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U.S. National Deadline: June 30, 2022 – This Carlisle Arts Learning Center exhibit is intended to highlight the connection between contemporary textile art and the traditional methods and materials from which evolved…

The Psychedahlia Garden is all ready to go for the Portland Winter Light Fest!  …

The Psychedahlia Garden is all ready to go for the Portland Winter Light Fest! …


The Psychedahlia Garden is all ready to go for the Portland Winter Light Fest! The Garden is located under the cover of the World Trade Center but there are a ton of other art installations at OMSI, PSU, and everywhere in between. It starts today at 6 and it’s FREE! #psychedahlias #psychedahliagarden #tylerfuquacreations #pwlf



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Powering Cultural Futures: Seekings Consultants

The Barr Foundation seeks a Learning and Evaluation Consultant to support the newly launched cohort, Powering Cultural Futures (PCF), a new six-year initiative that provides funding, technical assistance, peer networking, and other supports to a diverse cohort of 15 BIPOC-rooted organizations in Massachusetts.

The responsibility of the role include:

Collect, analyze, and synthesize learning from specific initiative activities, including:

The co-designed cohort learning agenda

The collaborative self-assessment and prioritization process

Customized capacity building activities o Trainings on organizational development topics

Trust-building work and activities to establish shared values

Design and implement learning and evaluation activities to assess whether the key programmatic elements of the PCF Initiative are meeting intended goals. These elements include multi-year general operating support; knowledge and technical assistance; peer-learning cohort; and targeted supplemental funds.

Plan and subsequently lead a process to create an initiative-level Theory of Change, and adjust and update the Theory of Change as needed.

Identify key questions that surface in the cohort, share analysis across consultant team, and collaboratively use these learnings to inform the creation and implementation of a learning agenda that benefits the organizations in the cohort.

Intent to submit a proposal is due Thursday, April 14, 2022 and the deadline to submit a full proposal is Friday, May 6, 2022.

Read the full announcement here.

New Fund: Applications Open for Ireland’s Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Program

The new grant from Basic Income for the Arts, “will give 2,000 artists €325 (~$354) a week with no restrictions on spending.” This pilot program will be tested over the course of three years (2022-2025).

“The program is not restricted to the visual arts: Literature, theater, music, dance, circus, and architecture are among the many eligible mediums,” said Elaine Velie. “The application is also noncompetitive — artists only have to meet the eligibility requirements in order to be entered into the pool.”

Read the full article here.

Storm Drain Murals Project

U.S. Regional Deadline: April 30, 2022 – The City of Burlingame is launching a new Storm Drain Murals Pilot Project and seeks digital artwork for storm drain murals. Winning designs will have their art printed…