ASP International Residency 2011

Art Space Portsmouth invites applications for the ASP International Residency 2011. The residency is aimed at emerging fine artists with some experience of professional practice who may have had limited exposure in the UK and whose work is engaged with contemporary debate within the international art world. Please note: The ASP International Residency is open to European Union Nationals (EU) as well as artists from the European Economic Area (EEA).*
The award is not open to artists from the UK. Students are not eligible for the award.

The residency is non-prescriptive allowing the artist to develop work in response to their environment. The selected artist will reside in Portsmouth for a period of 3 months from 1st September to 30th November 2011.

The selected artist is offered (among other things) :
* Studio space for 3 months at Art Space Portsmouth (the artist is expected to work in and from the studio at Art Space Portsmouth)
* A research and development fee of £3000 (paid in pounds sterling in instalments)
* A mentor from within the Art Space Portsmouth membership
* Travel expenses (one return journey from place of origin to Portsmouth)
* Free accommodation in Portsmouth for 3 months
* An exhibition or presentation in GASP (Gallery Art Space Portsmouth) at the end of the residency
* Material / production costs for an exhibition or event (by negotiation)
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 25th May 2011, 12 noon (British Summer Time).

Please download the application form and guidance notes (pdf or Word files) at: http://artspace.co.uk/?page_id=5

Art Space Portsmouth

Agency of Unrealized Projects

Unlike unrealized architectural projects, which are frequently exhibited and circulated, unrealized artworks tend to remain unnoticed or little known. But perhaps there is another form of artistic agency in the partial expression, the incomplete idea, the projection of a mere intention? Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP) seeks to document and display these works, in this way charting the terrain of a contingent future.

Though the state of being unrealized implies the potential for realization, not all projects are intended to be carried out. In other instances, artists deliberately leave works incomplete, to record very interesting "failures" or experiments. Other planned projects involve consciously utopian, non-utilitarian, and conceptual spaces that were not made available for realization. Whether censored, forgotten, postponed, impossible, or rejected, unrealized projects form a unique testament to the speculative power of non-action.

You are invited to contribute your own unrealized projects to AUP's growing archive. Contributions can include text (DOC) and image files (two JPEGs or PDFs up to 2MB each), and can be submitted online at http://www.e-flux.com/aup/. Please include one paragraph describing your project.

Submission deadline: May 25, 2011

The Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP) will be opening a temporary office in Basel this June, comprising of an archive of unrealized art projects. This will present projects collected through this open call and those collated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa following several years of international research conducted in the late 90s. AUP follows the exhibition of the book project Unbuilt Roads: 107 Unrealized Projects, presented as a public archive at e-flux in 2009.

AUP is a project of e-flux in collaboration with the Serpentine Gallery devised by Julieta Aranda, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Julia Peyton-Jones and Anton Vidokle.

Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP)

Dazed & Confused Emerging Artists Award, UK
•Application Deadline

01.05.2011

FIRST PRIZE £ 6,000. Prize for short listed artists £ 1,000. The Converse/Dazed
2010 Emerging Artists Award is open to all artists under the age of 35 who are not
represented by a gallery in the UK, and are British or UK-based. Entrants must not
be students at university or art school. Artists are invited to submit their most
innovative and interesting work for the judges' consideration. There are no limitations
on discipline. Video, sculpture, performance and sound entries are all welcome.


http://re-title.typepad.com/opportunities/2010/04/dazed-confused-emerging-artists-award-uk.html#tp

Art Moves Africa (AMA) Grant
•Application Deadline

01.05.2011

AMA supports mobility within the African continent by providing the costs of travel, visa and travel insurance for the duration of stay.

AMA supports all artists and cultural operators living and working in Africa for travels within and between the African regions.

It supports the travel of artists and cultural professionals working in the following artistic fields:
- Performing arts : theatre, dance, story telling...etc
- Music
- Visual arts
- Cinema
- Literature

Art Moves Africa (AMA) aims to facilitate cultural and artistic exchanges within the African continent. AMA offers travel funds to artists, arts professionals and cultural operators living and working in Africa to travel within the continent in order to engage in the exchange of information, the enhancement of skills, the development of informal networks and the pursuit of cooperation.

http://www.artmovesafrica.org

Open Call: Curatorial residencies in Helsinki
•Application Deadline

01.05.2011

Helsinki International Curatorial Programme currently offers curatorial residencies in Helsinki for international visual arts curators.

The aim of the programme is to provide curators with an opportunity to carry out research on Finnish fine art, to build contacts with Finnish art practitioners and cultural organisations and to develop international curatorial projects involving Finnish participants.

Curatorial residencies include the cost of travel to and from Helsinki with a grant for living expenses, studio accommodation, residency services, administrative support and practical assistance for the participant's curatorial project all provided by HIAP. A small public event (workshop, lecture, open meeting, etc) will also be organized during the residency.

The length of the curatorial residency is usually one calendar month.

More information
http://www.hiap.fi/index.php?page=416&abr=0



Curatorial Residencies
HIAP - Helsinki International Artist Programme
Cable Factory
Tallberginkatu 1 C 97, 4th floor
FIN-00180 Helsinki
FINLAND

Davis Art Services - End of an Empire, anti-war art exhibition
•Application Deadline

01.05.2011

To all visual artists: I'm organizing a juried group show of anti-war art that will open June 23 in North Adams, MA (home of Mass MoCA, the largest contemporary art museum in the United States). "End of an Empire" will feature art dealing with military actions the US has undertaken since the close of the Cold War.
Richard Rand, the Senior Curator at the Clark Art Institute, will be the juror.
The application may be downloaded at my website, http://www.davisartservices.com/.

Visual artists from all countries, in all media, are welcome to apply. If you, or anyone you know, might want to submit artwork for this show, I encourage you to send in an application. This show will be a landmark for the region, an important statement, and a survey of superb anti-war art.

“End of an Empire”, anti-war art exhibition
North Adams, MA
June 23 through August 21, 2011
Deadline May 1, 2011
Submission fee $25

HASENHEIDE BERLIN PROJECT 2011 - CALL FOR APPLICATION
•Application Deadline

01.05.2011

People can learn about themselves and about the world in general through the things they make.
Connecting hand and mind by recognising and encouraging the technical mastery (craftsmanship), we will focus our attention on the artist’s knowledge of making art, respecting the skills, the action of body and mind working together in search for the achievement of a certain result.
For the first edition of the BERLIN PROJECT we invite worldwide artists to apply with their recent painting, print and drawing works.
The aim of this exhibition is selecting artists who dedicate their time to create original works who distinguish themselves through technical quality, innovation and sensibility toward the detail.
The exhibition will present up to 10 artists. The theme is free.

Eligibility: Worldwide Artists.

Venue: The exhibition will be held at our Project Space in Berlin, Friedrichstrasse.

Jury: The applications will be selected by a group of professional artists and curators.

How to Apply:

Please send only a PDF document with inside the:
- Application Form
- Artist Statement (250 word max.)
- Artist CV (2 page max.)
- Up to 5 images with description: title, medium, dimension, year.

Save your PDF application with your name: lastname_firstmame.pdf
Zip files are not accepted.

We expect the text in English.
(To make a PDF file: From Word saves as PDF)

Applications: http://www.hasenheide.com/

Fee: There is a processing fee of 25 €.

Send Application:
Send your application by e-mail only:
application@hasenheide.com

La Pan Stage - residence in Barcelona or Shanghai
•Application Deadline

01.05.2011

Pantocrator Gallery and La Pan, through its residencies programs, seeks to strengthen intercultural relations between artists of proven track record and emerging artists from different parts of the world.

During all the year, 2 selected artists residents, working in the area of the gallery, for a period of 1-2 months for each artist. Artists can work in any medium they desire, from painting, collage, video, digital art or sculpture to the transformation of their study in an installation or operation of the area.
These artists will exhibit and create new work in the gallery as their studio.

The gallery is open to the public to interact with artists and see work in progress.

La Pan Stage residence program will provide postcards, press releases, a page on the Pantocrator gallery website, an exhibition at the end of the residency and a list of photos guide.

More info:
http://pantocratorgallery.com/stage.html

La Pan
Spain
C/ Marina, 68. 08005. Barcelona.
phone. (+0034) 932 213 465


Pantocrátor Gallery
Almstadtstrasse, 43. 10119 Mitte. Berlín.
Germany
phone. (+0049) 3068329492

Camera Club of New York Curatorial Proposals
•Application Deadline

01.05.2011

An Exceptional Opportunity for Photographers to Exhibit During Les Rencontres d’Arles 2011 Photography Festival
Artist Residency with GALERIE HUIT Arles for the overall Winner
EXHIIBITION DATES: 4th Jul until 18th Sep 2011
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 1 May 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.photographyopensalon.com/
ENTRY FEES: Single image entry - £15, 4 images - £25, 6 images - £30, 10 images - £40, 15 images - £45.

EXHIBITION THEME: Transience.
We are inviting images that evoke and relay the concept of transience - references that relate to change or the process of changing. How do we relate to a permanent state of transition, impermanence and the passing of time?

PRIZES:
Winning images will be exhibited in Galerie Huit Arles during and alongside the renowned international photography festival Les Rencontres d’Arles in France from 4th Jul until 18th Sep 2011
Winning images will also be exhibited in Galerie Huit Penang, Malaysia in Jan 2012
The winning selection of images selected for the exhibition will be printed by Galerie Huit Open Salon
The exhibited images will be offered for sale.
The photographers will receive 50% of the sale proceeds if their image/s is sold.
Selected images will be featured in an online gallery on our website http://www.photographyopensalon.com/

Entry in the book catalogue Galerie Huit Open Salon 2011
Main Prize for the overall winner: One month Artist Residency with Galerie Huit in Arles

CONTACT contact@photographyopensalon.com

Copenhagen Artist in Residence
•Application Deadline

01.05.2011

To strengthen cultural exchange and network between Copenhagen and international artists The City of Copenhagen has established an artist in residence in collaboration with the Factory of Art and Design. The program has been named CPH AIR.

Individuals as well as institutions, galleries, publishing firms and other in the Copenhagen art scene can recommend international artists for the program. As an artist you cannot apply for the programme on your own hand, you need to provide a recommendation.

During the artist’s stay in Denmark, the applicant from the local art scene will function as a host/esse and is responsible for coordinating the artist’s programme.

Check the application procedure at:
http://www.cphair.dk/en/application.php?support

More info: http://www.cphair.dk or by mail info@ffkd.dk

CPH AIR

Rhizome Commissions 2011: Call for Proposals
•Application Deadline

01.05.2011

In this funding cycle, Rhizome will award ten grants: eight grants will be determined by a jury of experts in the field, and two will be determined by Rhizome’s membership through an open vote.

Founded in 2001, the goal of the Rhizome Commissions Program is to support emerging artists by providing grants for the creation of significant works of new media art. By new media art, we mean projects that creatively engage new and networked technologies and works that reflect on the broader social and political impact of these tools and media in a variety of forms. Rhizome defines emerging artist as artists who exhibit great potential yet are not fully recognized within their field. Commissioned works can take the final form of web-based works, works that engage mobile platforms, performance, video, installation or sound art. Projects can be made for the context of the gallery, the public, the web or networked devices. Rhizome Commissions awards generally range from $1,000 to $5,000.

To submit a proposal, applicants must sign up for a free Rhizome account. To sign up, please visit: http://rhizome.org/register

There are two parts to proposal submission:

STEP 1. Create a web page for your proposal.

STEP 2. Filling out your application.

Please read all about eligibility, policy and procedures before applying at
http://rhizome.org/commissions/procedures/



Rhizome at The New Museum, NY

Residency for photographers
•Application Deadline

02.05.2011

The expenses covered for this residency include:
- Supplies required for creation
- Accommodation, breakfast and evening meal from 25 August to 10 September
2011 (included).
- Travel costs within the French territory, for foreign participants from
point of arrival in France to Niort (for example: Paris-Niort)
- The works of the selected residents, submitted as part of their
application, will be exhibited from 1 July to 7 September. The laureates
must agree to ensure delivery of these works to the address of the
association Pour lInstant by the beginning of June. The association
will reimburse the sender for the cost of transport of works upon
presentation of the receipt during the residency.

During the residency, the laureates agree to produce an exhibition. The
created works will be exhibited from 9 September until 22 October, and
will then join the collection of works built up over the years by the
association. All negatives and digital files remain the property of the
author.

Association «Pour l Instant»

Niort, France, a town of 60,000 inhabitants, has been the setting for this
residency since the very beginning of the annual Rencontres de la Jeune
Photographie Internationale. The eight selected residents will be
accompanied throughout their stay by Christian Caujolle, co-founder of the
Agence VU, and will be given full technical support from the team of the
association Pour l lnstant. A technical centre, fully equipped to
professional standards, including a black and white darkroom and a digital
workshop is reserved for their exclusive use. In this context, the young
artists are invited to create and experiment. They have total carte
blanche to work as they wish, stimulated by their encounters, exchanges
and the diverse approaches of other participants. This amounts to a truly
unique artistic experience.

http://www.pourlinstant.com/2011/appel2011/Candi-niort-2011-gb%282%29.pdf

Cooperation projects with third countries / Mexico
•Application Deadline

03.05.2011

The cooperation projects to be co-financed through the call are bi-annual (20011-2013) and shall involve cultural cooperation with Mexico's cultural organizations and involve cultural activities carried out in Mexico.

The total budget granted for this call for proposals should be EUR 1.6 million and the maximum duration of projects is 24 months (2011-2013). The level of EU co-financing shall not exceed 50 % of eligible costs associated with each project (maximum ceiling of EUR 200.000 per project).

Projects must involve a minimum of three co-organisers drawn from three different countries taking part in the Culture Programme and involve cultural cooperation with at least one partner from Mexico with at least 50% of the project output coming from that country.

More information
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/culture/funding/2011/call_strand_135_2011_en.php

OPEN CALL 'THIS IS NOT A GATEWAY FESTIVAL ON CITIES!’
•Application Deadline

05.05.2011

http://www.thisisnotagateway.net/

Film, photography, workshops, discussions, interventions

70 events across 3 days, International festival-goers & participants

This Is Not A Gateway, an independent organisation that brings together critically engaged emerging urbanists, is seeking submissions for its 4th annual festival (23-25 September 2011, London). Proposals are welcome from anybody whose point of reference is ‘the city’. There is no fee to propose a project for the festival.

Previous formats have included exhibitions, roundtable discussions, soapboxes, film screenings, walks, presentations, book and project launches. Participants have come from the fields of urban regeneration, economics, government, visual art, archaeology, activism, journalism, literature, architecture, planning, environmental protection, law, property, theory, housing, film, psychology, finance, philosophy, engineering, human rights & social justice.


coordinators@thisisnotagateway.net

UCL Slade Research Centre, London, WC1 (23-25 Sept)

DELFINA-FICA Research Fellowship 2011
•Application Deadline

05.05.2011

The Research Fellowship 2011 aims to provide an opportunity for intensive research in the field of visual arts by curators and researchers who have an innovative Visual Culture project in progress, and who might benefit from the research and curatorial work that is being done by the fellowship's partner institutions in London. Priority will be given to projects that are further along in their development and engage with specific cultural and curatorial issues. Artists are welcome to apply; however this residency is largely focused on the development of critical-curatorial discourse, not singularly on artistic practice.

Conditions for applicants:
The 2011 recipient will receive:
Applicants are expected to submit:
http://www.delfinafoundation.com/news.php


Delfina Foundation (DELFINA) is pleased to invite applicants from the Middle East & North Africa region for the DELFINA-FICA Research Fellowship 2011, a collaboration between the Goldsmith's Department of Visual Cultures and the PhD. Program in Curatorial/Knowledge and Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts).

http://www.delfinafoundation.com/news.php

Fundación Botín Visual Arts Grants
•Application Deadline

06.05.2011

Fundación Botín, a Spanish institution created in 1964, launches an international call for a new edition of the Visual Arts Grants.

These are study, research and personal project aids that end up with the organization of an exhibition at the venue of the Foundation in Santander and the edition of a catalogue.

The call is open to individuals of any nationality with the single requirement of being between the ages of 23-40 for the study grants. The conditions of the 19th Call of Visual Arts Grants are available in English and Spanish, and can be downloaded at http://www.fundacionbotin.org

The artists who obtained grants for the 18th edition in 2010-2011 are: Eva Fabregas (Spain, 1988), Jota Izquierdo (José Manuel G. Izquierdo, Spain, 1972), Irene Kopelman (Argentina, 1971); Juan Linares (Spain, 1972)-Erika Arzs (Austria, 1969); Carme Nogueira (Spain, 1970); Jorge Mendez Blake (México, 1974); Mabel Palacin (Spain, 1964); Francesc Ruiz (Spain, 1971). 738 applications were submitted from 49 countries.

Artists from the 17th edition, who participates in the exhibition Itineraries 09-10, comment on their experience with the Grants from Fundación Botín in this video YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/fundacionmbotin

Bases
http://www.fundacionmbotin.org/becas/convocatorias-de-becas/becas-fundacion-botin-de-artes-plasticas-2011-2012.html

Fundación Botín. Santander. Spain.

Pedrueca, 1. (39003) Santander. Cantabria. Spain
fmabotin@fundacionbotin.org
Tel: + 00.34.942226072
http://www.fundacionbotin.org

Fundación Botín International Visual Arts Grants 2011–2012
•Application Deadline

06.05.2011

Fundación Botín, a Spanish institution created in 1964, launches a call for its Visual Arts Grants. These are for study, research and the undertaking of individual projects in the sphere of (non-theoretical) artistic work.

The call is open to individuals of any nationality with the single requirement of being between the ages of 23–40 for the study grants.

The exhibition agenda of the Fundación Botín will include an exhibition, which premieres the works reallized by the artists during the period covered by the grant.

To Apply:
http://www.fundacionmbotin.org

Fundación Botín

Braunschweig University of Art: Eleven Scholarships announcement
•Application Deadline

07.05.2011

The state of Lower Saxony and the Braunschweig University of Art announce eleven scholarships for the year 2011. They consist of:

. 3 "Braunschweig PROJECTS"—scholarships for artists of Sound Art
. 5 "Braunschweig PROJECTS"—scholarships for artists of Fine Arts
. 3 "Dorothea-Erxleben-Programme for equal opportunities/gender equality"—scholarships for female artists of installation art and photography.

The Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig / University of Art is a university with strong international focus and an emphasis on both art and research. With around 1,200 students in Fine Arts, Design, Aesthetics & Art History and Media Studies, the Braunschweig University of Art is one of the largest art academies in Europe.

For more information and application please visit
http://www.hbk-bs.de/en/aktuell/scholarships

The state of Lower Saxony and the Braunschweig University of Art

Fundacja Biuro Kultury 9th International Film Festival Tofifest
•Application Deadline

07.05.2011

Call for films
http://www.tofifest.pl/en/news/54

Rebellious festival. Rebellious cinema. This is what we are looking for,
after all everyone has a rebel inside.
Tofifest has got its own, exceptional programme feature. For us, the
cinema that we present is the art creatively commenting on reality and
being an integral part of it. This rebellliousness is what has been making
Tofifest outstanding from other film festivals in Poland.

The 9th International Film Festival Tofifest invites to apply films for
three competitive programme sections: two of them are international
competitions and one is national. The existing rules are the same as the
previous year.

The International Competition for 1st and 2nd films named ON AIR
Competiton mainly puts stress for European and Polish premiers. As the
director of the festivals mentions, these films will have priority in the
selection. Short Film Competition SHORTCUT invites the short forms from
all over the world which lasts till 40 minutes. Polish Films presented in
FROM POLAND Competition will present all faces of contempor

As the amount of the films for three competitive section is limited the
bests films which can't be included into the competition will be presented
in special section Out Of Competition.

The films will struggle for Grand Prix Awards Golden Angels. Special Award
for the Best Director wil be given only in ON AIR Competition.

The deadline for entries is on the 7th of May, but of online application
decides the date of their receipt. Preview copies must be submitted to the
Festival Office up to a week after the closing date of recruitment (to
05/16/2011).

Fundacja Biuro Kultury
International Film Festival Tofifest
Rynek Staromiejski 9/3
87-100 Toruń
Poland
tel: +48 56 652.20.30
contact@tofifest.pl
http://www.tofifest.pl

Third International art video competition on Global Warming "Cool stories for when the planet gets hot"
•Application Deadline

09.05.2011

COOL STORIES FOR WHEN THE PLANET GETS HOT III is the third edition of an international art video competition on Global Warming by ARTPORT_making waves. After two successful editions, launched at Scope Basel in 2007 and repeated at Focus Basel in 2009, ARTPORT_making waves for the third edition collaborates with CINEMA PLANETA, the award-winning International Environmental Film Festival in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

We invite video artists worldwide to participate with works that explore Global Warming, focusing on forests in honor of the United Nations International Year of Forests 2011. Artists are encouraged to tell us their stories about deforestation or tree planting and its positive effects; they may also opt to approach the topic from symbolic, psychological or socio-political significances of forests.

TERMS & CONDITIONS
- One submission only per artist/ artist group. Collaborations are welcome.
- Please do not submit work that is older than 3 years.
- Please do not send any material for the pre-selection—we will not return it.
- The 20 winners to show their work during ART BASEL 2011 will be notified immediately by e-mail and will be responsible to submit their work in a suitable format by Friday, May 16, 2011 (details will be communicated to the finalists).
- By participating in this contest you fully accept these terms and conditions and agree that if you are among the 20 selected artists, ARTPORT_making waves may show your work during ART BASEL from June 15-19, 2011, at a venue in Basel, Switzerland to be announced; post it on its website www.artport-project.org; show it at international art events and festivals through June 30, 2013; and use it in any of its communications and promotional material.

Application requirements and further information:
http://www.artport-project.org

Venice 2011: OPEN CALL for PIRATE CAMP
•Application Deadline

10.05.2011

CONIGLIOVIOLA art group and the non-profit organization Kaninchen-haus are promoting the international OPEN CALL for the 1st edition of Pirate Camp that will take place in Venice during the 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia.

The competition is open to artists from all over the world between 20 and 35 years old, currently working in the specific sector of visual arts, without restrictions of approach or medium.

The residency takes place in a campsite. The first Pirate Camp will host 16 international artists in as many pirate-tents. Each and everyone of the 16 selected artists will be able to design the inside of the tent according to his/her work and identity.
For the first stage of the program, the Pirate Camp will be held in Venice.
The exact place where the camp will rise will be announced on 31st of May.
The period of stay is between May 31 and June 6, 2011 during the opening of the 54th Biennale di Venezia.

Main activities: “THE STATELESS PAVILLION” seminar & meetings and discussions with the press, the public and the art professionals.

Each artist selected by the open call will be given: 1 tent to set up and personalize inside, coverage of travel expenses, breakfast (at least…).

In order to APPLY the candidate has to LOGIN/REGISTER on pirate-camp.org website and has to fill the on-line participation form with the requested documents.
Every project and/or artwork sent by the candidate will be stored in the archives of the pirate-camp project and may be used only to promote the event itself.
The selection board will adopt the following criteria to evaluate the applications: quality of the submitted works, relevance to the theme of the open call.

Complete information and Application Requirements
http://www.pirate-camp.org/venice-2011-open-call/

CONIGLIOVIOLA

Job Vacancy: Curator (maternity cover) at Compton Verney, UK
•Application Deadline

12.05.2011

Compton Verney is looking for a highly experienced Curator who will be responsible for the initiation, implementation, administration, research, organisation and presentation of a highly popular temporary exhibition programme, as well as specific collection and grounds based research and projects. Fundraising experience essential.

12 month fixed term contract (maternity cover).

Further information:
http://www.comptonverney.org.uk/about_us/vacancies.aspx

Compton Verney

Call for applications: HEAD - Geneve MA Programmes in Design
•Application Deadline

13.05.2011

http://head.hesge.ch/

SPACES AND COMMUNICATION

Exhibition design - Space and graphic design - Urban design - Commercial design - Event design

This programme renews the links between spatial design, interior architecture, graphic art and signage. Enriched by inter-disciplinary exchanges, it offers a new approach to design. In correlation with urbanism, plastic arts and architecture, which influence its reflective and creative processes and positioning, the Masters associates, without amalgamating them, graphic design and spatial design to create a completely new area of convergence. It promotes the creative and rigorous progress of students and the production of concrete and significant projects.



Duration: 4 semesters. October 2011–June 2013.

Credits: 90 ECTS

Qualification awarded:

Master of Arts HES-SO in Design

• major Media Design

• major Spaces and Communication

Required qualifications:

• Higher education Bachelors degree (HES, Higher education school or university) or equivalent

and/or

• Professional experience deemed equivalent.

Fees: CHF 500.- per semester

Deadline for application: 13 May 2011

Interviews: 7–8 June 2011

Start of the academic year: 3 October 2011

Admission requirements, procedures and application forms are available at http://head.hesge.ch/

Open Call: Fundación Botín International Art Workshop with Paul Graham
•Application Deadline

13.05.2011

The Paul Graham Workshop will be held between July 4th and 15th 2011, at the Villa Iris space, in the coastal city of Santander, in northern Spain.

Applicants must be experienced in photography, and have demonstrated a commitment and knowledge of the medium over many years. This is not a workshop for beginners.

Paul Graham will select a maximum of 15 alumni and the workshop will be conducted in English.

To Apply:
http://www.fundacionmbotin.org

Fundación Botín. Santander. Spain.

Call for proposals for artistic residencies 2011/2012 - Oficinas do Convento, Portugal
•Application Deadline

13.05.2011

The Artistic Residency Programme is a project of promotion of artistic creation, centered in Art and Nature, which aims to explore an earth-connected knowledge, the construction of landscape and the traditional methods and technics. The Residencies will occur in sites with a strong patrimonial and artistic value and should contribute to the rescue of materials and resources. They will be centered in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, its historic and natural patrimony, and its inhabitants. The candidates can ask the Association for any information that can be used to the construction of their proposals. The residency lasts one month and is finalised by an exhibition.
The selected candidates will receive a 500EU grant, paid on the first day of Residency. During the Residency, the artists will be given the possibility to spend up to 750EU in production related materials, available only according to the presentation of the expense documents.

Ten grants will be given in the following areas:

- Two grants for projects in the area of “Public Spaces”;

- Four grants for projects in the area of “Sculpture / Ceramics”;

- Four grants for projects in the area of “Equipment Design / Ceramics”.

The call for proposals is open until 7.00 PM (CET) of 13th May 2011.

Terms of Participation and Application Form
http://www.oficinasdoconvento.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Terms-of-Participation-Artistic-Residencies_EN1.pdf

More information
http://www.oficinasdoconvento.com/?p=1852

Oficinas do Convento, Portugal

Job Vacancy: Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum Folkwang
•Application Deadline

13.05.2011

The City of Essen seeks a Curator of Contemporary Art for the Museum Folkwang. The contract is for 4 years.

The Museum Folkwang is one of the most important German museums of 19th and 20th century and contemporary art. Its collection includes painting, sculpture, photography, graphic works, ancient and non-European art and posters. The museum’s exhibition programme is reputed internationally. The Museum Folkwang places particular emphasis on an exchange with non-European cultures.

The responsibilities of this post include:

Conception, planning and realization of exhibitions of contemporary art and their accompanying publications
Active participation in the extension of the contemporary art collection
Close cooperation with artists, national and international partner institutions, donors and sponsors, collection foundations, etc.
Development of new programmes to promote artistic production in the Museum Folkwang


We are searching a highly qualified person with the necessary expertise, and seek candidates who have:

A doctorate in art history
Specific professional experience (international)
Outstanding knowledge in the area of international contemporary art, especially contemporary non-European art
Excellent command of German and English and if possible a further foreign language. Very good skills at presenting and communicating.

Further information is available at
http://www.museum-folkwang.de/en/information/offer-of-employment-german.html

Please send your application by 13.05.2011, quoting reference number 45/01/FE, to: Stadt Essen, Organisation und Personalwirtschaft, 45121 Essen, Germany

The City of Essen

The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2011 for UK artists
•Application Deadline

13.05.2011

Jerwood Visual Arts and Drawing Projects UK are delighted to announce Iwona Blazwick, Tim Marlow and Rachel Whiteread as the selectors for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2011.

Deadline for entries: Monday 20 June 2011 at 5pm

The Jerwood Drawing Prize is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. Judged by an independent panel of selectors, the Prize aims to recognise and support all UK based artists, from student to established, working in the field of drawing.

The 2011 selectors, Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel Gallery; Tim Marlow, writer, broadcaster and Director of Exhibitions, White Cube; and Rachel Whiteread, artist, will look to create an exhibition that represents and celebrates the diversity, excellence and range of current drawing practice in the UK.

From an anticipated submission of well over 2,000 entries, the selectors will bring together 50 - 70 drawings for an exhibition at JVA at Jerwood Space, London from 14 September – 30 October 2011. The exhibition will then tour nationally.

Awards include a first prize of £6,000, a second prize of £3,000 and two student awards of £1,000 each. The Awards will be announced at a private awards ceremony on Tuesday 13 September 2011.

To register your application please visit:
http://www.parkerharris.co.uk/competition/jerwood-drawing-2011

Once registered artists are invited to submit their works through one of the regional collection centres, which include London, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Cornwall, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Liverpool and Norwich.

For all enquiries about the Jerwood Drawing Prize please contact the exhibition organizers at
T: 01372 462190
E: jdp@parkerharris.co.uk

Parker Harris, Jerwood Visual Arts and Drawing Projects UK

Bulldog Portrait Bursary 2011
•Application Deadline

13.05.2011

Would you like to train as a portrait painter?

This bursary aims to develop the talent of an artist at an early stage in their career.

The bursary is worth £5,000, plus an extra donation of £2,500 from the de Laszlo Foundation. The aim is to provide an opportunity for an artist, regardless of location, to be mentored by Members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Other benefits include access to facilities at the Heatherley School of Fine Art

Receiving day
13th May 2011 (10am-5pm)

Collection day
17th May 2011 (10am - 5pm)

Receiving and Collection Location
Mall Galleries
17 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5BD

Please deliver two painted or drawn portraits, clearly labelled but not necessarily framed, with your contact details and 'Bulldog Bursary 2011', and accompanied by a completed form and payment.

After review the Society will compile a shortlist of applicants to be called to interview in June. Candidates will be required to attend with a portfolio and a supporting statement of how they would use the bursary.

The Bursary will run from September 2011 and the winner will be invited to exhibit at the 2012 annual exhibition.

Conditions
Entry fee: £6 per person. Enter two painted or drawn portraits.
After review, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters will compile a shortlist of applicants to be called for interview in June. Candidates will be required to attend with a portfolio and a supporting statement of how they would use the bursary. The Bursary will run for the academic year beginning September 2011 and the winner will be invited to exhibit at the 2012 RP annual open exhibition.

Application Form:
http://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/index.php?pid=173

Mall Galleries

Call for artist/film makers Bus Stop Cinema, UK
•Application Deadline

14.05.2011

This summer will see the return of our hugely successful annual international film festival which will take the form of BUS STOP CINEMA. The elysium gallery premises is situated besides one of Swansea’s busiest bus stops and so the gallery will be transformed into a cinema showing artists films throughout the day and early evenings during August 2011 in what will be Elysium gallery’s 5th annual film festival.
This year will also see us return to the Salem chapel at the hugely popular Hay-on-Wye Festival. This old chapel is a fantastic setting for films and last year’s films were viewed by thousands of people.

We are looking for films of all genres to showcase in both film events, please email the gallery for an application form and return to us by the specified deadline dates.

A selection of up to 3 films can be submitted and must be sent to the gallery on DVD format with the application form. Submission fee is £5 for both events and paid either by cheque or paypal.

All successful entrants will also receive a profile page on the elysium gallery web site and an annual subscription to our membership programme free of charge.

Deadline:
Hay-on-Wye: 14th May / elysium gallery: 2nd July

Exhibition dates:
Hay-on-Wye: 4th July / elysium gallery: 19th August - 3rd September

How to Apply:
http://www.elysiumgallery.com/joom/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=311&Itemid=183



elysium gallery

Brunel Electronic and Analogue Music (BEAM) Festival: Open Calls
•Application Deadline

14.05.2011

Welcome to the brand new BEAM Festival (Brunel Electronic and Analogue Music), launching at Brunel University in June 2011. BEAM is a high-tech music weekender, a playground of homemade instruments and sonic robots. BEAM is based on electronic music being performed LIVE – exactly how traditional musical instruments are, with physical movements that RELATE to the sounds you hear. Our installations are all kinetic too: everything at BEAM moves.

We are totally excited by the incredible array of performances, installations and workshops we’ve put together for BEAM 2011. Also featured at BEAM 2011 are some of the most important institutions leading the way in live electronic music-making: the legendary STudio for Electro-Instrumental Music (STEIM, Amsterdam), the he super-hi-tech Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC, Belfast), experimental leaders Sonic Arts Research Unit (SARU, Oxford Brookes) and global pioneers Culture Lab (Newcastle University).

OPEN CALLS DEADLINE 14th MAY!

BEAM currently has three Open Call opportunities for artists wishing to share their work at this year's festival. For more info and application procedures check each link:

BEAM OPEN SPACE: is a platform for artists to exhibit or perform their own work at the festival. We are offering a free weekend pass and accommodation on site to 10 selected OPEN SPACE artists. More info: http://www.beamfestival.com/open-calls/beam-open-space/

BEAM TRAIN:Invites artists to submit or create podcasts, recordings and interactive games to captivate festival-goers on their 40 minute tube journey from central London to Uxbridge Station. More info: http://www.beamfestival.com/open-calls/beam-train/

BEAM ONLINE: is a category for anyone who wants to share related work but can’t get to the festival. The work may take the form of video, audio, online games, project documentation or a new App that you’ve developed!
http://www.beamfestival.com/open-calls/beam-online/

BEAM FESTIVAL

Grant: OCA calls for applications 2011
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

Applications are accepted from Norwegian and international artists living and working in Norway to produce work for exhibitions internationally; Norwegian art professionals organising exhibitions and projects abroad; and international institutions and curators to work more comprehensively and thoroughly with artists, art groups and professionals from Norway.

Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues and other activities directly related to these areas.

OCA offers financial support enabling non-profit international institutions and international curators to place Norwegian artists, curators and critics within professional exhibitions and contexts. OCA accepts applications on four deadlines throughout the year: 15 February, 15 May, 15 September and 1 November.

http://www.oca.no/support/app_process.shtml

AsoloArtFilmFestival 2011, Italy
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

http://www.asolofilmfestival.it/

The contest is divided into seven sections:

o FILMS ON ART for works on art;

o ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES for works of historical reconstruction and critical interpretation on personalities from the world of art and music;

o FILMS ON ARCHITECTURE for works on architecture and urbanism relating to history, movements, main personalities, works and projects;

o FILMS ON DESIGN for works on design relating to history, movements, main personalities, works and projects;

o VIDEO ART & COMPUTER ART for works using electronics or computer technologies as a method of direct artistic expression;

o PRODUCTIONS BY SCHOOLS OF CINEMA related to art and music, produced by schools of cinema, specialized higher education institutes and universities;

o HARMONY AND TERRITORY documenting works for the harmonious development of the territory and its contradictions, increasing the value of potential and resources with respect for culture and the environment.


Only works produced after the 1st of January 2009 are eligible for the contest and the requested material must be submitted by the 15th of May 2011.

The entry-form download is available at:

http://www.asolofilmfestival.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Competition-Announcement-AAFF-2011.pdf

For any further information please contact us

Phone Number +39 0423 1995235/36 / asolofilmfestival@aiaf.net or info@aiaf.ne

CityStudioSTL - Somethingness: Ways of Seeing and Building - Call for Applications
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

July 11–29, 2011

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Washington University in St. Louis

Application Deadline:

May 15, 2011

Somethingness: Ways of Seeing and Building, a project of CityStudioSTL, is informed by the words and practice of visiting artist Theaster Gates, Jr., who will be in residence at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and in partnership with the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. During this intensive, 3-week design-build course, students will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with Gates on a site-specific project in St. Louis' Hyde Park that combines conversation, construction, and community engagement. The cultural constructs of ritual, community, and race will inform all work, inspiring projects that echo the history of the site, while addressing the needs of the community through architecture, the arts, and social science.

Students will gain an understanding of design methods that arise out of cultural research while learning to translate small-scale design investigations into real, inhabitable spaces.

The application deadline is May 15, 2011. For more information or to download an application form, visit

http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/citystudiostl/somethingness

Call for applications: MAPS - Arts in Public Spheres at Ecole cantonale d'art du Valais
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

ECAV – Sierre/Wallis
Master in Fine Arts

Call for Applications

The MAPS – Arts in Public Spheres Master program is a 2-year degree in the visual arts, addressing artists and professionals wishing to question the contemporary artist's relation to the public sphere.

The course offers both practical and theoretical platforms for considering the public sphere in a pluri-disciplinary perspective. It combines a focus on the students' artistic practice and research projects, workshops offering practical experience in realising projects and interventions in the public sphere, yearly seminars contextualising the students' participation in group and solo exhibitions, and study trips. The objective is to consider how art addresses different publics, the nature of public participation and collaborative production, approaching a critical analysis of space, and finally the role of the exhibition and curating in the above questions.


Located in the Valais region of Switzerland, the striking natural environment and its location, away from the country's major urban centres, provide an ideal site for detailed on-the-ground studies in the following areas: environmental and land art, socially-engaged and community projects, site-specific artistic and curatorial interventions in the public space, art and the natural sciences, artistic research practice, and work on the dialectic between periphery and centre.

MAPS - Arts in Public Spheres is part of Master of Arts HES-SO in Fine Arts, a program that has been designed around three sites: the Haute Ecole d'Art du Valais (ECAV) in Sierre, the Haute Ecole d'Art et de Design in Geneva (HEAD) and the Ecole Cantonale d'Art in Lausanne (ECAL) and is an integral part of the "Swiss Master in Fine Arts Platform", a national collaborative programme involving all the Swiss art schools.

http://www.ecav.ch/formation/master/

Open Call - International project week Platforma 11
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

We would like to invite you to participate in the international and interdisciplinary project week Platforma 11. Our aim is to create an one week lasting OPEN SPACE process, in which an international group of young people reflects on the topics “art, politics and education” and their relationship to one another.

Who may apply?

Everyone who is involved in politics, culture, arts, science, networking and education, i.e. political educators and activists, all sorts of artists, theatre producers and actors, curators and art mediators, academics of all humanist and natural disciplines, theorists and practitioners, musicians and filmmakers, hackers, writers and anyone who may be interested and who is younger than 35.

Topics

Platforma 11 is a process without pre-defined events and topics. The Platforma 11 working groups will constitute themselves through the Platforma 11-wiki, where statements of all participants will be published. You can also add your own topics there and discuss questions, ideas and approaches.Platforma 11 aims to work on
> the development of new approaches to an artistic, political and educational practice,
> possibilities for independent, alternative and non-commercial project work
> strategies for self-empowerment and self-organisation.
> concepts for networking platforms, which provide the sharing opportunities for knowledge, experience, any kind of (educational) material, ideas and ambitions
> a sustainable network for an ongoing co-working process

Platforma 11

September 10th to 19th 2011
in Leipzig, Halle / Saale
and Markkleeberg
Germany

Read more:
http://www.platforma11.net/

Submissions: Direct Action 2011
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

... if you want to be part, simply:

→ upload your performance video to vimeo
→ send the link via e-mail to info@i-a-m.tk
→ make sure we can download it
→ send your data along


→ deadline is may 15th
→ there is no participation fee
→ two submissions per artist only
→ your videos are together no longer than 30 min.
→ how described above is the only way to participate

(we will not take dvds, cds, tapes, betas, filmrolls, celluloids or any other material that formerly carried video ... we only want good clean links ;)

if you want to present something beside the screening (like multi channel, videoinstallation, and so on) please talk to us but keep in mind to take care of equipment yourself.

da2011 will be a screening night of performances on•for•at video in combination with a dinner session, happening on:

MAY 28th/29th 2011
at institut für alles mögliche

da2011 is open to participate ... any performance that is made especially on/for/at video can be part of this

→ we can offer a nice atmosphere with soup, coffee and a little bar
→ the screening technique consists of 1 non-hd-beamer + a tiny soundsystem
→ an easy get together to discuss ideas on performance art and the presented video pieces

http://da2011.i-a-m.tk/

International competition for young photographers SOTIRI 2011
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

Visual artists under the age of 35 working with lens-based media are invited to apply for Sotiri Prize 2011 until 15th May 2011.

Sotiri’ is an international competition for young photographers, organized by the Cultural Center Lindart in Tirana. Since 2008, young artists from all over the world are invited to Korça to show their best works in an exhibition and participate in the panel discussion.

Application Materials:
- Name and surname, address, telephone, email and website (if applicable)
- Project description – up to one A4 page
- CV with education, previous exhibitions, grants, awards etc – up to two A4 pages
- Visual documentation of up to 15 images in digital form (JPG, 72dpi, longer side max. 1200 pixel)
- Image identification list with technical details regarding your work

Info: http://www.projekt56.com/web_all/exhibitions.html

Please, send your application material to the following e-mail address: culturalcentrelindart@yahoo.com



Projekt 5.6 / Cultural Center Lindart

Open Call: Laboratory for Do-It-Yourself Education
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

An zwei Tagen Ende Juni (22. & 23.6.) organisiert die Berliner Gazette unter dem programmatischen Titel “Knips das Licht selbst an!” ein Labor für selbstbestimmte Bildung. Es umfasst vier Seminar-Module und richtet sich an Kulturschaffende, soziale Entrepreneure und Pädagogen, die neue Impulse für Projekte im Bereich der selbstbestimmten Bildung suchen. Die geladenen ReferentInnen sind SchulleiterInnen, KünstlerInnen und MedienmacherInnen. Anmeldeschluss ist der 15. Mai 2011.

Teilnahme/Anmeldeschluss
Die Veranstaltung wird über einen Open Call sowie über gezielte PR in den Netz-Medien bundesweit beworben. Bis zu 20 Menschen können sich für das komplette Workshop-Programm anmelden – eine Gebühr von 25 Euro wird erhoben (bis zu fünf Stipendien sind möglich). Die Zielgruppe sind Kulturschaffende, soziale Entrepreneure und Pädagogen, die neue Impulse für Projekte im Bereich der selbstbestimmten Bildung suchen. Anmeldungen unter info@berlinergazette.de bis zum 15. Mai 2011.



More info:
http://berlinergazette.de/open-call-selbstbestimmte-bildung

Berliner Gazette

Vessel International Curatorial Workshop, Bari
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

Supported by Apulia Region, Vessel is an independent non-profit space devoted to contemporary art; a dynamic container which intends to build an artistic and social bridge between Apulia and the surrounding areas, Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe.

The Course will be held by the Scientific Committee of Vessel composed of Charles Esche, Ilaria Gianni, Cecilia Guida, Denis Isaia, Viktor Misiano, Marco Petroni, Roberto Pinto along with the curators of the space Viviana Checchia and Anna Santomauro.

The Course will offer the opportunity to 14 young curators from around the world to work with internationally renowned curators, dealing with many challenging issues of theoretical and practical aspects of curatorial research.

How to Apply

Interested applicants from any nationality may apply. No study certificate and academic degree required. The course will be delivered in English, for this reason at least an intermediate level of English is required. The screen committee for selecing applicants consists of Viviana Checchia and Anna Santomauro, the curators of Vessel. The application form must be sent to selzionivessel@gmail.com by May 15, 2011.

The participation in the International Curatorial Course is subject to a payment of 300 €, the amount will cover all the expenses for meals and residency including a double-bed hotel room. Selected applicants will be responsible for travel from their place of residence to Vessel as well as the return trip.The course itself is offered free of charge.

Complete information and application requisites:
http://www.vesselartproject.org/en/2011/04/18/open-call-for-vessel-international-curatorial-course/

Vessel

The 2011 Prix de la Photographie Paris competition
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

The "Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and to introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are displayed in Paris and published in the high-quality, full-color Px3 Annual Book.

Px3 Categories: Advertising, Photojournalism, Book, Book Proposals, Fine Art, Nature and Portraiture.

AWARDS
Px3 Photographer of the Year
Both professional and non-professional photographers compete for the top award; the Px3 Photographer of the Year and 3,000 Euros. The winner’s work is publicized internationally, receives the spotlight at all events, is exhibited in Paris, and published in the Px3 Annual Book.

Px3 Best New Talent (Non-Professionals and Students Only)
Non-professional photographers compete for the Px3 Best New Talent Award and 2,000 Euros. The winner’s work is publicized and exhibited in Paris.

ENTRY FEES
Entry fees cover the cost of administration and promotion.
To make Px3 globally accessible, Px3 discounts entry fees for certain countries (see http://px3.fr/en/DiscEntryFees_Px3_Photo.html)

Non-professional and Student Photographers:
$20 per photograph entered
$40 for each series (2-5 images with a unifying theme)
Same photograph or series, additional category: $15 per category

Application Form
http://www.px3.fr/submit/login.php

Complete information
http://px3.fr/en/index.php

Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3)

Cities Exhibition: Between Ebal and Gerzim - Open call for artists
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

A new sequel of the CITIES EXHIBITION series produced by the Ethnographic and Art Museum – Birzeit University is set this year in the city of Nablus "Between Ebal and Gerzim". The exhibition is curated by Vera Tamari and Yazid Anani. Visual artists are encouraged to submit proposals for contemporary artistic interventions in the city based on the concept summarized below.

CITIES EXHIBITION is a project that attempts to draw attention to a variety of relationships between people and place and time, keeping the cadence and uniqueness of each city, moving from the past to the present through the narrative of time. The idea of the project is beyond just the stereotypical representations of nostalgia and folklore, it is by itself an attempt to putting in juxtaposition, past and contemporary visual and cultural evidence, not only to affirm the uniqueness of those cities, but to challenge the issues of memory, identity and change as well.

Nablus 'Neapolis', the new city of Vespasian; the Shechem of Abraham and Sara in the biblical land of Canaan; a city that has witnessed its destruction and resurrection twenty two times flanked by its guardians mount Gerzim and Ebal. Nablus of the Abbasids and Ottomans, a Palestinian city that stubbornly withstood wars, resisted occupation, Nablus ‘Jabal el Nar’, is where present and history coexist; and where cultures intertwine leaving traces of splendor and change on architecture, art, cuisine, and social structure.

Application deadline extended until:
15 May 2011

Applications to be sent via email to
bzumuseum@birzeit.edu
Subject: NABLUS

Info: http://virtualgallery.birzeit.edu/exhibitions_news_and_events

Ethnographic and Art Museum – Birzeit University (Palestina)

BAC - Baltic Art Center is looking for a new Director
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

BAC - Baltic Art Center in Visby, Sweden is recruiting a new Director to run and develop the organisation's international residency programmes and its function as a production platform.

BAC has an international profile and run a variety of different residency and production programmes. The organisation operates as a work place and a production office for artists, curators and contemporary art writers. BAC has no permanent studios or exhibition spaces, but tailors the conditions for the residencies in close dialogue with the invited artists.

In addition, BAC continuously organises a number of discursive projects with the goal of strengthening BAC's profile as an innovative and experimental institution for artistic production. BAC ,founded in 1999, is a foundation run by a board with financial support from Region Gotland and the Swedish Arts Council.


For the position as Director we are looking for a person with visions and a firm commitment to develop the conditions The successful applicant will be expected to further develop the institution's artistic profile and the organisation as a whole.

The position is full time, starting on 1 November 2011. The contract runs for 4 years with an option of a further 2 years.

Your application, including a brief vision for BAC and its activities, expected salary, and other relevant documentation, must reach BAC no later than 15 May 2011 by e-mail to: contact@balticartcenter.com or by mail to: BAC, Skeppsbron 24, SE-621 57 Visby, SWEDEN. Mark your email or letter "Director".

For further information, please contact Mats Stjernstedt (chairman of the board) on telephone +47 22 85 34 10 or by e-mail: ms@kunstnerneshus.no

For more information about BAC please visit http://www.balticartcenter.com

Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden

Open call Kunstfestival Begehungen, Chemnitz, Germany
•Application Deadline

15.05.2011

From August 18 to August 21, 2011, this year’s art and culture festival BEGEHUNGEN will address the issue of art and responsibility. Keeping with the theme “You Are Leaving the Area of Responsibility” artists of every genre are invited to apply until May 15, 2011.

The artist is in the dock. The high tribunal of art asks him/her to defend his/her art. He/She is accused of being fully abdicated from his/her responsibility as an artist. Further is she/he blamed for thoughtlessness in his/ her actions.

BEGEHUNGEN asks for the make-up of an artist’s responsibility in a society. Can art assume responsibility for anything at all? Art as such is indeed undefined. It can be regarded as an empty concept granting every artist the possibility to create any content possible through his/her actions. Or is the answer to the concept of art solely to be drawn from the fluidity of supply and demand on a culture’s art market?

This year’s BEGEHUNGEN will take place at a former prison, the JVA Kaßberg in Chemnitz. The centrally located facility offers an exhibition space of 4000m². Empty prison cells (app. 8 m²), prison wings, former administrative offices (25-30 m²) and a spacious inner courtyard offer ample room for an aesthetic experiment in an environment that is steeped in history. Temporary access to this facility is kindly granted by Staatsbetrieb Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement (SIB).

Rules
In order to take part in the event you need to fill in the online application form until May 15, 2011:
http://www.begehungen-chemnitz.de/?go=BEWERBEN

Please enclose no more than five samples of your work with your application.Please note the requirements for your digital attachments: Size max 10 MB; Resolution max. 2000×2000 pixel; Format: JPEG. The applicant certifies that he is the creator of the work(s) submitted.

Further information: http://www.begehungen-chemnitz.de/

Kunstfestival Begehungen

Open call for research projects on artistic theory and practice for the XVIII Image Symposium Never Written Stories
•Application Deadline

16.05.2011

The CA2M presents the XVIII Image Symposium of the Region of Madrid which will take place on 20–23 June. This edition will include: an international seminar for artists and theorists open to the general public; a forum for art theory and practice researchers who will present their work at the Symposium's critical sessions; and two artist workshops.

Researchers' papers in the fields of theory and artistic practice on the following topics are welcome:

1- Power, knowledge and economy: new formats
When market has become integrated into biopolitics, thought and action capacity are reevaluated by means of new formats, which escape from fixed disciplines and identities (in production, investigation, pedagogy, display and communication).

2- Performing citizenship
How to trick symbolic pressure? What kind of power can we still find in breaches and discontinuities (of time, space, knowledge, affection or work) in order to catch sight of the future of a new citizenship?

Applicants are requested to submit their documentation as follows by 16 May 2011:

- By e-mail: download the Registration form, fill in and send it with your paper (in .doc or .pdf) to actividades.ca2m@madrid.org

- By post: enclose the completed registration form and the printed project (applications received at the CA2M after 9 May will not be considered).

Registration form:
http://ca2m.org/en/documentos/doc_download/171-xviii-image-symposium-registration-1

More info: http://www.ca2m.org/

Contact: actividades.ca2m@madrid.org and 91 276 02 27.


CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo
Madrid, Spain

Open Call: Diogene Urbanbivouac Residency Rrogram 2011
•Application Deadline

16.05.2011

The Diogene group of artists, based in Turin, Italy, is promoting the international competition “Diogene urbanbivouac”, open to Italian and foreign artists. The residency proposes a brand new approach to art. The residency also intends to stimulate dialogue among artists, with the focus on in-depth comprehension of the poetic artistic work.


The “Diogene urbanbivouac” Residence project is the result of a joint effort by a group of artists. They share their ideas concerning the relationship between art and society, the role of the artist, and art as a form of knowledge. They also make themselves available to other artists, thus activating a shared collaboration with them.


One to three participants will be selected by a committee formed by artists making up the Association's management. The period of residence will have a maximum duration of three to nine weeks. The organization will provide participants with all the logistical and economic support necessary for the realization of their projects and will work to create a network of relationships with institutions and actors of the territory of contemporary art.

The invited artists, while in the city, will reside inside the Tram designed and built by the group Diogenes and will have a kit that will ensure self-sufficiency of the module housing (a 12-volt solar panel, a stove and a gas stove, a portable toilet).

Further information an Application Form
http://www.progettodiogene.eu/?page_id=142

TAIS Animation Showcase - Call for submissions
•Application Deadline

16.05.2011

Have you made an animated short film in the last 18 months? Want it to screen to a packed house as part of the fantastic TAIS Showcase this June? Then submit!

The Toronto Animated Image Society is seeking independent animated films completed after June 2009 that are under 15 minutes in length for the TAIS ANIMATION SHOWCASE Screening this June 23, 2011 at Innis Town Hall (University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue). All genres, mediums, techniques, themes accepted, both narrative and non-narrative. Artist fees paid for all screened films. No entry fee. 


Films should be submitted ONLY as QuickTime movie files on DVD/CD or via a download link for the file(s). Please send either a 1280 x 720 Quicktime file or a 720 x 480 Quicktime file using our preferred codecs ProRes or Photo Jpeg with 48kHz sound.

Send your submission to:
Toronto Animated Image Society
TAIS Showcase 2011
60 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 102
Toronto, Ontario M6K 1X9
CANADA


Please include a completed submission form, an artist bio and two film stills (tiff or jpg @ 300 dpi – 2 x 3). Submission form, bio, film stills and download link may be emailed to tais@bellnet.ca or included in mailed submission package.

Deadline for submissions:

Monday, May 16, 2011, 5:00 pm

More info and Application Form
http://www.tais.ca/opencall.html



Toronto Animated Image Society

Call for Application: 3rd Gwangju Biennale International Curator Course
•Application Deadline

17.05.2011

The Gwangju Biennale hosts its third edition of International Curator Course. The course, which has attracted much attention from young curators across the globe since its inception in 2009, takes place in parallel with the Gwangju Biennale and the Gwangju Design Biennale. The visiting professor for this year's course will be Ute Meta Bauer, an internationally acclaimed curator and professor at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning.

This year, the course will include practice in preparation of the 4th Gwangju Design Biennale which will start on September 2. The key subject of the course is the Exhibition as Communicative Space and will include: discussions about criticism and analysis of comprehensive phenomenon of how contemporary art, design, architecture, sound and performance, and publications as dominant art forms of visual culture adapt, co-exist, and conflict with market system; the course will reflect upon creative responses to conflict and crisis versus problems of value.

The course will be delivered in English. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in the process of installation and preparation for the biennale as assistants of artistic directors and curators. They will make group presentations in the final week before guests including biennale participating artists and curators. Visits to museums, galleries, and artists' studios in Gwangju and Seoul are also scheduled.

The Gwangju Biennale will grant tuition and accommodation to participants during the entire course in Gwangju. Participants will be responsible for their roundtrip airfares to Gwangju and living expenses during their stay in Gwangju. Since the course aims to give young curators opportunities to receive in-depth training, an age restriction has been set at 35 and under.

Further information and Application Form
http://www.gb.or.kr/?mid=notice_new&mode=05&sub=04&document_srl=279796&listStyle=&cpage=

The Gwangju Biennale Foundation (South Korea)

Opportunity - Internship, Barbican Centre
•Application Deadline

18.05.2011

The Barbican is looking to recruit two interns for a three-month internship, commencing in June – September. This three-month internship offers the opportunity to gain experience of working with the curatorial team on current and future projects. We are particularly looking for German speakers on one of the projects.

Purpose:
To provide curatorial experience for recent graduates by assisting the curators with research on forthcoming exhibitions and publications. Interns will also gain experience by carrying out administrative tasks for same.

Examples of the daily activities that interns will be able to undertake are:
· Conducting research on artists, artworks and other related topics
· Preparing artists biographies, exhibit lists, exhibition labels and condition report forms
· Processing invoices, data entry, photocopying, filing and correspondence
· Planning late night gallery events as necessary
· Assisting with exhibition installation
· Working at Private Views

Recent graduates or post-graduates in one of the following: art history, architecture, design, curatorial studies or studio art would gain the most from these opportunities. Interns from other routes will also be considered. Candidates must have strong organisational, administrative, computer and verbal and written communication skills and be detail oriented.

To get the best experience from a placement, we recommend that interns are in the department a min of 3 days a week during the core hours of 10:00 to 18:00 for a period of three months, but we offer as much flexibility as we can. Basic travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed.

If you would like to apply for the post, please send a CV and covering letter and outline clearly which time period you are interested in to: careers@barbican.org.uk

Further info:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/about-barbican/careers/internships/curatorial-internship

Barbican Centre

Call for residency applications: Atlantic Center for the Arts
•Application Deadline

20.05.2011

Each residency session includes three master artists of different disciplines. The master artists each personally select a group of associates - talented, emerging and midcareer artists - through an application process administered by ACA. During the residency, artists participate in informal sessions with their group, collaborate on projects, and work independently. The relaxed atmosphere and unstructured program provide considerable time for artistic regeneration and creation. Atlantic Center for the Arts provides housing (private room/bath with work desk), weekday meals (provided by ACA chef) and 24-hour access to shared studio space. Financial Aid is available to qualified applicants.

Residency #143

OCTOBER 10 – 30, 2011 (Application deadline: May 20, 2011)
Nick Flynn, memoir/ creative nonfiction/poetry
Roscoe Mitchell, composer/multi-instrumentalist
Alexis Rockman, visual arts

Since 1982, Atlantic Center's residency program has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three-week residencies. Located just four miles from the east coast beaches of central Florida, the pine and palmetto wooded environment contains award-winning studios that include a resource library, painting, sculpture, music, dance and writers' studios, a black box theater, and digital computer lab.

http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org

Artist Printmaking Residency
•Application Deadline

20.05.2011

As part of an ongoing programme researching non toxic approaches to printmaking we are seeking an artist printmaker with at least 2 years' professional experience who has worked in one or more of the following techniques: Ferric Chloride etching, copper sulphate etching, water based screen printing, waterless lithography.

Duration:

The residency will last for 12 consecutive weeks (Commencement date negotiable from July the 1st 2011 but the residency must be completed before the 9th December 2011).

Artist Fee: £3,000 sterling


How to Apply:

Information and application forms are available by request in a variety of formats.
E-mail: info@seacourt-ni.org.uk


For complete details on the position:
http://www.seacourt-ni.org.uk/residencies/residencies.htm

Seacourt Print Workshop, Northern Ireland

Symposion für Holz und Design
•Application Deadline

20.05.2011

HOLZWEGE - Symposion für Holz und Design 15.09.- 29.09.2011

Eine Veranstaltung des Vereins design/werk/stadt

In Kooperation mit der Offenen Holzwerkstatt und dem Verein WUK

Anlässlich des 30. Geburtstags des WUK und der Offenen Holzwerkstatt veranstaltet der Verein design/werk/stadt im September 2011 ein zweiwöchiges Handwerkssymposion.

Das Symposion soll einerseits Personen außerhalb des WUK ermöglichen, in intensiven künstlerischen und handwerklichen Austausch mit der Holzwerkstatt zu kommen, andererseits der Holzwerkstatt die Möglichkeit bieten, ihre Ressourcen und Fähigkeiten einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit zu präsentieren und zugänglich zu machen.

Das Symposion bietet 8 – 10 TeilnehmerInnen (KunststudentInnen, KünstlerInnen, DesignerInnen ArchitektInnen, HandwerkerInnen und anderen) die Möglichkeit, 14 Tage lang an der Umsetzung eines eigenen Entwurfs (einem Modell, einem Prototypen etc.) zu arbeiten.

Der Veranstalter stellt hierfür Maschinen, Handwerkzeug, Räumlichkeiten, Material, und fachmännische Unterstützung zur Verfügung. Die Mischung der TeilnehmerInnen soll mannigfaltige Ideenwelten zusammenführen und in kreativer Atmosphäre interessante, Begegnungen ermöglichen.

Thema

Das Thema des Symposions ist prinzipiell frei. Es werden Projektideen bevorzugt, die:

* in starkem Bezug zum Material Holz (und aller Aspekte seiner Verwertbarkeit) stehen;
* sich mit dem WUK als Raum und Ort, seiner Geschichte und Entwicklung und seinem künstlerischen und sozialen Potential auseinandersetzen;

Mehr Informationen hierzu unter: http://www.wuk.at/designwerkstadt


Der Qualitäts-Level, Innovativität und die Umsetzbarkeit des Projekts sind entscheidend.


WUK Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus Wien

Funkhaus Art Prize 2011 - Call for Submissions
•Application Deadline

20.05.2011

Funkhaus Nalepastrasse is proud to announce a new art prize for sculpture taking place in Berlin in June 2011. The prize in the sum of 4,000 Euros will be given to one artist.

The Funkhaus in Nalepastrasse situated on the Spree bank was the legendary communication station during the GDR and currently is a center for the arts and multimedia.
The complex already runs services for the music and movie industry, such as recording studios, recording halls, a theatre stage, film locations as well as locations for photo shooting and events.

Last year the Funkhaus has launched a successful art program for visual artists living in Germany. As part of this program, a section of one of the buildings was converted into artists studios and the first curated exhibition with the artists taking part in the program will take place at the end of June 2011.


Terms of application:
-The application for the prize is open for all artists.
-Each artist can only submit one work.
-The prize is for existing sculpture/installation/three dimensional work.
-The work cannot be larger than 300x250x250cm.
-10 Euros of non-refundable processing fee.
-The artwork short-listed for the prize and chosen to participate in the prize competition will be displayed in the Funkhaus up to three months as part of the prize exhibition in the lobby of building A.
-Artist must transport and install his own work in the exhibition. (Funkhaus will provide transportation budget within Berlin).
-The artwork will be insured by the Funkhaus up to a sum of 8,000 Euros.

For more information and terms of application, please visit our website:
http://www.nalepastrasse.de/en/about-the-prize

Funkhaus Berlin Nalepastrasse

International Fellowship Programme of HALLE 14
•Application Deadline

20.05.2011

In 2011, with the start of the International Fellowship Programme Studio14, the centre for contemporary art HALLE 14 will for the first time award two residency fellowships to artists. The programme invites artists from around the world to work for three months (June 30 - September 30, 2011) in a studio at the world-famous Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei. The theme for the current programme is "What Happened to God?" An independent jury of art experts will meet on May 25, 2011 to select two fellowship recipients from the applications, which must arrive at HALLE 14 by May 20, 2011.

The fellowship recipients will receive a monthly stipend of 1,000 Euros and a one-time materials fee of 500 Euros, travel expenses up to 600 Euros, a studio space and a flat.

In 2011, the fellowship also includes participation in a 14-day European Artist Exchange Workshop (August 15-28, 2011) that HALLE 14 has organised in cooperation with Wiels Centre for Contemporary Art Brussels (BE) and Maumaus School for Visual Art Lisbon (PT). The two fellowship holders from HALLE 14 will meet in Leipzig with two fellows from each partner institution to take part in a joint programme.

The work created during the fellowship may be exhibited in HALLE 14 during the September Gallery Tour of the Spinnerei (September 17-18, 2011).

Application form and further information:
http://www.halle14.org/studio14

HALLE 14

2011 MASTER ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM / ACA
•Application Deadline

20.05.2011

Residency #144 - OCTOBER 10 - 30

Master Artists
NICK FLYNN, poetry/memoir
ROSCOE MITCHELL, music composition
ALEXIS ROCKMAN, visual arts

Since 1982, Atlantic Center's residency program has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three-week residencies. Located just four miles from the east coast beaches of central Florida, the pine and palmetto wooded environment contains award-winning studios that include a resource library, painting studio, sculpture studio, music studio, dance studio, black box theater, writers' studio, and digital computer lab.

Each residency session includes three master artists of different disciplines. The master artists each personally select a group of associates - talented, emerging and midcareer artists - through an application process administered by ACA.

The relaxed atmosphere and unstructured program provide considerable time for artistic regeneration and creation. Accepted artists pay an $850 non-refundable residency fee. This fee includes private housing, weekday meals and 24-hour access to shared studio spaces and technology resources. Transportation and other additional costs are incurred by the artists.

To offset the residency fee of $850, ACA provides partial/ financial aid. The amount awarded depends on available funds, the number of artists seeking financial aid, the amount of financial aid each artist is requesting and eligibility. All artists are encouraged to apply and may download financial aid forms online. ACA does not require that Financial Aid forms be submitted until after an artist is accepted.

Further information:
http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org or email program@atlanticcenterforthearts.org

ACA

2011 Regent Park Film Festival Call for Submissions
•Application Deadline

20.05.2011

Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) is Toronto's ONLY free-of-charge film festival dedicated to bringing the finest multicultural works relevant to the communities living in Regent Park, the oldest and largest low income housing in Canada; an area populated predominantly by new immigrants and Aboriginal Peoples. We showcase independent films of all length and genres in their original languages and subtitled in English, with topics pertinent to the various Regent Park communities such as urbanization, community activism, immigrant experiences, inner city issues, cultural identity and multicultural relationships. In addition, each year we program films for Grade 1-8 addressing themes of difference, racial diversity, bullying, gender identity, poverty, health, and other issues relevant to youth. Regent Park residents are encouraged to create media works, through our free professional training workshops, and engage in debates through our panel discussions.

Annually, films made by Regent Park residents are highlighted in our Family Program and in our Community Stories: Youth Media Art Program on Opening Night, supporting self-representation and engaging dialogue with guest youth filmmakers from other parts of the World. This year, we are putting particular emphasis on fictional feature and short length films from the Asian & African Diaspora.

Online Submissions:
http://www.regentparkfilmfestival.com/submissions.html

Further information
http://www.regentparkfilmfestival.com/


Regent Park Film Festival

culturia Berlin, open call for artists and researchers, deadline: 21.05.2011
•Application Deadline

21.05.2011

culturia is twofold: an art residency and a non-material collection.
Strategically declining in its approach pure studio practice, culturia invites artists to present projects in close relation between process and presentation.
The main point of the program is to enhance the internal development of the artist during the short-term residency, what can be more valuable than a production of new objects.

Following this vision culturia has opened, parallel to realization of the artists proposal, a construction of a document that seeks for the understanding of an ideal point of view on art. Here approach and medium are chosen by artist as long as the statement remains “visible” to others.

The non-material collection is used with agreement of artists to safeguard a record of their singular point of view. Gathered material will be used for retrospective exhibitions and other eligible events.

Costs:
- Accommodation fee: 225 € per month + 100 € of deposit

residency period: 1st August – 31st October / culturia is a residency program based Berlin

Brief introduction of culturia
culturia builds its networks since 2005 and has progressively changed from a residency using temporary spaces in Berlin to develop into an experimental place where the practice of exploring artistic process became the concept.

http://culturia.de/

Open to
- Artists and researchers. No restrictions on media.

Deadline for application
- Applications for residency: 1st August – 31st October will be accepted until 21st may of 2011 (closing time for applications - 6pm)

Application form:
http://culturia.de/form/

Open Call for The Roberto Cimetta Fund: Mediterranean travel grants
•Application Deadline

22.05.2011

The Roberto Cimetta Fund is an international association promoting artistic exchange and the mobility of professionals in the field of contemporary performing arts and visual arts within the Mediterranean area.

With the support of a number of partners, the Roberto Cimetta Fund has set up a programme for awarding individual travel grants. These cover travel and visa costs for trips such as attending professional cultural network meetings, workshops, artist’s residences, symposiums etc.

The travel grant programme is addressed to all professionals, artists or cultural operators in all fields of contemporary arts in the Mediterranean (from Portugal to Turkey, from the Near East to the Maghreb). European professionals may apply but only if their project has a strong Mediterranean connection.



More information:
http://www.cimettafund.org/

Contact:
grant@cimettafund.org


Roberto Cimetta Fund

Ideas Fund Green for UK young emerging artists
•Application Deadline

23.05.2011

IdeasTap, an online creative network and funding body for 16-25yr old emerging artists, is looking to fund innovative projects with a green influence.

We’re offering eight IdeasTap members (aged 16 to 25) £5,000 each to realise creative projects that either address green issues or are produced in an environmentally sustainable manner.

We’re looking for ideas that offer exciting new angles on climate change – or new ways to make art in an eco-friendly fashion.

It doesn’t matter what medium you work in – from film to theatre, photography to music, visual arts to literature – because Ideas Fund Green is open to all creative disciplines. The key is innovation.

Further information and Application Form:
http://www.ideastap.com/Opportunities/Brief/35c30ee4-0e21-4e40-bb20-9ec900c5f8c4#Overview

Ideas Tap

Open call: Art Takes London
•Application Deadline

27.05.2011

You're invited to Art Takes London, a world-wide, all-medium-encompassing open call for art, design, video and photography with a mission to present the best emerging talent this year at SCOPE Art Show in London.
Art Takes London is open to all artists around the world! We are looking for all types of innovative work including: Sculpture, Installation, Painting, Photography, Design, Illustration, Film, Video, Performance, Sound, New Media and more! Conceptual proposals are also welcome.

How to Submit Work: online entry using our online submission form is the quickest and easiest way to submit your work. All online applicants will receive a gorgeous online portfolio and will be eligible for the People's Choice Award (judged entirely online and does not affect the selection of the Grand Prize winner). Portfolios are fully editable (you can change/add images and modify your bio) until the deadline.
Price for entry is $10 per image, you can submit 8 or more images for flat rate of $79.

Our top selected artist will be awarded the Grand Prize: A feature spot at SCOPE London 2011 alongside the top players in the international art world, $10,000 total cash (includes a $5,000 budget to produce new work and a $5,000 cash prize), a publicity campaign around your work in both London and New York and an online feature promoting your work internationally.
The public will cast their vote and the highest rated portfolio will receive the People's Choice Award: $2,500 cash and an online feature promoting your work internationally.
The top 50 runners-up will receive online features, gaining worldwide exposure!
Six selected Category Award Winners will receive inclusion in a printed catalog that will be distributed at Scope London, as well as an online feature gaining exposure to hundreds of thousands of art enthusiasts.

Online Submission Form
http://www.arttakeslondon.com/submission_1.php

Further information: http://www.arttakeslondon.com/

The Douglas Hyde Gallery Studentship 2011-2012
•Application Deadline

27.05.2011

Candidates should have a background in Fine Arts, Art History or a related discipline. Some experience of office work and other relevant fields will be an advantage. This training position, intended for someone who wishes to pursue an administrative career in the arts, will run for a fixed term of 10 months. The successful applicant will learn to handle all aspects of administration, installation and general gallery duties. He or she will be expected to help in every area of administrative work, whether it be modest or demanding, and to demonstrate unusual commitment and attention to detail.

The Studentship, which attracts a stipend of E12,000, will start at the end of June.

Please apply by sending a CV and covering letter to:
John Hutchinson, Director
The Douglas Hyde Gallery
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland

Applications must be received by Friday 27 May 2011.


Contact: dhgallery@tcd.ie

Further information:
http://www.douglashydegallery.com/

The Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin, Ireland)

e v+ a Seeks Director
•Application Deadline

27.05.2011

e v+ a is an open international exhibition of contemporary art, centred on Limerick City, Ireland, with a 35+ year tradition of working with international curators of very high calibre. It has a reputation for its artist centred approach that encourages experimentation and innovation in a uniquely personal and local context that transcends national and international boundaries. Its mission is to host an exhibition of contemporary art of international significance through the collaboration of artists, place and curator.

e v+ a is now seeking a full time Director who will be responsible for working with a newly formed board of directors to build on the success of e v+ a to date by enhancing its reputation, expanding its audience and improving its organizational structure.

Further information on this opportunity including a full list of duties and responsibilities are available on http://www.eva.ie/


Contact: eva@limerickcity.ie.

Closing date for applications: 5pm, Friday 27 May 2011

e v+ a (Ireland)

5th Annual MASTER PIECES: Call for Works by Current/Recent Graduate Students
•Application Deadline

27.05.2011


Every year Manifest offers an opportunity for graduate students to exhibit at our gallery in Cincinnati. This fifth installment of the Master Pieces project will continue to reveal the intensity and professionalism of students working towards their terminal academic degree in the field of art or design. Often the most exceptional work comes out of these artists immersion in their culture of study and intellectual pursuit. Manifests goal is to select works that in the truest sense of the word are contemporary masterpieces works that set the standard of quality that the artist is expected to maintain throughout his or her professional career.
The exhibit catalog for this show will serve as a visual documentation of these artists own benchmarks for years to come. All three of Manifest's exhibit spaces will be devoted to the Master Pieces 5 exhibition.

Eligibility: Master Pieces is open to current MFA/MA students or MFA/MA graduates since January 2010.



Media: Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media, including but not limited to: drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, installation, video, etc.


Deadline for Entry: May 27, 2011

For details and application:
http://www.manifestgallery.org/masterpieces/


MANIFEST GALLERY

Exile SummerCamp III : Open Call
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

Now in its third year, Exile is once again excited to announce an Open Call for its annual SummerCamp.

At the core of this year's SummerCamp stands again the simple aim to provide space for broad experimental practice and a collaborative experience. This year's Open Call has just one criteria: It's gotta be moving. We are looking for project submissions in any kind of time-based media.

To submit your work please send information and a link to where your video can be viewed online. Alternatively, please send a short project proposal with specific consideration as to how the project contributes to the exhibition and how it can be executed technically.

Submission Email: summercamp@thisisexile.com

More information at
http://www.thisisexile.com/project_summercampIII_opencall.html

EXILE

Mark Schuster Prize
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

Mark Schuster (1951‐2008) was a very distinguished researcher, specializing in comparative cultural policies, urban planning and cultural economics. This new award wants to recognize the best recently published paper on comparative cultural policies, presented by a young researcher.

The paper must be published or be accepted to an academic journal or an international conference bet‐ ween the dates of 01/06/2008 and 30/05/2011. A synthesis of a PhD dissertation officially accepted in the same time period will also be eligible for submission (maximum 30 pages). All the papers must be presen‐ ted in English although the original version can be in another language. In the case of a joint author paper, the other authors must sign a letter recognizing that a minimum of a 50% of the intellectual work is the responsibility of the applicant to the award.

Candidates must send the completed inscription form to (please request one from) Joaquim Rius (joaquim.rius@ub.edu) by Monday, May 30th 2011 accompanied by:
• • •
The English version of the paper The original version of the paper (in case it was written in another language)
A document proving the publication or acceptance of the paper to an academic journal, conference or PhD dissertation.
The Mark Schuster Prize is a part of the Program package including the Cultural Policy Research Award and the Young Cultural Policy Researchers Forum, developed in partnership among the European Cultural Foundation, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and ENCATC. The amount of the 2011 prize is 1000 EUR, contri‐ buted by Prof. Lluís Bonet (University of Barcelona) and Mark Schuster’s family.

http://www.arts.bg.ac.rs/

Cultural Policy Research Award
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

The Cultural Policy Research Award was launched in 2004 by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, and since 2008, is developed in partnership with ENCATC.

The Award should stimulate research on issues that challenge Europe today http://www.encatc.org/pages/index.php?id=19

Designed to foster academic and applied cultural policy research and to explore issues at stake in contemporary Europe, the Cultural Policy Research Award aims to contribute to new competence building among young scholars in comparative cultural policy research.
Through the CPRA annual competition, the program partners aim to encourage and enable cultural policy researchers to take a step from evaluative (descriptive) to comparative applied research that can inform policymaking and benefit practitioners active in the field.

Since 2004, onwards of seven promising young researchers have won the Award which represents an important achievement for them in this discipline, and a key step in the production of new knowledge. By having more than 75 young researchers involved in the annual competition, the CPRA has widened the map of young cultural policy researchers in Europe, and raised their visibility and recognition.

The CPR Award competition is open to candidates from all European countries (Council of Europe Member States).

Candidates must be able to speak and write in English.

Young academics, researchers and policymakers are eligible for the 10,000 Euro award.
Candidates must be educated to M.A. level in social sciences, art & humanities, or public policy research, and must be no older than 35 at the time of applying.

Papers Prize: No Rules–Negotiating Art and Deregulation
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

Proposals may include subjects such as:
° Pre-histories and legacies of institutional critique
° Models of artistic autonomy within historical conditions of economic deregulation
° The legislation of public-private partnership between the state, funders, and art institutions
° The recent "pedagogical turn" in which art and education entwined, and the concurrent decline of higher education and student activism
° The changing forms of artistic resistance and critique, to include strategies of appropriation, mimicry and performativity
° The rise of alternative spaces, and their changing relation to traditional spaces of the museum, gallery and studio
° Post-studio art practices and the dematerialized artwork as it relates to social and economic mechanisms of Post-Fordism.
° Reconfiguration of Think Tanks as a discursive and social model in contemporary art

In support of young scholars conducting innovative research in contemporary art, Art&Education is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its inaugural Papers Prize, which includes a research sum of 2000 USD and the opportunity to present a paper at a conference, organized by Artforum & e-flux co-sponsored by Society of Contemporary Art Historians, on the subject of the deregulation in art practice and history.

Read more:
http://artandeducation.net/newsletter/62

5th Young Cultural Policy Researchers Forum
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

Who may attend?
Young cultural policy researchers from Europe and
beyond, whether they are young in years or at an early
stage of a research career may attend the Forum. This
year, the maximum number of participants is 40
persons. Researchers attending the Forum are
encouraged to be active participants as an event of this
kind is only as valuable as the input shared from each
person who attends.

How do I apply to attend the Forum?
All researchers wishing to attend the Forum must fill in
an application form. Click on “Young Cultural Policy
Researchers’ Forum” found on the ENCATC’s homepage
to download the application form: www.encatc.org. All
applications and letters of recommendation must by
sent to Elizabeth Darley at e.darley[@]encatc.org by the
deadline 30 May 2011.

Helsinki, Finland 11‐12 October 2011

The Forum for Young Researchers was created in 2006
by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF). Since 2008,
it has been a joint project managed by ENCATC. The
goal is to bring young researchers together to share
their experiences, challenges and solutions, and to
develop an effective network with other researchers,
both established and those at the beginning of their
career.

http://www.encatc.org/pages/fileadmin/user_upload/Forum_2011/YCPR_FORUM_PRACTICAL_INFO.pdf

Call for applications: Group Affinity!
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

Group Affinity is a summer school and exhibition, taking place at Kunstverein München between 1–14 August 201, dedicated to self-organised practice and the notion of affinity in cultural production.

Group Affinity examines 'affinity' as a thesis for contemporary social movement and self-governed cultural production. Taking the form of a two-week summer school and a four-week exhibition, the project offers a diverse curriculum of five participatory faculties, run by the international groups: Chicago Boys, Grand Openings, Cinenova, Andreas Müller & Susanne Pietsch and Slavs and Tatars. Working within a wide range of disciplines and in modalities of research and action—from participatory architecture to performative actions, and (incongruous) translation to enactments of historic archives—these collectives share a common goal of accommodating inter-subjective alliance as their public significance.

Housing and hospitality will be offered to 30 applicants. All applications should be submitted before 30 May 2011.

Send your application for one of the faculties to the below contact address:

Julia Maier
groupaffinity@kunstverein-muenchen.de

More information
http://www.kunstverein-muenchen.de
http://www.cascoprojects.org


Kunstverein München and Casco – Office for Art, Design and Theory (Utrecht), funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation

Open call for participation in public art exhibition (Zagreb, Croatia)
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

'AA2 / Katharina has paid us a visit, but she didn't stay too long' is an
exhibition organized by med-i-kids and CSDVA, Zagreb, where the main theme is Appropriation in Art, aka AA2.

Taking place at Alternative Cultural Center Medika in Zagreb, the
exhibition is envisaged as one big hybrid organism composed of many smaller site-specific installations and artworks. The specificity of the space as an ex-factory of medicaments and its very rustic and ruined condition dictates some of the guidelines in curating the exhibition.

We are looking for:
- projects that creatively engage with audience with the humorous artistic
intention behind the artwork
- appropriation art, in the best use of its term - art which respects all
four cornerstones of fair use term
- art works as reinterpretations or 'Hommage' to an artist who to an artist who really influenced your work
- art works made of recycled items

Media: No media restrictions

Artists are responsible for sending their work. We can compensate postal costs till some extend, on basis first comes-first served. All participating artists will receive full-color catalog of the show and DVD, which will be made during the production of the exhibition.

Required materials for Application Submission:
- work summary
- short bio
- link where you uploaded your visuals/audio, whether it is on your website
or on any online upload service ( do not attach it to your submission).
Please upload your submission to any mega upload online service and
send us a link only.

Send your submissions to medikids at wowm.org
med-i-kids
pierottijeva 11
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

Further information: http://www.med-i-kids.info/

med-i-kids

Intern in production and postproduction of radio podcasts at arttransponder
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

Within a big-scale project, arttransponder is planning to set up an online radio program.

Therefore we are looking for an intern to support the production and uploading process of radio podcasts focussing art practice, art projects, connected theory and strategies of political acting in the art field.

You should need to bring interest in contemporary art practice, profound computer skills in sound design and audio cutting programs like Adobe Audition or similar, be familiar in necessary recording techniques, as well as you should have a history of work experiences in the art field and/or audio production.

Your English skills in speaking and writing should be solid and to deal with common computer programs for office work should be no problem for you.

To receive a grant for the internship, you need to apply yourself at organizations like Leonardo or Faro Global. arttransponder is working on a non for profit base and cannot offer you money.


What we can offer to you instead is to introduce you to a lively Berlin art scene, current art practice and theory, project development and project promotion. We will connect you to other artists, cultural workers, art initiatives and art platforms. If necessary we try to help you in finding a flat or room.
In our office you will be working within a team of artists, curators and cultural managers.

Deadline: 30 May
Please send your e-mail application with CV to:
info@arttransponder.net
for further questions you can reach us under the same e-mail

arttransponder - http://www.arttransponder.net/

Submit2gravity: exhibition and event opportunity in London
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

Submit2gravity offers artists opportunities to exhibit in alternative spaces in addition to the conventional venues. We enable artists to have a platform to be expressive and experimental, welcoming new ideas and approaches from a multiple of disciplines.

Open submissions are now welcome for our new exhibition and event due to take place at Netil House. Netil House was a 50,000 sqft office space situated near London Fields and Broadway Market, E8. In the heart of the arts community Netil House has now been transformed and become a thriving creative hub in the East End.

Submit2gravity will be holding the event in the gallery, which is located on the ground floor. The gallery has an impressive 6000 sqft of floor space with 50 ft high vaulted ceilings and wireless / broadband connection.


Details for applying
.Who: All artists working in all artforms.
.Where: Netil House, 1 Westgate Street, London E8
.When: 23 June - 7 July 2011
.Fee: Free to exhibit
.Charges: Submission fee of £10 for up to 3x pieces of work.
.Deadline date: 30 May 2011

How to apply:
Send images of three pieces of artwork along with details and dimensions. This can be sent on CD-Rom, slides, or prints. Also include a brief artist statement and your CV. If you are sending video, ensure this is compatible with a mac and runs longer than 20min.
Please include a SAE (stamped addressed envelope) should you require any slides, CD's or prints returned.
Submission fee of £10 is per artist or group and is for up to 3x pieces of artwork (non refundable). Cheques must be made payable to Gravity. You can also pay via Paypal to submit2gravity@yahoo.co.uk.

Further details and information:
http://www.submit2gravity.com/opportunities.html or via info@submit2gravity.com

Submit2gravity

International Science & Film Festival 5th edition RISC, Marseille, France
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

The Polly Maggoo association, organisers of the 5th Rencontres Internationales Sciences et Cinémas (RISC) which will be held in November, is calling for entries.

All genres of films are eligible (documentary, experimental film, fiction, art video, animation, etc.) if their subject is directly related to scientific topics (including fundamental sciences, life sciences, medicine, the environment, social and human sciences, etc.).

There are no criteria regarding length or medium (video or film).

Foreign language films must be made available with the original language soundtrack and French subtitles.

Priority will be given to the most original approaches and to recently-produced films (however, there is no exclusive criterion as regards the date of production).

This event is non-competitive.

Further Details and Application Form:
http://www.pollymaggoo.org/doc_polly/risc-2011.html


Polly Maggoo

OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS AT PEACOCK VISUAL ARTS
•Application Deadline

30.05.2011

Peacock Visual Arts would like to announce an open call for submissions from artists, collectives, curators and filmmakers.

Peacock Visual Arts is the leading contemporary visual arts organisation in Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland. It is a place that brings artists and the public together through exhibitions‚ events‚ talks, residencies‚ film screenings‚ gigs and workshops to make and present art in exciting and innovative ways.

Peacock has three main areas of activity: printmaking, video and animation and exhibitions (a 360 view of the gallery space can be seen here and a floorplan here). While we welcome proposals for all three areas, we are particularly interested in submissions that propose new screen-based art, film or animation or proposals for exhibitions for a specific slot within our programme, 14 Jan 2012 to 24 Feb 2012.

All submissions must adhere to Peacock’s artistic policy.


All entries must include the following: Your name & contact details Biography (100 words max. Additional CV is optional) Project description (500 words max) Schedule outline (Note desired date of presentation if any and any other relevant key dates) Preliminary budget outline Reason for approaching Peacock Visual Arts (e.g. How does your project relate to our vision? 150 words max) Visual support material (No more than 6 examples)

Entries by email only to info@peacockvisualarts.co.uk

Closing date for applications is 30/05/2011.
All applicants will be notified by 06/06/11.

Further information:
http://www.peacockvisualarts.com/

Peacok Visual Arts

Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011 International Competition calls for artists
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

Website http://www.kocef.org/
E-mail gicb2011@gmail.com
facebook.com/GICBiennale

The Korea Ceramic Foundation (KOCEF) would like to announce that the Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011, which will be held for 30 days from September 24, 2011. The International Competition, one of the main parts of the biennale, has been a dynamic forum where the latest issues facing contemporary ceramics are explored since 2001. In the previous competition in 2009, we received big attention the world over; 1,726 artists from 70 countries submitted 3,196 artworks.

International Competition 2011 - Open to ceramic artists the world over.

Works in collaboration with other genres are all welcome but the majority of the works should be ceramic. The winners of the competition will receive the large cash prizes.



Submission of Images for Preliminary Screening, from April 1 to May 31, 2011

Only online submissions will be acceptable. (http://www.kocef.org/) Digital images of the work, minimum 1,100 pixels wide in jpeg format are necessary. A single entry should be – when displayed – within these specified dimensions: 250cm (width); 250cm (depth); 250cm (height).

Submission of Actual Works for Final Selection, from July 21 to August 15, 2011.

At the final selection, all prizewinners will be determined. All entries that make it to the final round of screening may not be awarded. In this case, these works will be returned by KOCEF.

We invite you to let your imagination and creativity run wild!

Open Call for papers: TRANSITORY NETWORK PUBLIC FORUM
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

The TRANSITORY NETWORK PUBLIC FORUM (Belgrade, 22- 24 July), is now accepting research papers. Social Scientists, Cultural Researchers, Art Managers, Curators, Artists and anyone interested in the topic is encouraged to apply. We specially welcome creative research and performative presentations.

In order to discuss and present the Transitory Network, the Transitory Network Public Forum (TNPF) has been organized. The TNPF will be a platform, a knowledge sharing and a networking event that will take place in Belgrade during the 22nd and the 24th July 2011. The three days Forum will be hosted by the cultural organization Treci Beograd and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Belgrade (Serbia) and will be organized by MoTa - Museum of Transitory Art (Slovenia) in collaboration with Kitchen Budapest (Hungary) and CENATUS CIC London (UK). The Forum will comprehend presentations, debates, info platforms and public interventions.


Selected researchers will be invited to take part in the TRANSITORY NETWORK PUBLIC FORUM through presentations and participation in the debates and will have travel and accommodation expenses covered. Furthermore the selected research papers will be part of the TRANSITORY NETWORK PUBLIC FORUM catalogue.

Additional information: http://www.motamuseum.com/News/call-papers-transitory-network-public-forum

Open Call: SYNAPSE – The International Curators’ Network at Haus der Kulturen der Welt
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

Haus der Kulturen der Welt invites up-and-coming curators to apply for SYNAPSE – The International Curators' Network at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

Moderated by international curators, scientists and other experts, the first network meeting of SYNAPSE will focus on the interactions between science and art. Among other questions, it will address how scientific topics can be approached by curators. apply, please register at www.synapse.info


Application requirements:

The call is open to international up-and-coming curators with initial curatorial experience. Since lectures and workshop sessions will be held in English, applicants must be able to speak and write English fluently.

Please submit your application online, registering at http://www.synapse.info/open-call-application/


Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Milano Film Festival:open call for international short and feature film competitions
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

The call for entries for the international feature and short film competitions are now open:

Feature films competition

The competition is open to debut films and second films completed after 1 January 2010. Running time for feature films shall be more than 45 minutes. The competition is open to works of any genre, language and format.


Short film competition

The maximum running time for short films is 45 minutes, provided that they were completed after January 1 2010. Only directors under the age of 41 can submit their films (meaning they must be under the age of 41 by the deadline of May 31 2011). The competition is open to works of any genre, language and format.

Application forms:
http://www.milanofilmfestival.it/portal/2011/EN/edizione/bando.php

For more information please write to info@milanofilmfestival.it

Milano Film Festival

W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography is presented annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project, as judged by a panel of experts, follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith's concerned photography and dedicated compassion exhibited during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist.

Submission Guidelines:

Applicants should include a written proposal that is concise, journalistically realizable, visually translatable, and humanistically driven, and a resume of educational and professional qualifications. Additionally, applicants must demonstrate evidence of their photographic ability and submit between 20 and 40 images. The Fund's preferred method of submission is jpegs on a CD or DVD (no RAW or TIFF files). However, for those applicants who do not have access to digital technology, the Fund will accept between 20-40 traditional or digital work prints instead, provided they are no larger than 18 x 24 cms or 8 x 10 inches.

Application Form
http://www.smithfund.org/pdf/smith2011.pdf

For file specifications and further information
http://www.smithfund.org/public/apply/smith


W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund

TANDEM- A Cultural Managers Exchange Programme
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

TANDEM – A Cultural Managers Exchange Programme - Turkey-European Union - is a new initiative by Stiftung Mercator (Essen) and the European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam) together with MitOst (Berlin), Anadolu Kültür (Istanbul) and Istanbul Bilgi University (Istanbul).

It offers the chance for 15 cultural organisations based in Germany and other EU countries to create a co-production together with Turkish partner organisations specifically from Anatolian cities. The project extends far beyond the core elements of international understanding and provides the opportunity for participating cultural managers to get real insights into Turkey’s cultural scene.

Who is it for?
The project is for cultural managers from professional cultural organisations with experience in international project work and an interest in long-term collaboration with Turkish partners. Language skills are a pre-requisite for the successful implementation of a co-production (see full requirements),

What does the programme look like?
A mix of visits, with intensive training sessions and specific collaborative projects. The basic activities within the programme are as follows;
• Partner meeting in Istanbul (September 2011)
• Mutual 10-day working visits of the tandem partners in Germany or other EU countries (12-26 November 2011) and Turkey (Spring 2012), with training sessions and consultation
• Specialists support for the development of specific arts projects/co-productions
• Funding of co-productions up to an amount of EUR 5,000
• Showcasing the co-productions in Turkey in September 2012 and Berlin in December 2012.

How to Apply?
Applicants from EU countries please download the forms via - http://www.mitost.org/ and return them to: MitOst - Henrieke Moll tandem@mitost.org

Applicants from Turkey please download the forms via - http://www.anadolukultur.org/tr/
Anadolu Kültür - Serra Özhan Yüksel tandem@anadolukultur.org

TANDEM

K.A.I.R - Kosice Artist in Residence
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

By now, Košice and whole Eastern Slovakia is one of the most fascinating regions in Europe. In the frame of European Capital of Culture the NGO Košice 2013 (www.kosice2013.sk / www.kasarne.sk) is running an international Artist-in-Residence-program for ermerging artists from all over the world and out of all artistic disciplines and expressions. We give our residents the possibility to become a cultural pioneer and work in the inspire environment of Košice`s singular cultural surrounding to realize art projects, collaborate with the agile local art scene and present themself to the local and national public.

What we provide
.Three month residency in Kosice, Eastern Slovakia (sept-nov 2011)
.Free accommodation near the city center (full furnished with kitchen)
.Honorary: 500 € per month (total: 1.500 €) / Traveling costs: 500 €
.The artist is responsible for his/her health insurance


What we demand:
.We searching for ermerging artist (between 20 and 40 years old), who is open for collaborations with local artists
.One open studio day and final exhibition at the end of the residency
.Compusory attendance

Application

* Curriculum Vitae – Please send a short CV including your name, address, phone, email along with educational and exhibition background
* Letter of motivation and objectives – Briefly describe your motivation to come to Kosice and the projects you want to realise during your stay
* Examples of current works with artist`s statement (file format: GIF, JPG or TIFF / file size: total files no larger than 10 MB / image size: 1000 pixels / image resolution: 72 dpi)
* Deadline: 31st of May 2011

Please send your applications to the following address:

* Vladimir Us – vladimir@oberliht.org.md / + 373 (0) 69 171010
* Address: Asociatia Oberliht, str. Gh. Asachi 53/1, lit. “A”, Chisinau 2028, Republica Moldova

More info: http://oberliht.com

OBERLIHT

INTERNATIONAL FAÇADE VIDEO FESTIVAL OPEN CALL DEADLINE: MAY 31, 2011
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

Media and video artists all around the world are invited to send video for the first edition of Facade Video Festival that will be held in Plovdiv from 1th - 5th September, 2011.

Facade Video Festival is an annual video art exhibition taking video art projections into the wall of Houses in Old Town of Plovdiv, Facade Video Festival aims to create an interlock network of viewers and artists in which new forms of embodiment emerges throughout the experience of connecting art and the city. The theme is free.

ELIGIBILITY. Any author can participate with max 3 videos. Videos submitted must belong to the category of video art, have been completed on or after January 1, 2009, be in a single channel, be copyright controlled by the artist.

THE EVENT WILL BE JURIED. Jury will award the best video with for a month residency (including travel costs, 1000 Eur- allowance) in Art Today lab in 2012 for creating a site specific video art project which will be shown in façade video festival in 2012.


REQUIREMENTS
. Fill up, print and sign the form for each work that you are submitting.
. Videos should be submitted on DVD video (pal); any other format will be rejected. The max length of videos must not surpass 15 minutes. The videos must have a quality (dimension, resolution) good for a public screening. Recommendable size is 720px X 576px. Works submitted in languages other than English must be subtitled in English.
. Additional information can be sent by e-mail [ office@arttoday.org] containing a short biography of the artist (between 50 and 100 words), a short description of the work that you are submitting. Three still images of the work in jpg, and with dimension not less than 800 px X 600 px.

Facade Video Festival does not take responsibility of shipment delays.

Further information and Application Form:
http://www.facade.arttoday.org/open_call.php

International Facade Video Festival

An Post (Ireland) Seeks Submissions for New Stamp Designers
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

An Post is keen to augment its existing panel of stamp designers and would welcome submissions from artists, designers, illustrators or photographers who would be interested in potentially designing stamps for Irish Stamps in the future.

Any submissions received will be reviewed by the independent Stamp Design Advisory Committee (who commission designers for all stamp projects) and they will be added to the panel if deemed suitable. The process will hopefully provide An Post with a database of suitable artists/illustrators and designers who can be considered for future design projects within the area.

Anybody wishing to submit examples of their work should forward same (ideally electronically, if possible) to:
Anne O’Neill, Secretary Stamp Design Advisory Committee, An Post, Ground Floor, GPO, Dublin 1.
T: 01 7058368
E: anne.oneill@anpost.ie
http://www.anpost.ie



An Post

Professor of practice position in Contemporary Art Photography (Finland)
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

Aalto University is a new university with over a century of experience. Created from a high-profile merger between three leading universities in Finland – the Helsinki School of Economics, the Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Art and Design Helsinki – Aalto University opens up new possibilities for strong multi-disciplinary education and research.

The Aalto Professor of Practice system is intended especially for the field of art, design and architecture. The Professor of Practice position provides departments with the possibility to hire highly respected professionals opening new areas of teaching and research / artistic and professional work. The position also provides possibility for re-evaluation and dynamic development of the field. The candidate will be appointed for a fixed 5-year term. The position will begin during the academic year 2011-12.


A doctoral degree or comparable artistic qualifications and significant expertise in teaching and/or research/artistic and professional work are required for obtaining a Professor of Practice position. Furthermore, Professors of Practice are required to be committed to developing the field through research/artistic and professional work and teaching activities.

Within the unit of Photography, the successful candidate will be expected
– to be a practicing artist in the field of contemporary art photography
– to take responsibility for the Master-level studies in Photography as well as internationalization of the studies
– to take responsibility for the Helsinki School activities with respect to Aalto University School of Art and Design.

APPLICATION MATERIALS AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE

http://www.aalto.fi/en/current/jobs/professors/professor_of_practice_position_in_contemporary_art_photography/

Aalto University, Finland

Open Call, 26th International Biennial of Art Humour (Tolentino, Italy)
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

The town council of Tolentino is proposing and organising the 26th International Biennial of Art Humour, which this year will take place between 21 July and 2 October 2011.
The Biennial is open to artists from all over the world, each of which can participate in the “City of Tolentino International Prize” dedicated to satire art. Each entry consists of a maximum of 3 unpublished and original works, of any size, technique and form of visual art.
The theme for the 2011 Biennial is: “Twentieth century Art”.

The jury will give out the following prizes:
– International Prize “City of Tolentino” – Biennial winner € 5.000.
The Biennial winner will be the guest for the following Biennial (2013) and will have his own exhibition (max. 30 works of art).
– 2° Prize of Euro 3.000.
– 3° Prize of Euro 1.500.

The jury also awards:
– The “Cesare Marcorelli” Career Prize.
– “Luigi Mari” Academy of Humour Prize.
– Other special Prizes and commendations.


Rules

The last entry date for the competition is 31 May 2011, by which date the works of art must be registered with: the Secretary for the 26th International Biennial of Art Humour Piazza della Libertà, 3 – 62029 TOLENTINO (Italy). Each work of art must have a signed entry form in which the following information is provided: the artist’s name, surname, address, title of the pieces entered (max 3), short biography. Authors must fill in the coupon detalling the artist’s name, surname, title of the work, technique, availability for donation, availability for sale and price then glue it behind each of their works of art.

Further information:
http://www.biennaleumorismo.it/?lang=en

International Biennial of Art Humour

Lage 3:20 #4 – OPEN CALL Cabinet of Curiosities!
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

For its 4th edition, the project LAGE 3:20 turns into a real cabinet of curiosities. The experimental project - open to everyone - can be an opportunity to present in this small space avaluable set and the widest possible positions of contemporary art.

We invite all artists interested in this project to submit a piece, a model, a found object or a readymade, etc. ... which by its small size and its relation to our space Lage 3:20 (and its relation to the scale 3:20) will occupy a prominent place in this mini-cabinet of curiosities.

To document this experience, the objects of the exhibition will be indexed and listed by artist name and title ; please attach a brief description of the object and/or any important information.

Delivery - by post or in person - at the following address until the 31 May 2011 :

LAGE EGAL
c/o Pierre Granoux
Danzigerstr. 145
10407 Berlin

Opening reception: Thursday, 9. June 2011, 19-24 h
Duration: 10.-24. June 2011, Mo-Fri 14-18 h


Further information
http://www.lage3zu20.de/

Contact: egal@lage3zu20.de


LAGE 3:20

Open call of the TWS Research Residency Program 2011
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

Tokyo Wonder Site is calling for both international and local creators who are planning to undergo cultural study or research based in Tokyo. Please apply to stay at TWS Aoyama: Creator-in-Residence taking advantage of the Research Residency Program.

■Residency Period (Subject to change):
About 1 - 2 months from the beginning of September 2011 to the end of March 2012.

■Details:
Creators who are planning to undergo cultural study or research based in Tokyo more than 30 days.

■Number of Applications to be Accepted:
Limited to a small number of creators.

■Application period:
From 5 April (Tue) to 31 May (Tue), 2011

*Application Form must arrive at TWS Aoyama no later than 31 May (Tue), 2011.
The application must be sent by traceable delivery service.

■Application Outline and Form:

Please download the Application Package and send your application with two letters of recommendation to TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence by following the guidelines noted in the Application Outline:

http://www.tokyo-ws.org/english/application/archive/Application%20Package_Research%20Residency2011.zip

■Enquiries:
Email: residence2011@tokyo-ws.org
* Please make enquiries by e-mail no later than 9 May (Mon) 2011. We will send back FAQ by email by 14 May (Sat) 2011.

Further information:
http://www.tokyo-ws.org/english/application/2011/04/open-call-of-the-research-residency-program-2011-the-latter-term.shtml



Tokio Wonder Site (TWS)

Kuhturm: open call for proposals
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

In the first place the kuhturm is a space for artistic experiments and extends our personal effort in the context of art. Furthermore a platform for all kinds of creatively working people. The location is meant to provide space for development and communication about the artistic work. It describes a room for learning and trying out and it is also offered to everyone who is interested in those ideas.

With about 70 square meters we have space, in three rooms and a small hall, to present your artworks. Furthermore there's a white cube inside the shed in the backyard of the building with approximately 10 more square meters for presentation.

We give you the opportunity to realize your ideas and concepts. Take your chance and use our artspace for your project. All what you have to do:
send your concepts to info@kuhturm.de

If you have further questions feel free to contact us.

Deadline: May 31st 2011

Further information:
http://www.kuhturm.de/index/113256

kuhturm

Luis Adelantado Valencia: Annual International Call For Young Artists
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

We would like to inform you about the 13th edition of the "International Call for young artists" that Luis Adelantado Valencia holds every year at the Gallery.

The call is born with the firm commitment to promote and to support the artistic creation, as well as to promote all those new media that shape our contemporaneousness.

Through this competition, our intention is to get in touch with the new generation of artists and to give them the opportunity to develop their work in a professional environment. At the same time this is an opportunity for the gallery to know by first hand, what is going on in the area of the most contemporary art. The idea of the CALL is to create a line of collaboration with new artists that can end up forming part of the group of the artists of the gallery.

A lot of artists that have passed though the gallery during all these years, and just to name some of them; Dylan Graham (New Zealand), Pedro Valdez Cardoso (Portugal), Martin Skauen (Norway), Aggtelek (Spain), Máximo Gonzalez (Mexico), Pilar Albaracín (Spain), Matias Duville (Argentina), Fermín Jimenez Landa, (Spain), Hisae Ikenaga (Mexico), Samuel Labadie, etc…and many of them work with us now: Emilio Valdes, Morten Slettemeas, Jason Mena, Iris Van Dongen, Marcos Castro, Bayrol Jiménez, Diego Bianchi, Oscar Carrasco, Oswaldo Ruíz….

Rules and Application Form:
http://www.luisadelantadovalencia.com/index_news_ing.htm

Contact:info@luisadelantadovalencia.com

Luis Adelantado Valencia, Spain

PASAJist is looking for artists' assistants
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

PASAJist is an artist initiative. It tries to create an alternative multi-functional location in center of Istanbul. It gives opportunities to the artists and any artistic and creative attempt to share it with the public and its audiences. It hosts innovative and alternative contemporary art projects which are mainly short term (1 day to 3 weeks). It is an area where artist and artist groups can create, show, share their work with audiences and participants.

We are looking for artist assistants as a volunteer for Doris Koch from Berlin and Manuela Macco from Italy for June.

For more information please contact with us via pasajist@gmail.com

PASAJist - http://www.pasajist.com

Art Roots Grizedale Commission: open call for emerging artists
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

Art Roots Grizedale is a major commissioning programme designed to reinvigorate Grizedale as a centre of international excellence for art in the landscape.

The Forestry Commission at Grizedale will commission 5 emerging artists to develop new work for the start of the Ridding Wood Trail, taking inspiration from the landscape, situation and the nearby siting of the former Grizedale Hall and its history as a Prisoner of War camp during World War ll.

The successful artists will work along side a Lead Artist (Mentor) who will be commissioned to develop a suitable design for the overall form of the Ridding Wood Trail.

Further information and application details:
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/EnglandNWEArtRootsEmergingArtistsBrief.pdf/$FILE/EnglandNWEArtRootsEmergingArtistsBrief.pdf


Art Roots Grizedale - http://www.forestry.gov.uk/artroots

15th edition of the Biennial of young artists from Europe and Mediterranean: open call
•Application Deadline

31.05.2011

The 15th edition of the Biennial of young artists from Europe and Mediterranean will be characterized by a new format: a long journey trough the Mediterranean that will involve different cities, as Thessaloniki, Rome and Casablanca, linked between them, who will organise events and workshop. The Biennial will take place between october 2011 and february 2012.

Keywords of this new format are:

* art and territory: every activity is based on site specific concept developed with local partners;
* south shore: stronger presence in the south shore with more partners, artists and activities in the area;
* opportunities for artists: a platform for exchanges and residencies, with stronger partners and visibility.

At the end of this journey, more than 400 artists under 30, from europe and mediterranean will have participated to the activities, presented in the framework of the common theme: “symbiosis?”.

The present call is only dedicated to the selection of artists for:
- Thessaloniki: Visual Arts (Urban Arts included), Applied Arts and Gastronomy.
− Rome: Cinema and Literature

In the call you will find an introduction on the general theme of the event and then specific guidelines for each artistic disciplines.
Please refers to the technical form for the technical specifications.

To apply, please, contact the Bjcem's member in your country http://www.bjcem.org/members_list.asp

Click here to download the Call: http://www.bjcem.org/public/documenti_files/2011_call_bjcem_website.pdf

Click here to download the Application Form: http://www.bjcem.org/public/documenti_files/application%20form_bjcem%20website.doc

Bjcem Association