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ENTRIES ARE CLOSED.
Thank you so much for all of the interest in this project! Out North received over 50 submissions, each with powerful reflections on mental health. We will notify each applicant about selected projects by October 31. While you're waiting to hear back, check out the podcast!
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Out North is seeking ten artists/makers/creators of any medium to respond to one of ten different mental-health-related topics through an independent or group project. Selected projects will each receive a $500 honorarium.
After submission, we will contact you to schedule a short virtual conversation about your proposal. Please let us know if you require an interpreter or other accessibility accommodations.
Selected works will be exhibited in Anchorage in Winter 2022 and potentially travel to other locations. Digital versions will be displayed on the Mental Health Mosaics website alongside podcast episodes and be used to prompt deeper conversations around mental health.
ELIGIBILITY
Have a question or need assistance with the application process? Reach out to contact@outnorth.org or Anne Hillman at anne@outnorth.org.
*We will not tolerate artworks or statements that perpetuate hatred of any kind.*
Out North is seeking ten artists/makers/creators of any medium to respond to one of ten different mental-health-related topics through an independent or group project. Selected projects will each receive a $500 honorarium.
After submission, we will contact you to schedule a short virtual conversation about your proposal. Please let us know if you require an interpreter or other accessibility accommodations.
Selected works will be exhibited in Anchorage in Winter 2022 and potentially travel to other locations. Digital versions will be displayed on the Mental Health Mosaics website alongside podcast episodes and be used to prompt deeper conversations around mental health.
ELIGIBILITY
- Submissions must be original and responsive to one of the ten topics developed by the Mosaic’s Advisory Board (below)
- All artistic mediums are eligible for consideration including poetry, visual art, performance, and music.
- Multiple entries are permitted.
- Pieces may be created by individuals or as a group.
- Both proposals AND completed works are eligible. If selected, proposed works will need to be completed by December 31, 2021.
- Visual art must be physically available to Out North for exhibition purposes through May 2022.
- Applicants should be currently based in Alaska or demonstrate strong ties to Alaska
Have a question or need assistance with the application process? Reach out to contact@outnorth.org or Anne Hillman at anne@outnorth.org.
*We will not tolerate artworks or statements that perpetuate hatred of any kind.*
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The Topics
These topics were chosen by the Mental Health Mosaics Advisory Board. To see what podcasts around these issues will include, check out the descriptions here.
1) Breaking the Silence around mental health and helping people in crisis.
2) Understanding being diagnosed with a mental health condition
3) Identity and mental wellness
4) Exploring mental health from a youth perspective
5) Balancing family relationships when someone has a mental health concern
6) The effects of colonization and white supremacist culture on mental health treatment
7) Preventing and healing from suicide
8) Alaska Native Traditional Healing
9) Houselessness and mental health
10) The evolution of crisis response systems
1) Breaking the Silence around mental health and helping people in crisis.
2) Understanding being diagnosed with a mental health condition
3) Identity and mental wellness
4) Exploring mental health from a youth perspective
5) Balancing family relationships when someone has a mental health concern
6) The effects of colonization and white supremacist culture on mental health treatment
7) Preventing and healing from suicide
8) Alaska Native Traditional Healing
9) Houselessness and mental health
10) The evolution of crisis response systems
To apply, please complete this online application.