WORKSHOPS & TRAINING
You're Social, Now What? Making Social Media Work for Your Organization
When: March 5, 9 - 11 a.m. Where: ACC Highland Business Center, 5890 Middle Fiskville Rd.
You've thought about what social networks to use for your business or nonprofit, and you're ready to take the next step. Where do you go from there? Get a closer look at the top 5 popular social media networks - Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+. You'll also get tips on how to tell if your social media activity is working.
http://nonprofitaustin.org/events/
History Symposium: Women of the Republic of Texas
When: March 26, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Texas State Cemetary, 909 Navasota Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison headlines "Women of the Republic of Texas," the first Texas history symposium organized and hosted by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Museum Committee. The event will include lunch and a guided tour of the State Cemetery.
http://www.drtinfo.org/women-of-the-republic-of-texas
Raising Artists Mini Conference
When: March 28, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Where:AIA Austin, 801 W. 12th St.
Raising Artists is a professional development program for artists at different stages of their creative pursuits, from high school portfolio requirements to financials for artists who are small business owners.
http://tinyurl.com/o3ma39f
DanceAbility Teacher Training with Alito Alessi Registration Due: March 28 First time in the US in over 10 years - DanceAbility International's mission is to encourage the evolution of mixed-abilities dance by cultivating a common ground for creative expression for all people. The course in Austin will take place over two ten-day sessions from May 11-22 and December 7-18, 2015. DanceAbility Teacher Certification is for people who want to teach integrated groups in movement arts, or learn a model for facilitating communities that foster inclusive participation. For more information visit: www.danceability.com Contact Celia Hughes, VSATexas, at 1-866-489-8412 with questions.
March Webinars from Creative Capital
Creative Capital is offering six webinars in March.
Reinvigorate your image with Authentic Branding and Strategic Marketing; freshen up your online activity with Social Media and Web Site, Blog & Email Essentials; stimulate your creativity with Applying for Grants and Residencies; and uncover the artist-parent dynamic (whether you are a parent now, or think you may be one in the future) with Artists Raising Kids.
http://creative-capital.org/events/calendar/type:Online%20Learning
NALAC Regional Arts Training - Detroit Art Talks '15
When: June 5-6
Where: Detroit, MI
NALAC Regional Arts Training Workshops are convened throughout the nation to assist in strengthening local networks of Latino artists and Latino arts and cultural organizations, while fostering active engagement between NALAC and its constituents. The seminar brings together national arts experts and local arts professionals for comprehensive capacity building opportunities and community dialogue. Events include panel discussions, workshops, networking, art exhibits and luncheon and evening reception. Workshop tracks for artists and organizations focus on research and grant writing, capacity building, strategic planning and business skills for artists. http://www.nalactienda.org/regionals_s/1821.htm
Registration Open for Americans for the Arts Conference in Chicago
When: June 12-14
Register today for the 2015 Annual Convention, taking place June 12-14, 2015 in Chicago! Save big by taking advantage of our special Early-Bird registration rate, which ends Friday, April 3, 2015.The conference will take place at the Chicago Sheraton, with more than 40 breakouts, three keynotes, three preconferences, two Workshop Intensives, a dozen ARTventure Tours, and an opening reception at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Over the next few months we'll be announcing sessions, speakers, and other special events. Stay tuned for more, but don't wait to register!
http://convention.artsusa.org
GRANTS
Texas Women for the Arts Grants
Deadline: 3/6/15
Texas Women for the Arts is a giving circle, uniting the financial force of Texas women in funding programs for the arts and arts education throughout the state. In May of 2014, the Texas Women for the Arts awarded $235,000 to 18 arts and arts education programs from across the state, making a tremendous impact on the arts in Texas, for our youth, and our heritage. Since its inception in 2005, Texas Women for the Arts has awarded over $1.3 million to 63 arts organizations, impacting more than three-quarters of a million children across the state. Download the application
Visual and Performing Arts Programs Department of State U.S. Mission to Pakistan Grant Deadline: 3/16/15
The Public Affairs Section Islamabad invites all eligible organizations to submit a proposal for a $50,000-500,000 Grant or Cooperative Agreement to support people-to-people activities between the people of the United States and Pakistan, specifically in the area of visual and performing arts (e.g. filmmaking, photography, poetry, theater, comedy, music, or other performing and visual arts). The objective of this funding opportunity is to promote visual and performing arts as a medium for professionals and communities, from the United States and Pakistan, to engage in substantive dialogue about issues related to civic engagement, freedom of expression and social justice. http://tinyurl.com/qhueox7
NEA Challenge America
Deadline: 4/16/15
Challenge America offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations-those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. In fiscal year 2014, Challenge America funded 147 grants totaling $1.47 million. The deadline for Challenge America is April 16, 2015.
Guidelines and application materials are in the Apply for a Grant section of the NEA website. The Challenge America session will be on March 11, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. ET.
http://arts.gov/grants/apply-grant/grants-organizations
Latino Americas: 500 Years of History Deadline: 5/1/15
Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, a public programming initiative for libraries and other cultural organizations, will support exploration of the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape the United States over the last five centuries and who have become, with more than 50 million people, the country's largest minority group. The program is designed for libraries, museums, community arts and cultural organizations, historical societies, public television station affiliates, state humanities councils, and others that seek to facilitate informed discussion in their communities about the long and fascinating history of Latinos in the United States. This project will feature as a public programming cornerstone the NEH-funded PBS documentary series Latino Americans, a production of WETA Washington, DC; Bosch and Co., Inc.; and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB). http://tinyurl.com/o78okw3
CALLS FOR ENTRIES
Lawndale Art Center Call for Exhibition Proposals Deadline: 3/15/15 Lawndale Art Center (Houston, TX) is currently accepting proposals from artists and curators to be reviewed by Lawndale's Programming Committee for exhibitions to be scheduled between August 2015 and May 2016, including exhibitions during the 2016 FotoFest Biennial. Proposals are accepted online via Submittable.com. There is no fee to submit a proposal. Please visit https://lawndaleartcenter.submittable.com/submit to create a free account.
VKUNST Frankfurt VII 'Ich Bleibe' Media and Video Art Exhibition
Deadline: 3/27/15
In May 2015, vkunst frankfurt presents for the seventh time current tendencies of international video art in the city centre of Frankfurt am Main, from MMK Museum of Modern Art to the Main river. Showing projections, interactive installations and animated computer art by about 40 artists, the windows of 25 galleries and shops will transform Frankfurt's Fahrgasse street into a 'roofless exhibition hall' for two evenings. In 2015, selected works of the exhibition will also be presented at the premises of the Kunstverein Familie Montez e.V. (Honsellbr�cke am Hafenpark, Frankfurt) for a period of one month. The works will be shown in walk-in installations by the artist duo Winter/Hoerbelt. vkunst frankfurt takes place annually and provides a constant platform for both established artists and young talents from all countries.
www.v-kunst.de
Call for Artists: Compassion Sculpture at Cunningham Elementary
Deadline: 4/1/15
Cunningham Elementary will hire a local artist to create and install a sculpture for the front of their school campus as part of a plan to help the city of Austin earn an official "compassionate city" designation through the Charter for Compassion. Budget: $3000. Contact [email protected] for more information.
The New Art Center's Curatorial Opportunity Program Deadline: 4/6/15
This open-call program investigates contemporary culture through the visual arts and makes diverse curatorial visions possible. It encourages emerging curators and artist-curators to realize experimental exhibitions within a large, non-profit exhibition space. We accept proposals involving two or more artists and at least one public presentation. http://www.newartcenter.org/artist/opportunity.aspx?id=28
National Printmaking Exhibition 2015 at the The Wichita Center for the Arts Deadline: 4/17/15 Exhibition Dates: July 17 - August 16, 2015. $7500 in cash and purchase awards. $30 for 3 entries. Postmarked deadline: April 17, 2015. Juror: Gordon Sherman, Fort Hays State University. Information and Prospectus available at link below. www.wcfta.com
Open Call: 100 GATES looking for muralists (NYC)
Deadline: 4/20/15
100 GATES is a Lower East Side public art initiative that connects artists with LES business owners by installing murals on the roll down security gates belonging to businesses in the neighborhood. We're recruiting artists and businesses during the winter, with installations timed to take place throughout the warmer summer months. You can learn more about the project and see examples of current installations here: www.100gates.nyc
Juried exhibition: The Writing on the Wall (NYC) Deadline: 5/5/15 The Painting Center, an artist-run, non-profit gallery in the heart of Chelsea, announces a call for entries for its upcoming, juried exhibition entitled, The Writing on the Wall running from June 23 through July 18, 2015. Highly publicized and with a catalog, the exhibition will feature a diverse group of artists who are exploring text-based art. http://www.thepaintingcenter.org/juried-exhibition-writing-wall
AMoA Biennial - 600: Sculpture Deadline:6/5/15 The Amarillo Museum of Art (AMoA) has issued a Call for Entries to the Biennial - 600: Sculpture. This is the sixth in an ongoing series of juried biennial exhibitions exploring specific areas of artistic practice, material, and content. JUROR: LEIGH ARNOLD; Assistant Curator, the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas. The exhibition will be on view August 14 - October 9, 2015. http://texassculpturenetwork.org/?p=600
Call for Visual Art and Literary Work Deadline: Open Rolling Submission Pen and Brush provides a platform to showcase the work of excellent female artists to a broader audience. Our galleries can accommodate a variety of group shows, solo and feature exhibitions curated by art world professionals who support our vision.
http://www.penandbrush.org/explore/visual
Dave Bown Projects 10th Semiannual Competition
Deadline: 6/6/15 $10,000 Prize. Jurors: Claire C. Carter, Curator of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; Carmen Hermo, Assistant Curator for Collections, Guggenheim Museum, New York; Anna Stothart, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, San Antonio Museum of Art. Contact: Dave Bown.www.davebownprojects.com
RESIDENCIES
Picture Berlin (Germany) Deadline: 3/11/15 Picture Berlin, now in its 6th year, is a 6 week hybrid summer residency program designed for emerging artists working in contemporary art and photography. A rigorous studio practice forms the heart of the program and working in community with other artist is its soul. The dynamic programming offers over 15 lectures by Berlin based artists, one-on-one discussions with over 10 international artists and curators, multiple exhibitions, group meals and work reviews, studio visits, a curatorial marathon, 6 choreographed artist walks, and gallery tours of both the thriving project space scene and the commercial gallery scene. The city shapes the program and is the springboard into the greater European art scene.
http://www.pictureberlin.org/
Titanik A.i.R Sound artist residency Finland Deadline: 3/13/15
Titanik A.i.R. programme offers mainly 1 to 3 month residencies to sound artists. The residency is located in Turku, the South-western coast of Finland. Our residency focuses on sound art, projects and other contemporary art collaborating sound. We offer a studio, possibilities to exhibit or arrange other presentations and accommodation for the period. http://www.titanik.fi/residency/about/
Fresh Milk International Residency in Barbados Deadline:3/13/15 FRESH MILK is seeking proposals from artists working outside of Barbados to apply for the international residency program in 2015. Available dates for the residencies are between March 23 - June 12, 2015 and November 2 - 30, 2015. This residency aims to support visual artists, writers, and curators by offering a peaceful working space for a minimum of four weeks for creative production, the opportunity to interface with contemporary practitioners living and working in Barbados, access to the on-site Colleen Lewis Reading Room, the chance to broaden understanding of the work being produced locally and regionally in the Caribbean, and to strengthen international networks and relationships http://freshmilkbarbados.com/international-residency-opportunity/
Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency 2015 (California)
Deadline: 3/15/15
The Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency provides artists from around the world seven weeks of uninterrupted time and space in the inspiring desert environment surrounding Joshua Tree National Park. It's an opportunity for painters, sculptors, photographers, writers and musicians to have a full block of time to focus on their work without the distractions of day to day schedules, jobs or family. The residency bestows each artist with a place to live, a full studio to work in and a stipend to offset travel costs. www.jthar.com/
Le CouveNt - Artist Residency Grant 2015 Deadline: 3/18/15
The grant is aimed to worldwide emerging artists, from all disciplines, willing to create new works.The "le CouveNt" Grant for artists encourages the mobility of young artists as well as the expression of cultural diversity. The grant is aimed to worldwide emerging artists, from all disciplines, willing to create new works at "le CouveNt". To apply, the artist must have a precise project and commit themselves to execute it during their residency at "le CouveNt ". The laureate will benefit from full financial support during their stay at "le CouveNt ". http://www.lecouventauzits.com/en/2015-grant-program
Residency at Gleis70
Deadline: 3/20/15
The Cooperative Gleis70, together with the Cultural Department of the City and State of Zurich, provide a residential artist studio, including a living/working space as well as a grant. This residency is for visual artists from abroad or Swiss visual artists from the French, Italian or Romansh-speaking part. Artists have the opportunity to stay four/five months in the guest studio Gleis70 while pursuing their own projects and to network with in-house artists or the art scene in Zurich.
http://www.gastateliergleis70.ch/?page_id=8
The Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Deadline: 4/1/15
The Core Residency Program awards residencies to exceptional, highly motivated visual artists and critical writers who have completed their undergraduate or graduate training and are working to develop a sustainable practice. http://www.mfah.org/core
The Textile Arts Center Residency (New York) Deadline: 4/1/15 The Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, NY equips emerging fiber artists and designers with the skills they need to articulate their practices and contribute to their communities. TAC offers a rigorous Artists in Residence (AIR) program that combines interdisciplinary learning with a deep focus on technical and professional development. Throughout the nine-month program, residents are able to advance and elevate their work, actively pursue their career ambitions, and share their knowledge outside of the studio walls. A jury of professional designers and artists will select 8 residents to participate in the AIR program, which runs from September 2015-June 2016. http://www.textileartscenter.com/
The Tulsa Artist Fellowship 2016 Deadline: 4/3/15 The Tulsa Artist Fellowship will cultivate Tulsa's art scene by both supporting local artists and attracting national artists. The Tulsa Artist Fellowship provides an unrestricted stipend, free housing and work-space in Tulsa, Oklahoma to US Resident artists. http://www.gkff.org/taf/
La Fragua Artist Residency, Spain Deadline: 4/20/15 La Fragua is a non-profit cultural organization conceived with the purpose of developing the arts in the rural environment. La Fragua is a multi-purpose public space for artistic research, production, and exhibiting. More than 120 artists and writers have participated in the program at La Fragua since it's inception, contributing to the growth and identity of the center with exhibitions, presentations, events and activities involving the community. http://lafragua.eu/residency
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Submit Your Austin Growth Problems
As part of the 2015 Fusebox Festival, Ghana ThinkTank is inviting residents to submit their concerns and other thoughts related to Austin's rapid growth. These problems will be considered by a global network of think tanks in Cuba, Ghana, Iran, Mexico, El Salvador, and other "developing countries". Submit as many as you like
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