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Ian Morris on what it takes to be a successful children's book illustrator

Creative Boom

His education at a Montessori nursery in Prestwich encouraged him to explore his natural interests rather than a formal curriculum, resulting in much more drawing than reading. However, I am also interested in printmaking methods, screenprinting, mono printing, etching, and true grain.

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

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All three artists will have the opportunity to develop and lead a public program at the museum. FREE THE BOOKS: A Print Exhibition (International) This March, Evanston Public Library will host an exhibition of prints about banned books in collaboration with Hive Center for Book Arts and Starshaped Press. Deadline: February 4, 2024.

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

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Art in Odd Places 2024: Care (International) The iconic public visual and performance art festival in Manhattan will take place October 18 to 20, 2024, under the theme of Care. Artists, performers, agitators, and caretakers are eligible to submit projects that invite the public to stop, to rest, to consider, and, above all, to care.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

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Ranging from painting to photography, each takes a deep dive into its respective subject to help educate, inform and entertain you in equal measure. 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.

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

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The winners, plus 20 shortlisted photographers, will be featured in and receive a copy of a special mini-photo publication. 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. Deadline: 3 p.m.

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

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Open Calls Beam Center New Hampshire Open Call (International) The center seeks proposals for public artworks that will be realized by a community of more than 100 young people at Beam Camp in Strafford, NH. The winners, plus 20 shortlisted photographers, will be featured in and receive a copy of a special mini-photo publication.

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The role of Aberdeen People’s Press in late 20th century activism

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Aberdeen CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) publication Living on the Front Line, 1981. The exhibition has been organised by the University of Aberdeen Special Collections and Peacock Visual Arts, the latter established as a printmaking workshop just months after APP. Workers Educational Association annual report, 1982.