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Strive to Thrive

January 14, 2026

New year, new you?

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I Work with Artists: Commitment to change

We pause to consider how our values show up in practice. How often do we examine the ways our organization may reinforce inequity, exclusion, or harm and how willing are we to be changed by what we learn? This reflection asks us to name our level of awareness, responsibility, and accountability and to consider what it would mean to move from intention to sustained, structural action.

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Commitment to change



If you are SILENCED....


If you are STRUGGLING...


If you are SURVIVING...

ARTISTS THRIVE COMMUNITY

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

NICK RAMOS

Austin, TX

Tell us about yourself.

Being present is a superpower. Truly seeing people—pausing long enough to acknowledge them, to listen, to connect—has the power to change lives. A smile costs nothing. A simple gesture takes only a moment. Yet those small acts can mean everything to someone who needs them.

In a world that often rushes past humanity, vulnerability is strength. Connection is courage. When we show up as our authentic selves and open the door for others to do the same, we create the kind of world we all want to live in. This—this—is what the world needs right now.

I thrive when I...

connect with others in the simplest forms.


Where can we find your work?

Website: https://www.humanunity.art/

Instagram: @humanunity_art

SELF-CARE CORNER

Listen or Read: With the lightest touch, scientists search da Vinci's art for DNA

Scientists are on a real life Da Vinci Code hunt to uncover Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA. After years of carefully testing centuries old artworks, researchers have reached a breakthrough that could bring them closer than ever to the artist himself. What might his genes reveal about extraordinary vision and creativity? This intriguing blend of art, science, and mystery is just getting started.


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Mindfulness Activities

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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SELECT OPPORTUNITIES

A few featured grants, residencies, creative job postings, and more.

Grant Opportunity

Eligibility

Deadline

Grant Amount

Lighton International Artists Exchange Program

artists who benefit from international exchange with peers

1/15/26

up to $7,000

LEF Moving Image Fund

filmmaker, long format, New England, post production, production

1/16/26

$15,000 - $25,000

nice art grant

emerging and mid-career artists, enhance creative practice,

1/20/26

$500


Application Fee: $10

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

New York State, Craft, Sculpture, Digital, Electronic Arts, Nonfiction Literature, Poetry,

Printmaking, Drawing, Book Arts

1/27/26

$8,000

Money for Women - Barbara Deming Memorial Fund

visual art, fiction, projects that are well underway, feminist identifying women

1/31/26

$500 - $2,000

Application Fee: $25

New America Fellows

book, film, podcast, longform article, or multimedia project

2/5/26

$15,000 - $30,000

National Endowment for the Arts Grants LOI

nonprofits, government grant

2/12/26

$10,000+

ECRAC Resiliency Grant for Individuals

artists, culture bearers, and arts organizations, emergency funding, central Minnesota

Rolling

Up to $600

South Arts: Artist Creative Practice

South Arts region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee), individual professional-caliber working artist

Rolling

$500 - $3,000

Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund

Professional portfolio, Video, Photography, Graphic design,

Illustration,

Product/interface design

Rolling

$10,000

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