BIPOC + Queer Publishing Fund
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The BIPOC and Queer Publishing Fund aims to take back the economic capacity for marginalized artists to immerse themselves in projects which celebrate, uplift, and teach the community about diverse backgrounds and histories of oppressed people through multi-media print projects by allowing these project leaders to earn a wage from their art practices. Re-establishing financial independence is crucial in further nurturing a growing community which is currently at the risk of being further oppressed by political, economic, and sociological barriers which stifle creativity.
Through the BIPOC and Queer Publishing Fund, Curious Publishing will create 10 opportunities for artists residing in Southern California to imagine, curate, and actualize their art print project with the assistance of our expert team of designers, artists, curators, and mentors. The goal for this project is for each of the 10 artists to share the stories of marginalized voices through multimedia art projects with an emphasis on applying various print techniques including, but not limited to: Cyanotype, Risograph, Linoleum Block, Monograph, Giclee, Etching, and Letterpress. These bodies of work will be showcased in various settings including traditional museum and gallery settings, as well as through temporary public facing installations and will be accompanied by artist lead discussions on the topics of social justice, environmental racism, racial equity, LGBTQIA+ rights, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, neurodivergence, and mental health.
About Curious Publishing:
Since 2018, Curious Publishing has successfully completed a variety of multimedia art projects including: publishing artbooks, zines, and chapbooks, art print collections, merchandise, and exhibition opportunities for over 25 BIPOC and Queer identifying artists residing throughout the Southern California. Through this impact grant, Curious Publishing will have the ability to increase our reach and maximize the visibility of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and Queer identifying artists who reside throughout the Inland Empire, High Desert Communities and Los Angeles through the art of print.
Curious Publishing, by default, acts as a cultural hub and zeitgeist.Through our publication services and by producing artist-led community arts and culture festivals, we are determined to continue the growth of the artistic movement we inspire. Curious Publishing empowers the upcoming generation of Inland Empire residents and does so by relentlessly creating a space and platform of lifelong artistic growth. We are committed to providing an accessible and material means of pipelining the novice into career artists and fostering an ever-evolving grassroots movement of arts-based social discourse.
Project Support:
The BIPOC + Queer Publishing Fund is made possible in part by grant funds from the California Arts Council Impact Grant, The Arts Area and the Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF), and individual community member support.
Curious Publishing is a comprehensive fiscal sponsored project of The Arts Area, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable corporation, EIN 81-3551663. Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Artwork by Andrew Matus, paper collage