Welcome to TRINE Issue 011!
Congratulations! You’ve almost made it through the 3698 days of January and are hopefully bringing the intentions you set at the beginning of 2022 into the month of February.
Tuesday 1st February sees us enter a New Lunar Year, the year of the Water Tiger. While 2020’s year of the Rat had us focusing on survival and 2021’s year of the Ox was about adjusting to a new reality, you’ll be relieved to know that 2022 will be the year when things change for the better. The year of the Tiger will see themes of big changes, risk taking and adventure flow through our lives. Enabling us to find the enthusiasm and joy that we have been sorely missing over the last two years.
Water Tigers are very family orientated and are gifted at building and nourishing personal relationships. They are also very driven and enjoy forging their own path in the world, ensuring that they set strong personal boundaries between their work and private life. In short this will be a year for moving towards your dreams, embracing freedom, nurturing bonds and creating magic.
Sending you love, light and abundance,
Shasti
Curator, Activist and Changemaker.
Please find the Build and Plan sections of the TRINE newsletter below. As always the guided meditation for our Rest section is found at the top of this page. Take what works for you and leave what doesn’t. If you find success with any of the opportunities featured or find any of TRINE’s tools useful do reach out and let us know. You can also find us on instagram here.
~Build~
Expand your network and invite new opportunities into your life. Opportunities arranged in deadline order starting with the soonest. Click on the underlined title text for application details.
Open calls, Grants, Residencies and Fellowships.
Magnum Foundation - Counter Histories Open Call
Counter Histories is an initiative supporting projects that creatively reframe the past to engage with questions of the present and future. Magnum Foundation is calling for proposals from photographers and artists working with photography who would like to expand and complete a project and be an active member of a creative community fostering interdisciplinary exploration and collaboration.
Grant: $10,000
Deadline: Tuesday 1st February 2022
Glasgow City Heritage Trust Open Call
Glasgow City Heritage Trust is inviting expressions of interest to create a contemporary illustration interpreting and bringing to the present day Thomas Sulman’s Bird’s Eye View of Glasgow, 1864.
The artwork will be used by Glasgow City Heritage Trust for interpretation and exploration of changes to Glasgow’s historic built environment as well as promotion, outreach activities and marketing, as part of its successful Gallus Glasgow project.
Budget: £1,770.00 to cover artist fees and materials (Drone imagery will be contracted and funded separately).
Deadline: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Anti-Apartheid, Now – Creative Commissions Open Call
Anti- Apartheid, Now is a Liliesleaf Trust UK led project that draws on the legacy of the UK’s movement against apartheid. Creative commissions will enable Black, Global Majority and intersectional artists and communities to explore and respond to lived experience of race-based injustice, and imagine new futures. For the first commission the Trust invites proposals from Global Majority/intersectional artists for a commemorative artwork to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of 28 Penton Street by South African Apartheid-regime operatives in March 1982.
Budget: £2,500 including artist fees + potential further £300 for production.
Deadline: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Sharjah Art Foundation Production Programme
Sharjah Art Foundation Production Programme broadens the possibilities for the production of art in the MENASA region by supporting innovation and excellence in artistic practice through the encouragement of experimentation and risk-taking. Art practitioners are invited to propose imaginative, ambitious and inspirational projects that will transform our understanding of art and how it can be experienced. The Foundation is looking for work that is related in some way to the MENASA region.
Funding: A total of $200,000 (US) is available in this application cycle.
Deadline: Thursday 10th February 2022
Maidstone Borough Council Public Art Commission
Maidstone Borough Council and BBS Construction would like to invite artists to develop public art for the new café building within Mote Park, a much-needed community regeneration project. The artwork is to last a minimum duration of 10 years. Artists are free to work in any medium and to interpret the history of Mote Park theme in any way they wish. Artists are encouraged to explore new technologies and creative ideas for the design and development of the public art, but the final work must be permanent, accessible to all ages of the public and conceived with a clear understanding of the location and footfall the area will experience.
Budget: £15,000 including artist fees.
Deadline: Friday 11th February 2022
Labrador Current Foodways Open Call
Fogo Island Arts is inviting applications for a new residency exploring the interconnectedness of food with our histories, ecologies, economies, politics, and social worlds. This residency will provide an opportunity for an artist, curator, writer, farmer, chef, food historian, forager, eater, or researcher to live and work on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada for a period of up to three months.
Costs covered: Research stipend of 2,000 CAD per month, accommodation, use of a domestic kitchen and limited commercial kitchen supplies, a vehicle on Fogo Island. All travel expenses will be covered.
Deadline: Sunday 13th February 2022
A unique opportunity for a group of England-based performance makers to embark upon a remarkable journey to internationalise their creative practice through an 18-month programme of events and residencies taking place across the world. The project will involve 12 artists or companies becoming Another Route fellows and embarking on an 18-month programme.
Grants: £3,500 seed commission + additional participation fees and honorariums.
Deadline: Monday 14th February 2022
Right Now! Production Grants are opportunities for artists to produce a publication that is reflective of current events and can be generated and disseminated quickly. Women’s Studio Workshop seeks projects of broad scope, from zines and chapbooks to button sets, poster prints, and other imaginative ephemera. Means of production may include silkscreen, letterpress, photocopy, risograph, other types of digital printing, and more. Artists can work remotely and/or in residency with WSW staff. All physical production including ordering of supplies, printing, binding, etc. will be completed by the WSW studio staff with the artist’s creative direction.
Stipend: $250 per week for each week of production, all production costs to be covered by Women’s Studio Workshop.
Deadline: Tuesday 15th February 2022
The Arts Council England Let’s Create Jubilee Fund will support voluntary and community groups to develop creative and cultural activities as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022. The Fund has been created by Art's Council England with funds from the National Lottery. The Fund is open to voluntary and community organisations with charitable aims which do not have to be based solely around arts and culture. This could include youth groups, parent/carer groups and volunteer organisations.
Grants: Between £3,000 - £10,000
Deadline: Monday 28th February 2022
Henry Moore Institute Artist Research Fellowship
The Henry Moore Institute is a world-recognised centre for the study of sculpture. Artist Research Fellowships are intended for artists to develop their practice through research, using the Institute’s resources. The Fellowships will support a range of visual arts practices and outcomes generated through research into sculpture and its histories. Please note that the fellowship is for research only and the Institute is unable to offer studio facilities.
Costs covered: Fellowships include accommodation, travel and subsistence expenses.
Deadline: Monday 14 March 2022
~Plan ~
Tune in to the movements of the universe and use them to support your decision making and forward planning. There is no bad astrology, nor can it be used to predict the future. Astrology is best used as a tool to help you navigate the different areas of your life.
February’s Key Astrological Transits
Tuesday 1st February ~ New Moon (Aquarius at 12 degrees)
This New Moon in Aquarius requires us to give ourselves space to review our start to 2022. Allowing us to manifest the solutions and innovations we need to put in place for the remainder of the year. Learning, communicating and understanding is key with this moon as it is only by zeroing in on the root of the problem that we can innovate and disrupt in a way that finds solutions. When the moon is in Aquarius there is a tendency to overlook your personal feelings to achieve a system that works for everyone. Remember that your emotional intelligence and lived experience is worth just as much as cold hard intellect.
Thursday 3rd February ~ Mercury stations direct (Capricorn at 24 degrees)
Although Mercury retrograde officially ends today much like when you wake up with a killer hangover, it takes a while for the planet to feel like its usual self again. This shadow period of any retrograde (two weeks pre-retrograde and two weeks post) is when the planet is at its most mischievous so don’t rush to launch, sign or purchase anything significant during this time. Mercury will return to full strength on Thursday 17th February.
Friday 4th February ~ Mars sextile Jupiter (Capricorn and Pisces at 8 degrees)
An exalted Mars in Capricorn sextile with a Piscean Jupiter is a magical piece of astrology. The waters of Jupiter’s abundance feeds the sea goat’s ability to initiate disciplined action that accomplishes great feats. Any actions taken on this day will lead to growth and profits. However, as Mercury only turned direct yesterday it is best to wait a few days to formalise any project or partnership.
Tuesday 8th February ~ Mars trine Uranus (Capricorn and Taurus at 11 degrees)
Intuition and practicality will merge, leading to an exciting and unexpected breakthrough in whatever house of your birth chart is ruled by Capricorn and Taurus. Some surprise news may come your way that you would do well to take advantage of.
Friday 11th February ~ Mercury conjunct Pluto (Capricorn at 27 degrees)
The conjunction of Pluto, planet of hidden resources and the underworld, with Mercury will bring a truth to light regarding someone’s past actions or decisions.
Monday 14th February ~ Mercury enters Aquarius
Mercury in Aquarius is logical and through. We will now have the insight to articulate well developed ideas with confidence. As Aquarius is a sign that revels in innovating systems and surveying the big picture, communication strategies that focus on benefiting humanity at large will do well.
Wednesday 16th February ~ Full Moon (Leo at 28 degrees)
Full moons ask us to focus on the the person, place or thing that is right in front of us and brings with them a culmination of sorts. Leo’s natural generosity makes this lunation a beautiful one that will bring some much needed positivity within the five days preceding or following it. When the Moon is it Leo it requires us to seek our own approval and not only rely on the approval of others. As the Moon rules the body we are asked to give attention, applause and appreciate for role it plays in allowing us to express ourselves creatively. The additional influence of Jupiter and Uranus will ensure good news flows to you.
Thursday 17th February ~ Jupiter sextile Uranus (Pisces and Taurus at 11 degrees)
This uplifting aspect will not happen again until 2026. The breakthrough you have been hoping for will likely occur at some point during the months to follow. This is a gift from the universe asking you to keep optimistic, you are on the right path and soon it will be your time to shine.
Friday 18th February ~ Sun enters Pisces
Pisces season brings with it a desire to move in every direction, gathering influences from as many sources as possible. Natural healers, artists and poets Piscean’s effortlessly leave an impression on all that they encounter. Dreamy, kind and compassionate Pisces season brings with it a need for rest and deep reflection to balance everything it puts out into the world. During Pisces season we will benefit from learning more about our personal boundaries and understanding that healing others is not our responsibility.
Thursday 24th February ~ Mercury square Uranus (Aquarius and Taurus at 11 degrees)
The volatile energy Uranus brings to Mercury makes this an unfavourable day to sign a contract. Any travel would also be best delayed by a day or two.
~Rest~
Nurture the needs of your mind, body and soul so that your personal wellness is placed at the centre of your actions.
Inspired by the 2022’s year of the Water Tiger, February’s meditation focuses on inviting joy into your life.
Background music: Chants for Happiness by Deep Buddhist Meditation Music Set.
TRINE’s guided meditations series is also available via our Soundcloud page.
