WORKSHOPS & TRAINING
So you want to be Fiscally Sponsored?
The Austin Creative Alliance is offering a workshop for organizations that are interested in being fiscally sponsored. This workshop is a requirement for acceptance. New applications are due July 1st. The workshop will be held on May 28th. There is a mid day and an evening class for your convenience.
RSVP for the noon workshop
RSVP for the 7pm workshop
Americans for the Arts 2014 Annual Convention
Early Bird Deadline: 5/30/14
Take this opportunity to learn from, be inspired by, and get support from arts professionals like you from across the country this June in Nashville, TN. This year's Convention includes three pre-conferences (on Public Art & Placemaking, Arts Education & Advocacy, and Arts Leadership), three hand-picked keynotes, more than 30 specialized breakouts, and a fantastic reception at the expanded Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum! More information at convention.artsusa.org.
Writing for Impact: Frameworks for Interpretive Writing
When: 6/6/14
Where: The Williamson Museum (716 S. Austin Ave, Georgetown, TX 78626)
This one-day workshop presented by The Texas Historical Commission and Texas Association of Museums focuses on making written interpretation more effective and engaging to the public. The target audience for this workshop includes paid and volunteer staff of museums, historic sites, tourist destinations, and other organizations that seek to increase traffic to tourism sites in and around their communities. Designed especially for Texas, this workshop will examine the central role of interpretation in exhibits and will highlight proven techniques of interpretive writing. Discussion will include ways to increase the impact of interpretive writing through focused storytelling, relevance, thematic structures, and other components of interpretation.
http://texasmuseums.org/interpretive-writing.html
Emerging Teaching Artists Seminar at Dougherty Arts Center
When: June 18 - August 1, 2014
In partnership with MINDPOP, Austin Creative Alliance, and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Emerging Reaching Artists (ETA) seminar at the Dougherty Arts Center guides new artist educators through an exciting series of culture arts-based workshops, labs, and activities to learn effective and engaging techniques and strategies for teaching art in the classroom and the community.
Download the program flyer
Artworks Fellowships will be awarded to seven individual artists from underrepresented communities and include ETA Trainings, a mentorship, six professional development workshops during the school year, and opportunities for networking. Deadline to apply is May 25, 2014. To request an application, email [email protected].
Dance/USA 2014 Annual Conference
When: June 18-21, 2014
Register for the Dance/USA 2014 Annual Conference now and get ready for four days of networking, inspiring conversations, and enriching training sessions at the country's broadest gathering of dance professionals. Non-members of Dance/USA are welcome at the Conference. Gain expertise and new skills from expert speakers and stimulating breakout sessions, celebrate 2014 Dance/USA Honorees Liz Lerman and D. David Brown at the Opening Night Celebration, and network with leaders in the field and nearly 500 of your colleagues.http://conference.danceusa.org
Theatre Communications Group National Conference: Crossing Borders
When: June 19-21, 2014
Join Theatre Communications Group in San Diego for the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders. The Conference provides a unique opportunity to connect with theatre leaders and artists in a spirited exchange of resources, new ideas, and best practices. The Conference in San Diego will feature keynote speakers like celebrated performer Taylor Mac and best-selling author and game designer Jane McGonigal. We'll focus on crossing borders, both practical and conceptual, through four programmatic arcs: {Art | People}, {Survive | Thrive}, {Theatre|Technology}, and {Conflict |Confluence}. Register today to take advantage of the early bird discount and join us in "theatre paradise"!
http://bit.ly/1b2md2g
Sojourn Summer Institute in Chicago
When: July 14-18, 2014
This five-day session offers participants working in ensemble, arts institution, education, and community settings an opportunity to explore techniques & strategies for use in collaborative work with adults (and/or young people) in a variety of settings to: Create original performance material from a variety of starting impulses; Build skills of leadership and authorship for collaborative new work development; Build partnerships between artists and non-arts sector partners; Broaden the conceptual and tactical approaches available for imagining new projects and programming that respond to non-arts partner needs; Develop facilitation structures for civic dialogue around challenging community identified issues; Establish process tools to aid collaboration and co-authorship on cross-discipline and cross-sector projects; Explore social & political issues through collaborative conceptual, improvisational, & physical investigations.
www.sojourntheatre.com/training
New Workshop Series from Austin Creative Alliance: Digital Strategies
The Austin Creative Alliance's Digital Strategies Workshop Series allows arts organizations to develop a strategic digital strategy to increase their engagement and build audience through social media. They are looking for creative organizations in all artistic disciplines to participate in a 4 month program to help you build, implement and measure your own digital strategy for your company.
If you are interested in participating please email Anne-Marie McKaskle - [email protected]
GRANTS & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Women In Film Foundation: Film Finishing Fund
Deadline: 5/23/14 The Women in Film Foundation's Film Finishing Fund provides cash awards ranging from $1,000-$15,000, as well as in-kind services, for the completion of films by, for, or about women. This opportunity is open to short and long formats in all genres, including narrative, documentary, educational, animated and experimental.
www.wif.org/foundation/film-finishing-fund
Aaron Siskind Foundation: Individual Photographer's Fellowships
Deadline: 5/23/14
The Aaron Siskind Foundation is accepting applications for its 2014 Individual Photographer's Fellowships program. The annual program encourages and celebrates artistic achievement in contemporary photography by supporting the creative endeavors of artists working in photography and photo-based art media. A limited number of fellowship grants of up to $10,000 each will be awarded to artists working in photography and photo-based art. http://tinyurl.com/lul2qo6
Department of State Funding Opportunity: Accepting RFPs for the Creative Arts Exchange Initiatives
Deadline: 5/29/14
The FY 2014 Creative Arts Exchanges initiatives create partnerships through artistic collaboration and professional development opportunities that foster mutual understanding between American and international participants. eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/open-grant-solicitations
EmCArts Innovation Labs
Deadline: 5/30/14
Are you a performing arts or arts service organization seeking a new, strategic response to a complex challenge? Eight organizations from across the country will be selected for two final rounds of the Innovation Lab, EmcArts' 16-month-long immersion programs for arts and arts service organizations seeking to uncover adaptive responses to their most complex challenges. Selected organizations will form a core Innovation Team, attend a 5-day residential retreat to accelerate their projects, and each receive $30,000 in change capital (plus $9,000 in unrestricted funds) to support the prototyping and evaluation of their strategies before fully launching them.
Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts is open to nonprofit producing and presenting organizations in theater, modern or contemporary dance, and jazz (including multidisciplinary college-based presenters).
Innovation Lab for Arts Development Agencies is open to organizations that provide services in support of the ongoing development of an arts discipline, a particular area of arts activities, and/or its organizations and practitioners. These agencies must serve individuals or organizations in the disciplines of theater, modern and contemporary dance, jazz, or multidisciplinary arts.
Austin Film Society Grant
Deadline: 6/2/14
Once a year, AFS awards grants to emerging film and video artists in the state of Texas through the AFS Grant (formerly known as the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, or TFPF). Awards are provided to artists whose work shows promise, skill, and creativity. Grant recipients have shown their films at renowned festivals like Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Tribeca, Venice, Rotterdam and SXSW and have been nominated for Gotham Awards, won Independent Spirit Awards and Student Academy Awards. Several have been released theatrically or in the cable and home video markets.
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the grant.
www.austinfilm.org/afsgrant
CALLS FOR ENTRIES
United Nations Association Film Festival
Deadline: 5/24/14
United Nations Association Film Festival in California celebrates the power of films dealing with human rights, environmental themes, population, migration, women's issues, refugee protection, homelessness, racism, health, universal education, war and peace. UNAFF is seeking entries for documentary feature and documentary short. UNAFF offers a unique opportunity to view documentaries that are rarely screened, to become familiar with global problems, and to acquire a better understanding of the means to address these problems.
http://www.unaff.org/2014/index.html
Open Call: The Tesla Project
Deadline: 5/25/14
The Tesla Project is an all-day extravaganza dedicated to celebrating the genius of Nikola Tesla, a visionary scientist and engineer whose electrical inventions transformed the world. We are currently seeking submissions for a juried art show inspired by Nikola Tesla and his scientific work. All works of art will be eligible, including collage, mixed media, 3-D, photo, poetry, film, et al. Applicants may submit completed or proposed works for consideration by completing the application form and submitting a $10 entry fee per submission (click here to pay online). The due date for submissions is Sunday, May 25th, 2014 at 11:59 pm CST and applicants will be notified of acceptance by Sunday, June 8, 2014 at 11:59 pm CST. TheTelsaProject.wordpress.com
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (UK)
Deadline: 5/28/14, 11 am BST
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in partnership with Northern Film & Media are delighted to announce a new opportunity for filmmakers and visual artists from anywhere in the world to submit a proposal to create a new moving image work. The new commission will be premiered at the 10th edition of the internationally acclaimed Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in September 2014. we invite visual artists and filmmakers to submit proposals in response to the Festival theme of Border Crossing. Proposals may be for projected, installed or screened work, to be made either for single or multi-channel presentation. The selected proposal will be awarded �5,000 GBP in artist/production fees, and installation costs will be covered in addition. For further information, please go to www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/commissions where you will find the full guidelines and an online form. It is free of charge to enter.
(e)merge art fair: Call for Artist Applications
Deadline: 5/30/14
Now accepting applications from unrepresented artists for the fourth edition of (e)merge art fair. The 2014 fair will take place October 2-5 at the Capitol Skyline Hotel in Washington, DC. Artists whose applications are selected by the vetting committee will receive exhibition space at the fair free of charge. Whereas work in all media will be carefully considered, projects involving experimental works in non-traditional formats are especially encouraged. Such work may include installation, conceptual art, performance, new media, or the inventive use of materials to express challenging concepts. For more information and to apply, visit the Exhibitor Services page: www.emergeartfair.com/exhibitor-services/. Contact [email protected] with any questions.
Polari Film Festival
Deadline: 6/1/14
The Polari Film Festival in Austin, TX cultivates the Texas LGBTQI community by enlightening, educating, and entertaining through programs that enrich the LGBTQI and ally communities while developing LGBTQI awareness. Filmmakers are invited to submit entries in eight different categories, including digital and interactive media projects (multimedia, performance, and interactive projects). http://agliff.org
ArtPrize 2014
Deadline: 6/5/14
ArtPrize is an international art competition open to anyone over 18 years old who enters their artwork during the Artist Registration period and secures a Venue. For 19 days each fall, ArtPrize occupies three square-miles of public and private venues across downtown Grand Rapids, MI, transforming the city into the most intriguing art event of the year. One of the largest art competitions in the world, ArtPrize draws over 400,000 attendees and awards over half a million dollars to winners decided through public and juried vote. Visit artprize.org for full registration information.
Photocentric: The Riverside Galleries at Garrison Art
Deadline: 6/6/14
PHOTOcentric is an international juried exhibition presented in The Riverside Galleries at Garrison Art Center in Garrison, NY. This exhibition is open to amateurs and professionals working in all photographic mediums. All accepted work we be included in the exhibition book PHOTOcentric 2014. www.garrisonartcenter.org/ex_photo.cfm
Call For Visual Artists To Illustrate Children's Book
Deadline: 6/30/14
The Master Player Library is seeking an artist or illustrator for a children's book project. The artist would render drawings for a non-traditional version of the folktale "A Frog Went a-Courtin'." Artwork can be done using sketch, paint, computer design or other techniques. Sketch illustrations must include a use of color. The artwork will be the central focus in a professionally printed book. Artists must send examples of previous artwork that demonstrate an aptitude and ability for the project. http://www.cac.ca.gov/artistcall/acdetail.php?id=26014
The 2014 International Art Program For Children With Disabilities: Yo Soy...Je Suis...I Am...My Neighborhood
Deadline: 7/1/14
The 2014 International Art Program for Children with Disabilities is now open for entries! Children with disabilities are encouraged to create a portrait that illustrates themselves in their neighborhood. What makes their neighborhood awesome? Cool houses? Fun neighbors? A great park or playground? Student-artists are encouraged to illustrate all the important people, places, and landscapes of their local space that shape who they are and who they will be in the future. A selection of artwork from the online entries will be chosen for a live exhibition in Washington, DC. Parents or educators of children with a disability, ages 5-18, are welcome to submit!
www.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/programs/vsa_iap.cfm
Sundance Short Film Festival
Deadline: 7/1/14
In partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Sundance Institute invites storytellers to submit short films that explore empowering individuals and communities who are overcoming poverty and hunger, combating disease, or improving health. The goal of the challenge is to use the power of independent film and collective creativity to inspire a global conversation around innovative solutions that real people are using to conquer these challenges. FIVE winning Short Films will premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and those FIVE winning filmmakers will each receive a $10,000 prize and an all-expenses paid trip to attend the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. tongal.com/sundance
Not a filmmaker, but want to get involved? Submit your Story that celebrates individuals or communities overcoming poverty and hunger (for example, it can be a subject, a place, an event or a concept). We will be awarding FIVE Story winners $1,000 each for inventive and interesting submissions and one of those winning Stories will be brought to life by a renowned Sundance Institute filmmaker. If your Story is selected to be produced, you will attend the premiere of this short at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
En Foco's New Work Photography Fellowship Awards
Deadline: 7/7/14
En Foco's New Work Photography Fellowship Awards is an annual program selecting several U.S. based photographers of Latino, African or Asian heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and Pacific, through a free, national call for entries. New Works helps artists to create or complete an in-depth photographic series exploring themes of their choice, and provides the infrastructure needed for national visibility and a professional exhibition of their new work in the New York area. For details on how to apply, please visit http://www.enfoco.org/index.php/programs/newworks_award/
Call for Entries VSA Texas 5th Annual Distinguished Artist Veterans Exhibit
Deadline: 7/25/14
VSA Texas invites all Veterans with Disabilities/Wounded Warriors living in Texas to submit artwork to the fifth annual Distinguished Artist Veterans Exhibit. This year we have been invited to exhibit at the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio, TX. Please email April Sullivan at [email protected] or call 866-489-8412 for an entry form.
7. ARTWARD: Call For Entries
Deadline: 9/30/14
ARTWARD is an international art competition awarded by the agency ICAA e.K. ARTWARD is focused on the young talents in art. The prize money, as well as artist-in-residence programs, offer artists the opportunity to implement new projects. The prize is democratic and transparent. Each candidate is given a unique URL page with text and images, and is promoted on our social network platforms. An international jury, consisting of renowned art experts, judges not only on outstanding artistic quality, innovation and a compelling total work are just as important. In addition, we act as an agent between artists and collectors, curators, galleries and our customer projects. NEW: We want to promote the international exchange of artists and art institutions and also invite international artists to apply for the ARTWARD. Learn more: http://www.artward.de/en/
RESIDENCIES
Tanz- und Theaterwerkstatt Ludwigsburg (Germany)
Deadline: 5/25/14
'Mind Puzzle' is a transdisciplinary artproject, initiated by the Tanz- und Theaterwerkstatt Ludwigsburg and the choreographer and director Fabian Chyle. 'Mind Puzzle' centers on the subject 'dementia' and aims to raise awareness for people with dementia through artistic interventions and events. Every year there will be a conference - 'Zukunftswerkstatt' - on different relevant topics. The topic of the 'Zukunftswerkstatt 2014' will be how the arts deal with the phenomenon dementia, the different views of artists on the topic as seen in their work and the meaning of the arts and artistic endeavors for people with dementia and their supporting systems. For the 'Zukunfstwerkstatt 2014' we offer 3 'Artists in Residencies' (10. - 26.10.2014) for artists from all disciplines. The chosen artists will research for one week in institutions for the elderly in Ludwigsburg. After that we will provide working- and rehearsal space for the artists to process the impressions and thoughts about their experience. The results will be presented at the 'Zukunftswerkstatt'.
www.in-kontakt-mit-demenz.de
Headlands Center for the Arts: Artist in Residence Program (Sausalito, CA)
Deadline: 6/6/14
The Artist in Residence (AIR) program awards fully sponsored residencies to approximately 45 local, national, and international artists each year. Residencies of four to ten weeks include private studio space, chef-prepared meals, comfortable housing, and travel and living stipends when available. AIRs become part of a dynamic community of artists participating in Headlands' other programs, allowing for exchange and collaborative relationships to develop within the artist community on campus. Artists selected for this program are at all stages in their careers and work in all media, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, dance, music, interdisciplinary, social practice, and architecture.
www.headlands.org
Balmoral Fellowships 2015 (Germany)
Deadline: 6/28/14
Six residential fellowships will be awarded to international visual artists. For the residencies for 2015, applicants' artistic work should focus on or have some connection with or make reference to Dada. This offering, which is unique in Germany, is intended to enable deeper mutual creative cross-fertilization among the resident artists. It will also lead to a more intensive specialist exchange of ideas with external artists, speakers, teachers, curators, etc. Two fellowships last three months and four fellowships last nine months. All residential fellowships run from June each year. The residential fellowships are endowed with 1,400 € a month and include free accommodation in the Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral.
To foster dialog between artistic work and theoretical reflection, Balmoral awards a residential curator fellowship to a fellow in the humanities (preferably art history). The curator fellowship is awarded to persons whose university degree (at least M.A.) was completed not more than 5 years ago. For the curator fellowship, mastery of the German language spoken and in writing as well as good knowledge of English is essential. The fellowship lasts nine months and begins in June 2015. It is endowed with 1,400 € per month and includes free accommodation in the Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral.
Additional information and PDF application forms are available on our homepage www.balmoral.de.
Emerging Artists Fellowship at the Santa Fe Art Institute
Deadline: 7/5/14
The Harpo Foundation's Emerging Artist Fellowship at the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) was established in 2013 to provide an annual opportunity to an emerging visual artist 25 years and older who needs time and space to explore ideas and start new projects. Artist Fellows will receive a one-month residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute, which includes a handsomely appointed room with private bath, a beautiful, well-lit studio space, and a $500 travel stipend. Artists must apply online. To find out more about this opportunity, please contact Residency Program Manager Nina Elder at (505) 424-5050 or gro.iafs@seicnediser at the Santa Fe Art Institute.
http://www.harpofoundation.org/emerging-artist-fellowship/
Open Call: Piramid�n Artist Residency in Barcelona
Piramid�n has a total of 16 studios, two are for non-residents for temporary stays of 3 to 6 months. Features of residency: Exhibition of works in the exhibition hall; Information and communication of the all exhibitions at the "Piramid�n News", on the website and on social networks; Free access to the kitchen-office; Free use of the dining room and / or meeting room; Free use of the tools and machinery; Water and electricity services; Free wifi access; Printing facilities; Free access to the rooftop terrace; Reception messaging; Storage and temporary custody of artist personal belongings. http://www.piramidon.com/en/espacios/estudios
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Love Your Block: Funds available for community projects
Want $1,000 to improve your block? If you have an idea in mind to improve your neighborhood, the new LOVE YOUR BLOCK, AUSTIN! program can help! Get a mini-grant ranging from $500 to $1,000 to help fund a community improvement project led by neighborhood volunteers. Applications are due June 1, 2014.
Learn more and apply at http://www.austintexas.gov/loveyourblock.
For questions, contact Nevena Pilipovic by e-mail at [email protected] or call 512-974-1346.
African American Youth Harvest Foundation Talent Call
Auditions: May 24 & 31
AAYHF invites actors, singers, dancers, spoken word artists, musicians, and performers of all ages to audition for performance spots at their upcoming fundraiser event at the Stateside @ the Paramount on June 14. Cash prizes will be given for the performers chosen for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Call 512-291-6081 to get your name on the audition list. http://aayhf.org/
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