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Illustrator Ulrike Marais explores grief and memory in her insect-themed cookbook picture book

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Brighton-based illustrator Ulrike Marais tackles themes of grief and memory via insects and meals in her latest project, Omi's Dinner Party. Beautifully realised with a combination of traditional and digital mediums, Omi's Dinner Party is a feast for the eyes as well as the soul.

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Maiyashu's new picture book explores how people relate to their hometowns in a breathtaking way

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It's a theme that author and illustrator Xinyue Chen, AKA Maiyashu, explores to great effect in their latest picture book, I Will Always Be Here. I still prefer working on paper much more than working digitally. What do you picture when you think of home? A building, your bedroom, or even just a feeling?

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Playfully sinister works by the Cameron Twins challenge our connections with our past selves

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Working across screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation, the work of the Cameron Twins leans into a strong, garish aesthetic that plays with a bright and oversaturated colour palette.

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

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Noguchi Museum 2024 Open Call for Artist Banners (New York City) The Noguchi Museum invites working artists ages 18+ who reside in New York City and self-identify as Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) to submit designs for the museum’s outdoor banners, responding to the theme of “love and labor.” Deadline: February 4, 2024.

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

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Open Calls ArteAlta (International) This annual competition organized by Alina Art Foundation, Inarttendu, and the Council of the Region Valle d’Aosta invites artists to submit work across painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, textiles, paper, and video related to the theme of Fear. Deadline: May 1, 2024. Deadline: 11:59 p.m.

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Gradwatch 2020: Artist Matilda White, Camberwell College of Arts

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She describes herself as a printmaker and artist, working digitally as well as on paper, and recently branched out into textiles. For her final degree project White created a woven piece entitled A Gender Circus, which uses symbols and tropes from the world of performance to explore themes of gender and identity.

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Seven Artists Crack Open the Art of Printed Matter in ‘Bookworks’

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Paper tomes have had an immeasurable impact on society and our ability to relay knowledge, and even in an age of digital e-readers, the physical volume still embodies an appeal as timeless as literature itself.

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