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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NEWS Meeting of Southern California LGBT Alliance Members MACHA Theatre Company The meeting of arts organizations will be from 6 – 7 PM The meeting will focus on networking, public funding and other topics. Speakers include Odalys Nanin, Director of the MACHA Theatre Company, Kerri Stoughton-Jackson, Senior Director of External Affairs for OUTFEST and Andrew Campbell, Cultural Affairs Administrator for the City of West Hollywood. RSVP Contact: gregday1@mac.com The California LGBT ARTS Alliance is a non–profit on=line network of arts organizations, individual artists and supporters. The Alliance is funded by the California Arts Council. Membership is free and includes a listing on our website and subscription to the monthly fundraising newsletter.
In the last twelve months thirty-two Southern California arts organizations and numerous artists and supporters have become new members of the Alliance. Million Plates Campaign: Drive for Arts
In a unique drive to raise arts funding through the sale of specialized arts license plates, the California Arts Council launched the Million Plates Campaign on June 28, 2010. Backed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver, the campaign aims to sell 1 million plates by January 2011 to raise at least $40 million in funding for over 300 organizations in California. “Californians have the power to take our state from last to first in arts funding by choosing the Arts Plate for their cars and supporting arts for children and a strong creative economy and arts infrastructure,” said Malissa Feruzzi Shriver, Chair of the California Arts Council. (Read full article here: http://www.chictoday.com/2010/08/16/million-plates-campaign-drive-for-arts/ )
Downtown Los Angeles Picked for Billionaire's Art Museum
LOS ANGELES—Billionaire Eli Broad said Monday he would invest at least $300 million to build a new museum to house his contemporary art collection, part of an evolving revival of the city's downtown. The decision came after three years of speculation over where Mr. Broad—one of the city's most prominent philanthropists along with his wife, Edythe—would choose to place the museum. The museum will house the couple's collection of 2,000 works by artists including Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Salvador Dali, which is worth an estimated $1.5 billion. (Read full article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703846604575447513411639080.html?mod=djemITP_h ) Momentum for a Revitalized Arts District in S.F. In 2000, Bill Schwartz, founder of the San Francisco Theater Festival, began working toward a new kind of theater district in San Francisco's Mid-Market area. He organized panel discussions, rallied his theater colleagues, met with elected officials and worked with the city's redevelopment office, which since 1995 had been surveying the area as a possible redevelopment zone. When the city's Board of Supervisors, unable to agree on affordable-housing issues, killed the redevelopment plans in 2005, Mr. Schwartz said he saw "10 years of meetings" go down the drain. Mr. Schwartz took a hiatus after that defeat, but now he is optimistic again about the prospects for a revitalized arts district downtown. (Read full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/30bcmidmarket.html?_r=3 ) Is There a Life for Female Artists Over Fifty? You Betcha! What's it like to be a serious, professional, exhibiting female artist over 50, well over 50, and not be an art star--yet? You've dedicated your life to your practice, perhaps even foregoing certain life choices, like having kids and a home or establishing an adjunct, mainstream profession that includes lots of money-making. Now you're at the backend of middle-age and perhaps thinking, I still haven't really made it--whatever that means--is it ever going to happen? Will my work ever really be part of a significant dialogue--will it ever have a life after I stop making the stuff? (Read full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-adams/is-there-a-life-for-femal_b_688498.html ) Hollywood now opening arms to gay characters, families When it comes to gay marriage and gay families, politicians are still bickering and courts are still deliberating. But in entertainment, it's all over but the shouting. Hollywood, which once routinely depicted gay people as miserable, dysfunctional or tragic, now produces movies and TV shows — such as this summer's film The Kids Are All Right, ABC's Modern Family and Fox's Glee — in which gay relationships and gay families are portrayed as just like other families — normal, unremarkable, no big deal. "The general trajectory has them transitioning from minstrel acts and punch lines to relatable everyday characters," says David Hauslaib, founder of Queerty, a media-watching blog "by and for the queer community." He adds, "It's a new era where (being a gay family) is no longer a significant part of the story." Why is this happening now? Is Hollywood following the culture, or is the culture following Hollywood? (Read full article here: http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-08-24-gayshollywood23_CV_N.htm ) Football and art collide at LACMA Well-known for her documentary photography, Catherine Opie has turned her introspective lens to the all-American pastime of high school football in her most recent collection: "Catherine Opie: Figure and Landscape" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Los Angeles-based artist became fascinated by the culture of the sport as it relates to the American landscape and the idea of identity after attending several of her nephews’ practices and games in Louisiana a few years ago. "The team becomes family and a community especially during a recession," Opie said. "People look at these games as a place to connect to others and figure out — where do we belong?" For some parts of the country, namely the South, football is not just a sport; it’s a way of life, a religion of sorts. Opie herself grew up in Ohio where everyone, it seems, wanted to be a football player. Her series of photos examines the gender identity of adolescent boys and masculinity as they transition to manhood. "It’s another chapter in her ongoing exploration of how gender constitutes identity and being part of a group within society can create or limit opportunities for shaping one’s life," said Britt Salvesen, curator and department head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at LACMA. (Read full article here: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/08/football-and-art-collide.html ) FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, ARTISTS’ CALLS, RESOURCES Alternative Exposure grants - Round IV, 2010 Alternative Exposure grants provide direct support to visual arts projects in San Francisco and Alameda Counties that provide frameworks of support for artists to create and continue their work. It gives grants of up to $3,500 to support the work of unincorporated groups, burgeoning art venues and gathering spaces, publications, collectives, events and more. Projects can include an exhibition or exhibition series, a public art project, a one-time event or performance, the ongoing work of a venue or collective, the publication of writing directly related to the visual arts, an online project or publication, an artist residency, a series of screenings, and more. Southern Exposure's Alternative Exposure grant program seeks to fuel the energy of the Bay Area visual arts community by supporting the vibrant artistic activity that occurs on the ground level -- artists or groups of artists making and presenting work in a committed, but informal, way. Guidelines and Application: http://soex.org/soex_resource/upload/Attachment/144-altex10_onlineguide_final.pdf Contact: Staff The National Endowment for the Humanities - SUMMER STIPENDS The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars and support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Summer Stipends provide $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing. The Summer Stipends program accepts applications from researchers, teachers, and writers, whether they have an institutional affiliation or not. Applicants with college or university affiliations must, however, be nominated by their institutions. Contact: Division of Research Programs The National Endowment for the Arts - NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency established by Congress in 1965 to help support excellence in the arts, both new and established, by bringing the arts to all Americans and by providing leadership in arts education. In particular, the New Play Development Program focuses on advancing the American nonprofit theater's ability to provide meaningful support for new work by providing financial support for playwrights and institutions developing outstanding new American plays, advancing the field's ability to support the development process for new work, and by disseminating information on effective models for developing outstanding new American plays. Two projects chosen as NEA Outstanding New American Plays will each receive $90,000 to support the final stages of development and a world premiere of the selected play. Five NEA Distinguished New Play Development Projects will each receive $20,000 to support the early stages of development of a new play. Each of the selected projects will involve close collaboration with the playwrights. The NEA New Play Development Program is open to nonprofit, professional organizations, or a consortium of organizations, who apply in collaboration with a playwright. Applications will be reviewed by a peer panel of experts and judged on artistic excellence and artistic merit. Contact: Vijay Mathew Website: www.arenastage.org Center for Cultural Innovation - THE INVESTING IN ARTISTS GRANTS PROGRAM: Visual Arts, Craft and Literary Arts Artistic creation rarely occurs without a frontline investment of time, money and talent, and this has made the need for grant support a critical part of the creative process for many working artists today. To help address this need, the Center for Cultural Innovation is pleased to announce the continuation of the Investing in Artists grants program 2009-2011, supported by The James Irvine Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Investing in Artists grants program is designed to enhance the working lives and creative environment for California artists by funding tools and artistic innovation that will allow them to create their best work more consistently, and distribute that work more broadly to new audiences. Investing in Artists provides grants in two funding categories: 1) Grants for Artistic Equipment and Tools, and 2) Grants for Artistic Innovation. Through a competitive application process conducted over five rounds of funding from 2009 to 2011, approximately 100 grants of up to $10,000 each will be made to California artists, totaling $1 million in new support to individual artists. Eligible applicants include working artists, adults who have received training in an artistic discipline or tradition, spend ten or more hours a week on their artwork, self-define as professional artists, and attempt to derive income from work in which they use their expert artistic practices and skills. Guidelines will be issued in November 2010 and proposals will be due in January 2011 (check back for specific dates). Contact: Staff
Center for Cultural Innovation workshops CCI provides entrepreneurial training for individual artists working in all disciplines in order to enhance their business knowledge and career prospects as working artists. CCI's signature training program - the "Business of Art" - has been presented to artists in Los Angeles and throughout California since 2002. For further information on upcoming workshops and seminars coming to your area go to http://www.cciarts.org/workshops.htm. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation – Annual Guggenheim Fellowships The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation annually offers fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions. Often characterized as "midcareer" awards, Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. Fellowships are not available for students. The foundation only supports individuals; it does not make grants to institutions or organizations. The amounts of grants vary and will be adjusted to the needs of Fellows, considering their other resources and the purpose and scope of their plans. Members of the teaching profession receiving sabbatical leave on full or part salary are eligible for appointment, as are those holding other fellowships and appointments at research centers. Contact: Staff Comcast funds diversity, literacy programs Comcast and The Comcast Foundation invest in organizations that assist our communities with literacy, youth leadership development and community service programs. Our goal is to maximize the impact of our investments so they yield tangible, measurable benefits to our neighborhoods and the people who live there. Our community partners are proactively identified by local Comcasters in the field. As members of your community, they have an intimate knowledge of local charities and can best allocate the funds to projects that will make the largest impact where it is most needed.
Comcast and The Comcast Foundation do not accept unsolicited sponsorship requests or grant proposals. If your organization is interested in sending us information, please verify that you operate within a Comcast service area and use the local address for all related correspondence.
Website: http://www.comcast.com/corporate/about/inthecommunity/foundation/grantcriteria.html Google Ad Grant for Nonprofits Google Grants provides free Google AdWords advertising to various charitable organizations. The program is designed to help organizations extend their public service messages to a global audience, in an effort to make a greater impact on the world, and supports organizations sharing the company philosophy of community service, and with a strong mission to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Organizations must have current 501(c)(3) status, as assigned by the Internal Revenue Service, to be considered for a Google Grant. Google Grants recipients are notified every quarter. An applicant will know within six months whether or not they received a Google Grant award. Website: www.google.com Private grantmaking foundation supports GLBT rights The Arcus Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that supports organizations around the world working in two areas -- gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender human rights; and conservation of the world's great apes. The Foundation's Gay and Lesbian Fund supports organizations working to achieve social justice that is inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity, and race. The Gay and Lesbian Fund supports organizations, programs, and projects working in the following geographic areas: in southwest Michigan and throughout the state of Michigan; nationally in the United States (projects must be of national scope and/or impact); and internationally, at the global policy level, and locally in three regions -- Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. The foundation has announced a new flexible admission process for Letters of Inquiry and full proposals, with Letters of Inquiry and invited proposals accepted throughout the year. There will be four board meetings over the course of a year at which grant awards will be made. The foundation asks that all potential grant applicants contact the appropriate program officer four to six months in advance of the requested project start date in order to allow sufficient time for an invited proposal to be fully reviewed and a decision made. Contact: Cindy Rizzo 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. Big Read Program Offers Grants to Support Community Reading Projects The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest, is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations to conduct month-long community-wide reads between September 2010 and June 2011. The Big Read is a national program designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture. Organizations selected to participate in the program will receive a grant ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 each, access to online training resources, educational and promotional materials, inclusion of the organization and activities on the Big Read Web site, and the prestige of participating in a highly visible national program. Approximately seventy-five organizations from across the United States will be selected to participate. Grants must be matched at least one-to-one with non-federal funds. Grant funds may be used for expenses such as book purchases, speaker fees and travel, salaries, advertising, and venue rental. Applicant organizations must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; a division of state, local, or tribal government; or a tax-exempt public library. Eligible applicants include such organizations as literary centers, libraries, museums, colleges and universities, art centers, historical societies, arts councils, tribal governments, humanities councils, literary festivals, and arts organizations. Applicant organizations must partner with a library (if the applicant organization itself is not a library). K-12 schools and school districts, whether public or private, may not be lead applicants but are strongly encouraged to partner with libraries, literary centers, museums, and other eligible applicants. Applicants can select one of the thirty-one available reading choices. Contact: Link to Complete RFP City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowships 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 National National competition & Exhibition October 1 - 28, 2010 Pacific Art League of Palo Alto Contact: Ann Taylor New - National This October Femina Potens is pleased to be presenting artwork around breast cancer awareness and breast health for our second annual 'BustED' Visual Art Exhibit. We are looking for a few more artist to pay tribute to the mighty and healthy breast! We are asking you to make an artistic statement that creates awareness in the community. How has breast cancer effected you and the ones you love? If you would like to creatively express your feelings and thought on this subject through painting, drawing, photography, video, installation and mixed media please email Madison at feminapotens@gmail.com with an new or exhisting or proposal. We would be happy to consult with and encourage your ideas of breast heath, breast cancer or breast cancer prevention and the way this effects all of our lives. We look forward to your submissions! Contact: feminapotens@gmail.com International
Alphonse Berber Gallery features innovative and contemporary artworks in a variety of mediums from emerging and mid-career artists. The gallery is currently seeking submissions for group and solo shows. Alphonse Berber Gallery Contact: Stephanie Smith California Call for Entries - 2010 Bay Area Annual Juried Exhibition, Oct. 29-Nov. 21, at Sanchez Art Center, 1220-B Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica, CA (tel. 650-355-1894; fax 650-355-1752); info@sanchezartcenter.org; www.sanchezartcenter.org). Four Juror's Awards of $250 each. Send slides or jpegs on CD. Entry fee, $15 per artwork entered. Sanchez Art Center Contact: Melinda Lightfoot National College of the Sequoias and Arts Visalia are accepting applications for a group show during Women's History Month in March of 2011. We are looking for submissions that celebrate women. This exhibit will coincide with events featuring dance, performance, poetry and art history lectures. Entries are open to all media. Submissions must include the following: - a maximum of 10 images on a CD, JPEG (minimum of 2000 pixels for longest dimension), - resume - artist statement - SASE. No late submissions or emailed applications will be accepted. Upon acceptance, you will be contacted regarding the handling, shipment and display of artwork. Mail the above mentioned requirements to Matthew and/or Amie Rangel, COS Art Gallery, 915 S. Mooney Blvd., Visalia, CA 93277. College of the Sequoias/Arts Visalia Contact: Amie Rangel National Opportunity for Emerging Artists. Calling emerging artists everywhere! Visual Overture magazine, a quarterly exhibition-in-print publication, is now accepting entries for the "Featured Emerging Artists" to be presented in the Winter 2010 issue. The juror, Dan Addington, will select 7 artists for feature in publication. Selected artists are presented on two pages of magazine and receive 3 complimentary copies of issue in which they are featured. This is an excellent opportunity for under-represented artists to connect with galleries, curators, and collectors! Accepted Genres: Sculpture, metals, Textiles, Photography, Mixed media, Painting, Drawing, Video art, Digital art, Printmaking, and Installation Deadline: September 30, 2010 For more info and to apply: www.visualoverture.com/artists.htm Visual Overture Magazine National "Waterscapes," a Juried Exhibition for artists working in oil or acrylic. Art & Creativity for Healing, Inc. Contact: Laurie New -International The Art Interview - 22nd International Online Artist Competition is a quarterly, international, juried exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures in any medium. It is open to all living artists worldwide aged 16 and up. Participation in the Art Interview Biennale Exhibition and a total of 17,000 euros in cash may be awarded each quarter to all winners. First place winners receive up to 10,000 euros plus a featured interview in Art Interview Online Magazine.The competition is run completely over the Internet, which eliminates the need for you to send slides or arrange for physical transportation of your artworks. Gain international recognition for your artwork and be interviewed along with the world's top artists, curators and gallery owners in Art Interview Online Magazine. Read more information on the competition and how to enter at www.art-interview.com. Art Interview Online Magazine Visual Overture Magazine New - National Description: The Arts Center will host a national juried exhibit of book arts, to include all book art practices. We seek "books" of all shapes, forms, and media - altered books, bindings, unique pieces, samples of small editions, books with imagery, books with calligraphy and so forth. With the exhibit we will introduce the medium of artist books in its broadest sense to the Corvallis community; it will show the range of what an "artist-book" could be. The title and theme of the exhibit "Un-speak-able" refers to the fact that a word can have many interpretations, and at times a picture is worth a thousand words. A few definitions for the term are..."communication beyond the spoken word, miscommunication, inadequacy of the spoken word, incapable of being described in words, unbelievable, restricted speech, nonsense, lost languages, appalling." How would you define "unspeakable?" Juror: Barbara Tetenbaum, Professor and Book Arts Department Head at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, is the founder of Triangular Press, her artist book imprint. Her books are exhibited and collected in the United States and abroad. In turn she is an avid collector herself. She is the recipient of the 2010 Sally Bishop Faculty Fellowship at the Center for the Book in New York City as well as a 2010 RACC Project Grant. Other awards include an Oregon Arts Fellowship, other RACC grants and two Fulbright Fellowships. Tetenbaum earned her MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. The Arts Center New - International Sound of IT 2 at the Garage http://www.garage4141.com/ Call for Sound Art, in the spirit of John Cage. This is our second exhibit of sound compositions. Last year was such a success that we decided to do an annual event with this concept. We are looking for sound pieces under 5 minutes long. Each piece should have an audio description at the beginning of composition. These pieces will be compiled and played in a pitch (Garage Gallery) dark setting. Please send CD of work to: Garage 4141 Alabama Street #4 San Diego, Ca 92104 Or send MP3 to: Deepseal2@aol.com Garage International The editors of Mosaic Art NOW have issued a Call to Artists for the annual publication's 2011 Exhibition in Print (EIP). Designed to replicate the experience of visiting a fine museum or gallery, the Exhibition in Print will feature multiple works from individual artists selected by an international panel of jurors. Two Best in Show prizes of $500 will be awarded. In addition, each selected artist will receive a four-page article in the publication containing photographs of multiple works, an artist statement, in-depth descriptions of the mosaics presented, and jurors' comments. For Prospectus and Entry Forms go to http://www.MosaicArtNow.com/Exhibition.aspx Mosaic Art NOW Contact: Nancie Mills Pipgras International Argos Gallery is an independent organization formed by a group of art professionals, devoted to the care, counseling and dissemination of professional contemporary artists from around the world. Our goal is to discover, support and promote artists whose speeches are considered trendsetters of today's art. We seek to connect these international artists and establish a long-term relationship.In this opportunity, Argos Gallery is inviting to the first edition of "Global Faces of Contemporary Art" who seek to give a contribution to the art world, facilitating the dispersion of the global art discourses, providing a bibliographic source for future generations, promoting the quality and consistency of the artistic production and strengthening the ties between all kind of professionals involved with art and culture around the world. We are calling contemporary artists of all nationalities, without exception of categories or mediums. To participate in our search of the new names of contemporary avant-garde art, both current and future generations. The rules, terms and conditions and application form, would be available online from June 25, 2010 on the gallery website: www.argosgallery.com and would be closed on October 01, 2010. Starting on October 25, 2010 the jury will be notifying individually the selected artists. The selected artists will be exhibited in our online gallery, will receive a one year tutoring by our advisers, will have international publicity and will be part of our biannual art catalog that will be distributed among the major galleries and museums around the world. The jury will select from digital applications, there are no limitations, but some essential aspects to consider are: - Work must be original - Presentation care - Consistency and coherence in the working process - Quality of Representation: The photographs and / or work templates must have a resolution of 300 dpi, - Details annexes will be valued. Argos Gallery Contact: Argos Gallery New - Southern CA The Chinese American Museum (CAM) invites visual artists to participate in (de)Constructing Chinatown, a new exhibition that re-examines Los Angeles' Chinatown to open in October 2011. Stipends of $3,000 will be awarded to selected artists to help support and subsidize the completion of the project to be exhibited at the museum, with possible additional funding of $1,500. Application deadline: 3:00PM October 6, 2010, This exhibition aims to provide an alternative to the commonly held preconceived notions about Los Angeles' Chinatown and aspires to re-envision a new perspective that includes real understanding and appreciation of Chinatown as an essential part of Los Angeles' changing landscape. Criteria: - Artists must currently reside in Southern California, and preferably Los Angeles County - Artists of all ethnicities/backgrounds are encouraged to apply - Collaborative proposals will be considered - Proposals must be for a visual artwork including painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, photography, printmaking, experimental film and video. Interdisciplinary/mixed media and performance art will also be considered but visual art must be an integral component. Projects that engage with Chinatown residents, workers, small businesses, and community based organizations are encouraged. How to Apply: Download the application from our website at: http://camla.org/upcoming.html You can also request the application form by email. Please email your request to: curator@camla.org. Applications can be submitted electronically by email or by mail. All Applications must be received by 3:00PM October 6, 2010. Please read the full application form for more details. For further questions/inquiries, please call 213.485.8344 or email curator@camla.org. Chinese American Museum New - Central Coast Call For Entries (CFE) is an annual juried exhibition that encourages artists from the local community to produce newly commissioned work.CFE is open to individuals currently living and/or working in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Counties.Three to six artists will be selected by a panel of jurors made up of artists and art professionals to exhibit new work in a group exhibition held at CAF in 2011. This year's panel includes: TBD. All submittals are individually evaluated based on the artistic and creative strength of the recent (last five years) work. Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum New - National Sebastopol Center for the Arts invites artists to submit work to Innovations in Fiberart V. Open to all artists living in the United States. Work submitted for this exhibition envisions thought-provoking, unconventional and innovative fiber artworks expressed in a range of materials. Organic, inorganic, as well as recycled materials can be used. Works can be 2- or 3-dimensional, and of multiple techniques. The exhibition opens with a reception on Thursday, October 28, and runs through December 4, 2010. Juror, Melissa Leventon, founding partner of Curatrix Group museum consultants, is a specialist in European and American textiles. She was formerly Curator-in-Charge of Textiles at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and has authored many exhibition catalogues, books, and journals. She teaches fashion history and theory at California College of the Arts. Melissa has been a consultant to numerous institutions, and currently is working with The Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in Bangkok. She received her BA from Brandeis Univ. and her MA in Art History/History of Dress from the Courtauld Inst. of Art, Univ. of London. Hand-delivered entries will be accepted at SCA on Monday, October 11, between 3 and 6 pm. Entries by jpegs on CD must arrive by 5 pm, on or by that date. Please see prospectus for complete guidelines. Entry fees are: SCA members, $10 per entry or 3 entries for $25 (membership is $40 annually), Nonmembers, $15 per entry, or 3 entries for $40. Maximum, 3 entries per artist. Awards: $200 Best of Show; $50 Coordinators Award, and Merit Awards. For a prospectus send SASE to Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Fiberart, 6780 Depot Street, Sebastopol, CA 95472, or go to www.sebarts.org, or request by e-mail from satrip@sonic.net. For information call SCA at 707/829-4797. Sebastopol Center for the Arts Contact: Satri Pencak New - International "FEATURED ARTISTS" ART BOOK VOLUME II "Featured Artists" is a series of art books, which offers artists a new and effective way of introducing their work to a considerable international audience of art professionals. It is a daring attempt to feature several contemporary artists in an overview, a book which will be a resource for galleries, museums, artists, art collectors and dealers who constantly seek for new talents and trends in the art community. Artists are invited to submit material for selection so as to be included in the book. Every nomination is based entirely on the merit of the work submitted for selection. Selected artists will have to pay an editorial fee. Artists who wish to be included in the Featured Artists book must send for selection: - 4-6 artworks (JPEG in high resolution) - Details of the artworks such as name, year, size, media. - An essay or a critique up to 300 words. Contact: Peter Doughty New - Northern CA Dolls are substitutes for humans, and are used in both childhood and adult play. A plastic doll, robot, sock monkey, paper doll, rag doll, nutcracker, marionette, soldier, voodoo effigy and blowup sex toy, they are all repositories of our fears, fantasies, and desires. We love them, we fear them; we cherish them, we tear them apart; we talk to them, they talk to us. We imbue them with our imaginary life and in return they transport us into their worlds. For the Holiday Season, Arc Gallery will be figuratively transformed into a giant dollhouse for one-of-a-kind dolls and dollhouses. Artists are invited to liberally interpret their concept of 'dolls' and 'dollhouses,' and bring to life a creature or world from your wildest imaginings. Juror is Jack Fischer of Jack Fischer Gallery at 49 Geary. Arc Studios & Gallery email: ArcStudiosSF@gmail.com New - National Femina Potens Art Gallery is currently taking submissions for our 2011 Visual Arts Exhibition season. Femina Potens is a non-profit community art gallery and performance space dedicated to the advancement of women and transgendered artists. Femina Potens is located in the heart of San Francisco's Castro District. We are looking for art works in all mediums painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture (although small sculptures and wall mounted sculpture is best due to space restriction), performance artists, video artists, installation and new media. Femina Potens is also looking for works that relate to the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health of the queer community as well as site-specific installation artists that can create works around such subject matter for our window displays. For more information and Prospectus contact: www.feminapotens.org New - Western States
January 27-March 18, 2011 Artwork to be considered may include two-dimensional framed works on paper, canvas, or board, oil or acrylic paintings, photographs, lithograph or digital prints, drawings, collage, mixed media, or wall-mounted sculpture. The work will be juried by jpeg images submitted on a CD. Artists may submit a maximum of 5 images. Each CD must be labeled with the artist's name and accompanied by a typed image list including the artwork's title, medium, date, and dimensions. Digital images must be numbered to correspond with the artwork information list. Please include weight of wall-mounted sculpture. Send your CD and image list to Carin Jacobs, Director, CARE, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709. Doug Adams Gallery Contact: Carin Jacobs New - International CALL FOR ENTRIES SAN FRANCISCO GREEN FILM FESTIVAL March 3-6, 2011 Entries are now being accepted for the 1st San Francisco Green Film Festival, March 3-6, 2011 in San Francisco, California. The festival will showcase the latest innovative film and media that explore the environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic aspects of living sustainably on this planet. Secure entry form submission and payment by credit card or PayPal can be made through our website at http://sfgreenfilmfest.org/submissions. The festival is open to new or established film and television production companies, including independent filmmakers, from anywhere in the world. There are no restrictions on length or genre, but works must have been completed after January 1, 2009. Documentaries, narratives, animations, features, shorts, student/youth works, montages, installations, interactive websites, and experimental genres will all be considered for inclusion. To qualify, productions must feature an aspect of sustainability or of humans and their relationship to the environment. Topics that will be considered include: Animal Behavior & Wildlife, Animal Rights, Art in Nature, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Restoration, Earth Sciences, Eco-Economics, Ecology & Sustainability, Energy & Cleantech, Environmental Activism/Campaigns, Environmental Justice, Environmental Policy, Exploration & Adventure, Food, Agriculture & Aquaculture, Indigenous Peoples, Oceans, Outdoor Sports and Recreation, Public Health, San Francisco Bay Area, Science & Technology, Science Fiction & Future Worlds, Transportation, Urban Living. Please read the GENERAL RULES on our website for additional information. For more information about SFGFF please visit http://sfgreenfilmfest.org San Francisco Green Film Festival Contact: Rachel Caplan International January 8 - February 4, 2011. Juror: Joy Goldkind. Open to local and national artists. Cash Prize. We are looking to show the contemporary use of historical processes. Show us the way in which you bring the past and future together. Bromoil, albumen, collotype, kallitype, lazertran, anthotype, ziatype, carbon, argyrotype, cyanotype, daguerreotype, gum bichromate, salted paper, photogravure, solarplate, tintype, platinum and palladium, van dyke, hand applied emulsions, wet-plate collodion, silver gelatin and combinations of all of the above will be considered. Please visit our website, WWW.STACARTS.ORG/EXHIBITS To Download Prospectuses and for more information. Smithtown Township Arts Council Contact: Krista Biedenbach New - International Visit our website for details: http://www.themailartproject.com No fee, no jury. The Mail Art Project email: info@themailartproject.com New – National Award: $150 and production videotape
After a successful Outworks 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, The Louisiana State University Department of Theatre in Baton Rouge is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for Outworks 2011, a festival of new lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or queer (LGBTQ) themed one-act plays. Submission Guidelines Submissions must be the author's own original work. Each entry shall be free from copyright restrictions and the author agrees to hold LSU, its officers, and directors free and harmless from all copyright claims. Scripts must be LGBTQ-themed. Submissions will be read and scored by a faculty/student committee. The committee will select six plays. These six playwrights will receive $150 in monetary compensation, each play selected will be guaranteed three staged Performances and each playwright will receive a video of his/her production. Playwrights wishing to attend the festival are responsible for all travel expenses. The LSU Theatre Studio season retains all rights and privileges concerning casting, production, and programming for Outworks. LSU Theatre reserves the right to: Reproduce as many copies of the play as are necessary for distribution to the judges and participants in the production. Submissions sent via email are preferred. Please send submissions or inquiries to: International Painters Showcase is a vibrant, supportive online gallery and exhibit community for fine artists to sell their works without commissions or individual listing fees and a virtually unlimited shopping experience for art lovers. Learn more and sign-up for 30 day free trial membership at www.paintersshowcase.com . Painter's Showcase Contact: Victoria Website: www.paintersshowcase.com International 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
New - International Call for entries! See www.arteles.org Deadline: 09-17-2010 Contact: Pekka Ruuska New - International 3331 Arts Chiyoda has recently launched a new residency program open to artists, curators and creative practitioners internationally. This includes not only the visual arts but also practitioners in design, architecture, dance and music etc. With a full range of facilities including accommodation, studio and gallery, creative practitioners have the exceptional opportunity to extend their artistic engagement in the heart of Tokyo. Not only will artists be able to pursue their own individual research and practice, but they will be connected to the extensive network of Tokyo's art scene through the hub that is 3331. With the energy of the electronics and anime haven of Akihabara right at one's doorstep and the traditional cultures of downtown but a stone's throw away artists will be able to experience all aspects of this kaleidoscopic city from this convenient base. Artists are not only able to spend time in Tokyo, but are able to create work onsite and then finally exhibit what they have developed during their stay, in the distinct setting of 3331 Arts Chiyoda. We are pleased to be able to offer these facilities to artists who can contribute to the diverse creative expressions of this cosmopolitan metropolis and engage its inhabitants in new ways. How to Apply In order to apply for this program please download the application form from our website and send it with the relevant supporting material (outlined in this form) to info@en.3331.jp More details here: http://www.3331.jp/news/en/201007/000511.html 3331 Arts Chiyoda Contact: emma ota 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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