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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

Design Milk

DIORAMA – a series of three freestanding mixed media sculptures by artisans Amy Cushing and Lara Sparey – distills a variety of multidimensional scenes into an amalgam of colored glass and black metal artifacts to offer respite from the din of existence. Fresh colorways and designs are in progress due to launch February 24, 2024.

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Wenching Tang's elegant illustrations are an expression of her introverted personality

Creative Boom

I also take inspiration from Toulouse-Lautrec's bold compositions in printmaking posters, plus Reńe Gruau's minimal and contemporary illustrations." From studying sculptures on buildings to looking at what people are wearing in cafes, I've got an eye for detail that is always eager to explore," she reveals.

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

Creative Boom

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. We enjoy using this popular imagery in our sculptures and prints as they add a playful and witty quality to the work.".

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Geometric paintings of a window looking out onto New York City that follow the sun's path

Creative Boom

Trained in printmaking, Kupferschmidt is renowned for her minimal, geometric approach to her paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures. Charting the position of the sun and the moon, these window views also reveal how these cosmic shifts can affect our environment and mood.

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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. Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2025 (United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S.

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Humans and Animals Commune with Nature and the Cosmos in the Multidisciplinary Work of Kiki Smith

Colossal

Her early drawings and sculptures literally turned the figure inside out, often depicting organs, body parts , and bodily fluids, which related closely to the root concern in the AIDS epidemic as well as the visceral experience of the menstrual cycle.

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

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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. National Sculpture Society Stanley Bleifeld Memorial Grant (U.S.) Deadline: November 1, 2023. Deadline: November 6, 2023.

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