“I’m always involved with tomorrow and today, not yesterday. I’m always thinking about tomorrow.” —Robert Ryman
The open road has been on my mind so much lately, as I inch closer to finally purchasing a van that I plan to convert into a camper with—hopefully—the aim of heading out by February or March next year when the Upper Midwest winter is grinding by at its slowest and coldest. I’ve just been slowing selling most things I own, and itinerary planning is like meditation to me.
I love bookmarking travel tips and destinations to look back on later. I recently ran across a map I saved quite a few years ago titled Land Art of the West (I wish I knew who compiled it). (I also really love the project Land Arts of the American West, facilitated by Huckabee College of Architecture in Texas.)
Some of the links in the map are broken or out-of-date, like Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s vision for Over the River, begun in 1992, which proposed a crossing of the Arkansas River between Salida and Cañon City, Colorado. The project was finally abandoned after a protracted legal battle in 2017, a year after this map was created, but it’s interesting to see that it was “there” in a kind of conceptual way.
Beyond the biggies like Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, Holt’s Sun Tunnels, or De Maria’s The Lighting Field, there are some other really spectacular pieces I never knew about or just simply forgot about. I’ve always really wanted to see the centuries-old Bighorn Medicine Wheel. More recently, there’s Michael Heizer’s City, or, of course, Charles Ross’s Star Axis. I’d love to see Andrew Rogers’ Ratio in Utah, a giant stack of boxes based on the Fibonacci sequence.
What’s interesting about some installations is that, especially in the era of Desert X and other large-scale installations—think Marfa Invitational, for example—it’s hard to know what’s temporary and what’s not. Some things pop up and move, some things stay. After a few years, unless one goes and verifies its presence, it’s hard to know. I sort of love that, though. What would it be like to pop in some GPS coordinates along a miles-long dirt track in Utah or Nevada and then find that there’s nothing out of the ordinary there at all? Ghosts, if anything.
This time of year spurs big-trip dreaming, and I can’t wait to actually hit the road eventually. I’d like to make a point to see artworks but also visit places that I write about a lot, especially where there have been artists living and working for a long time, like Jackson, Santa Fe, Taos, probably Marfa again, Helena… so many more. Incidentally, I’m super excited to check out the new Joslyn Museum that recently opened in Omaha. I’d love to know what your go-to spots are out West.
See you next week!
—Kate
P.S. The Robert Ryman quote above is from a great interview with Art21.
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Featured opportunity: The Canopy Program 2025-2026
Featured artist: Luís Teixeira
Exhibitions to see in Amagansett, Brussels, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and San Francisco
Twelve opportunities for artists with deadlines coming up soon
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Featured Opportunity:
The Canopy Program 2025-2026
Deadline: July 27
The Canopy Program is a year-long, application-based mentorship program inviting artists access to work exclusively with a faculty mentor and a cohort of 10 artists for three consecutive semesters, including Fall 2025, Winter, and Spring 2026. Together as a cohort, artists will meet regularly for critiques, discussions, artist talks, and resource-building in professional practices, workshops, and lectu‹res! The 2025-2026 mentors include Amir H. Fallah, Sharon Butler, Meg Lipke, Catherine Haggarty, Clare Grill, and Jessica Dickinson. Each cohort also features an esteemed roster of invited guest speakers and visiting critics. Apply now.
Submission fee: $5 (donated to support Alzheimer’s research)
Emerging: Luís Teixeira
“In recent years, my work has focused on constructing visual narratives that evoke sensations of imminent collapse—emotional, political, or physical,” says Luís Teixeira. “I’ve been exploring themes like fragility, illness, instability, and libidinal impulses, often through metaphors such as parasite incubations, meteor falls, wounded bodies, dripping substances, and viscous liquids. These images are charged with a peculiar, sometimes disconcerting humor that helps me navigate complex emotions like anxiety, guilt, and internal tension.”
The artist has most recently been working on a body of paintings that revolve around the idea of a blackout, “a kind of disappearance, presented in an ambiguous way,” he says. He’s interested in the tension between fear and desire through the act or experience of vanishing.
See more on Teixeira’s website and Instagram.
Exhibitions
NEW YORK CITY | P·P·O·W
Jovencio de la Paz: el lugar de los milagros / the place of miracles
Gorgeous woven works by Jovencio de la Paz merge traditional weaving with digital processes, using a TC2 Jacquard loom guided by custom software and algorithms designed by the artist.
Runs through June 21
NEW YORK CITY | MORGAN LEHMAN GALLERY
Amy Boone-McCreesh: Future Histories
I’ve been a huge fan of Boone-McCreesh’s work for a while—it was a pleasure to show it in the Young Space online exhibition Systems Approach back in 2020, and it’s wonderful to see her work as it further evolves and matures, like in Future Histories now at Morgan Lehman.
Runs through June 28
SAN FRANCISCO | DOLBY CHADWICK GALLERY
Emilio Villalba: Paintings from Home
Villalba’s palette is intense, the medium thick, as he records intimate portraits of his nearest and dearest, along with objects that could be found in his kitchen, his studio, the market, or the street. "I can only paint what I truly know, what I see myself reflected in," he says.
Runs through June 28
More shows worth a peek:
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Tierra Madre at Garth Greenan Gallery, New York City, through June 20
Henry Curchod: Rome Is No Longer in Rome at C L E A R I N G, Los Angeles, through July 12
Veronica, Veronica at Hesse Flatow, Amagansett, through July 26
Franck Lundangi: Same Dreams at Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, through July 26
Morteza Khakshoor and Sofia Pashaei: in/between at Ballon Rouge, Brussels, through July 26
Artist Opportunities
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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
Grants for Artists' Progress for Artists in Washington
Deadline: June 23
Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) are unrestricted project-based grants of $1,500 awarded to 65 artists working in all disciplines across Washington State. Funding may be used for but not limited to artist fees, materials, equipment, space rental, travel for research, documentation, professional development opportunities, marketing and promotion, support to continue a current project, support to start a new project, and many other needs related to your project.
Submission fee: none
Gasworks Participation Residency 2025 for Artists based in London
Deadline: June 25
This open call is for artists of all disciplines, based in London, who are interested in working with people and communities. The program’s aim is to support artists to develop participatory projects that begin as powerful ideas and emerge through dialogue and co-creation with local people. Over a period of eight months (October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026), the selected artist will work directly with local communities in Lambeth and Southwark. The artist will receive administrative, pastoral, and curatorial support from the Gasworks’ team and Participation Advisory Board. This includes a total fee of £16,000, a program budget of £4,750, access to the Gasworks Participation Space, opportunities to engage with Gasworks' wider networks, and assistance with project communications.
Submission fee: none
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Fall Artist-in-Residence
Deadline: June 30
Since the early 2000s, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in California has hosted an Artist-in-Residence program. This program offers two primary goals: to deepen the connection between visitors and the park through art, and to provide diverse artists with meaningful experiences in a unique natural setting. All backgrounds and mediums are encouraged to apply. Selected artists are invited to stay at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area for two to three weeks, with free camping provided. After completing the program requirements, artists will receive an $850 stipend.
Submission fee: none
Centrum 2026 Emerging Artist Residency for PNW-based Artists
Deadline: June 30
The Emerging Artist Residency provides a $1,500 stipend, multiple resident gatherings, visiting artists and curators, studio visits, and an open studio event. This residency is aimed at visual and interdisciplinary artists in the Pacific Northwest who are towards the beginning of their creative paths and can benefit from the time to focus and receive support from a community of peers and specialists in their fields. This residency is always in October and lasts for four weeks.
Centrum's "In the Making" residency and self-directed residencies are also open via the same application.
Submission fee: none
Artists' Collecting Society ACS Studio Prize 2025
Deadline: June 30
The ACS Studio Prize offers recent graduates a £6,000 prize to help secure a studio space in a U.K. city of their choice. This year’s prize will be judged by Victoria Miro, Melanie Gerlis, Hester Westley, and Harriet Bridgeman.
Submission fee: none
University College London UCL200 Artists-in-Residence
Deadline: June 30
As part of UCL's bicentenary celebrations in 2026, artists are invited to apply for one of three paid artist-in-residence programmes at UCL:
Bloomsbury campus residency: investigate the university’s rich past while engaging with its present, uncovering stories, points of tension, and moments of celebration across two centuries of change.
UCL East residency: explore UCL’s newest campus and its ethos of openness, community, and innovation, reflecting its identity as both an academic hub and a civic space in the heart of east London.
Student community residency (in partnership with UCL Students’ Union): Connect with the diverse voices of our student body and alumni, creating space for expression, identity, and student-led narratives, both conceptually and physically.
The residencies will run from January to October 2026 and will award a fee of £12,000.
Submission fee: none
2026 Samstag Scholarships for Artists in Australia
Deadline: June 30
The annual Samstag Scholarships enable Australian artists to develop their artistic capacities and skills through a dedicated period of practice-based learning in an international learning institution. The scholarship provides each artist with institutional fees for one academic year of study and an AUD$75,000 tax-free allowance and covers travel expenses to a leading international art school of their choice. The competitive national scholarship program, established in 1991, is open to current visual arts students and artists who are graduates from a tertiary institution.
Submission fee: none
PLAYA 2026 Art/Sci Awarded Residency
Deadline: June 30
All of PLAYA’s programs focus on expanding and deepening the field of art and science to empower the human motivation necessary for a healthy and whole future on this planet. Surrounded by the richness of both the Fremont National Forest and BLM public lands, PLAYA’s programs provide ample space for study, exploration and inspiration within the high desert’s living laboratory.
Art/Sci Awarded Residencies are funded opportunities available through an application process and awarded to artists and scientists actively working to promote dialogue and positive environmental change. Residents are awarded a residency in a cohort made up of 6-10 artists and scientists spanning many disciplines. Residents stay in 1- or 2-bedroom cabins free of charge, and are responsible for their own travel costs and food while they are in residence. Applicants may choose a 5-, 11-, 17- or 25-night session. PLAYA is open to international and domestic applicants as long as eligibility requirements are met.
Submission fee: $30
Kunstverein Cultural Producer Program for Freelance Curators in Ireland
Deadline: June 30
Kunstverein’s new Creative Producer Program is a training and development initiative supported by the Arts Council through the Creative Production Supports scheme. Independent creative producers and freelance curators are invited to apply for an 18-month program commencing in September 2025. Participants will receive ongoing curatorial guidance and support, access to training and development, and a bursary of €12,000.
Submission fee: none
2025 Nasher Artist Grants for Artists in North Texas
Deadline: June 30
Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Grants are small-sum awards offered to artists to further their personal or professional development. Artists and collectives are encouraged to submit a proposal for grants for $2,000 to be used toward physical resources or endeavors that will further their artistic practice.
Submission fee: none
QUEER|ART Illuminations Grant
Deadline: July 2
The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field.
Submission fee: none
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