Our Cult Live from Asia! +money for creatives internationally

Hello from Vietnam! Also check out our top picks on funding and creative opportunities.

Jan 20, 2025

Hello from Vietnam where we are here with our partner Experiment Residency that we created to start connecting locally on an international level, with a focus on personal creative development and local community impact. This is the first cohort, and we will be moving the next editions in countries all over the world. See our journey with the residency here.

Welcome CounterCult (see more about us here)- our newsletter is a “skip to what you want” type of newsletter so here you go!

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Hi everyone! I’m (Sho) currently in Da Nang, Vietnam, and was in Hong Kong last week. I’ve mostly been based in the US and Europe, so I am so excited to share what we are learning and discovering in terms of local creative community and culture over in Asia. We started Experiment Residency because we knew to reach local communities on an international level, we have to show face. So here’s to our first cohort of 10 creatives over 4 weeks. Each creative is developing a different project that focuses on connecting creative communities and having an overall positive local impact. Want to join? Don’t worry, this is just the first of many to come BUT we would love to find ways to make it more accessible, so if any of you have leads to potential sponsors, funding, etc., of course feel free to let us know! We want to be the opposite of gate keepers haha.

Kora, my cofounder with Experiment Residency, also started a newsletter for the residency HERE if you want a more tailored update on where the experiment goes.

ALSO a reminder to please make a profile and posting on our FREE growing local creative database. Instagram is really sucking for creative people, and this is the database we refer to if we have paying clients reaching out to us that want to hire local creatives.

OPEN CALL

CREATIVE FEATURE

NAM JAM STREET ART FESTIVAL in Da Nang, Vietnam

We met the founders, a Vietnamese-British artist couple, of this amazing creative and surfer community here in Da Nang, where they have been organising and communicating with the government here to get more accessible art around local areas in the form of murals. Last year they organized a festival of 50 street artists, but were shut down only 3 days in, due to street art still being an international taboo of sorts, so it would be great to check out what they are doing for the local creatives and give them a follow or some type of support.

OPPORTUNITIES

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🎨✨ ArtGurl NYC: Hiring Creative Workshop Teachers

-🎭🎨 Seeking experienced artists to lead engaging community art workshops in NYC.
🌟🤝 Open to diverse creative practices that inspire and connect local communities.
📅✉️ Application deadline: **February 15, 2025.**

🎉🌈 Whole Festival: Open Call for Artists

- 🎨✨ Seeking artists to submit proposals for art installations, stage designs, and cruising village concepts.
- 🌟💡 Celebrate creativity, community, and collective transformation at this queer festival.
- 📅📝 Application deadline: Check Instagram for details and submit via Google Form.

🖼️🌟 Migros Museum: Hiring Co-Director of Exhibitions

🎨💡 Seeking a visionary leader to shape the museum’s contemporary art exhibition program.
🤝🌍 Collaborate with a dynamic team to drive innovative and impactful art experiences.
📅📝 Application deadline: Check official portal for details (Migros Museum website).

🖼️✨ Arts Gowanus: Subsidized Artist Studios

- 🎨🏙️ Offering subsidized artist studios in Brooklyn, New York, for local creatives.
- 🖌️💡 Affordable rents starting at $1.66 per square foot per month, with shared amenities.
- 📅📝 Application details: Visit [Arts Gowanus website]

👩‍🎨💡 NYC Design Council Women Grant: Open Call

- 🎨🌟 $20,000 grant for female designers of color in interior design, including mentorship and industry opportunities.
- 🏆🤝 Open to Black, Indigenous, Latina, and AAPI female designers based in the U.S.
- 📅📝 Application deadline: **January 31, 2025**. More info at [Female Design Council website]

🎨🖌️ B23 Open Call for Curators

- 🖼️✨ Seeking curators to develop and present exhibitions at B23 Space.
- 🌟💡 Submit your portfolio, CV, and curatorial proposal for consideration.
- 📅📝 **Deadline**: Check [B23 Space Instagram] for details.

🎨🌏 Japan-U.S. Friendship Artist Commission: Open Call

- 🎭🎨 U.S. artists invited to apply for a fellowship to live and work in Japan, fostering cultural exchange.
- 🌟💼 Grants of up to $20,000 for 3–5 month residencies, covering housing and living expenses.

- 📅📝 Application deadline: **March 21, 2025**. More info at [JUSFC website]

💃🌍 Bora Bora Residency: Open Call

- 🎨✨ Open to professional artists in dance and choreography for research, development, and post-production phases.
- 🌟💡 Support for creative exploration and project development in a dynamic residency environment.
- 📅📝 Application deadline: **January 31, 2025**. More info at [Bora Bora website]

EVENTS

👗🌍 Fashion Week: Berlin, NYC, Paris

🎉🌟 Berlin Fashion Week: January 31 – February 3, 2025.
🇺🇸✨ New York Fashion Week: February 6 – 11, 2025.
🇫🇷💫 Paris Fashion Week:
- Menswear: January 21 – 26, 2025.
- Womenswear: March 3 – 11, 2025.

For more info, visit their official websites:

- Check out our highlights to see our pop-ups in Slovenia and Belgium—next stop: Spain and Vietnam!

🎨🖌️ Paste-Up Festival 2025 + Open Call for Artists

- Event: Collaborative street art festival featuring global artists’ paste-ups and stickers.

- Details: Contribute to large-scale installations displayed throughout the festival.

- Festival Dates: **May 5–10, 2025**.

- Deadline: Submit by **March 15, 2025**. For info and submission, visit [Aldam Street Art website]

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Well, that’s all for the next two weeks! If you want more opportunities and updates, more often, make sure to check out our stories and posts on INSTAGRAM, since we only feature our most curated picks in this newsletter.

Stay creative!

-Sho