September 11, 2024 | Issue 102 | |
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REJUVENATE
self-care offerings
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CONNECT
opportunities that
bring people together
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ELEVATE
tips from experts
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Artist Jim Gallucci brought 40,000 pounds of World Trade Center steel to Greensboro, turning it into a stunning 9/11 monument that features poems from children. And guess what? He’s just getting started! There’s more steel waiting to be transformed into even more powerful tributes. Want to know what’s next for this meaningful project? Keep reading!
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Check out this article from NASA on "Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination" at the Brand Library in Glendale, California. This installation fuses art and science with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to make space exploration tangible. The exhibition features cross-disciplinary works, including installations using Martian wind data and seismic rhythms from multiple planets, showcasing how art can illuminate the vastness of the universe.
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Daily Meditation & Contemplative Practice Offerings: Breathing breaks, reflection journaling, monthly morning practice, midweek mantras, mindful drawing, and meditation. This is a virtual offering from Pratt Institute and is free & open to all.
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Apply: Artadia Awards
The Artadia Award offers open-call applications in seven cities, focusing on equitable support with over 50% female and 40% people of color Awardees. Recipients receive financial support, a dedicated webpage in Artadia’s Artist Registry, and access to the Artadia Network for valuable connections and resource sharing. You must be a contemporary visual artist, making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museum, galleries, arts non-profit, the public art realm, etc. Filmmakers making films are not eligible. Applicants must permanently live in eligible city for at least two years.
Current Eligible Cities: Boston and Atlanta
Deadline: Boston - September 15; Atlanta - October 1, 2024
Grant Amount: $10,000
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We just launched our new National Resource Hub!
This ever-growing resource center covers various topics, offers resource guides, videos, and articles, and allows you to add your own resources!
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Read: What is the Artist’s Role in Society?
Artists are not just creators; they're cultural architects shaping our world. From reflecting history to sparking activism, their work influences society, challenges norms, and fosters empathy. As they navigate challenges and embrace new technologies, artists continue to transform our collective experience. Read more to see how many other reasons artists are valuable in society.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESILIENCY ACTION
A small action that you can do to help you prepare and survive an emergency!
Recognize and report fraud
After a disaster, scam artists, identity thieves and other criminals often attempt to take advantage of disaster survivors. Watch for and report any suspicious activity with tips from this page, available in multiple languages.
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The Adolf Busch Award celebrates outstanding achievements that creatively and courageously promote a more civil and just society through music. Eligible applicants must be nonprofit organizations that are looking for funding general operating expenses or specific projects and must be established for at least three years to apply.
Deadline: September 20, 2024 at 5PM EST
Grant: $10,000
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Apply: The Generator Fund
The Generator Fund has two open grants Kinetic Grants and Potential Grants for artist or lead organizers in Erie or Niagara counties. Projects must be firmly based in or related to the visual arts. Kinetic Grants are to fund artist’s production for a new project with a publicly accessible component. Potential Grants are intended to act as seed funds to sustain novel, long-term platforms for artistic expression and experimentation that foster collaboration, dialogue, and discourse in our region.
Deadline: September 30, 2024
Grant Amount: Kinetic Grant - $2,000; Potential Grant - $10,000
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Apply: Making Policy Public
Making Policy Public is CUP's open call program that invites organizers, advocates, and direct service providers to apply to create a free project that break downs a complex social justice issue, policy, or service into an easy to understand, visual explanation. Community organizations and designers respond to CUP's open call for Making Policy Public. A jury of visual designers and advocates use program criteria to select four community organizations’ and four visual designers/teams. Each project team collaborates over 5–12 months, depending on scope or format of the project. Advocates receive 1,000 free copies of the final project to distribute directly to their communities and networks. Designers receive an honorarium, depending on the scope of the project.
Deadline: September 16, 2024 at 12PM EST
Honorarium: $4,000 - $7,000
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Artists Thrive now has it's own community forum! Join conversations with other artists, arts educators, arts administrators, etc.
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