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Cultural festivals for the soul: 2024 events that celebrate art, design, and creativity

Creative Boom

Picture yourself wandering the labyrinthine alleyways of Venice during the Biennale, discovering hidden masterpieces around every corner, soaking in the electrifying energy of SXSW, where music, film, and technology collide in a vibrant Texan melting pot, or feeling the thrum of anticipation alongside aspiring filmmakers at Sundance.

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F5: Misha Milovanovich on Her Serbian Roots, Psychology + Film

Design Milk

Now living in London, Milovanovich works across several mediums, from sculpture to painting, and digital art while pulling from these lived experiences, learned techniques, jokes, and memories. Milovanovich knew she was meant to become a creative maker at age 10, when struck with a passion for filmmaking.

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

Colossal

Artists working in visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, filmmaking, curating, are welcome to apply. All About Photo Magazine 35 Colors Color is the theme of this competition, and photographers are encouraged to submit a cohesive body of work exploring or related to pigment.

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

Colossal

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. Sony Future Filmmaker Awards (International) The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards elevates voices that bring a fresh perspective to storytelling.

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Moments of Isolation and Belonging Explored in Surreal Composite Photographs by May Parlar

Colossal

Her work reflects on themes of belonging and alienation, Parlar tells Colossal, and she seeks to “explore the human condition through a feminist perspective.” All images © May Parlar, shared with permission of the artist. Parlar describes herself as a global nomad, and is currently based in Berlin.

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

Colossal

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. Sony Future Filmmaker Awards (International) The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards elevates voices that bring a fresh perspective to storytelling.

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

Colossal

Applicants can be at all career stages and working in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, interdisciplinary, and architecture. Proposals should inspire and re-contextualize artworks, themes, and issues contained or referenced within the archives, and each project will receive a $1,000 budget.

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