Memorial for Queer Rhyolite, a temporary monument to dreams in the dust is a public work originally installed for the inaugural Bullfrog Biennial at the Goldwell Open Air Museum in October 2019. The piece memorializes a 1980s dream to establish “Stonewall Park,” a gay utopian effort aimed for Rhyolite, NV, a piece of deserted mining country that lies between Death Valley National Park and the Nevada Test Site.
Read moreProvidence Public Library’s Creative Fellowship: Old Legacies, New Work
Research is a solitary practice, but a research fellowship can be a tool for community-building, and the relationships between artists and archival materials can help upend and reshape our sense of history. Special Collections at the Providence Public Library (PPL) in Providence, Rhode Island offers an annual, 6-8 month Creative Fellowship for an artist to do intensive archival research and create new work, along with an interactive public program.
Read moreThread Library: An Argument for Art in the Stacks
Thread Library, an artwork I made for the Iowa City Public Library (ICPL) in February 2020, suggests that information is always mediated by the tactile, tangible, material, and personal. Simply put, Thread Library is a collection of thread with a card catalog, and each thread is cataloged as if it were a book.
Read moreA Comic Book Guide to Archives for Artists and Makers
In 2017, the Providence Public Library published a comic book called Lizard Ramone in Hot Pursuit: A Guide to Archives for Artists and Makers. Written and illustrated by Jeremy Ferris, it forms the core of a simple toolkit for archivists.
Read moreArt: Public Art Archive
The Public Art Archive is a totally free, continually growing, online and mobile database of completed public artworks. This extensive archive offers inspiration for creating your public artwork.
Read moreOpportunity: Alternate ROOTS Artistic Assistance
Artistic Assistance is a program of Alternate ROOTS that provides direct support to individual artists and cultural workers in the South to enhance their skills, create unique projects, and build community.
Read moreResource: #artmakingchange
(image from the “who” section of #artmakingchange - “Socially engaged artists do not act alone. Period. Even if a project is conceived and primarily executed by an artist, s/he is always working in a larger context and environment. Mapping the Landscape reminds us that this brand of artmaking takes place in a dynamic ecosystem of interrelated roles”
#artmakingchange is a platform for exploring socially engaged art, including a report highlighting the distinct features of artistic practice that works with and for the benefit of communities.
Read moreOpportunity: Richland Library’s Artist in Residence Program
Richland Library’s Artist in Residence Program aims to connect the community with local working artists and to provide creative and educational opportunities to the community in a way that supports cultural and artistic exchange.
Read moreOpportunity: City of Raleigh Bus Shelters
The city is seeking ten (Triangle-based) artists to help beautify GoRaleigh's bus shelters.
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