Upcoming opportunities...

Just to throw out a few ideas:

1. The Cincinnati Fringe Festival- could be a good opportunity for trying something involving the printing of something to be handed out. Could just be that, something we can make and send there, or it could, if appropriate, have other elements that would have to be installed. The deadline for the proposal is Apr 26th, the show isn't until May 31st.

2. Sam and Karen in Minneapolis were talking about organizing a drawing show sometime in the late fall, maybe November or December. We should have work by then, as the date approaches we could have a better idea of what to do, space we would have, etc.

3. Keep in mind the possibility of organizing a show, around the idea of art and science. It could be interesting to involve both artists and scientists, but I saw something like that at the Fabric Workshop, and the scientific work (mostly photos and video) were pretty dry and boring, especially considering some of the work (Julie Mehretu, Mathew Ritchie, Trenton Doyle Hancock) was really good.

4. There are a couple of juried print shows that could be worth putting work in for:
The Minnesota Print Biennial (due in early May)
The International Print Center of New York's seasonal juried shows, the next one of those is due up may 4th- the next will be 3 months from then...)

5. Local places to apply to once we start getting work done:
Branch Gallery (Durham)
Lump Gallery (Raleigh)
Artspace (Raleigh)
Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta)
SECCA (Winston-Salem)
Hub-Bub (Spartenburg, SC)

6. The Emerging Artist grant with the Durham Arts Council, due in September. We'll have to meet with someone there to figure out how to utilize the residency/resume thing.

7. Hosting the website through yourarthere.net, they are some people I know from Bloomington, reasonable rates ($3 a month for 100mb), if you know a better one let me know.

8. Also, looking up more things with the NC Arts Council. Visual Artists cannot apply for individual artist grants in 2006, so we'll be looking to Nov. 2007 to apply for that one. There are also grants for residencies at Headlands or Vermont Studio Center, either of which would be worth doing.

We can organize this stuff better when we get the studio taken care of, but worth thinking about now (esp. as some deadlines will be close...) Add more as you find any.