The National Portrait Gallery is the first to honor Hung Liu’s visual works from over six decades. Liu’s paintings, photography, and drawings give new meaning to portraiture in relationship to time, memory, and history. This installation will be available at this Smithsonian from August 27, 2021 – May 30, 2022.
Giovanna Torres with the Arts and Science Council tells the story of Culture Blocks program by Ana Lucia Divins “Timeless Latin American Music” that focuses on connection to culture, while exploring feelings, memories and stories connected with the most traditional and timeless Latin American tunes.
Daily Meditation & Contemplative Practice Offerings: Breathing breaks, reflection journaling, monthly morning practice, midweek mantras, mindful drawing, and meditation. This is a virtual offering from the Pratt Institute and is free and open to all.
Alex Teplitky with Creative Capital gives a detailed guide to the online membership platform Patreon that many creatives have begun to use. This guide highlights why you should use Patreon, how it works, knowing your audience, what benefits to provide members, and more.
At Home with the Creative Coalition presents this episode with David Zucker. Zucker discusses his work on “Airplane!” and “Ruthless People”, how he got started with directing, and much more.
Elissa Washuta shares this essay about why should we even write. This essay, written as a keynote for the August 2020 Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference, gives an look into Washuta’s answer for the many reasons you can say you write and a look at what writing means in her life. This inspirational piece will make you think through the ways writing is important in your own life.
Hester Street’s Radical Imagination for Racial Justice (RIRJ) Initiative is seeking Letters of Intent for the 2022 Community-led Solutions for Climate Justice. They are seeking applicants looking to build collective impact, utilize an interdisciplinary approach highlighting both art and culture and climate justice, develop models or pilots for places government entities can pursue longer term solutions. This application is only open to nonprofits in New York City and Puerto Rico.
Application Deadline: September 9, 2021 at 5:00 PM EST
The AIR Institute put together a step-by-step plan for convening partners in your community so that you can grow your creative sector. Their website features resources for you to hold an Art Builds Business Builds Art Workshop that helps assess your community's readiness for this work and the other AIR programs.
Alliance of Artists Communities stresses the importance of their mission to offer inspiration and support for artist by nurturing the process of creation. They give an overview of their project that focuses on measuring the impact of residencies on artist. This project was funded by The Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
