Collage in Practice is a four-week, virtual/online workshop with Kolaj Institute in January 2024

  
Early deadline to apply: Sunday, 5 December 2023

Final deadline to apply: Sunday, 17 December 2023

  
The practice of collage takes on many forms. A practice will be shaped by the goals of the artist and what they want to achieve with their artwork. It will also be informed by the choice of material, scale, and subject matter. A collage practice is also informed by the history of artists who came before and how an artist chooses to be in dialogue or opposition with their creative ancestors. A working understanding of one’s practice is critical to one’s professional and artistic development.

  
Intended as a clinic for working artists at any level, participants in this workshop will explore how they go about making art and putting it out into the world. How to make a living as an artist? How to get your work seen? How to get an exhibition? How to get reviewed? How to make a life for yourself as an artist? What does that even mean? These are some of the challenges artists face when they want to take their art practice to the next level. 

  
Participants will explore critical concepts and collage taxonomies as a way to develop and refine the language they use to talk about their own practice and to develop a broad view of the creative landscape in which they operate. How does choice of material inform how the artwork is exhibited? How does one speak about their process so that it is understood by other art professionals and the general public? How can one use art history to create a critical context for one’s artwork? Topics include Collage Theory; Sourcing Materials, Copyright, Appropriation; Developing Materials; Collaboration; and Collage in Presentation. 

  

Participants will finish the workshop with a deeper understanding of their practice; a strong statement of practice that can be used to communicate with curators, editors, and art professionals; a portfolio of consistent artwork (or a plan to make one); and tools for growing or developing their practice.

  

Call to Artists: Collage in Practice Workshop

The HOME OF PERFORMANCE PRACTICES at ArtEZ University of the Arts is now open to applications from artists to join our Master’s degree programme starting in Autumn 2024! 

**Deadline submission application** 

4 January 2024 

**Audition week** 

29 January- 02 February | availability for the whole week is required 

The MA Performance Practices welcomes artists interested in practice-as-research to advance their careers in performance art, choreography, contemporary theatre, experimental dance, or visual art. 

Our curriculum is at the forefront of both artistic and intellectual enquiry around politics and ethics, empowering artists to develop performance making as a strategy for equitable societies, and intersectional futures. Facilitated by a team of internationally renowned practitioners and researchers, the students are intra-active agents, co-constituting the(ir) learning together with the wider ecology and contributing to the sustainable advancement of their fields. 

If you are an artist with a curiosity for learning, a spirit of experimentation, an ambition to grow, and committed to artmaking as a life-long practice in dialogue with peers and audiences, you will find your place at the HOME OF PERFORMANCE PRACTICES. 

How to apply: Click on this page and read the requirements and process. (https://www.performancepractices.nl/practical) 

**Mandatory documents are:** 

– Motivation letter 

– CV 

– Links to your artistic work 

For students from outside of the EU we offer two scholarship opportunities, which partially cover the tuition fees. 

 More information to be found on our website: www.performancepractices.nl 

Tuition fees apply after admission. There is a range of fees depending on background. There are multiple scholarship opportunities. For more information see our website.

OPEN CALL FOR AUDITION | MA PERFORMANCE PRACTICES 

In these uncertain times, compelling writing, critical thinking, and careful research are essential tools that can help make sense of an increasingly complex world. No matter what life has in store for you (or what you have in store for life), the Masters in Design Research, Writing & Criticism equips you with lifelong skills that will only grow in value.

  
The program's curriculum charts the cutting edge of design practice and is responsive to the latest developments in the media landscape. It aims to generate provocative new thinking about design and to help shape the ways in which design is engendered, presented, and evaluated.

  
In addition to graduate coursework in a seminar format, each student develops a written thesis on the design topic of their choice that synthesizes investigative research with critical analysis, supported over the course of the year by faculty advisors and group workshops.

  
By providing the tools for constructing compelling narratives about design, the program prepares students for leadership positions in research-driven design practices, journalism, and publishing, or for PhD research in a design-related subject. However, the research tools, writing skills, and critical thinking that students gain through the program can apply to a variety of career paths and entrepreneurial endeavors.

The two-semester MA in Design Research, Writing & Criticism provides intensive instruction in techniques for researching, analyzing, and writing about design and its cultural and environmental implications. Combining humanities-oriented critical thinking with journalistic tools, the program focuses on producing editorial content intended to inform and engage broad audiences.

Call for Applications: Master’s in Design Research

This 10 day tour is an opportunity to visit traditional ceramic villages in Ghana and to work with the indigenous potters. We will travel in a private van with English speaking guides. We will also visit contemporary potters-outdoor markets- galleries - museums and sites of historical interest. Our focus is to introduce you to Ghanaian culture, potters and traditional crafts.

We want to connect you to African artisans on a personal level.

We will travel in a private van. Although of special interest to potters, this tour is open to everyone. Sometimes stepping out of your comfort zone gives you the opportunity to experience new ways of seeing things. Inspiration comes from everywhere when you open yourself to new experiences. We will visit sites of cultural interest - museums - galleries - traditional villages - outdoor markets - interact with traditional and contemporary African potters. Although an itinerary is planned we leave time for spontaneous encounters as they are some of the best memories of Ghana.

COST: US $3,100.00

all inclusive except for airfare & other travel related expenses

Ceramic tour in Ghana

Applying for admission to pursue an education in the arts: This is where dreams meet reality.

Imagine being part of a community of student artists who are creatively minded, yet career-driven. Imagine shaping your artistic abilities into lifelong professional skills. Imagine forming a lasting creative community and being mentored by innovative, working artists.

Imagine yourself at UArts.

Our interdisciplinary education, accomplished faculty of industry professionals and small class sizes prepare University of the Arts students for creative careers in the arts. UArts’ successful alumni network comprises more than 17,000 artists, performers, designers, entrepreneurs, teachers, doctors, lawyers and other professionals. Located in the cultural district of Center City Philadelphia, UArts encourages students to become immersed in the local, vibrant arts community.

tuition fees apply, scholarships available

Arts degree from UArts

Scholarships available

Launch your career in the Arts

We're excited to offer the third iteration of ToftH School, a ten-month program running from September 2023 to June 2024.

  
Admitted candidates are expected to live in the San Francisco Bay Area throughout the duration of the program, which is free to attend and comes with need-based assistance in the form of stipend funds (up to $50,000). Upon successful completion of the program, select candidates may have the opportunity to work with ToftH and partnering clients or build new products and start new companies with the support of ToftH’s network.

ToftH School 2023 Applications

This 5-day Marathon is ideal for artists who wish to engage with abstraction and who seek strategies that will unlock new ways of working and perceiving. Led in real-time by abstract painter Fran O'Neill and limited to an intimate group of twenty participants, this Marathon will enable you to experience pathways to abstraction from your studio location, wherever you may be in the world. We welcome you to join us for this rigorous 5-day immersion and look forward to the ripple effects that it will have on your drawing and painting for years to come. 

  
The Virtual Drawing Marathon will explore pathways, literal and metaphorical roads, to the creation of abstract works. Participants will be encouraged to make many works and studies, with the idea of traveling beyond the threshold of what they might consider to be the final product, into new arenas of abstraction. Beginning with a pre-existing historical image (this could be a work chosen ahead of time, or a selection of works will be presented during the first session to choose from) participants will be encouraged to enact ways of shifting this image further into abstraction, focusing on how one image can inform the next. Various approaches via drawing will be explored; not limited to, but may include explorations of: shape, line, intersections, scale, collage and mark making.

  
Participants should be committed and care deeply enough to be willing to recreate or destroy a work in order to allow a new and different process to come into play. This will be a jumping off point to explore abstraction and how to achieve a new exploration of an image(s) based on pre-existing geometry and exploring subtle (and not so subtle) shifts that can occur, via scale and a variety of mark making, which could result in a very different image than what the original source. This course is for anyone with a curiosity to explore and may develop differently for each participant. The first few days will solely focus on drawing and collage, with students having the option to work with a limited palette in paint during the last two days.

  
NYSS Marathons:

New York Studio School Marathons explore drawing, painting, and sculpture as direct methodologies for understanding one's experience in the world. Participants experience a wide range of activating, first-hand strategies for making art, in tandem with the intellectual rigor of extensive group and individual critiques. The innovation and depth inherent in these programs expand participants' engagement with their materials of choice and lead to ways of creating which continue far beyond each program's conclusion. Open to artists of all levels, courses are taught daily In-Person or Virtually in real-time from 9am – 6pm ET.

  
Join us this fall online from anywhere in the world to immerse yourself in essential art making strategies, experiences, and discussions that will infuse your work with vivacity and new direction.

  
ABOUT NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL:

The New York Studio School was founded in 1964 as an intensive studio arts program with an emphasis on perception; artists learning from artists; and drawing as the most direct means of describing one’s ideas or experiences. To learn more about our full-time programs: MFA, Certificate, virtual and in person; or additional part-time options: Evening & Weekend Classes, Drawing Master Classes and Sculpture Master Classes; please email info@nyss.org with any questions or to schedule a virtual or in-person visit.

November 2023 Intersession Marathon – VIRTUAL: Pathways to Abstraction with Fran O’Neill

Thursday, November 9 – Monday, November 13, 2023

9am – 6pm ET

November 2023 Intersession Marathon

  
**Writing About Your Work**

_New NYFA Learning Course!_

  
A clear, cogent statement unlocks opportunities. This is true whether you’re working in the visual, literary, or performing arts. 

  
In this interactive course, you'll develop an artist statement that effectively describes **what** you make, **how** you make it, and **why** you make it—enabling art professionals and supporters to understand and connect with your artistic practice.

  
**Course Highlights**

* **Create an Artist Bio:** Develop a 100-word artist bio with key information distinct from your artist statement.
* **Gain Perspective from Reviewers:** Get insight into how your statement will be seen by decision-makers in the arts.
* **Nail the Artist Statement:** Learn the essential elements, then develop a strong statement that you can use for a variety creative opportunities.
* **Access Real-World Examples:** Read artist statements from successful applications across disciplines.

  
**Course Content & Pricing**

This course takes an average of 2.5 hours to complete, with the specific time varying on an individual basis. It includes over 30 minutes of video, 4 interactive exercises, 3 examples, and 2 quizzes. This individual courses is available at $35, or $50 for two courses as part of a special bundle offer. With a one-time purchase, the content will be available to artists in perpetuity.

  
**Course Contributors**

Course Contributors include NYFA Staff and affiliated artists (Fellows, Learning Alumni, etc), industry professionals who bring unique insights to what it means to be an arts and cultural worker today:

  
* **Kelly Olshan**, NYFA Learning Program Officer, Career Advice and Training and Artist (Course Creator)
* **Brigitta Varadi**, NYSCA/NYFA Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work, Chashama ChaNorth Residency Director

  
Artist Contributors:

* **Su-Yee Lin,** 2021NYSCA/NYFA Fellow in Fiction
* **Leonardo Sandoval**, 2022 NYSCA/NYFA Fellow in Choreography
* **Khalif Tahir Thompson**, 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Fellow in Painting

  
**NYFA Learning**

These courses build on professional development programming that includes live workshops on essential arts career topics including Art Law, Marketing, Taxes, and Fundraising; and one-on-one Coaching sessions with arts industry experts on topics including Art Career Planning; Resume, Cover Letter, and Portfolio Reviews; Fundraising/Grant Writing Tips; Marketing Advice; and Leadership Development. NYFA’s professional development programs provide artists, creators, students, and arts administrators with tools, strategies, and advice for building sustainable careers. NYFA collaborates with organizations, academic institutions, and cultural partners to bring our programs to a broad range of national and international creative communities.

In this interactive course, you'll develop an artist statement that effectively describes **what** you make, **how** you make it, and **why** you make it—enabling art professionals and supporters to understand and connect with your artistic practice.

Writing About Your Work [New NYFA Course]

Gain new skills, broaden your knowledge, and develop your career through workshops, courses, and study programs across disciplines.

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