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Book//Zine, Burnaway’s annual art book and zine fair, is returning to Goat Farm (@thegoatfarm ) on Saturday, October 24th, 2026. Calling all independent publishers, small presses, makers, and book artists—exhibitor applications for Book//Zine 002 are open through Monday, June 8th at 11:59PM EST. Information about B//Z002 and the exhibitor application can be found at the link in bio.

Excerpts from the “MYTH” Editor’s Letter by Courtney McClellan (@courtneylmcclellan ), Burnaway’s Editor and Artistic Director. The full letter can be found in “MYTH”, our new print reader, available on our shop. For those in Atlanta, join us tonight from 6:30-8:30PM at Oakland Cemetery for our Atlanta reader release party. RSVP at the link in bio.

Applications are open for our 2026 Art Writing Incubator (AWrI) through May 15, 2026 at 11:59PM EST. 📄 Open to current and aspiring critics, curators, writers, and artists, this virtual program provides creative development, writing experience, career training and one-on-one mentorship over the course of five weeks. The 2026 AWrI will be held virtually. Applications are open to anyone over the age of 18 with a connection to our coverage area - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and the Caribbean. The Art Writing Incubator intends to foster new writers and champion under-represented voices. The theme this year is ‘Crucial Inquiries, Critical Investigations’. The 2026 Incubator will explore research methods and processes art writers undertake in their work. Whether through personal interrogation, journalistic exploration, or academic study, the incubator will consider how and why areas of interest develop in writing practices. Program dates are June 20-July 25 on Saturdays excluding July 4. Speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. Follow the link in bio to apply and for more information. 🔍

In this MYTH exclusive piece, EC Flamming (@ecflamming ) discusses the siren nature of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and paradox that lies in their role as America’s Sweethearts. “It’s as if their exhaustion is in itself a virtue, as if to be a modern woman is to be both teary-eyed, on the brink of a breakdown, and yet still beautiful and, most importantly, able to perform. It’s a post-girlboss existence, not-yet-liberation, in which rights—particularly labor rights—are given to women only in exceptional, highly publicized circumstances, and even then the narratives are quickly bent to further bolster the image of those in power.” Click the link in our bio to purchase our 2026 reader, “MYTH” and read the full piece by EC Flamming. __ 1-3. Stills from “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders”.

Francess Archer Dunbar (@saintfrancess ) reviews explorations of distortion in Fharid LaTorre and Jamieson Pearl's artworks in QUEUE Gallery's (@queue_gallery ) "Evidence of Evolution" exhibition, Miami.⁠ ⁠ "This show’s dueling explorations of distortion connect Miami and Los Angeles, two cities known for plastic surgery and online influencer culture.⁠ ⁠ Both bodies of work gesture at transformation as a modern state of being."⁠ ⁠ Click the link in our profile to read the full review.⁠ _⁠ 1. Jamieson Pearl (@jamiesonpearl ), "Acquitted (sarahfuckingsnyder)", 2025; oil on linen, 18 x 18 inches. Courtesy QUEUE Gallery. 2. Fharid LaTorre (@fharidlatorre ), "pissing imitator insults refuse tricky capture animal reinstating capture bonds", 2024; hand-carved petrified wood, wax, oak, silver, 10 x 6 x 22 inches. Courtesy QUEUE Gallery. 3. Installation view of "Evidence of Evolution", QUEUE Gallery, Miami, 2026. Courtesy QUEUE Gallery.

Applications are open for our 2026 Art Writing Incubator (AWrI) through May 15, 2026 at 11:59PM EST. Open to current and aspiring critics, curators, writers, and artists, this virtual program provides creative development, writing experience, career training and one-on-one mentorship over the course of five weeks. The 2026 AWrI will be held virtually. Applications are open to anyone over the age of 18 with a connection to our coverage area - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and the Caribbean. The Art Writing Incubator intends to foster new writers and champion under-represented voices. The theme this year is ‘Crucial Inquiries, Critical Investigations’. The 2026 Incubator will explore research methods and processes art writers undertake in their work. Whether through personal interrogation, journalistic exploration, or academic study, the incubator will consider how and why areas of interest develop in writing practices. Program dates are June 20-July 25 on Saturdays excluding July 4. Follow the link in bio to apply and for more information!

Join us at the Plaza Theatre (@plazaatlanta ) for a screening of “Junebug”, a tale of outsider art, art dealers, family, and understanding. 📆 Tuesday, June 2nd at 7:30PM. Click the link in our profile to learn more about this event and get tickets. __ About “Junebug”: On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine’s affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George’s wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George’s character.

For Burnaway’s SCHOOLHOUSE theme feature, Jackson Markovic (@jacksonmarkovic ) examines cultural difference and depictions of archetypal Southern art in the 2005 film “Junebug”. “In the film, Johnsten’s brief immersion into Winston-Salem through her new husband’s family commands most of the plot as the dealer of “visionary art” visits the American South for the first time. The paintings as props are also subject to their own complexity, created by artist Ann Wood under the direction of Morrison. Cultural differences are unveiled and challenged through narrative, yet the differences incite reverence and fascination.” Click the link in our profile to the read more. We will also be hosting a screening of the film at the Plaza Theatre (@plazaatlanta ) on June 2 at 7:30PM. Event details can also be found through the link in our profile! — 1. David Wark’s front yard in Junebug, dir. Phil Morrison, 2005. Image courtesy of Filmgrab, © Epoch Films (@epoch_films ). 2. Madeleine Johnsten visiting David Wark’s home in Junebug, dir. Phil Morrison, 2005. Image courtesy of Filmgrab, © Epoch Films.

We’re excited to announce that curator Michelle Millar Fisher will be our third and final 2026 Art Writing Incubator speaker on Saturday, July 25!⁠ ⁠ Just a reminder that AWrI applications are due THIS Friday, May 15; application and information can be found at the link in bio!⁠ —⁠ Photo by Grace Roselli for Pandora's BoxX Project and courtesy of Michelle Millar Fisher. ⁠ —⁠ Dr. Michelle Millar Fisher is the Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Previously, she worked at The Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Guggenheim Museum. Her work focuses on the intersections of people, power, and the material world. At the MFA, she is working on “Craft Schools: Where We Make What We Inherit” which took her on a train journey across all 48 contiguous US states. She collaborates with an independent team on a project called “Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births.” She holds an MA and an M.Phil in Art History from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and received an M.Phil and PhD from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY). She publishes widely on art, design, and architecture.

Amber Hickey reviews the joyful resistance in “Paradise”, a group exhibition highlighting queer Southern art at Stove Works (@stove_works ), Chattanooga. “The works in ‘Paradise’ create space for queer Southerners to build solidarity, connection, and perhaps seeds of the futures Muñoz imagines. Through its insistence on ‘feeling’ despite the pressure to numb under facism, ‘Paradise’ reminds viewers that their senses—and love—are powerful tools of resistance.” Read more from the review at the link in bio. “Paradise” is on view at Stove Works in Chattanooga, Tennessee until June 6th, 2026. — 1. Installation view of Paradise at Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN. Image courtesy of Stove Works. 2. Nicholas V. Elbakidze (@nicholas_elbakidze ), “Meissenettes”, 2026, cast silicone and Red Gatorade, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of Stove Works. 3. Angie Jenning, “Bloodroot”, 2023, acrylic, latex, oil, earth material, picture frame, inkjet print on canvas 60 x 60. Image courtesy of Stove Works.

Amina Daugherty (@cryingbartsimpson ) covers Columbus-based, Miami-born Akeylah Wellington (@aiwellington )’s explorations of childhood memories, belonging, and “femme-ing” of politics in her woven artworks. “Wellington, much like the shotgun house, has lived a life defined by adaptation and movement. In an economy where her generation is priced out of even the most basic shelter, the shotgun house becomes a symbol of the grounding that remains just out of reach. By weaving this house, Wellington is engaging in a radical act of ownership. If the system won’t let her buy a home, she will build one out of the only things she has been allowed to keep: her culture, her labor, and the plastic beads that once clacked in her hair. It is a whimsical, fun, girly-pop protest that finally fills the gap, proving that home isn’t just where one settles—it’s what is carried.” Read more from the feature at the link in bio! — 1. Installation view of “my new build!“, SHED Projects (@shedprojects_ ), Cleveland, OH, 2026. Photo courtesy of the artist and SHED Projects. 2. Installation view of “Baby Book”, SHED Projects, Cleveland, OH, 2026. Photograph courtesy of the artist and SHED Projects. 3. Portrait of akeylah wellington. Photograph by Marcus Morris, courtesy of the artist.

Applications are open for our 2026 Art Writing Incubator (AWrI) through May 15, 2026 at 11:59PM EST! Open to current and aspiring critics, curators, writers, and artists, this virtual program provides creative development, writing experience, career training and one-on-one mentorship over the course of five weeks. The 2026 AWrI will be held virtually. Applications are open to anyone over the age of 18 with a connection to our coverage area - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and the Caribbean. The Art Writing Incubator intends to foster new writers and champion under-represented voices. The theme this year is ‘Crucial Inquiries, Critical Investigations’. The 2026 Incubator will explore research methods and processes art writers undertake in their work. Whether through personal interrogation, journalistic exploration, or academic study, the incubator will consider how and why areas of interest develop in writing practices. Program dates are June 20-July 25 on Saturdays excluding July 4. Follow the link in bio to apply and for more information!