January 2026
Volume 08 Guest Editor
Deja Aaliyah Belardo
Photo by Benjamin Epstein
We’re excited to announce Deja Aaliyah Belardo as the guest editor for FORGOTTEN LANDS Volume 08! A curator and painter based in New York City and originally from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Belardo is currently the Associate Curator of Visual Art and Civic Programs at The Shed. Their curatorial work is grounded in supporting boundary-pushing artists, with a sustained commitment to those historically marginalized within the art historical canon.
Belardo’s professional experience includes work with institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art and Pace Gallery, as well as participation in the Museum Professionals Seminar and Arts Leadership Praxis at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Alongside serving on jury panels and contributing to public programs, they maintain an active studio practice as a painter and collaborate on independent projects with artists, galleries, and nonprofits across the Caribbean, New York, and the United States. Volume 08 will unfold under their guidance, shaping a layered conversation across art, writing, and world-building just past the horizon.
The deadline to apply is February 6, 2026.
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
Amanda Bradley
We’re thrilled to congratulate Amanda Bradley 🇧🇿, FORGOTTEN LANDS Partnerships & Programs Director, on being selected as a 2025 Art and Tech Expansion Fund recipient from the Knight Foundation. This support will launch Between Currents, a long-envisioned, open-source digital space dedicated to supporting, archiving, and inspiring Caribbean cultural production.
Rooted in Amanda’s experience as a first-generation Caribbean American, Between Currents takes the sea as both metaphor and meeting point, holding space for movement, belonging, and collective imagination. We’re excited to see this project come to life and proud to celebrate Amanda’s vision, leadership, and commitment to community-centered Caribbean futures.
FROM OUR COMMUNITY
Larkin Durey's Winter Salon Show
Winer Salon Show features FL Volume 07 artist Lavar Munroe 🇧🇸 alongside Asad Faulwell, Habib Hajallie, Massoud Hayoun, Andrew Maughan, Tiyana Mitchell, Marc Padeu, Fa Razavi, and Anders Sunna.
ECO at Black Brick Project
Curated by Diego Anaya, ECO, features FL Volume 06 artist Devin Osorio 🇩🇴 alongside Hermann Mejia, Pierre Jean-Baptiste, Quiara Torres, Quiana Parks, Fe Lugo, Héctor Serna, and Diego Espaillat.
BOUNTY at Sargent’s Daughters
Curated by Sadaf Padder at Sargent’s Daughters, BOUNTY features FL Volume 07 artist Abigail Lucien 🇭🇹 alongside Lindsay Adams, Baseera Khan, Georges Liautaud, Janvier Louis-Juste, Emmanuel Massillon, Rithika Merchant, Damien Paul, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, and Nyugen E. Smith.
On view until Feb 28
The Village People at Gotham Dispensary
The Village People curated by Alyssa Alexander at Gotham Dispensary, features FL Volume 07 artist Madjeen Isaac 🇭🇹, Joseph Cochran II, Marcus Manganni, Atomic Peace x Yvonne McCoy, Lamar Robillard, and Justin Sterling.
The Seventh AIM Biennial at The Bronx Museum
📍1040 Grand Concourse, The Bronx, NY
Presented by The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Seventh AIM Biennial: Forms of Connection is on view through June 29, 2026 and features FL Volume 07 artist Cyle Warner 🇰🇳🇹🇹 alongside 27 AIM Fellowship artists, with a series of public programs that extend artistic exchange, mutual support, and collective belonging.
The Fresh Milk Call & Response Programme
The Fresh Milk Art Platform is embarking on a region-wide research initiative catered to Caribbean-based contemporary visual artists. This program aims to reflect a sense of unity by inviting inter-generational artists living and working in Barbados and the wider linguistic region to actively participate in the information gathering phase. Fresh Milk will gather this research between 2025 and 2027.
ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES
February - March
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Residency (International) | Deadline: Feb 1 Apply >>
AM:PM Gallery Photography Exhibition Open Call (NYC, USA) | Deadline: February 5 Apply >>
CICA Museum Voices 2026 International Exhibition (International) | Deadline: February 6 Apply >>
FORGOTTEN LANDS Open Call Volume 08 (International) | Deadline: February 6 Apply >>
The Art House and The Royal Over-Seas League Residency (International, UK) | Deadline: February 7 Apply >>
DOT Art Open Call: Signature Events Art Installation (NYC) | Deadline: February 8 Apply >>
DOT Art Open Call: Mural-Based Art (NYC) | Deadline: February 8 Apply >>
Terra Foundation Convening Grants (USA) | Deadline: February 15 Apply >>
Crafting the Future: Artist Micro Grants (USA) | Deadline: February 15 Apply >>
Crafting the Future: Special Project Macro Grants (USA) | Deadline: February 15 Apply >>
The Latinx Project at NYU: La Treintena 2026 (Online) | Deadline: February 16 Apply >>
Long Meadow Art Residency (LMAR) (Massachusetts, USA) | Deadline: February 18 Apply >>
Recess Session Open Call 2026 (NYC, USA) | Deadline: February 23 Apply >>
Simon + Bader Empowerment Grant (USA) | Deadline: February 28 Apply >>
John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency (Wisconsin, USA) | Deadline: February 28 Apply >>
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art (NYC) Deadline: April 1 Apply >>