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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

Design Milk

DIORAMA – a series of three freestanding mixed media sculptures by artisans Amy Cushing and Lara Sparey – distills a variety of multidimensional scenes into an amalgam of colored glass and black metal artifacts to offer respite from the din of existence. Fresh colorways and designs are in progress due to launch February 24, 2024.

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May 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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This is an international open call, and all visual media is eligible. The residency supports artists from across the globe, working in all media, for periods of one to three months from August to October. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. PST on May 14, 2024. Three prizes with cash, an exhibition opportunity, and a residency will be awarded.

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November 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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This is an international open call, and all visual media is eligible. Virgin Islands) This portrait competition is open to all media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, video, performance art, and digital or time-based art. Thirty artists will be selected for a shortlist.

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Class of 2022: A guide to all the UK's graduate shows this summer

Creative Boom

Left to right: Billy Paterson (Communication Design Y3), Jihye Baek (MFA 2022), Fleur Connor (Painting and Printmaking 2022), Sophie Ammann, Leonie Hiller (Communication Design 2022). Running from 17 June-3 July, the RA Schools Show sees 15 students transform their studios to present new work across various media. South East England.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

Creative Boom

Philip Guston (1913-1980) was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman who's now considered one of the most important American painters of the 20th century. Mainstream publishing and media haven't always done a great job at representing the contribution made by black creatives to the British art scene.

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January 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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Virgin Islands) This portrait competition is open to all media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, video, performance art, and digital or time-based art. Other prizes range from $1,000 to $10,000, and all finalists will be included in an exhibition. There is a $50 entry fee.

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October 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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Arte Laguna Prize 18 (International) This prize is open to artists working in painting, sculpture and installation, photographic art, video art and short films, performance and acting, and digital. This $5,000 grant is awarded by the National Sculpture Society each year to an established figurative or realist sculptor.

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