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2024 American Artist Fellows: Clockwise from top left: Karen Collins; | Photo by Chris Merchant. Tammy Rubin. | Photo by Essentials Creative; Maria Magdalena Campos Pons. | Photo courtesy of the artist. Garrett Bradley. | Photo credit: Blvxmth; Corey Alston. | Photo courtesy of the artist. And Maya Bird-Murphy. | Photo credit: Norris Anderson
awards and honors
American Artists has announced the 2024 Fellowship recipients. Representing the United States and Puerto Rico, 50 artists and collectives were awarded $50,000 in unrestricted prize money. Artists working across 10 fields were recognized for their “significant contributions to the cultural fabric of this country.” Selected recipients include artist, musician, and educator EJ Hill and multidisciplinary artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons (Visual Arts). Ifeoma Ebo, Maya Bird-Murphy, AD–WO – Emanuel Admassu and Jen Wood (Architecture and Design). Jewelry artist and object maker Tanya Crane and ceramic sculptor and installation artist Tammy Rubin (Craft). artist and filmmaker Garrett Bradley (film); and narrative miniaturist Karen Collins and sweetgrass basket weaver Corey Alston (traditional arts). | More
Artpace San Antonio has announced its Spring 2024 International Artist in Residence. Melissa Joseph (Brooklyn, New York), Patrick Quam (Western Region of Ghana, Takoradi, Windy Ridge), and Jose Villalobos (San Antonio, Texas). Encouraging experimentation and growth, Artpace supports the creation of new work by local, national and international artists. The artists were selected by guest curator Larry Osei-Mensah. Their residency begins on February 5th and culminates in a solo exhibition opening on March 28th.more
magazine
Jupiter Magazine is a new quarterly arts and culture publication founded by Camille Gallogly Bacon and Daria Simone Harper. “Issue 001: Worldbending,” available online, features contributions from five of her writers: Akwaeke Emezi, J Wortham, Joshua Segun-Lean, Diallo Simon-Ponte, and Rianna Jade Parker. In their editor's note, Bacon and Harper write that this first issue is dedicated to “the importance of people who evoke a planet of language, centered around the work of artists who reflect our world upon itself with atomic precision and celestial foresight.” “It makes clear our beliefs about the need for Each year, digital editions of his three books are published, followed by a print edition at the end of the year. Bacon is a Chicago-based writer and Harper is a Brooklyn-based writer, former digital content editorial assistant at David Zwirner Gallery, and founder of the podcast The Art of It All. Both have contributed to major arts and culture publications. (1/18) | More
From left: James Claiborne. | Provided by the Barnes Foundation. Steve Rock, 2021.Photo credit: Ross Collaboration
reservation
James Claiborne will rejoin the Burns Foundation as vice president of regional engagement, effective February 5. Claiborne first joined the Philadelphia Museum in 2021 as curator of public programs. He then had a brief stint at the Charles H. Kennedy Museum of Art, where he served as senior vice president of exhibitions and programs. He will return to the Burns family in a reconstituted role when Detroit's Wright Museum of African American History opens in July 2023. Claiborne replaces Val Gay, who served as deputy director of audience engagement and chief experience officer for five years.
In 2023, Claiborne co-curated the exhibition “William Edmonson: Monumental Vision” and co-edited the accompanying catalog. | More
Artist Steve Locke, who joined the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2002, is currently a member of the Board of Directors. In the intervening decades, he served as Skowigan College's program dean from 2004 to 2009, and as resident faculty artist in 2023. Rock His rock practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation. Through critical engagement with the legacy of the Western canon, Locke questions the connections between desire, identity, and violence, ultimately forcing viewers to confront their complex present and painful past and critically engage with them. Encourage them to work on it. ” his life as an artist and educator. I'm so happy to have this opportunity to serve and give back to this place that has given me so much,” Locke said. (1/19) | More
Atlanta's Hammonds House Museum announced that Halima Taha will serve as artistic director for three seasons, oversee exhibits and work on the museum's growth strategy on the museum's board of directors. Taha is a curator and author of Collecting African American Art; He works on paper and canvas. ” Her first exhibition at Hammonds House, which opens on January 26, will feature textile artist Precious LaBelle’s work, “The Fabric Of Our Lives: Ex-domestication and The Ties That Bind.” (1/19) | More
lecture
Curation and programming plans for Expo Chicago 2024 (April 11-14) have been announced, including details for a three-day Director's Summit bringing together museum leaders from across the country. The keynote address will be Louise Barnard, founding director of the Obama Presidential Center Museum. Participating museum directors include Liz Andrews, executive director of the Spelman College Art Museum; Brooke A. Minto, Columbus Museum of Art Executive Director and CEO. and Asma Naeem, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art. | More
Artist Michalene Thomas will present the 7th Annual Winter Mirror Lecture at the Frances Young Tan Educational Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Feb. 8 event is free and open to the public. (1/18) | More
Symposium
The White House Domestic Policy Council and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will co-host the National Arts Summit on January 30 in Washington, DC. “Healing, Building Bridges, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in Communities” will feature government officials and arts leaders, including Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff of the United States. NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson; Sherry C. Rowe (Navajo Nation), President, National Endowment for the Humanities; White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden. Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander; Anna Deaver Smith, artist, playwright, and member of the President's Commission on the Arts and Humanities. The public can watch the event via livestream at arts.gov (1/19).more
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