Rasmuson Foundation is now accepting its next round of applications from all previous Rasmuson Individual Artist Award Recipients for its Artist Residency Program. The deadline is August 15, 2014.

Rasmuson Foundation honors the merit and significance of a life dedicated to serious artistic exploration and growth. The Foundation believes that an artist's energy, ideas and creative drive cannot bear fruit without periods of time devoted to experimentation, education and personal reflection. The Foundation also acknowledges that artists need opportunities to explore their work at various stages of their careers.

With these guiding principles in mind, Rasmuson Foundation last year launched the Artist Residency Program, which brings four Lower 48 artists to Alaska and sends four Alaska artists to the Lower 48 for 60-day residencies.

The nationally renowned Lower 48 participating organizations that will host Alaska artists in residence in 2015 are:

Djerassi Resident Artists Program

Woodside, CA

McColl Center for Art + Innovation

Charlotte, NC

Santa Fe Art Institute  

(in partnership with Institute of American Indian Arts)

Santa Fe, NM

Zygote Press

Cleveland, OH

Grants to the host organizations cover all aspects of the residency, including artist travel and stipend, administrative fees, housing and meal costs, materials and local transportation. For a more detailed description of each organization and their specific program and disciplines they support, please see the How to Apply page on the Rasmuson Foundation website.

Lower 48 host organizations make final selections from applicants who complete an online application through Rasmuson Foundation. At this time, only artists who have previously received a Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award are eligible to apply.

The goals of the Artist Residency Program include: supporting the creative growth of Alaska's artists and arts organizations, exposing Alaskans to new work and creative processes of Lower 48 artists, and introducing Lower 48 communities to unique Alaska perspectives through extended engagements with artists.

Harper Arts Presenting and Touring Fund Grants are available on a rolling deadline. Contact Laura Forbes for more information.

ASCA Quarterly Grants for FY15 | 2nd Quarter Deadline - September 1, 2014 | Community Arts Development, Workshop, Career Opportunity, Walker Arts, and Master Artist and Apprentice Grants

Alaska Arts & Culture Foundation and ASCA Alaska Literary Awards | Deadline September 2, 2014 | Visit http://bit.ly/AKliteraryawards for information and to apply   

Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities nominations open | Deadline October 1, 2014

The online nomination form is at http://bit.ly/2015AKGovAwardsNominations. 

Alaska State Writer Laureate nominations open | Deadline October 1, 2014 

Click here for the nomination form.

Artist in Schools Grants for FY15 | Round II Deadline - November 1, 2014 | Visit http://education.alaska.gov/aksca/AIS.html for information or contact Laura Forbes.  

Rasmuson Foundation Cultural Collaborations Project Grants for FY15 | Round II Deadline - December 1, 2014 | Visit http://education.alaska.gov/aksca/ccp.html for information or contact Laura Forbes 

ASCA Quarterly Grants for FY15 | 3rd Quarter Deadline - December 1, 2014 | Community Arts Development, Workshop, Career Opportunity, Walker Arts, and Master Artist and Apprentice Grants  

Go to www.facebook.com/ArtsAlaska to find out about ASCA opportunities, events and intriguing arts-related articles from across the web.

Call for Proposals: PARK(ing) Day - a Creative Placemaking event

on September 19, 2014, Anchorage AK

PARK(ing) Day is an annual global event where community members collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into "PARK(ing)" spaces: temporary public places. The project began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted a single metered parking space into a temporary public park in downtown San Francisco. Since 2005, PARK(ing) day has evolved into a global movement, with organizations and individuals creating new forms of temporary public space in urban contexts around the world.

Bree Kessler, in partnership with the Anchorage Parks Foundation, is organizing the 2014 PARK(ing) day and is looking for artists who are interested in being paired with a local business to activate a parking space near their location. If you are interested in participating, please contact Bree at: bckessler@gmail.com. 

For more information, go to: www.AKparkingday.com or view the Facebook event at:  www.facebook.com/events/285916758259953/ 

Request for Qualifications: Percent for Art 

Deadline for entries: August 15, 2014

Budget: $91,225

The Alaska State Council on the Arts on behalf of the State of Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development is requesting qualifications from Alaska artists for interior artwork to be commissioned for the recently constructed AVTEC - Alaska's Institute for Technology Dormitory in Seward, Alaska.

This RFQ is open to professional ARTISTS and PHOTOGRAPHERS IN ALASKA ONLY.  

Applications will be accepted online only through CaFE at www.callforentry.org .

Northwest Film Center's Fresh Film Northwest 2014

(formerly the Young People's Film Festival)

Submission deadline extended: August 15, 2014

No entry fee. Open to students from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. 

Submissions are judged by a jury panel of professional filmmakers and educators. Individual and group submissions from youth ages 13 to 19 are accepted. Applications can be submitted by mail or online through Submittable.

The festival is made up of two components: a free public screening presented in November in the Whitsell Auditorium as part of the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival and an online version, which makes offerings available year-round. 

More info, including submission forms, can be found here.  

Contact Anna Crandall, Education Programs Manager, Northwest Film Center School of Film,  

1219 SW Park Ave Portland, OR 97205,  503.221.1156 x25

Anchorage Press Post-It Note Art Contest

Deadline: September 15, 2014 5 pm

Each entry must be drawn on one 3x3 post-it note. To prevent loss and to make display possible, please mount each entry on durable card stock or foam core of at least 5x5 inches. Each entry must have contact information securely attached. Entries become the property of the Anchorage Press  

Categories:

1. Make a drawing that includes the following: Jack Russell, earbuds or headphones, wolf.
2. Sketch one of the following iconic Alaskan places: the Fourth Avenue Theater breezeway, the Office Lounge, the train at the Train Park.
3. Polar bear doing something unnatural
4. Joe Miller
5. Selfie
6. Story on a Post-It
7. Free draw/open

Deliver your entries to the Anchorage Press, 540 East 5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501 Questions? 561-7737

Call for Entries: the 18th Mini Print International Exhibition 

The Ink Shop Printmaking Center & Olive Branch Press

Deadline Extended: September 2, 2014
Opening Reception, Friday, November 7, 2014
November 7, 2014 - January 2015

Miniprint Application http://ink-shop.org/files/18th_mini_print_application.pdf 

Cash prizes of $500, $300, $200 will be awarded to
the top three artists, and 3 $100 honorable mentions.

$30 for up to 3 prints.
Need us to cut your mats? We'll do it, $9 per print. Please read application carefully for details.

The Ink Shop, 330 East State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850, 607-277-3884 artists@ink-shop.org 

Ink Shop Printmaking Center Call for Art: $$ Exchange $$ 

Submission Deadline: August 22, 2014

Do you want to make money? Follow the directions on the links below and make some Prints! The Theme is Exchange (as in money....) These are hard times, but we can make our own.

Exchange: as in exchange portfolio. You make an edition and so do other artists. Ink Shop will assemble them all and put them together and send you your own collecton of hand-made money made by great printmakers! So make some money and include the heroes, villains or icons of your choosing.

Exchange Specifications:

Editions should consist of twenty two impressions numbered 1/22 to 22/22, using any archival material. Twenty of the prints will be redistributed to other participants in a random selection process. Prints 1/22 and 2/22 from each edition will be retained as a complete set for the Ink Shop Printmaking Center Archives and display.

Brick by Brick Request for Proposals 

On view Oct. 3 through Jan. 11, 2015 Anchorage Museum

Proposals will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until these final deadlines:

• Museum Graffiti Proposal Deadline: September 2nd, 2014
• Maker Event Proposal Deadline: September 25th, 2014

The Anchorage Museum is looking for community members to share their expertise, talent and designs for the Brick by Brick exhibition at the Anchorage Museum. The exhibition emphasizes LEGO bricks as learning tools with artistic, scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical applications.

How to apply:

Email your interest to brickbybrick@anchoragemuseum.org. Be sure to include:

• First and last name, email and phone number
• Which program(s) you are interested in: Community Gallery, Museum Graffiti and/or Mini Maker's Event  
• Proposed dimensions of work built/to be built from LEGO bricks
• Attach .jpgs of work to email (if available)

Please submit questions to Lacie Stiewing, Brick by Brick Community Gallery, brickbybrick@anchoragemuseum.org or call 907-750-4011, 

Matanuska-Susitna Borough Seeking Artists for a Bidders Mailing List

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB) is required to provide works of art in the schools under the 1% for Art program. The MSB code contains certain requirements for the procurement of services which doesn't allow for the normal use of the CaFE system or other art related sites. The Purchasing Division is attempting to build a database of artists who are interested in notification when the Borough is soliciting for art pieces. In the near future the MSB will be soliciting art pieces for four schools:

• Joe Redington Sr. Junior/Senior High School
• Iditarod Elementary School
• Dena'ina Elementary School
• Mat-Su Career Technical High School Addition

If you are interested in receiving information on these projects or future art projects, please complete the attached Bidders Mailing List Application and return to purchasing@matsugov.us.  

Aesthetica Art Prize Call for Entries

Deadline: August 31, 2014

The Aesthetica Art Prize 2014 is now open for entries, offering both budding and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to an international audience and influential figures from the arts sector. Celebrating and nurturing outstanding contemporary art from across the world, the Art Prize welcomes all forms of art in the following categories: Photographic & Digital Art, Three Dimensional Design & Sculpture, Painting & Drawing and Video, Installation & Performance.

Prizes include a 12 week group show; up to �1000 in cash; publication in the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology and editorial coverage in Aesthetica Magazine (readership of 140,000 worldwide); art supplies and art books; and Q&As on the Aesthetica Blog. There are two main categories to enter: Main Prize and Student Prize. There is a winner for each main category. Entry is �15 and permits the submission of two works into any one category. For more information and to submit, visit

 www.aestheticamagazine.com/artprize.

DARK | National Juried Exhibition 2014 at Arc Gallery

Exhibition Dates:  November 8, 2014 - December 6, 2014

Submission deadline:  September 4th, 2014

DARK showcases the artists' creation of new and alternative realities, where the worlds of landscapes, figures, architecture, objects, and natural phenomena are emphasized or subverted, revealed or obscured, and investigates the many layers that surround our traditional sense of the real. 

Categories: sculpture, painting, drawing, photo, printmaking, ceramics, assemblage, collage, mixed media, fiber art, artist book. No jewelry, video, film, performance art, installation and works requiring an external electrical source.

Go here  for submission guidelines and information. Questions? Contact Stephen C.Wagner, Managing Partner, Arc Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 www.arc-sf.com

Call to Artists and Artisans: 13th Annual Sitka Artisans Market

December 5th and 6th, 2014

Application deadline: September 15, 2014

The annual juried Sitka Artisans Market is a community-enhancing retail fair now professionally managed by the Greater Sitka Arts Council.  The Market provides an opportunity for Alaskan fine artists and artisans to showcase original, distinctive, carefully crafted wares to the public.

This year, the annual GSAC Holiday Craft Party will be combined with the Artisans Market for a fun event combining vendors, live music, food and opportunities to create!

The Market will open with a Gala event on Friday December 5 at 4:00 pm. and will be open again on Saturday December 6, 10:00 am-6:00 pm.

Space rental fees range from $120.00 to $240.00 per booth. Booths are now available!  For vendor   

applications, information, questions or concerns please call Sarah at 907-738-5234 or call (907)-747-ARTS (2787), email sitkaarts@gmail.com or justsosarah@gmail.com. Come by our office on the Sheldon Jackson Campus YAW building (Room 108) and pick up an application in person or from our drop-box.   

Materials: Hard & Soft | Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas  

Submission Deadline: September 5, 2014

February 6 - April 2, 2015

National juried competition and exhibition of contemporary crafts $5000 in prize money. 

For Information and Prospectus, click here. 

Whitefish Review Announces $1000 Rick Bass/Montana Prize for Fiction

The deadline for submissions for the fiction prize is September 15 and there is a $15 fee to submit. Submissions for the next regular reading period do not carry a fee and are accepted from August 1 - October 1. All submissions are accepted via an online submission manager at www.WhitefishReview.org. For full guidelines, visit the web site.    

Polar Lab Call for Proposals

Anchorage Museum and around Anchorage, 2015 and 2016

Deadline: September 30

The Northern Initiative at the Anchorage Museum is accepting proposals on a competitive basis for an ongoing Northern Initiative exhibition called  Polar Lab which may include "pop-up" events, temporary installations, live performances, community-action projects, non-studio-based residencies, presentations, research-based investigations, internships, forums, and more. These will occur inside and beyond Anchorage Museum walls in the city of Anchorage. Limited funding is available for modest artist or organizer stipends, travel, and materials.

National Maritime Heritage Grants

Deadline: September 23, 2014

This U.S. Department of the Interior program supports various maritime heritage education and preservation project activities which focus on historic maritime resources.  Units of state or local governments or private nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. Approximately 20 awards will be made, ranging from $25,000 to $200,000. Link to the RFP through the National Park Service.  

Alaska Art Acquisition Fund still available for this year

Deadline: August 15, 2014

Museums Alaska is pleased to announce that the Art Acquisition Fund continues in 2014. This year, $265,000 is available for grants to qualified Alaska museums and culture centers for the purchase of contemporary Alaskan works of art.

• Institutions may apply for up to $35,000 in funds for qualifying purchases. Museums and culture centers are asked to make every effort to ensure that the purchase price of artwork is in line with fair market value.

• An "Image-Use Authorization" form (for both the artist and the institution to sign) should accompany each purchase.

• Applicants are required to submit a reasonably high quality digital image of the artwork before an award is given. All works purchased through this program for which permission has been given in writing are posted on the Rasmuson Foundation website, thereby representing the institutions, the artists, and the contemporary artwork of Alaska.

• Commissioned works and copies or replicas of originals are not eligible.

Last year, the Art Acquisition Fund distributed $265,000 to twenty-two museums and culture centers which, in turn, purchased more than 60 works of art from 45 Alaska resident artists.

Since the program began in 2003, the Art Acquisition Fund has supported the purchase of 694 works of contemporary Alaska art by 329 resident Alaska artists with distribution to Alaska museums and culture centers totaling $1,896,045. These are funds that not only make possible the enrichment of the state's museum and culture center collections, but the funds also go directly to Alaska artists encouraging them to continue their work in Alaska.

The GRAMMY Foundation � Grant Program seeking applications to help facilitate the support of music preservation and research projects

Deadline:  October 1, 2014 

With funding generously provided by The Recording Academy�, the Grant Program awards grants each year to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of music and the recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, and research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition.

Grant funds have been utilized to preserve private collections as well as materials at the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian and numerous colleges and universities. Research projects have studied the links between music and early childhood education, treatments for illnesses and injuries common to musicians, and the impact of music therapy on populations from infants to the elderly. More than $6 million in grants has been awarded to more than 300 recipients.

A letter of inquiry is required before submission of a full application. To read the guidelines and to submit a letter of inquiry for the 2015 GRAMMY Foundation grant cycle, please visit   www.grammyfoundation.org/grants. The deadline each year for submitting letters of inquiry is Oct. 1.

The GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program funds the following areas:

1. Scientific Research Projects: $20,000 Maximum Award

2. Archiving And Preservation Projects:

A. Preservation Implementation: $20,000 Maximum Award

B. Assistance, Assessment And/ Or Consultation: $5,000 Maximum Award

For more information about the GRAMMY Foundation, please visit www.grammyfoundation.org.

2015 Cultural Capital Grant Call for Applications

Deadline: September 1, 2014

Grant amount: $5,000

The 2014 Cultural Capital Program provides tradition bearers of tribal communities the opportunity to further their important cultural work. The program is designed to support previous year Community Spirit Award recipients allowing them to commit more time in teaching and sharing their ancestral knowledge and practices with others who want to learn.

The grant program will aid artists in develop local networks for leveraging other resources and will provide technical assistance and capacity building support as needed by the master artist/teacher.

First Peoples Fund is interested in Cultural Capital projects that will Impact the next generation through reciprocity and community spirit. Examples of this are:

• Passing on knowledge - as mentors and leaders
• Documentation for the next seven generations to access this knowledge
• Artists as Cultural Resource 

Click here for the application For more information, call (605)348-0324, email miranne@firstpeoplesfund.org, or please visit our website at  www.firstpeoplesfund.org    

2015 USArtists International Program
New Guidelines and Application Now Available!

First Round Deadline:
September 5, 2014

The guidelines and online application are now available for the 2015 USArtists International program. The program provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists from across the country who have been invited to perform at significant international festivals and, new this year, performing arts markets anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories.

The application deadline for the first of three grant rounds of the 2015 program is Friday, September 5, 2014 for projects taking place between November 1, 2014 and October 31, 2015. This is a submission deadline.

Additional deadlines for the 2015 program cycle include:

December 5, 2014 for projects taking place between March 1, 2015 and February 29, 2016  

April 17, 2015 for projects taking place between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016

To access the program guidelines and online application, click here. 

Questions about USArtists International should be directed to Brigid Zuknick, at brigid@midatlanticarts.org.

USArtists International is made possible through the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Nervous System Designers Lecture and Workshop

Friday, August 22, 2014

6-9 p.m., FREE to the public at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, 625 C St, Anchorage, AK

The Alaska Design Forum presents a unique lecture and workshop experience led by the fabulous design duo Nervous System. This Boston based generative design studio uses 3D printers and draws inspiration from mathematics and natural phenomena, to create jewelry, lighting and industrial designs.

They will present a one hour lecture about their designs and process and will follow it with a two hour workshop experience during which they will demonstrate a step-by-step printing process; showcase printed designs; and demonstrate and discuss various software that can be used with 3D printers. This workshop will answer questions about different types of 3D printers and the benefits/challenges to consider.

This lecture and workshop are free for the community. All ages and levels of experience are welcome and excellent for anyone interested in 3D printing. Laptops are welcome. For updates, see the Alaska Design Forum website: www.alaskadesignforum.org and http://nervous.com/pressKit/ 

For more information, contact: ADF Program Assistant, Michelle Hayworth (907) 884-0232, programs@alaskadesignforum.org 

Creative Capital Professional Development Program

Artists Raising Kids Webinar with Andrew Simonet

Monday, September 29, 2014 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Register Here  

Registration fee: $25

How can we live as artists while raising children? Led by choreographer Andrew Simonet, this 90-minute webinar looks at the challenges and rewards of parenting as artists. Based on a national survey and a series of in-depth interviews and workshops, we will share principles and tools that help artist parents thrive.

The Wrangell Mountains Center provides residential and walk-in experiential education programs that foster discovery through direct contact with diverse environments. David Shaw will be teaching a course this fall The Photographic Landscape of the Wrangells, September 3-8,

Go to www.wrangells.org for complete course description and contact information.

2015 National Artist Teacher Fellowship

Deadline: November 19, 2014 for letters of intent

(Applications will be available online by September 26, 2014)

The NATF program provides grants of up to $5,500 to enable selected arts teachers from all disciplines to rejuvenate their own art-making. A complementary grant of $1,500 is awarded to each Fellow's school to support post-fellowship activities in the classroom.

Eligibility for NATF:

• Schools must:
• Be a public arts high school, magnet school, or charter school with the primary mission of fostering the development of artistic talent; or a Title 1 middle or high school with a sequential arts program.
• Offer sequential arts courses as a requirement for graduation
• Employ artists as teachers

• Arts Teachers must:
• Be permanently assigned full or part-time faculty (teaching a minimum of 6 hrs/week in an arts discipline)
• Be minimally in their fifth year of teaching arts at the high school or middle school level (middle school educators must be from a Title 1 schools)

• Previous NATF and Surdna Fellows (Rounds 1-14) are ineligible to apply for 2015 NATF program. 

For complete program information, please visit our website: www.natf-arts.org 

Theatre in the Wild | Perseverance Theatre in Juneau

Alaska Society for Technology in Education Call for Proposals

Deadline: September 10th, 2014

The ASTE 2015 Conference (Februrary 21-24, 2015) is going to explore gaming, including from the student perspective. As always, proposals of all kinds are welcome. But we are particularly enthusiastic about receiving proposals that: 

• feature some aspect of gaming
• feature students, working with teachers, to present at the conference 

Check out the Presenter Guidelines and the Call for Presenters online at the  ASTE Website. For questions contact: director@aste.com.   

Arts Education Partnership National Forum Registration Open 

Preparing Students for the Next America in and through the Arts | Pittsburgh | September 11-12  

The National Forum, AEP's signature event coinciding with National Arts in Education Week, is the one place where the country's top thinkers and change-agents in arts and education come together to explore arts-centered solutions to improve student learning both in school and out of school.

Explore and share how the arts - unlike any time in recent history - can lead the way as states transition to higher learning expectations for all students.

Be empowered to take action around the role of the arts in responding to - and informing - three major issues driving Pre-K - grade 12 education priorities and decision-making:

• implementation of rigorous standards and assessments,
• preparation and support of the educator workforce, and
• innovations in the teaching and learning environment.

Registration Rates:

Now - Early-Bird Registration: $250
June 30 - General Registration: $275
August 25 - Late Registration: $300

Click here for all registration policies.

Alaska State Library is seeking a Program Coordinator II to manage the Alaska OWL (Online With Libraries) program from the Anchorage Library Development office. The successful applicant will be responsible for managing and overseeing all aspects of the OWL program that brings broadband Internet, training, and video-conferencing programs to Alaska public libraries.

The Alaska OWL Program Manager will work under the Head of Library Development and with consultation of the OWL Advisory Board.  In this capacity, the Manager will work with Alaska State Library staff, the Alaska Library Network, University of Alaska Video Services and program partners, public library staff throughout the state, and internet service providers to maintain and to build the OWL program including broadband support, videoconferencing network, and digital literacy and public computing training for Alaska public libraries. 

Visit Workplace Alaska for a full job description and application information.