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⚜ NEWSLETTER ⚜ UPDATES!!!!! WINDOW GALLERY INTERVIEWS!! Q (John Francis) QUIÑONEZ IN CONVO WITH MEREDITH STERN Conversation between Storefront Window Gallery artist / poet (and DP Classic Resident) Q (John Francis) Quiñonez and artist Meredith Stern HERE. i won’t wait to love you is a series of Mixed Media Paintings, made alongside a series of Poems all of the same title. from Q (John-Francis) Quiñonez ~ a current resident of the Dirt Palace, Chef & Gm at Big Feeling Ice Cream, Co-Guardian of Lost Bag, Board member for Binch Press//Queer.Archive.Work, and Desert Flower living + loving in Olneyville - Center of the Whole World. You can find more info on the Artist & Their work at www.johnfrancisquinonez.com All paintings are available for purchase direct from the Artist at johnfrquinonez@gmail.com CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEW WITH Q ON OUR BLOG!!!! IRIS WRIGHT IN CONVO WITH ZOOEY KIM ARNOLD Iris Wright (xe/xem/xyr) is a transdisciplinary artist who makes books, wearable sculptures, and many objects in-between to investigate failures in communication. These failures have included misrepresentations, archival absences, censorship, mistranslations, contextual rewrites, and lost traditions. Xe grew up in northern Illinois, graduated with honors from Brown University, and now teaches book arts in addition to maintaining an art practice. With xyr artist collective abcpvd (Art Book Collective, Providence), xe organizes group art shows and events to connect people through tactile and participatory artwork. Check out xyr interview with Zooey Kim Conner on our blog!!!!! From Iris: A major theme of my work is failure in communication. As I conceptualized this installation and sewed its artworks, I thought about communicating with ancestors and what is lost in the gap between disparate times. I researched tactile traditions that are in danger of extinction when expediency is valued over care. Especially in this moment of uncertainty about the role of new, quickly advancing technologies, we are likely to lose cultural knowledge faster than we realize its value. These losses might include techniques only passed down through in-person study, willingness to seek answers without digital assistance, patience. For me, loss manifests in wanting to call my great grandmothers on the phone to ask them for quilting advice. They have already passed on, but I keep listening for advice from my ancestors. I am uncertain I interpret their messages accurately. Between their time and mine is a rift greater than physical distance. What is lost in translation? UPCOMING APPLICATION PROCESS FOR DP CLASSIC! APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR RESIDENCY WITH SEPTEMBER 1st MOVE IN DATE!!! Artist in residence openings at DP Classic!! At any given time there are five "members" or Artists in Residence at the location in Olneyville Sq that we now refer to as “Dirt Palace Classic”. Together they have built and maintained studios and shared facilities that include:  live/work artist in residence spaces, a library, a large shared kitchen, a print shop (specializing in screen print and letterpress), a music rehearsal space, a wood shop, an animation/film editing suite, and a workspace for large projects. Artist in resident opening at Dirt Palace Classic is for September 1st. Residencies are for a 1 year term with the opportunity to renew for another 2 terms. Read more about the opportunity HERE Applications due May 15th For how to Apply HERE Sometimes on a cold grey day in April, you just have to bask in magic of boobs. This book, OO by Andre Lee Bassuet opens as an accordion.   ·̩̩̥͙＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ BULLETIN BOARD ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊·̩̩̥͙ UPCOMING SHOWS AND OPPORTUNITIES!!!  CALL FOR ART | Pawtucket Riverwalk Sculpture Park The City of Pawtucket, RI invites artists to submit existing sculptures to be considered for purchase to be sited in the Riverwalk Sculpture Park along the Seekonk River. Sculptures will be temporarily located in Slater Park while the Riverwalk is under construction.  This call is limited to artists based in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Pawtucket Riverwalk Sculpture Park is envisioned as a vibrant, eclectic public art destination that celebrates creativity, culture, and community along the riverfront, integrating art, nature, and recreation into the everyday public experience. Sculptures may vary in style, scale, and material, fostering an atmosphere that is both inspiring and approachable for residents and visitors. Deadline to apply: April 16, 2026 Full details about eligibility and requirements are available here. APRIL 16th at NEWS CAFE!!! BI_ANK from PDX with support from RONG HARPY & MULCHING!! Doors 8pm!!!! $10  NOTAFLOF!!! venus in blue jeans//venus in furs/// forward to a friend Copyright © 2024 dirtpalace, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, or signed in on a visit to the Dirt Palace long ago. ≪•◦ ❈ ◦•≫