**Frack, Crack, Boom, Bang: A call for artists to uplift voices of those touched by fracking and extraction from our landscapes.**

  
DVAA is pleased to announce a call for artists to uplift the voices of those touched by fracking through artistic exploration that will create visibility and increase public awareness, knowledge, and care for the impacts fracking and extraction have on communities.

Proposals in any artistic form are welcome, including but not limited to visual art, installation, music, film, live performance, immersive theatre, and beyond. Projects should be public-facing to allow for in-person community engagement.

  
**PROJECT DESCRIPTION**

We have partnered with Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) and the Ohio Valley Allies to collect oral histories and narratives from people living on the front lines of “frack country”.

Living in “frack country” has been described as living in a war zone. Big oil’s insatiable hunt for fuel has fractured lives, divided communities, and threatens delicate ecosystems we inhabit and rely on. Our land. The air we breathe. The water we drink. Everything that becomes part of us builds our bodies and landscapes or poisons them.

Everyone is affected by fracking in some way. Yet there are no solutions until we as a culture, feel a need for them.

As artists, we are called to bridge the gaps between science and emotion, culture and communities — what can you create from frontline narratives that sheds light not only on fracking’s impact on people and the planet but the traumas and lived experiences faced every day by those on the front lines?

We invite artists to choose one or more narratives to act as a spark, a springboard, for a creative work. If selected, there will be further opportunities to collaborate with narrators, community members, and the Ohio Valley Allies.

  
**NARRATIVES**

* **Richard Cummins** — The story of a brine truck driver. Highlights health scares and concerns, lack of equitable pay, and negative economic impacts.
* **Jill Hunkler** — Fracking came to her homeplace and has completely usurped her life. She talks about losing connection to the landscapes she loves, how changes were rapid and uncertain, disturbances to daily life, and negative health impacts. “\[Fracking\] is destroying everyone’s children’s future and right to a happy, healthy life…”
* **Jesse Lombardi** — Jesse was an oil and gas dispatch coordinator and provides a perspective as an industry worker. Discusses experiencing and witnessing negative health impacts and concerns about his workers and the community he’s always lived in. He educated his fellow workers on radioactivity and health and toxicity of the chemicals they are exposed to.
* **Felecia Mettler** — Felicia describes herself as an “Accidental Activist”. Discusses frack waste threatening future generations, water contamination, and her experience being an activist on the front lines. Tension and contradictions arise with the community; community members are often hesitant to participate in protests against oil and gas companies due to fear, even though they agree with her work. Struggles with regret and what will happen if she acts or doesn’t act for her children.
* **Sean O’Leary** — Senior researcher at Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI); research on failed economic promises of oil and gas.
* **Bob and Darlene Williamson** — The Fracking industry has taken away their attachment to their home, community, and land. The couple faces constant anxiety from fracking activities, noise, stress about health and contamination, and concern for their animals. They discuss health impacts and air quality and the fight to obtain and present data on contaminants.

  
**DETAILS**

* Two projects will be selected.
* We invite proposals from any artistic medium that will culminate in a physical presentation.
* We welcome collaborations or multi-artist proposals
* Projects will be presented by DVAA in Narrowsburg, NY over the weekend of July 18th — 20th, 2025 during Upstate Art Weekend.

  
**TIMELINE**

* Marketing/Promotional materials due by June 13, 2025
* Installation week – July 14 – July 18, 2025
* Presentation weekend – July 18 – 20, 2025

  

* Project presented in Narrowsburg, NY
* Stipend of $2,500
* We will provide housing and transportation, technical support, and expertise

  

Frack, Crack, Boom, Bang

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for our flagship residency Peers!

  
We welcome submissions from young and emerging creative practitioners, final-year MFA students (as well as those who graduated within the past two years), and self-taught artists with a minimum of two years of experience in the field.

  
The Peers residency offers selected artists a unique platform for dialogue, experimentation, and meaningful exchange to 5 Artists-in-Residence and 1 Critic-in-Residence.

This year, the Peers residency will be 6-weeks long and will provide emerging artists a platform for dialogue, experimentation and exchange.

Open Call: Peers 2025

Velvetpark's 2025 Artist Residency will be awarded to two artists, One for a **6 week term (July - August)** and another for a **4 month term (September - December.)** 

  
Throughout the residency you will have a dedicated live/work studio space to explore, develop, and refine your project.

Throughout the residency you will have a dedicated live/work studio space to explore, develop, and refine your project.

  
The studio is housed in _Crown Studios in Brooklyn, New York_, a floor of professional artists and those working in the creative profession. Please keep in mind that the studio space is 114 sq ft. – 14’ x 8’, with 12’ ceilings, large 6’ x 6’ window). 

LGBTQ+ Visual Artist Residency 2025

The Queer and Trans Research Lab (QTRL) at the University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to apply be our artist-in-residence for the 2025-26 school year. The QTRL residency will provide financial and other material support for artists working in any medium (photography, sculpture, visual art, media arts, theatre, poetry, playwriting, fiction, etc.), whose work centres on LGBTQ2S+ lives, communities, histories, and cultures. The residency will culminate in a funded exhibition, reading, screening, or performance of the resident’s work-in-progress. The successful applicant is expected to be in residence in the Greater Toronto Area during the period of their award and will join the faculty and students who make up our intellectual community and participate in activities at the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. These may include guest lectures, a public artist talk, office hours with our students, and a general presence at the Centre. 

  
**About the Artist-in-Residence**

The Centre residency provides financial and other material support for artists working in any medium (photography, sculpture, media arts, theatre, writing, etc.), whose work centres on LGBTQ2S+ lives, communities, histories, and cultures and expressly concentrates on 1) the role art plays in expanding how we think about sexual diversity 2) relations between art, activism, and social justice. The residency culminates in a fully funded exhibition, reading, or performance of the resident’s work-in-progress. The artist-in-residence is expected to be in residence in the Greater Toronto Area during the period of their award and will join the faculty and students who make up our intellectual community and participate in the Centre’s day-to-day activities. They are given office space and access to the vast faculty resources, manuscript archives, and library collections available at the University of Toronto and the Bonham Centre.

They will be given office space and access to the vast faculty resources, manuscript archives, and library collections available at the University of Toronto and the Bonham Centre. In addition to financial support for a final artist showcase the successful candidate will receive a stipend of $20,000.

The Queer and Trans Research Lab: Artist-in-Residence

McColl Center's Artist-in-Residence Program is an internationally acclaimed program that serves as a catalyst for artistic growth for emerging and mid-career artists.

  
Artists-in-Residence receive private housing adjacent to McColl Center, a large-scale private studio in our historic building in Uptown Charlotte, curatorial guidance, marketing and PR support, and a generous stipend. While in residency, our artists have the freedom to fully focus on artistic research, exploration, and creation while also engaging with McColl Center’s **Igniters community** and the Charlotte-based creative sector. While in residence, artists also have access to our shared labs and studios including:

* 3D Lab (3D printer and laser cutter)
* Ceramics + Sculpture Studio
* Darkroom
* Media Lab with a large-scale printer
* Woodshop

  
Artists-in-Residence participate in a group exhibition and lead one to two community engagements centered around their practice.

An Artist-in-Residence at McColl Center is a moment to think big, take risks with your creative practice, and explore ideas within the context of Charlotte.

  
**Residency Dates:** January 6 - April 13, 2026

Selected artists receive:

* $6,000 living, materials, and travel stipend (United States-based artists only; due to the limitations of visas, international artists may not qualify for a stipend but may be eligible to receive reimbursement of qualified expenses, such as airfare, ground transportation, supplies, and meals.)
* Furnished apartment (for artists from outside the greater Charlotte area)
* 24-hour access to a private studio with Wi-Fi and common use areas
* Participation in a group exhibition on the second floor of McColl Center
* Photo and social media documentation
* Professional curatorial guidance
* Opportunities to engage with McColl Center audiences via public programs.

Winter 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program

The Community Artist Grant will creatively activate Downtown Marshalltown, using the **Marshalltown Arts and Culture Master Plan** as a guide. The grantee will be a community artist and/or social practice artist who will create a project to “build bridges” between communities, ideas, and neighborhoods within the city.

  
Each year, the Arts + Culture Alliance decides which theme to activate through this grant program. The decision is based on community and stakeholder input. Build Bridges was one of the five themes identified by the Arts and Culture Master Plan.

When examining this specific theme, the Alliance identifies and interprets this as:

* Authentically connecting different communities within Marshalltown
* Building infrastructure for greater access to neighborhoods and their assets
* Bridging the past to the present and into the future
* Restoring trust between individuals, communities, and organizations within Marshalltown
* Generating a bridge toward economic sustainability
* Connecting people to causes they care about

  
**Eligible Funding Period** | May 26, 2025 – December 1, 2025

* The Eligible Funding Period officially begins upon the artist’s completion of the grant contract
* All expenses must be incurred within the Eligible Funding Period
* The project, artwork or program must be completed by December 1, 2025

  

The Community Artist Grant

The A-HEAD Project, promoted by Angelo Azzurro ONLUS, announces the third edition of the International Award “Giovan Battista Calapai and Theodora van Mierlo Benedetti”, dedicated to the memory of Giovan Battista Calapai and Theodora van Mierlo Benedetti, two key figures who significantly contributed to the connection between the non-profit organization dedicated to fighting the stigma of mental disorders and the art sector, ultimately leading to the creation of the A-HEAD project. Through this initiative, Angelo Azzurro ONLUS promotes contemporary art by fostering awareness of mental illness and supporting artistic research in all its forms. 

  
This third edition also includes the “Piero Gagliardi Award”, in recognition of the curator of A-HEAD for his commendable work over the years.

  
The International Award “Giovan Battista Calapai and Theodora van Mierlo Benedetti” aims to support emerging artists, specifically addressing under-35 artists. The selection will not be based on a single artwork but on the artist’s entire body of work from the last five years.

“Giovan Battista Calapai Award” – €1,200 (net), along with a publication by A-HEAD Edizioni.

  
“Special Mention Theodora van Mierlo Benedetti” – €800 (net), along with a publication by A-HEAD Edizioni.

  
“Piero Gagliardi Award” – €500 (net), with the inclusion of an unpublished artwork in the permanent collection of MUSMA, which will be donated by A-HEAD and dedicated to Piero Gagliardi.

  
The winners will also be included in the “3500 cm2” project, an initiative curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, which promotes the dissemination of contemporary artworks. Each selected artist will be assigned 3500 cm2 (a 50×70 cm poster format) to create a work aimed at reaching a wider and more diverse audience than traditional exhibitions.

Piero Gagliardi Award

**Call for submissions from artists with a connection to Northern Germany**

  
The Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung is inviting submissions for two art awards for the 2025/26 cycle.

  
The call for proposals is aimed at artists with participatory practices and/or artistic researchers who address current issues at the intersection of art, science, ecology, and sustainability and open up new perspectives on ecological and social issues. The award offers space for experimental research approaches, the development of new works, and projects with open-ended outcome.

**The Advancement Prize includes:**

  
**Award Money -** The award is endowed with a sum of €3,000 (accepted projects will receive € 2,000 in 2025 and a further € 1,000 in 2026). For groups/collectives, the award sum will be increased by a total of € 1,000.

  
**Publication -** The award includes the option of a publication, which will be edited in collaboration with the artistic director. A separate budget is available for the publication.

  
**Exhibition / Events -** The award includes a final presentation in the form of an exhibition (or in another format) and possibly accompanying events. A separate budget is available for this. After consultation, there is also the possibility of being included in Ronald Kolb's curatorial programme Kunst als ökologische Praxis/ Art as an Ecologic Practice.

  
**Family-Friendly Residence -** M.1, the Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung's building in Hohenlockstedt, offers plenty of production space and tranquillity for concentrated artistic work. The awardees can use a furnished apartment in M.1 free of charge for up to two months by arrangement. The apartment is very family-friendly due to its size and is located on the same floor as the spacious and bright studio. Children and partners are welcome during a residency stay. We are happy to help with any childcare you may need on site. There is no residency requirement.

2025/26 Advancement Awards for Art, Science & Ecology

Projekt Atol (Slovenia); Goethe-Institut (Germany); Izolyatsia (Ukraine); MeetFactory (Czech Republic) and Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia) are jointly calling for European art practitioners to apply for **one of eight two- to three-month production residencies taking place in Ljubljana, Prague, Tallinn and online**.

Computation and automation are reshaping global political dynamics, challenging established sovereignties and necessitating a fundamental shift in our understanding of politics. The rise of algorithmic influence on our decisions based on rapidly evolving AI technologies prompts questions about preserving personal and national sovereignties in a post-surveillance information society, and the role of art in reflecting this shift.

Establishing technological sovereignty becomes essential for preserving democracy, countering the trend of individuals being treated as mere users and commodities by the extractivist tech industry, while autocratic tendencies disguised as protection of the sovereign state are one the rise.

This project believes artistic projects can foster awareness and drive shifts in the relationship between technology and power. The project invites artists to engage with information technologies as integral to society rather than as mere tools.

During the residency, participants will develop artworks that engage with the project’s core questions. Existing projects may also be further developed within this framework. The outcomes will be presented at the hosting institutions and may be included in a final exhibition at Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague.

  
**Residency period:**

* Projekt Atol: 2 months between August-December 2025
* MeetFactory: August-October 2025
* Tallinn Art Hall: August-September and October-November 2025
* Izolyatsia: 2 months between August-October 2025

Each residency includes **travel**, accommodation, a monthly stipend (1,000 EUR net) and production costs (up to 3,000 EUR). In case of artist groups, the stipend and production costs will be split among the group.

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