| November 11, 2007
No.83
CURATORS
BECA Gallery, New Orleans,
LA
COMPETITION
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
LACDA, International Juried
Competition
FELLOWSHIP
A.I.R. Gallery,
NYC
FILM & VIDEO & NEW MEDIA
Urban Culture
Project, Kansas City, MO
Jerwood Moving Image Awards,
London
GRANT
SILVERLENS FOUNDATION GRANT PROGRAM
2008, Philippines
PROJECT
Artist to Artist 2008
Visiting Arts, UK
PROPOSALS
The Kiosk : The
Physics Room, Christchurch, New
Zealand
RESIDENCY
Art Omi International Artists'
Residency: Ghent, New York
The British School in Rome - Studio
Residencies 2008/9
SCULPTURE
ROSWELL MUSEUM AND
ART CENTER, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
CURATORS
BECA Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Call for
International Contemporary Visual Arts Curators
BECA
Gallery located in New Orleans, LA, USA is seeking curatorial input
for six upcoming internationally focused contemporary art exhibits.
BECA has a unique programme for their region that they hope
will expand US awareness of the larger international emerging
contemporary arts community.
The gallery will serve as a
bridge for emerging contemporary arts between the United States and
abroad with its first international exhibit opening 2 February,
2008.
"Our city is still recovering but we are moving
forward to help create a counterbalance to the tragedy of hurricane
Katrina and push forward with our arts and cultural
renewal."
BECA would like to hear from curators with a
background in international contemporary arts to discuss their
possible involvement in BECA gallery future exhibits.
They
are interested in a collaborative effort with the curator having
final say over her/his juried selections.
For more details,
please contact: becagallery@gmail.com
COMPETITION
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art LACDA, International
Juried Competition
Deadline for entries: December 5,
2007
Jurors:
Howard Fox
Curator of Contemporary
Art, L. A. County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Peter
Frank
Senior Curator, Riverside Art Museum, L.A. Weekly
Critic
Rex Bruce
Artist, Curator, Director L.A. Center for
Digital Art
Direct
link for registration
Complete
prospectus
Enter our juried competition for digital art
and photography. Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work.
All styles of 2D artwork and photography where digital processes of
any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable.
The competition is international, open to all geographic locations.
The selected winner recieves 10 prints up to 44x60 inches on
canvas or museum quality paper (approximately a $1500-$2000 value)
to be shown in a solo exhibition in our main gallery from January
10- February 1, 2008. The show will be widely promoted and will
include a reception for the artist.
Second place prizes: Five
second place winners will receive one print of their work up to
24x36 inches ($150-$200 in value) to be included in upcoming group
shows. Second place winners will be scheduled into group shows
within twelve months of announcement of winners. Consideration is
given to placing these works in shows appropriate to their style,
genre and/or content. These shows will be widely promoted and will
include a reception for the artists.
Special consideration
will be given to all entrants for inclusion in future shows at
LACDA. Many entrants from past competitions have already been
included in our exhibits.
Winners will be announced December
18, 2007.
Registration fee is $30US (three images).
Multiple entries permitted, additional $30 entry fee for
each three images.
Los
Angeles Center for Digital Ar, t 107 West Fifth St. Los Angeles,
CA 90013
GRANT
SILVERLENS FOUNDATION GRANT PROGRAM 2008,
Philippines
Deadline : January 30, 2008
silverlens
foundation invites photographers and visual artists working with
photography to participate in our annual grant program. silverlens
foundation (SLF) was established in 2006 in Manila, Philippines as a
grant awarding body to photographers and artists working with
photography.
Application forms are downloadable at www.silverlens
photo.com and are also available at silverlens gallery, 2320
Pasong Tamo Extension, Yupangco Building, Makati City.
For
more information contact Rica Estrada at telefax 816-0044, mobile
09052650873 or email
rica_estrada@silverlensphoto.com.
FELLOWSHIP
A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
OPEN CALL FOR WOMEN ARTISTS
APPLICATION DEADLINE Extended!: November 30, 2007.
The A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Program provides 6
emerging and mid-career underrepresented women artists with a solo
show and 18-month sponsored membership.
The 2008-09
panelists are: Charlotta Kotik, Independent Curator; Claire Oliver,
Claire Oliver Gallery; Nancy Princenthal, Senior Editor, Art in
America.
Application
available online
Apply online or send SASE for
prospectus to:
A.I.R. Gallery, 511 W. 25th Street, #301, NYC, NY
10001
info@airgallery.org
FILM & VIDEO & NEW MEDIA
Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
CALL FOR VIDEO
SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2007
Urban
Culture Project seeks single channel video submissions to be
considered for a series of curated one-night video screenings to
begin in early 2008. UCP seeks to establish this new video series as
a monthly feature integrated into our ongoing schedule of
artist-driven, cross-disciplinary contemporary arts programming.
Single-channel videos, of no more than 45 minutes each in
length, should be submitted on DVD for consideration. First
consideration will be given to works submitted by December 15, 2007.
Artists may submit up to five works for consideration. DVDs will not
be returned.
Please mail to Video Submissions, Urban
Culture Project, c/o Charlotte Street Foundation, PO Box 10263,
Kansas City, MO 64171. Include a resume or bio, including
contact information, as well as a brief narrative description of the
work submitted.
An initiative of the non-profit Charlotte
Street Foundation, Urban Culture Project creates new opportunities
for artists of all disciplines and contributes to urban
revitalization by transforming spaces in downtown Kansas City into
new venues for contemporary arts programming, including a studio
residency program. UCP currently operates four exhibition and
performance venues: Paragraph gallery, Project Space, Jenkins, and
la Esquina, as well as two studio facilities - Bonfils and
pARTnership Place - housing 13 artists. Urban Culture Project is
supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as well
as numerous other foundations, corporations and individuals.
Visit www.urbancultureproject.org
and www.charlottestreet.org
for more information. Email Kate Hackman, kate@charlottestreet.org
with questions.
Final
Call for Entries: Jerwood Moving Image Awards, London
Deadline :
Monday 3 December, 2007
Artists are invited to submit
work online before the closing date of in order to be considered for
the Jerwood Moving Image Awards - a major new prize celebrating
digital moving art.
Jerwood Moving Image Awards - designed
to support artists in the early stages of their careers - were
announced in September by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, and
three awards of £10,000 will be made in March 2008.
For more
information and to submit an entry please visit: www.jerwoodmovingimage.org.
Dancer and choreographer Wayne McGregor will chair a panel
of judges made up of some of the leading figures in arts and
culture, including Marc Boothe, independent producer and founder of
B3 Media; John Maeda, Head of MIT's Media Lab; artist Jane Prophet;
journalist, author and historian Sukhdev Sandhu and Jules Wright,
Director for the Wapping Project.
PROJECT
Artist to Artist 2008 Visiting Arts, UK
Deadline:
Monday 17 December 2007
Visiting Arts is pleased to
announce the fourth edition of the Artist to Artist International
Scheme, providing an opportunity for artists from the UK to
invite artists from overseas to visit them for a week in March 2008.
The purpose of the scheme is to bring together artists who are
aware of each others' practice and to support new dialogues across
international borders; it is not intended for artists who have
worked together previously or are already collaborating.
The
scheme is supported by Visiting Arts, Henry Moore Foundation,
British Council and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Download
the announcement and application form
Read
about the 2007 programme
For Further information
contact: Adam Knights, Arts Projects Co-ordinator 020 7690 9642 |
adam.knights@visitingarts.org.uk
PROPOSALS
The Kiosk : The Physics Room, Christchurch, New
Zealand
Deadline : 30 November 2007
The Kiosk is The
Physics Room's smallest, most public art site. Located in
Christchurch's busy pedestrian intersection on the corner of High,
Lichfield and Manchester Streets, The Kiosk brings contemporary art
to the streets of Christchurch. The space is equipped 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.
We are currently seeking proposals
from artists and curators interested in exhibiting in the Kiosk in
2008.
Applicants should supply:
- an outline of the proposed project, equipment required and
logistical considerations
- support material, including documentation that gives an
indication of previous work
- a brief curriculum vitae
To support artists in
realising projects, The Physics Room generally offers:
- a small remuneration as artist and/or curators fee
- support with technical/av requirements and exhibition
installation
- publicity, media exposure and digital documentation of
projects on The Physics Room website
Notification of
successful proposals will be sent in due course.
view
a floorplan [pdf]
more
information
If you have questions or would like
further information contact the gallery Director, Kate Montgomery,
on +64 3 379 5583 or physicsroom@physicsroom.org.nz.
THE
PHYSICS ROOM contemporary art project space
PO Box 22 351,
Christchurch, New Zealand
Tel +64 3 379 5583 Fax +64 3 379
6063
RESIDENCY
Art Omi International Artists' Residency: Ghent, New York
APPLICATION DEADLINE: RECEIVED BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 11,
2008.
Session Dates: June 29-July 21, 2008
Omi is
a not-for-profit residency program for international visual artists,
writers, musicians and dancers as well as the site for The Fields
Sculpture Park, a year round public exhibition space for
contemporary sculpture. Located in Omi, New York, a Hudson River
Valley hamlet two and a half hours from New York City, Omi is
situated on 300 acres of rolling farmland with spectacular views of
the Catskills and the river valley.
The International
Artists Residency is a three week Residency Program for visual
artists in upstate New York. Art Omi provides artists with a studio,
living quarters and meals at no cost to the artist. Artists pay for
their travel and art materials. Artists may apply for one of our
Fellowships to help with costs for travel and art materials. The
Residency takes place for three weeks during the month of July. Each
year, a different critic-in-residence is on hand to lead discussions
and make one-on-one studio visits. Because of the proximity to New
York City, there are also visits by many prominent critics,
gallerists, curators, and artists. Valuable contacts are made
through these informal encounters. In the evenings, after dinner,
the group gathers for lectures, slide presentations and panel
discussions.
Three-week residency program located 2 hours
from New York City. Application is open to professional visual
artists (no students) from all countries. The deadline for receiving
(not postmarked) applications is Friday, January 11th. No
exceptions.
Please see our website, www.artomi.org
for more information.
The
British School in Rome - Studio Residencies 2008/9
Application
deadline: 11 December 2007
Artists at different stages of
their careers are invited to apply for a number of residencies at
the BSR. The awards offer a valuable opportunity to develop and
research work within the context of Rome. They offer accommodation
in a residential studio, full board and a research grant. Artists
who have previously been at the School include Richard Billingham,
Adam Chodzko, Melanie Counsell, Lucy Gunning, Chantal Joffe, Hayley
Newman and Mark Wallinger.
For further details and
application forms, please visit www.bsr.ac.uk
or contact:
The Registrar, British School at Rome, British
Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH
E-mail :
bsr@britac.ac.uk
SCULPTURE
Goddard Sculpture Project RFQ, ROSWELL MUSEUM AND ART
CENTER, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
Deadline: December 31, 2007
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Roswell Museum and Art Center is
seeking an artist (or team of artists) to create a permanent,
outdoor commemorative sculpture to honor rocket pioneer Dr. Robert
Hutchings Goddard. The sculpture will be situated prominently at the
northeast corner of the Museum grounds near Dr. Goddard's original
rocket launch tower, a structure that rises approximately 100 feet
above the ground. The area is approximately 1/2 acre with a lush
lawn and mature trees. The sculpture will serve as a focal point for
the Museum along Roswell's central corridor, Main Street, and will
be tied visually and physically to a pocket park that surrounds the
rocket tower. The artist will work closely with a landscape
architect who has been hired to develop the overall site plan that
links the sculpture and proposed pocket park with the Museum's
existing outdoor courtyard. The goal is to incorporate functional
sculptural elements within the overall site plan as an enhancement
to the Museum grounds and Main Street.
This project includes
the sculpture component, budgeted at $172,000, and the pocket park
component, budgeted at $70,000. The selected artist may also be
retained to assist in the planning and design of certain pocket park
elements such as seating and interpretive materials that relate to
Dr. Goddard.
BACKGROUND
The Roswell Museum and Art
Center opened as a Depression era federal art center in 1937 under
the auspices of the Works Progress Administration and the Federal
Art Project. The Museum came into existence during the twelve years
that Dr. Robert H. Goddard lived and worked in Roswell, New Mexico
(1930-1942). The RMAC is southeastern New Mexico's pre-eminent
museum and is accredited by the American Association of Museums. Its
fine art collection contains significant examples of historic,
regional, modern, and contemporary art. Its history collection
includes the Rogers and Mary Ellen Aston Collection of the American
West and the Robert H. Goddard Collection of Liquid-Propellant
Rocketry. The Goddard Collection includes rocket assemblies,
journals and notes, rare film footage of rocket launches, and a
recreation of Goddard's workshop with machinery, tools, rocket
cones, and fully- assembled rockets.
In 1898, a teenage
Robert Goddard (1882-1945), captivated by the realism of H.G. Wells'
The War of the Worlds, "imagined how wonderful if would be to make
some device which had even the possibility of ascending to Mars." He
began enthusiastically filling notebooks with ideas for getting off
the planet.
As a graduate student in physics at Clark
College in Worcester, Massachusetts, his hometown, he conducted
simple tests with gunpowder that suggested it was indeed possible to
construct a rocket for space travel. In 1919, while teaching at
Clark College, Goddard published his ideas in a paper that sparked
interest in the physics circles, but was ridiculed in the popular
press. Embarrassed but undaunted, Dr. Goddard began to conduct
pioneering experiments with gasoline and liquid oxygen fuels and on
March 16, 1926 he launched his first successful liquid-propellant
rocket at his Aunt Effie's farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. It was not
long before these attempts drew scrutiny from the press, and the
interest of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and financier Harry
Guggenheim who were interested in the potential for rocket travel.
Looking for a locale to conduct his experiments that was
rural and with good year-round weather led Goddard to Roswell, New
Mexico in 1930 where he remained for 12 years. In 1942, he was
placed on contract at Annapolis, Maryland to develop rocket-
assisted aircraft takeoff mechanisms. On August 9, 1945 he died
there. Four years after his death, his widow, Esther, began a series
of gifts to the Museum of her husband's rocket technology, and in
1969 the Robert H. Goddard wing was dedicated.
ARTIST
ELIGIBILITY
Open to all professional artists working in the
United States with experience working on public art projects
creating site-specific works.
ROLE OF THE ARTIST
The
artist will work as part of a design team with the landscape
architect and project committee (which includes representatives from
the funding groups, Museum administration, and a public artist).
This team will be actively engaged with the artist beginning with
the initial meeting through the design and installation phases. The
artist will research, design, fabricate, and install this sculpture
according to the established deadline(s).
DESIGN
CRITERIA
The following criteria should guide the vision of the
sculpture:
- Commemorate and honor rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard;
- Acknowledge the role Robert H. Goddard played in the
community;
- Serve as a visual anchor for the Main Street side of the
Museum grounds; and
- Make a physical and visual connection with the rocket tower.
MEDIA
In the round, bas relief, and kinetic
sculpture concepts will be entertained. The design shall compliment
the size, scale, and aesthetic of the Museum building, proposed
pocket park, and the attendant rocket launch tower. As a funding
partner, the Spring River Corridor Foundation that administers the
Rogers Aston Public Art Fund has stipulated that bronze be used as a
primary material, however other materials that complement bronze may
be integrated into the design for a mixed media approach.
BUDGET AND FUNDING
The total artist's fee is $172,000
for the sculpture. This amount shall cover all associated costs
including research, design, development, engineering, materials,
fabrication, travel, insurance coverage, shipping, installation,
documentation, and an identifying plaque. An added component of this
project includes the opportunity for the selected artist to live in
the community of Roswell for 6-12 months at the Roswell
Artist-in-Residence Program complex, affording studio space, time,
and resources to design and fabricate the sculpture on-site.
Housing, studio, and a $800 per month stipend are provided on top of
the $172,000 artist's fee. See www.rair.org
for information on the Roswell Artist-in-Residence grant
program.
Funding for this project is through grants from Main
Street New Mexico and the Spring River Corridor
Foundation.
SELECTION PROCESS
The Roswell Museum and
Art Center will use a two- stage selection process. The first stage
will consist of a Request for Qualifications (please see submittal
form and requirements).
Up to three finalists will be
selected to participate in the second stage which will consist of a
formal interview that includes presentation of a maquette,
conceptual ideas, a budget, project timeline, and project narrative.
Each finalist will receive $1,000 to cover design and travel/per
diem.
One finalist will be selected following the design
competition and a contract will be executed. If contract
negotiations are unsuccessful, the Museum will enter into this
process with another finalist, or reissue the Request for
Qualifications.
TENTATIVE TIMELINE
- RFQ Application Deadline: December 31, 2007
- Notification of Finalists: January 14, 2008
- Finalist Artists' Presentation of Design Proposals: March 2008
- Selection of Artist: April 2008
- Completion and Installation of Sculpture: Spring 2009
This project schedule is subject to change. We
encourage site visits prior to submission of the RFQ, however, such
visits shall be the financial responsibility of the artist.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Submissions for this
project must contain the following materials:
1. A two page
maximum, single spaced, typed letter of interest outlining
qualifications for and interest in the sculpture project, as well as
an idea for your conceptual approach. Please consider the following
information when developing your letter of interest:
Why you want
to work on this project;
How you would approach this
project;
What materials would you work with;
What similar
projects/commissions you have had;
How the project relates to
your current work; and
How you perceive the community factoring
into the sculpture project.
2. Resume (not to exceed three
pages)
3. An RFQ Artist Submission Form and Checklist
(attached)
4. A CD with 10-20 digital images in JPEG or TIF
format (images no larger than 2 megabytes each) with an annotated
image list that includes the following information in this
order:
- title of work
- date work was completed
- dimensions of work
- media
- location if permanently sited
- budget for the project (if applicable)
- 10-20 slides can be sent in lieu of a CD, however the digital
format would be preferred. A slide list must accompany submission.
5. A list of three references with whom you have worked on
a public art project, including current telephone and email address.
6. A self-addressed, stamped envelope with postage for the
return of your materials. Slides or CDs will not be returned without
a self-addressed, stamped return envelope.
7. Please mark
all submissions with your name so that these materials can be
returned correctly.
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE
FOLLOWING ADDRESS
Goddard Sculpture Project RFQ
Roswell Museum
and Art Center
100 West 11th Street
Roswell, NM
88201
DEADLINE
RFQ submissions must be received by 5:00
p.m. December 31, 2007.
Applicants will be notified by January
14, 2008 regarding the status of their application.
CONTACTS
Laurie Rufe
Director
Roswell Museum
and Art Center
100 West 11th Street
Roswell, NM
88201
505-624-6744, extension
12
rufe@roswellmuseum.org
Susan Wink
Committee Member
and Public Artist
505-627-7206
winksusan@hotmail.com
We
will be happy to mail you a brochure about Robert H. Goddard and
provide you with a link to reading materials that are currently
available on this rocket pioneer. Please contact Laurie Rufe for
this material. Please visit our website for more information and
images related to Robert H. Goddard: www.roswellm
useum.org.
GODDARD SCULPTURE RFQ SUBMISSION
FORM
Complete one form for each artist
Name:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Phone (home or
business):
Phone (cell):
Email address:
Website:
Submission Checklist
- A two page maximum typed letter of interest
- A resume not to exceed three pages
- Completed RFQ Submission Form (this form)
- CD with 10-20 digital images or 10-20 clearly labeled slides
- Typed CD image sheet or slide identification sheet
- A list of three references with contact information
- A self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your
materials
If you are submitting as part of an artist team,
please provide the names of other team members below and ensure that
each artist submits all of the required materials:
Team
Members:
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