Artist Newsletter January 2023

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Subject: Artist Newsletter January 2023

News & Opportunities for All Artists, Creatives, & Designers

January 2023

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Mary Bailey is a Sculptor and writer Bailey received her MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and her short stories have been published in Bellingham Review, Connecticut Review, Hunger Mountain, Confrontation, Gargoyle, Literal Latte, Crescent Review, New Renaissance and Small Spiral Notebook. She won the “New Voice in Fiction Award” from The Writer’s Voice in NYC and has won the Connecticut Film and Video Competition for her 15-minute dramatic narrative The Surgery.

Just Start Screaming Now is her debut novel. WEBSITE

Charles E. Marqua is a Connecticut-based artist. His ‘Beaux Arts’ education in Architecture and Art, his career in Architecture, and his travels inform his work. Dr. Marqua explores his personal sense of place and time in this current series.The Personal Places Series includes the Florida, Canada, Great Salt Marsh, Long Island Sound, Arizona, and Flora works. The medium for these originals are either watercolor on paper or acrylic on canvas. Sizes vary. Giclée canvas wrapped prints can also be ordered in many custom sizes. WEBSITE

CAFC NEWS

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” T. S. Eliot

We begin 2023 with the first of twelve monthly themes...

JANUARY: NEW YEAR | NEW PERSPECTIVE

In our constant effort to connect the CAFC community, we hope that each month's theme will offer network-wide motivation, inspiration, and focus. Wherever we can, we will connect programming to the theme as well.

In January, we simply invite you to join us as we seek new inspiration, new ideas, new ways to support you, new opportunities to collaborate and create. Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences with us via email, on Instagram whenever prompted, or in person.

We're looking forward to another year of connecting, learning, sharing, advocating, and helping our communities to thrive. TOGETHER.

Cheers to expanding our beautiful arts and culture network in 2023 and beyond.

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"ARTISTS: LOOKING BACK/LOOKING FORWARD"

NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD

In our January "Spotlight on Arts & Culture" on WPKN FM we invited a range of artists to look back at their highlights of 2022 and what they were looking forward to in 2023. Most were still feeling the impacts of COVID in various ways. Many were looking forward to recalibrating their public:private balance – some looking forward to more studio time, others to more public engagement. Many were enjoying working with young people – as teachers, mentors, or working together on projects like public art. Hear the range of these artists’ achievements and ambitions in this energetic conversation.

Artists featured were: Alicia Cobb (Bridgeport), Joseph Dermody (Stamford), Afsaneh Djabbari-Aslani (New Canaan), JAHMANE (Norwalk), Jana Ireijo (Westport), Felicity Kostakis (Greenwich), Shanna Melton (Bridgeport), Jill Nichols (Shelton), Rick Shaefer (Fairfield), Alissa Siegal (Stamford), and Brian Whelan (Wilton).

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TIME TO UPDATE YOUR CAFC PROFILE

NOW is a great time to update your profile on the CAFC website It's very important to present your work in the best possible light, so please take time to refresh you profile with new info and images that draw attention to your work. If you need guidance, feel free to contact Lorie Lewis at marketing@culturalalliancefc.org

MEMBER NEWS

https://www.rpacgallery.com/melissa-benedek

Melissa Benedek, contemporary abstract artist, will be part of the exhibit “Luminosity” at RPAC Gallery. Opening night was held on January 19th and the exhibit will run through March 11th. Another piece was accepted into the "Chaos & Stillness" exhibit at the Van Der Plas Gallery in NYC. It will run from Friday, January 20th through the 29th. The opening reception will be on January 20th, 6-8pm. WEBSITE

Linda Colletta, an artist from Redding with a studio in the American Fabrics Building (AmFab) Bridgeport, is in the 2023 Silvermine Galleries New Members 2023 Exhibit. This show welcomes 26 new members into its historic Guild of Artists, with this exhibition presenting innovative work in a variety of mediums and styles. Linda is now part of a dynamic community of over 300 nationally and internationally professional artists. WEBSITE

Eugenie Diserio's painting, "Pied Piper" (acrylic, glitter on canvas, 40 x 30”) is on exhibit for the first time in “Anything Goes.” The Ridgefield Guild of Artists annual member themed show is live in the gallery and online through Feb12th. WEBSITE

Rita Hannafin will be featured in "Life After Life: A Textile Celebration of Beauty and Resilience" at City Gallery in New Haven. Exploring the themes of evolution and renewal through textile art, this exhibit reflects on the cyclical and regenerative nature of life, and is a colorful collaboration between friends Rita Hannafin and Gwen Hendrix. The show will be on view February 3 - February 26, with an Artists’ Reception on Saturday, February 4, 1pm-4pm. The artists will also be in the gallery on Saturday, February 18 and Sunday, February 26. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 1pm - 4 pm, or by appointment. WEBSITE

Gwen Hendrix will be featured in "Life After Life: A Textile Celebration of Beauty and Resilience" at City Gallery in New Haven. Exploring the themes of evolution and renewal through textile art, this exhibit reflects on the cyclical and regenerative nature of life, and is a colorful collaboration between friends Rita Hannafin and Gwen Hendrix. The show will be on view February 3 - February 26, with an Artists’ Reception on Saturday, February 4, 1pm-4pm. The artists will also be in the gallery on Saturday, February 18 and Sunday, February 26. Gallery hours are Friday - Sunday, 1pm - 4 pm, or by appointment. WEBSITE For further information please contact City Gallery, info@city-gallery.org, www.city-gallery.org.

Norma Minkowitz will be featured in "Body to Soul" at the Fairfield University Art Museum Bellarmine Hall Galleries at Fairfield University, Jan 27 - Apr 6. This solo exhibition surveys the artist’s four-decade engagement with the physical and symbolic properties of thread. Minkowitz reinvents traditional needlework by crocheting fantastical forms, coating them in resin and shellac to create rigid sculptures and hangings.

An opening lecture will be held on Thursday, January 26 at 5pm in Bellarmine Hall, Diffley Board Room. The opening reception will be held after the lecture, 6-8pm. Minkowitz lives and works in Connecticut. Her work is represented in private and public collections across the United States and internationally. LEARN MORE

Tim Nighswander was featured in Create Magazine in an interview entitled Celebrating Each Detail of Life: Interview with Tim Nighswander. Tim is a photographer whose work reveals that each stage of life, each small change, has an infinite amount of unique detail and beauty. In this in-depth interview, learn about Nighswander's fascinating journey from studying photojournalism, to photographing Matisse and Renoir paintings, to where he is today. READ MORE WEBSITE

J ay Petrow has a painting called “Shimmy Shimmy” at the upcoming Mixmaster exhibit at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury. The opening is Sunday January 22 at 2 pm, and the show runs through February 19th. WEBSITE

Rick Shaefer is featured in a video that the city of Bridgeport created about his two recent murals, "Leviathan" and "Sunlight on Seascape After Squall." These murals play off each other with the ocean in both as a unifying theme. Rick was interested in portraying two historical aspects of the city.The first was the emergence of a thriving community of African-Americans in what became known as Little Liberia and the second was that Bridgeport was a thriving shipbuilding and whaling center from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth. WATCH HERE WEBSITE

OTHER NEWS

CONGRATULATIONS TO ARTS HERO MARICARMEN GODOY

Congratulations to our ARTS HERO 2023, Maricarmen Godoy who was nominated by our readers, and selected by our regional panel: Elaine Braithwaite (Bridgeport Public Library), Frank Derico (Neighborhood Studios), and Megan Quinn (Fairfield Theatre Company). The Connecticut Arts Hero Awards honor and celebrate Connecticut residents who are doing inspiring things in, for, or through the arts in Connecticut. Maricarmen Godoy, of Norwalk, is a journalist, artist manager and philanthropist.

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KICK START YOUR NEW YEAR WITH ADVICE FROM 30+ ARTISTS

If you're taking a moment to reflect on 2022 and consider what's next for your arts career, we suggest reading our "Ask the Artist" series posts for fresh inspiration and words of encouragement from 30+ NYFA-affiliated literary, performing, and visual artists!

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BROOKFIELD FILM FESTIVAL

Save the date for the 15th Annual Brookfield Film Festival, featuring the 2nd annual Regional Indie Afternoon. This festival highlights independent Connecticut filmmakers, and they are looking for more films to showcase. Learn more about the festival and submit to Jeremy K. Farrell, Brookfield Arts Commission

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10 GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR YOUR ARTS CAREER

Make your arts career work for you with this empowering advice from artists. There is no one way to be an artist. Artists use different media, explore a vast range of ideas, and face differing barriers and obstacles. Yet many artists have one thing in common: tenacity. NYFA has distilled advice from people they admire in this article. These intentions and action steps can help you protect and strengthen yourself, as a creator and member of a community.

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CT CAPACITY BUILDING

The Grant Portal is Open! Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 cohort of the 6-month Connecticut Capacity-Building Program, a collaboration between MASS MoCA's Assets for Artists and the Connecticut Office of the Arts. Creatives of any discipline and from any part of Connecticut can apply. The cohort of 10 artists will receive:

A $2,000 unrestricted grant that serves as working capital to be strategically invested in the artist’s creative practice.
Free professional development services, including priority access to workshops on creating a sustainable practice, business needs and financial management.
Free one-on-one coaching sessions in the development of the artist’s career plan.
Goal-setting tools to figure out where you go next.
A supportive cohort of creative peers who can share in the successes and challenges of being an artist.

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CALLS FOR ARTISTS

CURTAIN CALL INC. AUDITION FOR

THE WIZARD OF OZ

DEADLINE: JAN 22-24

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RIDGEFIELD GUILD OF ARTISTS CAMERA WORKS PHOTO EXHIBIT

DEADLINE: JAN 28

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STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION "WINTER ESCAPE"

DEADLINE: JAN 29

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WEIR FARM AIR PROGRAM 2023

DEADLINE: FEB 1

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STAMFORD DOWNTOWN OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT "DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE!"

DEADLINE: FEB 20

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CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING INT'L MINIATURE PRINT COMPETITION

DEADLINE: MAR 11

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LINKS TO OPPORTUNITIES

JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, & VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

Manager of Communications & Development

INTEMPO | Greenwich

Graphic Designer

The Ridgefield Playhouse | Ridgefield

Multimedia Designer

Stepping Stones for Children | Norwalk

Art Handler

Martin Lawrence Galleries | Greenwich

Art Consultant

Sorelle Gallery | Westport

Part-time Visitor Service Associate

Fairfield Museum| Fairfield

Executive Director

Avon Theatre Film Center | Stamford

Director of Development

Greenwich Historical Society | Greenwich

Audience Services Manager

Int'l Festival of Arts & Ideas | New Haven

Art Consultant

Sorelle Gallery | Westport

Campus Art Collection Registrar

Yale University| New Haven

Development Director

The Ridgefield Playhouse | Ridgefield

Marketing Director

The Ridgefield Playhouse | Ridgefield

Associate Director of Development

The Bruce Museum | Greenwich

Curator of Exhibitions & Public Programs

Mary & Eliza Freeman Center | Bridgeport

Director of Scholarly Research & Education

Mary & Eliza Freeman Center | Bridgeport

Director of Development and Fundraising

Mary & Eliza Freeman Center | Bridgeport

Patron Services Representative

ACT of CT | Ridgefield

Technical Director

ACT of CT | Ridgefield

FUNDING, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, + MORE

Capacity Building Grant Program for Artists

App Launch: JAN 2023

Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge

Webinar: JAN 23

Art x Climate - U.S. Global Change Research Program

Deadline: JAN 27

2023 Weir Farm Artist-In-Residence Program
Deadline: FEB 1

Museum Assessment Program (MAP)

Deadline: FEB 1

WEIR Farms Artist In Residence Program

Deadline: FEB 1

NEA Grants for Art Projects

Deadline: FEB 9

NYFA Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants

Deadline: FEB 17

2023 Capacity Building Grants for Connecticut Artists

Deadline: FEB 22

NXTHVN Curatorial and Studio Fellowships

App Open: FEB 27

New Voices Filmmaker Grant

Deadline: FEB 28

Art Biologic

Deadline: FEB 28

NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication

Open Draft Deadline: FEB 28

National Dance Project Production Grant

Deadline: MAR 1

NEFA Jazz Road Tours Grant Program

Deadline: MAR 1

National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships Program

Deadline: MAR 8

NEA Creative Writing Fellowships

Deadline: MAR 8

Wild Futures Visual Arts & Film

App Opens: MAR 23

New England States Touring (NEST) Grant Program

Deadline: MAR 23

NEH Fellowships

Deadline: APR 12

The Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant for Sculpture

Deadline: ONGOING

Behind the Scenes Grants

Deadline: ROLLING

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Employment Law 101: Creative Worker's Rights

JAN 25

Giving Day Support Sessions

JAN 27 & FEB 17

All Things Immigration for Creative Workers

JAN 31

Protecting Our Practice & Creative Self

FEB 1

GIA Racial Equity in the Arts Funding Workshops

MAR 2023 (REGISTER BY FEB 17)

Basics of Building A Grant

FEB 14, 21, 28

Live Q & A: Taxes with Marci Blackman and Diana Y. Greiner

FEB 23

National Arts Action Summit

MAR 28-30

Instagram Basics by Assets for Artists

APR 19

Photographing Your Artwork with Mercedes Jelinek

MAY 2

Live Q & A: Protecting Your Storytelling Power: Strategies for Black Artists

MAY 8

ArtsU: Socially Engaged Art & Artists "Meeting the Moment"

JUN 16

How to Plan & Finish Your Next Big Project: Strategies for Artists

ON DEMAND WEBINAR

Tips for Grants, Juried Shows, Residencies & More

ON DEMAND WEBINAR

How to Partner with your Local Chamber of Commerce I & II

ONGOING

Guide to Social Media in 2022

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RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Artist Communities Alliance Directory of Artist Residencies
Artworkarchive: Complete guide to Artist Opportunities; Calls for Artists
Call for Entry (Cafe)
Massachusetts Arts Council ArtSake Calls to Artists
Creative Ground (New England's Directory of Creative Enterprises and Artists)
Creative Capital
Hyperallergic Opportunities
New York Foundation for the Arts Classifieds (Opportunities; Jobs)
Springboard for the Arts (Opportunities)

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