artists newsletter
 
 
21 June 2007
No.68

COMPETITION
Artistic Design of the North-South Light Rail Cologne, Germany

EXHIBITION
Reconfigured : The Basement Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Global Warming - Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA

FESTIVAL
11th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival, (dac) dumbo arts center, Brooklyn, NY

MAGAZINE
Cruelty - Drain Magazine

POSITIONS
Director, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Director of Visual Arts, BRIC Arts | Media | Brooklyn, NY

PRIZE
Frieze magazine Art Writer's Prize 2007

RESIDENCY
CUE Studio Residency Program, New York, NY

WANTED
ROTTERDAM / GLASGOW STUDIO SWAP














COMPETITION
Artistic Design of the North-South Light Rail Cologne, Germany
Deadline for submission: 31 july 2007

The KVB initiates an international art competition for the artistic design of the new North-South Light Rail Cologne

Art Competition for the Artistic Design of the North- South Light Rail Cologne between the Stations Breslauer Platz and Marktstraße. The artistic design concerns seven underground stations and one above ground. From the applicants, 27 artists or groups of artists will be chosen to take part in the competition.

All persons from a country of the European Union, or an associated country, who fulfill the professional and personal requirements, will be eligible to apply.

The following artists or groups of artists will be invited to take part. They are either artists or groups of artists who have already cooperated with the respective architects during the planning of the individual stations, or other artists or groups of artists:

  • Barenbrock + Osterwald (D)
  • Guillaume Bijl (B)
  • Ceal Floyer (NL)
  • Doris Frohnapfel (D)
  • Hans Haacke (USA)
  • Stefan Hofmann (D)
  • Peter Kogler (A)
  • Thomas Schoenauer (D)
  • Stefan Sous (D)
  • Joëlle Tuerlinckx (B)
  • Brigitta Weimer (D)
  • Lawrence Weiner (USA)
  • Eusebius Wirdeier (D)
The languages of the application procedure will be English and German.

More Information - then click Kunst/Art

EXHIBITION
Reconfigured : The Basement Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Deadline : August 24, 2007

The Basement Gallery is asking artists to submit work samples and/or proposals for work to fit the exhibition title "Reconfigured." This Call For Entries will be controlled more by the artist's interpretation of what they think or feel the exhibition title means to them specifically, with no over produced explanation and no strict guidelines- a more open ended set of parameters, so that the show will come together more organically than structured. An exhibition that is more "organic" in its creation and more receptive to artists extending the boundaries of what this exhibition could become- where the artists have a title and the work they submit will spin out of what one makes of it. Artists should apply whether they have or may not have a current body of work that seems to fit "Reconfigured." You are encouraged to stray from your normal "safe zone" and submit a proposal of a new idea that may fit your interpretation of the theme. (just submit documentation of your previous work)

Any artist working in any media can apply. Accepted artists will be notified in mid to late September.

This exhibition will be held at The Basement Gallery in November and images of all works will be posted online. Please send us an email if you have any questions.

The Basement is looking for artists to submit work for an exhibition entitled "Reconfigured."
(All digital entries should be in jpeg format and sent to: thebasementgallery@gmail.com with Reconfigured in the subject heading.)

The fee for entry is $20.00 for 4 images per individual artist. Each artist may submit up to 5 additional images and details at $2.00 each. Make payment by check, money order (to the gallery director) or paypal (to thebasementgallery@gmail.com.) All artists chosen for the exhibition will have their work or works on display throughout the duration of the show and in the past exhibition area of our website.

Please provide a resume, bio, slide list, price sheet, SASE, contact information and allow for a 40% gallery commission on all sales. Slides, CD, DVD, email images and written project proposals are accepted forms of entry

More information

The Basement Gallery, 103-B West Jackson Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902.













Global Warming - Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA
Deadline July 31st, 2007

This is an all-media, national juried exhibition September 1 to September 29, 2007; Reception: Saturday, September 1, 6:30 - 10 p.m.

This exhibition is an invitation to the Fine Arts Community to comment on and provide solutions to the problem of global warming. We invite all ideas, whether political, intuitive, whimsical, political, social, specific or fantastical in nature.

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) is a non-profit California 501c3 corporation operating as an affiliate-run, uncensored, community gallery since its inception in 1980. OCCCA strives to exhibit a variety of artists' work from all media and career levels from emerging through established late career artists. OCCCA is located a 117 N. Sycamore in the Artists Village in Santa Ana.

Link to Prospectus

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Located in the heart of the Artists Village
117 N. Sycamore (at Second Street), Santa Ana, CA 92701
(714) 667-1517
Email: occca@sbcglobal.net
Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 11 to 4 p.m.
1st Saturday receptions: 7-10pm · First Friday Films: 8pm

FESTIVAL
11th Annual Art Under the Bridge Festival, (dac)
dumbo arts center, Brooklyn, NY
September 28, 29, 30, 2007

DEADLINE REMINDER : July 1, 2007
Open Call to Artists (dac) is seeking proposals for:

PROJECT GLOW
Proposals are being accepted for installations and sculptures that incorporate light to illuminate the waterfront, Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION AND SCULPTURE
We are seeking site-specific sculpture, installations, and environmental interventions on the waterfront, bridges, streets, in parks, and elsewhere. Artists are encouraged to use sound, lights, and audience participation.

ELEVATOR / LOBBY ART
Create projects that use lobbies and elevators located in DUMBO. Past projects have included lights, sound, projections and soap. This category offers a way to engage festival visitors in existing corporate environments.

ROVING / PERFORMANCE / LIVE ART
Captivate a vast audience with live art activities throughout the weekend of the festival. You may schedule specific times for your performance, or act as a wandering art piece.

INTERACTIVE ART
Engage an interested festival crowd with projects that change the role of an audience from mere spectators to fellow collaborators.

WATER ART
In, on, over, under the water, onshore and offshore, artists are urged to explore the possibilities for art on the river within Brooklyn Bridge Park, Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, and elsewhere in the neighborhood.

SIMULTANEOUS PROJECTIONS
Artists are invited to use slides, film loops, videos and motion graphics to simultaneously illuminate streets, buildings and windows.

LEAD A GUIDED TOUR!
Propose your take on the concept of a "guided tour," to entertain, educate, and fascinate interested festival- goers. Performance artists welcome.

ART ON TAP!
Turn a bar into your art or your art into a bar for the three nights of our festival weekend. Sleek and classy, burlesque and bawdy--anything goes! The bars will be placed in various indoor locations throughout the neighborhood and will sell beer, water, and wine (provided by DAC). Servers can also be provided by DAC if requested.

VIDEO_DUMBO
This event is primarily designed to showcase new work of video artists living in the greater New York City area. All genres are eligible, however, the focus of the festival is on video art. Accepted formats: DVD and MiniDV. Entry form and guidelines may be picked up at the (dac) gallery or downloaded HERE
$15.00 entry fee

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES:
Detailed proposals are required for all categories (See separate guidelines above for video_dumbo applications). Proposals MUST include all of the following to be considered:
  1. Brief description of the project/ statement of intent.
  2. Visuals of proposed project (renderings, manipulated photographs, drawing, video etc.).
  3. Technical diagram (should include dimensions, materials, installation requirements, and all other technical information).
  4. List of three possible locations in DUMBO.
  5. Examples of previous work as related to proposed project.
  6. Artist CV or resume.
  7. Completed application form.
Please submit TWO COPIES of each proposal.

Drop off or send to:
DUMBO art festival Proposal, d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac), 30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Project proposals and open studio submissions that do not adhere to the guidelines or are sent after deadline will be not be considered. No exceptions.

(dac)'s curatorial staff is available year-round to meet with artists interested in participating. For more information call: 718.694.0831 or email at mail@dumboartscenter.org














MAGAZINE
Cruelty - Drain Magazine
Submission deadline: July 1, 2007

In cruelty we can see the obscene throbbing pulse of the Real. Cruelty is an orgy: constituted forms are knocked off their pedestal, signs perverted, bodies abused. Cruelty inaugurates a "pornology": a logic of the obscene that aims at confronting language and knowledge with its own limits, with "non-language" and "non-knowledge". Cruelty thus operates a return to gestures (piercing, binding, burning, cutting, discharging) and sensations (vertigo, disgust, pain, jouissance). Cruelty, like pornography, is about death: a death caught within a symbolic exchange between the perpetrator, the victim and the observer/witness. Cruelty is a relation between a sovereign and its subject - the voyeur hovers nearby, excited by the smell of fear and the promise of death. Cruelty lies beyond or more accurately before good and evil: in a state of abject confusion and regressive attachment. There are no good or bad objects in cruelty, only objects. In the topography of cruelty, the space is closed and claustrophobic, best represented by the "camp": a space of concentration and digestion where objects are transformed into faecal and formless matter.

This issue of Drain is an attempt to stalk the many faces, spaces and institutions of cruelty and dissect this smelly, spectacular, haunting and ubiquitous phenomenon that pollutes the everyday. We are interested in papers that explore the meta-language of cruelty, focussing on the theory, experience and visual mediation of cruelty. We are also interested in papers that explore the staging of cruelty from the artist's viewpoint.

Launch: October 1, 2007

Cruelty is a special third issue in our biannual calendar that is being led by Olivier Chow who will serve as a guest editor for this issue for more information please contact Olivier@drainmag.com

POSITIONS
Director, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Application Deadline: September 17, 2007

The College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University is comprised of the five Schools of Architecture, Art, Design, Drama and Music; the Studio for Creative Inquiry; and the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery. We are presently searching for a Gallery Director to be responsible for the stewardship, management and curatorial programming of the 9,000- square-foot Regina Gouger Miller Gallery in the Purnell Center for the Arts. Requires comprehensive knowledge of contemporary art, art gallery management and operations, university policies, fiscal management, fundraising and public relations.

Requires innovative approaches to exhibitions and extensive experience dealing with artists and their needs to mount state-of-the-art exhibitions and installations. Selects and presents art (including appropriate College of Fine Arts student exhibitions) for and in a stimulating environment that engages a diverse audience and encourages interaction among artists, faculty, staff and students, and the general public. Actively embraces art as an open-ended process within a pedagogical context. Plans and oversees all public gallery programs for various university and community audiences. Reports to the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and works in liaison with the Head of the School of Art. Minimum Qualifications: MFA, MA, Master of Arts Administration/Arts Management. At least 5 or more years in a related arts management and/or curatorial position; proven fundraising experience including grant writing.

The ideal candidate will bring to the position a successful track record in exhibition curation and management, public programming, graphic communications and publishing, public relations, fiscal management and fundraising.

Enthusiasm for experimentation and openness to working outside established norms and methods, and comfort working in university setting known for innovation on the frontiers of technology and science are preferred.

Salary: Negotiable Submit applications on-line via Careers@C arnegieMellon. Position #3324
Carnegie Mellon is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer.














Director of Visual Arts, BRIC Arts | Media | Brooklyn, NY
Deadline : June 30, 2007

BRIC Arts|Media|Brooklyn is a growing 28-year old multi-disciplinary arts and media non-profit, dedicated to presenting visual, performing and media arts programs that are reflective of Brooklyn's diverse communities and to supporting the creative process. Our signature programs include, in the visual arts, BRIC's Rotunda Gallery; in the performing arts, the Celebrate Brooklyn Performing Arts Festival and BRICstudio; and in media, Brooklyn Community Access Television.

More Information

Overview of Position:
The Director will provide programmatic, fundraising, and managerial leadership for our expanding visual arts program. Primary responsibilities include planning and overseeing a contemporary art exhibition season, developing and (with other Gallery and BRIC development staff) implementing an annual fundraising plan for the program, and overseeing and working to enhance the Gallery's existing programming including, with the Gallery's Director of Education, our school-based education program. The Director will be actively engaged in the planning for our new contemporary art gallery in the BAM Cultural District, including design, programming, and related fund-raising efforts. The Director will work closely with the Board and Executive Director of BRIC Arts|Media|Brooklyn, and other BRIC program directors, to facilitate expanded and cross-disciplinary BRIC programming. Current full-time Gallery staff include a Director of Education, an Associate Director, and a Development and Marketing Associate.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement a curatorial vision that furthers the mission of the Gallery, including curating, overseeing guest curators, and working in partnership with other curators, and development of exhibition- related and other public programming.
  • Develop annual budget and oversee fulfillment of annual fundraising plan.
  • Work with executive management to develop and implement programs and strategies to further the mission of our visual arts program within the context of the broader BRIC mission.
  • Working with the Director of Education, oversee educational program comprised of short and long- term in-school learning experiences, professional development programs for teachers, and Borough- wide Local Capacity Building Arts in Education regrant program.
  • Oversee all aspects of the Gallery's day to day activities, including management of staff, program development and implementation, administrative management, marketing and outreach, and internship program for college and graduate students.
  • Strengthen, maintain and work to extend the Gallery's role within the Brooklyn arts community, and serve as primary spokesperson for the Gallery. Communicate the work of the Gallery to the New York arts community and the general public
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will be a creative thinker with a visionary outlook for our expanded presence on the Brooklyn contemporary art scene, proven curatorial, fundraising and senior management experience and excellent communication and people management skills. Candidates should possess strong management and fundraising abilities, and be enthusiastic about working in collaboration with other BRIC programs as well as the larger artistic community. Advanced degree or equivalent work experience in the nonprofit visual arts field required. Knowledge of Brooklyn a plus.
Salary commensurate with experience.

How to Apply:
Please apply by June 30, 2007. Posting opened until position is filled; applicants will be considered as applications are received. To learn more about BRIC Arts|Media|Brooklyn

Send resume, salary history, list of three references, and cover letter to:
Director of Visual Arts Search
BRIC Arts|Media|Brooklyn
647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York 11217
Fax: 718-802-9095
Email: bric@briconline.org subject: Director of Visual Arts Search
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
BRIC is an equal opportunity employer.

PRIZE
Frieze magazine Art Writer's Prize 2007
Deadline : 2 July 2007

frieze magazine art writer's prize - an annual award to discover and promote new art critics.
Entrants must submit one 700 word review of a recent contemporary art exhibition.
Entries must be submitted in English, but it may be a translation (this must be acknowledged). Entrants must be over 18 years old. To qualify, entrants may only previously have had a maximum of three pieces of writing published in any national or regional newspaper or magazine. The winning entrant will be commissioned to write a review for the October issue of frieze and be awarded £2000.

More information [pdf]

Entries should either be sent to
Frieze Writer's Prize 3-4 Hardwick Street London EC1R 4RB
or emailed as a word attachment to writersprize@frieze.com

The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding individual entries.

RESIDENCY
CUE Studio Residency Program, New York, NY
Postmark Deadline - Thursday, July 5, 2007.

The CUE Studio Residency Program affords a diverse and underserved array of artists the opportunity to produce work in the heart of New York's vibrant Chelsea art district, and provides these artists with time and space to research, develop and produce ongoing or new bodies of work. Five artists per year are chosen for five separate 10 week residencies residencies, where they have unlimited access to a dedicated studio. Selected artists are encouraged to participate in the Foundation's educational program with middle and high school students. In this capacity, they assist teachers with the classes existing art curriculum, as well as recommend projects to further the students' appreciation of art. In addition to the use of the space, every effort is made to introduce participants to prominent individuals in the artistic community to help them establish professional connections. Participants are also required to host at least one open studio session during their residency. They are also strongly encouraged to be present for all events that take place at the Foundation, and to maintain an open studio policy while working.

The studio is a 400 sq ft work-only space located on the Foundation's lower level adjacent to staff offices. Successful applicants are required to provide their own accommodation. A stipend of $1,200 is granted to help offset costs associated with the residency. Access is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Studios are furnished with a desk and chair, ventilation, slop sink, shelving small fridge and shared bathroom facilities. Selection is by a panel of jurors chosen by the Foundation that rotates annually.

ELIGIBILITY: The residency is open for emerging and mid-career visual artists in all forms of media. Applicants must be 21 and over, and not in a college or university art degree granting program. Applicants can NOT have gallery representation and MUST currently reside in North America. The Foundation does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation or marital status.

Postmark Deadline - Thursday, July 5, 2007. Applications can ALSO be hand delivered to the Foundation until 6pm on Saturday, July 7, 2007

More Information [pdf]














WANTED
ROTTERDAM / GLASGOW STUDIO SWAP

Live/work space available in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Looking to swap with someone in Glasgow, ideally near Glasgow School of Art.

Swap would begin in August and last for one year. Have furnished 1 bedroom with 90x30 studio space, equipped kitchen, full bathroom, washer, ADSL, huge windows with lots of sunshine. 10 min from City Centre; with tram stop in front of building.

You can also get anywhere in the city by bike. 1 hour by plane from London to Amsterdam [average of £18 round-trip via EasyJet], and 40 min by train to Rotterdam.

Cost of living in Rotterdam is almost 1/2 that of the UK. Rotterdam has a large cultural community that includes Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Kunsthal, V2 Institute for Unstable Media and many galleries as well as alternative music, film, dance venues.

IMAGES Please contact Laurie: brownl@newschool.edu

phone: +44 (0) 870 922 0438

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