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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NEWS UC Davis study links traditional arts to health The link between traditional artistic practices and mental and physical health is explored in “Weaving Traditional Arts Into the Fabric of Community Health,” a study [PDF] by the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities. The report was commissioned by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, a nonprofit in Fresno that provides support for folk and traditional artists, the majority of whom are immigrants and Native Americans. In these often-overlooked minority communities, the arts tend to be passed down from one generation to another as collective wisdom, rather than as a personal statement. “Part of what makes a healthy community is having a vibrant cultural life,” said Amy Kitchener, executive director of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. Read full article here: http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/uc-davis-study-links-traditional-arts-health-14477 Remembering the Chicano arts collectives of Highland Park They were bold enough to call it a revolution. Back in the 1970s, when Chicano art was synonymous with East Los Angeles, its storied murals and its art center, Self-Help Graphics, a group of Mexican American artists decided to break away. They headed north, seven miles, to start their own Chicano arts collective in Highland Park, an area that was still mostly white with little presence of Latino art. "Our mission was to transform Highland Park into a super-revolutionary Chicano town," said artist Richard Duardo. "I drank the Kool-Aid. We all drank the Kool-Aid." For about four years, the group set up an arts colony on the second floor of an old music building on North Figueroa Street. They printed an art magazine, created murals, paintings and silk-screen posters that became a part of the Chicano art movement — iconic political, social and cultural images. Their legacy lives on in Highland Park's Avenue 50 Studio, a Chicano art gallery co-founded by Roberto Delgado, an artist involved with the movement. Read full article here: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/14/local/la-me-highland-park-art-20120114 The arts funding war the left will always lose The right has defined the issue. The entire conversation needs to change if public arts aid is to be saved. Mitt Romney said last week he’ll kick funding for the arts and public broadcasting to the curb if he gets to be president. “We’re not going to kill Big Bird, but Big Bird is going to have advertisements,” Romney said, while speaking at Homer’s Deli in Clinton, Iowa. Like virtually every other conservative candidate, Romney has had it — had it! — with government expenditures like public broadcasting, and he wants to save taxpayers money by cutting federal funding to programs like PBS and the National Endowment for the Arts. There are many good arguments – aesthetic to social to economic – for using public money to fund the arts. There are also arguments – philosophical and practical – for not using public money this way. Read full article here: http://www.salon.com/2012/01/11/the_arts_funding_war_the_left_will_always_lose/ Pulling Out All the Stops on Arts Funding Performing arts organizations face a general funding crisis. Opera Boston closed its doors this January after a number of successful seasons because one donor (who singlehandedly gave more than 15 percent of its budget by himself) pulled out. That's a sign of the times. Ballet San Jose, which SFCV has recently reported on, also has relied too heavily on one donor to balance its budget. And while we tend to wag our collective finger at organizations that get into the news for funding problems, the reality is that all development and press officers I talk to around the Bay Area acknowledge the squeeze of rising costs offset by too few major donors and an inability to raise ticket prices further without freezing out the audience. This is the particular worry of midsize organizations that don’t have the fund-raising cachet of the San Francisco Symphony or the Metropolitan Opera, yet it is on everybody’s radar screen. In general, arts organizations have done all they can to reduce costs. They’ve reached out to audiences, luring them with promotions, free stuff, and advertising they can barely afford. So let’s talk about the elephant in the room: government funding for the arts. If we want to truthfully tell our donors that we’ve done everything in our power to raise money, we can’t ignore the government. But that’s history. The current private-debt crisis has hit arts organizations where they live. The aging of the audience (at least in many classical venues) has become more marked as major donors become scarcer and begin to suffer “fatigue.” We owe it to those donors who have gotten us this far to knock on government doors the way we knocked on theirs. And we owe it to the next generation to ensure that art doesn’t become truly elitist. Read full article here: http://www.sfcv.org/article/pulling-out-all-the-stops-on-arts-funding The San Francisco Fine Art Fair Returns for Third Year May 17 - 20 at Fort Mason Center SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jan 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Like a championship yacht returning home, the San Francisco Fine Art Fair ( www.sffineartfair.com ) sails back for its third year to berth at Fort Mason Center, May 17 - 20, with a crew of more than 70 international galleries and an extended run. This year, the Fair will open a day early and feature a special preview reception on Wednesday, May 16, 6pm 'til 7:30pm, to benefit San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ( www.ybca.org ). Last year's Fair shattered records with more than 16,000 in attendance and millions in sales. Read full article here: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-san-francisco-fine-art-fair-returns-for-third-year-may-17-20-at-fort-mason-center-wwwsffineartfaircom-2012-01-11 Castro to get AIDS quilt display An emotionally wrenching show timed to Valentine's Day is headed to the city's Castro district as community leaders plan to display the largest collection of AIDS quilt panels San Francisco has seen in decades. Castro merchants and AIDS advocates are in talks with the family that owns the Market and Noe Center near the heart of the LGBT neighborhood to put on public view 40 sections of the hand-stitched memorial to loved ones lost to the AIDS epidemic. Roughly 320 individual panels from the AIDS quilt that are stored locally would be showcased at the vacant shopping center. Organizers said it would be the largest collection of quilts to be shown in the city since the Names Project Foundation, the nonprofit that cares for the panels, closed its Castro workshop on Market Street in 1999 and relocated the next year to Atlanta. Read full article here: http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=67342 Ellsworth Kelly makes a 'shop sign' for Matthew Marks Gallery The wide, thick rectangle of painted aluminum that artist Ellsworth Kelly made for the facade of the Matthew Marks Gallery, opening this weekend in West Hollywood, is a precise plank of black pigment that visually caps a relatively modest white building. As shop signs go, it's emblematic more than practical. But it exerts an ineluctable presence, at once restrained and assertive, high overhead. Carefully calibrated in scale and mass, the painted sculpture stands out several inches in front of the stucco wall. Ponder it and everything in your peripheral vision -- building, trees, passing cars, telephone wires, pedestrians and even the bright blue sky -- soon falls into equivalent abstraction. That's artistic power. As with the geometric abstractions of Malevich, Mondrian, McLaughlin or any number of now anonymous ancient, medieval, Islamic or Chinese Song dynasty artisans, the effect deserves to be called spiritual. Kelly, 88, has been performing that sort of magic for six decades. (On Sunday a career retrospective of his prints opens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.) Read full article here: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/01/ellsworth-kelly-matthew-marks-gallery.html Opening Reception for Cruising the Archive: Queer Worldmaking In celebration of the opening of Cruising the Archive: Queer Worldmaking, the third part of the ONE Archives’ Pacific Standard Time exhibition, the USC Libraries will host a reception on January 24th from 5-7pm at the Doheny Memorial Library Treasure Room. Following the reception, the panel discussion “Queer Aesthetics and Archival Practices” will also be held at the Doheny Library from 7-9pm, addressing the practical and theoretical aspects of “the archive” and its relationship to contemporary art today. Moderated by Malik Gaines, curator, performance artist and assistant professor of combined media at Hunter College, the panel will feature Ann Cvetkovich, professor of English and women’s and gender studies at the University of Texas at Austin; Catherine Lord, professor of studio art at UC Irvine; and Ulrike Müller, artist and coeditor of the queer feminist art journal LTTR. Both events are free and opening to the public. Hope to see you there! Read full article here: http://cruisingthearchive.org/ FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, ARTISTS’ CALLS, RESOURCES
Film/Video and Visual Arts Grants Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in five disciplines: Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Innovative Literature, and Performing and Visual Arts. (This grant application open currently is for Film/Video and Visual Arts.) Acting as a catalyst for the development of exceptional and imaginative ideas, we support artists whose work is provocative, timely and relevant; who are deeply engaged with their art forms and demonstrate a rigorous commitment to their craft, yet are also boldly original and push the boundaries of their genre; who create artistically omnivorous work that carries the potential to reshape the cultural landscape. With a commitment to freedom of expression and to furthering the most innovative ideas in the field, we often support projects that other foundations and organizations might initially overlook. Creative Capital makes a multi-year commitment to its grantees, providing them with tailored financial and advisory support to enable their project's success while building their capacity to sustain their careers. In its pioneering model of support, Creative Capital confronts the realities that working artists face in increasingly challenging times by offering career-, community- and confidence-building tools to enhance capacity for creative and professional success. Our grants are valued at up to $87,000. For each project, we offer up to $50,000 in award monies (direct funding) and an additional suite of career development services valued at $37,000, making the Creative Capital grant one of the most generous awards in the arts. Working in long-term partnership with artists, Creative Capital's unique approach to support adapts to the fluid trajectory of the creative process. We provide funding and services over the course of each project, often working with artists from three to five years. Email: grants@creativecapital.org Dance Production Grant Production grants fund the development of new dance work that will tour nationally, generally in the following season. Grants support costs incurred through the artistic creation of the work. These grants are highly competitive and are awarded to approximately 20 artist/companies annually. Grants generally range from $25,000 to $40,000. Choreographers, artists, and companies are eligible to apply for NDP Production Grants. Only one application per choreographer or company will be accepted Projects must have a U.S. presenter partner Preference is given to U.S.-based dance artists and companies; international artists and companies are encouraged to apply for NDP Touring Awards NDP can only award grants to organizations with nonprofit status. Production grants may be paid either directly to an incorporated dance company and/or to a fiscal agent (such as the presenter partner) Email: ndp@nefa.org Grants for Good Getty proudly supports photographers and communications professionals who use imagery to promote positive change in our world. To that end, the company has launched their Grants for Good. Nonprofits need imagery to tell their stories effectively, which is why our Grants for Good provide two grants of $15,000 annually, to cover photographer, filmmaker and agency costs as they create compelling new imagery for the nonprofit of their choice. Grants recipients may use the entire award to offset shoot expenses, or choose to donate all or part of it directly to their charity and contribute their own time and resources. The photographer and the nonprofit as well as the communications agency involved will be showcased to the media and to Getty customers.Website: imagery.gettyimages.com Grant link: http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/overview.aspx Grants in Emerging Fields, Literature, & Performing Arts Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing innovative and adventurous projects. Acting as a catalyst for the development of exceptional and imaginative ideas, we support artists whose work is provocative, timely and relevant; who are deeply engaged with their art forms and demonstrate a rigorous commitment to their craft, yet are also boldly original and push the boundaries of their genre; who create work that carries the potential to reshape the cultural landscape. Selected grantees receive up to $50,000 in direct support and a suite of services valued at more than $40,000. Email: grants@creative-capital.org Community Arts Fund Community Arts Fund provides project support for arts activities that: Community Arts Fund provides grants of up to $4,000 to organizations in two budget categories. Level 1: Level 2 Organizations with total expenses greater than $100,000 may apply for $4,000 to support an arts project or department that is independently budgeted (i.e. a program of a university or project of a government agency or other nonprofit organization).
Performing Arts Management Fellowship The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is offering a valuable 9-month Fellowship program to 10 highly motivated, disciplined, and creative arts managers looking to expand and improve their skills in the arts management field. The program will provide Fellows with the opportunity to work closely with experienced arts professionals, will be given hands-on work opportunities, a structured blend of independent and collective learning experiences, and the opportunity to work in one of the busiest and most artistically diverse performing arts centers in the United States. Fellows are expected to attend performances and educational events, as well as complete significant projects within the context of the Kennedy Center. The Fellowship program will emphasize excellence, creativity, economic problem solving, strategic planning, internationalism, and a commitment to new technologies. Fellows receive an annual stipend of $20,000 (paid bi-weekly) to help defray housing and transportation costs. Course materials, and reimbursement for health insurance are also provided. The ideal candidate must demonstrate knowledge of an artistic discipline(s), an aptitude for management skills, proven organizational and communication skills, maturity and confidence, and the ability to work independently, as well as with diverse groups. A minimum of a bachelor's degree in the arts or a related discipline, and at least three to five years of experience as an administrator for a performing arts organization (e.g., theater, music, dance) are required. Phone: (202) 416-8800Website: www.kennedy-center.org Grant link: http://kennedy-center.org/education/artsmanagement/fellowships/home.html State-Local Partnership Program The State-Local Partnership Program fosters cultural development on the local level through a partnership between the California Arts Council and the designated local arts agency* of each county. This partnership includes funding, cooperative activities, information exchange, and leadership enabling individuals, organizations, and communities to create, present, and preserve the arts of all cultures to enrich the quality of life for all Californians. A local arts agency is a nonprofit organization, or agency of city or county government, officially designated to provide financial support, services, and/or other programs to a variety of arts organizations, individual artists, and the community as a whole. The State-Local Partnership Program is funded in part by proceeds from the sale of the Arts License Plate, a specialty plate designed by noted California artist Wayne Thiebaud to support local arts programming and arts education. Contact: Rob Lautz ARC (Artists' Resource for Completion) for LA Artists (May deadline) The ARC (Artists' Resource for Completion) grants program provides rapid, short-term assistance to individual artists in Los Angeles County who wish to enhance work for a specific, imminent opportunity that may significantly benefit their careers. Artists in any discipline are eligible to apply. The applicant must already have secured an invitation from an established arts organization to present the proposed work. The work must be scheduled for presentation within six months of the application deadline. The goal of the ARC program: to enhance the careers of Los Angeles artists by enabling them to take the best advantage of imminent opportunities to present their work, thereby fostering a climate of optimism in the Los Angeles arts community. Contact: Katy Hilton Funding for visual art This category supports scholarly exhibitions and their related publications that contribute significantly to the study of American art. Each proposed project must result in a tangible product that can be added to the body of scholarship in the field of American art. Applicants must be the originator of the exhibition project, not a subsequent venue. All periods and genres of American art history are included. Intellectual merit and potential contribution to scholarship are the most important criteria for evaluating proposals. Demonstrable impact of the artist or subject must be substantiated. The program is aesthetically and object-based and does not include projects that are primarily historical, documentary, sociological, or that concern private collections. Museum permanent collection projects are not included in this category. Any American museum evincing a commitment to American art is eligible to apply for a grant. A prior letter of inquiry is required to ascertain the foundation's interest. The letter should be no more than two pages including the basic facts about the exhibition, i.e., who, what, when, where, why and estimated cost. Inquiry letters may be submitted at any time, but must be received no later than April 1st for possible acceptance to the annual summer review of approximately 20 proposals. Website: www.hluce.orgGrant link: http://www.hluce.org/lucefundinaa.aspx Contact: Katy Hilton Contact: Audrey Wong, Grants Program Manager
Arts education and arts and culture grants from Sony Sony's company-wide philanthropic efforts reflect the diverse interests of our core businesses and focus on several distinct areas: arts education, arts and culture, health and human services, civic and community outreach, education, and volunteerism. Each operating company has its own philanthropic priorities and unique resources. While positive consideration is given to efforts that promote literacy and basic educational competency, the company also seeks to apply its financial, technological, and human resources to the encouragement of the creative, artistic, technical, and scientific skills required of tomorrow's workforce.
Grant Application Procedures - A brief, written description of the organization on its official letterhead, including its legal name, history, activities, purpose, and proof of 501(C)(3) status as an organization that is not a private foundation - History of previous support from Sony Corporation of America or any other Sony business unit - The amount being requested - A description of the purpose for which the grant is requested See website for more information. Website: www.sony.com POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION Grants for Visual Artists The Pollock-Krasner Foundation's dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation's mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as professional artists over a significant period of time. The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines. The Foundation encourages applications from artists who have genuine financial needs that are not necessarily catastrophic. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will consider need on the part of an applicant for all legitimate expenditures relating to his or her professional work and personal living, including medical expenses. The size of the grant is determined by the individual circumstances of the artist. Contact: staff NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS - National Native Artist Exchange National Native Artist Exchange supports the exchange of artistic skills and knowledge among Native artists. American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian artists residing in any of the 50 United States may apply to teach, learn, and collaborate in traditional and/or contemporary Native art forms through travel from one region to another in North America. The applicant must identify a collaborating artist and specific project as part of the exchange, which must be beneficial to both artists. Grants will be awarded up to $1,500 based on review of detailed requests and budgets appropriate to the scope of travel involved in the artist exchange. Awards will be based on standard reimbursement rates for economy class travel. Funding may be used for travel expenses for Native artists to exchange with artists from other tribes/nations outside their own region to share, teach, and learn skills, do research, and/or to develop collaborative projects. Acceptable expenses include lodging, meals, ground and air travel, and other direct costs of the artist exchange. American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian artists residing in any of the 50 United States are eligible to apply. Contact: Dawn Spears The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County has been awarding grants to artists and arts organizations1976. Over $170,000 are allocated each year through a competitive peer panel scoring process. The process involved in making the critical decisions regarding the awarding of grants includes convening panels representing geographic, stylistic, cultural, and gender diversity. Panelists review all grant applications and a scoring system is applied, resulting in awarding available grants to artists, arts organizations, and specific arts projects that will benefit the community. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Accepting Applications for 2010 Institutional Grants The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences funds the Institutional Grants Program to assist in fostering educational activities between the public and the film industry while encouraging the appreciation of motion pictures as both an art form and a vocation. Academy Institutional Grants are awarded only to nonprofit film organizations and to film programs within schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions and nonprofit organizations. Grants are not awarded to individuals or to for-profit companies or organizations. Eligible programs include but are not limited to craft workshops and conferences in which college students and/or adults are trained in one or more of the various craft fields of film production (directing, cinematography, screenwriting, editing, etc.); internship programs in which college students are placed in professional environments outside of their schools, either on film productions or in film-related offices; library and archival projects in which the papers of filmmakers are preserved and/or made available to the public; screening programs, especially those in which filmmakers interact with audiences; seminar programs, in which film professionals discuss their work and/or particular aspects of the creation and distribution of films; teacher training programs, in which production techniques and/or film appreciation information is presented for teachers to take back to their classrooms; training/bridge programs, in which college students and/or adults are trained for and then placed in film industry jobs (this includes mentoring programs); and visiting artist programs, especially those in which a filmmaker spends several days in residence at a college, university or media center. Grants are not awarded to cover the expenses of producing a film or to film festivals. (The academy has a separate festival grants program.) Visit the academy Web site for complete program guidelines and application. National Dance Project Accepting Applications for Production Grants Administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts, the National Dance Project provides a system of support for contemporary dance by supporting the creation (production) and engagement (touring) of dance in the United States and beyond. NDP's production grants fund the creation of new dance work that will tour nationally by supporting costs incurred through the artistic development of the work. These highly competitive grants are awarded to approximately twenty projects annually. Grants generally range from $25,000 to $40,000 each. Projects supported by production grants also receive touring support for the season following the work's creation. Projects applying for production grants should make possible the creation of regionally or nationally significant work that will tour; offer potential to engage audiences; explore collaborations within and across disciplines, if appropriate; and involve creative and dynamic partnership with one or more U.S. presenter partners in the development of the work. Choreographers, artists, and companies are eligible to apply for production grants. Projects must have a U.S. presenter partner. NDP can only award grants to organizations with nonprofit status. Production grants may be paid either directly to an incorporated dance company and/or to a fiscal agent (such as the presenter partner). Visit the NEFA Web site for complete grant program information. City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowships http://www.culturela.org/grants/ The prestigious City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Fellowships honor a selection of the best of Los Angeles contemporary arts. These awards allow very accomplished artists to focus on creating new works. Meanwhile, the Cultural Affairs Department collaborates with community partners to organize a museum exhibition, a performing arts showcase, and publish an illustrated catalog that promote the new work by these artists and distinguish Los Angeles as a major center of creative activity in the United States. Eligible artists must reside in Los Angeles County and demonstrate an active exhibition and/or production record of at least 15 years. Barnes & Noble Sponsorship Program - Local Program The Barnes & Noble Community Relations Program supports pre-K - 12 schools and not-for-profit arts and literacy organizations. We offer a limited number of sponsorships and donations to organizations that meet our mission. Opportunities must be located in the community or communities in which we operate, and serve the greater good of the local community or region. We seek partnerships that offer in-store events, visibility, and reach a wide audience. Submit your proposal to the community relations manager or store manager at your local Barnes & Noble store. Website: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com Nathan Cummings Foundation's Arts and Culture Program The Nathan Cummings Foundation's Arts and Culture Program guidelines build on the organization's earlier efforts to sustain and share community-building models developed by small and mid-sized, culturally specific and community-based arts institutions. Their new objectives represent an expanded vision that acknowledges the roles that artists and cultural workers play in stimulating social change and championing economic justice in both traditional and non-traditional venues. By addressing art through the lens of social justice, the organization will continue to affirm artists and arts institutions that value and encourage creativity, innovation and risk-taking while fostering cross-cultural conversations that transcend race, ethnicity, class, age and geography. Grant applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. See website for more details. Website: www.nathancummings.net New – International Projekt30 is seeking submissions for its seventh annual sex themed exhibition which will showcase fine artists who comment upon gender and sex in our society. We are accepting work ranging from the personal, to the political, to the near-pornographic. It will be publicly juried: artwork submitted will be presented prior to the exhibition, and site visitors select the final 30 winners. All participants receive exposure. Invitations will be sent to our extensive mailing list of galleries, collectors, etc and viewers have the option of contacting artists, both during the jury and after the winners are selected. As of Nov. 2011 over 315,314 messages have been sent to previous Projekt30 participants. "The Sex Issue" will open Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2012. Projekt30 is an organization dedicated to promoting artists. We provide websites for 100s of artists, since 2003 have conducted over 120 juried exhibitions, featured the artwork of 1,000s of artists, and facilitated the sale of 1,000s of artworks. Prospectus: http://www.projekt30.com/tsi7_prospectus.html New – SF/Bay Area The Richmond Art Center is proud to present The Art of Living Black, 16th Annual Bay Area Black Artists Exhibition. This exhibition is the only annual non-juried exhibition and self-guided art tour in the Bay Area to exclusively feature regional artists of African descent. The Art of Living Black was co-founded in 1997 by the late artists Rae Louise Hayward and Jan Hart Schuyers and continues to honor their vision to this day. Featuring over 75 local artists, the works include fine arts and crafts, paintings, sculpture, photography, prints, masks, stained glass, quilts, textile art, ceramics, jewelry and dolls. A number of satellite shows at locations throughout the Bay Area accompany this exhibition. The exhibitions culminate with a self-guided art tour giving the public an opportunity to meet the artists, learn about their creative processes and purchase art directly from them. New – International Concept: As luck would have it, here's your opportunity to take a shot with CHANCE. Whether it's accidental, coincidental, making a snap decision, taking advantage of an opportunity, counting on probability, or taking a risk, we all experience CHANCE every day. The photographic possibilities of this abstract concept are endless. This show will celebrate the spontaneity and the impromptu nature of CHANCE. Grab any photographic device and take advantage of those CHANCE circumstances around you, which convey a unique and interesting moment, or imply hope or luck. Interpret CHANCE through your subject matter, or show us how an amazing camera setting or processing technique provided surprising results. Share your fascination with CHANCE and the art of being in the right place at the right time. You call the shots. Contact: Terri Bell New – International The Kinsey Institute is accepting submissions for the seventh annual The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2012 at Indiana University's Grunwald Gallery of Art. The competition is open to all artist 18 years and older creating artworks relating to human sexual behavior, gender and/or reproduction. Original works from any media are welcome. Artist may enter through our online application at https://www.indiana.edu/~kipics/jas2012/. The deadline for entries is February 6, 2012. All selected works will be exhibit at the Grunwald Gallery, May 18-July 21, 2012, and included in an online gallery on The Kinsey Institute website. You can visit previous year's online galleries at http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/services/pastexhibits.html. For further information visit kinseyinstitute.org, or contact us (812) 855-8890 or kiart@indiana.edu. Contact: Garry Milius New – International This exhibition will look at what is the possible range of color photography and how do contemporary photographers use color to captivate, compose and stylize their subjects. In 1974 William Eggleston had the first solo show of color photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The MoMA show is regarded as a watershed moment in the history of photography, by marking the acceptance of color photography by the highest validating institution in the art world. A lot has changed and evolved in the field of photography in the last 38 years, but we are still captivated by dynamic, bold, vivid, colorful photographs of diverse and fascinating visual subjects. Contact: Todd Johnson New – California Call for Entries - 2012 Left Coast Annual (formerly Arts on Fire), Sanchez Art Center, April 13-May 20. Juried by Michael Schwager, Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, and Director of the University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University. Open to all California artists. All fine arts visual media. No theme; unlimited number of entries. Entries must received by 5 pm, Tuesday, February 14, or postmarked by February 14. For prospectus, visit www.sanchezartcenter.org and click on Opportunities. New – National Glass is a unique material because of its translucency, radiant color, and how glass interacts with and is illuminated by light. The qualities of glass inspired this show. Work can be in ANY MEDIUM, not just glass. This month's show will feature work that deals with any of the following properties: translucency, transparency, jewel-like colors, and pieces that engage with light in a unique way. Exhibition Dates: Eligibility: New – National All alternative photographic processes are eligible. This includes, but is not limited to: Albumen, Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, Platinum/Palladium, Gum Bichromate, Bromoil, Salt Print, Ambrotype, Tintype, Image Transfer, Ziatype, Wet Plate Collodian, Callotype, and Daguerreotype (etc.). New – International Drift Station Open Call for Artist Books, Zines, and Other Publications Drift Station, an artist-run gallery and performance space in Lincoln, Nebraska, is calling for artist books, zines, comics, small presses, and other non-traditional publications. For the duration of the exhibition, Drift Station will become a bookstore/reading library where the public can look through, peruse, and purchase artworks. You may send us as many copies of as many works as you want. Any and all publications will be included - our goal is to fill the gallery! Works will be displayed on tables and shelves and must be able to be handled by the public for the duration of the exhibition without gloves. Because of this work has the potential to get damaged, please do not send us elaborate or delicate books that are not meant for handling by the general public. All work must either be free or for sale for under $30. In cases where work is sold, Drift Station will take a 40% commission and deposit the remainder into the artist's PayPal account. Unsold works may either be left at Drift Station for later purchase/given away or will be sent back to the artists (SASE required). email: mail@driftstation.org New – National This is the first juried show of the 2012 gallery line-up for Allied Arts of Yakima Valley. Work is to be inspired by or reference the traditional book form, although, the artwork does not have to be traditional at all. All media accepted. The show is open to all artists residing in the USA. Artwork must be executed within the past three years. Pieces previously exhibit in the Peggy Lewis gallery at Allied Arts are not eligible. Contact: Alyssa Skiles New – California Please see prospectus for details: http://allianceofcaliforniaartists.com/images/Prospectus_Spring_Open_Show_Arts_Visalia.pdf New – International Dacia Gallery invites emerging and established artists to submit artwork for an opportunity to participate in solo and group exhibitions at our NYC gallery. We are currently planning the 2012 exhibition season and we are looking for new talented artists to exhibit. Accepted Artwork: Painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital art and mixed media. Contact: Lee Vasuemail: info@daciagallery.com Phone: 917.445.5243 Website: http://daciagallery.com/submissions.php New – California The Santa Cruz Fringe Festival, set for this July, is seeking performance artists and groups to feature during the 10-day event. The brand-new performing arts festival will bring about 175 performances by about 35 different groups to Santa Cruz from July 13 to 22. Theater, dance, comedy, performance art, kids' shows, burlesque, circus, spoken word, puppetry, musical theater, improvisation, street performers — performing artists and groups of all kinds are encouraged to apply. More information and an application are available at www.scfringe.com. The deadline to apply is Feb. 29. New – International The ARTErra is a rural art residency structure that support and encourage artistic creation and production. Housed in a remarkably small rural village, you will find in ARTErra physical spaces and tools for the reception of the project / proposal of the artist or collective of different artistic disciplines. In addition to a house with several recreational areas and facilities, the ARTErra has a "creation yard" area where are the work spaces (sound studio and booth capturing, studio room, black & white box, glass room and atelier) framed by a garden, a small vegetable garden, an orchard and poultry. With privileged contacts with some institutions and companies try to enhance and ensure a artist in residency to respond the needs and expectations of the projects accepted. There currently are open nominations for the 1st half of 2012. The application process is simple. Contact: Micaela Ferreira New – Los Angeles The California Community Foundation will award $280,000 in Fellowships for Visual Artists to 15 Los Angeles individual artists. Eleven fellowships at $20,000 each will be awarded to mid-career artists and four fellowships at $15,000 each will be awarded to emerging artists. For more than 96 years, CCF has recognized, encouraged and supported the Southern California arts community by funding and nurturing a full range of artistic expressions. The Fellowships for Visual Artists is designed to support local artists in advancing to the next level of professional development. The fellowships draw together the J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts, the Brody Arts Fund, the Atlass Fund, the Joan Palevsky Endowment for the Future of Los Angeles, the T.M. and R.W. Brown Fund, the Harry J. Volk Fund and other CCF funds. See the Fellowships Guidelines for Eligibility and Application Information and register for a "How to Apply" Workshop at calfund.org/artistgallery. The application deadline is Thursday, March 1, 2012. Applications will only be accepted online. All applicants must submit both artist work and a completed application via www.callforentry.org. New – International Home - a place of safety or danger? A haven, a place full of shame, where you want to be, a room full of old routines and identities - anywhere you hang your hat? How does the word Home resonate for you? Home is Where the Needle Marks, at the Pop tART Gallery in Los Angeles, will explore the concept of home and all that the word connotes, highlighting the contrast of contemporary artists using stitch vs. the preconceived notion of "home sweet home." We ask artists to submit works that deal with the idea of home. Feel free to interpret this theme widely. All types of stitched work are welcome for submission: knitting, crochet, embroidery, needlepoint, cross-stitch, quilting, applique-stitched, please feel free to submit. Please note we are looking for contemporary interpretations of theme and medium. Contact: Ellen Schinderman General Call for Submissions
General Call for Submissions: The Lab, San Francisco The Lab is an interdisciplinary arts organization which supports the development and presentation of new visual, performing, media, sonic, and literary art. We assist artists in the creation of new work and showcase work of the highest quality by emerging and underrepresented experimental artists. Of particular interest is work which crosses boundaries, encourages evolving artistic and social dialogue between artists and audiences, and develops the culture and community of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Lab seeks proposals of new work that fully utilizes our space or engages with the space in a nontraditional manner. Submissions that can accommodate weekly performances in conjunction with exhibition are encouraged. The Lab accepts submissions from emerging and experimental curators for group visual art exhibitions or performance series. A curator's own artwork should not be included in the project proposal. If accepted, The Lab encourages curators to post an open call for entries on The Lab's website, although this is not required. At this time, The Lab especially encourages submissions to be presented in the Ticket Booth and Front Gallery. *Front Gallery: Primarily for solo visual artists. 123 sq feet. Four walls approx 8' wide x 10' tall.*Ticket Booth: For single-channel new media works. Small (4x4) ticket-booth closet adjoining entry hall to the LAB. Currently we only have the ability to exhibit DVD works in this space. Proposals for the Front Gallery and Ticket Booth should indicate why the work would be well suited for presentation in these spaces. For more Information and instructions for application, please visit http://www.thelab.org/submit.html Send materials to: Attn: Programming Committee The Lab 2948 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Visual Artists Sought for the Art on Market Street Program in San Francisco--Change from Past Year’s Program Poets & Writers WORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
Artist Residency Program The Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, California is seeking applications from California regional artists for residencies in 2013. The Program offers residencies, at no cost, to artists in the disciplines of visual arts, media arts, music composition, choreography, and literature. Artists selected by peer panels are offered room, board, and studio space for four or five-week sessions during the season, which runs from mid-March through mid-November. Contact: Kristofer Mills, Program Resident Manager US/Japan Creative Artists' Residency The Japan U.S. Friendship Commission offers leading contemporary and traditional Artists should have compelling reasons for wanting to work in Japan and they should do Upon their arrival in Tokyo, artists will be predominantly on their own during the three month The Japan U.S. Friendship Commission sponsors this program with administrative Phone: (202) 653-9800 Email: jusfc@jusfc.gov Website: www.jusfc.gov Grant link: http://www.jusfc.gov/creativeartists.asp Atlantic Center's residency program For more information on how to apply, please telephone (386) 427-6975 or (800) 393-6975 (domestic US only) or visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org or email us at program@atlanticcenterforthearts.org. Ahmanson Foundation Provides Grants to Nonprofits in Los Angeles Bank of the West Grants for Cultural Activities Boeing's Grant Guidelines and Application Process California Arts Council Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Los Angeles County Arts Commission Liberty Hill Foundation Lesbian & Gay Community Fund McKnight Foundation Offers Online Resources For Arts Groups You can read the un-edited newsletter on the CA LGBT Arts Alliance website at: THANK YOU The CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL The California LBGT Arts Alliance is funded by the California Arts Council. website: http://www.cac.ca.gov/feature/arts_plate.cfm The Queer Cultural Center
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