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Opportunities

Opportunities in May 2022

From grants, open calls, and commissions to residencies, fellowships, and workshops, our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

Apply for Affordable Studio Space in Brooklyn Through Two Trees’s Cultural Space Subsidy Program

Emerging and mid-career artists with a strong exhibition history or community-focused practice can apply for reduced-rent studios in New York City's DUMBO neighborhood.

SVA Continuing Education Offers 230+ In-Person and Online Courses This Summer

Study fine arts, design, illustration and cartooning, visual narrative, writing, and more at SVACE, either virtually or in person in NYC. Courses begin June 6.

Art

“I'll Have What She’s Having” Chronicles the Life of the Jewish Deli

More than simply focusing on the food, the exhibition at the Los Angeles Skirball Center illustrates how the Jewish Deli was uniquely American, tied up with political and social trends of the day.

Opinion

The “Witch” Who Shot Andy Warhol's Marilyns

Dorothy Podber should at least be acknowledged as the co-author of Warhol's multi-million dollar Shot Marilyns series.

Interview

Prismatic Ground Tries to Change the Conversation on Experimental Documentary

Film programmer Inney Prakash talks to Hyperallergic about what it takes to start a new film festival solo during a pandemic.

Art

In Praise of Illegibility

Nadia Haji Omar’s art asks us: Can we look for the sake of looking? Or must looking always be about gaining and extraction?

Art

The Ceaseless Optimism of Woody Guthrie’s Activist Life

Somehow, the poisonous American anger that swirled around Guthrie never corrupted that innate creative optimism. Empathy was his reliable muse.

Art

Standouts and Historic Firsts by Eastern European Artists and Curators at the Venice Biennale

Sculptures by Hungarian artist Zsófia Keresztes, Malgorzata Mirga-Tas’s Polish Pavilion transformation, and more highlights from this year’s show.

News

Metrograph Cancels Pro-Union Documentary Event, Drawing Backlash

Management canceled a Q&A with the creators of the 1979 film The Wobblies over concerns that it would be “co-opted by activists,” said the film’s distributor.

Art

Derek Fordjour’s LA MOCA Mural Is an “Invitation” to the Museum

“Sonic Boom,” named after a Historically Black College's famous marching band, “will have particular resonance in communities of color,” the artist said.