“Peace and diversity” Video Art Exhibition, Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Open to: all video artists and video creators (individuals, groups or organizations) of any nationality, sex, age and background.
Award: participation of artist’s project on first International Video Art Exhibition in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, in June 2011.
“Peace and diversity” Video Art Exhibition, is the first International video art exhibition presented in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. Video Art Exhibition invites all video artists and video creators to participate in this year’s exhibition, which will take place in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek in June 2011.

Applicants need to send filled entry form in a Word file format - http://download.files.namba.kg/files/2244307 with a still image or a photograph for each video (tiff or jpg, 800x600pixels, 72 dpi) to the following e-mail address: bishkekemail@gmail.com or artfest@namba.kg.


Theme
We defined theme of the exhibition as “Pease and diversity” as a reflection on the events happen in today’s world. Political, economic life influences on the changes in social behavior and the ways it influences are different as the results of it. As an act or reflection on the metamorphoses happen today we want to show how artist from different countries around the world perceive those events and world changes.

Eligibility
We are open to every creator (individuals, groups or organizations) of any nationality, sex, age and background.

Application
The proposed video can be of any genre (video art, experimental video, animation, photo presentation, short movie etc.). Duration under 35 minutes.
Applicants can apply their previous video-art works or create new original video composition.

There is no entry fee. Deadline: April 20, 2011.

E-mail: N.Dzhamanbaeva@gmail.com

Dummy Awards, Kassel Germany: Photo-Book Competition

As part of the Photo-Book festival. Unpublished photobooks of any kind are admissible. This includes handmade artist books as well as digitally created editions. The selected winning book will be published and will also appear on European Photography magazine. The 2nd and 3rd prizes will be published and produced by blurb. Entry submission fee is 32 Euros

Enter your unpublished photobook for our Dummy Award 2011 now and win a complete book production. The final entry for books is 20th April 2011.

The inaugural Dummy Award 2010 was one of the highlights of the last festival. From a total of 489 registrations and 431 submitted dummies we chose 56 books for the exhibition and competition.

You can browse through the books on this page and find more information here - http://2011.fotobookfestival.org/en/dummy_award/

International Award in Cultural Management Studies
•Application Deadline

01.04.2011

The company Ros Roca Group and FiraTàrrega have launched the International Ramon Roca Boncompte Award in Cultural Management Studies with the objective of contributing to the dissemination of research in the field of cultural management in Europe. The award is worth €6.000 and is open to non-published works in Catalan, Spanish or English. Relevant themes include, among others, local impacts of culture, cooperation, cultural policies, sponsorship and patronage, etc. The manuscripts can be sent to the organization until April 1st, 2011.

More information
http://www.firatarrega.cat/sites/firatarrega.cat/files/Bases%20PREMI%20RRB_2011.pdf

http://www.firatarrega.cat/en

DownStreet Art - MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, MA
•Application Deadline

01.04.2011

DownStreet Art is pleased to announce a call for artists and curators for the 2011 season. This is a great opportunity to have your work/project showcased in an art-friendly community, to be in touch with artists, curators, and professionals in the art world, and to be part of a larger discourse about contemporary art. Opportunities are many, so please read details carefully and fill the application accordingly to your needs. DownStreet Art welcomes any form of art and any art work team. If you are a duo/trio or a group of artists willing to show together please apply!

More info at http://downstreetart.org/

DownStreet Art 2011 will run for from June 23rd till October 11th (Columbus Day Weekend). It will begin with a kick-off celebration on June 23rd and will hold four “DownStreet Art Thursdays” (with all galleries hosting opening receptions and downtown performances); and it will all culminate in North Adams Open Studios weekend on October 11th.
Please note that as a public art project, DownStreet Art is dependent on available/empty spaces, sufficient funding and adequate staffing. While we are planning for 2011, the number of available/empty spaces (and thus opportunities) is uncertain at this time.

Application download:
http://www.mcla.edu/uploads/universe/events/wysiwyg/documents/DownStreetArt_2011.pdf

PhDArts: Call for Applications
•Application Deadline

01.04.2011

PhD programme in visual art and design
Research in and through artistic practice

PhDArts offers an international, high-level doctoral programme in visual arts and design. Its goal is to stimulate and facilitate artist-researchers and to provide a suitable research environment. PhDArts is a collaboration between the Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague.

In research in and through artistic practice, the concepts of knowledge, meaning and sense are closely interwoven. The discursive, verbal component of research is important in gaining insight into and examining this knowledge. Research in art is characterized by interaction with artistic practice: it is an inseparable part of the work of the artist. The end result of the research is therefore an artistic product, combined with a discursive product, the dissertation, which does justice to the artistic one.


Admission

Prospective PhD candidates can submit an application to the Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts.

Applicants must have a Master's of Arts Degree or proof of study at a comparable level. The final decision on admission rests with the Leiden University, which will also award the PhD.

The research dossier

Applicants must put together a research dossier for their entrance exam. A form for this is provided on the website: http://www.phdarts.eu

For more information see http://www.phdarts.eu or mail to: info@phdarts.eu

Call for Application: Bronislaw Geremek Fellowship 2011/12
•Application Deadline

01.04.2011

The Institut for Human Sciences (IWM, Instytut Nauk o Czlowieku) in
Vienna has published its next call for application for the above-
mentioned fellowship program, which is financed by the Polish
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in cooperation with the
Adam Mickiewicz Institute.

The Bronislaw Geremek Fellowship program aims at fostering study and
reflection of Polish national heritage in the context of European
tradition. The fellowship enables young Polish doctoral or post-
doctoral researchers to become members of the international,
multidisciplinary scholarly community of the IWM to work on a
research project of their choice.

The fellowship is open to all academic disciplines in the humanities
and social sciences; research proposals related to one of the IWM´s
main fields are strongly encouraged (for details please see
http://www.iwm.at/research.htm).

Deadline for application: April 1, 2011

All details about eligibility and application procedure are available
on http://www.iwm.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=93

Call for Proposals: Moving Walls 19 Documentary Photography Exhibition
•Application Deadline

01.04.2011

The Open Society Foundations invite photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 19 group exhibition.

Moving Walls is an exhibition series that features in-depth and nuanced
explorations of human rights and social issues. Thematically linked to
the Open Society Foundations mission, Moving Walls is exhibited at Open
Society offices in New York and Washington, D.C., and includes seven
discrete bodies of work.

Moving Walls recognizes the brave and difficult work that photographers
undertake globally in their documentation of complex social and political
issues. Their images provide the world with human rights evidence, put
faces onto a conflict, document the struggles and defiance of marginalized
people, reframe how issues are discussed publicly, and provide
opportunities for reflection and discussion. Through Moving Walls, the
Foundations honor this work while visually highlighting the mission of our
foundation to staff and visitors.


Since its inception in 1998, Moving Walls has featured over 100
photographers whose work address a variety of social justice and human
rights issues that coincide with the Foundations' mission.

Eligibility
Any emerging or veteran photographer who has completed a body of work on a human rights or social justice issue may apply for Moving Walls. Work in progress may be submitted as long as a substantial portion of the work has been completed. We will accept any genre of photography that is
documentary in nature and is not staged or manipulated. In addition,
priority will be given to work that addresses issues and geographic
regions of concern to the Open Society Foundations.

http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/focus_areas/mw/guidelines

Summer Seminars for Art Curators in Yerevan
•Application Deadline

01.04.2011

The Institutional and Ideological Operation of Transnational Art Event
(For the conceptual framework, please refer to the pdf attached)

The program invites international and local curators, theorists,
artists and cultural operators including those directly involved in
the development of cultural policy to participate in the following
events:

a. Lectures will be conducted by local and international theorists,
who will present various aspects of economic, political, ideological
and aesthetic analysis of transnational art events.

b. Seminar discussions intend to propose and discuss topics related to
the general conceptual framework proposed by the organizers. By
developing a clear framework of issues these discussions will touch
upon both local and international institutional policies that are
being developed in response to transnational art events.

c. Reading sessions are dedicated to active reading and discussion of
specific subject-related texts that will be conducted by Angela
Harutyunyan. These sessions will be held in various public places in
Yerevan and are to establish a direct link between the text and the
natural-architectural environment. Readings will be literally
localized. The participants include the students of the graduate
program of Art Criticism and Curatorial Studies as international
participants of the Summer Seminars Program.

To apply, please, send a CV, a Statement of Interest (approximately
1000 words) and a writing sample (a review, a curatorial statement or
an art critical piece, approximately 1500-2000 words) to Angela
Harutyunyan (angela.harutyunyan@gmail.com) and Taguhi Torosyan
(tag.torosyan@gmail.com) by April 1st, 2011. AICA-Armenia does not
provide grants to cover travel expenses.

However, limited grants to cover accommodation can be obtained on the
basis of the merit of the application.

SFAI Summer Undergraduate Residency Program: Call for Applications
•Application Deadline

01.04.2011

http://www.sfai.edu

SFAI’s new summer undergraduate residency program offers a rare opportunity for graduate-quality experience in preparation for advanced study in the fine arts. Unique for its rigorous critique, individualized support, and engagement with internationally recognized artists, the residency is an eight-week intensive program specifically designed for undergraduate students or recent baccalaureate graduates to refine and complete a portfolio.

Students who pursue this residency must have significant studio experience and demonstrate a readiness for graduate-level work through their statement of intent, project proposal, and artwork. Throughout the residency, students will have access to individual studio space in the honors studios at SFAI’s historic 800 Chestnut Street campus, where they may work in a variety of mediums.

RESIDENCY INCLUDES:

➢ 3 units of advanced undergraduate college credit

➢ Individual studio space

➢ Professional and technical development through the Residency Seminar

➢ Access to SFAI facilities and technical support services, including painting, printmaking, and sculpture studios; darkrooms; digital imaging and film processing equipment; and editing suites.

➢ Visiting Artists Lecture Series

➢ Excursions to San Francisco museums, galleries, and alternative art spaces

➢ Public group exhibition at SFAI’s Diego Rivera Gallery

➢ Option of enrolling in additional undergraduate courses and tutorials

PROGRAM COST:

4,873 USD

IUGTE - Сompetition announced for the following vacancies:
•Application Deadline

01.04.2011

http://www.iugte.com/vacancies

Development Manager
Project Manager
Project Co-ordinator
Fundraising Manager

General Purpose

To be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.

Key competencies

• critical thinking and problem solving skills
• planning and organizing
• excellent telephone and email etiquette
• decision-making
• communication skills
• influencing and leading
• delegation
• team work
• negotiation
• conflict management
• adaptability
• stress tolerance



Required Language Skills

• excellent knowledge of Russian is a must
(written and oral)
• excellent knowledge of English (written and oral)
• other foreign languages is as advantage

Application Procedure

The applications are accepted in the standard format only - candidates should fill out a questionnaire and to send additional documents.
To receive full information on the application procedure, please contact hr@iugte.com

Film-making Workshops “Who is afraid of the Big Bad Crises?”
•Application Deadline

01.04.2011

Are you young, creative, curious, willing to meet new people and visit new places? Are you interested in expressing your ideas through innovative film making techniques?

We are looking for you.

Tirana Workshop Dates: 6 May – 13 May 2011 – Application Deadline: 1st of April 2011
Athens Workshop Dates: 15 June – 22 June 2011– Application deadline: 1st of May 2011

You will find more information and online application on our Websites:

http://tiranaartlab.wordpress.com/

http://www.balkansbeyondborders.eu/

http://www.l-i-n-e.org/

Apply now (in our website http://tiranaartlab.wordpress.com/) to one of our 3 film-making workshops and you will understand how to overcome your own limits and support others in overcoming theirs. The workshops will aim to address the topical issue of ‘crisis’ by developing 3 films all starting from the same moment of crisis and structured around the same ‘anchor moments’.

During the workshops the selected young filmmakers will have the opportunity to meet and get to know each other, as well as exchange ideas about cinematography and the role of cinema, in the Balkan region.

The main purpose of the workshops is to give participants time to envision and create short films addressing the subject of ‘crisis’, seen from different perspectives: economical, political, personal crises, etc.

9th edition of the SURVIVAL Art Review : Call for submissions
•Application Deadline

02.04.2011

9th edition of the SURVIVAL Art Review
http://www.survival.art.pl/

The motto of the 9th edition of SURVIVAL is the subtitle: "When a park becomes an arena", which refers to the accumulating of citizens’ activity in allotted, recreational arteries, typical esthetics of such places, as well as to the free use of open city spaces.

The subject-matter of works submitted should correspond with this year’s motto of the SURVIVAL Review or refer to such concepts as: social bounds, tracks, traces, the visible/invisible, garden, exhibition/exposure to the public view, disappearance etc.

1. Qualification for the Review is two-stage: in stage 1, the applications are evaluated formally; in stage 2, they are assessed on their merits.

2. The deadline for entering works is 2 April, 2011.

3. The Entry Form available at www.survival.art.pl should be completed and sent by e-mail to pssurvival9@gmail.com. The completed form should be emailed to pssurvival9@gmail.com. You should attach a visualisation of the proposed artistic realisation using the photographic materials presented at http://www.survival.art.pl/ (jpg or pdf format, maximum 5mb).

Call for Entries | Between Windows, Berlin
•Application Deadline

04.04.2011

Jorge Luis Borges talked about a red fish swims backwards so the water will not get into its eyes in El libro de los seres imaginarios (The
Book of Imaginary Beings), this red fish pops up whenever we are confronted with differences in thinking.

Between Windows attempts to initiate dialogues about and around Latin America through time-based media to see if we can swim backwards
together. Many people asked us what is the theme for program, like every good conversation, we do not know where it will take us before
it starts.

For this program, we have chosen to be humble and want to listen to friends and experts from Latin America first before we open our mouth. Yet we are prepared to meet the demands of political-cultural debate and to navigate the diverse visual output that confronts the territory in the crisis time today.

Initiated by SideBySide Studio, co-produced with Mindpirates, this 3 day program will first start on 27-29.05.2011 with the possibility to
continue in other countries in Asia.

Videos, book-objects, lectures, and other artistic experiments will be accepted by visual artists born or based in Latin America.

Only entries submitted before 04.04.2011will be accepted, entry regulations is published here,
http://www.sidebysidestudio.net/spip.php?article80.

All relevant questions should be sent to sidebysidestudio@googlemail.com

http://www.sidebysidestudio.net

http://www.mindpirates.org

CuratorLab - Curatorial Program for Professionals in Arts, Crafts and Design
•Application Deadline

04.04.2011

CuratorLab is an international self-directed curatorial course dedicated
to the advancement of curatorial practices based on research in the arts,
crafts and design. It is designed to offer time to conduct research and to
explore new directions and ideas in order to develop artistic or
theoretical work while linking academic study to cultural projects.

The program offers the participants the possibility to develop and realize
one individual and/or collaborative project in the form of a public
presentation, i.e. exhibition, lecture series, publication, screenings,
seminar, for which CuratorLab provides professional feedback and practical
support as well as a moderate research/production budget. The final form, and where it will be presented, is decided by each participant in
dialogue with his or her personal advisor.




Dependant on the individual aims and research topics of the participants
the faculty will assist in contacting art institutions to arrange
lectures, to set up meetings with professionals in the field, as well as
schedule studio visits with artists and designers in the Nordic region.

Participants will be introduced to Konstfack�s Nordic and
international network in arts, design and craft.

Participants are encouraged to organize public presentations within
Konstfack and other institutions, in the form of discussions, lectures,
screenings, or seminars, for which they will receive support by the
faculty.

Konstfack provides each participant with a shared office space including
telephone, Internet and other amenities, and access to local research
libraries.

Application Form
CuratorLab Application Form.pdf
http://www.konstfack.se/PageFiles/245/CuratorLab%20Application%20Form.pdf

http://www.konstfack.se

Sciences Po Ecole des Arts Politiques: Call for applications
•Application Deadline

05.04.2011

Masters of Experiments on Arts and Politics 2011-2012
One year – part time

Founded in 2010 by Bruno Latour in Sciences Po Paris, the master models itself on the pragmatic tradition, its framework of experimentation and inquiry combine arts’ and social sciences’ practices. In partnership with the Centre Pompidou and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, the Master of Experiments on Arts and Politics is aimed at young international professionals with 2 to 5 years practical experience, who will work together on projects concerned with real stakes and trained by world-famous specialists (writers, artists, philosophers, historians, anthropologists…). The program is aimed at academics, social scientists, artists (in the broadest possible meaning, including design and architecture), as well as professionals working in the arts and politics.

Deadline for the application is the 5th of April 2011

http://speap.sciences-po.fr

Contact : +33 1 45 49 76 88

PUBLIC ART FESTIVAL: LONG STORIES FOR PERM 2011
•Application Deadline

05.04.2011

Public art program of PERMM (Perm museum of modern art) in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of Permsky Krai region, city govermment of Perm inviting street artists, visual artists, designers, architects, illustrators, graffiti artists to participate in contest of festival:

"LONG STORIES FOR PERM 2011"

Theme of the festival: Speed of color

The festival is planned:

- To paint with façade acrylic paints more than 12 000 m2 surfaces of 40 concrete fences.

- To cover with the poster projects about 1000 m2 of concrete and steel fences.

- To do more than 2000 m2 of graffiti for steel fences, bus stop complexes, supporting structures of the railway and road briges.

Organizers will cover to participants travel costs and accommodation in Perm during the project implementation.


Conditions of participation:

∙ Authors must create a "long" artistic statement, a multy panel picture narrative. History has consistently "read" as we move along it. Choice of art forms, motifs, style and means of expression to create stories, as well as the degree of literary, figurativity or abstractness remains with the author

∙ Sketches length must be at least 10 sections, with a possible increase depending on the length of the fence (in fact most of the fences much longer than 40 sections).

∙ Authors must be prepared to finalize the design in a 7-day period, tying the project to a particular fence provided by the organizers. The choice of the location of the project is carried by curator of the festival.

Enrtyform in PDF: http://publicartperm.ru/sites/default/files/lsp_zajavka_artist_eng.pdf

Concept in PDF: http://publicartperm.ru/sites/default/files/lsp_2011_concept.pdf

Submission: Month of Performance Art
•Application Deadline

10.04.2011

If you are an artist, let us know when and where you will be performing in May.

If you are a hosting venue let us know about your programming in May.

Your names and activities will be promoted on our website, included in our flyers and mentioned in Berlin’s next Performance Art Report.

Please note that there may still be a chance for you to screen video documentation of your performance art work at KuLe Theater on May 16th and to perform at Flutgraben on May 23rd. All requests including your full name, name and duration of your video or performance work, and technical requirements to: performberlin[@]gmail.com

MPA (Month of Performance Art) is a new pilot event which aims to highlight the wealth and diversity of independent performance art practices, currently existing in Berlin.

Please note: MPA is a labour of love. We are currently running this project through our own resources and personal funds. Therefore we are very sorry to inform you that we will not be able to pay you a fee for your work/participation at MPA. We are hoping to change this for future MPAs!

http://performberlin.wordpress.com/

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM AT THE NORDIC ARTISTS' CENTRE DALSÅSEN
•Application Deadline

10.04.2011

Professional artists, designers, architects and curators from all countries are eligible to apply for this residency.

There is one round of applications each year for the following year.

The selection is based on artistic merits and the quality of artistic practice.

Program is not available for students with the exception of final year students.

The residency at the Nordic Artists' Centre includes a monthly grant of 6700 NOK, living and working space, as well as covered travel expenses up to 5500 NOK. Artists' houses are fully equipped, studios are 50m², with a wireless internet access available in both houses and studios. Residency periods are 2 or 3 months.

Applicants from outside the Nordic region are expected to be fluent in English.


more info:
http://www.nkdale.no/art_artists.html

Nordic Artists' Centre Dalsåsen
6963 Dale i Sunnfjord
Norway

http://www.nkdale.no/

International Award in Cultural Management Studies
•Application Deadline

11.04.2011

The company Ros Roca Group and FiraTàrrega have launched the International Ramon Roca Boncompte Award in Cultural Management Studies with the objective of contributing to the dissemination of research in the field of cultural management in Europe. The award is worth €6.000 and is open to non-published works in Catalan, Spanish or English. Relevant themes include, among others, local impacts of culture, cooperation, cultural policies, sponsorship and patronage, etc. The manuscripts can be sent to the organization until April 1st, 2011.

More information
http://www.firatarrega.cat/sites/firatarrega.cat/files/Bases%20PREMI%20RRB_2011.pdf

LIFT - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCIES 2011 / 2012
•Application Deadline

11.04.2011

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is seeking
applications from international (non-Canadian) artists for 4-6 week
individual production residencies to take place between September 2011 and
August 2012. LIFT is an artist-run production and educational media arts
organization dedicated to celebrating excellence in the moving image. We
support a wide range of production formats including Regular 8mm, Super
8mm, 16mm, Super 16mm, 35mm and HD; film and digital editing; optical
printers; contact printers; animation stands; a darkroom and more. Toronto
also offers a range of lab facilities, a large pool of experienced
technicians and talent, a vibrant film community and a dynamic arts
environment.


The maximum cash funding for projects is $3,000 (CAD) for travel,
accommodation and per diems. Equipment and facilities will be provided by
LIFT to a maximum of $3,000 (CAD), LIFT equipment rates can be found at
lift.on.ca. The artist is responsible for the costs of all film stock,
chemicals, lab fees and other expendables.

Interested artists should submit proposals, including:
- Proposal/Artist statement (including how they intend to engage the local
community during their stay and how LIFT can help create access to
equipment or facilities not available at their home location)
- Curriculum vitae
- Proposed budget (including funding sources for materials)
- Visual support material of past work (do not send originals,
documentation will not be returned)

Send applications to:
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)
1137 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario M6H 2A3. Canada

Questions to:
Ben Donoghue, Executive Director - submissions@lift.on.ca

Vera List Center for Art and Politics Fellowships, New York
•Application Deadline

11.04.2011

The Vera List Center for Art and Politics invites applications for the 2011-2013 Vera List Center Fellowships. Two fellowships will be awarded, each spanning ten months and tied to the Vera List Center's focus theme for 2011-2013.

The Vera List Center Fellowships honor individuals whose work advances the discourse on art and politics. The fellowships provide the opportunity to further develop such work drawing from the resources of The New School, to expand on it in collaboration with students and classes, and to bring it to the public through the Vera List Center's interdisciplinary public programs.

http://www.veralistcenter.org/fellowship


The fellowship is part-time, non-residential, and carries a 10,000 USD stipend. Fellows have access to the libraries of The New School and New York University as well as to a wide range of activities throughout the university. Meetings and informal gatherings with New School faculty and other constituencies are organized throughout the year.

Eligibility
Journalists, historians, visual and performing artists, critics, curators, and cultural practitioners working in any field where they engage art and politics. The New School is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution and encourages applications from minority candidates as well as from individuals without institutional affiliation.

Considerations
• Artistic and/or scholarly excellence of fellowship proposal project.
• Significance of project to the candidate's long-term practice.
• Does the proposal relate to the focus theme in explicit and creative ways?

ATTENTION STUDENTS and RECENT GRADS CALL FOR ENTRIES
•Application Deadline

13.04.2011

RITES OF PASSAGE

A Call for Works by Juniors, Seniors, or Recent Graduates (2010)


$300 Best of Show Cash Award

A full-color catalog will be produced. Each exhibitor will receive one free copy.

Every year Manifest seeks to energize students and recent graduates of art and design programs towards higher goals and professionalism. Therefore, for a seventh year in a row, we offer this challenge to students in regional, national, and international college programs to show us what you've got, bring it off campus, and share it with the everyday viewing public.

Manifest's is now seeking submissions for the Rites of Passage 2011 exhibit. All submissions must be sent no later than April 13, 2011.


One exhibit will feature the best work from artists about to receive or recently awarded an undergraduate degree from a regional, national, or international college art or design program. All entrants must have received or be scheduled to receive a college degree in 2010, 2011, or 2012, and provide an academic reference’s contact info.

Deadline for Entry: April 13, 2011

For details and to enter visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/rites11

MAGNITUDE 7.7 A Call for Small Works
•Application Deadline

13.04.2011

A full-color catalog will be produced. Each exhibitor will receive one free copy.

Every year Manifest calls for little works of art from around the world.
Each exhibit brings in hundreds of powerful yet diminutive masterpieces for our jury to consider. Inevitably we end up with a gallery full of diverse, compelling, and exquisite little gems. Manifest’s patrons eagerly await the Magnitude SEVEN event each year. So we are always excited to offer this annual call to artists to submit works no larger than seven inches in any dimension (any proportion). Standard presentation devices like mats and frames that are not considered part of the work of art are not limited by the 7" criteria.


Deadline for Entry: April 13, 2011
For details and to enter visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/seven11

RITES OF PASSAGE
•Application Deadline

13.04.2011

Manifest's is now seeking submissions for the Rites of Passage 2011 exhibit. All submissions must be sent no later than April 13, 2011.

One exhibit will feature the best work from artists about to receive or recently awarded an undergraduate degree from a regional, national, or international college art or design program. All entrants must have received or be scheduled to receive a college degree in 2010, 2011, or 2012, and provide an academic reference’s contact info.

For details and to enter visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/rites11

A Call for Works by Juniors, Seniors, or Recent Graduates (2010)

$300 Best of Show Cash Award
A full-color catalog will be produced. Each exhibitor will receive one free copy.

Every year Manifest seeks to energize students and recent graduates of art and design programs towards higher goals and professionalism. Therefore, for a seventh year in a row, we offer this challenge to students in regional, national, and international college programs to show us what you've got, bring it off campus, and share it with the everyday viewing public.

http://www.manifestgallery.org/r

Residency at the MacDowell Colony Fall 2011
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for up to eight weeks. There are no residency fees.

The Colony accepts applications from artists working in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts.

A nonrefundable processing fee of $30 (U.S.) is required with each application.

Residencies: October 1- January 31

http://www.macdowellcolony.org/

Harpo Foundation: Project Grants
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

Proposals to the foundation may take the form of installations, public interventions, residencies and exhibitions where a single artist or collaborative team is commissioned to create new work. The Foundation prefers to support a significant opportunity for an individual artist or collaborative team at an important moment in their development.

Required materials:
-Description of Project [max of 5,000 characters, including spaces] Your description should address the Foundation’s funding focus, priorities and goals.
-Up to 20 examples of the artist's work (Include video and audio clips among your samples if proposed artist works with video or sound).
-Artist/Collaborative Team Bio [max of 1000 characters, including spaces]
-Description of Organization [max of 3,000 characters, including spaces]
-Budget identifying the artist's honorarium/commissioning fee and artist's production costs. (Grants will usually not exceed $10,000.)


http://www.harpofoundation.org/grants.html

Harpo Foundation will continue this thematic focus in 2011 but with a renewed emphasis on projects that directly address the interchange and dialogue between the existential and the virtual. Wanting to expand our understanding of the role each play in contemporary life, artistic projects that grapple with the dialectic between the non-locality of the digital world and the existential physicality of our everyday environment will be considered first. Projects that put these two worlds into dialogue with each other, so as to comment upon each other and allow the qualities of each experience to be illuminated, are of specific interest to the Foundation.

MILENA JESENSKA FELLOWSHIPS FOR JOURNALISTS 2011/2012
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

http://www.iwm.at/fellowships.htm

The program offers European journalists time off from their
professional duties in order to pursue in-depth research on a topic
of their choice.
This is the 1st time that the IWM will strongly encourage candidates
from Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan to apply for this
programme.

Candidates are asked to relate their proposals to one of the main
research fields of the IWM (for details please see
http://www.iwm.at/research.htm). Additionally, this year proposals which
focus on HUMAN RIGHTS are strongly encouraged.


The call is directed towards cultural journalists, however,
applicants´ work may also deal with societal issues of European
relevance.
Applications by entry-level journalists or students will be rejected.

The fellows will spend 3 months at the IWM in Vienna, Austria. They
will receive a stipend of EUR 7.630 and are provided with an office,
access to e-mail and internet, in-house research facilities, and
other relevant resources in Vienna. Travel grants of up to EUR 1.820
can be paid for research trips to neighbouring countries.

The application consists of the following:
- the application form (please download from
http://info.iwm.at/milena11.zip or request
by fax: +43-1-313 58-30 or by e-mail: fellowships@iwm.at
- a concise project proposal in English (not more than 3 double-
spaced pages)
- a curriculum vitae including a list of publications

8th Vevey International Photo Award & 6th European First Film Award
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

Festival Images is launching another round of its project competitions!

Artists, film-makers and photographers have until April 15th 2011 to enter the 8th Vevey International Photo Award and the 6th European First Film Award.

These competitions represent a unique form of support for contemporary original works, with a free choice of subject matter and genre.

The purpose of these competitions consists in providing crucial assistance for projects that have not been realised, in the form of various grants that amount to up to CHF 40,000 (around EUR 30,000), in order to bring a photography or film initiative to completion.

In May 2011, the various juries will choose the projects that will be supported by the festival. The winning projects will be realised within the following year and previewed at the next Festival Images in September 2012.

http://www.images.ch/

The 8th Vevey International Photo Award is open to all artists, and professional or student photographers. An amount of CHF 40,000 (around EUR 30,000) is awarded for the development, realisation and presentation of the winning project. There is also the potential to win other prizes and receive exhibitions proposals.

The 6th European First Film Award is solely open to film-makers who are European film school graduates (2010, 2009, and 2008). The Award, which amounts to EUR 30,000 in total, is split equally between three projects to start the film production off.

The Spirit Level: images of [in]equality
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

We are looking for photographic representations of income inequality and equality, photos that can grab attention, communicate and inspire.

Unfortunately, there are images of income inequality all around us. So while we anticipate many striking entries that capture the destructive nature of income disparities in our society, we are also looking for positive representations of what a more equal society might look like – photos that can motivate through their positivity, galvanising people to action.

Above all else, we are looking for photos that conceptualise [in]equality in a new way, to provoke thought and debate in fresh and interesting ways.

Closing date - midday on 15 April 2011

For more information:
http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/community/photo-contest

The Equality Trust

Call for entries: 8th Vevey International Photo Award / 6th European First Film Award
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

Festival Images is launching another round of its project competitions!
Artists, film-makers and photographers have until April 15th 2011 to enter the 8th Vevey International Photo Award and the 6th European First Film Award.

These competitions represent a unique form of support for contemporary original works, with a free choice of subject matter and genre.
The purpose of these competitions consists in providing crucial assistance for projects that have not been realised, in the form of various grants that amount to up to CHF 40,000 (around EUR 30,000), in order to bring a photography or film initiative to completion.

In May 2011, the various juries will choose the projects that will be supported by the festival. The winning projects will be realised within the following year and previewed at the next Festival Images in September 2012.

The 8th Vevey International Photo Award is open to all artists, and professional or student photographers. An amount of CHF 40,000 (around EUR 30,000) is awarded for the development, realisation and presentation of the winning project. There is also the potential to win other prizes and receive exhibitions proposals.

The 6th European First Film Award is solely open to film-makers who are European film school graduates (2010, 2009, and 2008). The Award, which amounts to EUR 30,000 in total, is split equally between three projects to start the film production off.

Subscribe now on the website http://www.images.ch/ and send your photo or film project before April 15th 2011!

Schloss Ringenberg: Call for Applications
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

http://www.schloss-ringenberg.de

Curatorial Grants – Practice and Networking


In July 2009, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia inaugurated a new model for promoting postgraduate curatorial work by offering a programme-based grant.

The grant provides 1,250 EUROS/month in support for each participant for a period of 12 months. The curatorial grant is practice-oriented and tied in with the German-Dutch European project smax. The programme is located at Schloss Ringenberg, in Hamminkeln on the Lower Rhine.

Schloss Ringenberg has been in operation as a studio and exhibition centre for 30 years. With eight German and Dutch artist fellows per year, dialogue-focused exhibitions and cross-border knowledge exchange, along with a wealth of activities for the public, the Schloss unites under one roof in an exemplary fashion the whole spectrum of contemporary cultural endeavour.


During the grant period, smax offers the curators:

- The opportunity to conceive and implement three art projects in the Lower Rhine region, financed through smax

- Expert curatorial guidance and moderation of the projects by the smax team at Schloss Ringenberg

- Exchanges between mediators and producers of contemporary art via artist and curatorial fellowships taking place under one roof

- Network expansion through the German-Dutch platform Schloss Ringenberg

- Programmatic drafting of mediation offers for the public, in particular for school children through coordination with German-Dutch school projects

- Publication of the projects in magazines and as a DVD collection

Jan van Eyck Academie
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

http://www.janvaneyck.nl/

Artists, designers and theoreticians are invited to submit research and production proposals to become a researcher at the Jan van Eyck Academie. Candidates can either apply with a topic of their own or for a project formulated by the institute itself. In order to realise these projects, the Jan van Eyck offers the necessary made-to-measure artistic, technical and auxiliary preconditions.

Multi-Disciplinary Research

Artists, designers and theoreticians at the Jan van Eyck Academie work alongside each other and establish cross-disciplinary exchange. The academy is not led by predetermined leitmotivs. Artists, designers and theoreticians can submit independently formulated proposals for research and/or production in the departments of Fine Art, Design and Theory. They can also participate in research projects formulated by the departments.

-Fine Art
-Design
-Theory

Applications
Candidates applying for Fine Art, Design or Theory are asked to propose an individual research project. They can also indicate their interest in participating in one of the projects that are offered by the department of their choice or one of the other departments.

The academic year runs from 1 January to 31 December. Research candidates can apply for a one-year or two-year research period starting annually on 1 January. It is also possible to apply to do research for a different period and with a different starting date.

KuzguncukART 1. International competition
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

http://kuzguncukart.com/

Cartoonist without borders

The Cartoonists are free to participate with already published works as
long as these works have not previously been awarded in any other contest.
- The subject of the competition is: Disabled people and life.

10 % of the world population with disabilities. They cannot hear, see and
walk.
They face with many obstacles in social life.
Lots of people with disabilities are in need of care when we compared to
many developed countries. Most of them cannot read and continue their
lives without medical support.
Can we describe the lives of people with disabilities in social life.
We are inviting you to think for them.

The participants may send maximum 3-cartoon work.

The dimensions of works should not exceed 30x40 cm.

Cartoons can be send via email but the original cartoon works should be
send until 15 April 2011 via post.


Short CV of the participants should be attached.

The works must reach the organizing association until 15 April 2011.

Results will be announced on 23rd of April 2011.

The participating cartoons will be put into an album. The cartoons for the
album and the exhibition will be selected by a jury.
Competition album will send to cartoonists whose works are exhibited and
published in the album.

PRIZES

First Prize: 1000 Euro
Second Prize: 750 Euro
Third Prize: 500 Euro

Success Prizes:
250 Euro for 4 participants

info@www.duyabilirsin.com, duyabilirsin@gmail.com

Open call for Artist Participation Water Tower Art Fest 24-30 June 2011
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

http://www.artcitizens.net/notice/list/id/1005

On behalf of NGO IME, we have the pleasure of inviting you to submit a proposal for an art work, installation, performance, or presentation to the Water Tower Art Fest in Sofia, Bulgaria!
This year there is no theme for the festival mere communication is on the basis of all this!

The festival has been developed over the years in alternative art spaces across the city of Sofia. The initial venue was an unused water tower, which has now become a symbol for our city’s alternative possibilities. During the festival we populate abandoned or underused buildings with art and artists and open them to the public. Progressively gaining recognition in the Bulgaria art scene, we have over time added new venues to the festival. New sites include: baths, archaeological remains, and other buildings with architectural or historical value for our culture.


Presentation
An open parallel presentational program is being initiated this year on a topic of your choice!
If you wish to make a presentation please send us a written proposal on the topic of your talk, including your technical/equipment requirements e.g. multi-media projector etc.

Deadline: 15th of April 2011

To: watertowerartfest@gmail.com
Or:
Nia Pushkarova /
9 Bogatica Street
Sofia 1421
Bulgaria

Your proposal should be accompanied with a short CV or biography

Artists are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.

Festival Images 8th Vevey International Photo Award / 6th European First Film Award
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

Call for entries
http://www.images.ch/2011/index.php

Festival Images is launching another round of its project competitions!
Artists, film-makers and photographers have until April 15th 2011 to enter
the 8th Vevey International Photo Award and the 6th European First Film
Award.
These competitions represent a unique form of support for contemporary
original works, with a free choice of subject matter and genre. The
purpose of these competitions consists in providing crucial assistance for
projects that have not been realised, in the form of various grants that
amount to up to CHF 40,000 (around EUR 30,000), in order to bring a
photography or film initiative to completion.

In May 2011, the various juries will choose the projects that will be
supported by the festival. The winning projects will be realised within
the following year and previewed at the next Festival Images in September
2012.



The 8th Vevey International Photo Award is open to all artists, and
professional or student photographers. An amount of CHF 40,000 (around EUR
30,000) is awarded for the development, realisation and presentation of
the winning project. There is also the potential to win other prizes and
receive exhibitions proposals.

The 6th European First Film Award is solely open to film-makers who are
European film school graduates (2010, 2009, and 2008). The Award, which
amounts to EUR 30,000 in total, is split equally between three projects to
start the film production off.

Kontakt:
Festival Images
CP 443
1800 Vevey
Switzerland
tel: +41 (0)21 922 48 54
info@images.ch
http://www.images.ch

Keine Z E I T – No T I M E: positions in art, science and literature
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

We would be looking for works to the following topics:

1. What is time?
Reflections on time as physical base factor; time and relativity; the perception and the sense of time; time as measure; time in the change of time; time as graduation and division; time as rhythm.

2. No time / absence of time.
Absence of time in the philosophical, physical or subjective sense.
Time and value: the handling of time, socially critical or analytical works.

3. Symbolisation of the subjective experience and perception of time.

The focus of the G.A.S-station project Keine Z E I T – No T I M E is the juxtaposition of different medial and formal approaches.

Therefore, we welcome artistic contributions of all sorts - filmlets, installations, plastic & fine arts, performances, literature, music as well as scientific contributions, presentations, lectures or accompanying texts concerning the subject.


Keine Z E I T – No T I M E will be our fourth interdisciplinary exposition after eMOTION 2008-2009, CHAOS 2009-2010 and Das DING – THING 2010-2011. If you're interested in contributing to G.A.S-station 's Keine Z E I T – No T I M E project, or in taking part, please contact us. Please attach a short sketch of your idea right away.

More infos and application forms you may download via website: http://www.2gas-station.net/pages/engl/applformengl.html
closing date: April 15th 2011
opening: appr. October 8th 2011

We're looking forward to your proposals & suggestions!

Water Tower Art Fest 24-30 June 2011, Bulgaria
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

On behalf of NGO IME, we have the pleasure of inviting you to submit a proposal for an art work, installation, performance, or presentation to the Water Tower Art Fest in Sofia, Bulgaria!
This year there is no theme for the festival mere communication is on the basis of all this!

The festival has been developed over the years in alternative art spaces across the city of Sofia. The initial venue was an unused water tower, which has now become a symbol for our city’s alternative possibilities. During the festival we populate abandoned or underused buildings with art and artists and open them to the public. Progressively gaining recognition in the Bulgaria art scene, we have over time added new venues to the festival. New sites include: baths, archaeological remains, and other buildings with architectural or historical value for our culture.

Please make your proposal specific to the venue/s in which you are interested in working.
Further Information - http://www.watertowerartfest.com/english.php

Curatorial Grants – Practice and Networking, Schloss Ringenberg, Germany
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

In July 2009, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia inaugurated a new model for promoting postgraduate curatorial work by offering a programme-based grant.

The grant provides €1,250/month in support for each participant for a period of 12 months. The curatorial grant is practice-oriented and tied in with the German-Dutch European project smax. The programme is located at Schloss Ringenberg, in Hamminkeln on the Lower Rhine.

Schloss Ringenberg has been in operation as a studio and exhibition centre for 30 years. With eight German and Dutch artist fellows per year, dialogue-focused exhibitions and cross-border knowledge exchange, along with a wealth of activities for the public, the Schloss unites under one roof in an exemplary fashion the whole spectrum of contemporary cultural endeavour.

During the grant period, smax offers the curators:

The opportunity to conceive and implement three art projects in the Lower Rhine region, financed through smax
Expert curatorial guidance and moderation of the projects by the smax team at Schloss Ringenberg
Exchanges between mediators and producers of contemporary art via artist and curatorial fellowships taking place under one roof
Network expansion through the German-Dutch platform Schloss Ringenberg
Programmatic drafting of mediation offers for the public, in particular for school children through coordination with German-Dutch school projects
Publication of the projects in magazines and as a DVD collection.

http://www.schloss-ringenberg.de

Call for young composers: 4th European competition for live-electronic music projects for orchestra
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

The organizers of this competition are looking for project proposals that demonstrate in an innovative way new possibilities for the combination of instruments and live-electronics as well as innovative use of live-electronics with the composer as a performer. A maximum of 5 projects will be selected by a jury (representatives of the above-mentioned organizations); these projects should be pre-produced by the applicants and will then be premiered in the framework of the ECPNM General Assembly in Hamburg in November 2011.

This year projects can be entered for the „Sinfonieorchester der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg" and live-electronics, conducted by René Gulikers; the selected works will be rehearsed in the week before the first performance on 19 November; further performances will possibly take place during events of the organisations mentioned above by the same orchestra or by local orchestras.

ECPNM, c/o Gaudeamus Music Week
Loevenhoutsedijk 301
3552 XE Utrecht
The Netherlands
Tel.+31.30.8200115

http://www.ecpnm.com

The ECPNM (European Conference of Promoters of New Music) hosts the fourth European competition for the composition and interpretation of live-electronic music projects.

The organising partners of this competition are members of the ECPNM such as: EULEC in Lüneburg / Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Germany; MISO Music, Portugal; Gaudeamus Music Week, the Netherlands.

Call for proposals Artistic festivals and continuously-operating cultural organisations, EFRP, 21-23 October, Maribor, Slovenia
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

In the framework of the European Festivals Research Project (EFRP) and as a part of the well-known Theatre Festival of Maribor, Slovenia, from 21 to 23 October 2011, the workshop “Artistic festivals and continuously-operating cultural organisations” will take place.

The workshop seeks to reconsider the relationship of festivals and continuously-operating cultural organizations as competitors and partners. With the increased practice of international co-productions this relationship is becoming more complex which makes it important to redefine their interdependences.

In this context, EFRP invites professionals from the sector to present presentation proposals.

Some 14 presentations could be featured in the workshop. They can be of different sorts: case studies and comparisons, typological analysis of the relationships, examination of specific aspects of competition, interdependence and synergy; approached from the point of view of artists, programmers and producers, funders, critics or audiences; dealing with programming and producing issues, logistic, marketing and communication, audience development and esp. educational activities, media coverage, sponsorship and cultural policy.

Read more:
http://www.efa-aef.eu/en/activities/efrp/

International Garbage Art Exhibition
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

Requirements:
Applicants must be at least 18 years old by April, 2011.
Your entry must include:
∙ a description of the proposed project, including the sketch of the
project
∙ necessary materials as well as the terms of installation
(production) – in case the proposed project shall be installed at the
place
∙ a concept of the show or an outline of a short catalogue essay,
∙ a short biography or CV stating the recent relevant projects and
references


“Tamiz Shahar” JSC covers:
- all transport charges (incl. air flight);
- participants accommodation;
- availability of necessary materials (raider) for the
installation.

“Tamiz Shahar” JSC as fully state-owned company carries out the works
related to improvement of ecological situation of the city through
utilization and disposal of the municipal solid waste in accordance with
the modern standards in Baku city, the capital of Azerbaijan. For more
information regarding the company, you can find at:
http://www.tamizshahar.az/?/en/mainpage/

How to apply:
In order to apply, please email the following information in English to
office[@]artscouncil.az by April 15, 2011:

Interaction 2011: 6th International Student Film Camp
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

Applying for the competition

To apply for this competition you should submit the following:
1 filled in the application form (in electronic form)
2 your photo (JPEG format)
3 the copy of the film in production of which you took part in (DVD format)

The film should be:
1 documentary or short feature one
2 subtitled into English
3 the one made during your studies

Application form:
http://film-art.org/interaction/Application%20form%206th%20INTERACTION%202011.pdf

THE INDEPENDENT FILM CENTRE “FILMART”
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM CAMP “INTERACTION”
Radnicka 11, 31210 Pozega, SERBIA

http://film-art.org/interaction/eng_index.htm

6th International Student Film Camp “Interaction 2011” is going to be held in Pozega (Serbia) from 11th – 29th August 2011.
20 students of film production, directing, cinematography, sound design and editing from 15 countries, divided into 4 crews are going to make 4 documentaries on the theme “Art dialogue”.

The organizers provide:
· board and lodging for the participants
· equipment and material for film production
· transport (Belgrade – Pozega – Belgrade)

A student / participant pays for:
· getting a visa (if they need one to enter Serbia)
· transport (to Belgrade and back)
· international travel health insurance

The Young Curators Program and the Power Corporation of Canada Curatorial Internships Program.
•Application Deadline

15.04.2011

Young Curators Program

The Young Curators Program offers the opportunity to propose and curate a project on the contemporary debate in architecture, urbanism, and landscape design during a residency of up to 3 months at the CCA.

Apply by 15 April 2011 to youngcurator[@]cca.qc.ca.

Power Corporation of Canada Curatorial Internships Program

The Power Corporation of Canada Curatorial Internships Program encourages students and recent graduates across the design disciplines to become acquainted with the CCA collection, conservation, educational, exhibition, publication, and research programs through an internship of 6 to 12 months in Montréal.

Curatorial practice as it emerged during the twentieth century is being extensively recast. The tremendous change in the status of the object, of culture, of the various disciplines, or information and education, implies an inevitable transformation of the curator’s role and competencies. A renewed interest for curatorial practice has recently emerged within the field of architecture.

The CCA is launching new curatorial opportunities: the Young Curators Program and the Power Corporation of Canada Curatorial Internships Program.

http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/cca-recommends/1267-curatorial-opportunities

PinchukArtCentre Prize, Kyiv, Ukraine
•Application Deadline

17.04.2011

On January 17, 2011 the PinchukArtCentre opens application for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 – a nationwide prize in contemporary art for young Ukrainian artists. The PinchukArtCentre Prize is the first privately funded award in Ukraine, aimed at creating, supporting and developing a new generation of young Ukrainian artists.

Submission of works for the competition shall only be performed on-line via web-site of the programme: http://www.prize.pinchukartcentre.org/ from 17 January to 17 April 2011.

The PinchukArtCentre Prize is awarded to the best Ukrainian artists up to 35, every two years starting from 2009. Artists working with any genre of contemporary art, including painting, photography, video, sculpture, installation, documents and etc., may apply for the competition.

The Main Prize, two Special Prizes and the "Public Choice Prize" shall be awarded within the framework of the PinchukArtCentre Prize:


The Main Prize is UAH 100 000 and includes internship in the studios of the world leading artists;
Two Special Prizes is UAH 25 000 each and include internship in the studios of the world leading artists;
The Public Choice Prize is UAH 10 000. The winner of the Public Choice Prize shall be determined by voting of the visitors, attending the nominees exhibition.
The winner of the Main Prize will be automatically included in the shortlist of the Future Generation Art Prize 2012 – an International Art Prize for young artists.

Individual artists, as well as groups of artists are allowed to participate in the competition. One artist (or a group of artists) may submit from 3 to 7 works. The applications should be submitted according to the PinchukArtCentre Prize Rules. The primary selection shall be performed by the Expert Committee consisting of art centre curators and contemporary art experts.

Camera Club of New York Curatorial Proposals
•Application Deadline

18.04.2011

The Camera Club of New York (CCNY) is pleased to announce an open call for curatorial proposals for our 2011-2012 season.
CCNY hosts four guest-curated exhibitions each year, inviting thoughtful artists and curators to propose new and dynamic exhibition ideas for our gallery. CCNY is especially interested in proposals that enrich the broader photographic community, and is very open to working in affiliation with other venues.
Previous exhibitions and their curators include You Can’t Get There From Here, by Evan Mirapaul; Drawing Pictures, by Joelle Jensen; Still Life, by Jon Feinstein; First Impression, by Michael Mazzeo; In Search of the Miraculous, by Yulia Tikhanova; and most recently, HELP ME, curated by Gillian McCain and Megan Cump, featuring a collection of found photographs from Gillian McCain’s collection. More information about these exhibitions can be found under past exhibitions on the website:

http://www.cameraclubny.org/past_exhibitions.html

There is a small budget for these exhibitions, including stipends for the curators and some assistance for the artists, on-site insurance for all works, a postcard invitation, and a reception at CCNY.
Curators are encouraged to review CCNY’s mission before submitting a proposal: http://www.cameraclubny.org/mission.html and to carefully consider the size of CCNY’s gallery (approx 330 square feet, with three walls totaling approx. 49 feet).
Curators may submit more than one proposal if desired. Proposals including the curator’s own work are not eligible.
http://www.cameraclubny.org/

SLIDELUCK POTSHOW NYC XVI
•Application Deadline

19.04.2011

Slideluck Potshow XVI presented by Slideluck Potshow and The New York Photo Festival, proposes a gathering in celebration of food, photography and community.
The theme of this slideshow will be UPHEAVAL. From the Middle East to middle America, we are living in a time characterized by great upheaval - in politics, nature, religion, art, climate, food, media, relationships, technology and education. Whether for better or worse, we are looking for work that speaks to the remarkable change that surrounds us.

SUBMISSIONS:
Submissions are accepted only via FTP. You will need to email submissions@slideluckpotshow.com in advance for the address and password information needed to access the drop folder and complete the submissions process.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and to seeing you and your friends and colleagues at the event on Saturday, May 14th, 2011 at 7:00PM.

For more information and guidelines:
http://network.slideluckpotshow.com/group/slpsnyc

SLIDELUCK POTSHOW XVI

Dublin Contemporary 2011 visual arts exhibition: job vacancies
•Application Deadline

22.04.2011

Dublin Contemporary is a new large-scale visual arts exhibition to be launched in 2011. It is one of the most ambitious exhibitions ever staged in Ireland—a city-wide effort that puts Dublin on the map as an international art destination.

Dublin Contemporary 2011 has announced several vacancies which are now open for applications. The positions available are:

1.Project Administrator
2.Curatorial Administrator
3.Curatorial Assistant
4.Education Officer
5.Curatorial Assistant – OffSite

Full details of each position is available at
http://www.dublincontemporary.ie/index.php/about/involve.


Application

Deadline for applications for all positions is 5pm, 22 April 2011.
Applications should be sent to info@dublincontemporary.com

Dublin Contemporary 2011

The 2nd Ghetto Biennale 2011, Port au Prince, Haiti
•Application Deadline

25.04.2011

The Grand Rue Sculptors are a community of artists living in a down town popular neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They will host the 2nd Ghetto Biennale which will take place from the end of November until the middle of December 2011. All works must be made and exhibited in Haiti. Artists will be invited to pass one to three weeks in Haiti before presenting their work in the neighbourhood to an audience of local people.

Please check the archive section for the 1st Ghetto Biennale to get a feel for the previous projects. http://www.yoonsoo.com/ghetto/2009/archive/artists/archive.html

The deadline for proposal applications is midnight Monday 25th April and our decisions will be made and announced by mid-June.

Applicants for the 2nd Ghetto Biennale 2011 must provide a written synopsis of their project proposal covering methodology, conceptual background and the production and exhibition strategy for the proposed new work on two sides of A4.

There is no funding for this event and you will be expected to cover the cost of your flight, accommodation and materials. We will be more than happy to help (via email) with any research and information. Advice can be given about the practicalities for the production of specific projects and budgeting for the trip.

Watch 'Atis-Rezistans: the Sculptors of Grand Rue' can be viewed at http://vimeo.com/14681755

Find more information about Atis-Rezistans visit http://www.atis-rezistans.com

More information about the Ghetto Biennale http://www.ghettobiennale.com

Enquiries, questions and submissions contact:Leah Gordon at Leahgordon@aol.com

Thematic Residencies / 18 The Soiree Retreat - A bit of a Chekhovian situation
•Application Deadline

25.04.2011

The truly essential artists' needs are tranquility and camaraderie. In the crisp Canadian autumn, three Icelandic artists who have been working with performance art, cinema, and music throughout their career (together and apart) will seek to inspire fellow artists with a situational, performative residency. The Soiree Retreat residency is aimed at artists working with performance, video, music, painting, poetry, etc. It will be a retreat in the mountains for crazy work and constant intellectual stimulation.

For more information and to apply:

Office of the Registrar
Email: arts_info@banffcentre.ca
Phone: 403.762.6180 or 1.800.565.9989
http://www.banffcentre.ca/va

The Banff Centre

The New York Photo Awards 2011 – Now Open for Submissions
•Application Deadline

25.04.2011

The New York Photo Awards is one of the most dynamic and sought-after showcases for emerging photographers from all over the world.

The 2011 edition of The New York Photo Awards will feature twelve category winners – including best fine art single, fine art series, documentary single, documentary series, advertising single, advertising series and photo book – one of whom will be selected for a $5,000 grand cash prize for best overall picture or series.

Rules

* All work must be received no later than April 25, 2011.
* There is no limit to the number of images each photographer may submit.
* All work submitted for consideration must have been produced after January 1, 2009
* Submission to the New York Photo Awards is open to all photographers over the age of 18.

Submission address

http://www.NewYorkPhotoAwards.com

The New York Photo Festival

Call for Artists: Ateliers Platform for art and choreography
•Application Deadline

26.04.2011

Since it was founded PACT Zollverein has, in the framework of the ATELIER series, offered emerging and established choreographers, dancers, performers, fine artists and musicians a chance to present their work to the general public during a shared evening length programme.

PACT Zollverein’s programme for the first half of 2011 includes two Atelier editions for which both completed works as well as projects under development are welcomed from artists working in all disciplines.

For the ATELIER taking place on June 9th 2011 the application deadline is on April 26th.

More info at http://www.pact-zollverein.de/english/workingfields/ateliers.html



PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany

Call for proposals - International Connections Programme | Decibel 2011
•Application Deadline

26.04.2011

International Connections is a fantastic new programme for performance Presenters, Producers, Artistic Directors and Cultural Critics from around the world to attend the 5th Edition of the Decibel Performing Arts Showcase in the UK.

Passionate and committed individuals can apply for a full bursary to attend this unique biennial showcase of English diverse work which takes place from 13 – 16th September 2011 in venues across Manchester, UK. The showcase will feature tour ready extracts, works in progress, pitches and a programme of complementary activity.

We will award up to 10 bursaries, for a 9 day visit to England, offering partial to full subsidy towards the costs of return travel, accommodation, daily travel and expenses.

More information:
http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/content/call-proposals-international-connections-programme

Visiting Arts UK

Frieze Art Fair : job vacancies and internship
•Application Deadline

26.04.2011

Frieze Art Fair takes place every October in Regent’s Park, London. It features over 170 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. Frieze Art Fair is now looking to fill a number of vacancies. The available positions are:


ASSISTANT VIP MANAGER
Requirement: June-October 2011, full time
The role requires strong organisational and people skills and the ability to work under pressure.
Please send a 1-page CV and cover letter to cv@frieze.com with
‘Assistant VIP Manager’ in the subject line.



VIP ASSISTANT
Requirement: July-October 2011, full time
We require someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work proactively in the role..
Please send a CV and 1-page cover letter to cv@frieze.com with
‘VIP Assistant’ in the subject line.


SUMMER INTERNSHIP
19 May – 19 August 2011
The intern will be involved in the day-to-day operation of the office and will gain an insight into the workings of both the magazine and fair. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who have a genuine interest in frieze magazine and Frieze Art Fair.

Application:
To apply for this voluntary internship please send a one page CV and covering letter to cv@frieze.com stating in the subject title ‘Summer Internship’. Your covering letter should include your previous experience, interest in Frieze and what you are hoping to gain from the internship.

For full information: http://www.friezeartfair.com/vacancies/


Frieze Art Fair

Open Space, Open Systems invites submissions of idea-based curatorial proposals for 2012
•Application Deadline

27.04.2011

Open Space, Open Systems invites submissions of idea-based curatorial
proposals for the programme of 2012. Applications are reviewed by an
international advisory board; no previous curatorial experience required.
Submissions for solo exhibitions will not be reviewed.

Submission Guidelines:

The selection procedure will be in two stages. The first stage will
involve an online submission. All submitted applications will be evaluated
based on which the advisory board will produce a shortlist. In the second
stage, all shortlisted applicants will be invited to specify the details
of their proposals.


For the online submission please send:

- description of the project of no more than 1500 words
- list of artists in consideration including information on artist statement
- back-up material to support the application

Please check the website http://www.openspace-zkp.org before emailing your
submission.

Deadline for the initial proposal submission is 27 April 2011. Applicants
will be informed about the results of the first stage in July 2011.

Please send your proposals to: submission@openspace-zkp.org

Werkkamp 011: Artist In Residence Festival
•Application Deadline

27.04.2011

Werkkamp011 is an art festival that has its focus on processes, creation
and the artistic development of young visual artists, musicians and
dramatists as well as writers and designers, product developers, you name
it. This will take place from the 1st until the 31st of July in fort8, an
old fort build in the late 19th century and active during the First World
War. The arsenal, the lodging, the hallways and the gunpowder rooms will
all be occupied by artists and collectives. This means we have room for
over 50 people (!) to create new work, build installations, to be inspired
and to expand their network. The courtyard will be used as an open air
stage, a restaurant and as a meeting spot.


For this festival we invite artists to build new work, to present their
work and to look at what others are doing. We are here to bring artists
together and to challenge and inspire them whilst actively supporting and
promoting them.

We will give you a space to work, provide for catering, logistics and off
course: public. Next to our silkscreen workshop, our recording studio and
rehearsal rooms, we will also provide tools and writing workshops. There
will be theatre, music and cinema, dancing and so on. For one month
Scheldapen and Werkkamp011 will be functioning as a production house and open stage.

Finances

paid by us:

Catering
Workspace
On site accommodation
Equipment and material
Travel costs

You have to be between 18 and 26 of age to apply.

Robin@scheldapen.be
http://www.scheldapen.be

Experimental Arts: Call for Papers
•Application Deadline

27.04.2011

Call for Papers
Abstracts of approximately 300 words and a short biography should be sent to: niea at unsw.edu.au for the Main Conference t.gregory at unsw.edu.au for the Postgraduate Conference. In the email subject title, please state: Abstract Submission (Main Conference) or Abstract Submission (Postgraduate Conference).
Poster-presentations will also be considered for the Postgraduate Conference. Abstracts of approximately 300 words and a short biography should be sent to t.gregory at unsw.edu.au with the email title Abstract Submission (Poster Presentation).

Read more:
http://www.niea.unsw.edu.au/



We have entered the experimental age…Experiments are no longer conducted just in the laboratory. They have become collective experiments that concern each and every one of us." Bruno Latour, 2004
What is experimentation? What makes art 'experimental'? What are the results of aesthetic experiments and why do we need them? Could artists invent new modes of experimentation with/for science? What are the differences between experiments and inventions; experiments and failures; experiment and innovation? How do we set up ethico-scientific-aesthetic experiments?
This conference will showcase and discuss innovative arts projects by leading practitioners, thinkers and research groups that model new forms of transdisciplinarity and offer new ways of addressing real-world issues. These include works that have successfully 'changed the world' as well as speculative initiatives that radically change the way we think.

Call for Artists: Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award
•Application Deadline

29.04.2011

Based in Brisbane, Australia, the Lethbridge Gallery has established a strong reputation for exhibiting works demonstrating exceptional detail and creativity.

With the intention of fostering the next generation of artists, Lethbridge Gallery initiated the Lethbridge 10 000. This exciting art competition is open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks.

Entrants may submit paintings, drawings and 2D artworks up to 60cm in any direction. The judging criteria is based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality and skill. $10 000 will be awarded to the winner.

More information and application forms: www.lethbridgegallery.com

Frieze Art Fair Job Vacancy: PR Assistant
•Application Deadline

29.04.2011

Frieze Art Fair takes place every October in Regent’s Park, London. It features over 170 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. Frieze Art Fair is now looking to fill a number of vacancies.

PR ASSISTANT
Requirement: Full-time

Frieze is an internationally recognised brand. Each year Frieze Art Fair gains significant international press attention and welcomes over 60,000 visitors. We are looking for a candidate to join our team as PR Assistant, to build the coverage of the fair, frieze and frieze d/e, across all forms of media: print, broadcast and digital. This is an opportunity for the right candidate to combine their excellent press and PR skills with their organizational abilities and good working knowledge of contemporary art and culture.

Please send a one-page CV and cover letter to cv@frieze.com with ‘PR Assistant’ in the subject line.

For full information: http://www.friezeartfair.com/vacancies/


Frieze Art Fair

Call for Artist in Residence Programme / Beyond the Time
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

Galeria Bielska BWA is happy to announce the first edition of Artist In Residence programme. Artists from around the world working in the field of visual arts, are kindly invited to send a proposal for a site-specific work, an intervention in the public space of the Bielsko-Biała city.

Artists must be active in the field of contemporary art with an interest in exploration and production of a site-specific work which will refer to the history of the city and will be placed in the public space in Bielsko- Biała.

How to apply

Please send the project proposal, CV/Statement (maximum 3 A4 pages) and portfolio (preferred format: Pdf )- in Polish or English via e-mail to the project coordinator Izabela Ołdak, e-mail: izabela.oldak@gmail.com before 30th of April.

More information at http://www.galeriabielska.pl/

GALERIA BIELSKA BWA (POLAND)

Call for entries - Kratkofil 2011
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

Kratkofil 2011international short film festival, will be held for the fifth time in Banja Luka in August of 2011.

Provisions for film selection for the competition section:
The films must meet the following requirements:
· produced after January 1st, 2009
· duration up to 20 minutes
· subtitled in the English language, unless the dialog is in the English language

- all applications will be processed in the selection stage, unless direct participation was agreed with Festival management
- Films will be screened from 35mm, Beta SP or DVCAM, in that order of preference.

More information
http://www.kratkofil.org/dmdocuments/form-eng.doc

Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2012 - Calling Artists
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

Artists originating (first generation) from the MENASA are invited to apply with a proposal for an as yet unrealised project which is able to be created in advance of Art Dubai 2012.

Proposals cannot be part of an ongoing series, nor be shown in public in advance of the official unveiling. The winning artworks go on to form part of the Abraaj Capital Corporate Collection, and need to be of a size and form suitable to be stored and shipped easily. Neither ephemeral artworks with a short lifespan nor multi-media artworks are encouraged. Applications are only accepted by individual artists.

More information
http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2010/news_tips/abraaj_prize_2012_call

The Abraaj Capital Art Prize, established by the Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Capital, is opening up applications for independent curators and artists to apply for its 4th edition. One of the most generous art prizes in the world, the prize is extending its reach to provide the most dynamic creative collaborations between international curators and artists from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA).

maHKU, Utrecht, The Netherlands: Call for Applications MA
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

http://www.mahku.nl

maHKU offers one-year Master of Art programs in visual art or design. These programs offer seminars, workshops, and tutorials where artists, architects, communication design professionals, curators, editorial designers, interior designers, philosophers, public space designers, and visual culture theorists share their knowledge, creativity, and professional and topical insights with maHKU students.

maHKU's Master programs focus on:
- professional depth
- development of discipline-specific discourses
- interdisciplinarity
- individual research trajectories
- expansion of knowledge in visual and theoretical work
- novel fields of artistic research

maHKU Master Degrees

maHKU Master degrees are internationally acknowledged and accredited by the Open University Validation Services in London (OUVS).

Information and Application

Application and admission during the year. Ultimate deadline April 30, 2011

For more information and application see http://www.mahku.nl or info@mahku.nl

Call for Artists: LOCALIZE Das Heimatfestival 2011
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

In the festival's fourth year LOCALIZE is leaving the very city center to explore the area of Potsdam West. By using art interventions LOCALIZE aims to figure out major actors involved in the shaping of a particular environment and advance to the core of its character, allowing us to determine and experience the space.

LOCALIZE is looking for installations, experiments, theater and art
performance; in general: artistic positions which show the area of
Potsdam West, between its allotment gardens and art nouveau façades,
villas and prefabricated apartment blocks in an unique light.

The main theme is the emergence and disappearance of Heimat and one's
opportunities to act in the changing arrangements of the urban space.

The "Call for Artists" can be found at:
http://www.heimatfestival.de/ausstellung


For information on the short film competition, please visit:
http://www.heimatfestival.de/filmwettbewer

LOCALIZE

Art, Diversity & Integration fully subsidised 5 day course in Paris, September 2011
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

Course Dates: 5-9 September, 2011

The course is designed to assist educators, curators and professionals involved with migrant and community programming to:
• develop new models and approaches for dealing with challenges of bringing contemporary audiences to art and bringing art to general audiences in their own countries and beyond;
• Explore how engagement with art can be a catalyst for social cohesion and peaceful coexistence: how it can help people to open to each other outside of the usual boundaries.
build resources, skills and opportunities to develop new approaches and paradigms in addressing contemporary audiences and their needs;
• work with art as a forum for inter-cultural dialogue and the socio-political importance of art in development of civil society in a culturally heterogeneous Europe.

Professionals working in institutions involved in art adult and secondary education Adult education institutions, Museum educators and curators; Cultural centres, Community and Migrant centre management, Social workers involved in education activities, in the EU (and other elgible countries* except France) will have their full cost of participation subsidised by the Gruntdtvig mobility grant (this includes cost of travel, accommodation, per diems etc).

To be eligible participants must submit an application by 30 April 2011 to the Grundtvig National Agencies in their country please find following the list of contacts: http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc1208_en.htm

Please contact course co-ordinator Valerie Kabov vkabov@gmail.com for details of the programme and for assistance with the grant applications.

RAVE East Village Artist Residency program
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

The RAVE Workshop is part of the first edition of the RAVE East Village Artist Residency, a residency program for artists hosted in a traditional old farm-house in the heart of the Friulano countryside, in the north east of Italy.

The workshop, produced with the support and cooperation of the City of Trivignano Udinese, will last three days and will be open to young artists living in Europe.

The artist in residence for the RAVE Workshop 2011 is ADRIAN PACI, who will hold a workshop on the 10th, 11th and12th of June, 2011. He will freely decide the nature of the workshop, the methods and approaches.

More info and application procedure at:http://www.raveresidency.com

Contact: info@raveresidency.com



East Village Artist Residency

COAL PRIZE ART&ENVIRONMENT 2011: APPLY NOW!
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011


The COAL Art & Environment prize was launched in 2010 by the French association COAL, the coalition for art and sustainable development, to reward a project about the environment by a contemporary artist.

The winner is chosen by a jury of personalities from the worlds of contemporary art, research, ecology and sustainable development, out of 10 finalists selected from an international call for entries.

The COAL Prize 2011, worth 10 000 euros, comes under the auspices of the french Ministry of Culture and Communication, the National Centre of Fine Arts (CNAP), and enjoys the support of PwC and a private benefactor.

Application:

All proposals should be submitted to the COAL FTP server http://www.projetcoal.fr/upload/ before 30th April 2011.

For any further requests please write to contact@projetcoal.fr

COAL - Coalition pour l’art et le développement durable

GAZE Film Festival Call For Submissions 2011
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

GAZE, the Dublin International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is currently accepting submissions for the 2011 festival. If you have a film or video that you think might be a good match with our festival, we’d be happy to take a look.

GAZE 2011 will offer a programme jam-packed with new independent features, documentaries, shorts, award winners and experimental films this August bank holiday weekend.

We strongly encourage online submissions.

More information and application form:
http://www.gaze.ie/getinvolved.aspx?contentid=82

Gaze Film Festival Ltd

2011 WOMEN MAKE WAVES FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRY
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

Women Make Waves Film Festival, to be held in Taipei in October 2011, aims to celebrate the achievements of outstanding female talents, to explore different aspects of women's lives as well as to promote equality and rights of all genders. By covering a wide range of genres, issues, and representations of women, the Festival seeks to present and honor women’s survival wisdom and power as they are turned into films and gain mainstream recognition.

Submission to the festival is open to feature films, short films, documentaries, animation, experimental films and innovative visual productions for digital media.

More info: http://www.wmw.com.tw/en/

WMW Film Festival / Taiwan Women’s Film Association

CEI Trieste Exhibition of Contemporary Visual Art in the framework of the Venice Biennale
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

The Central European Initiative (CEI) is organizing a contemporary visual art exhibition to be held in Trieste in the framework of the project of a decentralized Venice Biennale, promoted by the curator of the Italian Pavilion, Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi. The CEI exhibition will be opened in June in connection with the opening days of the Venice Biennale. The exhibition is dedicated to Italian artists living or working in CEI Member States as well as to artists from CEI Member States having close links with Italy.

ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES

. Italian citizens minimum 18 years old living or regularly working in one CEI Member State.
. Citizens minimum 18 years old from one CEI Member State living or regularly working in Italy.


HOW TO APPLY (the application must include):

1. The registration form duly filled in (find attached)
2. A portfolio as a PDF file (max 10 pages/2MB) including:
- a series of images, presenting an overview of candidate s body of work, with data (title, year, technique, dimensions) and description of the works (in Italian or English, maximum 1000 strokes);
- an artistic statement (optional, in Italian or English, maximum 2000 strokes);
- Curriculum Vitae (in Italian or English) containing the:education; solo exhibitions of the last 3 years; group exhibition of the last 3 years; residencies, awards, grants and scholarships, if any; other (max 3 lines).
- Video artists could also add a link to a video work or an excerpt from a video (max 3 minutes) and work description (max 1000 strokes).

Artists must submit their applications to the Trieste Contemporanea Committee at the following e-mail address: tscont@tin.it

Central European Initiative (CEI) http://www.ceinet.org

Call for submissions: StageTheSpace
•Application Deadline

30.04.2011

StageTheSpace fixes its attention on the immediate experience of space as stage and stage as space, on the performative creation and visual perception of space.


Schaurauschen is seeking:

1. Performances: Performative installations and interventions for the opening night
2. Photographs for an exhibition.

What counts: formal freedom, contentual context.


How to submit:

- Sketch of the project (3 pages max.) including image credits (DVD, photo, drawings). Photos/Series of Photos (max. 10 pieces) to be sent as jpeg (please no bigger than 2 MG for the viewing per Mail, otherwise send us a link to download)
- Statement describing the theme (ca. 500-1000 characters)
- CV
- Filled out and signed application form (click here)


StageTheSpace will take place in summer 2011 in Betahaus Berlin.
More details coming soon.
Submissions please until 30.04.2011 to info@schaurauschen.de


Schaurauschen is an interdisciplinary project that aims to connect art and theory through thematically aligned events. Founded in Berlin in 2007, schaurauschen is dealing with contemporary social trends and tendencies that are conveyed on a visual and spatial level.


http://schaurauschen.de/stagethespace-en.html