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Open Call: SUSTAINABLE ARTS FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP FOR ARTISTS WHO ARE PARENTS

Type: Residencies, Workshops, Exchanges [View all]
Posted by: Gallery Aferro
Deadline: Tue, June 20th, 2017

Open Call: SUSTAINABLE ARTS FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP FOR ARTISTS WHO ARE PARENTS Studio Residency
Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 6-Month Rotation
Deadline: 6/20/2017 @ 11:59pm EST
Gallery Aferro
73 Market Street, Newark, NJ, USA
www.aferro.org &
www.aferrostudios.org

Gallery Aferro believes that persistent dedication to craft and creative output is a formula for success as an artist, but sometimes life gets in the way of artistic productivity. This issue is particularly visible in the case of artists who are also parents. Many of our responsibilities and experiences define our time and creative output. Gallery Aferro is invested in uplifting artists to help them make art now, not later, and encouraging an environment where they can make work as large and complex as the vision of the artist. With the help of funding from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, Gallery Aferro offers this open call to all artists that are parents* and would like to continue their creative practice in an engaged and energized studio residency in downtown Newark, NJ. The studio will be provided to the parent-artist for 6 months at no cost and will come with a $1000 stipend given at the beginning of the 6-month rotation. The stipend and free studio will facilitate the parent-artist in coordinating effective time and energy to be spent in their studios.

*The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a “Parent” simply as “a person who is a father or mother” -or- “a person who has a child”, and although that may be a nice, tidy definition, we think it oversimplifies the term. A “Parent” we think can be defined in many ways that are definitely not tied to gender binaries or “having” a child. This open call is open to anyone who has or shares legal guardianship over a person under the age of 18.

This open call opportunity is for 2 available slots, August 19th, 2017 – February 19th, 2018 & February 20th, 2018 – August 20th, 2018. The studio is a newly renovated work-only space with large steel shelving. It is a private studio but the building is regularly busy with artists and art enthusiasts interested in collaboration and idea sharing. This call is open to artists, local or not, who are working in any media.

For more information and guidelines on how to submit, please visit https://aferro.org/opportunities/open-calls/ or email Gallery Aferro at info@aferro.org.

 

Posted on Wed, April 19th, 2017
Expires on Tue, June 20th, 2017

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