International Deadline: November 20, 2021 – The Migratory Yellow Pages and Exhibition will include a collection of graphic and literary contributions from both sides of the border dedicated to migrants…
International Deadline: November 19, 2021 -The City will provide up to $50,000 for the purchase of artistic entry signage for the E.H. Young Riverfront Park. Emerging and professional artists are encouraged to apply…
Submitted by Carmen Graciela Díaz on October 21, 2021
The Mosaic Network and Fund Funder Learning Intensive 2021-2022, a one-year online learning intensive aimed at supporting a cohort of up to 100 New York City-based arts funders in their efforts to normalize racial justice concepts and implement racial equity practices at their organizations, is seeking participants.
To participate, register here by October 27, 2021 at 5pm Eastern Time. More details here.
International Deadline: December 1, 2021 – Highly regarded Panopticon Gallery announces a call for art for “First Look” our annual juried portfolio showcase. Five portfolios will be selected for the exhibition…
Submitted by Carmen Graciela Díaz on October 18, 2021
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) released three research studies exploring policies, programs, and funding practices to improve equity and accessibility in state arts agencies’ work.
Submitted by Carmen Graciela Díaz on October 18, 2021
A recent piece at The Nation explores this question, “Can philanthropy decolonize?”. Author Tim Schwab states in this piece that “only if wealthy donors grapple with the difference between giving away money and actually sharing power.”
The Nation examined 30,000 charitable grants the foundation has awarded over the past two decades and found that more than 88 percent of the donations—$63 billion—have gone to recipients in the wealthiest, whitest nations, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and European countries.
International Deadline: October 31, 2021 – The International Women in Photo Association announces an open call for women photographers to submit their entries for the 2021 edition of the awards…
The circus holds a special place in the cultural zeitgeist—there’s an instant grounding and association of it with the wonderment of childhood. Unmatched feats of daring and unforgettable moments of entertainment are housed under those big tents, and it has become such a fixture that it is still the most popular destination among would-be child runaways. There’s a rich history of the iconic performing art of cirque within Montreal, and right now at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, that history is sitting centre ring with It’s Circus Time!
It’s Circus Time!, which runs at the museum until March of 2022, explores the timeline of circus within the province of Quebec, from the early advents in the 18th century all the way up to the modern-day. Pascal Jacob, an avid collector and historian of the circus, is one of the forces behind the exhibition, donating dozens of items from his personal collection. Beyond the informational aspects of this exhibition, interactive elements will let individuals climb into a clown car and test their acrobatic prowess. And throughout this weekend, tightrope walker Laurence T-Vu can be seen crossing a seventy-metre rope.
Montreal has become one of the hubs for circus performance internationally. With major name companies such as Cirque du Soleil calling the city home, it’s no wonder that so many are attracted to the circus offerings of the city, as well as having a world-class training facility in the form of École National de Cirque. But these modern advents aren’t the only major stars in the province of Quebec’s circus history—Louis Cyr, a strongman, had a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and with his one finger lift of a 500 lb. weight, he is documented as one of the strongest men of all time; Cyr is even immortalized in statue form in the St. Henri neighbourhood of Montreal.
Dazzling and dreamy and often floating somewhere in our pasts, the circus is a unique slice of the performing arts. It combines theatrical tradition with both physical prowess and sheer spectacle in a brilliantly coloured veil. It’s Circus Time! seem to properly do the due diligence of showing the public just how rich that history is. It is not merely entertainment, but a cultural staple that melds so many creative endeavours under a single, pointed roof. Circus is as much an art as theatre or dance, and the course it has taken deserves its time in the spotlight.
Submitted by Carmen Graciela Díaz on October 14, 2021
Hyperallergic writes about the Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA), a new bipartisan bill in Congress that proposes a $300 million federal grants and commissions program for art workers. “The act is a joint effort between hundreds of cultural organizations to stimulate the creative economy through public art projects across the United States,” states the article.
Submitted by Carmen Graciela Díaz on October 14, 2021
The Joan Mitchell Foundation recently announced the inaugural recipients of the new Joan Mitchell Fellowship, which annually awards 15 artists working in the evolving fields of painting and sculpture with $60,000 each in unrestricted funds, distributed over a five-year period.
According to the announcement, “the new Fellowship program re-envisions and enhances the impact of our earlier Painters & Sculptors Grants by significantly increasing the financial award and expanding the professional development offerings that are a hallmark of the Foundation’s approach to supporting working artists.”