Open Arms: March/April
Selected happenings, who’s doing the thing, and where to find it.
This is our version of an “Editor’s Picks” list. Because Art Forearm is born from ongoing relationships with creative people and organizations, listings in Open Arms may possibly—and probably will—include projects by AF contributors, collaborators, and members of our extended community. We believe that supporting one another’s work is part of sustaining a healthy cultural ecosystem.
If you have an exhibition, project, publication, or opportunity you’d like us to know about and share with our readers, send submissions for future installments to artforearm@gmail.com with the subject OPEN ARMS.
Exhibitions
In Her Place at the Frist Museum in Nashville, TN—a robust exhibition highlighting the prominent position and community-building of women artists in Music City. Through April 26, 2026.
Land Arts of the American West 2025 at the Museum of Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX—this exhibition culminates a months-long transdisciplinary field program, presenting works by some of the AF current issue’s contributors and featuring a one-of-a-kind Art Forearm wall sculpture to commemorate the birth of this publication. Through April 19, 2026.
Monuments co-organized and co-presented by MOCA and The Brick in Los Angeles, CA—a groundbreaking and celebrated exhibition featuring a selection of decommissioned monuments with contemporary artworks borrowed and newly commissioned. Through May 3, 2026.
Whitney Biennial 2026 at the Whitney in NYC, NY—mixed reviews are pouring in and weary eyes make attempts to focus on the recent opening of the longest-running survey of contemporary art in the United States. 👀 Through August.
Projects
Dissonant Works in St. Louis, MO—a volunteer-run nonprofit arts organization in south city dedicated to cultivating a vibrant, experiential space where artists and musicians stretch the boundaries of creativity and share their work in an intimate setting.
Jarvis Square Pottery in Chicago, IL—a lovely and intimate space on the far north side where positive creative energies of many kinds intermingle and live musicians play on the regular.
Rock n Roll Video Show by the Ex-Bombers—a 90s-style public access video/variety show curated and hosted by a bluesy, psychedelic garage rock duo with cabaret style.
You can find it:
in Portland, OR on Open Signal
Channel 22: Saturday, 03-14-2026 at 8:00 pm
Channel 22: Monday, 03-16-2026 at 8:30 pm
Channel 23: Friday, 03-20-2026 at 7:30 pm
in Dartmouth, MA on DCTV Channel 95: Fridays and Saturdays at 5:00 pm
in Altoona, PA on Channel 14: Fridays at 12:00 pm
in Charleston, IL on WEIU: 4th Saturday of the month at 9:00 pm
It’s also shown in the following locations at irregular times so check your local access station:
Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Dayton, OH; San Francisco, CA; Urbana, IL; Springfield, IL; Chapel Hill/Durham, NC; Williamsburg, VA; St. Charles, MO; Bourne, MA; Murfreesboro, TN; New Haven, CT; Ocean Shores, WA; Petaluma, CA; Boothbay Harbor, ME; Kokomo, IN; Easthampton, MA; Mountain View, CA; Oradell, NJ; Ipswich, MA; Springfield, VT; Plymouth, NH; Westwood, MA; Nashua, NH; Norfolk, MA; Brookline, MA; Trempealeau, WI; Concord, MA; Salem, MA; and Fargo, ND.
Publications
Ancestor Bulletin by Jana Harper—a limited-edition publication of Ancestor Bulletin 1-39, a project documenting the artist’s research and creative practice about and with the Mackinac (Island) Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians, is available in a black and white limited edition book and a risographed special edition. To inquire about purchasing the book and/or to receive an occasional (free) bulletin in the mail, send your name and address to ancestorbulletin@gmail.com.
Dog Custody by Miles Matis-Uzzo—In the pages of their debut chapbook published by Bottlecap Press, Matis-Uzzo says, “my dog is also a wolf: submissive and unruly, obedient and howling.” Each poem taps into a feral frequency that goes for the jugular, channeling the raw emotional experiences that inhabit intimacy, love, and loss.
The Road Southwest Contemporary’s Spring-Summer Issue drops on March 20. Preorder using the coupon code SWCROAD15 to get 15% off your preorder or become a member to receive all future print issues.
Wednesday, The Second Coming—a lavishly illustrated biennial compendium of hitherto unpublished musings, spirited exchanges, provocative declarations, and carefully vetted accounts pertaining to the current milieu leavened with a modicum of fun for the welcome restoration of cheerful nonconformists and free-thinking aficionados enamored of Dark Culture.
Opportunities
The 2027 Creative Capital Open Call —awards individual artists in the visual arts, performing arts, film, and literature unrestricted project grants of up to $50,000 to create new work. Deadline Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 3PM ET.
Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR)—the first residency in the United States exclusively for artists identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, intersex, two-spirit or queer. Deadline 11:59PM on April 1, 2026.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art—awards $10,000 to early career artists to produce major works of performance art in New York City. Deadline April 1, 2026.
The Studios at MASS MoCA—awards residencies between 2-4 weeks to visual artists and writers in all disciplines. Deadline May 1, 2026.
Do you have an exhibition, project, publication, or opportunity you’d like us to know about and share with our readers?
Send submissions for future installments to artforearm@gmail.com with the subject OPEN ARMS.
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