artists newsletter
 
 
7 July 2006
No. 37

EXHIBITIONS
Chicago Art Open - Call for Entries
The Kiosk, Christchurch, New Zealand, Call for Proposals
Project Creo: Digital Divide/Digital Provide: The Arts Center, St Petersburg, Florida
EVENTS
Bridge Art Fair Miami, December 2006
FESTIVALS
SoundLAB, Klangdrang Festival, Cologne, 6-7 October 2006
ARTCONCEPT- 2006, Saint- Petersburg, Russia, 24-29 August 2006
FILM & VIDEO
Hell on Reels [Astoria Moving Picture Festival]
Shadow Festival for the Creative Documentary, Netherlands
BRITDOCART, Channel 4, UK, Production Funding
POSITIONS
New Media Post @ The Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Belfast, Northern Ireland
RESIDENCY
Residency Program: Isle of Arran, Scotland
Residency Program at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center
Shanghai Duolun MoMA Residency Program Spring 2007

EXHIBITIONS

Chicago Artists Coalition
Chicago Art Open - Call for Entries
Deadline: July 15

A unique exhibition of art by nearly 300 Chicago- based prominent, mid-career and emerging professional artists, the Chicago Art Open is the largest survey of Chicago visual art under one roof and is one of the largest non-juried art shows in the country. The exhibition will be part of Chicago Artists' Month, the city-wide celebration of Chicago's rich visual arts community. A show of artworks by student artists from Chicago area colleges, universities and art schools runs concurrently in the same gallery with this professional show.

Submit online

or send a SASE to:
70 E. Lake St, Suite 230
Chicago, IL 60601
312-781-0040



The Kiosk, Christchurch, New Zealand, Call for Proposals 2007
DEADLINE: 30 August 2006


The Kiosk is The Physics Room’s smallest gallery space. The space was established in 2000 as the brainchild of the Oblique Trust, and is now run by The Physics Room. The Kiosk is a unique mini-exhibition space replete with power, halogen lights and built-in speakers, with floor dimensions of 700mm along the windows, 557mm at the narrowest end, 710mm at the widest end and 705mm high. Expressions of interest are sought from artists and curators interested in exhibiting in the Kiosk from January – December 2007.
For more information and images




Project Creo: Digital Divide/Digital Provide
The Arts Center, St Petersburg, Florida
Deadline : August 15, 2006

Artists whose works explore ideas of how the digital revolution has improved and divided our society, utilizing the same technology they are critiquing. The Center is primarily seeking proposals that create interactive environments that will engage visitors to the space.
Proposal must contain the following information:
  • Current artist resume, including address, phone number and email
  • Brief artist statement
  • Proposed work or installation for Digital Divide/Digital Provide, including drawing of the proposed piece, approximate size, materials utilized, hardware needed, amount of time needed for installation, etc.
  • Slides, video, cd or photographs of your current work
  • Self addressed, stamped envelope
  • Support materials, including past press (optional)
Send all proposals to:
The Arts Center
Attn: Melissa Christiano
719 Central Avenue
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Please contact Melissa Christiano, Project Creo Director with questions regarding submission at (727) 822-7872
More information



EVENTS

Bridge Art Fair Miami 2006, December 7-10, 2006
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: JULY 15 2006

No applications will be accepted after July 15.

The Bridge Art Fair (formerly the Nova Art Fair), organized by Bridge NFP, will be held at the Catalina Hotel and Beach Club at 1732 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, December 7-10, 2006.
We offer a single application to all interested exhibitors for our General Program, with a focus on an international selection of the finest examples of emerging and contemporary art.
Strategically located across the street from some of South Beach's finest five star hotels, and only a few blocks away from the Miami Convention Center and Aqua Miami, the Bridge Art Fair Miami 2006 is poised to take advantage of Miami's celebrated December art marketplace and expose some of the world's most active collectors to the best in emerging and contemporary art.

Bridge NFP
119 N Peoria #3D
Chicago IL 60607
T: (312) 421-2227
F: (312) 421-2228

More information



FESTIVALS

SoundLAB, Klangdrang Festival
Cologne 6-7 October 2006
Deadline 31 July 2006


SoundLAB is looking for soundart works of: experimental character; electronic music; voice - sound/music integration; and other forms
Theme : "Memoryscapes" based on the subjects: ---> "memory" and "identity". The submission has to be posted on a webpage for download, please do not send it as an email attachment.
Submissions: format MP3 only, maximum 5MB, exceptions possible but on request. The authors / artists keep all rights on their submitted works.

Information and applications



ARTCONCEPT- 2006, Saint- Petersburg, Russia,
24-29 August 2006
Deadline: July 20, 2006

The ARTCONCEPT festival is open to all experimental (conceptual) media action, performance, installation, art-fact, happening, dance, video, movie, sound, light, photography, digital imaging, printmaking, 3D & mixed media, writing (art- research), literature etc

Contact
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FILM & VIDEO

Hell on Reels [Astoria Moving Picture Festival]
July 30 2006
Deadline: August 5, 2006


Hell on Reels [Astoria Moving Picture Festival], named in reference to the infamous Hell Gate Bridge spanning NYC's East River, is a forum for the exhibition of exceptional and unique short format moving image works, including documentary, narrative, music video, animation, design and experimental films.
The intention of the festival is to provide a forum for the presentation of a diverse range of moving image works and promote creative dialogue and collaboration among participants within the local Queens community, greater NYC metropolitan area and global film society.

Guidelines: There is no fee to submit and multiple submissions are permitted. All works must be 15 minutes or less and all submissions must include a completed entry form. Submissions will not be returned. Submissions on DVD are preferred but miniDV/DV Cam is also accepted

More information

PLEASE SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO:
Hell on Reels
c/o Hell Gate Social
12-21 Astoria Blvd.
Astoria, NY 11102



Shadow Festival for the Creative Documentary, Netherlands,
20 - 29 November 2006
Deadline :: August 20, 2006


The selection will emphasize creativity and originality within the documentary. There are no restrictions regarding the length of the film or content. If selected, a film may be projected on film or video; if on video, a Beta, Beta SP, or mini DV copy is necessary. Films not in English must have subtitles in English. Although recent work is preferred, in some cases older films may be submitted.

More information



BRITDOCART, Channel 4, UK
Production Funding
Deadline: 30 November 2006

More information



POSITIONS
New Media Post @ The Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC)
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
5 year personal Research Fellowship leading to a permanent Academic position
Closing date: 4.00 pm, Friday 14 July 2006


To produce high quality research and publications in new media and to undertake teaching in the area of research and other areas within the School of Music & Sonic Arts.
Applicants should have strong artistic and technical background and should show evidence of engagement new media projects, as well as a commitment to an interdisciplinary approach to technological creative arts. Areas of expertise can include new media, virtual environments, live-video and Vjing, interactive spaces, digital architecture, computer game design and development, robotic art, hacktivism, haptics, software art, 3D modeling, sound installation, immersive technologies, artworks using artificial intelligence or artificial life software. Applicants are expected to demonstrate expertise and innovative thinking in the design, prototyping and development of public exhibitions or performances using new technologies in an artistic context. The postholder will be attached to the Sonic Arts research cluster and will be based at the Sonic Arts Research Centre.

Informal enquiries to Mr Chris Corrigan
Tel: +44 (0) 28 90 974830 Email
The Sonic Arts Research Centre

Applications should be addressed to
Personnel Manager,
The Personnel Department,
Queen's University Belfast,
Northern Ireland,
BT7 1NN.
Tel: 028 90973044, Fax. 028 90971040, email



RESIDENCY

Residency Program: Isle of Arran, Scotland
2 Residencies 21 October to 16 December 2006
2 Residencies from 3 February to 31 March 2007
Deadline for Applications: 18 August 2006


The aim of this new artist in residency programme is to provide early and mid stage career artists with a unique opportunity to make and showcase work in one of Scotland's richest natural landscapes and wildlife habitats.
  • Fee of £2,000 per artist (for a two month period)
  • Free high quality accommodation
  • Free Studio space
  • Travel allowance (within the UK)
  • £350 per artist for materials
  • Use of TV, DVD player, VHS player and Sony Video Camera
The residency is open to all artists, including visual, sound, performance and video artists. All artists must have completed a BA degree in Fine Arts from a recognised school either in the UK or abroad.

More information
enquiries



Residency Program at The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
Nebraska City, Nebraska USA


The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts has an established residency program that offers free lodging, a studio and a $100/week stipend for two to eight weeks at a time. Our Center can house five artists/writers/composers at a time year round. We offer an average of about 38 of 2, 4, 6 or 8 week long residencies per year to writers, visual artists and composers worldwide. The newly renovated Center, inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, is located in the historic Missouri River town of Nebraska City in the USA. Each apartment has a balcony and shares the use of three private landscaped courtyards. Residents are provided with free housing and studio space, internet access and a $100/week stipend. Deadlines are March 1st for the following July - December and September 1st for the following January - June.

Applications and guidelines



Shanghai Duolun MoMA Residency Program Spring 2007
Deadline December 10th, 2006.


The Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art is the first publicly funded contemporary art museum in mainland China. In keeping with its mission to support contemporary art and artists, the Duolun MoMA offers an international artist-in-residence program. This program brings artists from around the world to the Duolun MoMA to work on individual or collaborative projects proposed by the artists themselves. It is intended to foster personal vision by offering a unique opportunity for working professional artists at all stages of their careers to expand their art and experience by making contact with Chinese and other international artists while working in the dynamic environment that the city of Shanghai and the Duolun MoMA provide.

The residence program operates on an open studio policy, thereby promoting interaction between the resident artist and the Chinese public. During the residency, artists will be asked to run a workshop for the public concerning their project at the Duolun MoMA. Resident artists are given the opportunity to exhibit the successful completion of their project in the Duolun MoMA galleries as the culmination of their residency.

Artist-in-Residence Program | Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art | No.27 Duolun Road | HongKou District | Shanghai 200081 | China

more information and appilcation guidelines


phone: +44 (0) 870 922 0438

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