Torrance Art Museum invites proposals from Curators
Call for Proposals: On Gonzo Curating
I was interested to read recently, on oncurating.org and at newcurator.com, some of their reader's responses to the questions regarding topics that should be raised and what the purpose of a museum is, respectively. While I feel that there is space and time enough in the world to cover many areas and to be many things the bottom line must remain actual exhibitions/curatorial projects.. The last thing we need is to become so academic that we end up talking to ourselves about ourselves only - as can be seen in some arenas.
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ARTWORKinternational, Inc. - Artist Business Career Development Grant
Deadline: December 31, 2009
The Artist Business Career Development Grant totals $12,000, establishing it as one of the primary, international, monetary-support grants for visual artists. Uniquely, the Artist Business Career Development Grant (or ABCD Grant) offers unrestricted support to visual artists by placing priority on advancing the grantee's career. While the granting period extends over one year, the continued benefits are exponential, continuing throughout the artist's lifetime.
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ARTWORKS THAT IDEAS CAN BUY - A PROJECT BY CESARE PIETROIUSTI, Wilkinson Gallery, London
Deadline : 2 August, 2009
Artworks (for sale in exchange for visitors ideas) by Maria Thereza Alves, Dara Birnbaum, Tania Bruguera, Adam Chodzko, Jeremy Deller, Jimmie Durham, Lara Favaretto, Joan Jonas, Lia Perjovski and Dan Perjovski. At the end of the show all the envelopes will be opened and the visitors' ideas made public; anonymity can be assured if requested. The artists will then decide if any of the visitors' proposed ideas equate to the value of their exhibited artwork, and if so, the visitor/author of the idea will receive the artwork in exchange for their idea, without paying any money.
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Microsound - Diapason Gallery for Sound
Deadline : August 10th 2009
Diapason Gallery for Sound is dedicating the month of October to the exploration of the idea "Microsound", a technical term and also a musical genre. In honor of the 10th anniversary of the .microsound.org mailing list (founded by Kim Cascone) Diapason will present multi-channel installations, sound objects, performances, lectures, texts and other media in an effort to develop a survey on Microsound from today's post-digital perspective.
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CRUNCHTIME - The Wild Pansy Press Book of Rainy Day Activities
As our contribution to the exhibition CRUNCHTIME: artists' responses to the global credit crisis and its timetable of associated events, The Wild Pansy Press will be producing a publication in which a range of artists, designers, activists ........ make concrete suggestions for new cultural activities in a Post-Crunch society, with an emphasis on the practical, the cheap and the sustainable.
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