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Your tax-deductible donations can now be made securely on-line. Please help the Community Arts Partnership ensure Arts for Life in Tompkins County.
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Calls for Artists
KAHN FAMILY FELLOWSHIP at THE INK SHOP
The 2010 - 2011 Kahn Family Felllowship is available to artists with postgraduate degrees in printmaking or
book arts locally, nationally or internationally. He/she also serves as a shop
manager and has all the privileges of a Printmaker Associate, including
unlimited access to the studio to produce his or her own work, the possibility of
teaching workshops, and editioning for others on a fee basis. This Fellowship comes with a
generous stipend of $7500.
MAIN STREET GALLERY
in Groton is accepting
submissions for the
2010 National Small Art Quilt Works
Exhibition.
(July 23 - Sept 5, 2010)
WEST END WATERFRONT RHINER FESTIVAL
The Rhiner Festival is seeking artists and craft vendors to participate in the 2nd Annual celebration of the rich and fascinating history of the area once
referred to as 'the Rhine,' 'the Flats,' or even 'Sodom.' The festival takes place on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010.
To register and for more details, contact festival organizer Wylie Schwartz at community@
thehistorycenter.net
ONLINE RESOURCES
Regular listings for calls for art can also be found at:
-CallsForArt.com
-Art Deadlines List
-Community Arts Network
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Greetings!
It's (still) budget season in Albany, and the arts are once again on the chopping block. Governor Patterson's latest budget proposal includes a 40% cut to the grants budget of the New York State Council on the Arts, reducing STATEWIDE support of artists and arts organizations from $41.6 million to $25.2 million. This is the largest proportional cut to any state agency.
But more importantly, this cut will have no real impact on the State Budget as a whole. In last year's budget, NYSCA made up 1/32 of 1% of the total expenditures made by the State. Relative to the other line-items, hacking 40% away from an already infinitesimal NYSCA budget will amount to a savings of less than 1/100 of 1% of the total budget.
The result on our communities, however, could be devastating.
These cuts wouldn't simply result in less art; they would
directly result in the loss of jobs in communities all over our state.
Government support of arts organizations, by and large, goes to fund staffing.
For instance, if the Community Arts Partnership were to lose 40% of the funding
it receives from NYSCA next year, not only would our programming and grant programs dramatically
suffer, our already small staff of 2 and a half would need to be reduced.
Click. Print. Write. Send.  | Arts organizations employ more than 340,000 people
throughout the state, and they all will be facing a similar fate if the
proposed cut is enacted. At a time when the fight against rising
unemployment in New York needs the most support, making this drastic cut out of
a jobs-oriented program that already receives such a small percentage of the
total State budget seems to fly in the face of Common Sense.
As a supporter and lover of the arts, please take the time to print and mail to your legislators the postcard created by our friends at NYSArts. Just click on the image above, print out the pre-formatted PDF, and write a brief note on how this drastic reduction in arts funding will affect your community. If you need to find your legislators' addresses, just visit the Advocacy Headquarters and enter your zip code.
This is a crucial time, and a little effort made by a lot of people can have a powerful result in Albany. Thanks for your help towards CAP's goal of ensuring Arts for Life throughout Tompkins County!
Cheers,  Brett Bossard, Executive Director |
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 CURRENTLY AT CAP ArtSpace
Amanda Vella
"Streets, Avenues and Intersections"
through May 30
 "I have recently found myself interested in images of the town." In this
exhibit, Vella shows eleven paintings of townscapes and cityscapes. They are painted from life and have a great sense of place. However,
the central subject is the paint itself; the brushstrokes, shapes and
colors that create their own reality and harmony. See more of her work
at www.AmandaVella.wetpaint.com
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 Spring Workshops at
the CAP ArtSpace
The Spring slate of workshops for artists and arts organizations is now up at ArtsPartner.org. Registration is required...so sign up today! - How to Sell Art From Your Website; Search Engine Optimization - Thurs, May 20, 5:45pm
- Overview of Intellectual Property: Trademarks, Patents, Copyright - Tues, May 25, 5:45pm
- Estate Planning For Artists - Wed, June 2, 6:15pm
- Grant Writing Basics - Thurs, June 10, 6:15pm
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Strategic
Opportunity Stipends (SOS) Deadline - May 25, 2010
Strategic Opportunity Stipends (SOS) provides grants
designed to help individual artists of all disciplines take advantage of
specific, unique opportunities that will significantly benefit their work or
career. These are $100-$600 grants for forthcoming opportunities (not
necessarily projects) that are distinct from an artist's ongoing work. The
next deadline is May 25, 2010. This deadline is for opportunities occurring
between July 1 and October 31, 2010.
To
apply:
1.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old and a full-time resident for the past
year of one of the participating New York State counties - Broome, Chemung,
Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins. Applicants cannot be enrolled in a
graduate or undergraduate degree program at the time of application.
2. Complete the application by downloading the PDF at NYFA.org(Please note - This application is a PDF - On most computers you cannot save
the information you type into the form. Please make sure you save your
text in another location or print the PDF with your information as soon as you
have completed your entry.)
3. Submit the application to your regional SOS administrator - The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes - Lynn Dates
Applications should be submitted to:
Lynn Dates
The
ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes
32
West Market Street
Corning,
NY 14830
TheARTS@eARTS.org
607/962-5871,
ext. 226
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 The latest issue of NEA Arts magazine looks at "How Art
Is Work," echoing the focus of Chairman Rocco Landesman's recent travels
around the country as part of the Art Works Tour Articles and Web extras
explore how artworks get made and how artists support themselves (and pay for
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Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County Center Ithaca Box 107 171 East State Street Ithaca, NY 14850 V. 607.273.5072 F.607.273.4816 www.artspartner.org |
CAP STAFF
Executive Director, Brett Bossard
Program Director, Robin Schwartz
Bookkeeper, Kit Wainer
Director of Ticketing Services, Jen Brown
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