| 27 August 2007
No.75
COMPETITION
Artistswanted.org, New York,
NY
Images '08 International Photography Competition,
Switzerland
COURSES
Master's Course at Gray's
School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
EVENT
GEISAI MIAMI,
New Art Fair Concept Hosted by PULSE,
Miami
EXHIBTION
V Annual Juried Show : Galerķa
Galou, Brooklyn (Williamsburg) NY
BRUCE GALLERY at Edinboro
University 08/09, Pennsylvania
GRANT
Urban Artist
Initiative for NYC artists of color, New York, NY
POSITION
Artistic Director : PAVED Arts, Saskatoon
SK , Canada
PUBLICATION
White Chimney, The
Creative Arts Journal, London, UK
RESIDENCY
Kimmel
Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE
Künstlerstätte Schloss Bleckede, Lueneburg, Germany
Bemis
Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
COMPETITION
Artistswanted.org
Deadline : September 21st,
2007
The First Competition : This Urgent Moment An
Open Call for New Art & Design
Our time is marked by
major advances (and regressions) in art, technology, politics,
science and culture.
Historically, such urgent moments have
resulted in art and design that bring permanent evolutions to our
aesthetic language.
We are looking for art of any medium that
has the bite and blood to match the energy of our era.
You
have until September 21st to submit your work through our website.
We will feature the best submissions online and in a year-end
publication titled: The Annual.
One artist will win the
ultimate prize: a solo-show in New York City, a $2,007 grant, an
art-star reception and full membership to the 3rd Ward artist
workspace. This is your moment to be discovered. Details can be
found HERE
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The Renegade
Art Competition : Art Ate New York A Call for New York City Guerilla
Art
We announced this competition a couple weeks ago, and
received such a huge response we had to make it bigger. Several
sponsors have signed on adding to the art- star prize package and
the showcase event will take place at the opening of a new gallery
at Thompson and Broome in Manhattan.
What We Want:
Public
work that consumes this town. Create something profound, public and
just left-of-legal and you will have a chance of winning loot/fame.
We are looking for renegade sculpture, poster-work, performance,
spray-can-art or anything else we haven't thought of. It must be
publicly placed.
You get points for aesthetic, placement,
ambition and over-all brilliance. Document your work with photos or
video and submit it to us by September 21st. The best entries will
be featured online. The chosen one will be famous.
Your work
will be judged by:
iO of Overspray Magazine Chris Hackett of The
Madagascar Institute William Etundi of TheDanger Garrison Buxton and
Ray Cross of Ad-Hoc Arts Jason Goodman of 3rd Ward
Brooklyn.
The Prize:
The winner gets an artstar reception
at a Manhattan gallery, a major feature in the yearly publication
The Annual, three months supply of Redbull to fuel your art, a
subscription to Overspray Magazine, a three month membership to 3rd
Ward and a trophy so heavy and fabulous that you will need three
friends to help you carry it home.
The Event:
The best
entries will be shown at a party/exhibition Friday, October 19th at
40-42 Thompson St., Manhattan. The full event details will be
released in October but expect massive art projections, Red Bull
Martini bar, DJ's and bands and a wild awards ceremony all hosted by
TheDanger.
For full details look HERE
We have a few more tricks up our sleeve. Expect more big
news from Artists Wanted in the coming weeks...
Images
'08 International Photography Competition
Deadline September
30th 2007
The 6th Grand Prix International de
Photographie de Vevey is a competition endowed with a first prize of
CHF 30'000.- (approx Euro 18'000)
Do participate
!
The competition is open to professional artists and
photographers, as well as to trainees photographer. Its first aim is
to discover new talents, with no age criteria, and giving them the
opportunity to realize a unique project. The selected project will
have to be completed and exhibited at the IMAGES' 08, which will
take place in Vevey in 2008.
This prize was launched in the
context of the Festival IMAGES' 08. The aim of this international
competition is to single out new personal original works which have
strongly distinguished themselves from conventional ones. The choice
of the theme and genre is left open.
The jury
The
international jury, chaired this year by Balthasar Burkhard, is
composed of key figures from the visual arts world. It will make its
choice on the basis of proposed files and will designate the winners
of the Grand Prix International de Photographie de Vevey as well as
other awards and distinctions. The main criteria for selection will
be the richness of ideas reflected in the content as well as in the
form of the work.
Entry and Deadline
An entry form, to be
downloaded from our website
must be sent to our address, with a description of the project
and the requested documents, no later than September 30th, 2007.
The jury will designate the winners in October
2007.
Contact:
Images'08 - Rue du Clos 12 - CP443
1800
Vevey - Switzerland - T. +41 (21) 922 48
54
info@images.ch
COURSES
Master's Course at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen,
UK
Applications are still invited for this coming year's
Full- time Master's (MFA and MDes) course at Gray's
School of Art starting in late September.
At this time
we have 2 fee funded places still available.
If you are
interested please contact Iain Irving, MA
Subject Leader,
i.irving@rgu.ac.uk
or apply online at www.rgu.ac.uk
The
MDes and MFA Postgraduate programme at Gray's School of Art offers a
very flexible personalized framework for advanced practice and study
for individuals wishing to develop their practical critical and
academic interests in Art MFA or Design MDes.
The programme
is structured around three core study pathways that seek to reflect
the contemporary nature of Art and Design professional
practice.
The Postgraduate Programme is available as a Full-
time (45 weeks) or Part-time (90 weeks) study option. A Full-time
study option enables students to fully focus on their practice for a
complete year while the Part time option enables students to explore
their own practice over two years while in employment or continuing
with related activities.
Contemporary Art and Design Practice
enables students to focus on the creative and critical processes and
production of art and design works through making, visualizing and
prototyping. Students who have degrees or experience in Art, Design
and Craft related subjects, including: Painting, Sculpture,
Printmaking, Photographic and Electronic Media, Product, Graphic,
Digital Media, Textiles, Fashion, Jewellery, Glass, Ceramics,
Interior and Service Design would find this pathway of particular
benefit in the development of their practice.
The programme
is divided into six equally credited modules, which are grouped into
two components:
1) Professional Development Project modules
- addressing individual, collaborative and professional practices
relevant to chosen pathway.
2) Research Methods, Critical Enquiry
and Special Study modules - address the research methods and
contextual and critical aspects of your studies.
Curatorial
Practice enables students to focus on the creative production of
exhibitions, projects and events that both bring together and
challenge current ideas, practitioners, images, objects and
audiences. Students who have degrees or experience in Art and Design
related areas, including Critical and Contextual Studies, Art and
Design History, Humanities, Cultural Studies, Art and Design
Administration and Exhibition Programming, would find this pathway
of particular benefit in the development of their
practice.
Iain Irving
MA Subject Leader
Gray's School
of Art
RGU
Garthdee Road
Aberdeen
AB10
7QD
UK
Tel.01224
263635
EVENT
GEISAI MIAMI, New Art Fair Concept Hosted by PULSE,
Miami
Kaikai Kiki Launches GEISAI MIAMI New Art Fair
Concept from Tokyo Led By Artists
Wednesday, December 5
- Sunday, December 9, 2007
Hosted by PULSE Contemporary Art Fair
at SOHO Studios, in the Wynwood Art District, Miami
Apply
HERE
starting Monday, August 6, 2007. The deadline for submitting
applications is Monday, October 1st, 2007.
Six years
since the first inception of GEISAI in Japan in the summer of 2001,
Kaikai Kiki announces GEISAI Miami, the American debut of a fair
that has been a launch pad into the art world for many young
artists. Organized by the artist-led art enterprise Kaikai Kiki,
GEISAI Miami introduces an entirely new type of fair in the booming
Miami art market, allowing artists to represent themselves and to
present their work directly to an audience of collectors, art
professionals and art enthusiasts. The fair will run concurrently
with Art Basel Miami Beach, and will be hosted by PULSE Contemporary
Art Fair at the Parliament Building of SOHO Studios in Miami's
Wynwood Art District from Wednesday, December 5 through Sunday,
December 9, 2007.
Application for GEISAI Miami is open to
artists of all nationalities that do not have ongoing commercial
gallery representation at the time of their application. A jury of
art world professionals, including Tom Eccles, Massimiliano Gioni,
Walter Robinson, Lin Lougheed, and Carol Kino, will select
approximately 20 artists from among the applicants. The selected
artists will be invited to present their work in the Soho Building
with no fee being charged for the booth that will be given to them.
GEISAI Miami will occupy a 3,000 sq. ft. space on the second
floor of the Parliament Building in the SOHO Studios
facility.
Since its inception in 2001 in Japan, GEISAI has
been held twice a year. By presenting a new art-collecting concept,
allowing artists to exhibit their work directly, without a
commercial gallery, to an audience of collectors, curators and art
enthusiasts, GEISAI has established itself as an exceptional art
fair. The name "GEISAI" is derived from the Japanese word for "art
festival." Such festivals would typically take place within a
university or art school.
Venue:
GEISAI Miami
Hosted
by PULSE Contemporary Art Fair
Parliament Building of SOHO
Studios, Wynwood Art District
2136 NW 1st Avenue
Miami, FL,
33127
United States
Dates:
Wednesday, December 5 -
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Hours:
Wednesday 1pm - 6pm;
Thursday through Saturday 10am - 6 pm;
Sunday 10am -
5pm.
About Kaikai Kiki:
The artist-led art enterprise
Kaikai Kiki was founded by Takashi Murakami in 2001, and evolved
from its predecessor, the Hiropon Factory. Its goals as an
enterprise include the production and promotion of artwork, the
management and support of select artists, general management of
events and projects, and the production and promotion of
merchandise. With bases in Japan's Motoazabu, Tokyo, and in Long
Island City, New York, Kaikai Kiki is a unique organization looking
to the future to broaden the horizons and practices of contemporary
art. For more information on Kaikai Kiki, please HERE
For more information contact: geisai@kaikaikikiny.net
EXHIBTION
V Annual Juried Show : Galerķa Galou, Brooklyn
(Williamsburg) NY
OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS
V Annual Juried
Show
October 19 - 21, 2007
Galerķa
Galou was created in 2003 as an exhibition space showing cutting
edge contemporary art, with the primary goal of supporting local and
international emerging artists. This year's V edition of our well-
established Juried Show will bring the opportunity to the 25 awarded
artists to exhibit at ARWI International Art Fair in San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
Jurors
Marco Antonini, writer, independent
curator, and art consultant. E. Carmen Ramos, Assistant Curator for
Cultural Engagement, The Newark Museum Laura Turegano, Associate
Director, KJC of New York University, New
York
Eligibility
Artists working in all media are
encouraged to apply. Selected artists should agree to create a
special exhibition piece in a 12 x 12 inch format * depth should not
exceed 4 inches. These measurements do not apply to video
art.
Entry Guidelines
A non-refundable entry fee of $20
made payable in the form of check or money order to Galerķa Galou
should accompany your submission.
Artists may submit up to
three (3) works in the form of digital images (CD not returnable)
properly labeled with name of artist, title, date, media, and "top"
of image. Please send ONE image per work. If you wish to enter
additional images, include $5 for each additional work. There is a
limit of seven images per artist. Video artists may send a copy of
up to FIVE minutes of video in a DVD format. Please do not send
original material.
Artists should also send an image list,
together with their resume and statement. Note: There is no
application form.
Please send materials to:
Galerķa
Galou
237 Kent Avenue
Williamsburg-Brooklyn, New York
11211
Applications sent via FEDEX, UPS OR CERTIFIED MAIL
PLEASE SUBMIT TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
Galeria Galou
230 East 52nd Street Suite 1C, New York, NY 10022
Awards
Twenty-five artists will be selected to be part of
ARWI International Art Fair in San Juan, Puerto Rico from October 19
- 21, 2007.
Deadlines and Announcements
Submission
Deadline: Wednesday, September 19th, 2007. Notification to the
selected artists via e-mail: Monday, September 24th, 2007. Delivery
of works to the Gallery: Saturday October 13th and Sunday, October
14th from 1pm to 3pm.
Liability
Shipping and or delivery
and insurance of work to, from and during the exhibition is the
responsibility of the winning artists. Although all reasonable care
will be exercised, Galer'a Galou cannot be responsible for any lost,
stolen or damaged artwork.
ALL CDs SHOULD BE PROPERLY LABELED
WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
Name:
Titled:
Year:
Address:
Media:
Tel:
E-mail:
Notes:
BRUCE
GALLERY at Edinboro University 08/09, Pennsylvania
Application
Deadline: Postmarked November 15, 2007
2008-09 Season
The Bruce Gallery exhibits 4 to 5 shows of emerging and
established artists. Solo, group shows, curated shows and
installations or new media are all encouraged.
Exhibitions run
in monthly slots from September, 2008- April, 2009
Please send
10-20 jpg images with titles, dimensions and media along with an
artist statement, resume and SASE required for return of work to
Bruce Gallery Submissions
c/o John Bavaro: Director
Doucette Hall,
215 Meadville Street,
Edinboro,
Pennsylvania 16444
More information can be obtained HERE
GRANT
Urban Artist Initiative for NYC artists of color, New
York, NY
Deadline September 26, 2007
TheBronx Council
on the Arts and the Urban Artist Initiative/ New York City (UAI/NYC)
announce the second application cycle of a new grants program for
NYC individual artists of color.
In the groundbreaking first
cycle of the UAI/NYC grant program in 2006, 90 artist grants were
awarded towards the development of artists' projects in the range of
$250 -$2,500 for a total of $125,000.
This year, with major
support provided by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, this initiative
marks the second year of a cross-discipline grant program developed
specially for artists who self-identify their heritage as African,
Latino, Asian, or Native American, embracing as well the diversity
that exists within communities of color. Fellowships of $2,000 each
will be available to individual artists for their artistic and
professional development.
UAI/NYC has been developed by a
consortium including the Asian American Arts Alliance, the
Association of Hispanic Arts, the Harlem Arts Alliance, the Queens
Council on the Arts, and the Smithsonian National Museum of the
American Indian, working in partnership with the New York Foundation
for the Arts and the BronxCouncil on the Arts.
The deadline
for application submission is September 26, 2007. The online
application is available HERE
or by going to the website of any of consortium members.
Applications should be submitted online.
A series of
application seminars has been scheduled throughout the city by the
consortium members as well as the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Council
for the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island, and the Northern
Manhattan Arts Alliance to answer questions about eligibility and
the application process. Artists interested in applying are
encouraged to attend (see application seminar schedule below).
Four panels in Literature, Performing Arts, Media, and
Visual/Interdisciplinary work will review applications and support
materials. Applications are available online through the websites of
the participating organizations.
UAI/NYC is part of a
national effort to strengthen the infrastructure and support for
artists throughout the country; it is one of the Creative
Communities programs of LINC (LeveragingInvestments in Creativity),
a national network of cities which serves as a laboratory for
projects effecting local and national change in the lives of
artists.
UAI/NYC is one of the major projects of the Creative
Communities' program specifically addressing artists' of color.
Besides its major support from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation,
UAI/NYC has been supported with funds provided by LINC via the Ford
Foundation, the Buddy Fund for Justice of the Rockefeller
Philanthropic Advisors, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Booth
Ferris Foundation.
UAI/NYC, a unique collaboration of seven
arts intermediaries, creates a point of entry for artists from their
specific communities, some of whom have not traditionally
participated in grant and service programs for artists. Because the
organizations are working as one entity, an even more powerful
alliance is being shaped to include and recognize the contributions
and talents of so many previously under-recognized artists.
It provides an important mechanism to begin to bring greater
attention to the individual and collective needs of artists of
color.
UAI/NYC
2007 Application Seminars [pdf]
POSITIONS
Artistic Director : PAVED Arts, Saskatoon SK ,
Canada
Deadline: October 1 at 5 pm.
PAVED Arts, an
innovative and dynamic artist-run centre for photographic, audio,
video, electronic and digital art, seeks candidates for the position
of Artistic Director.
PAVED Arts is a not-for-profit,
charitable artist run centre for research, production, presentation
and dissemination of contemporary photographic, audio, video,
electronic and digital art. Our overall mandate is both to present
contemporary media and visual art with an emphasis on new media
practices, and to operate a production facility to support the
creation of media and new media artwork. Through our production and
presentation activities, PAVED Arts supports local, regional and
national artists working in the 'paved' arts, as well as regional
audiences and local communities.
PAVED has purchased and is
renovating a state-of- the-art gallery and production facility,
situated in the cutting edge cultural district of Riversdale on 20th
Street West in Saskatoon. The organization is looking for an
Artistic Director who can help with the renovations due to be
completed by March 2008 and to develop programming and provide
leadership in the local arts community to attract local, national
and international attention.
Duties to include but not
limited to:
full responsibility for the direction, development
and implementation of the presentation program full responsibility
for curatorial leadership and publication development full
responsibility for exhibition installation work with the PAVED
community to create new programming initiatives, including off-site
and time-based programming creation of work plans, artists
contracts, schedules, budgets and proposals lead volunteers and
staff in the on-site management of program events create and
disseminate communication plans, web site presentation, design print
materials and visual identity development liaise with partner
organizations, participants and members assist with library,
photography collection and archives research, write and coordinate
government operating and project grants with other staff members act
as a spokesperson for the organization act as one of four directors
of 20 Above Holdings, the organization that owns and manages 424
20th Street West
The ideal candidate will have:
an MA, MFA
or equivalent experience in art history, visual culture, curatorial
studies, or fine arts a minimum of 2 years experience in a
not-for-profit art gallery experience managing budgets, grant
writing and fundraising an extensive knowledge of Canadian and
international contemporary art practices excellent interpersonal
skills, strong computer design skills and an ability to
multi-task
6 month probationary period
Interested
applicants please send a current C.V. and examples of both related
written and curatorial work, by mail or email
Attention:
Laura Margita, Executive Director,
laura@pavedarts.ca
PAVED
Arts 424 - 20th Street West Saskatoon SK S7M 0X4
PAVED
Arts is an equal opportunity employer. The organization is committed
to diversity and inclusiveness in all its work. We work proactively
to be fair and equitable in practice and to build diversity into our
teams, creative communities, programs and
services.
PUBLICATION
White Chimney, The Creative Arts Journal, London,
UK
White Chimney, The Creative Arts Journal, is based in
London and aims to promote the work of both published and
unpublished artists, poets and short story writers in the U.K. and
abroad. A4, 32 pages and full colour, the journal publishes
quarterly and is available through independent bookshops and
subscriptions.
Alongside regular submissions, the Art
Director is looking for images that can be used as either front or
back covers. The submission period is open all year round, and all
artwork should be no less than 300 dpi, and emailed to the following
address, as either pdf, eps, tiff or jpeg
files:
hello@thisismakebelieve.co.uk
There is no
determined theme or limit, and contributors receive a free copy of
the publication, unless otherwise arranged with the Art Director.
The website is currently under construction but can be viewed HERE
RESIDENCY
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska
City, NE
The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
in Nebraska City, NE offers 2- to 8-week residencies year-round for
writers, visual artists, and music composers. Housing, studio space,
$100/week stipend provided. Approximately 38 awarded per year.
Note two deadlines: postmarked
March 1 for the following
July through December 15; postmarked
September 1 for the
following January through June 15.
$25 application fee.
See website
for complete information, guidelines and application.
The
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, 801 3rd Corso, Nebraska
City, Nebraska 68410. 402-874-
9600
info@KHNCenterfortheArts.org
Künstlerstätte
Schloss Bleckede, Lueneburg, Germany
Deadline: 29, September
2007
Since 1979 the Kuenstlerstaette Schloss Bleckede has
been seeking to promote young artists who explore innovative
positions in the field of contemporary fine art. Today artists,
whose work addresses complex aesthetic, cultural or political
issues, rarely find the necessary support to realize their ambitious
projects. This is why the Kuenstlerstaette Schloss Bleckede wishes
to offer these artists the opportunity to develop their work in the
course of a residential scholarship of three or six
months.
The Kuenstlerstaette Schloss Bleckede offers ideal
working conditions. The historic remise of the castle of Bleckede
has been restored and transformed into three studios, each of which
provides an extensive work space and a comfortable living area. The
castle is located in the nature reserve Elbufer Drawehn close to the
river Elbe between Hamburg and Lueneburg. Moreover Hamburg and
Berlin is within easy reach, both of which have a thriving cultural
life. The scholarship includes a monthly grant of Euro 1.400,- ,
which is made available for up to three scholarship holders at any
one time, by the state of Lower Saxony. Previous scholarship winners
have included reknown artists like Ulla von Brandenburg, Shannon
Bool, Geoffrey Hendricks, Peter Pommerer, Katharina Sieverding, Maki
Tamura and Simon Wachsmuth. The residential scholarship will be
selected by a jury.
The call for applications is open to all
artists of all nationalities. Application forms, criteria and more
information are available HERE
Landkreis Lueneburg,
Fachdienst Schule und Kultur
Auf
dem Michaeliskloster 4
D-21335 Lueneburg
Phone:
+49-4131-26-1360
For further information:
Halle für Kunst
Lueneburg e.V.
Phone:
+49-4131-402001
info@halle-fuer-kunst.de
Bemis
Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
ARTISTS
WANTED
Few programs exist either on the national or
international level where the sole mission is to support the
creativity of artists. From the beginning, the art-making process
has been the highest priority at the Bemis Center for Contemporary
Arts, where both the atmosphere and environment offer ideal
situations for creative growth and experimentation. We address the
practical aspects of this mission by providing well- equipped studio
spaces, living accommodations and monthly stipends. Located in two
urban warehouses totaling 110,000 square feet, our facilities are
designed to foster creativity and the productive exchange of ideas.
Artists from around the world come to the Bemis Center to work in
this supportive community and confront new challenges.
Are
you ready for your residency? Contact us HERE
for more information.
UPCOMING APPLICATION DEADLINES:
July 2008 - December 2008
Deadline for
Application:
September 30, 2007
January 2009 - June
2009
Deadline for Application:
February 28, 2008
Cary
Tobin
Residency Program Director
Bemis Center for Contemporary
Arts
724 So. 12th St.
Omaha, NE 68102
402-341-7130 ext.12
www.bemiscenter.org
Celebrating 25 Years of Supporting
Exceptional Talent!
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