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Strive to Thrive
July 9, 2025
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Aligning & Not Duplicating Resources
If you are SILENCED....
If you are STRUGGLING...
If you are SURVIVING...
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NEXT MEET-UP
July 21 at 4pm EST
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Join Our Monthly Community Meet-Up!
Looking to connect with fellow artists & administrators? Join us for our monthly informal meet-up, held every 3rd Monday of the month!
This is your chance to share your questions, celebrate successes, and discuss challenges with like-minded individuals in a supportive environment. It’s a fantastic opportunity to build your network, gain new perspectives, and find solutions.
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BRENDA FRASER
Gala Force LLC
AKA
Brenda Fraser Mosaic Art
Defiance
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Tell us about yourself.
I am ready to go to the next level, nationally! I met so many artists and art administrators at the Artists Thrive Summit who have planted the seed in my brain to apply for exhibits or residencies in San Antonio or Nashville. I met an Accountability Partner too. I loved see the many museums and studios we toured in Kansas City as I can now have a real vision for my future studio.
My art was born out of a dark period of the Covid pandemic when we lost our small retail boutique. But the greater blessing was discovering my artistic voice, creating a lot of artwork that first year, and applying to my first juried show. Since then, I've been in more than 50 group shows, and 3 solo shows. I see a future where I continue to expand my artistic skills, fueled by passion, and a desire to bring more joy to the world.
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What makes you Thrive?
I thrive when I collaborate! Since the Artists Thrive Summit in Kansas City, I have scheduled a Zoom call with a dozen or more women artists from the greater St. Louis region to join together on a call to hear "veteran" attendees talk about their experiences at this year's AT Summit. I want to inspire other women artists to attend and utilize the many resources. Additionally, I am participating with 6 other women artists at a "Garden Party and Art Pop-Up" to showcase our work and share our followers and fans. This event will take place the end of June over a 2-day period. We all win when we help promote each other!
There will be a "Collaboration" themed art show at Artisans in the Loop in St Louis. A photographer and myself are teaming up to enter the show with her photography placed in a jewelry-mosaic decorated frame made by me. Should be really fun. Her subject matter will be two animals together -- again showing collaboration in nature.
Where can we find your work?
Website: https://BrendaFraser.com
Facebook: Butterfly & Moon
Instagram: @brendafrasermosaicart
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The Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) is the first national hotline dedicated to providing year-round disaster crisis counseling. This toll-free, multilingual, crisis support service is available 24/7 to all residents in the U.S. and its territories who are experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters.
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Daily Meditation & Contemplative Practice Offerings: Breathing breaks, reflection journaling, monthly morning practice, midweek mantras, mindful drawing, and meditation. This is a virtual offering from Pratt Institute and is free & open to all.
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A few featured grants, residencies, creative job postings, and more. | | | Grant Opportunity | Eligibility | Deadline | Grant Amount | | Emergency Relief Grants | craft artists, US based artists, recent emergency or disaster | Rolling | $3,000 | | State of the Arts Fellowship | New York State, solo artists ONLY, social engagement through artistic practice | 7/10/25 | $60,000 | | Walker Youngbird Foundation's Emerging Native Arts Grant | early career, Native artists, 2D visual arts, 3D visual arts, time-based media (video, sound, digital), multi-disciplinary, traditional arts | 7/10/25 | $15,000 | | Maryland State Arts Council - Arts Capital Panelist | capital project management experience, creative placemaking experience | 7/14/25 | up to $725 | | Jim Henson Foundation Puppetry Residency | final stages of a new work, puppet theater, puppeteers, 2-3 weeks | 7/14/25 | $5,000, full room and board for up to 10-12 project participants, dramaturgical support and more | | Kyoto Retreat | international artists, curators, writers, 4 weeks, | 7/15/25 | Roundtrip flight, room and board | | Loghaven Artist Residency | any career stage, writing, visual arts, theater, dance, music composition, architecture, interdisciplinary work | 7/15/25 | Application Fee: $25
$850/week living stipend, travel subsidy, reimbursement materials
| | First Peoples Fund Fellowship:
Artists in Business Leadership,
Cultural Capital, Native Performing Arts | Native artists, performing arts preferred, tribal enrollment required | 7/16/25 | $10,000 | | Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts Open Call:
Of the People | open call for gallery, works on paper, painting, drawings, photographs, prints, mylar, etc. | 7/18/25 | Fee: $12
$2,500 | | Call-To-Artist for the Year of Assembly | Selected works should capture the deep personal value humans experience when gathering privately in ways that illustrate our freedom of association in action, installation, 2D, 3D, digital media, performance | 7/20/25 | Exhibition | | Nation’s First Grant Program to Document and Raise Awareness of LGBTQ+ Historic Sites | individuals, non profits, projects associated with LGBTQ+ historic site | 7/21/25 | $500 - $5,000 | | Jazz Road Tours | professional jazz artists, 18 year old | 7/30/25 | $5,000 - $15,000 | | Pullman Art & Film Residency | 21 years old+, film, visual arts, new media | 7/31/25 | $500/week for residency length
(6 - 10 weeks) | | 2025 Open Call for Digital Art Commissions — Pérez Art Museum Miami | original projects, pre- to post- production phase, video art, film, augmented reality, net art, 3-D sculpture, video game, virtual reality, generative art, South Florida, Latin America, Caribbean, African Diaspora | 7/31/25 | $1,000 - $15,000 | | Henri Cartier-Bresson Creation Award | photographers, international submissions, mid-career artists, established artists | 7/31/25 | €35,000 | | Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment | individual craft artists, folk artists, traditional artists, live full time in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, or Wisconsin. | 8/8/25 | $1,000 - $5,000 | | KFW's Feminist Artist Career Development Mini Grant | Kentucky feminist artists | Rolling | up to $500 | | | |
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