July Opportunities

Vol. 2; Issue 6

It’s July at The Whole Utopianotes Catalog! Heatwaves of fellowships, funding, grants, artist & writer residencies, jobs, gigs, open calls for submission, swimming holes, horseshoe crabs, shark teeth and more. Recent adds are marked with «(NEW)»

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Franklin Furnace – 2025 XENO PRIZE for Artists’ Books
$5,000 awarded to an artist publishing a book on book banning/burning, with a minimum print run of 100 copies.
Deadline: July 4, 2025

«(NEW)» The Nature Conservancy - Andy Warhol Visual Arts Program
Pays $1,000 stipend for artists to lead an outdoor workshop at the Andy Warhol Preserve in Montauk, NY.
Deadline: July 6, 2025

«(NEW)» Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Provides up to $5,000 for visual and media artists and choreographers facing recent medical or mental health emergencies.
Deadline: July 8, 2025

«(NEW)» NYSCA “State of the Arts” Fellowship
Artist placements in NY State agencies to create socially engaged projects; $40,000 stipend.
Deadline: July 8, 2025

«(NEW)» Documented - Isaac Rauch Reporting Fellowship
Documented is searching for a reporter to take on an ambitious project that tackles an issue that matters to New York City’s immigrant communities. We are offering a grant of $10,000 to pursue a story of your choosing over the course of the coming year.
Deadline: July 9, 2025

«(NEW)» Walker Youngbird Foundation – Emerging Native Arts Grant
$15,000 grant, as well as additional funding, mentorship, and a curated showcase to early-career Native artists shaping the future of contemporary Indigenous art.
Deadline: July 10, 2025

«(NEW)» Henri Cartier-Bresson Creation Award
€35,000 award will help an established documentary photographer complete a project to be showcased at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and in a publication.
Deadline: July 31, 2025 |

«(NEW)» Cross-Reference Coalition – Fall 2025 Course
Free (for accepted applicants) 10-week interdisciplinary, graduate-level course for cultural workers and artists
Deadline: July 11, 2025

Global Dialogues Challenge – Collective Intelligence Project
Call for visual, analytical, or artistic responses using AI datasets. $10,000 prize pool.
Deadline: July 11, 2025

«(NEW)» 21c Artadia Award
$15,000 unrestricted award to a visual artist living and working in St. Louis, Missouri.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

«(NEW)» PEN America U.S. Writers Aid Initiative
Emergency financial aid for U.S.-based writers facing financial crisis. Supports poets, authors, playwrights, journalists.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

«(NEW)» Polar STEAM Artist & Writer Program
Provides creative practitioners a funded residency in Antarctica (2026–27 season); 4–8 week deployments.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

«(NEW)» Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Prizes
The Columbia Journalism School is accepting applications for its Knight-Bagehot Fellowship Prizes, which “honor extraordinary journalism that represents the highest quality of reporting and writing on business and economics.” The WERT Global Prize is $2,000, and the Welles Prize is $500 (with no entry fee).
Deadline: July 15, 2025

The Kyoto Retreat
Retreat in Japan for artists, writers, and curators to explore culture without production requirements. Includes airfare, lodging, and fee.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

«(NEW)» 2026 Cultural Capital Fellowship
$10,000 fellowship for Native artists preserving and transmitting ancestral traditions through community-based cultural work.
Deadline: July 16, 2025

«(NEW)» FSG Fellowship
Provides a $15,000 grant, editorial guidance, and mentorship to an emerging writer from an underrepresented community. Supports literary writing across genres, with an emphasis on originality and boundary-pushing work.
Deadline: July 18, 2025

«(NEW)» Altavoz Lab – Community Fellowship
Grants of $3,000–$8,000 plus audience engagement funding for community-centered journalism projects.
Deadline: July 18, 2025

«(NEW)» Of the People – Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts
$2,500 honorarium for works on paper reflecting on American democracy.
Deadline: July 18, 2025

«(NEW)» Shared Bylines David Brown Scholarship
For visually impaired Canadian journalists; provides support for professional development.
Deadline: July 18, 2025

«(NEW)» Cultural Arts Curatorial Fellowship
$5,000 total stipend and project support for emerging performing arts curators. Mentorship and production support provided.
Deadline: July 20, 2025

«(NEW)» LGBTQ+ Heritage Alliance – 2025 Grant Program
This grant program will fund initiatives to document historic places connected to the LGBTQ+ community. Grants ($500 - $5000) will support individuals and not-for-profits’ efforts that advance the recognition, preservation, and interpretation of historic sites related to LGBTQ+ communities in the United States and its territories.
Deadline: July 21, 2025

Epson International Pano Awards
The world’s largest panoramic photography competition with $50,000+ in prizes.
Deadline: July 21, 2025

«(NEW)» Community Leaders Grant – CitizensNYC
Microgrants up to $5,000 for community-building projects led by NYC residents.
Deadline: July 25, 2025

AICA International – Incentive Prize for Art Critics
Cash prizes for art criticism; winner invited to present at international congress.
Deadline: July 27, 2025

«(NEW)» Locust Projects
Provides production support, curatorial guidance, W.A.G.E. fees, and residency opportunities for artists creating large-scale installations.
Deadline: July 28, 2025

«(NEW)» South Arts – Jazz Road Tours & Cross-Sector Impact Grant
Grants from $5,000 to $15,000 for jazz tours and cross-sector arts collaborations across the Southeast U.S.
Deadline: July 30, 2025

«(NEW)» Brink Literary Emerging Writers Fellowship
Supports hybrid and cross-genre emerging writers with developmental editing, publication, and mentorship.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

«(NEW)» DIGITAL on STAGE Cascade Funding
Grants of €8,000 for 24 projects integrating advanced tech into performing arts productions.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

«(NEW)» Pérez Art Museum Miami – Digital Art Commissions
PAMM requests proposals for experimental digital artworks across South Florida, Latin America, the Caribbean, and African Diaspora, with awards ranging from $1,000 – $15,000.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

AXS Film Fund
Up to $10,000 grants for creators of color with disabilities in nonfiction media.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

100 Voices of Florida
Open call for short films or scripts from Florida creatives; winners receive a $5,000 unrestricted award.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

Samuel Richardson Prize
Prize for self-published novels or story collections over 40,000 words.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

«(NEW)» Incite Institute Global Change Program Grants
Grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 to support artists, scholars, and organizers leading community-based projects focused on climate justice, public health, education, and social equity. Open to a broad range of mediums and disciplines.
Deadline: August 1, 2025

«(NEW)» Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Up to $5,000 to support history of science research using CSHL archives.
Deadline: August 1, 2025

«(NEW)» Granum Foundation Prizes
Supports completion of major literary or translation works with up to $5,000.
Deadline: August 1, 2025

Grant for MFA Graduates in Visual Art – III Artist Fund
Support for recent MFA graduates confronting socio-political issues in art.
Deadline: August 1, 2025

FST StudioProjects Fund
Funding to cover studio rent for NYC-based artists.
Deadline: August 1, 2025

«(NEW)» Oregon Literary Fellowships
$10,000 Career Fellowships and $4,000 Fellowships for Oregon-based writers in a range of literary genres.
Deadline: August 8, 2025

«(NEW)» Yale Drama Series – 2026 Playwriting Competition
$10,000 prize, publication, and staged reading for an original full-length play.
Deadline: August 15, 2025

2025 Liu Shiming Artist Grants
$5,000 grants for emerging visual artists who graduated or debuted between 2015–2023.
Deadline: August 21, 2025

«(NEW)» The Performance Arcade 2026 – Call for Performance Proposals
International call for performance-based artists to present work in Wellington, New Zealand; artists may receive up to NZ$5000.
Deadline: August 28, 2025

«(NEW)» University of New Orleans Press Lab Prize
$10,000 and publication for a short story collection or novel. Open to unpublished or self-published writers.
Deadline: August 31, 2025

Dedalus Foundation – Senior Fellowship in Art History
Up to $30,000 for critical studies on 20th-century art; U.S. citizens only.
Deadline: September 15, 2025

«(NEW)» Printed Matter Publisher Work Grant
Awards three unrestricted $10,000 grants to independent artists' book publishers, along with a featured exhibitor presence at Printed Matter’s NY or LA Art Book Fairs. Focuses on capacity-building and future publishing projects.
Deadline: September 21, 2025

Jerome Foundation / Queens Museum Fellowship 2026–2027
Fellowship for emerging visual artists; Queens-based project required.
Deadline: September 22, 2025

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Supports visual and performing artists with urgent funding for unexpected opportunities or expenses.
Deadline: Ongoing

CERF+ Emergency Grants
Emergency relief grants for artists in craft or materials-based disciplines who have experienced a career-threatening emergency.
Deadline: Rolling

Sloan Distribution Grant
The Sloan Distribution Grant is a $50,000 grant awarded by Film Independent to a film that is entering its distribution phase.
Deadline: Rolling

Max’s Kansas City Project - Emergency Grants
Max’s Emergency Relief & Resource Fund is a one-time grant of between $500 and $1000 to assist self-employed artists who are New York State Residents and who have a steady work history, but who are experiencing a temporary financial set back.
Deadline: Ongoing

«(NEW)» Wollemi National Park Artist Residency
Residency for writers and artists in Wollemi National Park, Australia; supports environmental and ecological themes.
Deadline: July 10, 2025

«(NEW)» Hortus Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Artist Residency
The Hortus Residency Program is open to established and emerging artists, botanical artists, or photographers, who are exploring the themes of nature and/or the human connection with nature. Artists are housed for one week in The Barnette, a small house situated in the hamlet of Stone Ridge, August 4th- August 11th, 2025.
Deadline: July 11, 2025

«(NEW)» Jim Henson Foundation Puppetry Residency
Residency for puppet theater artists at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Includes $5,000 grant and production support.
Deadline: July 14, 2025 (Letter of Intent)

Marble House Project Residency
Multidisciplinary residency for artists and writers. Western Vermont.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

«(NEW)» Ucross Spring 2026 Fellowships for Native American Artists
This fellowship welcomes Native American visual artists and writers at any stage of their careers. Fellows receive dedicated time and space to focus on their work, along with private studio spaces, comfortable living accommodations, chef-prepared meals, a stipend, an award, and full staff support.
Deadline: July 15, 2026

«(NEW)» UCross Spring 2026 Artists Residency
Free 2–6 week residencies for artists and writers. Northern Wyoming.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

Loghaven Artist Residency
Residency + $850/week stipend in historic cabins for artists and writers. Knoxville, TN.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

Grand Canyon Artist in Residence Program
4–8-week 2026 residency for artists with contemporary, site-specific practices that engage the public.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

«(NEW)» Imaginative Crossroads Residency
One-month residency with studio space, $1,000 production budget, housing, and public presentation opportunity. Genoa, Italy
Deadline: July 16, 2025

«(NEW)» WIP Lab Residency
Residency focused on water-related issues in Cyprus, with housing, monthly stipend, travel funds and studio space. Open to experimental, speculative, and community-engaged proposals from artists. All disciplines.
Deadline: July 18, 2025

«(NEW)» Provincetown Visiting Artist Fellowship – Nicholas Dahl Scholarship
Supports artists at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum with housing and studio access.
Deadline: July 21, 2025

«(NEW)» Arts Gowanus Fellowship Program
For low-income artists and writers in Brooklyn working in any medium, at all stages of their career, this fellowship covers the cost of one year’s studio rent in Gowanus plus material support. Applicants from local affordable housing will be prioritized.
Deadline: July 22, 2025

«(NEW)» Kala Artist-in-Residence Program
Offers shared studio access at subsidized rates for artists working in print, media, and interdisciplinary practices, in Berkeley, California.
Deadline: July 26, 2025

«(NEW)» Escape to Create
Multi-disciplinary retreat in Seaside, FL offering private housing and weekly stipend. Emphasizes public engagement and community programming.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

Pullman Yards Art & Film Residency
Atlanta’s Pullman Yards launches a new residency for film, visual arts, and new media, offering six- to ten-week stays with housing, studios, stipends, and mentorship to four artists each year.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

«(NEW)» Green-Wood Cemetery Artist Residency
Supports site-specific and research-based art projects in Brooklyn's historic cemetery.
Deadline: August 4, 2025

«(NEW)» Collections of Transience Residency
Virtual residency for writers of color writers aged 18-30 for the 2025–2026 season: 1-year Writers Residency Program; Community of artists in which to engage in regular events with; A team invested in your growth and development; Access to all writing/creative workshops & more
Deadline: August 31, 2025

«(NEW)» Siena Art Institute Residency
Month-long residency with private studio and apartment in historic Siena, Italy. Includes travel compensation, stipend and more. Open to visual artists and writers.
Deadline: September 30, 2025

Dora Maar House Residency Fellowships
One to two-month residency for mid-career artists with stipend and travel support. Ménerbes, France.
Deadline: October 15, 2025

ART14 Residency
Rolling admission residency open to artists and writers of all skill levels. Patton, PA.
Deadline: Rolling

Arts in California Parks Artist Directory
Rolling registration for public art collaboration directory with California Parks.
Deadline: Rolling

Elf School of the Arts Residency
Elf School of the Arts is a nonprofit artist residency in Hayesville, NC. Situated beside the Appalachian Mountains and Lake Chatuge. Elf's primary mediums are book arts, casting, cooking, drawing, jewelry, music, lapidary, paper arts, photography, printmaking, weaving, welding, woodworking, and writing.
Deadline: Rolling

The Clemente’s Discounted Rehearsal Space Program
Offers BIPOC artists and performing arts organizations affordable rehearsal space in NYC at $15/hour.
Deadline: Rolling

Peace Castle Residencies
Residencies (up to 4-weeks) at the Austria-based Peace Castle explore the nexus between art and peacebuilding, and are available to a wide range of artists and writers, Provides: Accommodation, studio, per diem, local transportation, connections to local communities and international institutions / partners & more.
Deadline: Rolling

Steel Yard Micro-Residencies
The Providence, RI-based program can assist you in growing and strengthening your creative industrial art practice with flexible time commitments of one to three months. One ceramics and one metals micro-resident are hosted at a time.
Deadline: Rolling (Apply 6 - 12 months in advance)

Breck Create Artist-in-Residence Program
2-4 month residencies in Breckenridge, Colorado, with a biweekly stipend.
Deadline: Rolling

Indigo Arts Alliance Mentorship Residency Program
Brings together artists of the African Diaspora for creative engagement and co-mentorship in Portland, Maine.
Deadline: Rolling

«(NEW)» DADDY
Seeking essays, stories, poems, photography, and art on the theme of “Power.”
Deadline: July 4, 2025

Pencil Magazine – Issue Three
Accepting text and image submissions on theme “The Eraser.”
Deadline: July 7, 2025

Conduit Books – Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize
$1,500 and publication for a debut poetry collection.
Deadline: July 7, 2025

Rest Fest Film Festival
Seeking short films and video art by disabled and chronically ill creators.
Deadline: July 10, 2025

«(NEW)» PERFORMANCE + DESIGN Working Group, PSi
Open call for scholars and evolving artists to present 400-second digital research presentations.
Deadline: July 14, 2025

«(NEW)» DIAGRAM / New Michigan Press
Chapbook contest offering $1,000, publication, and 25 author copies. Open to poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid work.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

«(NEW)» Washington Writers’ Publishing House
Open call for poetry and fiction manuscripts from DC, Maryland, and Virginia residents.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

«(NEW)» Latinx Project – Print Media Fair
Seeking exhibitors working in zines, prints, or works on paper for NYC-based print media fair.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

Driftwood Press – Short Story and Poetry Chapbook Contests
$500 prize for short stories (max 6,000 words); $750 prize for poetry chapbook.
Deadline: July 15, 2025

«(NEW)» Stop Caring
Accepting essay pitches on video games as art. Pays $100–$200 per piece.
Deadline: Rolling submissions

«(NEW)» Art at a Time Like This – "Don’t Look Now" Exhibition
Call for censored or canceled works by artists impacted by political or institutional suppression. Honorarium, shipping, and installation included.
Deadline: July 17, 2025

«(NEW)» Feminist Press
Call for papers on the theme of “portal-work” and feminist futurities.
Deadline: July 30, 2025

«(NEW)» Sarabande Books
Open call for poetry, short fiction, hybrid, and nonfiction manuscripts; translation proposals
Deadline: July 31 2025

«(NEW)» Wet Cement Press – New Constructions Hybrid Book Contest
Seeking hybrid form manuscripts that push genre boundaries.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

The Dodge – Return to Roots Writing Issue
Special issue focused on Palestine and global Indigenous struggle.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

«(NEW)» POV
Accepting nonfiction films (completed, short, and rough cuts) for 2026 broadcast season.
Deadline: July 31, 2025

«(NEW)» Noco Books
Accepting manuscripts of any length or form, with a focus on strange, stylish work. Special interest in authors from the Pacific Northwest.
Deadline: August 1, 2025

«(NEW)» Seneca Review Books – Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize
$2,000 and publication for a collection of lyric essays.
Deadline: August 1, 2025

«(NEW)» Nightboat Books - Open Call for Prose
Full-length innovative prose manuscripts of formally experimental fiction and/or nonfiction; prose translations, international anglophone writing, & multi-lingual texts.
Deadline: August 1, 2025

«(NEW)» Great Lakes Review
Accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and photography related to the Great Lakes region (U.S. or Canada).
Deadline: August 1, 2025

«(NEW)» Barrelhouse – For What It’s Worth Nonfiction Series
Looking for book-length essays (25–30K words) on pop culture obsessions with personal narrative.
Deadline: August 9, 2025

«(NEW)» Qu Literary Journal
Accepting poetry, nonfiction, fiction, visual art, and scripts for print journal.
Deadline: August 15, 2025

«(NEW)» Howling Bird Press Book Prize
$2,500 and publication awarded to a manuscript in poetry.
Deadline: August 31, 2025

«(NEW)» Utica University – Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize
$2,000 prize for poetry collection published in 2025 by a resident of upstate New York.
Deadline: August 31, 2025

«(NEW)» University of Iowa Press – Short Fiction Awards
Publication for debut short fiction collections.
Deadline: August 31, 2025

«(NEW)» Journal Journal
Creative records, logs, spreadsheets, or visual journals; inaugural issue
Deadline: September 1, 2025

«(NEW)» Urban Archive x Melting Metropolis – Call for Photos: Summer in the City
Seeking photo submissions capturing summer urban life.
Deadline: September 1, 2025

«(NEW)» TalkDeath
Accepting pitches for paid articles on death practices and culture.
Rolling deadline

«(NEW)» Off Assignment
Looking for literary personal essays in their open columns, including “Letter to a Stranger” and “No Equivalent.” Pays $100–$500.
Rolling submissions

«(NEW)» Triple Canopy
Grant Writer
Editorial Coordinator
NYC

«(NEW)» Motley Bloom
Editorial Assistant
Remote

«(NEW)» Feminist Press (CUNY)
Executive Director
NYC

«(NEW)» Good Tape
Part-time Managing Editor
LA

«(NEW)» Kite’s Nest ReGen Teens
Lead Garden Education (PT, Seasonal)
Hudson, NY

«(NEW)» Kirkus Reviews
Freelance Copyeditor
Remote

«(NEW)» The Latino Newsletter
Senior Producer (one-year contract)
Remote

«(NEW)» Words Without Borders
Social Media Coordinator
Remote (EST)
Deadline: July 20, 2025

«(NEW)» Historic New England
Research Scholar, LGBTQ+ History
Research Scholar, Disability History (PT, Temp)
Boston, MA / Remote

«(NEW)» Asia Society
Social Media Coordinator
NYC

«(NEW)» Atlas Obscura
Community Editor
NYC

«(NEW)» Hub City Books
Social Media Coordinator
Remote

«(NEW)» The Baffler
Senior Editor
NYC

«(NEW)» New Jersey Symphony
Communications Manager
Newark, NJ/Hybrid

«(NEW)» BOMB Magazine
Circulation Coordinator
NYC

«(NEW)» Henry Street Settlement
Special Events Coordinator
NYC

«(NEW)» New York City Ballet
Events Assistant
NYC

«(NEW)» Poets & Writers Magazine
Production Editor
NYC

«(NEW)» Center for Fiction
Executive Assistant
Barista/Bartender
Brooklyn

«(NEW)» Chronicle Books
Editorial Fellow
San Francisco, CA

«(NEW)» WME (William Morris Endeavor)
Music Central Assistant
NYC

«(NEW)» The Washington Post
Podcast Producer
NYC

«(NEW)» Kathy Kuo Home
Digital Content Creator
NYC

«(NEW)» NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity – Service Design Studio
Service Design Fellow
Brooklyn

«(NEW)» Sourcebooks
Associate Editor, Adult Non-Fiction
NYC

«(NEW)» Equity Advocates
Communications & Development Manager
NYC

«(NEW)» Culture Source
Director of Programs
Detroit, MI

«(NEW)» Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
Librarian & Archivist
NYC

«(NEW)» Bard Graduate Center
Head of Publications
NYC/Hybrid

«(NEW)» Sesame Workshop
Sr. Manager, Brand Marketing
NYC

«(NEW)» Stand and Build
Woodworker / Spray Finisher
Queens

«(NEW)» Princeton University Press
Production Assistant
Princeton, NJ

«(NEW)» Art Institute of Chicago
Inclusive Pedagogy Specialist
Chicago, IL

«(NEW)» The New York Times Book Review
Senior Staff Editor (8‑month contract)
NYC

«(NEW)» St. Ann’s Warehouse
Digital Content Manager
NYC

«(NEW)» Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College
Library Coordinator, Digital Services
NYC

«(NEW)» Random House / PRH
Production Design Assistant
NYC

«(NEW)» Meredith Monk / The House Foundation for the Arts
General Manager
NYC

«(NEW)» Internet Archive
Microfiche Digitization Technician
Richmond, CA

«(NEW)» Dance/NYC
Grantmaking Manager
NYC

«(NEW)» The Charlotte Ledger
Managing Editor
Charlotte, NC
Apply via: tony@cltledger.com

«(NEW)» The New Yorker
Assistant Editor – Talk of the Town & Shouts & Murmurs
NYC

«(NEW)» Film at Lincoln Center
Temporary NYFF Roles
NYC

«(NEW)» Dieu Donné (Paper Arts Studio)
Director of Operations & Programs
Brooklyn

«(NEW)» District Council 37
Communications Specialist
NYC

«(NEW)» MIT Museum
Cataloging Assistant / Oral Historian (PT)
Remote

«(NEW)» Pig Iron Theatre Company
General Manager
Philadelphia

«(NEW)» Neue Galerie
Visitor Services Associate
NYC

«(NEW)» High Desert Test Sites
Administrative Coordinator (PT)
Programs & Events Coordinator (PT)
Joshua Tree, CA

«(NEW)» DoorDash
Copywriter, Superette
NYC

«(NEW)» American Museum of Natural History
Field Assistant
NYC

«(NEW)» The Intercept
Podcast Booking Producer
Remote

«(NEW)» The New University in Exile Consortium
Program Manager
NYC

EVENTS

Wandering the Sentence: a 5 week generative writing workshop | July - August
Writing is a process for thinking, much like wandering through a quiet wooded path in the summertime. What have we planted? What weeds grow against or in opposition to our plans? How do we cultivate reverence for what is undisturbed and wild? Meandering reveals what is hidden to us. Walking through the chaos of a city is our ancient forest, movement through this space unveils memory, migration, displacement, decay, belonging, and creation. Michel De Certeau writes, “places are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of the body.” Alongside Certeau, we will read work from John Berger, Renee Gladman, Jane Allison, Jackie Wang, and others who have trodden this unplanned path before us. Virtual workshop runs Sundays, July 20th to August 17th. In-person workshop runs Tuesdays, July 15th to August 12th. MORE INFO & REGISTRATION HERE.

OPPORTUNITIES

GovCon Stories Project: Workforce Impact Survey | Deadline: July 31, 2025
Were you laid off from a government contracting job? The GovCon Stories Project, run by a team of former contractors, is collecting stories from those affected by recent layoffs tied to DOGE contract terminations, funding delays, and reductions in force. If this applies to you, please consider taking a short, confidential survey to share your experience. Share the survey link with your network and direct any questions to govconresearch@gmail.com.

CALL FOR ARTISTS & CURATORS | Enoch’s cafe & art space in Hudson Yards
M - F, 8:00am - 3:00p | 480 10th Avenue (btwn 37th & 36th St.)
Enoch’s, a 1200 sq.-foot cafe and art space nestled in the heart of Hudson Yards, NYC, is housed in the former location of a beloved bike shop by the same name. Are you a visual artist, curator, musician, or performer in search of event or exhibition space? Inquire at hello@enochs.nyc OR fill out this event proposal form

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