Call for Entries
SPACES Gallery, Cleveland OH

Deadline: May 7, 2004

SPACES Gallery is accepting applications for its 2004/05 season from artists in all media including video, installation and web art, as well as proposals for curated exhibitions. All themes welcome, but two highlighted for 2004-5: Political activism, dissent, or protest; landscape as form, concept or problem. Honoraria available to artists, curators. Students eligible only for SPACELab exhibitions. For an application form contact SPACES 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, OH 44113 (216) 621-2314, spaces@apk.net. Applications and information available online at www.spacesgallery.org.

Call for Entries -- Stiff Competition/Condom Contest
Planned Parenthood @ The Andy Warhol Museum

Deadline: Friday, May 14, 2004

Planned Parenthood Western Pennsylvania's Action Fund (PPWPAF) announced its sixth annual fundraiser "Stiff Competition: When Politics Makes For Strange Bedfellows" and issued a call for artists to submit works of art based on the theme. The only requirement for submission is creative interpretation of the theme. The artworks will be featured in an exhibition at The Andy Warhol Museum on June 2, 2004, and auctioned off to raise funds and awareness for PPWPAF. There is no entry fee. Artwork can be submitted directly to Planned Parenthood offices at 209 Ninth Street, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. More information can be found online at the Contest Rules page. www.stiffcompetition.org/stiffcomp/.

Call for Artists -- Neo-Erotique
Art @ Large, NY

Special Visual AIDS Deadline Extension: May 14, 2004

Juried show: Art @ Large, New York City's Premier Erotic/Figurative Art Gallery, July 2004. Juror: Grady T. Turner, New York based art critic, curator and author of "NYC Sex: How New York City Transformed Sex in America." All media & orientations in Erotic Art, Nudes, Sexuality--demure to explicit. Best of Show to receive solo exhibition in 2005. Send SASE for Prospectus to: Art @ Large, 630 Ninth Ave. 707, New York, N.Y. 10036 or download via web: www.artatlarge.com.

Call to Artists -- The Faerie Show
LePetit Versailles, NY

Deadline: Submissions due by May 15, 2004

The Faerie Show, scheduled for August 2004. LePetit Versailles, a community garden on the Lower East Side, will host an exhibition of visual art, video/film screening, and performance. The show is being curated by Derek Jackson and is based on the idea/theme/history/representation of faeries. All work will be considered. Please keep in mind that the space is outdoors and proposed work should be able to withstand the elements. Also, take into account that security is minimal. The garden and curator will not be responsible for stolen or damaged work. Contact Derek at fannylovejoy@yahoo.com or send slides to: Derek Jackson, 349 St. John's Place, #2D, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238.

Call for Proposals -- In Practice Project Series
Sculpture Center, NY

Deadline: Received by May 31, 2004

The In Practice program supports artists in creating new work for exhibition at SculptureCenter. We invite artists to submit proposals for projects and installations to be presented during the Fall/Winter 2004-2005 exhibition season. All of the lower-level project spaces, the exterior courtyard, the building exterior, the reception area, and stairway are available for In Practice projects. Artists are encouraged to visit SculptureCenter during gallery hours (Thursday-Monday, 11-6). Artists selected for the In Practice program will receive a $250 honoraria and up to $1000 in production support. Work in all media will be considered and artists are encouraged to experiment with the parameters of traditional display and exhibition formats. For more information, visit: www.sculpture-center.org/pe_ip_about.html or email inpractice@sculpture-center.org.

Call for Entries -- In America Now
Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

Deadline: June 1, 2004

It's an election year. America is more politically and socially divided than at any time in recent memory. We are beset with many different, but equally pressing, social and political issues. How do these issues find their way into your art? How does your art find its way into the larger political and social discourse? In America Now, to be mounted this summer in between the Democratic and Republican conventions at the Don O'Melveny Gallery in West Hollywood California, is a national juried exhibition designed to investigate these matters and provide exposure for artists across America to one of the nation's most concerned and engaged audiences. Exhibition July 31-August 13. Entry fee $15.00 for the first slide, $10.00 for any additional slides. Limit 4. Details and entry form available online at: www.omelvenygallery.com/inamericanow.html

Call for Entries -- Gender Bender
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX

Deadline: June 1, 2004

Gender Benders and other such Characters. Looking for work dealing with gender issues: gender identity, gender identity disorder, gender roles, breaking those binary lines, and issues of the phallus. Exhibition date: July 1 2004-July 31 2004. Delivery address: Aurora Picture Show 800 Aurora Houston, TX 77009, Attn: Camille Breaux. www.aurorapictureshow.org. For more information, contact: Camille Breaux: breaux@aurorapictureshow.org.

Call for Photography -- SPE: Dialogue. Art. Technology. Imagery
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, MA

Deadline: June 15, 2004

Montpelier Cultural Arts Center in Laurel, Maryland is hosting a juried exhibition to coincide with the Society for Photographic Education conference "Dialogue. art. technology. imagery." The Exhibition Prospectus can be downloaded at: www.dialoguegallery.com.

Call for Proposals -- The Presidency
Exit Art, NY

Deadline: June 15, 2004

We are asking artists to put into a visual balance or a visual feeling their concept of the presidency. The president is the body of the nation. Who is this individual who changes every four to eight years? How does that change the image the country has of itself? How does it affect how other countries see us? What can we do to control that power? Is the presidency a symbol more than the person, a portrait of the power of the country? This exhibition is about knowing the rules of government, interpreting them and giving our opinions. Proposals may be for work in any medium. Please submit a narrative (maximum 500 words) describing your project idea; a sketch of the proposed project; a resume; and documentation of your previous work (10-20 slides or images on CD, or a 3 to 5 minute VHS NTSC video or DVD). Please include a self addressed stamped envelope for the return of your work. THE PRESIDENCY is scheduled to open in September 2004. Submit your proposal to: Exit Art, THE PRESIDENCY, 475 10th Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018. For more information, visit: www.exitart.org.

Call for Photography
Camera Club of New York

Deadline: June 16, 2004

The Camera Club of New York announces its 2004 National Photography Competition. The competition is open to all US residents 18 years or older except members of the Camera Club of New York or their families, and employees. Freestanding pieces will not be accepted. We are most pleased that Ralph Gibson, renowned photographer, will be our Juror. An entry will consist of 6 slides with a fee of $30.00. Chosen artist will receive a one-person exhibition in our Alfred Lowenherz Gallery and a cash award of $250.00. Other finalists will participate in a group show. Send self addressed stamped envelope for prospectus to, 2004 National Photography Competition, Camera Club of New York, 853 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 or visit our website at www.cameraclubofnewyork.org/competition.html to download entry form and view the complete rules and information.

Call for Entries -- Photography
Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, N.Y.

Deadline: July 31, 2004

This show welcomes works by artists working in alternative or archaic photographic processes, on one hand, and in any kind of imaginative transformation of the image on the other. The latter includes digital media photography, montage, collage, staged photography and mixed media, as long as it is predominantly photographic. There will be two first prizes of $500, two second prizes of $250, and two third prizes of $100 one set for winners in the alternative process category and the other for winners in the alternative reality category. You may submit five works for the submission fee of $35, and additional works for $5 each. Works may be submitted either as jpegs on CD-ROM, as slides or as prints, minimum 5x7, preferably at least 8x10 or 8.5x11, but no larger than that. Please indicate how large the exhibition work will be (and if it's an installation). Please provide a return self-addressed stamped envelope if you want the submission materials back. Original exhibition quality work should not be submitted for initial consideration (unless special arrangement is made). For further information, contact Joel Simpson or call 201-868-6383. The Williamsburg Art and Historical Center phone number is 718-486-7372. It is open Thursday through Sundays, noon to 6 pm. Visit its website at: www.WAHCenter.org.

Call for Artists -- MARRY ME
A Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction of Lesbian Art
The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, N.Y.C.

Deadline: Received by Oct. 23, 2004

In this politically heated climate The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation (LLGAF) is mounting an exhibition surrounding the subject of marriage. You are invited to create an illuminated proposal for marriage. The proposal can be to a real or imaginary person -- anti-marriage issues can also be addressed. The work from each artist is to consist of a 5" x 7" card containing the proposal and its envelope not to exceed 5.75" x 7.75." The envelope may be embellished, as well. The work should be image driven but can also contain text. The artists approach and imagery may be decorative, erotic, political, social, romantic, satiric, etc. This exhibition will be a highly publicized event highlighting Lesbian Art and showcasing each artist's work to the utmost. All work will be donated to LLGAF and sold via silent auction to benefit the Lesbian Art Purchase Fund. One piece will be selected as "Most Creative of Show," and become a LLGAF editioned postcard. For more info and to download forms, visit: www.leslielohman.org/prospectuses/MarryMe.htm.

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Grants

Visual AIDS Artist Materials Grant

Deadline: May 15, 2004

Artist Materials Grants are awarded to low-income artists who are in need of financial assistance in obtaining materials for their artwork. Grants applications are biannual in June and December. Next round of grants will be distributed by the end of June 2004. Artist Materials Grants are available to Visual AIDS Archive Members only. To be eligible you must have an active file in the Archive Project, including release forms, contact information, slide, or photo documentation. Grants are issued as gift certificates or store credit for up to $300. Priority in Artist Materials Grants will be given to those who have not received one before. Archive Members are eligible for ONLY one grant per year. The number of Artist Materials Grants issued by Visual AIDS is subject to available funds. Grantees must use their award within six months. Receipts of purchase must be returned to the Visual AIDS office along with a follow-up of material use. Members are not eligible for Artist Materials Grants if receipts from past grants are not returned, or if has the artist has not shown proof of work created with grant materials. Any misuse of grant monies is cause for ineligibility. Applications can be downloaded on-line. Click on Artists Materials Grant under The Archive Project at: www.thebody.com/visualaids/members.html. Or contact Visual AIDS for an application: info@visualAIDS.org; 212.627.9855.

George and Helen Segal Foundation

Deadline: October 1, 2004

The George and Helen Segal Foundation is accepting applications for grants ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 for painters only. Applications may be found on our website www.segalfoundation.org or you may contact us at Segal Foundation, 136 Davidson's Mill Rd., N. Brunswick, NJ 08902.

Liquitex Artists of the Month

Deadline: 22nd of every month

Grants $1,000 purchase award & $1,000 worth of Liquitex art materials to a professional artist every month. Artists' work also featured on Web site. Send SASE to: Liquitex Artist of the Month, POB 3669, Easton, PA. 18043-3669.

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Residencies

Triangle Artists' Workshop
Triangle Artists' Workshop, Brooklyn, N.Y.C.

Deadline: May 15, 2004

Triangle Artists' Workshop is a bi-annual two-week work session for professional artists from around the world. Neither a colony nor a school, Triangle offers a unique occasion for artists to meet and exchange ideas, not simply through talking, but by making art side by side for a concentrated period in a self-contained location. The provisional dates for the 2004 Triangle Artists' Workshop are October 17-30. Triangle provides housing, food, and a studio in Brooklyn, N.Y. A nominal fee is required as a place holder for each artist; this fee represents only 1/20th of the actual Workshop cost per artist. Artists in need of assistance may also apply for Triangle Grants by writing a letter outlining financial situation. Applications must be submitted by mail and are due in the office by May 15, 2004 (not a postmark date). Please DO NOT send your application via registered mail or require a signature. Your application may be returned without consideration if you do so. Application found at: www.triangleworkshop.org.

Makor Artists-in-Residence
Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd St. Y, N.Y.C.

Deadline: June 1, 2004

Makor Artists Networks provides institutional support for groups of outstanding visual and performing artists to develop new work in partnership with the Makor/Steinhardt Center. Artists are chosen as part of a competitive selection process. Resident artists are invited to explore topics of Jewish interest with complete artistic freedom. Residency runes from July 2004-Jan 2005. Residents pay a one-time program fee of $250. Scholarships available. To request an application or to receive more information, write MakorArtists@92Y.org or call 212.413.8842. www.92y.org.

YADDO -- Artist Residency
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

Deadline: Aug. 1, 2003

Residencies for individual artists or teams of two or three working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video. Duration of residencies lasts from two weeks to two months. For further information and application forms, please send a self-addressed stamped (55 cents postage) envelope to: The Admissions Committee, Yaddo, Box 395, Saratoga Springs, New York, 12866-0395. www.yaddo.org/.

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Resources

Arts and Healing Network is an online resource celebrating the connection between art and healing. The Web site serves as an international resource for anyone interested in the healing potential of art, especially environmentalists, social activists, artists, art professionals, healthcare practitioners, and those challenged by illness: www.artheals.org.

ArtistsRegister.com is a searchable online gallery and visual arts resource for western artists which features local and national artists opportunities: www.artistsregister.com.

Gen Art has showcased the works of over 300 visual artists over the past ten years. Gen Art, not only wishes to exposure new audiences to emerging visual art talent, but to cultivate new collectors for such talent's works. www.genart.com.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council lists services and resources in New York: www.lmcc.net/ServicesandResources/SandR_main.html.

Marin Arts Council lists artists resources and services. www.marinarts.org/opportunities.htm.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) launches the nation's most extensive databank of grants, residencies, publications and sources of information and assistance for artists online at: www.nyfa.org.

Red Project is an online and e-mail list of artists opportunities; to join the list or view the archive, go to: www.theredproject.com/calls.

Society for Photographic Education is a non-profit membership organization that provides a forum for the discussion of photography-related media as a means of creative expression and cultural insight. www.spenational.org/submissions.html

If you have any news, exhibitions, events, or anything else to share, please let us know. Contact us at 212.627.9855 or info@visualAIDS.org.