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Burnaway 'Where I'm Calling From' Miami Release Party 2023. Photo: Isabella Garcia
Burnaway is a non-profit magazine of contemporary art and criticism from the American South, published online weekly and in print annually. Through its editorial program and cultivation of emerging arts writers and journalists, Burnaway connects the region’s diverse creative communities and develops exchange between Southern art, and the national and international art audiences.
BUSH Gallery (2019). Image courtesy of Tania Willard
BUSH Gallery has been a collaborative and collective project since 2013. In that time, they have curated contemporary Indigenous art on reserve, hosted residencies and teaching programs. In a process of centring and valuing Indigenous lands, language and cultures, they have built a foundation to actively engage philosophies and experimental practice with meaningful engagement with the local, in this case Secwépemc land and community. BUSH Gallery functions to allow dialogue, experimental practice and community engaged work that contributes to an understanding of how gallery systems and art mediums might be transfigured, translated and transformed by Indigenous customs, aesthetics, performance and land use systems. Reflecting on the limited availability of resources for art galleries and institutions in Indigenous communities, BUSH Gallery posits forms of land-based activations that emphasize site specificity on reserve land. They draw upon community engaged and relational practices using collaborative models. BUSH Gallery is Indigenous-led and collective members include Tania Willard (Secwépemc), Peter Morin (Tahltan), Gabrielle Hill (Métis) and Jeneen Frei (Gwitchin).
NewCrits Homepage. Image courtesy of NewCrits.
New Crits provides one-on-one studio visits, portfolio reviews, and mentorship with some of the world’s most visionary artists. Their online platform is accessible to all artists at every level of their career, creating an inclusive critique experience outside the traditional arts education system. Their mission is to democratize access to arts education and grow a healthier arts education ecosystem worldwide.
Image courtesy of Related Tactics
Related Tactics is an artistic collaboration between artists and cultural workers Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, and Nathan Watson. Their projects are made at the intersection of race and culture, exploring the connections between art, movements for social justice, and the public through trans-disciplinary exchanges, collective making, and dialogue.
BES AWI Meets with Artist Shawné Michaelain Holloway. Image courtesy of The BES
The Black Embodiments Studio is an arts writing incubator, public programming initiative, and publishing platform dedicated to building discourse around contemporary black art. They focus on creative alliances meant to build sustainable peer-support networks, commissioning new work from artists and writers, and developing ethical public programming practices that do not exploit their labor.