Call for Performers, Vendors and Sponsors

Alaska Music and Entertainment Expo | May 2, 2015

Deadline: April 18, 2015

This event at the Anchorage Northway Mall will showcase local musicians from all genres of music, spotlight music and entertainment related businesses, give away raffle prizes, and be fun for the whole family (there will be a children's activity station). The goal of this medium sized event is to unify ALL GENRES of the Anchorage music community and advertise the amazing businesses we have with the hopes that this event will grow to the levels of Music Expos held in many other states.  The Expo will have a professional sound and lights company overseeing entertainment as well as full event crew.

• Performer information 
• Scholarship information
• Vendor/sponsor information 

For questions or more information, contact Casey Duer or Jasmin Smith at 907-230-4968

Call for Artists

Momentum Dance Collective | IMPACT

IMPACT is a traveling dance performance to be performed in six different neighborhoods/ locations in Anchorage. As part of this project and in celebration of the power that the arts have on our souls and our social landscapes, each show will start @7:30 with community performances by speakers, poets, singers, and/or musicians for the first half hour before we transition into Momentum's performance. The Collective's goal is to have artists represent each area of town and will curate a sampling of the powerful artists and talents that exist in Anchorage. If you are interested in being a part of this powerful project, contact Becky Kendall, Artistic Director.

Date / Community / Location

April 16 Spenard - Church of Love (private performance and fundraiser/no community performance)

April 17 Abbott Loop - Pacific Northern Academy 

April 18 Scenic Foothills - Bartlett High School

April 23 Mt. View - Mt.View Community Center

April 24 Sand Lake - Kincaid Bunker

April 25 North Star - Salvation Army Family Center

Momentum is partnering with three main organizations and 1/3 of each ticket sold will be made available to them (with the choice of donation given to each ticket holder) The organizations are the Covenant House, AWAIC, and Green Dot Alaska. Your involvement will benefit these organizations as well! More about IMPACT on our website. 

Artwork Entries Due: April 19 (Postmarked April 18)   

Each artwork must be 6x6 square inches (15cm) or mounted to a 6x6 board, signed only on the back, and exhibited anonymously. All entries will be accepted and exhibited in the gallery and online. All artworks will also be offered for sale to the public for $20 each to benefit RoCo. Artist names will be revealed to the buyer upon purchase and all artworks will remain on display through July 12, 2015. Sold Out artists' names will be revealed next to their work online on July 3. Artists may enter up to 4 artworks of any medium (2D or 3D) and there is no fee to enter. Thank you for your participation!

Mail or deliver your artwork before April 18, 2015 to:

Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604 USA

Call for Artists | Crafts Weekend at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center

Deadline: April 24

The Anchorage Museum invites artists and artisans to apply for the annual popular juried craft event, Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov. 27-29. Artists may submit digital images via the online application process beginning Monday, March 2. Deadline for entries is Friday, April 24. Selections will be made by May 8.  

Call for Entries |14th Annual Northwest Eye Regional Fine Art Photography  

Competition and Exhibition 

Deadline:  Tuesday, April 28th 5 p.m.

AIGA: "Cased" Annual Design Competition 

Deadline: April 30, 2015

AIGA's annual design competition is now named "Cased," and celebrates the best in contemporary design through case studies. Show others why your design matters, whether your project was for a global company, a national nonprofit, a local small business, or self-promotion. Honorees will be affiliated with the prestigious AIGA Design Archives as well as showcased on AIGA.org and AIGA's social media platforms.

Call for entries | The Printmaker's Hand III

Deadline: May 5, 2015

Exhibition Dates:  September 4-27, 2015

The Printmaker's Hand III is a juried show of fine prints sponsored by Corvidae Press and will be held at Northwind Arts Center located at 701 Water St., Port Townsend, WA.

Only hand-pulled prints will be accepted.  Works may combine traditional printmaking techniques with digital or other media.  Entries must be original, entirely the work of the entrant, executed within the last 3 years without the supervision of an instructor.  Entries must not be copies, derivatives or based on other copyrighted or published prints.  No giclee prints will be accepted. Prints must not exceed 36" wide including frame, must be sturdily framed, wired and ready to hand. Artist must be a resident of WA, OR, ID, MT, AK or CA. A nonrefundable entry fee of $45 is required for a maximum of three entries.

Awards: Best of Show  $400, 2^nd Place  $250, 3^rd Place   $200, Honorable Mention (2)  $100 Each
Juror's Award  $100. For the entire prospectus, click here. Contact The Printmaker's Hand III          

committee members Ann Treacy ptaddress@gmail.com or Debra Brochin dbrochin@msn.com with questions.

Call for Proposals | Percent for Art - Petersburg School District

Stedman Elementary Exterior Renovation 

Exterior Artwork for the Stedman Elementary and Front Office/Reception Area

Deadline: June 1, 2015

Total Budget for the Project is $11,900.00

For complete prospectus, click here. Contact Erica Kludt-Painter, Superintendent,

907-772-4271; supt@pcsd.us for more information.

Dave Bown Projects - 10th Semiannual Competition

Deadline: June 6, 2015

Dave Bown Projects will be buying works of art from artists as submissions are received. Jurors are 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.

Prizes: $10,000 USD (1 artist will receive $5,000 USD and 5 artists will each receive $1,000 USD).

Prospectus: davebownprojects.com 

For more information, call 1-917-365-5265 or email info@davebownprojects.com 

2015 College Board Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts

Deadline: April 13, 2015

This annual award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of arts initiatives for students in grades 6-12 that promote learning and creativity in exemplary and innovative ways.

Awards are given in three categories:

• Arts Integration: Awarding an initiative that uses an innovative approach to cross-curricular study, drawing connections between arts-based learning and the themes, content, and ideas of other subjects.
• Equity Through Arts: Awarding a program that uses the arts as a tool for increasing academic engagement among underserved students.
• Civic Engagement/Professional Partnerships: Recognizing a program that uses art experiences as vehicles for engagement with local arts professionals and/or nonprofit organizations.

An award of $5,000 will be given to a winning school in each category. Among the three winning schools, one will be named the national winner and will be awarded an additional $2,500.

Visit the website at https://artsaward.collegeboard.org/award.php for further details and full application instructions, including eligibility criteria. Email acharleroy@collegeboard.org with any questions during the application process.  

The Adobe Foundation's Youth Media Arts Awards

Deadline: April 20, 2015  

The Adobe Youth Voices Awards is a global competition that honors youth who make original, outstanding digital media to creatively express their vision for positive change. We invite you to submit media that inspires, informs, and generates solutions.  

All winners will receive hardware, Adobe Creative Cloud, and cash grants to nonprofits that will support their vision for change. Venture prize winners will also receive mentorship from Ashoka Youth Ventures. In addition, both prize winners and finalists will become eligible to apply for an Adobe Youth Voices Scholarship. The Adobe Youth Voices Scholarships Program supports the next generation of creatives with scholarships towards post-secondary education.  

Complete information available at http://youthvoices.adobe.com/awards.   

Sivuqaq Inn Announcing Free Workshop for artists in Gambell, AK

Saturday, April 25, 2015 11am-5pm

Kawerak's Beringia Center and Lydia Apatiki have been working to document how to make a St. Lawrence Island style bird skin parka, to help keep this knowledge alive in the region. With funding from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the CIRI Foundation, we have rescheduled our free workshop for April 25th. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Russell at 443-4340. Class size limited to 15 students, aged 14 yrs and older.

Beringia Center of Culture and Science, P.O. Box 948, Nome, AK 99762

www.kawerak.org

Nominations are open for the 2016 Alaska and National Teacher of the Year

Deadline: May 1, 2015

The goal of the Teacher of the Year program is to honor a teacher who provides exceptional service to the students of today, the leaders of tomorrow.  Nominate a teacher in your district who exemplifies excellence in the classroom; a teacher who demonstrates the characteristics and professionalism representative of all teachers in Alaska. Submit his/her name for consideration as Alaska's Teacher of the Year.

2015 Alaska Assessment Passage Writing Workshops

Application deadline: May 15, 2015

June 15-19, 2015, 1-5 pm, University of Alaska Anchorage
July 13-17, 2015, 1-5 pm, University of Alaska Fairbanks

The Achievement and Assessment Institute (AAI) will be holding two writing workshops in Alaska this summer, one in Anchorage in June and the other in Fairbanks in July. AAI develops material for the Alaska Measures of Progress as well as other reading assessments, and participation from Alaskan writers and educators helps ensure quality passages that relate to Alaskan students. Click here for more information about the workshops.

Educators and writers who are interested can apply to either workshop by filling out a brief survey. AAI will select a mix of educators and established writers as well as creative writing students in these workshops, and will be selecting applicants based on the strength of their writing samples and background.

For more information, contact Brianna Lichtenauer, Acquisitions Editor, Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation, 1122 West Campus Road, Room 240, Lawrence, KS 66045 1-785-864-1594

Students Invited to Submit Entries for Antarctic Art Contest

Deadline: July 31, 2015

The Antarctic Art Contest is seeking entries that explore and interpret Antarctic research and science. The free contest will accept entries from April 1 to July 31 through its website www.waisartcontest.org. Winning artwork will travel from Alaska to Antarctica. The University of Alaska Fairbanks, the National Science Foundation, and research sites in Antarctica will display the artwork. An online gallery will show winning and honorable mention artwork.

The contest explores how art and science rely on observation and interpretation of the world. The contest's subject is an ice core that engineers and scientists drilled from the center of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Scientists are examining the ice core to make new observations and generate new ideas about the last 100,000 years of climate history.

Individuals or groups can take part in the contest. They may enter in one of three divisions - elementary school students, secondary school students or community. Artwork can be in a variety of formats, including visual, written and multimedia. The website contains a lesson plan that teachers can use with their students.

2015 Americans for the Arts Annual Convention  

Early Bird Savings Deadline: Friday April 3rd

AFTA's Annual Convention will be held June 12-14, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. 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! Save big by taking advantage of our special Early-Bird registration rate, which ends Friday, April 3, 2015. Click here for more information and registration.  

2015 Alliance of Artists Communities' Emerging Program Institute | Omaha, NE 

April 21-23, 2015

Join the Alliance of Artists Communities  on April 21-23 for the 2015 Emerging Program Institute! 

This two-day training is for anyone considering, planning, just starting, or re-developing an artist residency program! Covering everything from growing a funding base to matching artist selection with mission, the Institute offers best practices, models for success, a community of peers, and access to residency leaders, funders, and artists from around the country.

This year's Institute is hosted at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska. All are welcome! Space is limited. Click here for more information. 

National Arts Strategies: Call for Creative Community Fellows 

Application deadline for the second cohort: April 26

Around the world there are artists, activists, community organizers, administrators and entrepreneurs working as change-makers in their communities - using arts and culture as vehicles to drive physical and social transformations. During the nine-month fellowship, fellows are given tools, training and access to a community of support in order to fuel their visions for community change, spark new ideas and help propel them into action. Click here for more information.

Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference 2015

June 12-16, 2015

Land's End Resort, Homher AK 

Sponsored by Kachemak Bay Campus - Kenai Peninsula College UAA 

This nationally-recognized writing conference features workshops, readings and panel presentations in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and the business of writing. Registration is open now.

Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Artists-in-Residence Program Seeks Artists

Application Deadlines:

July 10th, 2015 for September - November 2015 residencies

The IAIA Artist-in-Residence Program seeks artists for 1-month residencies taking place on the Institute of American Indian Arts campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico between Sept. 2015-May 2016.

This residency program has the following geographic restrictions: the artist must be a Native American or First Nations artist from one of the following regions:

- Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska)

- Upper Midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota),

- Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California)

For this three-year cycle of residencies, IAIA will host a total of 28 artists. Six artists will be selected for the first cycle (Fall of 2015) including two residencies for artists who will be able to use the foundry and sculpture facilities.

Residencies benefits: $3000 stipend, housing, meal plan for one person, car rental (if needed) and $200 budget for gas during residency, studio space on campus, $500 materials budget, and airfare to and from IAIA.

Activities for the Artist-in-Residence include: opening and closing receptions, one public workshop/demonstration, two classroom workshop/demonstrations, one student critique session, and participation in residency program assessment.

Link to Online Application  

Need help with the online application? Contact Lara M. Evans at 505.424.2389 or levans@iaia.edu 

Job Opportunities at the Homer Council on the Arts 

HCOA's Board of Directors is recruiting applicants for two positions: Operations and Programs Coordinator and Executive Director. Applications will be reviewed by a Search Committee who will select candidates for interviews. 

The coordinator begins training in April, with the first regular day of work on May 4, 2015. The executive director begins training in May with full-time work starting in June 2015. 

To apply, please submit (1) your resume; (2) a letter explaining why you are the best person for the job, your understanding of HCOA's programs and mission, your experience with the non-profit sector; and (3) three references and their contact information; at least two references should be former employers. 

Application materials must be submitted by e-mail to borgwoman@hotmail.com . Positions are open until filled. Position descriptions are available online here.

Wrangell Mountain Center is hiring for the following internship or work-trade opportunities

General Internship - Help out with all aspects of operations. Intern will be responsible for cooking for large groups of people; helping to maintain organic garden; assisting with manual labor including cleaning, composting, and water pumping; ensuring a warm and well-organized environment for staff and program participants; providing administrative support including program marketing; orienting participants, guests, and students to the systems and customs of the WMC.

Garden Internship - The Garden Intern is responsible for managing the food production and harvest from the WMC gardens and greenhouse. He/she will be coordinate planting, growing, harvesting, and preparing food (when applicable). He/she will work under the guidance of local expert gardeners. In exchange the Garden Intern will travel approximately bi-monthly to the mentor's property to assist them. 

Our season runs from approximately May 10 - September 10. Interns are expected to work approximately 30 hours a week in exchange for room and board. The Wrangell Mountains Center is an equal opportunity employer.