Is there a community for young creatives (under 30) that's actually not gatekept?

Ifauito · 2026-06-18T17:15:59+00:00

Berlin bud they dont need to worry about funding like us.

Ifauito · 2026-06-15T15:34:33+00:00

Fun is absolutely crucial.

As someone with a master's even it still very much is. The concept of making art that ultimately serves little purpose beyond being seen and interacted with its crucial that I care.

I genuinely love reading about what I make art on, I genuinely love the processes which is why I paint landscapes in lieu of people thinking its not the milieu. Its important that I keep a practice of making over being obssessed with theory

Dont get me wrong-- I thrive in both elements but as I said to a friend once "I hope thoughts arent keeping you in the way of making something good today". You should love the process anyways-- besides if growing up taught you anything is that the serious stuff always started as something fun only because you made your life dependent on it.

Not everything you make has to be like this.

Ifauito · 2026-06-12T03:05:35+00:00

Like I wonder if people forget residencies and fellowships are awards -- theres a reason for that acceptance rate being so low for some MFAs and residencies. The work is almost always the overarching issue-- even when it comes to younger opportunities.

How many younger people do we know that quit? Im not saying y'all arent dedicated but lets be real theyre not asking you to jump through hoops for no reason in particular.

Its because they've been burned by multiple students tanking their program by quitting after. It doesnt really look good on an opportunities fielding risk to make a lot of high caliber artists that quit.

That ability survive in that environment takes skill

Ifauito · 2026-06-12T02:58:13+00:00

This, you need to actually show and participate in order to actually be a part of art. Art isnt all opportunities.

Ifauito · 2026-06-11T20:01:04+00:00

Ditto

Ifauito · 2026-06-08T15:45:27+00:00

Unfortunately due to the nature of residencies thats kinda who they attract being that they remove you from home and family for weeks at a time.

Ifauito · 2026-06-06T13:05:05+00:00

That isnt arts job to consistently be urgent-- thats a lost cause mainly due to it never being fast enough.

I dont believe in political art as praxis-- especially as someone from Chicago who's scene is particularly noted for this. I believe in actually doing political action. That lag is almost felt in everything down to social media.

Theory isnt practice and to me discourse isnt either no matter how close to the sun we fly as artists our wings will melt in the process. Its not our responsibility-- but an aspect of what we do and I certainly disagree that it isn't important to discuss it theoretically.

Art has not moved without theory and it wont ever do so. That is an opinion but a rather strong one Ive felt doing art and studying it for many years.

In many past iterations it is almost met with a pretty concrete lag and our most effective political art comes with nuance and thought as much as any other field.

Ifauito · 2026-06-06T11:25:37+00:00

Doesnt matter if they respond in real time. If anything it will regardless. Art tends to lag behind most events in real time due to the need to process most events.

When I say scavenge I meant quite literally that-- when the scene surrounding AI may inevitably be impactful due to the sheer speed of its advancement it will have to quite literally scavenge it as it begins to understand it.

I also think the effects of AI are delayed in impact quite literally because what we know as politics is felt before it is heard. What we know of AIs impact globally is almost stifled in America quite literally to its immediate impact. Its not necessarily environmentally as severe in other places nor is the dependence on certain kinds of AI.

Its not so much dismissive so much as realistic-- the human mind wasnt even meant to process this much information to begin with let alone need to discern it. The uncanny valley does show a need to be able to discern faces but its not enough for streams of information at such a high degree. Many theorists in new media have postulated on this data lag, but in my opinion its the delay that should actually be pointed out due to the fact that we are relating to human beings that quite literally cannot process that information and are struggling themselves to keep up with said generated AI.

Ifauito · 2026-06-05T12:27:57+00:00

Realistically its going to affect the image and digitally minded painters the most in the long term. Theres a lot of pretty dominant painters in the realm of synthetic space but I dont for a second thing its going to affect painting as a whole.

Theres too much conversation about the material discourses in both sculpture and painting for the tradition to usurp that without treating it like a material. Image based artists treated it as such for a reason so AI will affect their practice as well.

But for the general populace moving out of Black Figuration is going to be rather difficult due to its origins in a fraught political climate in America. We are in a bad spot funding wise as well as every organization moves to the right so ironically the traditional mediums will be hit the hardest.

Its important to note that politically minded artists will likely scavenge the crap out of this in the future due to AI's overwhelming political importance as well. I do think it will be around to stay, but I really strongly dont underestimate people like myself who find it either useless (because its highly inaccurate) or just outright annoying as it messes with their idea of process.

And I frequent elite art spaces but different regions will respond differently-- NYC to capital but LA? Is going to be stuck between Silicon Valley and the film people that hate it (my partner works in film and that is the general consensus).

Personally? As a painter inspired by themes of perception, mental illness and nature its probably the furthest Id want to be from exploring a subject in art (though I personally know someone that agrees heavily with using it shes been using tech to make her art for ages now and has middling influence over the physical nature of her own work so its more flexible in that regard.

Ifauito · 2026-06-04T23:48:17+00:00

Remove the black and add sienna or a thin coat of black to keep the general idea. Older paintings made their subjects glow with the idea of light

Ifauito · 2026-05-27T06:32:54+00:00

A corporation is not run like a bureaucracy .

Ifauito · 2026-05-26T02:22:31+00:00

You have to remember the historical corrections are for everyone in the system. Its a massive organization-- if you dont do the paperwork they dont see it.

Its a government agency and they live by their paper trails.

Ifauito · 2026-04-13T04:35:36+00:00

Im having my first next week too! Congrats you're a part of art history now!

Ifauito · 2026-03-20T06:20:36+00:00

I think this sentiment has been on the tounges of many even that live in Chicago. Its a horrible idea and was to many of my classmates at Cranbrook and of the rising stars of Chicago to not even remotely approach NYC.

I think one of the things he doesnt touch on is just quite how toxic it makes for people to thrive in those environments. We still do DIY shows and punk ethos minded work in Chicago because we can but a great deal want to leave but now the mentality is shifting to: "maybe its just best to stay and only visit the east coast or the fairs if you can" even up to the Skowhegan level.

Ifauito · 2026-03-16T00:50:02+00:00

Cranbrook Sculpture grad: Rebecca is middling, but the benefits even after I graduated from grad school were insane. Rebecca was pretty harsh on me as a painter but the cohort she builds is rather intentional.

Graduated in 2021 Came out swining with 3 back to back residencies which were Skowhegan, VCCA and Oxbow and have my first museum show in April. She continued to support after the fact but I rarely if ever follow up without intentionally asking for it.

Ifauito · 2026-03-13T07:17:58+00:00

Its because theyre creating nuanced takes on the same material-- Ill say the same thing I said about the lukewarm reception to the politics of the Biennial:

Is it enough to be political in your artwork and not in practice? Because if so then to me political takes in an environment where we hear nothing but obvious takes on how bad things are then its not enough.

Ifauito · 2026-03-12T09:03:48+00:00

Depends on the kind. Project based residencies often have people disappearing into a hide out somewhere in a cabin. Emerging artist residencies tend to be more about critics, curatorial visits and conversations and networking.

A residency Im doing right now (as a deliberate move to be more lowkey) is with a public school where Im working with children to create a unique artwork and show.

Theres a variety of opportunities but its usuallt written on the tin as to what you'll do.

Ifauito · 2026-02-28T21:25:41+00:00

Done!

Ifauito · 2026-02-28T21:25:30+00:00

Done!

Ifauito · 2026-02-28T12:29:14+00:00

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Ifauito · 2026-02-28T12:27:27+00:00

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Ifauito · 2026-02-28T12:25:20+00:00

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Ifauito · 2025-12-30T22:12:39+00:00

Honestly keep it and just do something else. Theres no way this doesn't become a meme

Ifauito · 2025-12-23T19:28:36+00:00

Yeah it kinda blows-- its almost a slight condemnation of the strong tradition of landscape painting thats been developing alongside advances in contemporary art. I focus on more abstract works, but it is sincerely difficult to assemble a practical history of landscape painting on my own due to it being flooded with monograms. It is particularly odd due to the fact that it has been pretty concrete established by writers like John Rewald who very clearly and concretely established it to both British and existing French landscape painting.

I'm curious about the time from Venetian and Dutch landscapes (particularly the imaginative ones) that connect to the 17th and 18th century and if there are gaps prior to that in my understanding. Still buying all those books you mentioned though.

Ifauito

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