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Visual artist Danzhu Hu crafts a surreal and melancholic world where trauma can be reimagined

Creative Boom

Danzhu Hu is a visual artist from China, currently residing in New York City. At the very beginning of her creative journey, Hu discovered her keen interest in mental health advocacy, which has become a regular topic for her projects. © Danzhu Hu. Thus, my work always feels emotionally charged and intimate.". © Danzhu Hu.

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Former doctor Emma Cheng on switching to illustration, and how her medical background has informed her art

Creative Boom

It was not until I was 28 years old, a medical resident, that I started to think and understand how to pursue art realistically. The idea to switch careers emerged when I was a resident. It's really fun to see how people interact with the topic. Who are your biggest artistic inspirations, and why?

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

Colossal

Mural by Adele Renault Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund (Ukraine) Adobe’s Creative Residency Community Fund commissions visual artists to create company projects on a rolling basis.

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Italian Artist Illustrates the Sad Truth of Modern Life

Design You Trust

When I work on commission I try to find an unusual and effective way to draw the topic that I have to illustrate. When I work for myself, to improve the portfolio, I choose a topic that I feel is more close to my interest. My residency is based in Vilnius, Lithuania. I work mostly for magazines, newspapers, and websites.

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Artist Paints Superb Pictures of The Snowy North of Russia, and Inspired by Her Trip to The Baikonur Cosmodrome

Design You Trust

The artist’s work is always a reflection and a desire to understand oneself in the context of the chosen topic. The shuttle completed its solitary voyage in 1988, orbiting the Earth twice before residing at the cosmodrome for years. Tragically, its fate was sealed when a hangar roof collapse destroyed it.

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

Colossal

“Reservoir” by John Grade Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. BigCi Environmental Awards 2023 (International) Two winners will receive $4,000 and a four-week BigCi residency. Deadline: September 29, 2023.

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Annie Frost Nicholson invites you to dance away your blues in her new micro disco

Creative Boom

To this end, dance offers a suitable alternative means of communication for those topics we find hard to tackle head-on. Once it's finished its residency at Festival 14, Discoteca will move to Berlin in September for a closing party. And Annie agrees that we are still "growing a language around mental health and grief" in this country.