportunities for artists, curators, and other professionals to turn their curatorial idea into an apexart exhibition. Winning proposals become part of apexart’s next exhibition season and receive funding and staff support. The budget is $10,000 for each exhibition and related programming. For exhibitions outside NYC, apexart will match up to $1,000 for a location rental if necessary.
Submission fee: none
Chun Kyung-Ja Award
Deadline: October 31
The Chun Kyung-Ja Foundation has established this award to support the legacy of the artist. A single cash prize is offered amounting to $10,000. Professional artists of Korean descent currently resident in the U.S., focused on painting and with an active exhibition practice, are eligible to apply. Applicants cannot be currently enrolled in an academic program.
Submission fee: none
Sanford Underground Research Facility Residency
Deadline: November 1
The SURF AiR program provides opportunities for artists to create work inspired by the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), which is set in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. At 4,850 feet deep, SURF is the deepest underground laboratory in the United States and is located in the former Homestake Gold Mine.
The SURF AiR Program includes the following for the artist: transportation in the form of airfare, rental car or mileage, housing and per diem for both visits; access to a studio space; and tours of the surfaces and underground facilities. A stipend of $5,000 will be paid in two installments over the course of the residency. The artist may apply for up to $5,000 in additional funds to be used for the creation of the artwork.
Submission fee: none
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts - Artist Entrepreneurial Grants
Deadline: November 1
Artist Entrepreneurial Grants recognize the importance of the creative workforce to New Hampshire’s economy. The grants support opportunities that will benefit artists’ careers, including the development of business skills, participation in programs to raise the level and quality of their art, and participation in programs that will bring their art to the widest possible markets. Funding requests may be made for $250 to $2,500.
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
Vocatio Foundation Project Grants (Belgium)
Deadline: November 3
Vocatio scholarships are open to all young people who are citizens of and based in Belgium. The foundation's mission is to support the achievement of a life without any elitism. The Scholarship award currently amounts between €7,500 and €10,000 each.
Submission fee: none
Gasworks Residency for Artists Based in Argentina
Deadline: November 4
This residency open call is for an early-career artist based in Argentina. 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
VIA Art Fund Artistic Production Grant — Spring 2025 Cycle
Letter of inquiry deadline: November 4
Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions, in amounts ranging between $25,000 and $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 for their Fall and Spring award cycles.
Submission fee: none
Cove Park Kernow Residency for Cornwall-based Artists
Deadline: November 4
This funded residency offers time for self-directed work and the development of new ideas and projects. There is no anticipated outcome of the residency other than delivering a talk about your residency experience upon returning to Cornwall. The residency will take place from March 10 to March 23, 2025. This residency will provide £1,000 to go towards travel, living and material costs, as well as a £150 fee for the sharing talk after the residency.
Submission fee: none
Craft Futures Fund - WNC Emergency Relief Mini Grants
Rolling applications through November 17
Craft Futures Fund - WNC Emergency Relief takes the form of one-time, unrestricted $500 grants to a broad range of craft-based artists, makers, creative manufacturers, and culture bearers in Western North Carolina who have been impacted by Hurricane Helene. Grants are reviewed and distributed weekly.
Submission fee: none
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