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Six ways artists can set up a successful stall at an art fair

Creative Boom

If you're participating in art fairs for the first time or just feel a bit rusty, we've put together a guide on how to set up a stall with the help of Glasgow Print Fair and some of the printmakers it works with. Ask questions like, is it pretty easy to get to on public transport? All the printmakers suggested having a mask with you.

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UK's biggest comic art festival returns to Yorkshire this November

Creative Boom

Photography by Andrew Benge Teaming up once again with partners LeedsBID, Thought Bubble Festival 2023 will present a week of talks, workshops, exhibitions, public art installations, film screenings, venue takeovers and more.

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Northern Block shares its love for the marker pen with new experimental typeface, Hubsch

Creative Boom

In other words, it would sit just as comfortably at home in a video-game interface as it would in concrete for a piece of public architecture. The name, by the way, derives from the nickname of 14th-century printmaker Martin Schongauer. When spelt with an umlaut (i.e. Hübsch), it means pretty in German.

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Whimsical Animals Take Center Stage on Christina Sutton Painting’s Dinnerware

Design You Trust

Her designs are reminiscent of traditional printmaking techniques, featuring animals framed by a border of flora. Sutton’s artistic background is in painting and printmaking, but she got into pottery when a friend got a kiln and taught her how to make a pinch pot. From there, she started making little bowls and never looked back.

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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

Design Milk

This collaboration between the unique graphic stylings of public artists Cushing, maker of bespoke colored glass, and Sparey, a metalwork artist, is born from friendship, a deep appreciation for the other’s specialty, and a fusion of robust industry knowledge. Lara also teaches design and is an established printmaker.

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

Colossal

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

Colossal

This year’s theme is “Public Art IS Public Health.” ” Applicants should express an interest in investigating and creating work exploring intersectional impacts between public art and public health. Deadline: August 1, 2022. The Anita Wetzel Residency Grant (U.S.). Deadline: August 7, 2022.

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