AIR NETWORK JUNE 2022
ONLINE EVENTS:
18TH STREET: The Influencers and The Gatekeepers: Video Premiere and Q&A with n00n and Marcus Civin.
n00n and Marcus Civin will present two short animated videos—The Influencers, created in January 2022, and its sequel, The Gatekeepers, a premiere crowdsourced from 18th Street Arts Center’s local and global community. Stick around after the screening for an online conversation with the artists.
The Influencers is a fictional biographical sketch of two obsessive, stylish fixtures in the art world, Margaretha and Wald, who live a sometimes quotidian and sometimes whimsical baroque lifestyle. Margaretha and Wald stress about various and impending catastrophes that combine and manifest as delusions. They associate and dissociate with their bodies, the environment, the pandemic, and each other.
In The Gatekeepers, as the pandemic rages, a manipulative self-conscious powerbroker named Sydonia hosts an exclusive party on her gothic pearl farm behind high walls and iron gates. Only, before the party ends, one of her guests lavishly betrays her. Her attempts to remain on top turn her upside down. The Gatekeepers references class, high society, architecture, and gates in New York, Los Angeles, and other cities.
June 9, 2022
STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: Museums as Systems | Day One
In its inaugural iteration, Museums as Systems asks: How are museums systems of artistry, archives, education, labor, care, communication, and communities? By assembling curators, writers, educators, critics, creatives, and administrators in the arts, this convening seeks to spark connection, inspire collective action, and create an avenue for participants to engage with and be motivated by The Studio Museum in Harlem’s mission.
Session 1: Archives & Permanent Collections– Safeguarding Our History 
What is our responsibility to the archive, or by extension, our responsibility to history? This session will look at the importance of safeguarding histories, and use the archive as a roadmap to the future. This session will bring a look at curatorial and archival work, shedding light on specific examples where artists and communities have created art that sits outside of established systems (of institutions, figuration, political vs apolitical, the singular artists ego).
Session 2: Media & Communications – How Museums Speak to People
How do Museums speak to people? Design, media, and communication systems act as translators of institutional values, vision, and mission as well as mechanisms for problem solving, accessibility, and world building. From traditional print marketing to online exhibitions, institutional communication and design have never been more multifaceted, expansive, radical, and ripe for disruption in 2022. In an ever-expanding digital landscape, how can and do we stay connected to meaningfully engage audiences interested in art & culture?
June 14, 2022
5:00 PM EST
STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: Museums as Systems | Day Two
In its inaugural iteration, Museums as Systems asks: How are museums systems of artistry, archives, education, labor, care, communication, and communities? By assembling curators, writers, educators, critics, creatives, and administrators in the arts, this convening seeks to spark connection, inspire collective action, and create an avenue for participants to engage with and be motivated by The Studio Museum in Harlem’s mission.
Session 3: Education & Public Programs – The Role of Care & Wellness Within Institutions  
‘How can you care for others when you’re not cared for?’ Who is doing care work in museums? This session explores the relationship between care & wellness and education: what it looks like, why it is essential, and how to create these spaces within institutions for staff (internal) and publics (external).
Session 4: Education & Curatorial – Intersections of Practices
Who are curators and educators in service to and in support of? Where do their values, intentions and processes converge? What is the role of an exhibition as a learning space? How can a classroom be an exhibition space? This session explores the legacy and precedents of these intersecting models, imagining what more is possible when education and curatorial build and engage together.
June 15, 2022
5:00 PM EST
RESIDENCY APPLICATION DEADLINES:
THE PRAIRIE RONDE: offers a stipend of $2,000 for 4 – 7 weeks, a $500 travel grant, private housing and studio space. We ask that our artists propose a way to give back to the community (like a workshop, final show or open studio days) and that they donate a piece of work to our collection.
Deadline: June 1, 2022
HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: The Artist in Residence (AIR) program awards fully sponsored residencies to approximately 50 local, national, and international artists each year. Residencies of four to ten weeks include studio space, chef-prepared meals, housing, travel and living expenses. AIRs become part of a dynamic community of artists participating in Headlands’ other programs, allowing for exchange and collaborative relationships to develop within the artist community on campus. Artists selected for this program are at all career stages and work in all media, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, dance, music, interdisciplinary, social practice, and architecture.
Deadline: June 6, 2022
TRILLIUM ARTS: Trillium Arts envisions an artist residency center where artists of many disciplines can find a creative home away from home, offering secluded space for rejuvenation in a beautiful, remote setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our current facilities are best suited to the disciplines of literary arts, photography, visual arts and arts administration.
Deadline: June 8, 2022
NEON MUSEUM: Now in its seventh year, The Neon Museum’s Artist Residency (AIR) is designed to expand the interpretive potential of the museum collection. The selected artist will have the opportunity to develop a new body of work inspired by the museum’s historic sign collection and the broader cultural context of the spectacular city of Las Vegas. A community engagement project is an integral aspect of the residency, along with a culminating exhibition.
The 2022 residency program will introduce the selected artist to Las Vegas in a visit preceding the residency. They will be welcomed by the residency team who will facilitate cultural explorations and information gathering in support of the residency project.
Deadline: June 17, 2022
ACE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE: The ACE Artist in Residence Program provides an artist the opportunity to reflect, relax, and create in the inspiring mountains of Alta, Utah. The program is offered in partnership with the Alta Chamber and Visitors Bureau.
Deadline: June 15, 2022
ATHICA RESIDENCY: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, located in Athens, Georgia, is an all-volunteer, independent, non-profit gallery promoting and supporting innovative contemporary art and artists through exhibitions, education, and events. The Artists-in-ATHICA Residency program enables up to six artists per year to participate in a collaborative residency at ATHICA. The purpose of the residency is to foster the development of artists and their artistic works and to enrich the programmatic offerings and community experience provided by ATHICA.
Deadline: June 30, 2022