Our monthly roundup of opportunities includes residencies in New York, Texas, and Alaska, public art commissions in Florida and Tennessee, an interdisciplinary artist-scientist grant, and juried exhibitions across the country.
Colony Little discusses the folklore and oral histories behind the Underground Railroad Quilt Code for Burnaway’s STORM SIGNAL theme.
Our monthly round up of opportunities include residencies in Georgia, Virginia, and Florida, a Princeton-based fellowship, and a juried exhibition in Athens.
Burnaway is excited to announce Open Book, our first editorial book club! Held in-person and virtually, Open Book is a literary program for curious readers who are interested in engaging with stories touching on both art and our coverage region of the South and Caribbean.
Our monthly round up of opportunities includes juried exhibitions, project grants, and awards across the South, as well as an online art criticism prize.
![On a Star Departing the Attic: Blackness, the Page, and the Camera. [An Essay as Microtreatment.]](https://burnaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/e._j._bellocq_storyville_portrait_new_orleans_1912-540x665.jpg)
In this feature for Burnaway’s SAWTOOTH STAR theme, Kristina Kay Robinson writes about the aesthetic and narrative interventions of early southern Black projectionists.
Our monthly round up of opportunities includes juried exhibitions, a memorial grant program in Little Rock, Arkansas, and artist residencies in Tennessee.
For Burnaway’s SCHOOLHOUSE theme, Robert Alan Grand discusses the history and future of the folk school, touching on the influential, democratic John C. Campbell and Highlander Folk Schools.
Carlos Nuñez and Maria Owen reflect on the 2026 Whitney Biennial, discussing its aesthetics and global-regional connectivity alongside featured works by Southern and Caribbean artists.
