Artrepreneur x FAIRE
Finalist
Open Call Submission Contest
Theme: Compassion
“... As I arrive into a near-deserted Piazza San Marco, I remember how easy it is for my own practice to slip — how easy it is to fall back into believing ourselves unworthy of that forgiving compassion in the first place.”
Our winning open call submission for Issues 5 of FAIRE by Isolde Lehrmann
FAIRE is absolutely thrilled to have such a formidable partner in Artrepreneur, an online platform for artists, designers, collectors, and anyone who has a love for art and design.
We recently launched an ‘Open Call Contest’ to select a work of art to accompany Faire’s column “Stories of Salt and Starlight”, written by Ruth Steadman for our Issue 6 which will be published in July 2022.
We were overwhelmed by the incredible response and relished discovering so many wonderful creatives. We are thrilled to announce our finalist as selected with the help and guidance of our partners Artrepreneur, our panel of industry creatives and writer Ruth Steadman.
Our Finalist
Melissa Haupt
Melissa Haupts submitted this winning photograph, titled ‘Morning Stillness’.
Her work was chosen by our columnist Ruth Steadman with the support and vote of FAIRE editor-in-chief Ruth Ribeaucourt and our panel of creative industry leaders including Kim Klassen, Aimee Twigger and Kate Devine.
“I realise this is an obvious choice, but perhaps this is also its timeless strength. To capture Piazza San Marco entirely empty is a creative endeavour in and of itself, and I love the shared sentiment of early morning departures she captures so keenly. ”
We are honoured to publish Melissa’s photograph opposite storyteller Ruth Steadman’s column, ‘Stories of Salt & Starlight’ inside issue 6.
Melissa Haupt is an American travel and still life photographer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Whether travelling the world capturing people and their cultures or shooting evocative still-life tableaux at home, Melissa’s photography always endeavours to capture moments of grace and beauty in the world.
“Although Ruth Steadman’s column deals with questions of self-doubt and grappling with the destabilizing strangeness of familiarity, I see it as fundamentally hopeful. Because Melissa Haupt’s photography was taken at dawn, it strikes me as an apt metaphor for the birth of a new sense of self and relationship with others as we move toward a post-pandemic world. With all of the darkness in the world at the moment, we could use a little light.”
To find out more about Melissa Haupt and her work, visit her Instagram.
Every issue of FAIRE features the column, Stories of Salt and Starlight, by Northern Irish Writer, Storyteller and Psychotherapist Ruth Steadman. Her column explores the power of working with our own stories, crafting their trauma and their wonder into something that might restore and inspire.
Find out more about Ruth Steadman and her writing @byruthsteadman
We will be sharing our four honourable mentions over the next few days…
The Artrepreneur Story
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Some of the artists currently on Artrepreneur
Guitar Player by Tom Megalis
@tommegalis
Jordan Baker’s Too Much Is Never Enough @jornbaker
Rainbow Sherbet House by Lisa Levine
from Levine's Virtually No Place Like Home series. @lisalevinephoto
Blue on white by Ismini Teligioridou
@ismini_teligioridou