“I think painting is more like the real world if it’s made out in the real world.” —Robert Rauschenberg
It’s a short and sweet one from me today, as for the second time in a week I’ve had to drive the three-plus hours to O’Hare to ferry family between connections to/from Lima, which prove to be more circuitous from the far reaches of northern Wisconsin! Oh, this globalized world we live in… makes for some good thinking-while-driving, though. Sometimes I appreciate not being able to do much else.
On Friday, I’m looking forward to heading up to Door County, Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan peninsula that has a legacy of artist colonies on top of its maritime heritage and natural landscapes. To my knowledge, though, it’s never had an art fair—at least not in the sense of a commercial gallery fair.
In the spirit of a lot of the small, boutique art fairs that have been popping up in Upstate New York, for example, a small gathering of contemporary art galleries from Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and a couple of other spots have been coordinated by a group of artists/gallerists to test the waters for the first time with Door County Contemporary. Consider me on assignment!
See you next week.
—Kate
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Featured artist: Holly Wong
Exhibitions to see in Antwerp, Brunswick, Denver, East Hampton, Kingston, New York City, and Paris
Twelve opportunities for artists with deadlines coming up soon
Featured Artist: Holly Wong
Through oil paint, graphite, charcoal, and alcohol ink on canvas and paper, Holly Wong’s patterned collages that reflect upon “how one’s spiritual life can transform trauma and support growing resilience,” she says.
“In my recent collaged painting series, I sublimate the scars of trauma from a family history of violence so that wounds can be alchemized into a form of radical repair,” Wong explains. “I use the art-making process and my individual practice of mysticism to identify my pain and then transform it with densely layered imagery that acts as a salve.”
The artist currently has a solo exhibition titled Sacred Letters on view at ELLIO Fine Art in Houston through June 21. Find more on Wong’s website and Instagram.
Exhibitions
NEW YORK CITY | GAA GALLERY
Andrea Joyce Heimer: Served Cold
“These paintings are revenge fantasies, plain and simple… In this group of paintings I enact over-the-top revenge on the people and places that have hurt me most.” —Andrea Joyce Heimer
Runs through June 21
NEW YORK CITY | JANE LOMBARD GALLERY
Jane Bustin: Pirelli, Let Me Count the Ways (Part II)
Bustin’s series is a direct, month-by-month response to photographs by Sarah Moon, the first woman to photograph for The Pirelli Calendar. “The color palette of Bustin's work mirrors that of the original calendars with soft focus and silken fabrics, an additional element to subvert the viewer and challenge aesthetic associations linked to femininity.”
Runs through June 21
PARIS | SEMIOSE
Anne Neukamp: Mirror
In playful paintings, Neukamp approaches the theme of the mirror—like other objects before like paperclips, ropes, whistles, and keys—as a symbol, a semiologic representation.
Runs through June 21
More shows worth a peek:
Chris Oh: Adore at Newchild, Antwerp, through June 19
David Egan: Cell Theory at Neon Parc, Brunswick, through June 21
Smorgasbord at Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, through June 22
Meg Lipke and Jeff Williams: Liquefier at Roundabouts Now!, Kingston, through June 29
Eyes On: Susan Wick at Denver Art Museum, Denver, through July 26
Artist Opportunities
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Headlands Center for the Arts Chamberlain Award
Deadline: June 5
The Chamberlain Award is a fully sponsored artist residency and $10,000 prize to support an artist working in the social practice discipline. This award supports artists employing non-traditional media to creatively engage with social concerns of the day.
Submission fee: $25
Great Meadows Foundation Artist Professional Development Grants (Kentucky)
Deadline: June 8
Artist Professional Development Grants promote the growth and development of visual art in Kentucky by helping improve the critical skills, resources, knowledge, and connections of fine artists. Artists' primary residence must be within the Great Meadows Foundation region, which encompasses the 120 counties of Kentucky and the Greater Louisville area of Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana. Applicants may request between $500 and $7,000.
Submission fee: none
City of Melbourne 2026 Annual Arts Grants
Deadline: June 9
Artists and arts organizations are invited to apply for one of the following opportunities via the City of Melbourne:
Annual Arts Grants: Up to $20,000 is available for arts projects that deliver a public outcome, either online or at a venue within City of Melbourne in 2026. Open to individual artists, groups, and small-to-medium arts organizations.
Art Residencies: These grants provide studio spaces and facilities for artists and small-to-medium arts organizations to support the development of their creative practice. Residencies are available in 2026 for six or 12 months and include up to $5,000 funding for artists.
Submission fee: none
Prairie Ronde Artist Residency — Fall Session
Deadline: June 15
Prairie Ronde is hosted by The Mill at Vicksburg, a redevelopment project of the former Lee Paper Company mill, in the historic village of Vicksburg, Michigan. The program provides artists from a range of disciplines with a five- to six-week residency, with the goal of engaging with The Mill and its surrounding 80 acres of property. Three sessions are offered annually during the spring, summer, and fall. Artists receive a $2,000 stipend upon completion of the residency, a $500 travel grant, private housing, a gallery show in downtown Vicksburg, and more.
Submission fee: $25
Badlands National Part Artist-in-Residence
Deadline: June 15
The Artist in Residence (AIR) program at Badlands National Park was founded in 1996 and is open to all artists. Writers, composers, and all visual and performing artists are invited to interpret this wind-swept environment through their work. Artists are encouraged to interact with park visitors as they work among the natural features of the park. Two residencies are offered per year, each for a period of four to six weeks to occur between September 15 through May 1. The park offers an apartment located in a small housing complex at park headquarters at no cost to the artist. Additionally, the park provides a reimbursement for personal expenses not to exceed $300.
Submission fee: none
Stove Works 2026 Residencies
Deadline: June 15
From February through November of each year, Stove Works’ Artist Residency invites eight artists to live/work for one to three months at a time. Residencies are free of charge, although residents are responsible for travel, materials, and food/beverages during their stay.
Submission fee: $20 until June 7, then $30 until deadline
2025 Miami University Young Sculptors Competition
Deadline: June 15
Young sculptors who are U.S. residents and aged between 25 and 35 as of competition entry are invited to participate in a biennial juried competition for the 2025 $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award. Entrants should have achieved a significant degree of success as an emerging artist of noteworthy talent. The winner will become part of the Miami University Yeck Collection of 21st Century Painting and Sculpture. This year's theme requirement is representational realism.
Submission fee: none
Visual Arts Scotland Residency Open Call 2025 w/ Bothy Project
Deadline: June 15
This opportunity offers a Visual Arts Scotland member the chance to spend a week-long residency at Sweeney’s Bothy, a simple, off-grid building in unique surroundings on the stunning Isle of Eigg, part of the Scottish Inner Hebrides. The residency will take place from October 4 to 11, 2025, and all reasonable travel up to £250 and accommodation costs are included. There will also be a £720 artist fee provided by VAS for the successful applicant.
Submission fee: none for VAS members
Jerome Early Career Printmakers Residency 2025/2026
Deadline: June 16
Three artists are selected annually to participate in the Jerome Early Career Printmakers Residency at Highpoint Printmaking in Minneapolis. The year-long residency begins in September and features an exhibition in June. Residents receive 12 months of access to a state-of-the-art printshop, technical support, $500 credit toward Highpoint classes and/or individual instruction, a $3,500 stipend, and more.
Submission fee: none
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
Deadline: June 17
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 is now open for entries, offering drawing practitioners around the world the opportunity to showcase their work in an open exhibition dedicated to drawing with awards of a total value of £27,000. The exhibition will run from October 9 to 21, 2025, at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.
Submission fee: none
Ian Potter Cultural Trust Emerging Australian Artist Grants — Round 2 (Australia)
Deadline: June 17
The Ian Potter Cultural Trust runs funding rounds through which individual artists can apply for grants of up to AUD$15,000. The Trust funds nationally and supports artists working across the spectrum of the arts, from traditional art forms through to experimental mediums. Round 2 funds travel or projects that commence after September 19, 2025.
Submission fee: none
Baltan Laboratories Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU) Residency
Deadline: June 20
Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU) is a Creative Europe Cooperation project tackling socio-ecological challenges through cross-disciplinary research and context-specific artistic interventions. The project includes a program of residencies (SIT-RES) happening in 2026 and 2027, where selected artists and creative practitioners will be invited to engage with a specific context (social, geographical, historical) for one year. SIT-RES 2026 starts in January 2026 and SIT-RES 2027 in November 2026.The selected residents will receive an artist fee of €13,500 (travel excluded) and a production budget.
Submission fee: none
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