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Showreel Competition, Poznan, Poland

Competition for the best audiovisual portfolio
Deadline: 26th November 2010

A showreel is an audiovisual portfolio of artists whose work can be presented in a form of a video or an animation: actors, directors, camera operators, special effects specialists, animators, graphic designers and others. It is a coherent, dynamic and visually attractive video presentation. It can consist of fragments of video clips, commercial spots or animations as well as posters or logotypes of a particular artist, studio or group.

Foundation for Cultural Education Ad Arte invites you to participate in the International Showreel Competition that will accompany the 3rd International Festival of New Audiovisual Phenomenons (Poznan, Poland, 24th-27th November 2010). Participation is open to individuals, creative studios and artistic groups dealing with motion graphics, animation or typography. There are no restrictions on technique, materials or style; it's only the showreel's originality, form, dynamism, coherence of image and sound that will be taken into consideration by the jury.

The 1st Prize in the Showreel Competition is a high quality multimedia projector Epson EH-TW450. The other prizes are the Audience Prize (250 EUR) and a distinction award (250 EUR). All awarded projects will be promoted during the Vivisesja Festival through all channels available to the Festival’s organiser (YouTube, Facebook, Myspace, Festival’s webpage) as well as directly during Festivals events.

The condition for participation in the Showreel Competition is a submission of an original showreel (containing author’s own realisations or projects in which they participated, in one of the following formats: DV PAL, MPEG4, MPEG2) together with filled in and signed application form available in the Festival's webpage http://www.vivisesja.pl/. Submission can be done via Internet (project file + scan of the filled in application form) to the ftp server to folder "showreel competition" (ftp server: ftp://ftp.adarte.webd.pl/, username: [email protected], password: showreel123) or via regular mail (project on CD/DVD + filled in application form) to the address: Ad Arte Foundation, ul. Hawelańska 1, 60-625 Poznań, Poland (please add the title "Showreel Competition" on the envelope).

Each participant is permitted to submit a maximum of three showreels. Showreel’s duration should not exceed 5 minutes. The deadline for submissions is 10th November 2010 at 12:00 (noon). 

Presentation of selected works and the announcement of the Showreel Competition’s results will take place at WSNHiD School (10 Kutrzeby Street, Poznan, Poland) on 26th November 2010 at 21:30.

Should you have any questions please contact us via email: [email protected] (please do not send audiovisual materials to this email address).

More information: www.vivisesja.pl
Download:
Showreel Competition Rules

 

 

 

Celebrating the Pomp us...!, Topolski Century Gallery, London

Celebrating the Pomp us...!
Deadline: 17 November, 2010

‘Celebrating the Pomp us’ is a two-day art festival held at the prestigious Topolski Century Gallery http://www.topolskicentury.org.uk/ located on South Bank in London, one week before Christmas.
A play with words ideas or meanings, what is certain is the festivity about it.

The theme is open to interpretation and we invite you to respond whether it is satirical, humorous or just pomp with any medium and art expression including: visual art, sculpture, photography/digital art, video/animation, performance, spoken word/poetry.

Submission is free.

Please send a brief artist statement and CV, no more than two pages and:
for visual work: five images, no more than 300kb with links to website (if available) and dimensions
for written work: two written examples of your work, no more than one page each
for spoken work:  a brief description of one page and duration
for media work: a video sample, no more than 600kb or links to online samples and duration.
for performance: a small video no more than 600kb or links to online samples and a brief description of the concept and duration.

Please submit only work that you would like to be considered for inclusion
Deadline for submission for "Celebrating the pomp us" on 17/11/2010.

For submission or further information please contact via email to [email protected] or visit www.neverinthemiddle.net

 

 

Open Online Exhibition, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, UK

CALL OUT FOR ARTIST SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: 8 November, 2010

Fermynwoods Contemporary Art is an independent arts organisation that works with artists and audiences to develop an innovative programme of artist residencies and commissions, site-specific installations and participatory events, that explore issues relating to art, ecology, natural and urban environments. 

Last year the organisation closed its gallery space to broaden its work in the public realm.  Part of this refocus involved a significant redevelopment of the website, which was launched earlier this year.  We are now inviting artists to submit work for a new online Open Exhibition, such as text-based work, series of photographs, sound and moving images that enquire into our relationships with our physical and social, urban and rural environments.

The applications will be judged by a panel; Andrew Stonyer (University of orthampton) and artist Simon Woolham.

Please contact FCA for an application form via email: [email protected], by phone +44 (0)1832 733009, or download a form from our website: http://www.fermynwoods.co.uk/current-programme/online-open/

APPLICATION DETAILS

FORMAT
MP4 (preferred format)

RESOLUTION
Standard Definition for submissions: 640 x 480 (4:3 video).  If selected, the work will need to be supplied in High Definition (1280 x 720).

DATA RATE
2000 kbits/second for live streaming in standard definition (500 kbits/second for high definition).

Please send a clearly labelled CD/DVD of the work, together with a completed application form to the office address, or email to: [email protected]
Please do not submit master copies and include a self-addressed envelope if you would like your disc returned.

DEADLINE
Monday 8 November (5pm for postal entries)

EXHIBITION DATES
15 Nov 10 – 14 Nov 11

 

 

 

2011 - 2012 Proposals - Neutral Ground Contemporary Art Forum, Canada

Call For Proposals: Exhibitions
Deadline is November 10, 2010

Neutral Ground Contemporary Art Forum is soliciting proposals for its exhibition program for 2011 - 12. Four projects will be selected from applicants for solo installations created for a gallery space (958 sq. ft.). Artist fees will be paid plus travel, accommodation and a modest production/installation budget. The directions we are taking in our program encompasses robotic work, mixed reality, virtual animation, interactive screens, ambient tv, expanded cinema. .

http://neutralground.sk.ca

Please send proposals to Brenda Cleniuk, Director, Neutral Ground 1856 Scarth Street, #203, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4P 2G3 (Please do not ask courier for signature at this end.)

ABOUT
Neutral Ground was incorporated as an artist-run centre in 1982 to respond to developments in contemporary art that were shaping major art movements around the globe. As Regina's leading edge contemporary art forum, the mandate was conceived to respond to the artistic concerns of professional Canadian artists with an emphasis on contributing to a regional context for new or experimental processes and the development of new genres. The centre accomplishes its artistic goals through creation and presentation activities involving collaboration, research and curation in visual, media and interdisciplinary fields. Its chief mission is to engage practices and audiences with new modes of production, reception and critical understanding of contemporary visual art. In 1997, Neutral Ground expanded its mandate to include a mission to develop new media practices and discourses. Its chief strategy is to support a multi-disciplinary approach towards advancing and responding to the fine arts and to connect Regina artists and audiences to a global-local milieu.

Over the past 28 years Neutral Ground has produced more than 600 exhibitions and performances, recorded more than 1,000 members and developed a strong visual arts based institution with a reputation for collaboration and innovation. We have worked in support of new community voices and are committed to a leadership role in terms of aesthetic and social development

Neutral Ground
#203 - 1856 Scarth Street
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
S4P 2G3

 

 

Standpoint Futures, London

Development residencies for visual artists from Regional UK
Deadline: 30th November, 2010

Standpoint Futures visual art development residencies are for emerging/mid career artists, designed to be flexible and responsive to the project, needs and desired outcomes of individual participants. The residency's chief aims are to provide high quality, individualized opportunities to develop the artist's practice and career, and to integrate London and the regional UK art world to promote access and the exchange of ideas.

This residency is particularly suited to artists who want to test new ideas or practice methods with advice and support, realize a specific new project, or have intensive feedback on their work, as well as expand their networks and explore opportunities in the London art world.
Talented and innovative artists from across the UK will come to us for a period (dependent on project) of between 4-6 weeks, during which time we will devise and implement an individually tailored set of meetings and tutorials with artists, writers and curators of the highest calibre.

Our aim is to give as much input into an artist’s work and career in the time we have, to make the most difference to their futures. Through engaging in London's art scene and being in a new context, artists can develop ideas and contacts that will develop their practice, expertise and opportunities.

Successful applicants will be asked to attend a meeting 6 weeks before the start of their residency to discuss in detail their project and desired outcomes so as to plan the programme of meetings and visits, as well as the nature of their public presentation.

http://www.standpointlondon.co.uk/Futures.html

Studio and accommodation
We have a first floor studio of circa 360 sq ft / 35 sq m with 2 sinks, good storage and natural light. We will host one artist at a time unless they work in collaboration. Accommodation will either be a room in a shared house locally or a private room in a hotel.

Advisors
We have wide ranging contacts with established and prominent practicing artists, curators, critics and lecturers, from diverse backgrounds and disciplines within Fine Art practice who will be invited to make studio visits to residency artists. 2010 artists in residence S Mark Gubb and Samantha Donnelly were advised by: Ellen Mara de Wachter – curator 176 Projects, David Thorp – independent curator, Sandra Ross – director Pumphouse Gallery, Sarah Williams- curator Jerwood Space, Vincent Honore – curator David Roberts Arts Foundation, Sacha Craddock- curator, writer and critic, Bloomberg space, Kirsty Ogg – curator Whitechapel Gallery, Cathy Lomax, director Transition gallery, Pieternel Veermortel – director FormContent, Sarah McCrory – curator Frieze Projects and Ingrid Swenson – Director Peer.

Mentoring and support
Residency artists will be allocated one mentor artist in the building who will be available for advice and input. There may also be opportunities where appropriate to learn or work with mentoring artists at their specific skills (Standpoint has very high quality facilities in etching, litho, letterpress, and ceramics).
The residency coordinator and curator will offer informal support in addition to programmed meetings.

Programme: in addition to self-directed studio time:
Introduction event - to the resident/exhibiting artists at Standpoint and others.
4-6 studio visits from mentoring artists/curators/writers.
Strategy development – an intensive look at the artist’s core activity and how best to pursue and promote this.
Peer networking: invited peer artists for studio visits.
Public talk: by the residency artist, an opportunity for peer review.
Gallery visit/s introduced by curator.
Gallery and artist research – self-directed off-site visits, advised by residency co-ordinator
Public presentation of project – either a gallery installation/performance, open studio or offsite event –organized in collaboration by the artist, residency co-ordinator and Standpoint curator.

The Award
Standpoint Futures residencies award artists free studio and accommodation during their residency plus all development and mentoring meetings.
Any additional costs i.e. materials, travel and living expenses will be covered by the artist.

Selection
We will select artists with an exceptional developing practice, who are making a reputation in their region and have the ambition and ability to work at a national and international level.
Students and those within a year of graduation are not eligible to apply.
The first stage selection is by a panel drawn from the institutions who are partnering the project: Marie-Anne McQuay, curator Spike Island, Kwong Lee, director Castlefeld Gallery; Gavin Wade, director Eastside Projects; Jonathan Parsons, director ARC; Fiona MacDonald, curator Standpoint Gallery; Lindsay Hughes, senior visual arts officer Arts Council Wales and Samuel Jeffery of Outpost.
We regret that we cannot give feedback for artists who are not shortlisted.
Shortlisted artists will be invited for interview at Standpoint where they will present a brief presentation (15 mins) of their practice and proposed project, and will be open to questions for a further 15-20 mins.
We will select 5 artists from across the UK working in any visual art discipline. In addition we will select one artist who works in the public realm and/or socially engaged practice. We will also select runners up who will be on a shortlist in case of cancellation.

About Standpoint Gallery
Standpoint is a leading artist-run gallery based in Hoxton, East London. We do not represent artists, we curate shows from submission and invitation, working with emerging and mid-career artists from the UK and internationally. All projects are developed in collaboration with selected artists and aim to provide a platform for innovative new work and ideas, promoting rich cultural exchange. Standpoint is a centre of excellence for artist-led activity and debate - our programme of public exhibitions, talks and discussions aims to promote diverse experimentation and analysis in all areas of contemporary practice.
The gallery is core-funded through Standpoint Studios, a registered charity comprising 5 large studios providing creative workspace for 10-15 established artists and makers with diverse specialist knowledge and contacts with leading museums and galleries.
The gallery also runs the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award, a yearly award which offers a total of £10,000 and a solo show to an exceptional emerging sculptor from the Greater London area. Our recent winners are Paul Carter, Clara Clark and John Summers, and guest selectors include Rachel Whiteread, Cornelia Parker and Phyllida Barlow.

Application
http://www.standpointlondon.co.uk/Futures/%20Application.pdf

Standpoint 
45 Coronet Street,
London N1 6HD
http://www.standpointlondon.co.uk/

If you have queries please contact Fiona MacDonald:
0207 739 4921
[email protected]

 

 

 

The TippingPoint Commissions, UK

The TippingPoint Commissions: an invitation to submit a proposal
Deadline: 6 December, 2010

The TippingPoint Commissions are an initiative for professional artists who wish to create new performance work in the context of climate change. First launched in 2009 this is the second call for proposals.

http://www.tippingpoint.org.uk/page/tippingpoint-commissions

The theme of climate change is intended to provide a stimulus and a springboard for the commissions. We are not looking for a didactic exposition of the subject, as a great deal of information is available through a wide range of media. We are more interested in work intended to stimulate audiences towards the radical and imaginative thinking necessary to comprehend and successfully navigate a world shaped by climate change.

“We cannot respond successfully to a challenge of this magnitude by asking merely what we should do. At this unique moment we must ask ourselves who we are... [We need] to build the mirror that will show us our fellows and our world in our own reflection.” John Ashton, UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change

Proposals can be made by practitioners of any performance discipline, as individuals or groups, by artists on their own or together with partners or producers.  Applicants may wish to commission a composer, a writer, a choreographer or work with a range of collaborators as part of a devising process. We recognise that you are likely to undertake additional fundraising from other sources to take the initial commission to production.

This year we are delighted to be able to offer a co-commission with Without Walls, the consortium of 8 of the UK's most strategically significant outdoor arts festivals.

We will be able to sponsor around 6 commissions and will offer awards as follows.

One award of up to £30k (this will be a co-commission between TippingPoint
    and Without Walls and should meet the specific criteria outlined below)
One award of up to £25k (TippingPoint Commission)
Two awards of up to £15k (TippingPoint Commission)
One award of up to £10k (TippingPoint Commission)
Two awards of up to £5k (TippingPoint Commission)

If your initial concept would benefit from discussion with or advice from a specialist scientist please say so in your proposal. We will suggest appropriate contacts for shortlisted projects.

Proposals must be submitted by Monday 6th December at 5pm.  Shortlisted applicants will be invited to develop ideas a little further and attend an interview.

You can download the criteria below and an application form at:
www.tippingpoint.org.uk
www.withoutwalls.uk.com

We look forward to receiving your proposal.
For any further information contact: [email protected]

This is an open invitation.  Please forward this information to anyone you think may be interested in making a submission.

 

The TippingPoint Commissions: Criteria

1. All applicants must live or work in the UK.

2. Proposals must be for original new work.

3. All proposals must be received by Monday 6th December at 5pm.

3. Only one proposal per person or group will be accepted.

4. Proposals must include a completed application form and a submission proposal of no more than 2 sides of typed A4 describing the project – this should include background on the artists/producers involved. It should detail exactly how you will use the TippingPoint Commission and should give a timescale for the work i.e. the start of work and your aspirations for the date of the first performance.

5. Recipients of the Commissions will commit to good environmental practice in the delivery of the work

6. You may submit still images/drawings, DVD or CD up to a maximum running time of 15 minutes. Please note that submissions will not be returned so please do not submit original artwork. Please ensure that all materials are clearly marked with the title of your proposal.

7. Please indicate which level of financial support you are seeking for this commission and please give an indication of your past success in raising funds to produce and present your work. (We recognize that you may need to fundraise from other sources to realise the final production/event.)

8. One full application should be submitted by post (ie including any visual materials). Please note that if you would like acknowledgement of receipt of your application, you should include a stamped, addressed envelope. Please also send a copy of your application form and written proposal (NO visual materials) electronically.

9. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to develop their proposal further and attend an interview in early January 2009.

10. The panel’s decision will be announced publically in February 2011. The panel’s decisions are final.

 

Additional criteria for the TippingPoint/Without Walls co-commission:

1. The project should aim to create a live event for an audience, taking place outdoors

2. The project should have the potential to pilot or to tour nationally to a range of outdoor arts festivals from the summer of 2011

3. The application should (if possible) state the following :
 the anticipated type of location in which  the show can be presented (eg
  grass, hard standing, strolling etc)
 suitability for day-/night-time presentations
 potential size of audience
 any anticipated technical requirements
 an indication of the anticipated fee for presentation.

TippingPoint offers a range of activities centred on exposing creative artists to the enormous challenges of climate change; at the heart of this lies a series of meetings involving very high quality, intense dialogue between artists, scientists and others close to the heart of the issue. Events take place in the UK working in tandem with Oxford University and internationally by working in collaboration with the British Council and other partners. 2009 saw the launch of the inaugural TippingPoint Commissions whereby 3 organisations received financial support to create performative work embracing the theme of climate change.

Without Walls is a consortium of 8 of the UK's most strategically significant outdoor arts festivals. By working together in the pursuit of a set of common goals, over the last 3 years Without Walls has been breaking new ground in the development and creation of outdoor arts in the UK. Outdoor Arts have a universal appeal and are now being recognised for their ability to engage and bring together communities and to shape a sense of place and identity. Without Walls' exciting commissioning opportunities for UK artists are helping raise the bar for free and accessible outdoor arts, demonstrating that excellence and engagement can go hand in hand.  The festivals are: Brighton Festival, The Bristol Do, Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, Hat Fair Winchester, Lakes Alive Cumbria, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Stockton International Riverside Festival, Xtrax Manchester. 

The TippingPoint Commissions were launched through a generous award from Major Road.

 

 

The And/or Book Awards - The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation, UK

The And/or Book Awards
Deadline: 1 November, 2010

The And/or Book Awards, the UK’s leading prizes for books published in the fields of photography and the moving image (including film, television and new media), are celebrating their 26th anniversary.

With prize money of £10,000 divided between the Best Photography Book Award and the Best Moving Image Book published in 2010, the And/or Book Awards celebrate excellence in photography and moving image publishing.

History: Established in 1985 by Andor Kraszna-Krausz, the Hungarian founder of the influential publishing house Focal Press, 2011 marks the 26th anniversary of the awards. It is also the 26th anniversary of the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation, http://www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk/ the charitable organisation set up to support them. All titles that meet the award guidelines and have been published or distributed in the UK between 1 January and 31 December 2010, are eligible for submission to the 2011 And/or Book Awards. The initial deadline for entries is Monday 1 November 2010, but any book published by 31 December is eligible and can be submitted up to this date.

Further Information
http://www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk/andor-book-awards/

 

 

Franco/British Artist Residency - Château de Sacy, France

Château de Sacy residency
Deadline: 15 November, 2010

Franco/British Artist Residency. The Chateau is inviting submissions from British artists wishing to spend a month at Sacy in the summer of 2011 . The work must be site-specific and transcend language barriers.

They offer free accommodation and work space, along with an exhibition and catalogue at the end of the season.

They hope to offer travel expenses from the UK. A minimum of 5 years of professional art experience is required.

Further Information
http://chateaudesacy.pagesperso-orange.fr/e_main.html

Email: [email protected]

Château de Sacy
1 rue Verte
60190 Sacy-le Petit
France

Tel: 03 44 29 09 14
Fax: 03 44 29 09 46

 

 

Special Editions Residency 2011, The Lower East Side Printshop, NYC

Call for Artists: Special Editions Residency 2011
Deadline: December 2, 2010

The Lower East Side Printshop invites emerging artists of all disciplines to apply for the 2011 Special Editions Residency. Between February 2011 and February 2012 recipients will collaborate with Master Printers to create a new body of work in printmaking. No previous printmaking experience is necessary. The Printshop will provide materials, studio access, technical assistance, exhibition opportunities, project documentation, limited travel and accommodation stipends for artists residing outside New York, and up to $4,000 honorarium.

Applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered by December 2, 2010. 

Applicants must be legal US residents (i.e. possess a Social Security #). For more information about the Printshop, the Special Editions Residency, and application requirements, visit www.printshop.org

Lower East Side Printshop, Inc.
306 West 37th St. 6th Fl.
New York, NY 10018

t 212-673-5390
f 212-979-6493
http://printshop.org

 

 

A Special Call to Professors and their Students (past or present) - Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH

TAPPED - An Exhibit of Works by Students and their Professors (past or present)
Deadline: December 8, 2010

Full-color catalog produced. Each exhibitor receives one free copy.

The relationship between art students and their professors can be a powerful one. Even when this bond is left unstated, we carry our professors' voices forward in time as we mature as artists and people. We eventually realize that the instruction given by our teachers during our relatively brief careers as students continues to expand within us. We realize that the learning they inspired (or insisted upon) is a chain-reaction process that develops across our lifetime. All of us who have been students carry forward our professors' legacy in one form or another. And those who are, or have been professors, bear witness to the potency of studenthood.

Out of respect for this student-teacher bond, and in honor of professors working hard to help their students tap into a higher mind relative to art and life, we offer TAPPED, an exhibit that will present works of art by current or former professor/student pairs in our Main Gallery in Cincinnati.

It is important to note that this project is open to CURRENT or PAST student/professor pairs. The 'student' half of the pair may be a college freshman, a retired veteran, or at any stage in between. The sole criteria for the pairing is that the relationship between the two was a formal teacher/student one at some point in time.

Submission to this exhibit may be initiated by either party. Students will seek out a professor who has been a key instructor to them or whose work they particularly respect and 'tap' them to participate in this project submission. Or professors may 'tap' their current or former students to participate. Either way, the 'tapping' is intended as a form of honor and invitation. The type, style, media, etc. of the works by each member may be very different.

This is a new type of call for Manifest to undertake. The logistics of coordinating pairs of artists to submit independently of each other, while maintaining an integral association, are tricky. We welcome any inquiry for further clarification and will assist as we are able.

We are eager to share the energy and legacy of academic pursuit with our audience. Our society can gain from a deeper appreciation of what is done by and between students and professors.

 
Deadline for entry: DECEMBER 8, 2010
For details on how to submit visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/tapped

 
For more information about Manifest's exhibit history visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/about/schedule_index.html

To see images of past exhibits and events visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/imagebank

For more information about Manifest's exhibit catalogs visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/manifestpress

 

Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
2727 Woodburn Avenue  |  Cincinnati, Ohio 45206  |  513-861-3638
www.manifestgallery.org