diff --git a/grants/francis-gallery-2026/RESEARCH.md b/grants/francis-gallery-2026/RESEARCH.md index a21f50fa4f..ee67a231c5 100644 --- a/grants/francis-gallery-2026/RESEARCH.md +++ b/grants/francis-gallery-2026/RESEARCH.md @@ -1,56 +1,60 @@ # Francis Gallery (LA) — Painting Exhibition — Research -> **User note:** "apply for Francis Gallery solo painting exhibition by May 30" -> **What I found does not match.** The publicly listed Francis Gallery LA open -> call is a **group Summer Exhibition**, not a solo show, with a deadline that -> already closed: +> **DEADLINE:** 2026-04-30 (extended from 2026-04-02). **Today is +> 2026-04-24, so 6 days left.** +> **Results announced:** 2026-05-08 +> **What it is:** **Summer Exhibition** — a *group* show of paintings, +> not a solo show. The user wrote "solo painting exhibition by May 30" +> which doesn't match the publicly listed call; the dates also don't +> line up (May 30 vs Apr 30). Two readings: > -> - Original deadline: 2026-04-02 (extended to 2026-04-30) -> - Results announced: 2026-05-08 -> - Two prizes: $15,000 Francis Award (abstract), $15,000 Clara Award (figurative) -> - $30 application fee per artwork (max 2 works) -> - Artist must be LA-area, 18+ -> - Works: original paintings, 8×10" min to 48×60" max, completed within last 3 years - -## Possibilities - -1. **Different opportunity:** the user may be tracking a separate solo-show - call — maybe direct outreach to Francis Gallery, an invited proposal, or - another gallery with "Francis" in the name. Worth confirming before - drafting anything. -2. **Same call, misremembered as solo:** if it's the Summer Exhibition, the - May 30 date doesn't line up either (results were May 8); the call closed - April 30. **This one is past deadline.** -3. **Future-dated solo call:** Francis Gallery may have a separate solo - exhibition call we haven't surfaced. Their site lists exhibitions but the - public open-call page is the Summer Exhibition. - -## What you can paint with right now - -If the user *does* want to do a paint-focused submission somewhere, the AC -universe has strong painting threads to pull on: - -- The Holden paper (`papers/arxiv-holden/holden.tex`) — "The Potter and the - Prompt" is about generative painting practice. -- *No Paint* — the open-source paint tool that hit HN front page. -- The Whistlegraph paintings / paintings-as-source-code thread. -- `paintings/` directory in the monorepo (browse for current series). - -## Sources - -- [Open Call — Summer Exhibition](https://francisgallery.com/news/summer-exhibition-application-2026) +> 1. The user is referring to this Summer Exhibition group call and +> "solo" was misremembered or they meant "submit my own paintings." +> In that reading, **we can still apply** by Apr 30. +> 2. There's a separate, unposted solo call (direct invite, private +> word-of-mouth) — in which case we still need the source URL or +> contact and the May 30 deadline is the right one for *that*. + +## Summer Exhibition specifics (if we apply) + +- **Eligibility:** LA-area artists, 18+ +- **Submission:** up to 2 paintings, 8×10″ to 48×60″, original work + completed within last 3 years +- **Application fee:** $30 per artwork ($60 if both) +- **Two prizes:** $15,000 Francis Award (abstract), $15,000 Clara Award + (figurative) +- **Submit at:** https://francisgallery.com/news/summer-exhibition-application-2026 + +## What JS could submit + +The AC monorepo has a `paintings/` directory but it's mostly server- +side code (paintings stored on the platform, not in repo). The actual +work would be: + +- **Recent performance paintings** (Whistlegraph series, etc.) — if + any have been printed/exported as physical paintings within the last + 3 years. +- **Generative-painting outputs** rendered as physical pieces — KidLisp + $roz or other minted pieces produced as prints/canvases. +- **Studio paintings outside AC** that JS keeps separately (these aren't + in the repo). + +JS knows their own painting inventory and which two pieces are the +strongest fit (Francis Award = abstract, Clara Award = figurative — +JS can decide which prize track to optimize for). + +## Source materials + +- [Open Call — Summer Exhibition (canonical)](https://francisgallery.com/news/summer-exhibition-application-2026) - [California Arts Council listing](https://arts.ca.gov/collective/francis-gallery-236-4-open-call-for-artists-summer-exhibition-2026/) - [Francis Gallery homepage](https://francisgallery.com/) -## Next step (needs you) +## Next steps (in order) -**Please confirm one of:** - -- **(a)** This is the Summer Exhibition (group call, deadline already passed) — - **action: drop from list or contact gallery to ask if late submission is - possible.** -- **(b)** It's a different solo opportunity — **action: send the URL or - context (e.g., who told you, where you saw it) and I'll re-research.** -- **(c)** It's an unsolicited proposal you want to send the gallery directly — - **action: I'll draft the proposal and a cover letter against your painting - practice, and you set your own May 30 internal deadline.** +1. **Decide which call:** is this the Summer Exhibition (group, Apr 30, + still open) or a separate solo invitation (need URL/source)? +2. **If Summer Exhibition:** pick two paintings (one abstract, one + figurative — or two of one to maximize one prize track), get high- + resolution photos, complete the application form by Apr 30. +3. **If different solo call:** send the URL/contact and I'll re-research + against May 30. diff --git a/reports/2026-04-24-mail-bootstrap-on-mac.md b/reports/2026-04-24-mail-bootstrap-on-mac.md index 44040a3f4f..d14501977a 100644 --- a/reports/2026-04-24-mail-bootstrap-on-mac.md +++ b/reports/2026-04-24-mail-bootstrap-on-mac.md @@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ gotchas: that's also where the Slab menubar's `mu` query expects to find them (`maildir:/ac-mail/INBOX OR maildir:/jas-mail/INBOX`). +4. **`tls_trust_file` Linux path in `.msmtprc`.** Vault config has + `tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt` (Debian/Fedora + layout). On macOS this file doesn't exist; msmtp errors with: + + ``` + msmtp: cannot set X509 trust file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt + for TLS session: Error while reading file. + ``` + + **Fix:** rewrite to `/etc/ssl/cert.pem` (macOS system bundle; also + available at `/opt/homebrew/etc/ca-certificates/cert.pem`). Patched + in vault source on 2026-04-24 so fresh decrypts won't hit it again. + **One-shot bootstrap that handles all three:** ```bash