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Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) supports artist-driven projects, advocacy, and dialogue

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Image: Adrian Piper, The Mythic Being: Sol’s Drawing #2 of 5 (1974). Collection of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

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Artist-Organizer Residency 🔭 We are offering our project space to an artist-organizer/artist-curator from the end of October through early January. The residency includes a $1,000 stipend.

Deadline to apply: Monday, October 19 at 11:59 pm ET

Apply here: https://t.co/j16ohr2jzv

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@CherryBlossomHQ @typecaseind We'll miss you! Thanks for being such great neighbors 💜

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If you missed any of the amazing "KUVV" programs that took place over the past few weeks, all of the recordings are now available to watch here: https://t.co/kgMFy0PlWj

#artistorganizers #collaboration #performance #KUVV #embodiedlanguage #lineage

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AVAILABLE NOW: the “Black Women as/and the Living Archive” BOOK! curated by Tsedaye Makonnen with contributions from @FreediaKahlo
@ladiglory @yonaharvey @sistabonobo @Lisaeverything
@TFBWL @IngridLaFleur @JamilaRaegan & more ✨

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Design by Rheagen King

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#ArtistMotherStudio on WAMU this morning! https://t.co/1trgEbeyCj

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It isn’t easy to make it as an artist in Washington, and it can get even tougher when you’re the mom of young kids. Here’s how a few women are making it work. @soljourno @wpadc https://t.co/aI5eZ0VYG5

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Support artist mothers! The following will be available for sale: T-shirts by Tyra Mitchell, creator of Art Mom Project, an IG platform for artist mothers to connect and support each other, and copies of The Future Generation, an anthology of China Marten’s zines

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We are so excited to invite you to the #AMSConference on 11.3 - this conference seeks to elevate the voices of artist mothers/caregivers and continue important conversations about communal labor and how mothers can leverage their experiences for positive societal change

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Open studios with current AMS artists-in-residence Leah Lewis, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, and Anne Smith;

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The First Idea Day is next Thurs 10/18 -- this is for artists who want to learn more about our open call for ideas, or who want to talk to us in person about ideas they have brewing. Reserve a 15 min meeting with WPA staff here https://t.co/6aCeSwvKP5 #drivenbyartists #IdeaDay

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#ArtistMotherStudio will conclude with a mini-conference and a zine on November 3 so SAVE THE DATE #drivenbyartists #futuregeneration #caregivingforaworldtocome @AmyHughesBraden

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For 9 weeks, we're functioning as an artist-residency with childcare. Artist Mother Studio is organized by @AmyHughesBraden, with the participation of artist/moms Leah Lewis, @ktzulan & Anne Smith #artistmotherstudio #itwontalwaysbethisway

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AMS foregrounds the dependency and entanglement of being a caregiver (a loss, in a traditional sense, of personal freedom) as a generative position from which to create art @AmyHughesBraden