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Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?

Creative Boom

Sometimes, art can provide a fresh way to look at things. He then travelled and stayed in Germany and the United States, before moving to Italy. The central inspiration lies in Austrian writer Karl Kraus's famous quote, "Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful, but rather what is made beautiful by its embrace".

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'I like communicating complex ideas in simple ways': Illustrator Liam Eisenberg on honing his style, staying original and finding inspiration

Creative Boom

Despite not being an art major, this motivated me to put hours into each assignment until I worked my way up to being the best student in the class." When the time came to submit a portfolio and get accepted into an art program, Liam faced a dilemma. Should he focus on fine art, graphic design, photography or illustration? "I

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

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

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Submissions will be juried by Lauren Rosati, Associate Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City and Maya Brooks, Assistant Curator, North Carolina Museum of Art. ARTS Southeast’s ON::View Artist Residency Program Featured Applications are now open for the On::View Artist Residency Program in Savannah, Georgia.

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

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-based artists and arts workers of any discipline are eligible to apply for this three-year fellowship. Prisma Art Prize (International) Open to emerging painters and artists, this quarterly competition awards €2,000 in cash and €3,000 in services annually, plus exhibition opportunities. Deadline: 11:59 ET on January 5, 2024.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

Design Milk

These are the tools and materials New Orleans-based artist Demond Melancon uses to create his Black Masking suits and his contemporary art portraiture series. The massive suits he creates, and wears as a Black Master in ceremonial battles on Mardi Gras day, are sculptural forms based on his own body. Glass beads. A whole lot of time.

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DMTV Milkshake: On the Magic of Glass With “Artisan Manufacturer” John Pomp

Design Milk

Pomp was a fine art student at the Columbus College of Art & Design when a trusted instructor suggested a glass blowing course: “I didn’t really know what it meant, but I was like, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll try it,’” Pomp says. Philadelphia has an amazing arts and crafts community – it’s very vibrant.”