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grants/francis-gallery: rewrite as user follow-up
The brief doesn't match the only public Francis Gallery LA call (group
Summer Exhibition, deadline already passed) — restructure the note to
flag the mismatch up front and ask which of three readings applies
(passed group call / different solo opportunity / unsolicited proposal)
instead of leading with Summer Exhibition logistics.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Francis Gallery (LA) — Painting Exhibition — Research
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> **DEADLINE:** 2026-04-30 (extended from 2026-04-02). **Today is
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> 2026-04-24, so 6 days left.**
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> **Results announced:** 2026-05-08
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> **What it is:** **Summer Exhibition** — a *group* show of paintings,
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> not a solo show. The user wrote "solo painting exhibition by May 30"
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> which doesn't match the publicly listed call; the dates also don't
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> line up (May 30 vs Apr 30). Two readings:
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> **User note:** "apply for Francis Gallery solo painting exhibition by May 30"
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> **What I found does not match.** The publicly listed Francis Gallery LA open
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> call is a **group Summer Exhibition**, not a solo show, with a deadline that
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> already closed:
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> 1. The user is referring to this Summer Exhibition group call and
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> "solo" was misremembered or they meant "submit my own paintings."
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> In that reading, **we can still apply** by Apr 30.
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> 2. There's a separate, unposted solo call (direct invite, private
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> word-of-mouth) — in which case we still need the source URL or
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> contact and the May 30 deadline is the right one for *that*.
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## Summer Exhibition specifics (if we apply)
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> - Original deadline: 2026-04-02 (extended to 2026-04-30)
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> - Results announced: 2026-05-08
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> - Two prizes: $15,000 Francis Award (abstract), $15,000 Clara Award (figurative)
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> - $30 application fee per artwork (max 2 works)
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> - Artist must be LA-area, 18+
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> - Works: original paintings, 8×10" min to 48×60" max, completed within last 3 years
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- **Eligibility:** LA-area artists, 18+
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- **Submission:** up to 2 paintings, 8×10″ to 48×60″, original work
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completed within last 3 years
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- **Application fee:** $30 per artwork ($60 if both)
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- **Two prizes:** $15,000 Francis Award (abstract), $15,000 Clara Award
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(figurative)
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- **Submit at:** https://francisgallery.com/news/summer-exhibition-application-2026
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## Possibilities
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## What JS could submit
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1. **Different opportunity:** the user may be tracking a separate solo-show
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call — maybe direct outreach to Francis Gallery, an invited proposal, or
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another gallery with "Francis" in the name. Worth confirming before
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drafting anything.
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2. **Same call, misremembered as solo:** if it's the Summer Exhibition, the
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May 30 date doesn't line up either (results were May 8); the call closed
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April 30. **This one is past deadline.**
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3. **Future-dated solo call:** Francis Gallery may have a separate solo
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exhibition call we haven't surfaced. Their site lists exhibitions but the
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public open-call page is the Summer Exhibition.
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The AC monorepo has a `paintings/` directory but it's mostly server-
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side code (paintings stored on the platform, not in repo). The actual
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work would be:
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## What you can paint with right now
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- **Recent performance paintings** (Whistlegraph series, etc.) — if
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any have been printed/exported as physical paintings within the last
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3 years.
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- **Generative-painting outputs** rendered as physical pieces — KidLisp
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$roz or other minted pieces produced as prints/canvases.
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- **Studio paintings outside AC** that JS keeps separately (these aren't
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in the repo).
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If the user *does* want to do a paint-focused submission somewhere, the AC
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universe has strong painting threads to pull on:
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JS knows their own painting inventory and which two pieces are the
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strongest fit (Francis Award = abstract, Clara Award = figurative —
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JS can decide which prize track to optimize for).
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- The Holden paper (`papers/arxiv-holden/holden.tex`) — "The Potter and the
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Prompt" is about generative painting practice.
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- *No Paint* — the open-source paint tool that hit HN front page.
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- The Whistlegraph paintings / paintings-as-source-code thread.
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- `paintings/` directory in the monorepo (browse for current series).
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## Source materials
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## Sources
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- [Open Call — Summer Exhibition (canonical)](https://francisgallery.com/news/summer-exhibition-application-2026)
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- [Open Call — Summer Exhibition](https://francisgallery.com/news/summer-exhibition-application-2026)
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- [California Arts Council listing](https://arts.ca.gov/collective/francis-gallery-236-4-open-call-for-artists-summer-exhibition-2026/)
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- [Francis Gallery homepage](https://francisgallery.com/)
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## Next steps (in order)
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## Next step (needs you)
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1. **Decide which call:** is this the Summer Exhibition (group, Apr 30,
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still open) or a separate solo invitation (need URL/source)?
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2. **If Summer Exhibition:** pick two paintings (one abstract, one
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figurative — or two of one to maximize one prize track), get high-
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resolution photos, complete the application form by Apr 30.
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3. **If different solo call:** send the URL/contact and I'll re-research
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against May 30.
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**Please confirm one of:**
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- **(a)** This is the Summer Exhibition (group call, deadline already passed) —
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**action: drop from list or contact gallery to ask if late submission is
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possible.**
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- **(b)** It's a different solo opportunity — **action: send the URL or
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context (e.g., who told you, where you saw it) and I'll re-research.**
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- **(c)** It's an unsolicited proposal you want to send the gallery directly —
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**action: I'll draft the proposal and a cover letter against your painting
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practice, and you set your own May 30 internal deadline.**