Calls for Entries

Big happenings in our little office....

All right folks, We are taking entries for all sorts of things right now here at NCLAC.

First up: Call for Brewers time for ARToberfest Oct.11th!

We need all you crafty home brewers to come out with your best brews and wow the tastebuds of those in attendance at NCLAC's ARToberfest this October 11th! The event begins at 5pm, and lasts until 9pm.

Participating brewers will  compete for two brewers' awards: the $300 Devine Home Brewer People's Choice Award, and the $200 Devine Home Brewer Brewers' Choice Award!

Brewers may bring as many different home brews as they like, but they must have  about 200 "taster" servings altogether; usually brewers run out of beer early in the evening with the minimum. Brewers will serve their brews themselves, and will receive one "brewer volunteer" pass to admit an additional helper to assist them in serving their beer(s). NCLAC will provide food for the brewers when they come early at 4pm to set up before the event. Brewers provide every thing they need to store and pour their beers at the event, such as ice chests and kegs,  but NCLAC will provide the the things needed to serve the beers, such as tables, chairs for the brewers and their volunteers, cups and napkins.

To apply to be a participating brewer fill out the forms below and return them to us by August 31st! If you have any questions email nclacartoberfest@gmail.com, or call the NCLAC offices at 318-255-1450, Mon.-Thurs. from 9am-3pm.

ARToberfest Brewer Application         ARToberfest Brew Description Form

Second: Call for Artist-Vendors and downtown Ruston Businesses for Holiday Arts Tour Nov. 22-24th!

We need artists and businesses to help us make the 2013 Holiday Arts Tour a success once more, by applying to sell artwork and hand-made goods at a special location in downtown Ruston, or by registering to be that special place in downtown Ruston. The Tour will begin Thursday night with viewings of the participating artists' work, and open house sales downtown. It will continue Friday and Saturday during holiday sales' hours, with the artists in residence at the shops selling their wares.  Sunday participating artists' studios will be open, but artists in the participating businesses will have completed their sales. Participating businesses have no obligation to take part in any Sunday events.

Participating businesses will receive up to 20% of their resident artist(s)' sales over the weekend. Each business and the paired artist(s) may decide the details of how they will conduct their transactions before the event.

To read more about the timeline of the Tour weekend, and further requirements to participate as an artist or a business, see the attached forms.

HAT 2013 Artist Application     HAT 2013 Business Application

Art Talk Monday: Peach Art Exhibit

This week's Art Talk Monday is written by Laura Hunt Miller, NCLAC Executive Assistant PAE-logodesign

Are you ready to enter your artwork into this year’s Louisiana Peach Festival Art Exhibit?

Artists of all ages are welcome to enter their work on Thursday, June 13th, at the Ruston Civic Center in one of the Peach Festival’s longest running showcases of fine arts and crafts, organized and hosted by the North Central Louisiana Arts Council for over 25 years. The show will open and awards will be given on Father’s Day Sunday from 3-4 p.m., and remain on display through the weekend of the Peach Festival.

Community members and businesses come together to provide cash awards and ribbons in each category, 1st through 3rd place, as well as a $150 Adult Best of Show, and a $75 Youth Best of Show! Thank you to Community Trust, The Peach 99.3, Beta Sigma Phi, Bank of Ruston, Elizabeth English, Kelly Moore Bag, Janine and Richard Lewis, Stichville, Fine Line Art Supply, Dawn and Edwin Pinkston, The Fashion, Kathy and Chris Stone, Leigh Anne and Josh Chambers, Social Bites, The Frame Up, Nancy and John Wallace, and MaryAnn and Bill Willoughby for your gracious support!

There are three Youth categories: “Ages 8 and Under,” “Ages 9 to 12” years old, and “Ages 13 to 17” years old. Each young person may enter a maximum of two artworks. There is a $10 entry fee for each youth.

There are five Adult categories: “Opaque,” Transparent,” “Photography,” “Original Crafts,” and “Miscellaneous.” Each adult may enter a maximum of two works per an Adult category. There is a $20 entry fee for each category in which an adult enters work.

Descriptions of the Adult categories are on the Peach Festival Art Exhibit Entry Form, which can be found on the NCLAC website at www.nclarts.org, or on the Ruston Chamber of Commerce website. You may also come by the NCLAC office at the Dixie Theater at 212 North Vienna Street in downtown Ruston to pick up a form.

As a past participant, and coordinator of this event, I know just how exciting and encouraging this event is to our local artists, both young and old. So take out that painting or piece of pottery you were worried wasn’t good enough to show, and enter it in the exhibit-- you never know who will win. But remember! All 2-dimensional works must be framed and wired to hang on the wall to be eligible to enter!

I hope to see you and your artwork at the show!

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Member news, and other regional art updates and opportunities

It's spring, and the whirlwind of activity has my spirit full. Today's post is full as well, so let's get started with the news!

Member News:

First up, Hooshang Khorasani currently has a solo exhibition in Bossier City at 1800 Prime in Boomtown Casino, as part of Bossier Arts Council's exhibition series. His April 4 reception includes wine-tasting and a $15 entry fee.

Jerry Berg, of Louisiana Tech University, will be exhibiting at Livaudais Studio in Monroe for the April 4 Downtown Gallery Crawl. New works will be shown for this one night only event, and Jerry will give an artist's talk at 6pm.

Congratulations to Christiane Drieling of Brush Hour Studio, who has been hired to teach art at Montessori School of Ruston. If your child attends Montessory School of Ruston, they will learn so much from Christiane.

Jake Dugard, from Louisiana Tech's SoA Graduate program, will be interning at Hatch Show Print this summer in Nashville. Way to go, Jake!

Dorene Kordal of Fabulous Felt has been invited on an all expenses paid trip to Peru Moda because of her award winning wool felt stitch sampler. Peru--whoo-hoo! AND, Dorene will be blogging about her experience here on our blog upon her return.

At the Louisiana Tech Annual Student Show, currently on display in the School of Art, three NCLAC members won Red River Paper Honorable Mention Awards: Sophia Maras (our recently-moved Gallery Coordinator), Peter Hay and Casey Parkinson. Congratulations!

Next, our very own technical writing intern, Jennifer Downs, was awarded the opportunity to present a paper at the Sigma Tau Delta conference in Portland, Oregon last week. We are proud for you!

Calls for Entry:

Interactive Art Exhibition presented by Alexandria Museum of Art Friday, May 10, 2013, 4–9pm & Saturday, May 11, 2013, 9am–7pm SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 11, 2013 Alexandria Museum of Art is seeking artists to participate in the first annual Interactive Art Exhibition taking place on public sidewalks, green spaces, and streets along the riverfront area of downtown Alexandria during the 2013 Annual Louisiana Dragon Boat Races™. Drawing over 10,000 attendees and 1,000 race participants, Louisiana Dragon Boat Races™ on the scenic Red River viewed from the amphitheater in downtown Alexandria, Louisiana is a spirited day of racing features more teams, food, elaborate costumes, and entertainment on and off the water than ever before. The Interactive Art Exhibition presented by Alexandria Museum of Art will feature art that is highly interactive and invites participation, inspired by local community themes and the spirit of the Louisiana Dragon Boat Races™. Artists will have an opportunity to create new work, showcase their creativity to a large audience, and interact with the public, alongside food vendors, live music, and race spectators. Interactive art may require human interaction to complete the piece; involve the community and the audience in its creation; prompt the viewer to act; incorporate multi-sensory elements; prompt people to interact with one another; respond to participants and its environment; cause people to reflect on the larger community; respond to the community’s culture, needs, and environment in an innovative and unique way. Honorariums in varying amounts will be awarded to each selected artist or collective. For more information on how to submit a proposal: https://www.facebook.com/events/478623825526828/

NCLAC's is now accepting artist entries for our exhibition spaces at Crescent City, Dixie Center Lobby, the Bridge Project with Bossier Arts Council, and early notification for large group shows in a new space being renovated at Louisiana Tech University's Student Center. Here is more information. The application is available in 'the box' at the bottom of your screen.Big_News_clip_art_88125135_std.329233502_std

Fundraisers:

The Twin City Art Foundation and the Masur Museum of Art are asking artists to help with our annual fundraiser. The Off-the-Wall Fundraiser will include a silent auction. Please consider contributing a work of art to this important cause! The money raised will help fund upcoming exhibitions, educational outreach, and educational programming for adults and children. It's your last chance to participate in this worthwhile and, frankly, very fun event! See more details here.

NCLAC's Keep the Arts Afloat fundraiser is here! This annual event makes the arts council possible. We sell only 250 tickets, for $100 donations, and then we give away $5000. It's great odds, and it's a great way to make a tax-deductible donation. See any NCLAC board member to make your donation and get your ticket, call our office t 255-1450, or stop by the Dixie Center for the Arts at 212 North Vienna, Monday-Thursday from 9-3.

There are always Opportunities!

Sophia here with more opportunities for our local artists! With just one more month before I leave Louisiana, I smirk at the thought that I am now noticing so many more exhibition opportunities than I have in the past. Perfect timing, right? Well, yes! It's never too late. First on the charts we have the Art Melt, the largest multi-media juried art exhibit in Louisiana, showcasing the artistic, musical and culinary talents of the state! This will be Forum 35's tenth Annual Art Melt with an opening on July 20th. To enter your artwork, visit artmelt.org between March 1st and June 1st. This is the first step! Show your artwork outside of Ruston... outside of North Louisiana... and into Baton Rouge for the Art Melt! You'll soon make your way into those national, out of state exhibits!

Untitled1For Art Melt media inquiries, please contact Art Melt chair Rebecca Alexander at artmelt@forum35.org.

To request a sponsorship packet, please contact Forum 35’s VP of Development Melissa Parmelee at Melissa@forum35.org.

For Forum 35 media inquiries, please contact VP of Communications Jacqueline Stalls at Jacqueline@forum35.org.

Next on this week's list is the ARS FEMINA, through ArtAddicion.net. An interesting twist on what you may think of as an art exhibit, the 2nd Online Annual Of Contemporary Art is an opportunity to have your work displayed for one year in their online gallery. Yes, I said it, an ONLINE GALLERY. The competition is open to all artists and is judged solely by visuals submitted online or attachment. All accepted works that pass the screening will entry into competition and will be exhibited 12 months beginning with the date of the inclusion.Screen shot 2013-02-20 at 11.17.41 PM

The Art Addiction art project quickly evolved into an efficacious on-line art marketing entity, an endeavor that has grown and flourished throughout the last two decades. By formalizing an on-line ‘business-of-art’ model, expenditures and overhead attributed to the sale of art have been slashed, commensurate with increased profitability for the associated artists. 

You may view the application by clicking here and submit your works to info@artaddiction.net. Note that if your work is chosen, you will need to provide pictures at 'print resolution' for publication in their collective  art books.

Interesting facts about Art Addiction:

-Art Addiction Online Gallery is probably world's oldest art website! -In August 1991 Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the first website. -In June 1992 Art Addiction launched the first ever online art gallery -Art Addiction curate 54 int'l exhibitions and exposed over 6000 fine artists

I don't know about you, but this online gallery sounds amazing! No delivery of artwork, more publicity for your artwork, and a whole year on this website! There's no doubt about it... I will be submitting to both of these amazing opportunities.

Call for Artwork! Three Great Opportunities!

Hello there! Sophia here to update you on some opportunities to get your artwork in front of the public eye. There are currently three calls for artwork: Bossier Arts Council's Artini to be held at Boomtown Casino, the Off the Wall Fundraiser at the Masur Museum in Monroe, and Critical Mass presented by the Shreveport Regional arts Center. ARtini

Having participated in the ARTini in 2012, I can personally say this is a golden opportunity for artists! This will be the fourth annual ARTini fundraiser for the Bossier Arts Council, providing funding for East Bank Theatre, East Bank Gallery, Arts-In-Education programming in Bossier schools, ArtWalk, and a wide range of classes and workshops available throughout the year. This year the event will be held on Saturday, March 9th, 2013 at 7pm at the Boomtown Casino in Bossier. This is where YOU have the opportunity to participate! In order to make this night a success, the Bossier Arts Council needs donations. Items donated may be any form of artistic media, such as paintings, drawing, sculpture, jewelry, etc. By donating a piece of artwork, the artist gets two free tickets to attend as well as  a 50% commission on items sold! Along with the silent auction, this night will consist of a celebration with drinks and live music . How can you pass that up?!

off the wallNext on the list is the Off the Wall fundraiser.  The Twin City Art Foundation will host their 4th annual Off the Wall fundraiser for the Masur Museum of Art on Friday April 5, 2013 from 6:30-9:30. A silent auction will be the focal point of this event with wonderful art by local, national, and sometimes international artists! Again, this is where you come in! The Masur is asking artists to donate one to two pieces of artwork to the silent auction, with perks of one free admission ticket and one free raffle ticket for the always popular Bon Voyage Trip Raffle. Artists who wish to participate must notify Jenny Burnham, Curator of Education and Public Programs, by Tuesday, April 2, so mark your calendars! For more info on submission guidelines contact the Masur Museum. Proceeds from the fundraiser support exhibitions and educational programs atthe Masur Museum of Art.

Last, but certainly not least is your opportunity to submit work to Critical Mass, an exhibition presented by the Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC). Critical Mass is an invitational group exhibition for all visual artists and artist teams who live in one of the ten parishes within Northwest LA. The parishes include: Caddo, Bosser, Webster, Lincoln, Claibborne, Desoto, Red River, Natchitoches, Bienville and Sabine.

If you are interested in this exhibition, your first step should be to make sure you are on the NWLA Artist Directory. If not, it is a simple process to apply and will further recognize you as an artist among others in Northwest LA. The exposure gained from including your artist statement and resume on this directory could also help you gain exhibition opportunities in the future!

Critical Mass will not be juried, but will be judged by the 'critic' prior to the opening reception on Friday March 1st from 6-8pm, where awards will be announced.

Take advantage of these three opportunities!  By simply donating artwork, you could exhibit your work in three different cities within two months, gain feedback and publicity, and make connections with artists from different areas!

For another link to Artini, visit this page.

For another link to Off the Wall, visit this page.

For another link to Critical Mass, visit this page.

Visual Artists: Call for Entries (Art Talk Monday)

This week's Art Talk Monday is NCLAC's Call for Entries! It’s time for our annual Call for Entries for the 2013-14 exhibition year. This year, our call is made even more exciting by the addition of new exhibition spaces.  Our art shows run on a three month cycle, with opportunities for solo, small group and large group exhibitions.

Our collaboration with Crescent City Coffee gives us a space here in Ruston where we display solo exhibits. Receptions with snacks and coffee are generally held on Sunday afternoons.

The lobby in the Dixie Center for the Arts, also known as the Piney Hills Gallery, is our space for exhibits featuring work by artists from our outlying parishes. These exhibitions rotate in coordination with Dixie Season Shows.

New for this year is the Bridge Project, with Bossier Arts Council (BAC) and Cultural Crossroads of Minden.  This collaboration will give NCLAC’s juried artists the opportunity to show in spaces coordinated by BAC and Cultural Crossroads, thus “bridging”  the gap between our locations, and providing our artists out-of-the-area exhibition opportunities.

Another new space for displaying artwork will be our partnership with Louisiana Tech University in a student center exhibition space. This space will be for large group shows, featuring “themed” exhibits.  The goal here is to connect various university organizations with the community, and our office is abuzz with excitement about this big project.

In order to be included in our list of juried artists, (to be eligible for exhibiting at Crescent City, Dixie Lobby and the Bridge Project, and to be first notified on calls for the Tech themed shows) those interested must fill out an application (MAY BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR BLOG in the BOX).  If you have questions, please let us know. Our office email is nclac5@gmail.com, phone (318)255-1450, address PO Box 911, Ruston, LA 71273

The North Central Louisiana Arts Council is supported in part by a grant from the Louisiana State Arts Council through the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Visual Artists: Two Calls for Entries

The Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana, is taking applications for its 50th Annual Juried Competition. The Juror is George T.M.  Shackelford, the Senior Deputy Director of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Any time there's a Call for Entries, the first question is "What's the deadline?" and the next is "Are there cash awards?"

The deadline is January 11 (for online entries it's the 12, but shooting for a day early is always better, right?)

The exhibition gives monetary awards, including Best in Show for $1000, with a new award created this year for the Best Packed. Total awards equal $3000. The link gives all the juicy and necessary details.

Follow this link to see all the information. This is a national exhibition, right here in our region, so get those applications in! Let's get a good representation of artists from north central Louisiana  into the Museum.

Having entered and attended the competition for years, it's really a great feeling seeing all the work from our area that's accepted into the exhibition each year. Artists from around the country enter this competition. Of course the juror-process is anonymous, which shows the caliber of artists we have working in our region.

So don't procrastinate, follow the link and get your application ready. Is your New Year's Resolution to enter more competitions, to exhibit your work more, to add some lines to your artist resume? Well what a great opportunity to start off the new year, with a national competition right here in our own back yard.

 

Now for a local competition: Union Parish Arts Council is accepting entries for their Competitive Art Exhibition. This is open to Union Parish residents only. There are details about the event on this link. Entries should be submitted for judging on Friday, Nov. 30, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the public exhibit will be the next day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are ribbons and cash awards for adult winners, ribbons and gift cards for youth. A portion of the proceeds from the adult entry fees will go to the Farmerville High School art program.  The juror for the competition is Dr. Joni Noble, Associate Professor of Art from the  University of Louisiana at Monroe. More details about the Union Arts Council can be found here.

Art Talk Monday: Holiday Arts Tour Call for Artists

Hello regional artists! Applications for this year's Holiday Arts Tour are open, and available for download at the bottom of the page in the "shared files" box. This year, there is a Business Application (for business sites on the tour); an Artist Application (which is also for Studio sites); and a Student Artist Application (for undergraduate university students.) Read the Art Talk below for more information, and get those applications in!

Holiday Arts Tour: Celebrating Tradition

by Jessica Slaughter, NCLAC Executive Director

This fall will be the North Central Louisiana Arts Council’s 15th Annual Holiday Arts Tour, titled Celebrating Tradition, to be held November 15-18. The Holiday Arts Tour is an exciting, arts-filled weekend that showcases the talent of our region’s visual, literary, and performing artists. The Holiday Arts Tour gives our artists the opportunity to exhibit and sell their artwork by partnering with downtown businesses and galleries or by opening their personal studios to the general public during the tour weekend.  The Tour promotes artistic discussion and exposure through live demonstrations, performances, exhibitions, and sales.  Visual and literary arts are highlighted each day, and musical performances are showcased in the evenings.

The Tour begins on Thursday this year, as we are partnering with the City of Ruston and its annual Holiday Open House.  This delightful evening will focus on the downtown area and highlight not only our artists but our local businesses. Merchants will have snacks and shopping, the city will have Santa and music at Railroad Park, and NCLAC will have artists spread throughout for one-of-a-kind shopping opportunities. As the weekend progresses, musical acts will be added to the line-up, in addition to the opening of artists’ studios. Sprout Sunday will be back this year, with free kids’-related activities and art demonstrations at participating studio sites.

This beloved event is part of NCLAC’s Cultural Economy Initiative programming, as it demonstrates our investment in the economic future of our community. The Tour helps turn creativity into sales, it markets our strengths, it makes culture an industry, and helps grow Ruston as a cultural destination. Last year, many participating downtown business owners not only reported higher traffic through their spaces but also increased sales for both themselves and the artists with whom they partnered.  The 2011 Holiday Arts Tour had a total estimated economic impact of $75,000, not counting NCLAC’s expenses in presenting the Tour.  As a non-profit, proud to serve the five parishes of Lincoln, Bienville, Claiborne, Union and Jackson, we strive to promote our region’s talent and keep our business local.

Applications are now being accepted for businesses and galleries to participate as Tour sites, and for artists and studios to exhibit. Please visit our website- nclarts.org; our blog- nclac.wordpress.com; or call our office - 255-1450, for more information. Join the fun this holiday season, and celebrate tradition with us!

NCLAC looking for artists!!

The North Central Louisiana Arts Council is currently accepting submissions from visual artists for their galleries in partnership with area restaurants 102 a Bistro and Crescent City Coffee House.  Each space will do four shows a year with opening reception for each exhibition. Artists who are interested should submit three images of their work, artist statement, and arts resume via email to nclac5@gmail.com or by mail to NCLAC, PO Box 911, Ruston, LA, 71273.   (Self Taught, folk artists, and crafts people need not supply an arts resume.)  Please label all entries “Bistro Project”.  The deadline is Friday, May 31 at 5:00pm.  All mailed worked must be postmarked by Friday for consideration.

Submissions will be juried by an anonymous panel of professional artists and restaurant owners.  Artists will be notified by Friday, June 15th and contracts will be sent out by Monday, June 18th.

The North Central Louisiana Arts Council serves the five parishes of Lincoln, Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, and Union. NCLAC and their programs are supported in part by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency.

For more about the Piney Hills Gallery or other NCLAC’s activities please visit our website at www.nclarts.org or http://nclac.wordpress.com.

Call for Entry Friday

Visual Arts

60x60 is calling for works for its tenth performance season!

Vox Novus is inviting composers/sound artists to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to be included in its tenth annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert.

60x60 is a one-hour-long show made by sequencing 60 pre-recorded pieces by 60 different composers, each piece a minute in length or shorter. Highlighting the work of a great many composers, 60x60 testifies to the vibrancy of contemporary composition by present a diverse array of styles, aesthetics, and techniques being used today ( http://www.60x60.com ). 60x60 has received thousands of submissions from over 30 countries, produced radio shows, created multimedia and multidisciplinary events, and released several albums.

During the concert each of the 60 pieces selected will begin precisely at the beginning of the minute, this will mark the end of one piece and the beginning of another. There will be no pause between the pieces. Works may be less than 60 seconds in length, but may not exceed 60 seconds. Works selected that are less than 60 seconds long will be "padded" with silence either before, after, or surrounding the composition. Please note that the total duration of the work including silence may NOT exceed sixty seconds.

The 60x60 project's definition of a record work is as follows: any work created as a musical composition which is captured on recorded media, which does not require live performers for its production in broadcast at concert halls, radio, multi-media, etc. Its creation can include but not limited to acoustic instruments, voice, environmental sources, and computer (Sampling, MAX MSP, MIDI, C Sound, ProTools, etc.)

All works submitted should be with the understanding that it is their recording that is of prime importance and is what will be used to determine its selection.

60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created specifically for the 60x60 project. Excerpts of larger works are strongly discouraged. Works generated from procedures (i.e. mathematical matrices, organizational systems, or computer programs,) remixed works, or themes and motives recomposed from other of the composer's own work are acceptable.

In addition to the 60x60 International Mix, Vox Novus is planning to create at least 10 mixes to celebrate 60x60's tenth call for works. Planned mixes include the Canada Mix, Athena Mix, UnTwelve Mix, UK Mix, Northeast Mix, Europe Mix, Presenters Mix, and more.

The call is open to composers of any nationality, age, or career stage.

Deadline for 60 second compositions for 60x60 is May 31, 2012.

There is no admission fee.

All submissions must be uploaded online at: http://www.60x60.com/submission

Audio submissions must be in either FLAC, AIFF or WAV file format.

Multiple submissions are accepted from a single composer/sound artist; however, only one submission will be allowed per email address submitted.

All submissions must be uploaded by May 31st, 2012 - 12:00 Midnight

Works selected for the 2012 60x60 project will be announced on September 15th, 2012.

Composer will be notified of the results by email or they can visit: http://www.60x60.com

Any questions regarding the call for works can be addressed to : Support@VoxNovus.com

CHRISTMAS IN THE SKY PHOTOGRAPHER CALL

The Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC)  is seeking proposals from Northwest Louisiana photographers for the Christmas in the Sky Photographer, who will photograph the Sponsors of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council’s biennial fundraising event.  Deadline to submit is April 18th.  Click here for guidelines.

SHREVEPORT COMMON TEMPORARY PUBLIC ARTWORKS PROJECT:

The Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC) on behalf of the City of Shreveport is seeking proposals from Northwest Louisiana Artists to design and fabricate temporary public artworks that will jumpstart the transformation of a neglected, 9-block area in the western part of downtown into Shreveport’s first artists’ driven Cultural Community, SHREVEPORT COMMON.  Click here for GUIDELINES!

Individual Artist Funding: Pollock-Krasner

Deadline:  Open. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation makes grants to painters, sculptors, and other visual artists working in two-dimensional media (excluding photographers) who demonstrate artistic merit and financial need. Grants are intended for a one-year time period. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.pkf.org/grant.html.

Public Art Call: Monumental Sculpture – Chattanooga

In house deadline April 9, 2012

Public Art Chattanooga is seeking proposals for a monumental sculpture for temporary placement on a grassy lot at the corner of West Main Street and Broad Street in downtown Chattanooga’s burgeoning Southside district. The sculpture will be on view for two years from June 2012 to June 2014. The artist will receive a $20,000 stipend.

For more information,  please click here.

Art Melt 2012 – Juried Exhibit – Call to Artists

Deadline June 1, 2012

Show opens July 13, 2012 Jury Fee: $35

The Art Melt is the largest multi-media, juried exhibit in the state of Louisiana. Now in its 9th year, the Art Melt strives to promote professional artists throughout the state of Louisiana while providing an opportunity for the public to experience the best of local fine art, music, performing arts, and culinary creation. This show is open to Louisiana resident artists only. The Art Melt 2012 will take place in downtown Baton Rouge, LA at the Shaw Center for the Arts on Saturday, July 14th from 5-10pm. All artwork accepted to the competition will hang in the Shaw Center Gallery and remain up and open to the public for 3 weeks following the event.

For more information, please visit  www.artmelt.org

Dance

Job Opening: Dance Teacher -Full Time Position, K-5 Lusher Charter School

Dance Artist Teacher -Full Time Position, K-5 Lusher Charter School,

Requirements: BFA Dance, MFA or MA in Dance Education Minimum 3 years teaching experience in K-5 dance program Performance and choreographic background experience with children’s dance companies. Knowledge and background in Arts Integration across the curriculum. Professional experience performing, choreographing and collaborating with musicians and other artists.

For more information, please email Kathy kathy_dejean@lusherschool.org

Part-Time Manager, 3 Ring Circus Arts & Education Center

3 Ring Circus Arts & Education Center is a multi-use Arts, Music, Education and Special Event venue. The organization presents Visual Arts, Film, and Music from emerging artists at the Big Top, a family friendly venue in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans. Also, the organization is a leader in presenting Arts Education programs for Children and Youth.

The Manager is responsible for the planning and implementation of established 3 Ring Circus Art Programs including Friday Night Music Camp, Summer Arts Camp, and the Peep Show Film Program. Also the Manager is responsible for creating new programs and special events (rentals, benefits etc.) that fulfill the 3 Ring Circus mission of promoting emerging art and artist.
The Manager is also responsible for the Promotions and Public Relations, Fundraising, and Financial Management for 3 Ring Circus Arts & Education Center. The Manager answers to and works in partnership with the Board of Directors to support the artistic mission of the 3 Ring Circus Arts & Education Center.
Skills Required: The Manager position requires general knowledge in Arts Administration, the Creative process and the role that Art plays in the Community. General skills required in Arts Administration, Non-profit operations, Business and/or Education. Interest and knowledge of the emerging Art & Music segment with experience in developing Art and Music careers. Knowledge of Arts Education programs that target children, youth and adults. General skills related to marketing, public relations, fundraising, arts related community outreach, and organizational development are essential components of this position. Manager duties include:1. Develop and Manage creative self-sustaining Art Education Programs. 2. Develop and Manage the Special Event (Rentals, Private events) Revenue stream of 3 Ring Circus Arts & Education Center. 3. Develop and Manage the Programmatic Calendar of Events (Live Music, Theatre, Community events etc.) 4. Develop a Fundraising and sponsorship strategy from local, regional and national government, corporate, foundation, and individuals. Cultivate prospects and build repeat annual donor relationships. 5. Assist with the Curating of the monthly Arts shows. 6. Report to the Executive Committee on activities, programs, and issues.

Gallery Hours – 2:00pm-6:00pm Thurs. Fri. Sat.
Salary: Part-Time Salaried Position: 25 hours a week Monthly Stipend pending experience 10% of Special Event Sales

Music 

Funding for Music: Guitar Center Deadline:  Open. The Guitar Center Music Foundation’s mission is to support nonprofit music programs across America that offer instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music. The Foundation accepts grant applications from music academies, schools, local music programs, and national music programs that teach people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music. Online applications may be submitted at any time and are reviewed three times per year.  For more information, and a link to the online application, please visithttp://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info

Funding: Southern Arts Foundation Touring Deadline:  Rolling. SAF Touring Grants: The Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts offers Southern Fast Track Touring grants. This program, through its rolling deadline, is designed to offer Southern presenters more opportunities throughout the year to apply for fee support. Aimed at smaller presenters, the Southern Fast Track Touring program seeks to establish an active arts environment in underserved communities. This program offers fee support to present performing artists and writers from outside the presenter’s state. These grants are limited to presenting organizations with operating budgets of $100,000 or less.  Applications must be postmarked 60 days prior to the project start date. The maximum request is 50% of the artist fee, up to $2,500. Touring support is awarded to theatre, music, opera, musical theatre, literary, and dance projects that contain both a public performance or reading AND an educational component.  For more information, please see: http://www.southarts.org

Call to Artists – Artwork Proposals – Deadline May 11, 2012

Public Art Call: Jacksonville

Deadline May 11, 2012

JAA and JIA Arts Commission are seeking artists to develop and submit site specific artwork proposals for the Courtyard Restroom Fin Wall and two Water Fountain Surrounds within JIA, which is centrally located within JIA between the Haskell Gallery and the Sky Gallery. This will be a focal point of the courtyard, which is JIA’s most heavily traveled area, with nearly six million passengers per year. JAA and JIA Arts Commission expect that a signature work of art will create a memorable experience for all who visit Jacksonville. Budget: $75,000

For the complete RFQ & I: http://www.flyjax.com/BidStatusReport.aspx

Film/Media

Opportunity:  The Philanthropy Film Award

Deadline:  Monday, January 30, 2012 The Philanthropy Film Award includes a $5,000 prize to the film that best captures the impact of philanthropy on North Louisiana.  The winning film will be picked by a jury of five individuals from the film and arts industry and the local community.  The top three films will be screened at the Robinson Film Center in April 2012. Download Guidelines and information from The Community Foundation website at http://www.nlacf.org/?page=FilmAward

Job Opening: LEH Associate Media Editor

The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities seeks a talented Associate Media Editor to join our creative team in producing KnowLA – The Online Encyclopedia of Louisiana History and Culture, and Louisiana Cultural Vistas, an award-winning quarterly arts and culture magazine in print for 23 years. This person will assist the Senior Media Editor with a variety of responsibilities, including researching and acquiring archival media, editing digital content, and entering metadata. Some familiarity with content management systems is required. The ideal candidate should be able to manage high-volume digital work flows for graphic, audio and video content, and should be proficient in digital imaging and editing with Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut Pro. A BA or BFA in digital media/new media/ photography or communications is preferred and recent graduates will be considered. While some foundational knowledge of Louisiana’s history and culture is a plus, a sincere interest is essential. Salary range: mid 30s. Please send a cover letter and resume to Andrea Ferguson, Senior Media Editor; The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 938 Lafayette St., Ste. 300, New Orleans, LA 70113 or  toferguson@leh.org. Please include “Associate Media Editor” in the subject line.

 

Secrets of an Arts Administrator

We will take a break from the usual format this week and instead share information about an exciting upcoming opportunity for our Regional Artists. On Tuesday, April 3rd from 10am-1pm a representative from the Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC) will be at the Lincoln Parish Library to assist Artists with registering on the NW LA Artists Directory. This Directory is a project of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council and is designed to recognize artists from all art disciplines and media in Northwest Louisiana.  This is an amazing opportunity for Artists of all disciplines (literary, performing, and visual) to join an interactive listing viewed by presenting organizations looking to book shows, exhibition, performance, or readings.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Participation in the Directory is free of charge.
  • The artist mus have established residence in and mush have lived at least 12 months in one of the 10 parishes in North Louisiana (Region 7).  Parishes include: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Desoto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster.
  • The artist must comple the Northwest Louisiana Juried Artists' Directory application: Including the submission of an Artist Statement, Resume, and Samples of Work in accordance to submission requirements in the Directory Application.
  • All artist must be at least 21 years of age.
  • Artist must agree to terms of service to be accepted to the Northwest Louisiana Artists' Directory
Benefits
Acceptance to the Northwest Louisiana Artists' Directory provides the following benefits:
  1. Promotion on the Shreveport Regional Arts Council Directory
  2. Invitations to all arts events that the Shreveport Regional Arts Council produces.
  3. Up to date information on grants, funding and opportunities.
  4. Monthly online newsletter promoting opportunities for artists in the Region.
  5. The opportunity to be accepted to the Northwest Juried Artists' Roster

Artists interested in participating should come to the Lincoln Parish Library (910 N. Trenton, Ruston, LA) prepared to register online.  The SRAC representative will have a laptop on location for artists to  use and will assist with loading all required materials.  Artist are asked to bring a flash drive with the required information.  Below you will find the requirements for each discipline:

  • Visual Artists- Artist Statement, Bio, and Resume. 10 digital images of your work.
  • Writers- Artist Statement, Bio, and Resume. Up to 30 pages of written material.
  • Performers (Musicians, Dancers, Actors, Movement)- Artist Statement, Bio, and Resume. Up to 10 minutes of video. 3 video sample 3 min in length

If you have more questions please feel free to contact Kathryn Usher the Directory Coordinator at artists@shrevearts.org.

Call for Entry Friday

Visual Artists

LOUISIANA PROXIMITIES 

The 4th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference invites all artists residing in the United States and Canada to enter its Louisiana Proximities exhibition. All works meeting the guidelines will be considered by the juror. The works selected will be on exhibit in the Orville J. Hanchey Gallery at Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU), September 1-24, 2012. The Conference and exhibition are co-sponsored by the Department of Fine + Graphic Arts, the Folklife Society of Louisiana, the Louisiana Folklife Center and the NSU College of Arts, Letters, Graduate Studies and Research. Exhibition Chair is Leslie Gruesbeck, Assistant Exhibition Chair is Jordan Wade. Conference Chair is Shane Rasmussen JUROR Dawn DeDeaux has exhibited throughout the country including the Whitney Museum of American Art and is a American Academy in Rome Prize recipient as Knight Foundation Visiting Southern Artist. She was one of eight artists selected to represent the south in the 1996 Olympics exhibition "Out of Bounds" that premiered her fully immersive media work "The Face of God." She is a featured artist in Prospect 2, and is working in association with Tulane University on her "Project Mutants" - illuminated floating sculptures with water sensoring devices to monitor chemicals in waterways. DeDeaux is the founding editor of Arts Quarterly (1976-1984) for the New Orleans Museum of Art and a co-founder of the Contemporary Arts Center. As educator she established a comprehensive arts program for a 6000 inmate prison facility (Orleans Parish Prison) and has served as Artist in Residence at institutions including Maryland Institute College of Arts. In the late 70s / early 80s she produced and hosted the New Orleans’ first radio program dedicated to contemporary art, ART NOW. She is winner of the 1976 Demolition Derby in the Louisiana Superdome as the only woman contestant in a field of 35 drivers - "far surpassing any of my achievements in the arts." ENTRY Louisiana Proximities may be entered with .jpeg images through either an On-line Entry Program or by Mail-in Entry Form with CD. Not in combination. Each work must reflect the artist’s interpretation of Louisiana. • Size Limitations: Before submitting entry, please measure work carefully—there are no exceptions to sizes. Notify your framer. 2-D work: Measurements must include the outside edges of the frame, or work if unframed, and cannot exceed 36” on any one side. 3-D work: Measurements cannot exceed 36” in any one direction. • Selection: 1. Selections for exhibition are made by the juror from JPEG images. 2. Only juried-in work will be exhibited. No substitutions. 3. Final acceptance is made by juror from delivered work. 4. Awards are designated by the juror. • Entries: All work must be original, signed by the artist on front or back of artwork, and priced for sale or marked POR (price on request). Works previously exhibited in a juried show at Hanchey Gallery are not eligible. • Entry Fees for both Online and Mail-in Options: A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered. 1 or 2 entries $35 Additional four entries $5 each. Entry fees are non-refundable. 1. Online Entry Only: • Go to www.nsula.edu/art and select On-line Entry Options to submit entry and payment. 2. Mail-in Entry Only: • Detailed guidance can be downloaded from <www.nsula.edu/art/pdf/Digital_Image_Guide.pdf> • Submit one JPEG image per piece entered. The longest pixel dimension of the image should be about 2000 pixels. Save the JPEG as Baseline Standard (not Progressive) in RGB color, prefer¬ably sRGB. The file must be under 2.0 MB • JPEG file names must start with the artist’s last name, then first name, then entry number in that order. The last name should include any space, hyphen or apostrophe normally used. Do not use a space after the last name, first name or entry number. The title may be added but the file name may not exceed 25 characters. Do not use #, $, %, & or other similar characters. Only one period may be used (e.g. O’ReillyMary1redrose.jpg). • Load all images onto one CD that is marked with the artist’s name using a black permanent marker—no stick-on labels. • Test your CD to be certain it is readable. AWARDS Best of show will be selected the juror and that selection will generate a solo show in the Fall of 2013 at the Orville J. Hanchey Gallery. NOTIFICATION Notification of acceptance is sent by email with delivery instructions included for exhibiting artists. Please set your spam filter to recognize this email notification, and/or contact Leslie Gruesbeck at gruesbeckl@nsula.edu if you have not received notice. EXHIBITION AND DELIVERY • Images of accepted works may be used at the sole discretion of MFA for promotional purposes including but not limited to the invitation, cata¬log, web site, or on subsequent years’ prospec¬tus. Image will include attribution wherever possible. • No clip frames, taped edges or non-professional hanging systems. Presentation must be appro¬priate for a gallery setting. Artwork must be equipped for installation. Attach a label with name, title, medium & price. • All 2-D work on paper must use Plexiglas when shipping. • Must follow size restrictions in presentation. Measure work prior to delivery. No exceptions. •All accepted work must arrive on or before delivery deadline. • The NSU will retain 20% from sales. • Work cannot be withdrawn before end of exhibit. • A $10 fine is imposed for late pick up. Work not retrieved within two weeks of pick-up dates will become the property of the NSU. LIABILITY Artwork and entry materials will be handled with all possible care. NSU and the co-sponsors of the Louisiana Studies Conference will not be responsible or liable for loss or damage from any cause whatso¬ever. Entering this exhibition shall constitute under¬standing and agreement on the part of the artist with the conditions stated. Insurance, if desired, must be carried by the artist. SCHEDULE June 1 Deadline for online or CD entry submission July 15 Notifications sent by email August 15 Accepted work must arrive. Hanchey Gallery 140 Central Avenue, NSU Natchitoches, Louisiana 71497 8-4:30, Hand delivery. Closed Sat and Sun. Sept 1 First day of exhibition. Sept 24-6 p.m. Reception at Hanchey Gallery. Juror’s talk and Awards presented at 7:00 p.m. Sept 25 3-5 p.m. Pick up work at Hanchey Gallery. A $10 fine will be imposed for late pick up. By October 15 Shipped work will be sent. Gallery hours: 8:30 to 5 Monday through Thursday, 8:30-noon Friday Telephone Voice/TTD: 318-357-5476 Exhibition email: gruesbeckl@nsula.edu Accessible to people with disabilities. CHECK LIST FOR MAIL-IN ENTRIES ONLY  CD correctly identified and tested for readability. CDs are not returned.  Complete entry form and enclose it with check and CD.  Send entry materials to Louisiana Proximities, c/o Leslie Gruesbeck, Hanchey Gallery, NSU 140 Central Avenue, Natchitoches, Louisiana 71497

Public Art Call: Monumental Sculpture – Chattanooga

In house deadline April 9, 2012

Public Art Chattanooga is seeking proposals for a monumental sculpture for temporary placement on a grassy lot at the corner of West Main Street and Broad Street in downtown Chattanooga’s burgeoning Southside district. The sculpture will be on view for two years from June 2012 to June 2014. The artist will receive a $20,000 stipend.

For more information, please click here.

Watercolor U.S.A. 2012 

Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, MO announces a call to artists for Watercolor U.S.A. 2012, June 9 - August 5, 2012. $40,000 in cash, merchandise, patron and Museum purchase awards. Juror: Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Open to any artist, 18 years or older, living in the U.S. or its possessions. Original work, created since 1/1/11, must be executed using water-soluble paint on paper or a paper derivative. No prints, photographs, photo-collage or reproductions. $15/up to two entries. Deadline: March 27, 2012Download prospectus (PDF format), or send a SASE to: Watercolor U.S.A. 2012, 1111 E. Brookside Dr., Springfield, MO 65807. Questions? Contact Sarah Buhr, Curator of Exhibitions at WatercolorUSA@springfieldmo.gov or call 417-837-5700.

Call for Art - Theme "CityScapes" Art Competition 

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call to artists for anonline exhibition, April 1-30, 2012. Extensive worldwide publicity for the winners. Juror: John R. Math. Open to 2D artists (including photography). Amateur or professional. No geographic restrictions. $10.00 for 2 entries and $15.00 for 3 or more entries, up to 5 entries.Apply onlineDeadline: March 29, 2012. Questions? Please contact John R. Math at info@lightspacetime.com or call 888-490-3530.

Plein Air Paint Out in Historic Marietta

 The Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art announces a call to artists for itsInaugural Plein Air Paint Out, March 31 - April 8, 2012. Artists will paint local public and private sites in beautiful Historic Marietta, Georgia. From the local homes and gardens, to the dynamic architecture of downtown, Historic Marietta has many picturesque scenes perfect for plein air painting. Awards: 1st: $250, 2nd: $150, 3rd: $50. Jurors: John Guernsey and Nikki Davidson. Deadline: March 30, 2012. Pre-Register: $25/$30; Drop-In: $35/40. Download prospectus (PDF format), or send a SASE to: 30 Atlanta Street, Marietta, GA 30060. Questions? Please contact Emily Ryals at education@mariettacobbartmuseum.org or call 770-528-1444 x16. (oil painting by John B. Guernsey)

SHREVEPORT COMMON TEMPORARY PUBLIC ARTWORKS PROJECT:

The Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC) on behalf of the City of Shreveport is seeking proposals from Northwest Louisiana Artists to design and fabricate temporary public artworks that will jumpstart the transformation of a neglected, 9-block area in the western part of downtown into Shreveport’s first artists’ driven Cultural Community, SHREVEPORT COMMON.  Click here for GUIDELINES!

Individual Artist Funding: Pollock-Krasner

Deadline:  Open. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation makes grants to painters, sculptors, and other visual artists working in two-dimensional media (excluding photographers) who demonstrate artistic merit and financial need. Grants are intended for a one-year time period. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.pkf.org/grant.html.

Writers

Seeing essays on eco-consciousness

10 March 2012 | Link
The Centennial Reader (Canada) seeks essays that tackle eco-consciousness issues straight on from a less-obvious perspective (affects relationships, the market place, your own life). Accepts research-based and personal essays. Deadline: April 30, 2012.

Northern Ireland journal seeks writing on 'self'

6 March 2012 | Link
Irish Pages - A Journal of Contemporary Writing (Northern Ireland) seeks submissions in Irish and English for the next issue. Theme: Self. Deadline: March 31, 2012.

UK journal seeks the 'cold and contemporary'

3 March 2012 | Link
Online and print quarterly Neon Literary Magazine (UK) seeks submissions of prose and poetry. Submissions are accepted all year by email to: subs@neonmagazine.co.uk. No attachments, please. More information, back issues and full guidelines are online at: www.neonmagazine.co.uk

Theatre

Funding for Artist Residency Programs

LOI Deadline June 1, 2012

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Artist Residency Program is designed to support artists and organizations working together to pilot new ways of reaching the public and developing demand for the performing arts. The program will support at least 50 residencies for artists at dance companies, theaters, and/or presenting organizations with grants ranging from $75,000 to $150,000. Applications will be accepted from organizations with annual incomes of at least $300,000 that present and/or produce artists in jazz, theatre, and/or contemporary dance. Applying artists may be from any field. (Funded projects must have developing demand for jazz, theatre, and/or contemporary dance as their primary goal, not the creation of new work or creative time for artists.)

For more information, please click here.

Dance

Funding for Artist Residency Programs

LOI Deadline June 1, 2012

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Artist Residency Program is designed to support artists and organizations working together to pilot new ways of reaching the public and developing demand for the performing arts. The program will support at least 50 residencies for artists at dance companies, theaters, and/or presenting organizations with grants ranging from $75,000 to $150,000. Applications will be accepted from organizations with annual incomes of at least $300,000 that present and/or produce artists in jazz, theatre, and/or contemporary dance. Applying artists may be from any field. (Funded projects must have developing demand for jazz, theatre, and/or contemporary dance as their primary goal, not the creation of new work or creative time for artists.)

For more information, please click here.

Music

Funding for Music: Guitar Center

Deadline:  Open. The Guitar Center Music Foundation’s mission is to support nonprofit music programs across America that offer instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music. The Foundation accepts grant applications from music academies, schools, local music programs, and national music programs that teach people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music. Online applications may be submitted at any time and are reviewed three times per year.  For more information, and a link to the online application, please visithttp://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info

Funding: Southern Arts Foundation Touring

Deadline:  Rolling. SAF Touring Grants: The Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts offers Southern Fast Track Touring grants. This program, through its rolling deadline, is designed to offer Southern presenters more opportunities throughout the year to apply for fee support. Aimed at smaller presenters, the Southern Fast Track Touring program seeks to establish an active arts environment in underserved communities. This program offers fee support to present performing artists and writers from outside the presenter’s state. These grants are limited to presenting organizations with operating budgets of $100,000 or less.  Applications must be postmarked 60 days prior to the project start date. The maximum request is 50% of the artist fee, up to $2,500. Touring support is awarded to theatre, music, opera, musical theatre, literary, and dance projects that contain both a public performance or reading AND an educational component.  For more information, please see: http://www.southarts.org

Film/Media

call: 8th Cologne International Videoart Festival

Call for entries extended deadline: 1 July 2012

CologneOFF VIII - Continental Drift

CologneOFF VIII – Continental Drift Human Rights – Memory & Identity 8th edition of Cologne International Videoart Festival to be launched in September 2012 and run in the framework of the nomadic festival project “CologneOFF 2012 – videoart in a global context”

CologneOFF 2012 – videoart in a global context

is a world wide unique festival project, starting on 1 January 2011 and lasting until 31 December 2012 and beyond..

Its goal is to show on the tour around the globe venues the diversity of the creative potential of “art and moving images” transported via the global medium of “video”.

More info about CologneOFF 2012 http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF2012_eng.pdf

CologneOFF VIII – the 8 th festival edition since the foundation in 2006 is focussed thematically on “human rights” and their manifestation in memory & identity.

“Continental Drift” is used as a metaphore for the instabile political, economical and ecological situation, people live on the globe currently, which is representing also a moral crisis of all systems in power.

CologneOFF VIII is looking – for art works using video as a medium in all its variety, – for new and experimental artistic approaches in transforming issues of human rights & dignity and related fields into the language of the “moving images”, - and is inviting film & video creators – to submit up to 3 works ofexperimental forms of film and video art – (exclusively) online by using the entry form below

NCLAC LOOKING FOR VISUAL ARTISTS!!

The North Central Louisiana Arts Council is currently accepting submissions from visual artists for their galleries in partnership with area restaurants 102 a Bistro and Crescent City Coffee House.  Each space will do four shows a year with opening reception for each exhibition. Artists who are interested should submit three images of their work, artist statement, and arts resume via email to nclac5@gmail.com or by mail to NCLAC, PO Box 911, Ruston, LA, 71273.   (Self Taught, folk artists, and crafts people need not supply an arts resume.)  Please label all entries “Bistro Project”.  The deadline is Friday, May 31 at 5:00pm.  All mailed worked must be postmarked by Friday for consideration.

Submissions will be juried by an anonymous panel of professional artists and restaurant owners.  Artists will be notified by Friday, June 15th and contracts will be sent out by Monday, June 18th.

The North Central Louisiana Arts Council serves the five parishes of Lincoln, Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, and Union. NCLAC and their programs are supported in part by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency.

For more about the Piney Hills Gallery or other NCLAC’s activities please visit our website at www.nclarts.org or http://nclac.wordpress.com.

Call for Entry Friday!!!

Theatre

US Artists International Program Offers Support for Performing Artists to Participate in International Festivals

Deadline: April 20, 2012

Administered by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the USArtists International program is committed to ensuring that the impressive range of performing arts in the United States is represented abroad, and that American artists can enhance their creative and professional development through participation at international festivals.

Through USAI, grants are available to American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo performers that have been invited to perform at international festivals and/or for performance engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside the U.S.

To be eligible, applicants must be a dance, music, or theater ensemble or solo artist, including practitioners of folk and traditional forms, working at a professional level; be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization or have a U.S.-based fiscal sponsor that has nonprofit 501(c)(3) status; if an ensemble, have the majority of its members be U.S. citizens or permanent residents (whether a U.S.-based ensemble or a collaborative project with artists in the host country); and, if a solo performer, be invited to perform as a soloist without accompaniment and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

For the purposes of USAI, a festival is defined as an event consisting of live performances by multiple international performing artists/ensembles in dance, music, or theater that takes place within a contiguous period of three months or less. Eligible festivals must be sponsored or organized primarily by a non-U.S. based organization; be international in scope, with representation from at least two countries outside the host country, or have a U.S. theme with representation from at least three U.S. ensembles and/or solo artists; reach a wide audience and be open and marketed to the general public; provide some support in the form of cash remuneration or paid or in-kind contributions toward eligible project expenses; and provide the applicant with a signed letter of invitation or signed contract to perform at the festival.

In exceptional instances, USAI will consider applications for international performance engagements that take place outside of festivals if the engagement represents an extraordinary career opportunity for the artist(s) and meets other criteria.

Grants, whiich will seldom cover the applicant’s total expenses, generally range from $1,000 to $10,000. Grants will not exceed $15,000. Eligible costs include performance fees, travel, housing and per diem, shipping, international communications, visa fees, agents’ fees related to participation in the international engagement, and fiscal sponsor administration fees, if applicable.

The April 20, 2012, deadline is for projects taking place between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.

Visit the MAFA Web site for complete program guidelines and application materials.

Contact: Link to Complete RFP

Visual Arts

Slidell Art League Call to Artists

The Slidell Art League is issuing an open call to artist for their “Art & Bloom….on the Northshore” show to be held at the Slidell Memorial Cancer Center on April 27th& 28th, 2012.  Take in of artwork is Wednesday, April 25th, 2012. Entries must be received by 5pm on Friday, March 17, 2012.  For more information contact Sharon Delong at 512.589.9802 or email at sldaustx@aol.com

Call to Artists – Search for 2012 Poster Art – Deadline March 31, 2012

23nd Annual Wooden Boat Festival Search for 2012 Poster Artist

At this time we would like to invite all local artists to participate in the creation of a unique work of art that will represent Wooden Boat Festival 2012. For 22 years the poster has been the face of our celebration, and with the image replicated on t-shirts, a much sought after memento of the festival. Creation of a poster for the Festival is a tradition that dates back to the origins of the event in 1990.The first poster was a three color serigraph print of a Lake Pontchartrain oyster lugger, by Georgia Anne Sears.

Following in the same tradition, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum, is opening a search for an artist that can provide an accurate depiction of the 2012 theme, historical boats that have played a part in Louisiana’s 200 year history. This year, 2012, is the state bicentennial, with commemorations of the war of 1812, the first steamboat voyage down the Mississippi River, and the celebration of commerce and culture provided by boats on the bayous, rivers, and lakes of our region.

Artists interested in being considered by the selection committee should submit a brief biography, statement of vision, sketch for the work, an indication of the medium to be used in preparing the artwork, and samples of prior work, preferably in electronic format. All submissions are welcome, but must arrive electronically to, info@lpbmm.org, or to the Museum at 133 Mabel Drive, Madisonville, LA, by 4:00pm on March 31st, 2012. The person chosen as the 2012 Poster Artist will be officially recognized at several festival events and provided with an artist vendor tent at the two day festival.

Call to Artists: Southern Open Art Competition

The AcA is gearing up for the 6TH Annual Southern Open art competition. The Southern Open is a juried exhibition featuring artists from the five southern states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

Taking place in the Main gallery at the AcA, Southern Open is open to all visual artists over the age of 18. Entries can include painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, video/DVD and other multimedia / installations. Works that are original, completed within the past two years and not previously exhibited at the AcA will qualify for submission.

A juror’s pick award of $1,000 and two $500 will be announced at the opening reception on May 12, 2012. Juror’s top pick award will also receive a solo exhibition as part of the AcA’s Side Gallery Series during May 2013.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES & CALENDAR

March 25:   Entry Deadline

April 13:   Jury Decision Notification via web & Artwork Delivery Information

May 4:     Artwork Delivery Deadline

May 12:   Artist Reception 4-6pm / Public Exhibition Reception 6-8pm

May 12 – July 14:   Exhibition Dates

July 17:  De-installation of Artwork & removal of Artwork

ELIGIBILITY This exhibition is open to all visual artists over 18 years of age currently residing in one of the following southern states: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama or Florida. All media is accepted including photography, video/dvd and multimedia installations. All work must be original, completed in the past two years and not previously exhibited at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. No students please.

CONTACT Brian Guidry

Curator of Exhibitions 337.233.7060 southernopeninfo@gmail.com

APPLICATION PROCESS Southern Open 2012 prospectus and application forms will be submitted online through callforentry.org.

St. Tammany Art Association Call to Artists – Deadline March 31, 2012

The St. Tammany Art Association is now accepting entries to the 47thAnnual National Juried Artists Exhibition, which runs July 14-August 11, 2012 with a reception and presentation of awards July 14, 6-9pm. The annual summer show awards cash prizes for original contemporary art, including a $1,000 Best of Show prize, $500 award for 2D work, and other cash prizes.

Open to artists from all over the United States, the St. Tammany Art Association’s annual juried show of contemporary visual art is one of the most diverse in the Southeast. The juror for this year’s show is Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Lash will select artists for the show, to be announced June 1st. The show will be on view until August 11thwhen the STAA will also host a closing reception with artists’ commentaries, coordinated with Covington’s Second Saturday Evening Stroll. STAA will also hold an open house during the annual summer celebration of all things French, the 6thannual Bastille Day Celebration, on July 21, 2012.

For submission information and entry forms CLICK HERE.

Call for Entries – Marjorie Schiele Prize for Visual Artists

Deadline March 30, 2012

The Cincinnati Art Museum announces the Marjorie Schiele Prize, a triennial competition that honors the work and legacy of Marjorie Schiele, a Cincinnati artist whose generous bequest established it. Eligibility is restricted to living artists who present a vision or model for transforming our present reality by stretching the limitations of painting and sculpture. Applicants must hold a degree from an accredited school of art and have received prior recognition in publication or exhibition beyond a local level.

For more information, please click here.

Residency: Kohler Arts Center

Deadline April 1, 2012

The John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry residency is a long-term residency in Kohler, Wisconsin. The residency is open to visual artists worldwide. Applications are accepted year-round, but there is a deadline of April 1 for residencies in the following calendar year.

Artists-in-residence may work in the Kohler Co. Pottery, Iron and Brass Foundries, and Enamel Shop to develop a wide variety of work in clay, enameled cast iron, and brass including but not limited to murals and reliefs, temporary or permanent site-specific installations, and functional and sculptural forms.

For more information, please click here.

Art Residency – A Studio in the Woods Six-Week Environmental Residency Series – Deadline May 18

Four six-week residencies which include a stipend and supply budget are to be offered between September 2012 and April 2013. The deadline for submissions is May 18, 2012.

To download the application, please click HERE. With questions or for more information please email applications@astudiointhewoods.org Ebb & Flow is a 6-week residency based on the premise that Southern Louisiana can be seen as a microcosm of the global environment, manifesting both the challenges and possibilities inherent in human interaction with urban and natural ecosystems. We ask artists to describe in detail how the region will affect their work, to propose a public component to their residency and to suggest ways in which they will engage with the local community. A Studio in the Woods, located in the Louisiana wetlands, has observed firsthand the dynamic nature of this rapidly changing territory which in turn affects the entire northern hemisphere. We envision this as a powerful context for the exploration of critical thinking, the development of new ideas and strategies, and using the creative process as a catalyst for social change.

“Water is H2O, hydrogen two parts, oxygen one, but there is also a third thing that makes water and nobody knows what it is.” D.H. Lawrence, Pansies, 1929

At one level water is easy. Its chemical and physical properties are not hard to understand nor is its fundamental importance to all life on Earth. But, there is another dimension to water that is just as essential but which is much less understood. That is the realm of our relationship with water and how we experience it. Water serves us, soothes us, and inspires us. We manage it, study it, abuse it, celebrate it and fear it and yet we are continually surprised by it. Water has always been central to how and where we live– a fact that hurricanes, droughts, rising seas and changing climates remind us are no less true today, particularly in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta.

The water we experience is not just hydrogen and oxygen but is the intersection of water as a physical, economic, legal, spiritual, cultural and artistic thing.   Those factors, and perhaps others, make up the third component of water, a component which this Studio in the Woods residency seeks to explore and express.

Mark Davis, Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy

We invite artists to submit applications to our environmental residency series titled Ebb & Flow: Dialogues between art and water, addressing the ecological challenges exemplified by Southern Louisiana. The call is open to artists of all disciplines who have demonstrated an established dialogue with environmental issues and a commitment to seeking and plumbing new depths. Artists are invited to design their own interface with the public and are encouraged to propose ways to engage the larger community of New Orleans and beyond.
Ebb & Flow Residencies are sponsored in part thanks to generous support of the The RosaMary Foundation and Surdna Foundation. This program is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council. The grant is administered through the Arts Council of New Orleans.

On April 20th, 2012, Alexandria’s Cultural Arts District presents its Spring Artwalk. The Spring Artwalk will feature the work of more than 75 visual artists, live music, street performers, food and drink, and children’s activities. The highly anticipated event is unique among the city’s festivals, with artists exhibiting in and around participating businesses, plus it has become a magnet for new and emerging artists. All original artwork sold within the Alexandria Cultural Arts District is tax-free. Free to the public, Artwalk draws more than 5,000 people downtown semi-annually.

It is $35 to exhibit and sell art work if you register by March 30, 2012. It is $45 after that and registrations are excepted until the day before the event or all slots available are filled.

Contact information: Brittany Warren CDC: 318-484-4471 or e-mail: bwarren@louisiana-arts.org

Music

US Artists International Program Offers Support for Performing Artists to Participate in International Festivals

Deadline: April 20, 2012

Administered by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the USArtists International program is committed to ensuring that the impressive range of performing arts in the United States is represented abroad, and that American artists can enhance their creative and professional development through participation at international festivals.

Through USAI, grants are available to American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo performers that have been invited to perform at international festivals and/or for performance engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside the U.S.

To be eligible, applicants must be a dance, music, or theater ensemble or solo artist, including practitioners of folk and traditional forms, working at a professional level; be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization or have a U.S.-based fiscal sponsor that has nonprofit 501(c)(3) status; if an ensemble, have the majority of its members be U.S. citizens or permanent residents (whether a U.S.-based ensemble or a collaborative project with artists in the host country); and, if a solo performer, be invited to perform as a soloist without accompaniment and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

For the purposes of USAI, a festival is defined as an event consisting of live performances by multiple international performing artists/ensembles in dance, music, or theater that takes place within a contiguous period of three months or less. Eligible festivals must be sponsored or organized primarily by a non-U.S. based organization; be international in scope, with representation from at least two countries outside the host country, or have a U.S. theme with representation from at least three U.S. ensembles and/or solo artists; reach a wide audience and be open and marketed to the general public; provide some support in the form of cash remuneration or paid or in-kind contributions toward eligible project expenses; and provide the applicant with a signed letter of invitation or signed contract to perform at the festival.

In exceptional instances, USAI will consider applications for international performance engagements that take place outside of festivals if the engagement represents an extraordinary career opportunity for the artist(s) and meets other criteria.

Grants, whiich will seldom cover the applicant’s total expenses, generally range from $1,000 to $10,000. Grants will not exceed $15,000. Eligible costs include performance fees, travel, housing and per diem, shipping, international communications, visa fees, agents’ fees related to participation in the international engagement, and fiscal sponsor administration fees, if applicable.

The April 20, 2012, deadline is for projects taking place between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.

Visit the MAFA Web site for complete program guidelines and application materials.

Contact: Link to Complete RFP

Funding: Southern Arts Foundation Touring Deadline:  Rolling. SAF Touring Grants: The Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts offers Southern Fast Track Touring grants. This program, through its rolling deadline, is designed to offer Southern presenters more opportunities throughout the year to apply for fee support. Aimed at smaller presenters, the Southern Fast Track Touring program seeks to establish an active arts environment in underserved communities. This program offers fee support to present performing artists and writers from outside the presenter’s state. These grants are limited to presenting organizations with operating budgets of $100,000 or less.  Applications must be postmarked 60 days prior to the project start date. The maximum request is 50% of the artist fee, up to $2,500. Touring support is awarded to theatre, music, opera, musical theatre, literary, and dance projects that contain both a public performance or reading AND an educational component.  For more information, please see: http://www.southarts.org

Dance 

US Artists International Program Offers Support for Performing Artists to Participate in International Festivals

Deadline: April 20, 2012

Administered by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the USArtists International program is committed to ensuring that the impressive range of performing arts in the United States is represented abroad, and that American artists can enhance their creative and professional development through participation at international festivals.

Through USAI, grants are available to American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo performers that have been invited to perform at international festivals and/or for performance engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside the U.S.

To be eligible, applicants must be a dance, music, or theater ensemble or solo artist, including practitioners of folk and traditional forms, working at a professional level; be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization or have a U.S.-based fiscal sponsor that has nonprofit 501(c)(3) status; if an ensemble, have the majority of its members be U.S. citizens or permanent residents (whether a U.S.-based ensemble or a collaborative project with artists in the host country); and, if a solo performer, be invited to perform as a soloist without accompaniment and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

For the purposes of USAI, a festival is defined as an event consisting of live performances by multiple international performing artists/ensembles in dance, music, or theater that takes place within a contiguous period of three months or less. Eligible festivals must be sponsored or organized primarily by a non-U.S. based organization; be international in scope, with representation from at least two countries outside the host country, or have a U.S. theme with representation from at least three U.S. ensembles and/or solo artists; reach a wide audience and be open and marketed to the general public; provide some support in the form of cash remuneration or paid or in-kind contributions toward eligible project expenses; and provide the applicant with a signed letter of invitation or signed contract to perform at the festival.

In exceptional instances, USAI will consider applications for international performance engagements that take place outside of festivals if the engagement represents an extraordinary career opportunity for the artist(s) and meets other criteria.

Grants, whiich will seldom cover the applicant’s total expenses, generally range from $1,000 to $10,000. Grants will not exceed $15,000. Eligible costs include performance fees, travel, housing and per diem, shipping, international communications, visa fees, agents’ fees related to participation in the international engagement, and fiscal sponsor administration fees, if applicable.

The April 20, 2012, deadline is for projects taking place between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.

Visit the MAFA Web site for complete program guidelines and application materials.

Contact: Link to Complete RFP

Film/Media

Opportunity:  The Philanthropy Film Award Deadline:  Monday, January 30, 2012 The Philanthropy Film Award includes a $5,000 prize to the film that best captures the impact of philanthropy on North Louisiana.  The winning film will be picked by a jury of five individuals from the film and arts industry and the local community.  The top three films will be screened at the Robinson Film Center in April 2012. Download Guidelines and information from The Community Foundation website at http://www.nlacf.org/?page=FilmAward

Writing

William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition

Deadline May 1, 2012

The Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society is accepting entries for its 2012 William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, which is open to all writers anywhere working in English and offers significant cash prizes in seven categories of previously unpublished work:

Novel, $7,500; Novella, $2,500; Novel-in-progress, $2,000; Short Story, $1,500; Essay, $1,000; Poem, $750; Short Story by a High School Student, $750 and Sponsoring teacher, $250.

Winners are guests of the Faulkner Society at its annual arts festival, Words & Music, A Literary Feast in New Orleans, where they receive gold medals in the image of William Faulkner, and have their manuscripts critiqued by leading literary agents and editors during Words & Music. The dates for Words & Music, 2012 are November 14 – 18.

For guidelines and entry form, visit the Society’s web site, www.wordsandmusic.org

Wanted: Writing 'from the depths'

10 March 2012 | Link
Quarterly online journal Haunted Waters Press (Virginia, US) seeks prose, creative nonfiction and poetry for the next issue. Theme: From the Depths. New and established writers welcome.

Short pieces wanted for tablet-only magazine

10 March 2012 | Link
Tablet-only journal The Toronto Tempest is accepting pitches for short fiction, poetry, first-person non-fiction, journalism, and polemic essays (450 words max.). Send short pitch about subject matter -- no manuscripts.

Arts Jobs

Job Opening: LEH Associate Media Editor

The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities seeks a talented Associate Media Editor to join our creative team in producing KnowLA – The Online Encyclopedia of Louisiana History and Culture, and Louisiana Cultural Vistas, an award-winning quarterly arts and culture magazine in print for 23 years. This person will assist the Senior Media Editor with a variety of responsibilities, including researching and acquiring archival media, editing digital content, and entering metadata. Some familiarity with content management systems is required. The ideal candidate should be able to manage high-volume digital work flows for graphic, audio and video content, and should be proficient in digital imaging and editing with Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut Pro. A BA or BFA in digital media/new media/ photography or communications is preferred and recent graduates will be considered. While some foundational knowledge of Louisiana’s history and culture is a plus, a sincere interest is essential. Salary range: mid 30s. Please send a cover letter and resume to Andrea Ferguson, Senior Media Editor; The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 938 Lafayette St., Ste. 300, New Orleans, LA 70113 or toferguson@leh.org. Please include “Associate Media Editor” in the subject line.

"ARTini" Donations Needed

Drop off will be March 16th from 2:00 to 6:00pm at the Bossier Arts Council. PLEASE NOTE:  ALL ART MUST BE GALLERY READY. ANY ART THAT IS NOT READY TO HANG WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Fellow Artists,

It's "ARTini" time again!

On March 24th the Bossier Arts Council will once again host "ARTini", a semi-casual fund raising event, at Boomtown Casino in Bossier City, LA.

As part of this unique fundraising event, we are asking artists to donate ONE piece of art or sculpture valued between $50.00 and $1000.00, to be included in the silent art auction. (Due space limitations, we cannot accept more than ONE piece per artist and all art must be valued at less than $1000.00.)

We understand that in today's economy artists are being asked to donate regularly, so we have prepared a benefits package to show our appreciation for your donation.

For your donation you will receive:

  • Two tickets to Artini (valued at $90.00)
  • AND 50% of the final bid price of your donated art/sculpture ~ to be paid within 10 days of the event. The remaining 50% will go to the Bossier Arts Council.

Drop off will be March 16th from 2:00 to 6:00pm at the Bossier Arts Council.  Ruston artist who cannot make the drive call 255-1450 and ask to speak to Leigh Anne Chambers.  

PLEASE NOTE:  ALL ART MUST BE GALLERY READY. ANY ART THAT IS NOT READY TO HANG WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Call for Entry Friday

Theatre

USArtists International Guidelines now available

located at Mid Atlantic Arts.

Guidelines are now available for the 2012 USArtists International (USAI) program. USAI provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists invited to perform at significant international festivals or engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories. The application deadline for the first of three grant rounds of the 2012 program will be Tuesday, September 6, 2011 for projects taking place between November 1, 2011 and October 31, 2012. This is a receipt deadline. Additional deadlines for the 2012 program cycle include: � December 9, 2011 for projects taking place between March 1, 2012 and February 28, 2013 � April 20, 2012 for projects taking place between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013

For more information please visit: www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/us_artists/guidelines.html

Music

USArtists International Guidelines now available

located at Mid Atlantic Arts.

Guidelines are now available for the 2012 USArtists International (USAI) program. USAI provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists invited to perform at significant international festivals or engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories. The application deadline for the first of three grant rounds of the 2012 program will be Tuesday, September 6, 2011 for projects taking place between November 1, 2011 and October 31, 2012. This is a receipt deadline. Additional deadlines for the 2012 program cycle include: � December 9, 2011 for projects taking place between March 1, 2012 and February 28, 2013 � April 20, 2012 for projects taking place between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013

For more information please visit: www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/us_artists/guidelines.html

Fine Art

Nature & Wildlife 3rd Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition

 St. Augustine Art Association announces a call to artists for an international juried art exhibition, April 28 - May 27, 2012 inSt. Augustine, FL. Awards: $4,600; $2,000 top prize. Original 2D & 3D that explores nature in all its forms; all mediums; created in past 3 years and not entered in a prior Art Association show. No taxidermy; no references to hunting; no human elements. See prospectus for size restrictions. $35 STAAA Members/$45 non-members. Deadline: March 2, 2012. Questions? Please contact Diane Bradley at festival@staaa.org or 904-824-0716.

Call to Artists "Landscapes" Juried Art Competition The Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call to artists for an online exhibition, March 1-31, 2012. Extensive worldwide publicity to the winners. Juror: John R. Math. All 2D artists, including photography, excluding video. Amateur or professional, without any geographic restrictions. $10.00 for 2 entries and $15.00 for 3 or more entries, up to 5 entries. Apply onlineDeadline: February 27, 2012. Questions? Please contact John R. Math at info@lightspacetime.com or call 888-490-3530.

Sculpt EVV call to artists

The City of Evansvilleand University of Southern Indiana announce a call to artists forSculpt EVV, a juried outdoor sculpture exhibit, June 9, 2012 - April 21, 2013. $20,000 purchase award, $10,000 best-in-show, $5,000 second place, $1,000 third place. Juror: Marilu Knode, Executive Director, Laumeier Sculpture Park. All applicants must be at least 18 years of age and have a US tax ID number or social security number. The cost of application is $30 for two artworks/proposals.Deadline: March 1, 2012Download prospectus (PDF format). Questions? Contact Dr. Hilary Braysmith at angie@sculptevv.org

Beers.Lambert Annual Group Exhibition - Open Call

Artists working in all disciplines from all parts of the world may apply.Beers.Lambert is a contemporary art gallery in London UK specializing in emerging, progressive contemporary art. Do you have a unique perspective that deserves a chance at international exposure? Beers.Lambert is looking for progessive, cutting-edge art that continues to define and defy the rules of contemporary art. This is your opportunity to exhibit your work in a curated group exhibition, July 6 - August 5, 2012, at Beers.Lambert inLondon, England. Deadline: March 5, 2012. There is a processing fee of £10 to submit. Visit website for more info. Questions? Contact Tina McQueen atinfo@beerslambert.com

Dance

USArtists International Guidelines now available

located at Mid Atlantic Arts.

Guidelines are now available for the 2012 USArtists International (USAI) program. USAI provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists invited to perform at significant international festivals or engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories. The application deadline for the first of three grant rounds of the 2012 program will be Tuesday, September 6, 2011 for projects taking place between November 1, 2011 and October 31, 2012. This is a receipt deadline. Additional deadlines for the 2012 program cycle include: � December 9, 2011 for projects taking place between March 1, 2012 and February 28, 2013 � April 20, 2012 for projects taking place between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013

For more information please visit: www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/us_artists/guidelines.html

Writing 

Here's your chance to win money and get published!  In collaboration with Gotham Writers' Workshop, we're pleased to bring you The Writer 2012 Short-Story Contest, which offers great prizes to the top three finishers! Contest prizes:• First prize: $1,000; a free 10-week creative writing workshop offered online by Gotham Writers' Workshop ($420 value); publication in The Writer and on WriterMag.com; and a one-year subscription to The Writer.• Second prize: $300; free enrollment in a four-week How to Get Published seminar taught online by a literary agent and Gotham Writers' Workshop ($150 value); publication on WriterMag.com; and a one-year subscription to The Writer.

• Third prize: $200; free enrollment in a four-week How to Get Published seminar taught online by a literary agent and Gotham Writers' Workshop ($150 value); publication on WriterMag.com; and a one-year subscription to The Writer.

 Contest Overview:We're looking for your original, unpublished short stories up to 2,000 words. Entries must be in English and submitted by the author, who must be at least 18 years old at the time of entry. No explicit sex, graphic language or graphic violence. Entries will be judged based on creativity, sense of story, characterization, and overall quality of writing, including grammar, punctuation and syntax. Writers may submit more than one story, but each story must be accompanied by a separate entry fee. Complete rules and FAQs are available at WriterMag.GothamWriters.com.

Entry fee: $10 per story submitted.

Deadline: All entries must be submitted online by midnight (EDT) on April 30, 2012.

Algonkian Writer Conference–Write to Market

Type:
Conference
Location:
Corte Madera, California
Event Date:
May 11, 2012
E-mail address:

The Algonkian Writer Conference–Write to Market for fiction writers will be held from May 11 to May 13, 2012, at the Corte Madera Best Western Hotel, approximately 25 miles north of San Francisco. The conference offers lectures and discussions on writing and selling a novel, as well as an agent pitch session. The faculty in 2011 included fiction writer Michael Neff, editors Julie Doughty and Charles Salzberg, and agents Sally van Haitsma and Gordon Warnock. Tuition is $295. Registration is first come, first served. Visit the website for more information.

Algonkian Writer Conference–Write to Market, 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 443, Washington, D.C. 20006. (703) 403-4280. Michael Neff, Coordinator.

Andrews Forest Writers' Residency

Type:
Residency
Location:
McKenzie, Oregon
Application Deadline:
May 15, 2012

 The H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest offers one- to two-week residencies to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in September, November, and December in the Oregon Cascades, 40 miles east of Eugene. The residency is open to writers whose work “reflects a keen awareness of the natural world.” Residents are provided with a three-room apartment, which includes kitchen facilities, access to the forest research site, and a $250 stipend. Submit three sets of up to 10 pages of poetry or 15 pages of prose, a one-page project description, and a curriculum vitae by May 15. There is no application fee. Visit the website for an application and complete guidelines.

Andrews Forest Writers’ Residency, Spring Creek Project, Oregon State University, 101 Hovland Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331. Charles Goodrich, Program Director.

Call for Entry Friday

Music

Call for Musicians Ages19 – 35: One Beat

Deadline February 24, 2012 One Beat is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, administered by Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation. OneBeat builds on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s vision of “smart power” diplomacy. It embraces the use of a full range of diplomatic tools, including music, to bring people, especially youth, together for greater understanding.

OneBeatSM is an international music exchange that celebrates musical collaboration and social engagement through innovative people-to-people diplomacy. In the fall of 2012, 30 musicians (ages 19-35) from around the world will come together in the U.S. for four weeks to collaboratively write, produce, and perform original music, and develop ways that music can make a positive impact on our local and global communities.

OneBeat will be a musical journey like no other. It is a chance for adventurous musicians from an incredible diversity of traditions to seek common ground, creating new musical combinations, pushing the boundaries of music technology, and finding ways to involve all members of society in the process of musical creativity. OneBeat endeavors to be the nexus of a new way of thinking about how music can connect people from across the world and around the block.

For more information, please visit www.1beat.org

Music Residencies @ Yellow Barn

Application Form (Download PDF) Yellow Barn Artist Residencies provide the unique opportunity for musicians to develop projects of their own choosing in an environment conducive to undistracted study. Residencies are open to musicians of any age and at any stage of their career.

Yellow Barn Artist Residencies Support:

  • The exploration and preparation of repertoire for performance.
  • Collaborative projects which bring together performers, composers and other artists.
  • Opportunities for public performance and participation in outreach activities within the local community.
  • Musicians may choose to work independently or with mentoring artists and scholars during their residency.

Location and Accommodations

The Yellow Barn Artist Residencies will take place in Putney, a historic village in southeastern Vermont. Rehearsal facilities are located on Yellow Barn’s summer campus at the Greenwood School, just above the village.

  • Yellow Barn will provide housing within the local community, and some meals that will take place on the Greenwood School campus or with local hosts.
  • Additional funding to assist with travel expenses might be available.

Application Information

Yellow Barn will accept applications from ensembles and individual musicians interested in pursuing either independent or collaborative projects. Yellow Barn’s Artistic Director will consult with selected musicians to determine the length and shape of the residency. While most residencies take place during one week, the exact length of the residency is based on the project’s goals.

Deadlines

Applications for Yellow Barn Artist Residencies are accepted on an ongoing basis. The next deadline is April 1, 2012 for residencies taking place between September 2012 and May 2013.

For more information, please contact: Lisa Kang, Production Manager (818) 923-8783 lisa@yellowbarn.org

Theatre

Banff Centre

Performing Arts Residencies are offered in dance, theatre, opera/music theatre, and interdisciplinary forms. Through the residencies program, professional artists can utilize the unique resources of the Theatre Arts Department in developing and refining new work. Applications are accepted from individuals, groups, and companies. An important feature of this artist-driven program is the potential for access to The Banff Centre’s professional theatre facilities for studio and onstage rehearsal periods with some technical support.

More information and to apply.

Long Wharf Theatre Residency

Long Wharf Theatre has a long history of launching the careers of young artists through its Next Stage program, the theatre’s early career development program. The Next Stage program is dedicated to engaging and employing a new generation of diverse theatre artists, administrators and leaders. The Next Stage Program is divided into two groups: Residents and Interns. Both groups work among professionals to learn from hands-on experience.

NOTE: The deadline for resident applications for the 2012-13 season is April 1, 2012.

Fine Art

Call for Bronze Sculptors: Chino Valley

Deadline February 16, 2012

The Town of Chino Valley announces a request for qualifications from experienced, professional bronze sculptors who have experience designing and producing life size equestrian bronze sculptures. Total budget is $250,000. For more information and to request RFQ documents, please email Stroh Architecture at architect@cableone.net.

Call to Artists and Writers – Deadline Feb. 21, 2012

Book project asks New Orleans to capture spirit of the city

Short story submission deadline is February 21, 2012

New Orleanians are invited to enter short works and artwork for New Orleans by New Orleans, an upcoming collection of stories and art inspired by New Orleans and the people who live there.

“We seek amazing stories of the Crescent City from people who know it best – what is in the heart and deserves to be said,” said project creator Ryan Smolar. “We seek stories inspired by, set in, or about New Orleans.”

Selected stories will be published in New Orleans by New Orleans and will be available for sale in local bookstores and on-line.

All genres are welcome, including fiction, non-fiction, essay, plays, monologues, poetry, song lyrics, tall tales, family histories, folklore, neighborhood legends and more. Each entry must be 600 words or less (that’s roughly equivalent to one full page of single-spaced text, typed in 12 point font).

All two-dimensional artwork is welcome including Photography, Drawing, Painting, Illustration, Digital Illustration, etc.

All skill levels and ages are welcome, though anyone under 18 must have parent or guardian approval.

Enter at www.bookbyauthors.org.

Book by Authors is the program producing New Orleans by New Orleans. Started by Smolarcorp in 2006, Book by Authors creates a ‘written time capsule’ of a community’s diverse thoughts, hopes, fears and past experiences via a published collection of short works (fiction, non-fiction and everything in between). Stories that have been linked by a common geographic place are literally bound into one book.

Smolarcorp created Book by Authors in response to the National Endowment for the Arts’ “The Big Read” – a program that encourages a city to collectively “Read One Book.” In contrast, Book by Authors creates a model for a city to “Write One Book” about itself.

Call for Submissions - "What's New Pussycat?" Photography Exhibition

 The 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles, CA announces a call to photographers worldwide for a photography exhibition, March 3-30, 2012. So what's new, pussycat? This month 1650 investigates the fascinating world of this complex and fascinating creature… THE CAT, as only you can show it. While we're thinking mostly of Felis Domestica (the common house cat), if you have shots of lions, tigers, panthers, leapords or any of the big cats, they work too! Whether it's cute kitties or prowling hunters, farm cat or city kitty -- if it's feline-based you're good to go. We're even looking for cat-related photo subjects such as girls in cat suits. Anything and everything cats! $25 for up to 5 images.Deadline: February 13, 2012Visit website for prospectus. Questions? Email 1650gallery@gmail.com

Northeast National Pastel Exhibition

View inOld Forge, NY announces a call to artists for a juried exhibition, May 12 - June 30, 2012. Jurors: Alain Picard, PSA & Martha Deming, PSA. Competitive and open to all artists working in soft pastel. At least 80% of the final painting surface must be in soft pastel. No oil pastel entries are allowed. There are no size restrictions on entered artwork. $30 members/$40 non-members for up to two entries.Deadline: February 13, 2012Visit website for prospectus, or send a SASE to: 3273 State Route 28, Old Forge, NY 13420. Questions? Contact Linda Weal at lweal@viewarts.org or 315.369.6411.

Second Annual Art and Earth Juried Art Exhibit

The Berkeley Arts Counciland The Arts Centre are again joining forces to bring a juried art exhibit to The Arts Centre gallery in Martinsburg, WV, April 20 - May 20, 2012. The exhibit, which will be produced by the Berkeley Arts Council, will have the theme "Art and Earth: My Art - My World." Artists in all media are invited to submit works that express their feelings about nature and the environment. The Juror for the exhibit will be Laura Amussen, Director of Exhibitions and Art Collection Coordinator at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Full details are in the prospectusDeadline: February 20, 2012. $25 entry fee. Questions? Contact Rip Smith at berkeleyartswv@gmail.com or call 304-596-0873.

Writers 

Call to Artists and Writers – Deadline Feb. 21, 2012

Book project asks New Orleans to capture spirit of the city

Short story submission deadline is February 21, 2012

New Orleanians are invited to enter short works and artwork for New Orleans by New Orleans, an upcoming collection of stories and art inspired by New Orleans and the people who live there.

“We seek amazing stories of the Crescent City from people who know it best – what is in the heart and deserves to be said,” said project creator Ryan Smolar. “We seek stories inspired by, set in, or about New Orleans.”

Selected stories will be published in New Orleans by New Orleans and will be available for sale in local bookstores and on-line.

All genres are welcome, including fiction, non-fiction, essay, plays, monologues, poetry, song lyrics, tall tales, family histories, folklore, neighborhood legends and more. Each entry must be 600 words or less (that’s roughly equivalent to one full page of single-spaced text, typed in 12 point font).

All two-dimensional artwork is welcome including Photography, Drawing, Painting, Illustration, Digital Illustration, etc.

All skill levels and ages are welcome, though anyone under 18 must have parent or guardian approval.

Enter at www.bookbyauthors.org.

Book by Authors is the program producing New Orleans by New Orleans. Started by Smolarcorp in 2006, Book by Authors creates a ‘written time capsule’ of a community’s diverse thoughts, hopes, fears and past experiences via a published collection of short works (fiction, non-fiction and everything in between). Stories that have been linked by a common geographic place are literally bound into one book.

Smolarcorp created Book by Authors in response to the National Endowment for the Arts’ “The Big Read” – a program that encourages a city to collectively “Read One Book.” In contrast, Book by Authors creates a model for a city to “Write One Book” about itself.

Political fiction wanted for anthology

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Editor Sandra McIntyre with Roseway Publishing (Nova Scotia & Manitoba) is seeking short story submissions for an upcoming anthology of political fiction. Length: 4000 words max. Short graphic fiction is welcome. Payment: $100. Deadline: June 1, 2012.

Wanted: Writing to honour Robert Kroetsch

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Canadian Literature seeks essays, reviews, and other responses for a special issue honouring the work of Robert Kroetsch. Length: 6500 words max. (incl. notes and works cited). Deadline: September 1, 2012.

Seeking 100-word shorts

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Marco Polo (US) seeks '100 X 100: One Hundred Short Shorts, One Hundred Words Long.' Submit a short short containing 100 words max. The 100 stories chosen from submissions will be published online. Best story receives a hardcover edition of the book Vitamin P2. Deadline: June 1, 2012.

Stadler Center for Poetry

Philip Roth Residence

Deadline:
February 11, 2012
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A four-month residency, which includes a $4,000 stipend, at the Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell University is given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer. The 2012 Philip Roth Residence is open to U.S. poets who are over the age of 21 and not enrolled in a college or university. Using the online submission system, submit up to 10 pages of poetry, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation by February 11. There is no entry fee. E-mail or visit the website for complete guidelines.

Stadler Center for Poetry, Philip Roth Residence, Bucknell Hall, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837. Andrew Ciotola, Operations Manager.

Brown University

International Writers Project Fellowship

Deadline:
February 15, 2012
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A fellowship, which includes a stipend of $45,000, is given annually to an established international poet or fiction writer “who is unable to practice free expression at home.” The fellowship, sponsored by the Graduate Program in Literary Arts and the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies, provides funds for relocation to the United States, living expenses, and an office on the Brown University campus for 10 months. Writers or individuals seeking to nominate a writer may submit at least 10 pages of poetry or prose along with English translations, a case history, a publishing history, and a resumé by February 15. There is no entry fee. E-mail or visit the website for complete guidelines.

Brown University, International Writers Project Fellowship, Literary Arts Department, P.O. Box 1923, Providence, RI 02912. (401) 863-3260. Lori Baker, Contact.

Converse College

Julia Peterkin Award

A prize of $1,000 and an invitation to read in Converse College’s Visiting Writers Series is given in alternating years for a group of poems or a work of fiction. The 2012 award will be given for poetry. Original works in English, either previously published or unpublished, are eligible. Submit up to 10 pages of poetry along with a cover letter and a $16 entry fee by February 15. Send an SASE, e-mail, or visit the website for complete guidelines.

Converse College, Julia Peterkin Award, Creative Writing Program, 580 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302. (864) 596-9111. Richard Mulkey, Director.

Call for Entry Friday!!!

Music

Call for Musicians Ages19 – 35: One Beat

Deadline February 24, 2012 One Beat is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, administered by Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation. OneBeat builds on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s vision of “smart power” diplomacy. It embraces the use of a full range of diplomatic tools, including music, to bring people, especially youth, together for greater understanding.

OneBeatSM is an international music exchange that celebrates musical collaboration and social engagement through innovative people-to-people diplomacy. In the fall of 2012, 30 musicians (ages 19-35) from around the world will come together in the U.S. for four weeks to collaboratively write, produce, and perform original music, and develop ways that music can make a positive impact on our local and global communities.

OneBeat will be a musical journey like no other. It is a chance for adventurous musicians from an incredible diversity of traditions to seek common ground, creating new musical combinations, pushing the boundaries of music technology, and finding ways to involve all members of society in the process of musical creativity. OneBeat endeavors to be the nexus of a new way of thinking about how music can connect people from across the world and around the block.

For more information, please visit www.1beat.org

Funding for Music: Guitar Center Deadline:  Open. The Guitar Center Music Foundation’s mission is to support nonprofit music programs across America that offer instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music. The Foundation accepts grant applications from music academies, schools, local music programs, and national music programs that teach people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music. Online applications may be submitted at any time and are reviewed three times per year.  For more information, and a link to the online application, please visithttp://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info

Funding: Southern Arts Foundation Touring Deadline:  Rolling. SAF Touring Grants: The Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts offers Southern Fast Track Touring grants. This program, through its rolling deadline, is designed to offer Southern presenters more opportunities throughout the year to apply for fee support. Aimed at smaller presenters, the Southern Fast Track Touring program seeks to establish an active arts environment in underserved communities. This program offers fee support to present performing artists and writers from outside the presenter’s state. These grants are limited to presenting organizations with operating budgets of $100,000 or less.  Applications must be postmarked 60 days prior to the project start date. The maximum request is 50% of the artist fee, up to $2,500. Touring support is awarded to theatre, music, opera, musical theatre, literary, and dance projects that contain both a public performance or reading AND an educational component.  For more information, please see: http://www.southarts.org

Fine Art

The Michael P. Smith Documentary Photography Grant

The Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography will begin accepting applications for the 2012 $5000 grant , February 1 through March 30, 2012.

New Orleans, LA (February 24, 2012) – The New Orleans Alliance (NOPA) is proud to announce a call for applications for the Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography (MPS Fund) 2012 grant. This fund, established by NOPA to honor the legendary New Orleans photographer Michael P. Smith, will award one $5,000 grant annually to a Gulf Coast photographer whose work combines artistic excellence and a sustained commitment to a long-term cultural documentary project.

Both emerging and established photographers residing in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are eligible to apply. The subject matter for the proposed project, however, is not limited to the Gulf Coast region. NOPA will accept grant applications from February 1 through March 30, 2012. For submission guidelines and to download an application form, visit the Michael P. Smith Fund’swebsite.

The MPS Fund grant is awarded through a two-part review process. We are proud to announce our 2012 jurors. Three preliminary jurors will select ten finalists. They are Glenn Ruga, director of the Photographic Resource Center and the SocialDocumentary.net website, Paul Moakley, Photo Editor at TIME magazine, and Ellen Fleurov, Director of the Silver Center For Photography. Brett Abbott, the Curator of Photography at the High Museum in Atlanta GA will select the 2012 recipient from the ten finalists.

About NOPA The New Orleans Photo Alliance is comprised of a diverse group of photographers who joined forces in 2006 to create unity and opportunity for photographers in the Gulf South. It is a volunteer run 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which currently includes more than 400 members from across Louisiana and the United States. Since its inception, the New Orleans Photo Alliance has sponsored numerous photographic exhibitions, workshops, and educational programs including PhotoNOLA, the annual photography festival in New Orleans. NOPA administers two $5000 annual awards, The Michael P. Smith Fund For Documentary Photography and the Clarence John Laughlin Award. Please visit www.neworleansphotoalliance.org for more information.

Art Residency – A Studio in the Woods Six-Week Environmental Residency Series – Deadline May 18

Four six-week residencies which include a stipend and supply budget are to be offered between September 2012 and April 2013. The deadline for submissions is May 18, 2012.

To download the application, please click HERE. With questions or for more information please email applications@astudiointhewoods.org Ebb & Flow is a 6-week residency based on the premise that Southern Louisiana can be seen as a microcosm of the global environment, manifesting both the challenges and possibilities inherent in human interaction with urban and natural ecosystems. We ask artists to describe in detail how the region will affect their work, to propose a public component to their residency and to suggest ways in which they will engage with the local community. A Studio in the Woods, located in the Louisiana wetlands, has observed firsthand the dynamic nature of this rapidly changing territory which in turn affects the entire northern hemisphere. We envision this as a powerful context for the exploration of critical thinking, the development of new ideas and strategies, and using the creative process as a catalyst for social change.

“Water is H2O, hydrogen two parts, oxygen one, but there is also a third thing that makes water and nobody knows what it is.” D.H. Lawrence, Pansies, 1929

At one level water is easy. Its chemical and physical properties are not hard to understand nor is its fundamental importance to all life on Earth. But, there is another dimension to water that is just as essential but which is much less understood. That is the realm of our relationship with water and how we experience it. Water serves us, soothes us, and inspires us. We manage it, study it, abuse it, celebrate it and fear it and yet we are continually surprised by it. Water has always been central to how and where we live– a fact that hurricanes, droughts, rising seas and changing climates remind us are no less true today, particularly in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta.

The water we experience is not just hydrogen and oxygen but is the intersection of water as a physical, economic, legal, spiritual, cultural and artistic thing.   Those factors, and perhaps others, make up the third component of water, a component which this Studio in the Woods residency seeks to explore and express.

Mark Davis, Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy

We invite artists to submit applications to our environmental residency series titled Ebb & Flow: Dialogues between art and water, addressing the ecological challenges exemplified by Southern Louisiana. The call is open to artists of all disciplines who have demonstrated an established dialogue with environmental issues and a commitment to seeking and plumbing new depths. Artists are invited to design their own interface with the public and are encouraged to propose ways to engage the larger community of New Orleans and beyond.
Ebb & Flow Residencies are sponsored in part thanks to generous support of the The RosaMary Foundation and Surdna Foundation. This program is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council. The grant is administered through the Arts Council of New Orleans.
Call to Photographers: Cemeteryscape

Deadline April 16, 2012

Save Our Cemeteries is now accepting submissions for its 20th annual Cemeteryscape photography contest and exhibit. Photographers will compete for up to $2,000 in cash and prizes. For entry requirements and deadlines, visitwww.cemeteryscape.org or e-mail membership@saveourcemeteries.org.

Call to Artists: St Tammany Summer Show

Deadline March 31, 2012

The St. Tammany Art Association announces the 47th National Juried Exhibit July 14-August 11, 2012, awarding over $1000 cash and other prizes. Juried by Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Entries are accepted March 1-31, 2012.

Open to all artists 18+ in the United States, STAA’s annual juried show of contemporary visual art is one of the most diverse in the Southeast. Accepted artwork is original visual art completed within the past two years and not previously exhibited at STAA. Not admitted: reproductions of original artwork, film/video, and large installations.

For more information, please visit www.sttammanyartassociation.org

Individual Artist Funding: Pollock-Krasner

Deadline:  Open. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation makes grants to painters, sculptors, and other visual artists working in two-dimensional media (excluding photographers) who demonstrate artistic merit and financial need. Grants are intended for a one-year time period. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.pkf.org/grant.html.

19th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas announces a call to artists for a national ceramic competition, April 20 - June 24, 2012. Jurors: Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio. Open to all ceramic artists in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All work, both functional and sculptural must have been completed within the last two years. Works previously accepted into this competition are ineligible. Deadline: February 1, 2012. $20 for up to 3 pieces. Visit website for prospectus, or send a SASE to: 19th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Musuem of Fine Arts, One Love Street, San Angelo, TX 76903. Questions? Contact Karen Zimmerly at collections@samfa.org or 325-653-3333.

21st Annual National Art Exhibition & Sale  The Artists Association of Northern Colorado announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, April 21 - May 25, 2012 in Fort Collins, CO. Awards: Over $5000 Cash, BoS $2000, Many Merchandise awards. Juror: Betty Carr, Cottonwood AZ, www.bettycarrfineart.com. Open to all artists. 2D & 3D original artwork only. 2D artwork allows maximum width or height of 48" of outside edge of frame or a gallery wrap canvas-sides painted. 3D art to fit into 4x4x6' space up to 250 lbs. Digital images only. Enter 1 to 3 images per artist. AANC members $35, Non-members $45. Online using PayPal members $37.50, Non-Members $47.50. Deadline: February 6, 2012Download prospectus (PDF format) for complete information. Questions? Contact Helen Cook at shows@artistsassoc.com or call 970-223-8297.

The Red Clay Survey: 2012 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art  -- The Red Clay Survey is a major recurring regional competition sponsored by the Huntsville Museum of Art, May 20 - September 16, 2012. $8,000 in cash awards. The exhibition "takes the pulse" of contemporary Southern art every three years through a selection of work in all styles and media. The exhibition provides a permanent record of the development of regional art through the publication of a comprehensive catalogue. Jurors, Janet Monafo and Paul Rahilly, have the option to select up to three works per artist for inclusion in the show. Works selected will be displayed in five galleries in the Museum's facility, located inHuntsville, AL. The exhibition is open to all artists 18+ residing in AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN and VA. $10 per digital image, up to 6 images allowed. Deadline: February 11, 2012.Submit entries online. Questions? Please contact David Reyes, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at dreyes@hsvmuseum.org or call 256-535-4350, ext. 216.

Writing

CALL FOR POEMS for “Overplay/Understate,” an anthology of poetry in the third dimension. We seek poems conceived/constructed in tiers/layers, designed for printing on multiple overlaid transparent, semi-transparent, and/or opaque sheets. Text only; no color, images, paper cutting. Postmark deadline January 9. For details, see medusaslaugh.com/ou.htm.

THE POVERTY INITIATIVE of Union Theological Seminary in New York is seeking poems for an anthology entitled Out of the Depths, poems about experiences with poverty and emerging from poverty. Please send submissions of up to 5 poems, no more than 60 lines each, by March 31 topoverty.anthology@gmail.com.

Seeking short horror and suspense stories
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Biff Bam Pop! (Toronto) seeks submissions of short stories for their first e-book of prose short stories. Looking for imaginative fiction with elements of the horror, thriller and/or suspense genre. Deadline: April 1, 2012. Compensation via percentage of book revenue.

The Amy Clampitt Residency Program "http://www.amyclampitt.org/residency/index.html">http://www.amyclampitt.org/residency/index.html

The Amy Clampitt Fund seeks to “benefit poetry and the literary arts by converting Amy Clampitt’s prior residence . . . into a facility which would provide for a place to foster the study and promotion of poetry and/or a poet in residence” through six to twelve month residencies at the Amy Clampitt House near Lenox, Massachusetts. It is expected that the resident fellow will commit to residing in the house full-time and focusing exclusively on his/her creative work except for occasional absences. The resident fellow will be asked to give a reading locally of his/her work. The Amy Clampitt House is a charming, fully furnished, 3-bedroom, 2-story house in the Cape style.

Please click the links below to read the first-hand experience of two of our previous residents: Reflections on Amy Letter from a resident

Read the original press release announcing the creation of the residency.

The Anderson Center

http://www.andersoncenter.org/

About Us:

Named one of the top artistic destination points in the upper Mississippi River region by National Geographic Traveler Magazine, the Anderson Center has served the artistic community and the citizens of Minnesota through artistic leadership, program development, and support since 1995. A national registered landmark, the Anderson Center's mission is to uphold the unique wealth of the arts in the region; to develop, foster, and promote the creation of works by artists of all kinds; and to provide leadership and services that help to insure a strong, healthy arts community and a greater recognition of the value of the arts in society.

The Center does this by:

  • Providing retreats of two to four weeks duration to enable artists, writers, and scholars to advance or complete work in progress.
  • Participating in the planning and presenting of collaborative public programs with other cultural entities in Red Wing and elsewhere.
  • Restoring and preserving the buildings and grounds of the historic Tower View estate.
  • Editing and publishing the award-winning Great River Review, Minnesota's oldest literary journal.

As a fully accredited member of the National Alliance of Artists' Communities and RES ARTIS: International Association of Residential Arts Centres, the Anderson Center serves creative people of all kinds - writers, poets, visual artists, sculptors, composers, dancers, archaeologists, anthropologists, scholars, and others. The interdisciplinary nature of the Center inspires creative dialogue among the disciplines and places the Center at the forefront of thoughtful exchange.

In addition to 16 on-site artist studios, the Center offers a black-and-white equipped dark room, an outdoor kiln, glass blowing studio, blacksmith shop, printmaking facilities, and a press-in-residence.

Film/Media

Opportunity:  The Philanthropy Film Award Deadline:  Monday, January 30, 2012 The Philanthropy Film Award includes a $5,000 prize to the film that best captures the impact of philanthropy on North Louisiana.  The winning film will be picked by a jury of five individuals from the film and arts industry and the local community.  The top three films will be screened at the Robinson Film Center in April 2012. Download Guidelines and information from The Community Foundation website at http://www.nlacf.org/?page=FilmAward