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Contact Thea Spittle, Curatorial Coordinator, at thea@spacescle.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631292923016-JA0FJ7TK2JLD9HVF2RLY/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - What do you mean by “artistic project"? An artistic project is defined as a specific art presentation, creation of new work, produced program, event, or phase of a larger project that is fully executed within one year and made available to the public. This can include—but certainly is not limited to--the public presentation of or public access to painting, design, photography, film, video, sculpture, print, architecture, craft, and publication. Artists may request funding for the full artistic project, or one phase of a larger creative arc, as long as the project scope is appropriately scaled to the request amount and project goals. Musicians and other performers are invited to apply, as long as there is a primary visual element to the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631292983564-BQC09COEQK4TKF6H5BB5/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - How do you define a visual practice? In addition to mediums such as drawing, illustration, painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation, and similar, we are also open to artists practicing in film/video, new media, sound art, performance art and social practice as long as these can be documented in your application. We are open to innovation, experimentation, and risk-taking in the field and are supportive of diverse approaches to visual art making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293256279-3H1F0HP3DGD1GQT0Z7WH/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - What do you mean by “public display”? “Public display” refers to sites that are accessible to the public within Cuyahoga County, and which may include conventional art viewing spaces like artist studios (as long as there are open hours posted), sites for public artworks, businesses (cafes or restaurants), and commercial or non profit galleries. Unconventional sites may include abandoned storefronts, city infrastructure (bus shelters, streets, open spaces), signage (billboards), building facades or construction fences, with permissions and proper permitting granted. Proposed sites must be accessible to all members of the public, including individuals with disabilities. Most importantly, locations MUST BE displayed outside of SPACES as the purpose of the Satellite Fund is to get art into all corners of Cuyahoga County! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293292849-68PD5FC52H13F0J4XOD9/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - How long is the grant period? The Satellite Fund grant period is from September 1 thru July 31. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293341774-18F8B56YYR74ZZQ4P3N5/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - What do you mean by collective? A collective is defined here as “more than one person coming together to helm a proposed artistic project.” This could mean a group or arts individuals coming together. At least half of the team must work and live in Cuyahoga County in order to qualify. Applications will need a lead point of contact who lives in Cuyahoga County and is over the age of 18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293483177-MGEH9S11TNR9CHUJHMOQ/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - Are applicants required to have a confirmed display site or exhibition venue? No, a confirmed venue is not a requirement in the application process, but applicants are asked to indicate the context for the display of the work. For example, let’s say an artist would like to create a bold text-based artwork to be displayed on a billboard. If the message is intended to reach a specific community, a successful proposal would include a map of potential billboards to rent in a neighborhood where those community members reside, as well as research into the cost of renting those billboards. If an artist needs a white cube gallery space, they should provide a list of potential exhibition sites. As with most open calls, the more information the artist provides, the easier it is for the review panel to envision how the project will materialize, if it satisfies the selection criteria, and if the project is feasible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293534832-YW1Q9RZ64EYHEIMUMRTQ/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - Can I include artist fees in my budget? Yes, we expect and encourage artists to set aside a commission for their time and labor. However, please make sure the fee is in proportion to the total amount of the grant and that the majority of the funding goes to the creation and display of the project. Any artist’s/collective’s commission should not exceed $2,400. This excludes contractor fees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293579509-AEAUZCK2K3WDZ9V9KBBG/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - How much funding can I acquire + can I pursue funding from outside sources? Each of the 5 selected projects will receive a full $12,000 grant—so shoot for the stars! Artists are encouraged to pursue additional support if their project budget exceeds this amount. You may seek outside funding from government agencies, foundations, individuals, or crowdfunding platforms. However, all additional funding must be used specifically for your Satellite Fund project. Funds from the Satellite Fund MAY NOT be applied toward another grant or separate project, including projects affiliated with artist collectives or other initiatives. If you are pursuing other funding, you are required to fully disclose all additional sources to SPACES. If you’re interested in having SPACES serve as your fiscal sponsor to access further funding, please contact us directly. SPACES reserves the right to acknowledge all funders associated with your Satellite Fund project across print, digital, or other public communications. To ensure fairness and equitable access to funding opportunities, artists who have received Satellite Funds as part of a collective project are not eligible to reapply for three years. If you have any questions about additional funding or eligibility, don’t hesitate to reach out to us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293618805-9G9ETQALKXJOKHI9XL5E/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - What is the tax obligation if I receive a grant? All monies received through a grant are usually considered taxable income. Awardees are advised to consult a tax professional for the most current information regarding obligations for taxable income. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293695653-FJIKOW88OW6V7MLI00G8/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - Are there any reporting requirements for the grant? Five to six months into your project a midterm report is due, detailing status updates on project progressions and challenges. Within 30 calendar days of project completion, artists must report on the following: (i) the project’s accomplishments (and any challenges); (ii) a description of public engagement around the project, including the number of audience members (if feasible); (iii) media coverage/marketing results + professional documentation from the public display; (iv) feedback on the Artists’ experience; and (v) expenditure of grant funds with documented receipts and invoices. SPACES will be available to assist artists in completing their report. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293725046-5OCOVT410VDVGK2HUBEN/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - Can I use funding towards equipment? Yes, but only if the equipment is necessary for the creation of your proposed project, and the cost is in proportion to the total amount of the grant. The majority of your funding should go into the production of your project and its public display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293763153-CH3WG1HR1TKRWM99GTJH/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - Do you have to be a U.S. citizen to apply? No. However, the lead organizer must have a social security number (SSN) in order to receive payment of the award. They must also live in Cuyahoga County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293793068-CCKSCAPVPENT2S6I3QL3/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - How will the award payment be disbursed? The award will be disbursed in two payments: 75% of which will be released upon receipt of the signed Artist Agreement. The remaining 25% will be released once the grantee delivers their final report. Awards CANNOT be split amongst collective members through SPACES. Funding will be dispersed by two checks, both made out to the lead artist only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293828288-IDWW2IX1ENH0XPIPFBS6/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - How are the applications selected? All applications will be reviewed independently, and then in person, by a jury of three art professionals working within the Northeast Ohio region and two from outside the region; jurors will score applications based on each applicant’s ability to demonstrate how their proposed project will realize the materialization of creative or aesthetic ideas. Jurors will determine their scores based on the subjective categories of artistic quality and relevance, and will also consider objective criteria of project feasibility, accessibility, budget, and timeline. It is important to note that we instruct our jurors to take an expansive approach to considering aesthetics, quality, and relevance, which includes acknowledging Eurocentric standards that may influence their adjudication. Aligned with the SPACES mission of serving as the resource and public forum for artists who explore and experiment, The Satellite Fund emphasizes our dedication to artwork with strong conceptual grounding that expands the notions of conventional art and exhibition-making, as well as the boundaries of the applicant’s practice. Show us that this award will help you explore new ideas, methods of artistic production, and/or ways of experiencing art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/c913f67a-63fe-4342-aa0d-617403b86d7f/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png FAQ - Am I eligible to apply to The Satellite Fund? If you are currently living in Cuyahoga County, are at least 18 years of age, and have not received The Satellite Fund award in the past 3 years, then you are eligible! https://www.thesatellitefund.org/about-1 daily 1.0 2026-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1553193368172-IB9OMLO6GTVHV5ACQ8LC/Spaces+symbol+heavy+black.png About - Welcome Cuyahoga County Visual Artists, Cultural Producers, and Dreamers. SPACES and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts present The Satellite Fund, an opportunity for artists to explore the very reaches of their discipline. The Satellite Fund will provide grants of $12,000 each to 5 artists/artist collectives in 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1622668314774-P1U6B9K8CJWT8FIYIKLF/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png About The Satellite Fund, administered by SPACES and supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, is an opportunity for Cuyahoga County artists, curators, and cultural producers to create a public visual art project in Cuyahoga County. This grant is not only for established visual artists in the community, but also for emerging artists, creative professionals, and any Cuyahoga County resident with a strong vision and demonstrated ability to complete the proposed project. The scope is purposefully broad; we want this opportunity to be as accessible and far-reaching as possible to ensure we represent Cuyahoga County to the fullest. In addition to financial support, SPACES will provide access to our on-site artist workshops that is outfitted with tools and equipment to facilitate the production process. SPACES’ Curatorial Coordinator will also assist grantees in securing a public display space (outside of SPACES) in Cuyahoga County. Additionally, awardees will receive a one-year SPACES Artist level Membership, which gives free access to networking and artist professional development opportunities throughout the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1553605001626-3FNMNAU51TP7DEU5ORY6/Andy+warhol+logo+%281%29.png About - THE REGIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program aims to support vibrant, under-the-radar artistic activity by working with leading cultural institutions in communities across the country. The program allows the Foundation to reach the sizable population of informal, non-incorporated artist collectives and to support their alternative gathering spaces, publications, websites, events, and other projects. The Foundation plans to expand this program with partner organizations in areas where the level of on-the-ground, self-organized artistic activity is highest. Click here to learn more about The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program. Click here to read more about The Satellite Fund and our fellow regranting programs. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/toolkit daily 0.75 2026-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631294229573-HYZJO4M5M0TYG22VSD0K/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png Toolkit - TIMELINE + APPLICATION MATERIALS Application Open: May 15, 2026 (12PM EST) Application Closes: July 15, 2026 (11:59PM EST) Artists Notified (Application Status): September 1, 2026 Info-Session: TBA Budget Template - Download Here Timeline Template - Download Here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631294262713-QHDPS8TGQPGWYE0BRPSJ/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png Toolkit - Contact Email: contact@spacescle.org Phone: (216) 621-2314 Office Hours: Monday — Friday 9-5pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631294247970-NX3OBQ4FK6MMB2TGQDGD/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png Toolkit - Venues A confirmed venue is not a requirement in the application process, however applicants should indicate the context for the display of work. As with most open calls, the more information the artist provides, the easier it is for the review panel to envision how the project will materialize, if it satisfies the selection criteria, and if the project is feasible. We recommend beginning to look into venue options, especially when planning to host an event in a gallery space, to consider timeline of events (many galleries/organizations book well in advance). Below are venue and virtual options to look into: Art House, Inc., Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Beauty Shoppe (Seymour Building), Breakforth Studio, Cleveland Print Room, Current Cleveland, Deep Dive Art Projects, East Cleveland Public Library, Edward E. Parker Museum of Art, Deep Roots, Imprint Arts Collective, Inlet Dance Theatre, Karamu House, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Photocentric Gallery, Praxis Fiber Workshop, The Sculpture Center, The Pivot Center, Tri-C Metro-Campus Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts, Waterloo Arts, Zygote Press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631902926064-S18E9AU9HW8MB4C4DZG4/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png Toolkit - Artist Benefits In addition to a complimentary one-year SPACES Artist level Membership, awarded artists will receive access to SPACES Clean + Dirty Workshops. Awarded artists are to notify the Artist Initiatives Coordinator of needs and availability to insure the space is readily available for use. SPACES Clean Studio 265 sq. ft shared room. Table space, wall space and clean areas for detailed making. List of resources: Drafting tables, Flat file, Cutting mat, T-square, Straight edge, Overhead projector Donna & Stewart Kohl Dirty Workshop 375 sq. ft shared room. Power tools, traditional tools, limited hardware supplies, and scrap wood. Available tools: Bench oscillating, spindle sander, Caulk gun, Circular saw, Clamps, Hand router, Nail gun, Porter Cable CF1400 4 Gallon Pancake Air Compressor, Power drill, Impact driver, Planer, 15” Scroll saw, Spindle sander. Available machinery: Delta 17-965 16-½” Floor Drill Press, Delta 28-206 14” band saw, DeWalt Chop Saw, Jet JJ-6CSX 6” Jointer, Table saw. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Wifi, Load in ramp, Slop sink https://www.thesatellitefund.org/misha-villanueva daily 0.75 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1608071912609-IVE2K50V6O1KKMGDC975/Misha+Villanueva+IG+post.jpg Misha Villanueva - Misha Villanueva Project information coming soon https://www.thesatellitefund.org/2019-artists daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://www.thesatellitefund.org/chris-seibert daily 0.75 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1608069302379-TFXXS8C3WFP2TS04F1T6/RareeBox_WebGraphic_1296x1584.jpg Chris Seibert - Chris Seibert— Love’s Lost Raree Box From the artist: “Step right up and take a peep inside this wondrous box!” ...an enticing invitation from the Raree Box Madame. In this portable ‘pop up’ performance, audiences encounter an unusual woman in stunning attire who is in possession of a rare and precious box with mysterious origins. Audiences are encouraged to speculate how Chris came to acquire this artifact, and then are invited to peep inside. Carefully lit paper layers and beautiful hand-drawings and cut-outs reveal an intimate personal landscape for audience members to experience and explore. Inspired by centuries-old traveling showmen and their wonderous rarity (‘raree’) boxes, Love’s Lost Raree Box offers a peek into the sacred and ravished world of the archetypal feminine. The work intends to infuse neighborhood settings with mystery and wonder, and to engage willing audience members in the sharing of their own stories of love, loss, longing, magic and origins. Directed by Jumar Newell https://www.thesatellitefund.org/marcia-custer-ben-oblivion-peg-deb daily 0.75 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1608071052335-B5LPRDQD8PGUYKEVURY1/peg_and_deb.png Marcia Custer + Ben Oblivion (Peg + Deb) - Marcia Custer + Ben Oblivion— Peg & Deb...The Talk Show! (The Karen Kerfuffle) From the artists: What a year it's been. Global pandemics, relentless racism and terror, and the cultural rise of some ~tacky woman~ named Karen. We sure are exhausted! But, we haven't forgotten about you... Or us, for that matter. And in these trying and uncertain times, we've been really working on us, working on ourselves, working on Peg & Deb. We had to take a step back from our big enterprise at MoMi TV. It wasn't safe, nor was it the right time, to be selling you wares while the world was literally on fire. So, we did what we did best. We took a breath. We took a bath. We got back to the basics. And we made a talk show. You can view the talk show episode at our newly-launched MoMi TV website. This is a developing site where you will be able to view older episodes of Peg & Deb: The Talk Show, as well as witness our future iterations of the MoMi TV Home Shopping Network (which, global-climate-dependent, we plan to air in mid-2021). Please know that your donations and project support have and will continue to be put toward a growing world for MoMi TV. It means the world to us that you're still thinking about us Moms, reaching out and asking "WHERE ARE PEG AND DEB MY LIFE IS LITERALLY SO BORING AND UNCOOL WITHOUT THEM" - and to that we say to you, "Don't worry, MoMi's here. MoMi's always here..." We miss you, and we're thinking about you every day. We're excited for future MoMi endeavors (and we have BIG plans), and hope you'll consider becoming a MoMi brand ambassador by sharing our content, telling others about the amazing quality of our products, and signing up for future MoMi newsletters by responding to this email, telling us: "I'm into MoMi!" So please, sit back, pour yourself a glass of rosé or la croix, get your comfy slippers on, and settle in for a forty minute ride ---yes, the episode is FULL LENGTH!-- and enjoy Peg & Deb...The Talk Show! (The Karen Kerfuffle) https://www.thesatellitefund.org/terrance-hubbard daily 0.75 2021-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1620837942605-5C2ULUWGI1GWXAWJ2W7G/unnamed.jpeg Terrence Hubbard - Terrence Hubbard Project information coming soon https://www.thesatellitefund.org/l-taylor-ashton daily 0.75 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1608070547418-OMJDFWPZVQLOKV7V2BYD/7Untitled-1.pngme_final.png L. Taylor Ashton - L. Taylor Ashton Project information coming soon https://www.thesatellitefund.org/michael-wendt daily 0.75 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1607106669278-92KLL0LA0GNNIHYF1EG1/521DB231-2362-49B0-A4B8-8B386E1C364C.JPG Michael Wendt - Michael Wendt—Robert Banks: We'll Talk About That Later From the artist: This documentary showcases Robert's groundbreaking short film X: The Baby Cinema and will showcase nearly 25 min of the upcoming documentary, followed by a Q&A with Robert Banks and Director Mike Wendt. Attendees will also get to fill out a form that will help make suggestions for the final film! Portrait style documentary on underground filmmaker Robert Banks as he finishes his film PAPER SHADOWS, which is 10 years in the making. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/corrie-slawson-christina-lindhout daily 0.75 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1608070200477-ZOKBFVIK9HHV0KBK9V1J/FEAST.jpg Corrie Slawson + Christina Lindhout - Corrie Slawson + Christina Lindhout FEAST: A Ballet From the artists: Presented in two acts, this new dance/art film begins with a documentary showcasing the process as a team of over 30 Cleveland-based artists come together to bring FEAST to life, followed by the world premiere of the original 30 minute ballet. Immersed in a lavish set of over 500 sculptural and store-bought objects, FEAST follows a corps de ballet of dancers as they navigate a world of contradictions: ruler and ruled; giver and taker; consumer and consumed; complicity and resistance. The performance premiered online on November 27, 2020. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/tyler-shaw daily 0.75 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1608072326151-TMI7VR3Y8Z838B1VGIZL/1_2.jpg Tyler Shaw - Tyler Shaw—Park & Jungle From the artist: Park & Jungle is re-envisioning the space we call a barbershop. We position ourselves as a platform - a conduit of sorts that we can utilize our skills and relationships to collaborate with our community, brands, and nonprofits. The barbershop is a cornerstone of society. Historically it is one of the oldest documented professions and has been instrumental in shaping trends and culture alike. We view this cornerstone as a viable platform by which we may service, gather, teach, promote, sell, inform and reform. It is one of our foundational beliefs that good design reigns supreme. We believe a well-crafted aesthetic is consistent, thoughtful, useful, and mostly unobtrusive. Our journey begins here. Page one, chapter one. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/lori-kella daily 0.75 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1608070773130-SO13S1HGCYM1D30SPRY0/Screen+Shot+2020-12-02+at+5.00.13+PM.png Lori Kella - Lori Kella— Erie Lost and Found: Vanishing Shoreline From the artist: Vanishing Shoreline explores facets of climate change and its impact on the Great Lakes region through a series of photographs reimagining the edges of Lake Erie. The anchor of the installation is a collection of constructed photographs created from monochromatic materials to enhance the ghostly luminosity of the terrain, and acknowledge the transitory nature of this ecosystem. Coupled with these panoramas are translucent photographic replicas of native species essential to the area. Together these photographic works investigate the realm of loss in the face of pervasive environmental threats, while also offering renewed discovery of the natural world. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/2020 daily 0.75 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1551799167467-8VG48GSITUJOHU95MZY7/30015033647_9539bd70ab_o.jpg 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1607028210095-DU4K7J5M6EJ5T2PKGW4P/blackscreen.jpg 2020 - 2020 Satellite Fund: Emergency Relief Grant SPACES temporarily refocused The Satellite Fund in order to better serve artists affected by the current pandemic and economic crisis in 2020. Founded in 2019, The Satellite Fund is administered by SPACES through a Regional Regranting Program of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Warhol Foundation authorized its sixteen re-granting partners, including SPACES, to re-allocate our $100,000 annual grants to create and administer COVID-19 emergency relief funds in our communities. In May 2020, we awarded $60,000 in Emergency Relief Grants to 60 local artists following a first round of applications and selection by an independent jury of distinguished arts professionals. SPACES continued to administer Emergency Relief Grants with additional support through the Cleveland Foundation, Takeyama Fund at the Cleveland Foundation, and an individual gift by Susan E. Murray and Donald E. Harvey. Through a second round of applications, $55,250 was distributed among 66 Cuyahoga County artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293996687-MNH8P2KG12WMGTYCJ22H/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png 2020 Through Round Two of The Satellite Fund Emergency Relief program, artists were awarded $500, $750, or $1,000 in unrestricted funds to use as disaster relief aid and a complimentary one-year SPACES Season Pass Membership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293949743-G6A8RHV8JCPBC6W5Y3RM/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png 2020 - Round One Awardees: April Arotin, Samantha Bias, Stephen Bivens, Daniel I. Bortz, Sequoia Bostick, Justin Brennan, Ray Caspio, Bruce Checefsky, Susan Danko, Gina DeSantis, Eileen Dorsey, Shelly Duncan, Dale Goode, Timothy Herron, Lynnea Holland-Weiss, Thomas Hudson, Lauren Herzak-Bauman, Aimee Lee, Rickey Lewis, Janet Macoska, DaShaunae Marisa, McKenzie Merriman, Haley Himiko Hudson Morris, Ephraim Nehemiah, Amanda Nyx, Claudio Orso-Giacone, Garth Phillips, Unity Powell, Arabella Proffer, Christopher Richards, Eric Rippert, September Shy, Chaundrea Simmons, Darius Steward, Mark Sudduth, Dru Thompson, Danielle Tilk, Alicia Vasquez, Antwoine Washington, Gina Washington, McKinley Wiley, Laura Wimbels, Stephen Yusko, Gadi Zamir, Rebekah Wilhelm and those who wish to remain Anonymous Awarded Artist Demographics 45% Female; 40% Male; 12% Non-Binary or Gender Non-Conforming 47% White and/or Western European; 42% Black/African American; 6% Hispanic and/or Latinx; 5% Asian, Middle Eastern, Native American, or a race/ethnicity not listed here 22% Reported having a serious underlying health condition Working in mediums including: painting, photography, sculpture, film/video, performance, installation, writing, sound art, illustration, graphic design, textiles, printing, drawing, ceramics, papermaking, book arts, glass, metalwork, and curation We compiled the above aggregate demographic data based on a voluntary survey and not all those awarded chose to respond. There were 92 applications to the fund. All were viewed and scored by three jurors. The top scoring exceeded the amount of awards available and from there, final selections were made by lottery. Any applicant who was not awarded may be eligible to apply in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631293969173-5RHV5IXFH1UZ5R3WR4WT/Web_Divider_The_Satellite_Fund-01.png 2020 - Round Two Awardees: Ephraim Abdullah, Asia Armour, Kate Atherton, Karen Beckwith, David Biro, April Bleakney, John Carlson, Kristen Cliffel, Dan Corrigan, Kelly Cree, Laura D’Alessandra, Matthew Danko, Abigail DeWitt, Dylan Eddy, Malaz Elgemiabby, Amber Esner, Grace Frank, James Garnette Jr., Gwendolyn Garth, Aja Grant, Valerie Grossman, Alex Heard, Nina Huryn, Ryan Jaenke, Annette James, Cierra King, Stephanie Kluk, Kyle Knutson, Kristina Kuhn, Charlie Malta, Elmi Mata, Rustin McCann, Michael McFarland, Katie Mongoven, Angela Novak, Michael Oatman, Dana Oldfather, Denyce Renee, Ashley Rowell, Guillermo Sanchez, Julie Schenkelberg, Samantha Sneider, Amanda Specht, Jacci Sturgeon, Corah Szerenyi, Omid Tavakoli, Erykah Townsend, Devon Turchan, Douglas Utter, Taraka Walker, Clarissa White, Ramat Wiley, Taijah Williams, Cullen Williams-Freeman, Megan Young, and those who wish to remain anonymous. Awarded Artist Demographics 66% Female; 27% Male; 7% Non-Binary or Gender Non-Conforming 54% White and/or Western European; 30% Black/African American; 16% Hispanic and/or Latinx, Asian, Middle Eastern, Native American, or a race/ethnicity not listed here 18% Reported having a serious underlying health condition Working in mediums including: illustration, graphic design, textiles, printing, drawing, ceramics, papermaking, book arts, poetry, performance, glass, metalwork, and curation We compiled the above aggregate demographic data based on a voluntary survey and not all those awarded chose to respond. There were 77 applications to the fund. All were viewed and scored by three jurors. The top scoring exceeded the amount of awards available and from there, final selections were made by lottery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1607028281183-68IP092MG8HBP747ZPQY/The_Satellite_Fund_Die_Cut_Handout_Flyer_CS6.png 2020 Thanks to The Satellite Fund Emergency Relief Grant program supporters: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Cleveland Foundation Takeyama Fund at the Cleveland Foundation Susan E. Murray & Donald E. Harvey https://www.thesatellitefund.org/jurors daily 0.75 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/520744c9-c4b3-4415-97d2-23205120a97b/profilepic.JPG Jurors - Joyce Morrow Jones Joyce Morrow Jones is a mixed media fiber artist, storyteller and author living in Cleveland, Ohio. Her creative goal is the “art of story” focusing on visual storytelling and cultural traditions. Her entre into the arts began with sewing and crafts; and as an emerging artist, her first exhibition was in 2016. Since 2019, she has been featured as an Artist In Residence at Karamu House, Museum for Contemporary Arts (MOCA) and York County Arts Council. She has juried several art exhibitions in Ohio and South Carolina. She is also a Teaching Artist who provides programming and classes to youths and adults for numerous local arts organizations. A graduate from the College of Wooster, she double majored in Religion and Sociology with a focus on Black and African Studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/c269c99b-9c55-4a98-9e2a-3bf46d5b97a9/daniel_sperry.jpeg Jurors - Daniel Sperry Daniel Sperry (b. 1983) is an artist and curator living in Detroit. He is co-founder/co-director of What Pipeline, an artist-run gallery in Detroit, MI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/508d2950-2928-4e47-bd05-3dc020b0aeae/IMG_2573_1.jpeg Jurors - Bobbi Reagins Bobbi Reagins is an Artist & Curator based in Cleveland, OH. Her work focuses on emotions, reclaiming, traditions, culture and joy. Referencing family photographs she's interested in memorabilia and layered fleeting moments of anemoia. Reagins is the Founder the Blaack Arts Showcase, an annual non-traditional art fair and platform dedicated to celebrating and investing in Artists across disciplines, generations, & diasporas. Reagins has exhibited her artwork in/with the Morgan Conservatory, Museum of Creative Human Art, Deeproots, City Hall, Artful, Artist Archives, Worthington Yards, Valley Center for the Arts & more. She's worked with organizations such as Cleveland Museum of Art, CMSD Schools, Botanical Gardens, Youth Opportunities Unlimited, Stella’s Art Gallery, Ingenuity Cleveland, and moCa Cleveland. Reagins is a proud Alumni of the Karamu Room In the House Fellowship program. Currently working as the Community Arts Coordinator at the Cleveland Museum of Art she’s been using her time & resources to inspire change in her community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/b2135c8f-4fd8-4e16-8317-cf16f1c24eb9/IMG_0797.jpeg Jurors - Kristina Murray Kristina Murray is a curator and cultural producer based in St. Louis, where she currently serves as Gallery Manager at The Luminary. Her curatorial interests center on collaborating with artists engaged in site-responsive, place-based research, often resulting in socially driven projects situated in unconventional spaces such as old-growth forests, historic buildings, native gardens, and urban waterways. Prior to relocating to St. Louis, she was based in Philadelphia, where she held positions at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Glen Foerd, and served as Director of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. She was also the Art Group Lead for the Alliance for Watershed Education, consulting with environmental centers across the Mid-Atlantic on interdisciplinary projects that integrated contemporary art and ecological engagement. Murray holds a master’s degree in art history from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University and a bachelor’s degree from Xavier University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1fc4704a-7889-4db2-9a6c-457fa124e2d3/Screen+Shot+2025-05-23+at+4.09.08+PM.png Jurors - Nikki Woods Nikki Woods is an artist and Director of Exhibitions + Galleries at the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA). In her role, she organizes and manages exhibition projects and public lectures, which feature artists who work in a range of fields and practices in all stages of their careers. As an artist, Woods has had three solo exhibitions at Cleveland's HEDGE Gallery: "Regrets Only" (2017), "Vivid Wild Things" (2021), and "Conjuring Images" (2024) and has participated in numerous notable group exhibitions locally and nationally. Her work was recently exhibited in part of the touring museum exhibition "The Regional" at the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH) and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City, MO). She holds a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/14eae321-c2d2-4155-a6d1-edbe1e0d51b7/Whitagram-Image.JPG Jurors - Kenyatta Crisp Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, Kenyatta embarked on his artistic journey in 2012, delving into the state of fine art and photography with passion and dedication.Today, Kenyatta stands as a versatile mix-media artist carving his niche as the luminary behind Crisp Photography Ltd, where each creation bears the deep-rooted mark of his visionary prowess and black heritage, all curated under the screen name "28karatblack." Crisp's photographic odyssey spans a rich range of portraiture, film, and contemporary fine art, each embodied with personal narratives and conceptual depth. Within his diverse portfolio, one finds a profound homage to Black/African American artistry, where every image serves as a testament to black resilience and cultural heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/05463c49-027e-4547-83ce-ad0a68787219/JessicaHong_MAIN-1.jpg Jurors - Jessica S. Hong Jessica S. Hong is Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Toledo Museum of Art. She organized the premiere of Stan Douglas’s film installation Doppelgänger at a U.S. institution, TMA’s presentation of Marisol: A Retrospective, and Living Legacies: Art of the African American South. Prior to Toledo, she was Associate Curator of Global Contemporary Art at Dartmouth’s Hood Museum of Art, Assistant Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, and part of the new Division of Modern and Contemporary Art that launched the renovated Harvard Art Museums. She was previously based in New York and held curatorial positions at Independent Curators International (ICI), SculptureCenter, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Hong received her M.A. in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and B.A. in art history from Barnard College, Columbia University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/6caa8597-eae2-443b-838e-b0b3553bddbd/IMG_2198.jpeg Jurors - Aisia Jones Aisia Jones, a Cleveland native, is a longtime Cleveland community organizer and activist. Aisia started her work as a creative civic leader within grassroots organizations addressing social, racial and economic injustices. Aisia is a proud graduate of Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland, Class 35. She serves as the chairperson of Northeast Ohio Workers’ Center board and chair of the Verge Fellowship Program with the Cleveland Arts Prize in partnership with the Cleveland Foundation. She uplifts ays we all can and must work together for a more equitable Cleveland. Her work in organizing and activism led her to be chosen as one of Cleveland Magazine’s 30 most interesting people. Aisia Jones serves as the principal and founder of Village Solutions Consulting, where she facilitates community partnerships, creates programming, supports strategic planning efforts and leverages her background in grassroots organizing , arts and institutional leadership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/e20d7d46-88e0-4b9b-be26-1d1cb8456073/BW.jpeg Jurors - Neda Amouzadeh Neda Amouzadeh is a museum professional focusing on registration and art collection management based in Washington, DC. She holds a B.A. in Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and an M.A. in Art History from American University. As the Assistant Registrar at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), Neda oversees incoming acquisitions and the outgoing loan program, and plays a crucial role in supporting the museum's special exhibitions. Beyond her role at NMWA, she provides collection management consulting services across the greater D.M.V. area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/95657d70-1059-4637-b8da-fe93a7ea02c4/Chris_Szajbert_headshot_SPACES+%281%29.JPG Jurors - Chris Szajbert Chris Szajbert is a writer, director, performer, and filmmaker who has created over 50 original productions, including world premiere plays co-created with diverse casts of professional artists, youth, and community artists, as well as solo works. She works across media, developing theater that combines live acting with pre-recorded film, live-feed video, found-object puppetry, heightened movement, and/or original music. Szajbert’s work has garnered recognition and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, Center for Performance and Civic Practice, SPACES, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project (LA), Chicago C.A.A.P., and DirectorsLabChicago. She is an artist-in-residence through the IngenuityLabs Incubator Program (Cleveland), awarded in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and is currently creating The Frances Transmedia Project through a multi-year development program with Joan Scheckel Filmmaking Labs (LA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/e7e45b27-02d3-4a8d-90b8-4826a4b2a1b3/MayaCurtis_headshot.jpg Jurors - Maya Curtis Cleveland native, Maya Curtis, currently serves as a grants manager at Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, one of the largest local public funders for arts and culture in the nation. As a former George Gund Foundation fellow and Cleveland Institute of Art admissions counselor, she is inspired by the numerous ways artists bring joyous, challenging, and humanizing experiences to the stage and is always looking to support creative people in their journey. Maya holds a bachelor's and master's degree from Columbia College Chicago and The University of Akron respectively. Her education in fashion business, art education and administration gives her a unique perspective on the arts in her community. When not at work, you can find her spending time with her family at her home in the Larchmere neighborhood, exploring parks with her puppy or teaching children's yoga! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/16dd412e-3cbc-4a31-a1fd-af60807f4a0d/Kate_Sierzputowski_headshot_credit_Ash_Dye.jpg Jurors - Kate Sierzputowski Kate Sierzputowski is a curator, writer, and arts organizer based in Chicago, IL. Her practice focuses on presenting artists’ practices outside of their typical confines - curating exhibitions in vases, on ears, and at miniature scale. Using scale as an inclusive tool, she co-founded the international miniature fair Barely Fair in 2019 to promote under-recognized spaces. Kate is co-director of the artist-run space Julius Caesar, runs the apartment gallery AIRLOCK, and has a small curatorial project on her ear called Chandelier. Kate’s exhibitions and projects have been featured in the Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune, and she was recently featured in NewCity’s Art 50 in 2022. Currently she is the Director of Programming at EXPO CHICAGO where she helped launch the first edition of the fair’s Director Summit in 2022, produces the exposition's Curatorial Forum, Curatorial Exchange, and organizes dozens of panels with institutions, curators, and artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/992fec47-b0df-4e52-8b15-ec056c77bfd9/RayCaspio2.png Jurors - Ray Caspio Ray Caspio is a performance and conceptual artist creating intimate, immersive, multidisciplinary performance installations. Their work ranges from confessional to camp, exploring Self, sexuality, the subconscious, Pop, and Queerness. It’s been performed at BorderLight ("Uncle Toots"), Theater Ninjas (Associate Artistic Director 2012-2015), and the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), among others. Ray's training includes Celebration Barn for Physical Theatre, Second City, the Alba Method, and Chekhov Technique with MICHA and The Michael Chekhov School. They've taught for CMA, Baldwin Wallace, Dobama, MetroHealth Arts in Medicine, and through their studio, Michael Chekhov Center Cleveland. Caspio received an Associate in Illustration from Cuyahoga Community College. Exhibiting locally and nationally, their drawings and paintings are in private collections in North America and Europe. Ray received a 2016 Creative Workforce Fellowship, and a 2022 Satellite Fund grant from SPACES, funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation, for the durational performance installation, "The Wall". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/cf4058e9-8b5d-4142-81da-7ebe9e69f500/IMG_2811+%281%29.jpeg Jurors - Lo Smith Lo Smith is a print maker and curator interested in reproductive justice, revisionist history and black joy. In their silkscreen and collagraph prints they interrogate hidden histories of medical experimentation on black bodies, untold stories of black American life, and interrogate their own queer positionality and future. They are also interested in the racial democratic possibility of print. Their work has been shown at ORI Gallery, Granoff Center for the Arts, Emerson College, The Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, The Cleveland Institute for Art, and The Morgan Conservatory. Their curatorial work has been presented at / published by New York University, Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Sculpture Center, and the Photographers Green Book. They currently are adjunct faculty in printmaking at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Their work can be found at LoSmithStudios.com or @LoSmithStudios on Instagram https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/f4d4232d-151a-4eb4-b80e-9b780feeab7e/LR-photo-2022_copy.jpg Jurors - Laurie Rojas Laurie Rojas (IG @lauriered) is an independent art critic, journalist, lecturer and grant writer. She recently moved to Miami after 8 years in Berlin and is currently the Grant Programs Manager at Locust Projects. Her writing explores the relationship and tension between art and politics, examining the conditions that shape artistic communities in international art hubs. She recently won the Artlab Editorial Fellowship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/808aeee5-21f8-4b47-afd2-d891ae6e35e5/GreenCorn_edited_edited.jpg Jurors - Naomi Columna Naomi Columna, musician and artist based in Cleveland Ohio, was trained in the western classical style of music, (BM from CIM, 2016, MM from SFCM, 2019.) Though a vocalist by degree, Columna engages a shape-shifting practice which balances performance, audio/video work and installation art, resulting in a varied portfolio of projects. Focused in ensemble and collaboration, Columna often blends the roles of project manager, performer, and artistic director, and is committed to showcasing/commissioning new works. Recently, Columna with artistic partner Melanie Emig, was awarded the ‘Satellite Fund’ from SPACES to curate and perform a live, multimedia music show, “What I Meant: DANCING_BANANA.gif” with a cast of 10 other artists. Continuing in this style, Columna’s next multimedia ensemble piece, an experimental narrative album paired with fusion dance, will premiere in October, 2022. You can also hear Columna in early-music ensemble, Quire Cleveland and experimental trio, Halumnen, which released its debut EP, ‘Rectangular Oracle’ in May. Outside of performance work, Columna is currently the Gallery Assistant at Transformer Station, and Visitor Services Manager for FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, where she is also featured as the sound designer for Triennial podcast, ’The Pod of Dust and Rainbows.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/72851801-fd41-414e-9b22-3340d441b53f/Web-Version.jpg Jurors - Qualeasha Wood Qualeasha Wood (b.1996, Long Branch, NJ; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) combines traditional craft and contemporary digital materials inspired by a familial relationship to textiles, queer craft, Microsoft Paint, and internet avatars. Her work engages questions of the place, purpose, and hope for the non-ontological Black queer femme body. Wood holds a BFA in printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in photography from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/e4a40365-b8a7-49e3-8d1f-b40a8d15645e/Headshot+%283%29.jpg Jurors - Meg Matko Meg Matko is a visual / interdisciplinary artist focusing her work in object-based and durational performance, sculpture / object-making and two-dimensional works. Her often ephemeral explorations tend to center on witness of a private or intimate gesture surfacing in a public environment; returning continually to themes of feminine identity, masochism, emotional processing, collecting/coveting and preciousness. Body-based investigations push the limits of her own physicality, become exercises in repetition and/or unpack the artist - audience relationship through both personal and universal meditations. Meg holds a BFA in sculpture from Kent State University and has spent 15+ years in active creative practice, 8 of those years in a dual focus of nonprofit arts advocacy as Community Relations Manager at Assembly for the Arts. She is a 2021 Satellite Fund grant recipient through the Warhol Foundation in collaboration with SPACES and has exhibited works in throughout Northeast Ohio including with and for Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Conundrum Co-op, Rooms to Let, Re|Marking, artist-led group shows and independent collaborations. She likes cats, documentaries, processing animal carcasses, and is mom to 13-year-old Ronin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/47b3c2ef-42a5-4579-b99f-b68a1583f6c2/Darnell_Lisby_Headshot+%283%29.JPG Jurors - Darnell-Jamal Lisby Darnell-Jamal Lisby is Assistant Curator of Fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art. A fashion historian, his charge is to develop exhibition projects rooted in fashion studies, ranging across the museum’s various curatorial departments. Lisby has a thorough understanding of the broader history of fashion dating back to the 14th century, but one of his particular focuses is illuminating the intersection of Blackness and fashion studies in the 20th and 21st centuries. Before moving to Cleveland in 2021, Lisby was an education coordinator at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, where he was also on the curatorial team for the Willi Smith: Street Couture exhibition. He has also worked at the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Most recently, he served as one of the managing curators for the traveling exhibition The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/d929f29b-e544-4794-b1bd-1700078fe453/Claire_HeadShot_WebRes+%283%29.jpg Jurors - Claire Voon Claire Voon is a writer and editor who has contributed to publications including Artforum, ARTnews, the Brooklyn Rail, Frieze, the New York Times, and Teen Vogue. Previously a staff writer at Hyperallergic and an assistant editor at Chicago magazine, she currently edits for Aperture and Borderless Magazine, a news outlet working to reimagine immigration journalism. She was born in Singapore and lives in Brooklyn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1617221654728-UHCCU9AKQGW5VMIDISE6/Vuribe4+-+1+%281%29.jpg Jurors - Vincent Uribe Vincent Uribe is an artist and creative community builder based in Chicago, IL. A Los Angeles native, Vincent is a dual degree graduate from the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago. He is the Founding Director of LVL3, an artist-run exhibition space and online publication launched in 2010. Through LVL3, Vincent has organized hundreds of exhibitions featuring exceptional emerging and mid-career artists both nationally and internationally, including in Miami, New York, and Mexico City. In 2013, Vincent joined the team at Arts of Life to help expand opportunities for artists with disabilities. Through the Artist Enterprise Program, he launched Arts of Life’s in-studio Circle Contemporary galleries and expanded Arts of Life’s public exhibitions locally in Chicago and on a national scale. His work includes shows with the Chicago Cultural Center, Art on theMART, INTUIT Center for Outsider Art, and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art among many others. Vincent serves as a founding board member for Equity Arts. He has participated in numerous talks dedicated to artists’ professional development. His work has been featured in publications such as The Chicago Tribune and New City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1617299777056-D3W0OKDQ1BV3BAMID7WJ/Maceoheadshot.jpg Jurors - Maceo Keeling III Maceo “Paisley” Keeling III is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, curator, and cultural producer based in Los Angeles, CA. Maceo is a lifelong artist who chose to forego art school after 9/11 to serve in the U.S. Army. After service he made his way back to the arts to unpack his experiences as a poet and dancer. For the past decade Maceo has danced professionally, performed on national stages as a spoken word and performance artist. Maceo is the Executive Director of Citizens of Culture, a nonprofit that uses art to help communities and organizations develop critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and combat resource inequality. Maceo is a Bronze Star awardee for his service in Iraq, traveled across the U.S. by train in 2015 he was a participant of the Millennial Trains Project (MTP), a NBC Universal Challenge Grant recipient, in 2016 he was a member of the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs exhibition SKiN, and continues to work as a dancer/choreographer for the likes of indie rock sensation Beirut, Justin Timberlake, and performance art exhibits with groups like Marciano Art Foundation, (LAND) Los Angeles Nomadic Division, and Museum Of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1617222007820-CEMJQJ6KJUKS2XXEB0QL/BEN_OBLIVION.jpg Jurors - Ben Oblivion Ben Oblivion is an interdisciplinary artist currently living and operating in Cleveland, Ohio. Ben is a Graduate of the Sculpture + Expanded Media program at The Cleveland Institute of Art. His installation work has been seen at Ingenuity Fest 2017, and at SPACES Gallery for their 2019 Benefit. Ben is the host and organizer of the currently hiatus-ed Conundrum Co-Op, a semi-regular “open-mic” of sorts for performance art, housed at Maelstrom Collaborative Arts in Cleveland. Ben has performed in many of Maelstrom’s shows, and alongside Chicago experimental comedy troupe HellTrap Nightmare. With his collaborator, Marcia Custer, Ben was the recipient of one of the Satellite Fund Awards in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1618263301767-AAK7IGCS07C9OKR4Z61A/CorrieSlawsonHeadshot.jpg Jurors - Corrie Slawson Corrie Slawson’s collaged landscapes explore forms and narratives related to social and environmental equity. In this work, she analyzes overarching patterns in development, population loss, land-use and climate change through layers of printmaking, painting, photography and drawing. The imagery is garnered from personal experiences with collaged elements from magazines and the internet. Visual references to history related to land-use are presented in the context of imperiled with decision-making stuck in a cycle of sprawl and divestment. In addition to her two dimensional work, Corrie works in performance, installation and through various collaborations with other artists and activists. A Native Clevelander, Corrie grew up in Cleveland Heights and earned her BFA at Parsons School of Design in New York City (1997) and her MFA at Kent State University (2006). Her work has been exhibited in the US and internationally, including at MOCA Cleveland, The Toledo Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum, Centro Culturel de Tijuana, Galerie Module Drei in Dresden, SPACES and Zygote Press. She has been the recipient of two Individual Artist Awards from the Ohio Arts Council in 2012 and 2019. Slawson is currently part-time faculty in the Painting and Drawing Department at Kent State University School of Art. Her work is represented by Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Gallery in Cleveland, OH. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1617298178019-HRY4Y92V1QP5YIKTZ73I/Dante+portrait.jpg Jurors - Danté Rodriguez Danté Rodriguez was born in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico in 1978 and raised in Lorain, Ohio. He received a BA in Studio Arts from Cleveland State University. Although his concentration was in Drawing, he took additional courses in painting, printmaking, and sculpture. During his time at Cleveland State, he was a gallery attendant at the Cleveland State University Art Gallery where he learned art handling, exhibition design, installation, and lighting. This experience eventually led him to a position at The Cleveland Museum of Art as a Mount maker within the Exhibition & Design Department. Danté has been researching his transnational cultural background as a Puerto Rican-Mexican American and exploring the different social dimensions of his multiple identities. His work uses the possibilities of portraiture to explore the layers and complexities of identity as influenced by time, personal experiences, and national and transnational culture. Danté’s portraitures, both in representational and abstract forms, are informed and filled with complex narratives that have the power to generate multiple interpretations. His work is characterized by powerful drawings intersected by strong and brilliant colors and shapes that invite to think about the self as a fragmented and distorted metaphor that reflects the constant flux of our multiple identities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631898168969-46MTBSTVUGLE4IPHFOL1/190207JenniferColeman0020+%281%29.jpg Jurors - Jennifer Coleman Jennifer Coleman is the Senior Program Officer of the Arts at The George Gund Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. The Foundation was established in 1952 with the basic goal of advancing human welfare, concentrating in the Greater Cleveland area. To date, the Foundation has made grants totaling over $740 million dollars. Jennifer oversees the arts grant making of the Gund Foundation, which invests in primarily local arts-focused organizations that directly impact the City of Cleveland. Jennifer has always followed her passion for the development of a more creative and vibrant Cleveland. Prior to joining the Foundation, she had her own architecture and design firm and also founded CityProwl, a company that produced digital audio walking tours. She served as chair of the Cleveland Landmarks Commission and the Downtown/Flats Design Review Committee. She also has been a member of the board of trustees of many organizations, including the Cleveland Arts Prize, the Cleveland International Film Festival, LAND studio, the Downtown Cleveland Alliance and the Cleveland Botanical Garden. Jennifer received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University. She was an American Marshall Memorial Fellow, voted as one of Cleveland Magazine’s Most Interesting People and a speaker at TEDxCLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631899693594-8BCDXSGXU2TVDDA50ZIF/Rob+Lehr+2.jpg Jurors - Rob Lehr Rob Lehr has over 15 years of professional experience in organizational development, community engagement, and project management for nonprofit organizations. His career has been dedicated to the nonprofit sector, starting with ten years of service as an arts administrator for the National Costumers Association where he connected to creative entrepreneurs across the United States. In recent years, he has served as the Marketing Director at the Canton Museum of Art and the Gallery Director at Summit Artspace. Since 2018, Rob works to advance GAR Foundation’s mission of helping Akron become smarter, stronger and more vibrant. As program officer, Rob reviews and evaluates grant applications with a focus on the Foundation’s community grant making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631901455726-PR5JYQTYNH2GG351IVIH/Roopa+2.jpg Jurors - Roopa Vasudevan Roopa Vasudevan is an American visual artist, computer programmer, and researcher, currently based in Philadelphia. Her work uses data and technology in order to interrogate or subvert social and cultural practices. She is primarily interested in the historical reading of data as a form of collective memory, how surveillance and data collection is altering our notions of what archives are and who is remembered, and coming up with more creative and ethical practices for data culture. She has exhibited internationally in Belgium, China and the United States, and been featured on Reuters, Slate, Hyperallergic, Jezebel, Complex, PSFK, the FADER, PBS NewsHour, Public Radio International, and more. Recently, she has been a participant in the SOHO20 Residency Lab (Brooklyn, NY); the Arctic Circle Residency (Svalbard); China Residencies’ #Slowtrain digital residency (Trans-Siberian Railway); the SPACES World Artists Program (Cleveland, OH); and the Flux Factory artist collective (Queens, NY). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631901634506-8HLQP9V6C7V2M2UE7FY7/katherine+copy.jpg Jurors - Katherine Cooper Katherine Cooper has written everything from insightful interviews to cultural critiques to an advice column for Playboy. Her work has been published in Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, Playboy, and BOMB magazine, among others. She pulls from her background in feminist and performance theory to frame questions about art and intimacy in a literary context. She has been awarded fellowships through the Hemera Foundation and the NEA-funded Art Writer in Residence Program at the SPACES Gallery in Cleveland. Prior to becoming a writer she was a professional matchmaker, a job she got on Craigslist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631901977118-G6QR2IK3EQOUZTADM9RE/dee.jpg Jurors - Dee Perry Dee Perry began her broadcasting career in 1976 and worked for more than a dozen years hosting shows on commercial radio stations. During that time, she was also attending classes at Cleveland State University. She majored in communications and graduated in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree. In 1989, she took a job with what was then known as Cleveland Public Radio, becoming the morning host for WCPN 90.3FM. That station became the multimedia content provider ideastream in 2001, following a merger with WVIZ/PBS.Since then she has written, produced and conducted thousands of interviews about arts and culture for radio, television and the web. Her many honors include multiple Emmy Awards, induction into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame, and the Cleveland Arts Prize’s Robert Bergman Prize. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/kevin-ballou daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631033541326-K8Z16I7ZUY3JPWT61OZ0/Ballou.JPG Kevin Ballou - Kevin Ballou—Celly Port From the artist: This project will feature a built Jail Cell installation. The inside of the Jail Cell will be filled with information displaying the perils of mass-incarceration on all societal levels and invoke thoughts and inspire action steps on how to fix it. The physical structure will be a 6 by 8 ft rectangular box made of wooden material and connected at the corners by a frame to make it foldable and easy to transport. There will be no front door to the cell, only sides and a back wall complete with a tiny open window with bars going through it. The cell will be authentic with a metal bunk bed, sink, toilet and metal box for belongings along with a small desk and chair. The interior ball wall will be written with a brief history of the American legal system and statistics of this system. The information on the side wall to the right will explain how we got to the state of mass-incarceration we are in today and the broken paradigm of a punitive based correctional system and collateral consequences that have become of it. On the far side of the wall there will be examples of ways we can change the system and focus on different societal practices such as restorative justice, trauma informed care, better education systems, etc. On the left side of the room where the bed bunk is there will be real pictures of people during their incarceration. Pictures of family visits, of graduations, of celebrations etc. All of these pictures will be used with full consent. These pictures are going to be of people who have either come home from prison and lived a successful life (business owners, college graduates, professionals) and of people who are doing unjustified amounts of time, with the rhetorical question/statement of “What sets these people apart? They are the example, not the exception” ... I will then have an area where people can leave comments on how they vision a new system to help rectify societal deviance without a world of prisons. I will also have a book on the table asking people to anonymously leave a confession of a crime they did and was never caught for, along with their age of commitment, race/ethnic makeup and socio-economic status at the time. I will then take the data and configure how much time was never spent in prison and how much money was saved. I will share this information on all social media platforms and create paper pamphlets of the responses and results. At certain locations, days and times I will also be performing as the prisoner and talking people through the installation while in character as the jailer. During certain performances I will have an interactive activity for people to do as a sort of escape room. I am aiming for this project to inform the public about what is currently going on at the Cuyahoga County Jail and to get involved in the reshaping of our carceral system. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/2021 daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://www.thesatellitefund.org/ooo daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631032941855-BRWN9TYMJP8TL8JK9T4Z/Waite.jpg.png OOO - OOO—Flatland From the artists: OOO has a schedule of one exhibition per calendar year along with its corresponding print catalogue. The next planned exhibition, titled Flatland, is scheduled for early-October 2021, in an outdoor shed in the backyard of a suburban home. Flatland takes Edwin Abbott Abbott’s novella of the same name as inspiration on two points; first, as an investigation of dimension and space, and second, as a critique of normalized cultural hierarchies. Artwork that has been tentatively selected for this exhibition interrogates surface and substrate, and satirizes normalized cultural understandings of labor, class, race, and gender. The installation of Flatland will take an unconventional approach, utilizing reproduction prints of artwork on non-permanent adhesive vinyl. This exaggerated flattening of artwork shown together with the art-objects themselves playfully questions the aura of authenticity and duplication of labor. As a visual example, in a recent exhibition at the Transformer Station, artist Laura Owens covered a room in vinyl, functioning similar to the famous application of Andy Warhol's cow wallpaper many are familiar with. Our utilization of vinyl will not have the sole boundary of an interior space like these examples, as our reproductions can be tiled, wrapped, warped, and even installed behind or beneath other artworks. Combining the assumed documentation of artworks alongside other works of art creates an installation that conflates representation with presence, authorship and distribution. Art viewing during the past year of COVID has had many people rely on online platforms viewed on electronic screens. A flattened sense of time and space can create an uneasiness or tension between viewer and artwork. With the installation of Flatland, we hope to offer an alternative experience, by combining the flattening and repetition of art images found online within the exhibition space itself. Flatland’s installation will be a hybridization of an online viewing experience with the distribution of art objects in physical space. OOO takes a collaborative stance with artists when selecting artwork for exhibitions. In July and August we will have virtual studio visits with artists, to discuss their work and to make a selection that would fit with the project proposal. OOO usually has a selection of an artist’s body of work in mind, but occasionally, through the course of our conversations, new ideas for a piece emerge. These collaborative discussions have proved fruitful and fun, and it is always interesting to see each artist’s interpretation of the curatorial statement. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/10k-movement daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631027767155-5TYUKZ7DG5QPX06ZS8CJ/78589597_2376575882657355_2028043377752145920_n+%281%29.jpeg 10K Movement - 10K Movement—Lords Of The Land (Hip Hop and Street Dance Festival) From the artists: Presented by 10K Movement, LOTL was a flagship Hip Hop culture event for Cleveland and the surrounding region, highlighting various forms of Street Dance—special guests, community leaders, local Hip Hop artists and groups who exemplify the five values and the four elements of Hip Hop (MCing, Djing, Breaking (dance), and Graffiti). LOTL kicked-off by hosting dance workshops that were held throughout the day-long festivities, focusing on original and newer street styles, from Bboying, House, and Popping, to Krump. The performance showcase featured various Cleveland dance groups, such as Elevated Dance, Cavaliers Scream Team, and other special guests. The LOTL battle featured the Lords of The Land Open Styles Dance Tournament where dancers battled head-to-head for the coveted LOTL Championship title, broadcasted live via streaming services. Dance cyphers/circles formed organically in between competition rounds where students, spectators, and professional dancers got down for Cypher King or Queen. LOTL is a destination for the larger Cleveland arts community. The all-day outdoor cultural event was a platform to bridge gaps and create access—linking high quality movement artists to one another, to new/paid opportunities, to cultural institutions and organizations, and to new audiences. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/heather-molecke daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631031938329-THKS8O86EGB9VTVF3LAH/Soapbox_in_progress.jpg Heather Molecke - Heather Molecke—Don’t Look Now From the artist: Don’t Look Now is a new large-scale installation based on the phenomenon of hysteria by artist Heather Molecke. This work examines, as well as questions, the thinking that normalized the incarceration of emotionally expressive, strong-willed women. She takes for her starting point the analyses of Jean-Martin Charcot and Sigmund Freud, however, she adopts a more personal and empathic approach in order to examine the relationship between a diagnosis of hysteria and personal histories of sexual trauma. In her work, she establishes associations between sexual abuse and the later onset of mental illness. Her installation will incorporate video and light projections, sound and kinetics, in addition to fabricated and assemblage sculpture. This formula of construction has proven to be a powerful means of conveying the emotionally charged subjects that she works with. Don’t Look Now will be an installation that will be self-contained by fabricated walls made of lumber and foam insulation board. A texture will be added to the walls. Inside the space will be a rotating, life-sized female figure. The female figure will be covered in bandages made of cheesecloth and plaster. She will be elevated on a rotating stand that sits upon a ‘soap box’. The spinning female figure will be framed by red velvet curtains allowing the viewer to bring their gaze to bear on “her”. The installation will include video projections of women struggling to remove the restraints of a straitjacket. There will be a sound component that is audible in this space. Heather Molecke has been chosen to present at the 12th Annual SculptureX Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA on September 18, 2021. Her presentation is based on her past and present work. She will have some elements of Don’t Look Now completed and photographed to include in her presentation, where The Satellite Fund will be acknowledged. Her art studio is located near downtown Cleveland and has regular hours open to the public. This installation will be accessible to a wide audience even before it will be officially exhibited. Don’t Look Now has also been invited to exhibit in Toronto, Canada in 2022. It will also be exhibited at The Galleries at CSU in the summer of 2022. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/aimee-lee daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631028711552-RRTJYFIEQFXXQMZ23FVN/Aimee_-_1.jpeg Aimee Lee - Aimee Lee—Greening Mayfield Road From the artist: In 2021, Aimee Lee will open a new hanji (Korean papermaking) studio in South Euclid on 4060 Mayfield Road in a business district, and will build an outdoor garden to beautify the neighborhood and provide botanical materials for papermaking and natural dyes. There is almost no green space in the business district on a high-volume road and the studio is on a visible corner, so a garden would make a noticeable impact, inviting pollinators and people, perhaps even encouraging other creative businesses to work in the area. Stakeholders include the City of South Euclid and One South Euclid, the city’s community development corporation. Lee will invite students in the school district to be part of the process, to empower them to see the impact of well-designed urban gardens in otherwise uninviting spaces. She plans to work in conjunction with teachers and community leaders in South Euclid to create a program of safe outdoor activities for students to help design and implement a garden of containers to hold plants for papermaking and natural dyes. Consultants will include master gardeners from Cuyahoga County Extension, experts from the Metroparks, local permaculture experts to educate everyone about best practices for researching, choosing, and planting the right species for containers. By involving young people early in the process, they may become interested in the process of papermaking itself and become the first generation of kids in the area to learn about paper, art, and global traditions of turning plants into useful and beautiful things—in their own backyard. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/naomi-columna-melanie-emig daily 0.75 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631034343837-YN8MEU1EEPCLHGVZTVEU/Columna.jpg Naomi Columna + Melanie Emig - Naomi Columna + Melanie Emig—This is what I meant to say: *Dancing Banana* From the artists: GIFS are everywhere. Those bite-sized, looping videos with dancing babies and grumpy cats. By sending moving images of digital avatars, we more richly and specifically convey our meaning. In ‘Dancing Banana’ we want to take the GIF, and all of its communication potency, out of the digital and into the physical realm. We seek to honor the GIF, a communication device specific to our current times. In the absence of body language and vocal inflection, GIFs express tone and instantly convey meaning in virtual conversations. In the same way we rely on GIFS to nuance our digital presence, ‘Dancing Banana’ explores how GIFS can be used to bring new subtleties and contexts to live performance. For this project, we will pair a collection of “found” and original GIFs with live music and dance. Using projection, GIFS will be displayed with equal power alongside live performers. ‘Dancing Banana’ will show GIFS in their raw forms but also use various editing tactics to tailor their effect to the music. Raw and manipulated, the GIFS serve as visual subtext, elevate emotional responses, and give new context to "less accessible" experimental music. Ranging in mood from lighthearted to poignant, ‘Dancing Banana' will take full advantage of the vast and varied emotional potential of the common GIF. This live, animated GIF performance seeks to embrace, and celebrate the art of the GIF. Our music programming is decidedly contemporary and challenging. Most of the pieces were written within the last fifty years by a diverse group of composers. Committed to championing new voices in the western classical tradition, we will commission one composition specifically for this event. This project originated from our desire to create a “GIF opera.” A tongue-in-cheek juxtaposition of the “highbrow” (exclusive) opera form against the “lowbrow” (democratic) animated GIF. We hope the trashy elegance of this project will appeal to a wide range of listeners and honor the GIF, an artform endemic and specific to the current era. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/james-quarles daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631032469936-RNOF53LH4VZTMP4A0R90/Quarles.JPG James Quarles - James Quarles—Cuyahoga County Detention Home Mural & Art Workshop From the artist: There are two major components to this project, one is the creation of a painted mural inside of the detention center and the other component is the continuation/second round of art workshops for the youth incarcerated at the detention center. The visual murals will be created by the children who choose to be involved with the program with the guidance of the visual artists on the team including myself, Mo Mizik, Sage Mack, Aimee Wiseman and Josie S. The remaining members of the team will be assistants in leading the art workshops in other expressive mediums such as creative writing, poetry, character building and more. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/carl-kriss-and-carolyn-greene daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631029671249-F7MEIVL3SGY05FY0EYSF/Kriss.jpg Carl Kriss + Carolyn Greene - Carl Kriss + Carolyn Greene—One Day in Fairfax From the artists: One Day in Fairfax tells the history of the Fairfax community through the perspective of one life-long resident, social worker and community activist, Carolyn Greene. The film will focus on Carolyn's daily routine as we learn about her background growing up in the neighborhood. Moments of her day will interweave with the rich history, deep bonds and challenges facing the community.The film will be shot from the perspective of the residents in the community and put a human face on the neighborhood allowing viewers of diverse backgrounds to connect with the story. The Fairfax community is at a critical moment of change. Its neighbor, the Clinic Clinic, is in the process of buying homes in the Fairfax area in order to clear the path for its new “opportunity corridor” project. We hope this film will help more people understand the history of Fairfax and the people who live there so the decisions that are made in the future have a positive impact on the community. We also hope this film will help motivate others from Fairfax to share their story, and encourage people who are not from the community to learn more about the area. We plan to screen the film in the Fairfax community in the spring/early summer of 2022. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/mandem daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631033979727-5INVMSY3JDI19IAOGRQK/MANDEM.jpg MANDEM - MANDEM—The Anarchronist Archive From the artist: The "Anarchronist Archive" project is a retrospective of an imagined artist's work: an oeuvre manifested in defiance of the historical erasure of queer and disabled art/artists. The centerpiece is an apocryphal illuminated book, "Metamorphosės," which is intended to be touched and read (not behind glass). Other work by the fictive artist is also exhibited, including archivally-framed pages, photographs, studies/sketches, paintings, and other (forged) artifacts, creating an immersive experience. We propose two overlapping realities. In the one, a contemporary artist (Mandem) is exhibiting newly-created work. In the other, an exhibit celebrates a mid-19th century artist whose body of work has been restored from various stages of decay and destruction. The bound book includes manual and mechanical illumination, albumen prints, hand-colored photography, and palimpsests of text. (This forgery also functions as an "artist's book" in the contemporary sense.) The audience is encouraged to touch, read, and explore it — a multi-sensory interaction usually forbidden with fine art objects and rare historical manuscripts alike. If/when the book requires mending, "scars" remain as testimony to both the damage and the repair. The object’s vulnerability in the hands of the audience is part of the concept (the erasure of boundaries between the artist’s work and body — corpus and corps — are embedded in the text/imagery of the work). Evoking the aura of a rare book archive or art historical exhibit allows the audience to suspend disbelief; the work, therefore, appears prophetic in its relevance to contemporary concerns and modern events. Part of the magic of storytelling — and particularly of telling mythological, magical, impossible stories — is this: when the impossible has been accepted (even for a moment), whatever remains of the improbable has room to become truth. This project draws upon our own lived experiences and from our research as art history scholars in the fields of queer and disabled aesthetics. This forgery is a declaration of self-creation, reclaiming a legacy — of queerness, neurodivergence/disability, and Otherness — that has been systematically ignored/erased. We are creating a small pocket of historical dreaming, but this work will take care not to falsify the larger historical experiences of oppression or the continued marginalization of at-risk groups and individuals. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/m-carmen-lane daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631033721638-8MAOEN9RGHKT1E6H81CJ/LANE_2021_still_Need.png M. Carmen Lane - M. Carmen Lane—Compound Effigy From the artist: M. Carmen Lane's site specific, mixed media/multimedia installation examines the function of place; architectures that have functioned as sites of protest in relationship to the projected meanings made by "citizens" that occupy the environment surrounding the structure. Expanding on the curatorial premise, Lane removes the Shrum burial/effigy mound that local Adena tribes built just outside of present-day Columbus some 2,000 years ago from previous colonial histories and brings the site itself into the gallery. Encouraging a shift from the colonial gaze to a place-based subjectivity, Lane's installation is a spatial portal to the ancestral seeds planted in that sacred location. It is a chance for viewers to witness and reconsider the land in ways that reject the typical socially constructed markers, which so often erase the need for personal responsibility and care. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/alexandria-lattimore daily 0.75 2021-07-15 https://www.thesatellitefund.org/hannah-bates daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/9e9a9d2c-e8ad-44aa-a89a-7b48b5bcc87b/Among_1.jpg Hannah Bates - Hannah Bates—Among From the artist: The exhibition Among presented at Waterloo Arts exposes the wildness of a post-industrial landscape through material exploration. The work began by wandering along the shores of Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie, searching for resonate objects. Both of these sites are a collision between the natural world and human production; Lake Erie, with algae blooms caused by farmland runoff, and the Cuyahoga, with its meandering history of industrial pollution. The forms in the exhibition originate near these rustbelt waterways: gnarly driftwood, knotted burls, weathered styrofoam, polypore mushrooms, spalted wood, and decomposing plant matter. Transfigured into aluminum, plaster, and cement, these objects express the tangibility of time. For example, the osage-orange tree produces fruit that was once a food source for Pleistocene megafauna. The anachronistic osage-orange is a material representation of a pre-human world. The visual taxonomy of found and fabricated objects presented in Among contemplates deep time as a way to re-enchant a damaged environment. Through a poetic and intuitive science, the process of collecting, molding, and casting nurtures a sense of belonging between salt mines and steel mills. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/gina-washington daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631035128275-DXTU6SG2WRIDF3NZK7M6/15OntheNatureofDaylight_DreamGinaW_04.jpg Gina Washington - Gina Washington—Monday’s Child From the artist: Monday's Child Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go. Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living. And the child born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, good and gay In my work are themes connected to childhood sayings and fairytales that influenced my upbringing and others. They also reflect how people respond to one another globally. Cautionary tales, fortune predictors, and morality stories guided parents in raising their children. In western tradition, these stories supplanted identity and the understanding of the Black experience. They perpetuated a narrative of inclusive exclusion. It was not enough to work towards or live up to the ideals of being American in America in the Black family. Accepting yourself comes with the understanding that that idea of acceptance is unattainable from others outside of your culture. This project, Monday's Child, is an archaeological dig into a family, identity, expectations, and the dualistic nature of Black Identity in America. The poem is the inspiration for this project. Was it prophetic that I was born on a Friday? I claim to be what Friday represents, loving and giving. My sister came first and is no longer here. She was born on a Wednesday. She died of complications from colon cancer. She was a medical doctor and that was not enough to save her from the toxic nature of being Black in America. Together we represent balance in the energy created in this poem. Her absence is significant. Our parents and extended family used all the tools they possessed to supply us with knowledge of our ancestors to provide for our future. We discovered other ways to survive. Monday's child will uncover those connections and examine this notion of identity within a society full of contradictions. Within a nation beginning to discuss the nature of systemic racism and finally declare it a public health crisis, all roads to understanding, through art, are necessary. This project will consist of large-scale photographic portraits of my family printed on canvas, manipulated through collage techniques, hand weaving, embedded augmented reality and, adhered to wooden panels for display. The images will illustrate Monday's Child, and the portraits will represent each day. The hand-building/weaving of each image connects the process to the raising of children. The objects collaged are symbolic of the people no longer present. It is necessary to excavate and reclaim identities in the making of these images. History now has to be told from the perspective of those experiencing it. Each story in the canon of the Black experience has a ripple effect, revealing the layers that need to be shed, uncovering the layers that demonstrate resilience. We Black folks need to humanize our own experiences despite the opposition that tries to prove we don't matter. Monday's child dispels one tradition of influence to allow another to emerge free from and or despite the western headset. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/amanda-d-king daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631029270398-LR8LDRCE6EFIREVXMG0S/IMG_8515.JPG Amanda D. King - Amanda D. King—The Locusts From the artist: The Locusts portrays Amanda’s family’s journey through the loss of her grandfather to COVID-19. This work, created using low-fidelity photography techniques, looks intimately at death by COVID-19 and its resulting impacts on an African American family. To bear witness to these intimate images of grief and mourning is to deeply see the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately harmed Black communities, and to remember one of the 594,000 lives lost in the US. This work moves from personal to the collective by honoring the bravery of victims of Covid-19 and celebrating the resilience and devotion of caregivers while acknowledging the gravity of it all. The purpose of the installation is to respond to the period of isolation when these images were created and render these images and the unseen moments they capture accessible in ways that disrupt mass media’s one-dimensional portrayal of the pandemic. Amanda desires to showcase Covid-19 imagery outside of the confines of smartphones and computers— as society opens and life moves on, the installation demarcates time and space for those who want to remember. The images will be curated with care and reflect Amanda’s own devotion to representational justice and the careful handling of Black grief. Additional context will be provided by showcasing messages and conversations exchanged among Amanda’s family during the time. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/joyce-morrow-jones daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631033343948-UZSUGA9LE9XJNWN9EFL7/Jones.jpeg Joyce Morrow Jones - Joyce Morrow Jones—My Story: Her Story From the artist: The combination of storytelling and dollmaking blends a unique focus to our creative and artistic process. In everyday life and also in therapeutic modalities, dolls and storytelling are used to assist narration. Narrative therapy processes are often used with a child and a special relationship with a doll or with the elderly bonding with a surrogate doll. Dolls elicit and facilitate non-threatening forms of communication and relationship. In our process, the goal is re-imagining the story with the participant being the narrator and the doll becoming the multifaceted personas of the life story. Each participant will choose a storyline that may unfold different perspectives, varying points of interest or transformative outcomes of their transgender experience. The dynamic is that in narrating one’s story, there is a beginning, middle and ending; and most importantly, the story can provide them and their listeners with message/theme that reimagines their experience with acknowledgement of transformation – from perception of being different, or flawed or victimized towards healing, acceptance and confidence in communicating their experience. We will provide instruction and materials for each participant to make a My Story/Her Story doll and throughout the four sessions, approximately 2-3 hours each and will help guide them in customizing each persona. Session 1: Introduction and group discussion on the narrative storytelling process. Initial journaling on the theme/message/characters that will be the focus for each participant. Brainstorming on needed materials and supplies to create their doll personas Session 2: Begin doll construction and one on one session with facilitators to help each participant begin processing their unique story, theme or message Session 3: Continue with dollmaking and informal sharing among participants Session 4: Group sharing of stories and video documentary with Stephanie Gandy Formal presentation of doll display and storytelling will be planned at Artist Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) with an invited audience. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/meg-matko daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631034152880-EGVVADZ5YCI0DKQUF42A/Matko.JPG Meg Matko - Meg Matko—Secret Condition: Transvaginal; Adhesion; Internal/External From the artist: This project is intended to serve as an investigation, call to action and love note to women suffering from ‘secret’ female reproductive health disorders, including, but not limited to, endometriosis, adenomyosis, miscarriage, infertility and premature ovarian failure. As a human, I suffer from all of these disorders. As an artist, I endeavor to confront both the viewer and the broader community with a painful portrait of existing with these conditions and the sad reality of how our society cares for its women. The lack of knowledge, research, treatment options available, coupled with the medical industry’s blatant dismissal of women debilitated by chronic physical and psychological pain, has resulted in millions of women hiding symptoms, foregoing care, questioning their sanity and suffering in silence. An estimated 6.5 million women in the U.S. live with endometriosis, though it takes one woman an average of 10 years to receive a formal and accurate diagnosis. And that accounts for women who have ready access to health care options and specialist services. Outdated and borderline barbaric medical practices like encouraging patients to get pregnant, remove their reproductive organs or agree to chemically-induced menopause as treatment for their endometriosis continue to be practiced today. The project umbrella, Secret Condition, will consist of two performative, time-based works and one community participatory work. Transvaginal, will exist as a solo performance; Adhesion is a second solo performance, with potential for unplanned audience participation. And finally, Internal / External is planned as an intentional community-based project to engage women and female identifying individuals who also suffer from these and other reproductive health issues. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/jacob-koestler daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631032187036-VRNUB1LY48CZJ71ZL4EG/Koestler_Strange-Devotion_1.jpg Jacob Koestler - Jacob Koestler—Strange Devotion From the artist: Strange Devotion is a multimodal art book and exhibition that exhumes the Appalachian Gothic tradition to examine the often misunderstood nuances of past and present life in the Rust Belt and Appalachia. The book exists in intertwining parts--photographic essay and fictional narrative--that explore themes of overgrowth, hidden-in-plain-view peculiarity, and macabre banality, while still honoring the abundance of natural beauty and the complexity of lives lived within the ancient rolling hills and valleys. The two-person exhibition highlights similar themes through unique, single-edition photo collages that bring together images from the book in addition to found objects, laser-etched graphics, text, wallpaper and other printed ephemera. Jacob Koestler’s photographs anchor the project by documenting wide swaths of the region, from the hidden caves and forests of Kentucky and West Virginia, to the rural landscapes of Ohio and industrial burnout of his native Pennsylvania. His photos invite the viewer to discover detail and beauty in both lush and stark regional terrain. Interweaving with Koestler’s photos is Michael McDermit’s four-part novelette which is rooted in an empathetic exploration of the all-too-common matriarchal experience of being put upon in a place that may or may not be doomed by God and man alike. The project includes a fabricated fanatical religious pamphlet, a pastiche of historical zealotry and kookiness, but imbued with a poignant story of loss and salvation all its own. The book also introduces new illustrations from Noelle Richard, who has collaborated with Koestler and McDermit on multiple previous projects. The result of these seemingly disparate elements is a work that exceeds the sum of its parts through a multifaceted investigation and vaunting of the surreality within a region and era often dismissed as bygone. Strange Devotion operates under the dictum that there is dignity in anything examined in detail, and while the project is less concerned with providing answers to any of the incongruousness and difficulties of life in Appalachia, above all there is a distinct affection for every leaf and every creek observed, every blight and every stain, but most importantly, every beating heart. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/haley-himiko-hudson-morris daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631031003892-09WM5BNOTDZQP05S5470/Hudson-Morris.jpg Haley Himiko Hudson Morris - Haley Himiko Hudson Morris—Po-mo Free Station Sculptures From the artist: The Po-mo Free Station Sculptures are inspired by the Little Free Libraries or Free Pantries located in public spaces and on frontages of privately owned properties for community use and enjoyment. The template of the “free library” is easy to reinterpret as any variety of sculpture as long as the inside can be accessed and protected from the elements. Usually they are built in the manner of a cabinet with glass doors. “Po-mo” stands for Post Modern and captures the spirit of reinterpretation and whimsy. My plan is to design a variety of sculptures that can be reproduced and created in a kit along with one of a kind pieces. I see a Free station that looks like a giant sitting fiberglass Elephant, a colorful pyramid on top of 4 legs, An Igloo made from glass block with a dome top, a miniature gazebo, a British telephone booth, A giant disco ball, an arbor, the possibilities are infinite with skill and imagination to retrofit many salvageable items. My work as an installation artist and event designer informs much of my work with an agenda of being interactive. I also see the Free Stations being brightly colored and built with a variety of different types of materials not ordinarily used in Free Libraries including PVC, glass block, tubing, culvert pipe, plastic molds, other industrial/architectural salvage and up-cycled materials. Sculptures as a form of public art are a wonderful marriage with the Free Station concept as a sort of “giving tree”. They can contribute to way-finding and more loosely imagine what we can share with each other or find in a free box: a clean shirt, a birthday gift, a set of paints or crayons, a journal, a snack, music, movies, school supplies, a special treasure and so much more. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/jasmine-a-golphin daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631033156254-0NBKBWUW8NH1VBSBX3UD/Golphin.jpeg Jasmine A. Golphin - Jasmine Golphin—Facebookland From the artist: Without trying at all, I became "Someone to Follow" on Facebook, which sounds like a brag but I promise it is instead just a very surreal experience. Somehow this corner of the internet I used like anyone else has resulted in total strangers quoting my statuses back at me, people telling their friends to follow me at parties and constant requests for me to formalize this experience in some traditional way - a blog, a vlog, a podcast, etc. But I never had any sort of intent in my Facebook use. I just wanted a space where I could say whatever was on my mind. I didn't think anyone would care this much. But care they do. I made a significant amount of money last year in donations solely based on something I wrote. Someone I have only met once and I don't believe has ever even liked one of my statuses (certainly never commented on one) messaged me to say "I thank you for being who you are and for sharing that, because the world can be a noisy, careless place and you inspire me, at least, to consider new things and to be less afraid." Again, I barely know this person. I can not stress enough how I'm not an influencer, or media personality, or anything of the sort. I'm just a girl who still uses her .edu email address to log in. So, as our collective relationship to social media morphs under the weight of AI, filter bubbles, and lax privacy standards, I'm left wondering what to do with this strange period in my life. "Facebookland" will be a virtual gallery of surreal photography that will be a remix of twelve of my most memorable statuses and the conversations they started. Less a monument to my impact or whatever, and more so my emotional response to how people reacted to my social media usage. I think some of the fascination with my account centers around the fact that I'm a Black woman who has no need to bite my tongue for my employer's or social circle's sake. I think what I'll find through this process of artistic articulation is that there is a dynamic here that isn't discussed enough - the virtual Black friend. I don't know where the line between genuine appreciation starts and the desire to gawk at the exotic Black creature in the cage ends. There's something inherently voyeuristic about social media in general and I can never be sure if the way I've made myself available over the years has only flamed some dark and old tradition of putting Black people on display for everyone else's consumption. Has this usage been a good thing, a bad thing, or just a new complicated thing born of the digital age? Facebookland is a part of a larger artistic piece I'm working on called Oasis, a multimedia virtual gallery that will explore who I am in response to a world not built for me. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/rondale-simpson-and-blakk-jakk-dance-collective daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631034588153-HQVNIBBU9PYJF805WGHP/IMG-0482.JPG RonDale Simpson + Blakk Jakk Dance Collective - RonDale Simpson + Blakk Jakk Dance Collective—Beyond From the artists: The story of a person seeking answers to the afterlife, and stumbles upon their ancestral power. Being able to speak to them and understanding the “circle of life” as it were. Starts off with the protagonist driving and not paying attention. They hit an animal and it dies. They bury the animal next to the water. This triggers them to think if animals have souls, and if so where do they go, for that matter where do human souls go? Looking into a pool of water they begin speaking to themselves. As they do, the faces of their ancestors appear in the pool. This story is an homage to our Ancestors. Representing our unknown protection received, the story opens with a protagonist who has an Aura around them (the protection of our ancestors). Once the protagonist looks inward, an awakening occurs. They convene with and are inhabited by their ancestral power. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/albert-cook daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1631035299253-IIELI7LZY3CMXJAPVIOU/Cook.jpg Albert Cook - Albert Cook—El Vaquero From the artist: EL VAQUERO is a VR cinematic experience about a Tejano cowboy who miraculously returns after he is left for dead to exact revenge on the wranglers who double crossed him. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/2022-artists daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://www.thesatellitefund.org/ray-caspio daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1db1ea21-4eae-43a6-b8c9-a728c6de7db1/Caspio_TheHeelsandPearlsWereTooMuch+%281%29.jpg Ray Caspio - Ray Caspio—The Heels and Pearls Were Too Much From the artist: THE HEELS AND PEARLS WERE TOO MUCH is a journey through a dream; a shared encounter during the last moments of a life, untangling and seeking understanding, amidst social and political upheaval. This performance installation explores the nature of self, authoritarianism’s affect on the the individual and society, and historical patterns of marginalization of the queer population. It asks: What is truth? Who has the power to shape it? What power do secrets hold over us? Whose lies do we assimilate in order to be “respectable” and cling to an illusion of normalcy? Why do we adopt the words people say about who we are as our own true experience? And what happens when we embrace our present experience over memory, linear story and time, to step completely into the unknown together? Created, designed, written, and performed by Ray Caspio, with space construction by Bobby Ayala Perez, this ethereal artifact of Caspio’s 18 month quarantine was partially sparked by the words of Sarah Kendzior, who wrote in HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: THE INVENTION OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE EROSION OF AMERICA that time under authoritarian rule “...spirals forward and lurches backward. Your memories of political events become blurred when you try to reconcile your initial reactions with the revelatory backstories behind them, forcing you to process your country’s history – and your own – in new and painful ways…My own internal calendar lacks a clear chronology. My memories are often reduced to images tied together by the logic of feelings.” The installation is centered around a 6’4” x 6’4” wall of text from Caspio’s studio, composed of automatic writings recorded during quarantine. Caspio will bring the dream to life through paintings, drawings, photographs, audio, and video, with performance uniting all of the elements. Each performance is an improvised action painting layering atop and adding texture to what came before, influenced by who and what is in the space at this present moment. The words and images in THE HEELS AND PEARLS ARE TOO MUCH are inspired by our experience of world events, March 2020 - August 2021, as well as a reconciliation of the artist’s life – a merging of light and shadow – told as Caspio shapeshifts through different characters on their quest for what makes us whole amidst images and experiences of personal and societal division. THE HEELS AND PEARLS WERE TOO MUCH is nature finding balance when the illusion of safety is torn away in an instant, and the realization that physical death is a breath away strikes. Caspio pierces the veil of lies comprising identity and place in the moment before we die, when life flashes before our eyes, and we’re holding hands, letting go, not letting go, saying our last goodbye. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/deidre-mcpherson-thea-spittle-antwoine-washington daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1969314f-2bb1-46e2-a41c-64fc4f7c3ef4/AF0F21CC-270D-416E-A580-D1D4B7B93E4D.jpeg Deidre McPherson, Thea Spittle, and Antwoine Washington - Deidre McPherson, Thea Spittle, and Antwoine Washington—Come Home With Me From the collective: Gallery 2602 presents the first-ever solo exhibition of work by Cleveland-based artist Antwoine Washington in a site-specific installation of his most recent series of paintings, drawings and prints. Washington’s work will be presented in a similar environment in which it was created: a home. Deidre McPherson and Thea Spittle collectively launch Gallery 2602’s premiere season of art exhibitions and programming which continue the themes depicted in Washington’s series: family, love and community collaboration. And in order to make art affordable for everyone, and teach our community members how to build a collection of local contemporary Northeast Ohio artists, all artwork and merchandise at Gallery 2602 will be for sale, with optional payment plans. Proceeds from sales will be donated to the organization of the exhibiting artists’ choosing. Gallery 2602 will host a community gathering to celebrate the opening of A Solo Exhibition by Antwoine Washington. Nothing brings people together like food, music, and the act of sharing it, so we will work with Washington to create and offer a menu of his favorite foods and a curated music soundtrack. Midway through the run of the show, we will host two educational programs. The first will be a discussion on art collecting: why it’s important and how it can be used to build an additional form of generational wealth. For the second program, we will offer a multigenerational creative space for youth and elders to experience a guided painting workshop during which they can create art together. To close the exhibition, we will gather new collectors of Washington’s work for a celebratory dinner on the patio of Gallery 2602. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/valerie-mayen daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/4a654484-a93d-4bb7-a4d5-95c2e2e950ac/IMG_8481.png Valerie Mayen - Valerie Mayen—Hi, Fashion From the artist: Be part of the sustainable fashion movement! Through hands-on learning, you can implement helpful practices into your daily life to contribute to solutions against fast fashion. We will offer free alterations to the public on-site, allowing you to bring in your used or damaged clothing for mending or revamping. Transform your garments into something new, learn how to style or utilize pieces in a new way, patch up holes, sew on missing buttons, hem pant legs, add embellishments, etc. We will host demos and tutorials on how to give your wardrobe new life. There will be DIY styling tutorials, information on creating a capsule wardrobe, a huge clothing swap, and much more! Yellowcake will provide discounts to community members interested in purchasing our unique American-made garments to complement their mended pieces, guaranteed to last a lifetime and transcend fashion trends. Food, beverages, and snacks will be available while you wait for garments to be mended, or as you peruse the hands-on “edutaining” stations available. These food items will be obtained from the litany of local food vendors in the neighborhood. We also hope to further educate attendees with a free showing of the documentary on the fast fashion industry, True Cost, to be shown at 78th Street Studios. The last portion of our program involves aiding a young female entrepreneur of color and stimulating new business in the area. In the weeks and months leading up to the event, we will meet weekly with one select individual, chosen based on merit and the need to mentor, grow and guide them in their Cleveland-based design business. We will cover topics such as social media, marketing, finance, customer service, product development, demographic research, sourcing, budgeting, and sales. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/scott-goss daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/4a55e4fe-5191-4b3a-afc2-f17302aec4a0/Rise_and_Fall_-_03.jpg Scott Goss - Scott Goss—Rise and Fall From the artist: Throughout human civilization cities have risen out of our landscape, from simple beginnings as small villages, then evolving into complex metropolises with many people and homes, before eventually fading back into the landscape they arose from. This is evident in ancient civilizations such as Machu Picchu, Babylon, Sukhothai, and Mesa Verde, all of whom arose from the earth, before eventually fading back into it. Here in Northeast Ohio, we have seen in history our success as burgeoning big cities, successful from the industrial revolution, then receding as the industries shifted to other locations. In the last 50 years our identity of who are our cities are has also shifted, from heavy industry focused, to now healthcare and biotechnology, information technology, and aerospace and aviation. As the tide of recession and growth is seemingly shifting more upwards for northeast Ohio, this has caused me to question where our cities will be in the next 25-50 years and how long will this new identity and limited growth last. This project is an exploration of how cities grow over time, rising from simple beginnings, then eventually falling back into the landscape they originated from. Through projected light onto found objects, this work explores themes of urban design, architecture and entropy, to create a narrative of how cities Rise and Fall over time. Using a model train, with a modified light attached to it, this project reveals an endless loop or accession and recession of human civilizations. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/ali-black daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/757a2a05-b426-4026-9f44-3a8afa5fe000/ali+black.jpeg Ali Black - Ali Black—If It Heals All From the artist: If It Heals At All centers one Black woman's experience in Cleveland, Ohio. The project is a reflection of the violence, racism, illness, love and joy that is rooted in Cleveland. This project is meant to accompany Ali Black’s first book of poetry, If It Heals At All. The artist brings specific lines from the book to life to provide viewers with a unique experience of engaging with poetry. The bold, large scale lines of poetry are designed to amplify the voices of each speaker in each poem. The title focuses on healing, challenging viewers to question the healing process. Do Black folks ever truly heal from the ravages of racism? Do we ever stop grieving? What does it mean to heal? Are we ever healed from the illnesses that plague us? The project will showcase 3-5 large scale text-based pieces. The project will also include a public poetry reading where audiences will be able to hear the lines of poetry displayed from the exhibition read live. One text-based piece might showcase the line, “you think about the baby killed by the bullet,” which derives from the author's poem "Kinsman". At the public reading, Black will read “Kinsman” in its entirety. This pattern will continue for other poems. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/amber-n-ford daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/7d9deac7-5741-4062-8a87-228112ceb8c7/AFord_Twolayer_no1.jpg Amber N. Ford - Amber N. Ford—Hairscapes From the artist: Hairscapes is a series that explores using synthetic hair and accessories to create photographic images Ford describe as alternative self portraits. This project began as a form of preservation of the routine of beauty while, documenting curated compositions of deconstructed protective hairstyles . The large scale images that magnifies the twist, tracks and locs of Black hair create an immersive experience that depicts Ford's lived reality as a Black American woman. Her hair is a source of pride, joy and celebration. It connects her to her inner being and culture. She invite the viewer to get lost in every hair strand embracing the different visual textual imagery at this unexpected vantage point to emphasize its importance in African American culture. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/mary-addisoncarter daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/e5c06379-0b54-48da-a07d-bd97f75e21b2/IMG_20220821_180049.jpg Mary Addison-Carter - Mary Addison-Carter—The Shades of my Blackness: A Black Woman’s Experience From the artist: The Shades of my Blackness: A Black Woman’s experience is a project that will depict the struggle of the black woman with seven different themes that are woven in the African American culture, Invisibility, Old systemic Racism, Colorism, Domestic Violence, Unspoken Grief, Covid 19, and Isolation. These themes will be created on panel that are approximately 36X 36 on canvases. This art work will address several controversial themes of the African American Culture. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/alyssa-lizzini daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/9511133d-e4eb-4feb-964a-0c8c52a74d87/pinkcircle.jpg Alyssa Lizzini - Alyssa Lizzini—Field Drawings From the artist: Alyssa Lizzini’s Field Drawings is a series of free workshops and a culminating exhibition of location-based drawings created by Lizzini and community participants. On-location drawing workshops will take place in five neighborhoods: Broadway-Slavic Village, Detroit-Shoreway, Midtown, Tremont, and University Circle. Ten participants in each workshop will be provided with sketchbooks, drawing materials, and the opportunity to submit a drawing to the final exhibition in June of 2023. The goal of the project is to challenge preconceived notions of urban spaces while encouraging connections through the process of observational drawing. The exhibition title, Field Drawings, takes its inspiration from the traditional definition of field research, which is “the collection of raw data from outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting.” Lizzini and community participants will be collecting field data and performing visual research through their neighborhood excursions, connecting them more deeply with a given space. The final exhibition will allow the viewer to see a new vision of Cleveland through the eyes of Lizzini and all who participated. This project strives to change viewpoints, unite neighborhoods, and solidify drawing’s contemporary significance as a means for connection. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/christina-keegan daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/eb5e6b8c-f9d9-4183-82e5-734efd06f3ad/bottle_wall_finished_2.jpg Christina Keegan - Christina Keegan—Soothing Space From the artist: Christina strives to create art through natural building that meets material and social needs in the moment, grounded in communal practice of imagining the futures we want to build. Christina grew up in central Illinois and moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 2007, where she completed a BA in Urban Planning at Cleveland State University and worked as a nonprofit project manager and grant writer with a focus on developing healthy, affordable housing. Within the context of the foreclosure crisis and gentrification in Ohio City and Detroit Shoreway, Christina began to study the central role that nonprofits, policing, and local governments currently play in the continued commodification and exploitation of land and housing. In response, Christina organized mutual aid projects with neighbors to take care of each other, respond to displacement, and advance housing justice. In 2010 she began studying natural building — the process of using local, minimally processed natural materials to create contextually appropriate structures. Through natural building, Christina has had the chance to better understand herself, what it means to create, and our cultural relationships to place. She is passionate about spreading joy, healing, and community self-reliance through collaborative design/build projects and playing in mud. Christina bought a home in the Buckeye neighborhood at the beginning of the pandemic, and has been slowly getting to know her neighbors, growing a garden, and transitioning to practicing natural building full-time. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/toby-griffiths daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/b8e0c182-71ae-416b-965a-e4e777e404c7/The_First_and_Last_Genius.jpg Toby Griffiths - Toby Griffiths—The Inner Museum From the artist: The Inner Museum consists of a series of digitally manipulated images that combine models photographed in studio with 3-dimensional assets and other found imagery. A virtual stage is erected in photoshop onto which the photographed models are placed into figural arrangements. The scene is then furnished with various other objects and elements that in conjunction with the figures create a synthetic scene, that has for its underlying organizational principle the methods of renaissance/baroque history painting, but a content that is a reflection upon and dialogue between different cultural modes of expression and artistic styles throughout history. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/2023 daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://www.thesatellitefund.org/2024-artists daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://www.thesatellitefund.org/crystal-miller daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/0a8ec2b2-934b-4360-9be7-be243e00c6f3/Miller_B_A_P_S_20241+%281%29.JPG Crystal Miller - Crystal Miller – Celestial Threads: Bridging Traditions and Future Celestial Threads: Bridging Traditions and Future is a portrait series that honors African American traditions while re-envisioning them within an Afrofuturistic framework. This project illuminates the identities of African American women, portraying them as sovereign, transcendent figures who blend historical heritage with futuristic imaginings. Through a collection of 7-10 paintings, this series employs African American cultural motifs, interwoven with elements of speculative fiction and futuristic aesthetics, to create a narrative of empowerment, and cultural continuity. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/gabrielle-banzhaf-for-shed-projects daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/a6d2d832-049f-4dfa-9202-4333c3644c7e/c49446f0-d2d0-4a55-b6a4-0242c0a4dbcb.JPG Gabrielle Banzhaf for SHED Projects - Gabrielle Banzhaf for SHED Projects- Semana Santa Semana Santa, is a project curated by Gabrielle Banzhaf featuring the Familia Linares. Activities include a film screening of "Pedro Linares Artesano Cartonero," paper-maché workshops, a gallery show, and a performance highlighting the quema de Judas tradition. The Linares family will demonstrate their renowned Cartonera craft, allowing public participation in creating a large-scale paper figure and engaging in festival preparations. This project celebrates multicultural traditions in the vibrant neighborhood of Clark-Fulton at SHED Projects. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/jacob-koestler2024 daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/f9be7edc-f328-4efc-91b7-18d0e84dc7ce/Latin-Clowns-Evolution_SPACES_Tall+%281%29.jpg Jacob Koestler - Jacob Koestler– Latin Clowns Evolution In this feature-length documentary by Jacob Koestler and Michael McDermit, a group of immigrant clowns from Mexico and Central America gather in Los Angeles for their annual Congreso, a weeklong event where they teach over 100 Latinx performers the multifaceted art of clowning, share their personal journeys, and spread joy in what feels like a giant family reunion. The project includes multiple Cuyahoga County artists and will premiere in Cleveland alongside live performances in 2025. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/lacy-talley daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/6719a73b-7445-42b2-af1c-eb8f3297d5a8/Crystal_Gardens-image+%282%29.png Lacy Talley - Lacy Talley– The Crystal Gardens: An Immersive Healing Art Exhibition The Crystal Gardens is an immersive healing space designed to foster mental health and promote positive coping mechanisms by engaging all five senses. This group show aims to provide a supportive environment dedicated to understanding and managing emotions, highlighting productive self-monitoring strategies to process emotions and reframe thoughts and behaviors. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/megan-young daily 0.75 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/395ee8a9-309f-471a-a524-c8c328525d87/carry.root_videoStill+%281%29.png Megan Young - Megan Young– carry:root The carry:root project explores how emerging technologies reflect our histories while presenting opportunities for a more compassionate future. Developed through one-on-one conversations with local residents, the project is presented as an interactive archive. Viewers are immersed in large-scale digital visuals as they converse with a custom AI named Carry, offering a unique exploration of personal and collective narratives. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/erykah-townsend daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/062c60e4-a056-44ad-b380-4c622bd258f6/Erykah+Townsend.jpg Erykah Townsend - Erykah Townsend – “Happy” Holidays “Happy” Holidays is a critique of how the overindulgence of consumerism harms Western holiday traditions and interpersonal relationships during holidays. The use of air quotes around "Happy" in the title indicates sarcasm toward the idea that the holiday season is always a joyous and stress-free time. The exhibition will feature holidays, such as Easter, Halloween, Valentine's Day, and Christmas. The art will highlight the competitive nature, materialism, and relentless advertising frequently linked to these holidays. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/ewuresi-archer daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/e413d5bf-267b-408a-95d1-32a9bae30e1c/Ewuresi+Archer.jpeg Ewuresi Archer - Ewuresi Archer – KWERH!!! KWERH!!! will be the creation of a an art/recipe book, designed to embrace the journey of trying to decolonize the artists mind by celebrating the rich and vibrant culinary heritage of Ghana. With this book, Archer aims to create art that not only nourishes herself, but also honoring the diverse and authentic flavors, traditions, and cultural significance that these dishes and snacks hold. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/jen-p-harris daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/99b3d05f-450f-448c-aee0-3c05961c02ee/Incantations.jpeg Jen P. Harris - Jen P. Harris – Incantations Incantations is a group exhibition curated by Cleveland-based artist Jen P. Harris in partnership with Zygote Press. The show centers queer artists who engage with process-centered art practices to attend to questions of form, presence, identity, and world-building. Incantations includes drawings and paintings by Harris alongside paintings, textiles, prints, and sculptures by Ajdin Kulić (Cleveland), E.E. Ikeler (New York), Fidencio Fifield-Perez (Minneapolis), Leeza Meksin (New York), Sarana Mehra (Los Angeles), and R Kauff (Cleveland). The show opened on June 7, 2024, with a public reception and is on view through August 24, 2024, with an artist talk on August 9, 2024. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/katie-hitchings daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/bacdb19c-6348-4484-b5e5-0a2d1fc9421c/Katie+Hitchings.jpeg Katie Hitchings - Katie Hitchings – Field Service: Cleveland's Underground/DIY Culture Past, Present, and Future Field Service will be a documentary and a printed zine that explores Cleveland's rich history of do-it-yourself culture as it pertains to the arts. The documentary will feature Interviews with Cleveland legends R.A. Washington, Nat Cherry, Aawful Aaron along with out notable artists. The zine will feature works of highlighted artists. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/joel-zika daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/6116ba1c-f914-4928-91d8-408683ee22b5/surface+distress.jpeg Joel Zika - Joel Zika – Surface Distress Surface Distress is series of digital sculptures exploring the lost cultures of Clevelands mid-town. The work combines found imagery, anecdotal stories with cutting graphics to reveal the lived experiences of Cuyahoga county, Ohio. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/bri-robinson-/-withindigital daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/00d50dd2-6d68-4fbd-9217-e0f41d1ac1b7/Bri+Robinson+.png Bri Robinson / WITH(IN).DIGITAL - Bri Robinson / WITH(IN).DIGITAL – E-Merge: Artistic Intersections of the Black Midwest E-Merge: Artistic Intersections of the Black Midwest aims to create an in-person event that fosters community building, knowledge sharing, and curation. The primary goal is to emphasize the Black Midwest and cultivate regional pride for Black artists from or currently based in Cuyahoga County. This multimedia event, organized by WITH(IN).DIGITAL, featured an artist conversation, a live DJ, a curated zine, an art exhibition featuring works by local Black artists, and an oral history archive for community engagement. The event aims to serve as a gathering space, community activation, and a portal celebrating Black Midwestern creativity and ingenuity. WITH(IN).DIGITAL is a digital respite engaging Black artists, creatives, and the art curious in curated conversations about art, the creative process, and being Black on the internet in the 21st century. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/sla-video-productions daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/4ca9aa67-db69-40ff-93f1-aea9fb1a7ced/Mary.png SLA Video Productions - SLA Video Productions – Mary; Her Journey From Pain to Purpose Discover the inspiring tale of Mary, a story that embodies courage and determination. Mary a transgender woman, faced numerous obstacles on her path to transition in mid life. Mary: Her Journey from Pain to Purpose is a powerful documentary that aims to enlighten and uplift, providing a personal example to help people who are either questioning their own identity or trying to understand what their friend or loved one is experiencing. By sharing Mary's personal narrative, we strive to foster awareness, challenge stereotypes, and promote understanding and acceptance of transgender individuals. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/dorrian-hawkins daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/b5f39d44-b6e6-4eda-b183-2b16e2222542/Dorrian+Hawkins+2.jpg Dorrian Hawkins - Dorrian Hawkins – You(r) Black Neighbors “You(r) Black Neighbors" is a documentary photography project aiming to reshape the negative perception of East Cleveland. Through candid street photography and creative visual design, the project captures the city's true essence, highlighting its diversity and community initiatives. By challenging stereotypes, the collection becomes a mirror for self-reflection, fostering empathy and understanding among residents and outsiders alike. Ultimately, it seeks to create lasting change by offering a perspective on a neighborhood often misunderstood. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/ron-shelton daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/ce28a320-6275-481f-a103-4841c81c53f9/Ron+Shelton+2.jpg Ron Shelton - Ron Shelton – The Sustainable Art of Plastics Northeast Ohio artist Ron Shelton is known for turning trash into art — creating sculptures and installations from detergent packages, cat litter jugs, and other items typically tossed away and clogging landfills. The sustainable art of plastics "wasp nests" at the Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls. The project covered the facade of The Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls, extending the message of how plastic is wreaking havoc on our environment and our bodies. "Wasp nests" are dissected Tidy Cat liter containers configured in a wasp nest motif. This display is a significant step in Ron's cover-a-building project. The artist's goal is to completely cover a building with plastic to engage the community further with just how ubiquitous plastic is in the global landscape. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/sarah-paul daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/d25c355f-d299-4e2a-a925-cdb94f13afa1/Sarah+Paul+.jpg Sarah Paul - Sarah Paul – Fiber Chambers In the Fiber Chambers exhibition, Sarah Paul is exploring the state of being simultaneously in and out of body. Her media installation and multimedia objects are comprised of wet-felted wool structures, video, and sound, creating a surreal intersection of surfaces and light to expand a space of meditative transport. At a time of perpetual shared trauma, Paul sees this work as creating a space of healing amidst a somber psychedelic bliss. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/2025 daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://www.thesatellitefund.org/laura-camila daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/43304c2b-c1f1-4e1e-b5ab-d7833907298a/Headshot_in_studio_2.JPEG Laura Camila Medina - Laura Camila Medina – Render Me Softly Render Me Softly is an experimental animation festival curated by Laura Camila Medina, bringing together works by Cleveland-based and Latin American artists to celebrate transformation, movement, and innovation. Featuring curated screenings, an open call for community submissions, and hands-on workshops, the festival fosters cross-cultural exchange and showcases nontraditional animation practices. Partnering with local art organizations, Render Me Softly will present public programs that bridge languages, geographies, and methods in pursuit of shared speculative futures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756222351154-230Q98NELEKBWCPWB3ZQ/Screen+Shot+2025-08-26+at+11.32.07+AM.png Laura Camila Medina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756222361854-QQKIKBDLFVB3LRISGOC9/busco_todos_los_caminos_que_me_conduzcan_de_nuevo_a_ti_still.png Laura Camila Medina https://www.thesatellitefund.org/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/f294b411-91b7-4325-9469-76981a184f1c/_Lex_Max_00303.jpg Maxmillian Peralta - Maxmillian Peraltam – living Room living Room is an experimental exhibition by Maxmillian Peralta that consists of two components: a bespoke gallery space installation made entirely of 2’x4’ studs devoid of the drywall that gives a white cube gallery its “white-cubeness,” and a body of paintings depicting psychological spaces installed within. The union of both components will be exhibited publicly in summer 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756222926974-RCN8R3EOPLWAITM63Q1H/thirdspaces.png Maxmillian Peralta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756222936163-DQ9DVQJP0CWZQ9UOIXQP/Screen+Shot+2025-08-26+at+11.41.44+AM.png Maxmillian Peralta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756222903910-3UETHWKJ94P4KPIK67K0/peraltast.png Maxmillian Peralta https://www.thesatellitefund.org/dante-foley daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/827c06b4-fe90-4897-a0a8-a08fd4084371/me.jpg Dante Foley - Dante Foley – Up Front with Black Punks Up Front with Black Punks explores the past, present and future of the Black Alternative Music Scene. An examination of the history of black people in alternative/DIY music spaces and how racialized politics play a role in how these spaces are cultivated, sustained, and bolstered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/880f4856-d95d-47ef-8767-dae15601ab71/480284993_1974039563120103_2247664015252157119_n.jpg Dante Foley - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/b85b3467-33c0-4edc-93a4-87f04e526e6b/DJI_20250308130410_0035_D.MP4.12_50_27_10.Still001_2.jpg Cigdem Slankard - Cigdem Slankard – The Virtual Village The Virtual Village is a feature-length documentary about a Facebook group connecting over 40,000 Turkish immigrant women across 90 countries. What began as a space to share advice and support has evolved into a lifeline — fostering friendship, activism, and real-world impact. Through intimate stories and diverse perspectives, the film explores how digital spaces can create belonging, amplify marginalized voices, and build resilient communities in the face of migration, isolation, and cultural displacement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756223829006-D7XEZ9JDUAAI547D1XJW/IMG_2189.JPG Cigdem Slankard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756223821696-6HH3I69SD3QNSQR16ID0/IMG_1784.jpg Cigdem Slankard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756223830303-5DSF4ZRJH0YC0CF41GQP/IMG_6005.jpg Cigdem Slankard https://www.thesatellitefund.org/new-page-3 daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/c5a07ef2-7f83-4df6-8aec-e62b9c6d63d9/books.jpg Anna Tararova for Empress Editions - Anna Tararova for Empress Editions – Swamp Water Empress Editions will collaborate with local artists, scientists, and writers to publish a collection of writing and art titled Swamp Water. Swamp Water is a book about the importance of wetlands within the Lake Erie Watershed, including their history, restoration efforts, and the reciprocal relationships between humans and water bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224074482-8LVESJ8S9ZGM3EX58ALD/dismal-swamp-01web_1.jpg Anna Tararova for Empress Editions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224076807-OK2BIEDWIHOV3ET3UTGQ/IMG_20201017_092938_285+%281%29.jpg Anna Tararova for Empress Editions https://www.thesatellitefund.org/laura-camila-medina daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/6bb7ec21-e69a-42cd-a2c0-434399ada961/Headshot_in_studio_2.JPEG Laura Camila Medina - Laura Camila Medina – Render Me Softly Render Me Softly is an experimental animation festival curated by Laura Camila Medina, bringing together works by Cleveland-based and Latin American artists to celebrate transformation, movement, and innovation. Featuring curated screenings, an open call for community submissions, and hands-on workshops, the festival fosters cross-cultural exchange and showcases nontraditional animation practices. Partnering with local art organizations, Render Me Softly will present public programs that bridge languages, geographies, and methods in pursuit of shared speculative futures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756225091888-8RVS3ZUJFLFGU9HGP6MX/Screen+Shot+2025-08-26+at+11.32.07+AM.png Laura Camila Medina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756225103267-262CPCRFJ0AY29S13OP1/busco_todos_los_caminos_que_me_conduzcan_de_nuevo_a_ti_still.png Laura Camila Medina https://www.thesatellitefund.org/maxmillian-peralta daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/b6b607de-ee5d-4ffb-bbb9-2ee22449fdec/_Lex_Max_00303.jpg Maxmillian Peralta - Maxmillian Peralta – living Room living Room is an experimental exhibition by Maxmillian Peralta that consists of two components: a bespoke gallery space installation made entirely of 2’x4’ studs devoid of the drywall that gives a white cube gallery its “white-cubeness,” and a body of paintings depicting psychological spaces installed within. The union of both components will be exhibited publicly in summer 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224910017-30BWQM89D1EYN5A6Q5N1/Screen+Shot+2025-08-26+at+12.14.32+PM.png Maxmillian Peralta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224900125-TGK3CGM92RTZMIM9X9ZF/thirdspaces.png Maxmillian Peralta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224876156-KTHCEHSNBAV968YSWFL7/peraltast.png Maxmillian Peralta https://www.thesatellitefund.org/dante-foley-1 daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/c12a2b88-2372-4fd1-beb1-a449fe7bc17a/me.jpg Dante Foley - Dante Foley – Up Front with Black Punks Up Front with Black Punks is an examination of the history of black people in alternative/DIY music spaces and how racialized politics play a role in how these spaces are cultivated, sustained, and bolstered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/771bbcce-6b3c-4671-aeb9-cd604aa691b3/480284993_1974039563120103_2247664015252157119_n.jpg Dante Foley - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thesatellitefund.org/cigdem-slankard daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/7acf876f-fd6b-4e04-be8a-5f5053333cff/DJI_20250308130410_0035_D.MP4.12_50_27_10.Still001_2.jpg Cigdem Slankard - Cigdem Slankard – The Virtual Village The Virtual Village is a feature-length documentary about a Facebook group connecting over 40,000 Turkish immigrant women across 90 countries. What began as a space to share advice and support has evolved into a lifeline — fostering friendship, activism, and real-world impact. Through intimate stories and diverse perspectives, the film explores how digital spaces can create belonging, amplify marginalized voices, and build resilient communities in the face of migration, isolation, and cultural displacement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224530334-AADO7POD5TRFB5K3R2Y0/IMG_1784.jpg Cigdem Slankard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224524750-TG0YP0ESZERMIHTZSQAS/IMG_2189.JPG Cigdem Slankard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224528816-88N6ECYMN2S2IW8N8AFA/IMG_6005.jpg Cigdem Slankard https://www.thesatellitefund.org/anna-tararova-for-empress-editions daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/23da15dd-7a56-4a9b-a73c-2b32e802e8cc/books.jpg Anna Tararova for Empress Editions - Anna Tararova for Empress Editions Empress Editions will collaborate with local artists, scientists, and writers to publish a collection of writing and art titled Swamp Water. Swamp Water is a book about the importance of wetlands within the Lake Erie Watershed, including their history, restoration efforts, and the reciprocal relationships between humans and water bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224377728-XR9TQ2T0T6SJI2MFZOI0/dismal-swamp-01web_1.jpg Anna Tararova for Empress Editions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7d53669b7d15430fca6a58/1756224380124-MAF0NHN1A0QC40U9I85W/IMG_20201017_092938_285+%281%29.jpg Anna Tararova for Empress Editions