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Embracing the Blank Canvas: Crafting Your Creative Resolutions for the New Year

We And The Color

The blank canvas of the year ahead beckons, offering a fresh opportunity to hone our crafts, break boundaries, and infuse our work with innovation. Attend workshops, explore different art forms, or delve into subjects outside your usual realm. Embrace constructive criticism as a means to refine your craft.

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How to beat isolation when you no longer live in a creative hub

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Moving out of the city brings many advantages but can be a shock when you're no longer nestled in a metropolitan creative hub. And maybe be a little less fussy about the kind of workshops, conferences, gallery openings, exhibitions and other creative events you show an interest in.

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Inspiring creative women to follow in 2022

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock. And outside her day job, she's the co-founder of Woodism , an art collaboration that celebrates children with autism whilst raising money for charity. Through her workshop, Own Your Story, Olivia coaches audiences in a methodology for crafting a clear, concise and compelling personal brand story.

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How to stand out as a freelance illustrator in 2023

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock With so much talent out there, how do you get noticed as a freelance illustrator? Then, one place to start is to study a wide range of historical and contemporary art styles. Give talks or workshops. We explore six of the best tried-and-tested strategies. Struggling to find your distinct style?

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

Colossal

1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. 2024 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award (International) Artists, photographers, and illustrators are invited to submit cohesive bodies of work they’d like to see turned into a book.

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October 2022 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

Collection of the artist, courtesy of Ota Fine Arts. Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute (DATMA) – SHELTER 2023 Featured. Tawney Fellowship at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. This fellowship fosters engagement with Tawney’s art environment installed at JMKAC’s Art Preserve in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

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August 2022 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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Faena Prize for the Arts (International). Artists across genres, disciplines, and technologies are invited to imagine temporary and site-specific projects installed at Faena Beach during Miami Art Week 2022. The annual SPIE International Day of Light Photo Contest focuses on light and its vital role in nature, art, and technology.

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