HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Don’t be afraid to go against the grain. Don’t be afraid to take a non-traditional path, especially if it feels right for YOU and what YOU want to achieve. In a world where everyone is trying to grab attention, it’s the bold moves that the masses aren’t making that will get you noticed.

As the world keeps turning, so do opportunities. Staying ahead requires more than just talent (sorry 🤷🏾‍♀️)—it demands the art of remaining visible and relevant, ingenuity and relationship building.

This round-up features a selection of open calls for exhibitions, residencies, funding, and fellowships—all free to apply for. These opportunities are open to UK-based artists, and I’ve ensured that no deadlines are less than seven days away at the time of sharing.

Close The App, Make The Ting is a collection of ideas shared by Elijah that began in July 2021, as the Covid 19 lockdowns were ending in the UK. They started as simple notes questioning what the music and creative scenes would look like after being shut down for 18 months shared regularly on Instagram, then developed into a multimedia project that spanned visual installations, an album with grime MC Jammz, a club night and a lecture series that toured the world. Close The App, Make The Ting: Transformative Prompts for the Modern Artist brings together the best of the ideas and the projects they inspired. This book is for anyone producing or thinking of producing creative work, that needs something outside of ‘advice’, these are evergreen artistic prompts that will inspire new ways of approaching being an artist in the 2020s.