February 23, 2022 | Issue 43 |
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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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New York State has created a initiative to offer guaranteed income to 2,400 artists. One grant opportunity would provide $1,000 per month for 18 months while another opportunity provides $65,000-a-year job with a community-based organization or a municipality. You must live in New York State to be eligible. Other cities are taking up similar initiatives (including San Francisco).
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This article by PBS WHYY gives an in depth look at artist Yoko Ono and her self-care practices. This piece gives a history of the artist and then dives into her techniques of self-care. Techniques developed long before self-care became the popular term and practice used today.
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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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The Field is offering this virtual workshop on The Artist’s Financial Plan: from artist to artist-entrepreneur. This workshop includes how to set your rates that cover all your business and financial needs, get you into the creative entrepreneur mindset, determine best business bank account and credit card to set up, and much more.
Date/Time: February 24, 2022 at 1:00PM – 2:15PM EST
Cost: Members of the Field – Free; Guests – $15
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The Kentucky Arts Council presents a celebration of Black and African American artists through a monthly interview series that explores and showcases the lives, works and voices of several black artists that call the Bluegrass their home. This series combines personal perspectives of the artist’s work, and meaningful conversations with both professional and emerging Black artists in the commonwealth. This webpage allows you to visit all of the archived conversations with these impressive artists.
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At Home with the Creative Coalition presents an episode with creative David Arquette known for his role in Scream. David discusses the time he fell through the roof of an airplane on the Universal lot, advice from Wes Craven, and much more. You can listen directly though this link or download on Apple Podcasts.
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This 10-minute video gives helpful tips to photograph your art for the best photographic results. The comments on this video offer even more useful tips to make your virtual portfolio or store look its best.
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2021 Summit recordings are still available! |
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Simply log back into Sched and watch any session you may have missed (or re-watch your favorites!). Video are currently only available to those who registered for the 2021 Artists Thrive Summit. |
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Now through end of March. These webinars are tailored to the needs of performing arts organizations.
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Submissions open until February 25, 2022
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The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation is now accepting applications for the LIFT - Early Career Support for Native Artists program, a one-year award and early career support program for emerging Native artists to develop and realize new projects. The program’s focus is to provide financial support and professional development to artists whose work aims to uplift communities and advance positive social change. Applicants must be an individual Native artist in dance/choreography, fiction/poetry writing, film/video, multi-disciplinary arts, music, performance art, theater and screenplay writing, traditional arts, or 2D + 3D visual arts. Applicants must, also, be a current enrolled member or citizen of a federally-recognized or state-recognized American Indian tribe or Alaska Native corporation, or of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
Application Deadline: March 16, 2022 at 5:00 PST
Grant Amount: $10,000 for proposed project
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In honor of the Hewlett Foundation’s 50th anniversary in 2017, the Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions initiative celebrates the foundation’s longstanding commitment to the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. This initiative awards ten $150,000 commissions each year for exceptional new works with the San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit organizations. This year is focused on ten new performance-based projects that center the use of emerging media arts technologies to premiere between 2022 – 2025. Documentary and feature films are not eligible.
Application Deadline: March 8, 2022 at 4:00PM EST
Grant Amount: $150,000
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Shandaken: Storm King is a free, process-focused residency that takes place at Storm King Art Center. Each resident is given a private bedroom and a private, 9-by-14 foot studio for 2, 4, or 6 weeks each. These studios do not have electricity. The house has 4 rooms – three for artists and one for the facility manager. This residency is for artists of all disciplines. All residents must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Application Due Dates: March 7, 2022 at 11:59PM
Application Fee: $25 (fee waiver available for those in need)
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