WORKSHOPS & TRAINING
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! 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. http://convention.artsusa.org
Quickbooks Made Easy - 2 part workshop
When: July 28, 9 am - 4:30 pm
Gregg S Bossen, CPA of QuickBooks Made Easy is now offering his two part QuickBooks� training seminar for Nonprofits in Austin, TX. Part 1: Essentials gives you everything you need to know on how your QuickBooks� files need to be set up in order to provide the reporting your board, accountant, and you need to operate a nonprofit. For those of you who want to learn more than just the Essentials, there's Part 2: Advanced.
Register at http://sites.austincc.edu/npo/quickbooks
Creating, Engaging and Maintaining EFFECTIVE Boards When: August 12, 9 am - 4 pm Known for his frank and often contrarian views of nonprofit practice, Barry Silverberg combines his 40 years of practical experience with a review of the literature on the legal and pragmatic realities of Boards to present and lead a discussion on how to create, engage and maintain effective Boards: the roles, responsibilities, authority and expectations of Board members and staff. http://sites.austincc.edu/npo/event/creating-engaging-and-maintaining-effective-boards/ Social Media for Nonprofits When: August 18, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Join nonprofit decision-makers and supporters in the Austin area to share practical tips and tools for fundraising, marketing, and advocacy. Speakers will address a variety of topics in a series of short, TED-meets-Twitter style talks and interactive workshops. Workshops and breakouts allow participants to get hands-on experience with measurement and designing compelling email newsletters. http://socialmedia4nonprofits.org/austin/ GRANTS Austin Film Society Grants Deadline: 6/2/15 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). Grants may be used for production, post-production and distribution. Awards are provided to artists whose work shows promise, skill, and creativity. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the grant. www.austinfilm.org/afsgrant
Vilcek Foundation: Vilcek Prize For Creative Promise In Theatre Deadline: 6/15/15 The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise were established in 2009 to encourage and support young immigrants who have already demonstrated exceptional achievements, and who often face significant challenges early in their careers. The Vilcek Foundation will award three prizes of $50,000 each to young theatre professionals who demonstrate outstanding early achievement. Applications will be evaluated on its quality, level of creativity, clarity of vision, and impact. http://www.vilcek.org/prizes/creative-promise/index.html
The Anne Emery Kyllo Professional Scholarship Of The American Music Therapy Association Deadline: 6/26/15 The Anne Emery Kyllo Professional Scholarship of the American Music Therapy Association supports professional music therapists in their efforts to expand their training and professional interactions through participation in continuing education opportunities. Three cash scholarships of $500 each will be awarded for use toward continuing music therapy education credits. The award may be used for national and/or regional conferences, CMTE (continuing music therapy education) courses, and/or other continuing education courses that meet the Educational Activity guidelines as established by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT). http://www.musictherapy.org/careers/scholars/#Anne_Emery_Kyllo_Professional_Scholarship
CALLS FOR ENTRIES New Texas Talent XXII Deadline: 6/5/15 New Texas Talent is designed to introduce and promote emerging visual artists in the commercial market. Each year hundreds of images are submitted for review. The juror then selects artists to participate in the New Texas Talent exhibition. Through their participation in the show, some artists have been offered representation by galleries and/or have been extended invitations for inclusion in future exhibitions. The exhibition and its participants have also received media exposure in such publications as D Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, The Observer and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, A+C Magazine and many others. http://www.craigheadgreen.com/newtalent_2015_live.htm Affect 2015 Summer Program (Berlin) AFFECT, Agora's program for collaborative artistic practices in Berlin launches the 2015 Summer Program - offering international and national visitors the opportunity to join an immersive summer school where to explore four site specific aspects of art's relation to Berlin, via artistic research and collaboration. The four consecutive modules are leaded by one international artist, , who invites participants to collectively explore a topic and develop a set of practices and research methodologies over the period of one month in the city of Berlin. Each module takes the form of a participatory workshop revolving around a central research question supported by a series of activities proposed by the facilitators. MODULE #3/ 'Europe city in Berlin' (JULY) APPLY before June 10 MODULE #4/ 'The artistic mission' (AUGUST) APPLY before July 10 www.agoracollective.org/affect Call for Public Art Aurora, Colorado Deadline: 6/5/15 The Regional Transportation District (RTD) of Denver, Colorado is the transportation agency for an eight-county area in Colorado serving a population of 2.8 million people. RTD is committed to increasing the number of original commissioned pieces of art throughout its district and is pleased to announce a series of commissioned art opportunities on the FasTracks I-225 Rail Line, which is currently under construction. The corridor will open in 2016, with the specific dates yet to be determined. This commission is on the I-225 Rail Line for the 2nd and Abilene light rail station in Aurora, CO. The budget for this artwork is $100,000 inclusive. http://tinyurl.com/koh8csy 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. 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. 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 Call for Public Art City of Chicago: Greater Grand Crossing Branch Library Deadline: 6/14/15 The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), working with the Chicago Public Library invites professional artists to submit their interest in a public art commission for the new Greater Grand Crossing Branch Library. This commission opportunity is to create a site-specific artwork that responds to the community's clearly stated desire that the public art for their library be reflective of intellectual curiosity, creativity and a thirst for knowledge expressed in a visually sophisticated manner. Uniquely, this library is a partner in Pocket Con, a comic conference held in the neighborhood for Chicago teens and focusing on underrepresented populations in the comic genre. The local youth and parent awareness of Anime and graphic novels is high. All media will be considered but it is essential that it have low maintenance requirements. The panel will select semi-finalists in June 2015 who will be paid honorarium to develop proposals by September with finalist being selected in October. Installation by the commissioned finalist is expected within one year of contracting. http://tinyurl.com/omxpmls CUE call for proposals Deadline: 6/30/15 The inaugural Solo Exhibition Open Call provides one emerging or under-recognized artist the necessary time and resources to present an exhibition at CUE in 2016. The selected artist will receive valuable mentor support from one established curator on the selection panel including a studio visit and installation guidance in preparation for the exhibition, in addition to a $5,000 stipend and travel allowance, and an accompanying exhibition catalog with an essay written by a participant in CUE's Young Art Critic Mentoring Program. http://cueartfoundation.org/solo-exhibition-open-call Call to Artists - EPS Northwest Campus Public Art Project (Edmonton, ONT) Deadline: 7/7/15 The Edmonton Arts Council Public Art Program on behalf of the City of Edmonton is seeking an Artist or Artist team to create a site specific public art sculptural installation at the Edmonton Police Services Northwest Campus. This is a significant and highly visible location to the public. PUBLIC PLAZA - main entrance on the east side of the facility. Art will be situated within the planting beds and on the plaza. Artwork in this location must be of low height and non-climbable. NORTHEAST CORNER - highly visible & located in a grassy area close to the sidewalk leading to the main entrance of the police station. Budget: $450,000.00 CAD (max, all inclusive) Deadline: 4:30 pm (MDST), July 07, 2015 This Public Art Call is open to Edmonton, Canadian & International artists. Please visit the website to read the full Call 4th Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art Deadline: 7/15/15 Islamic Art Revival Series (IARS) in partnership with LuminArt� Gallery presents the 4th Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art. Juror: This year IARS is pleased to announce Salma Tuqan as the esteemed juror for this year's exhibition. Ms Tuqan is the Curator of the art of Contemporary Middle East since 2011, at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, United Kingdom. Exhibition dates: September 26 to October 31, 2015. All accepted art work may be featured on IARS website for a full one year after the end of the exhibition. www.islamicartrevival.com LuminArt� Gallery may also feature the art work on their website. www.luminarte.com Call for Public Art (New Mexico) Deadline: 7/17/15 The Bernalillo County Public Art Program is soliciting preliminary design sketches for for two sculptures that relate to each other in the rural setting outside of the Vista Grande Community Center. The established budget for this project is $120,000. The locations for the sculptures are at the entrance to the Vista Grande Community Center on Madera Rd., and in the landscaped area in the parking lot outside of the Community Center. It is a multipurpose community center with a fitness center, gymnasium, theater, computer room, day care center and athletic fields. Built to serve students at nearby East Mountain High School the Fisher-Smith Gym at the community center was completed in 2009. Located in the picturesque East Mountains, Vista Grande literally means "grand view" and the Community Center lives up to its name. This project is open to artists residing in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma. http://tinyurl.com/mgxz958
Call for Projects Traverse Vid�o Deadline: 10/15/15 Traverse Vid�o programs experimental films, art video, installations, photography, and performance. Submit your application for the 19th edition, March 2016 in Toulouse, France. www.traverse-video.org
RESIDENCIES Vermont Studio Center Deadline: 6/15/15 The Studio Center provides 2-12 week studio residencies on an historic 30-building campus along the Gihon River in Johnson, Vermont, a village in the heart of the northern Green Mountains. Residents receive an individual studio, private room, and all meals. In addition, VSC's program includes a roster of Visiting Artists and Writers who offer slide talks/readings and individual studio visits/conferences. http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org Digital Fabrication Residency Deadline: 7/20/15 Digital Fabrication Residency is a professional development program engaging artists with digital tools for project visualization and fabrication workflows for 3D printing, CNC routing, laser cutting, digital embroidery, textile printing, animation and other platforms. A core concept of this program is to engage in the digital craft of making as it concerns technology augmenting with traditional fabrication concepts, processes and materials. Residents learn software workflows and become knowledgeable in current applications of technology in the production of art. http://www.digitalfabricationresidency.com/ ArtSmith Culture and Travel Writer Residency (Laredo, TX) Deadline: 7/31/15 Spend three days soaking in the rich, Spanish colonial history and culture of Laredo, Texas. The residency, designed for culture and travel writers, will be an intense, three-day cultural immersion for up to five selected fellows to join travel writer Tiffany Owens, photographer Bob Johnson, and Artsmith director and writer Jill McCabe Johnson as they explore the city and its environs. http://orcasartsmith.org Call for Caldera's 2015-2016 Artists in Schools Deadline: 8/1/15 Applications are now being accepted for artists of any discipline experienced in teaching in a middle school setting. If accepted, artists will teach one-week residencies in Caldera's partner schools. Residencies culminate at the end of the week with a presentation, exhibit, or permanent installation at the school. http://calderaarts.org/caldera Open Call for 2016 Artist-in-Residence Program at Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska Deadline: 9/30/15 Since 2001, a total of 60 accomplished artists, writers, and composers have participated in the Artist-in-Residence program at Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Following a 10-day residency, each volunteers to lead a public outreach activity with visitors and to donate one piece of finished artwork to the program collection. For a two-year trial period beginning with this open call for residencies in 2016, the program will explore a preference for digital and performance-based donations rather than physical pieces for the program collection. Artists are challenged to create artwork and activities for visitors that offer a fresh and innovative perspective of the park drawn from their own experience. http://tinyurl.com/oar3g9l
Buzzfeed's Emerging Writers Fellowship Deadline: 10/1/15 Buzzfeed is offering a four-month program, starting January 2016, that will provide mentorship and experience to promising future writers. During this fellowship, writers will be involved in pitching, reporting, and writing while also participating in workshops and panel discussions with various editors in the industry. This fellowship hopes to help writers succeed as future freelancers and staff at media organizations. The work that is produced by the fellows will be published by Buzzfeed. The fellows will also receive a $12,000 stipend and will work with the senior editorial staff out of the New York office. |