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What is Andy Garcia doing in the background of this very early photo of the Cuban tyrant and mass murderer Fidel Castro? When this photo was taken, Garcia was four years old!
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The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation partnered to offer a new medical emergency aid program for artists. The one-time Rauschenberg Emergency Grants will provide visual and media artists and choreographers with up to $5,000 to cover a number of unforeseen medical expenses.
There is no deadline; applications will be accepted and reviewed by the panel on a monthly basis beginning in late May/early June 2020.
Info here.
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The Haven Foundation provides financial assistance up to $10,000 to artists who have a health crisis; grants are one-year, and the financial amount provided is to the discretion of the Foundation. Grants can be renewed up to four more years, with a supplemental application. Read the guidelines for application here.
As the Wuhan Virus spreads - if you need help: Seek help!
Colorado-based Artists' Charitable Fund assists American visual fine artists (painters and sculptors) living anywhere in the United States by paying a portion of their medical/dental/eye-care bills. For example, the Fund has purchased a wheelchair, paid for eye surgery, provided funding for an artificial leg, paid partial medical expenses of several artists who have cancer, as well as other needs for medical assistance.
Deadline: April 26, 2020
Exhibition Dates: August 1 – September 13, 2020.
Reception Date: Friday, August 7, 2020 • 7-9pm • Gallery Talk at 8pm.
Juror: Dr. Michele Greet, professor of modern Latin American art at George Mason University and director of the Art History program.
Target Gallery invites artists working in all visual media to apply to Mythos, an all- media group exhibition that presents work by artists who illustrate contemporary interpretations of mythology, folklore, and legends. This exhibition takes the symbolism and allegory of mythology and recontextualizes them in terms of current perspectives.
Apply Now: https://torpedofactoryartcenter.submittable.com/submit/161279/mythos-at-target-gallery
See Prospectus at: http://torpedofactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Mythos-Prospectus.pdf
