CALL FOR ARTISTS
Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Deadline: February and June 2004
Raid Projects has several exhibitions planned for 2004 which are now looking for suitable artists to participate: 1.) Holy Wood. Obsessions with celebrity, glamour and fame. Deadline: end of February 2004; 2.) Sex In This City. Art which deals with desire, sex, relationships, the erotic, etc. Deadline: June 2004; For review you must send a resume, images, statement and a self addressed stamped envelope. Please state which show you wish to be considered for. Raid Projects, 602 Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90031, 323.441.9593, raidprojects@yahoo.com, http://raidprojects.com.
JURIED COMPETITION
Sumei National Juried Print Exhibition, NJ
Deadline: February 28, 2004
The Sumei National Juried Print Exhibition is open to all artists submitting recent original works of any print media; Giclee and digital media prints will be accepted in a separate category. Juror: David Kiehl, Curator of Prints at The Whitney Museum of Art. Entry Fee: $25 for 3 slides. $5 for each additional Slide. For more information visit www.sumei.org.
CALL FOR ARTISTS
No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Deadline: February 29, 2004
The Soap Factory is seeking artist submissions for the 2004 season. The Soap Factory is a non-profit innovative and experimental venue for new work by emerging, contemporary artists. For more information and guidelines for submission go to www.soapfactory.org.
CALL FOR ARTISTS
WORKS, San Jose, CA
Deadline: March 1, 2004
"Queer Packaging/Body Commodities" investigates the current phenomenon of sexualized identity and its visibility in a media-glutted America, whether that identity is referred to as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, or queer. What do the producers of a corporate mega-media aesthetic invest in to satiate American consumers? Are these images of fantasy or fetish and whom do they satisfy? How do they read for a public or body politic that seeks to address a social and political environment in transformation? Who is not included and what levels of inclusivity appear tolerable? What of the abject body and dystopic vision? We invite artists to respond and critique. We extend this critique to any form of American mass media.
Open: U.S, All Media: 2-D, 3-D, video, and digital media. No entry fee. Submissions categorized by Geographical Area: North East, South East, Mid West, South West, West. Please Submit slides, vhs, mini-dv, cd-rom, or dvd with slidelist/description/dimensions/medium of work and artist statement to:
Queer Arts Festival 2004, WORKS/San Jose, 30 No. 3rd St., San Jose, CA 95112. For PROS send SASE to the above address. For more information email: works_sj@yahoo.com.
CALL FOR ARTISTS
City Without Walls, Brooklyn, NY
Deadline: March 5, 2004
Where do individuals stop and the larger organisms of society begin? What physical manifestations, such as skin, can act as metaphors for the limits in our lives? What are the delicate lines that separate each of us, and can they ever be crossed? If your artwork explores these ideas, and references the figure directly OR indirectly, send us up to five 35mm slides, or 2 minutes of video on VHS or DVD. (Work submitted MUST be available for the show, which opens in early May and runs for several weeks.) Please also include a resume AND a one-page artists' statement, as well as an SASE for return of slides/video. Mail to: CWW Group Exhibition, 335 Court St., #194, Brooklyn, NY 11231. For more information about the gallery, visit: www.citywithoutwalls.com, cwwshowcurators@yahoo.com.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX
Deadline: March 15, 2004
Southern Light Gallery in Amarillo, TX is reviewing work for solo photography exhibitions. Please send slides and background material to: Southern Light Gallery, Jim Jordan, Amarillo College, 2011 South Washington, Amarillo, TX 79109. 806.371.5267 (phone), 806.371.5210 (fax).
JURIED COMPETITION
Artists Talk on Art, New York, NY
Deadline: March 28, 2004
Artists Talk On Art (ATOA) presents its annual benefit slide competition. Winners will have their work exhibited at Molly Barnes Gallery in New York City. Proceeds will be used to further the mission of ATOA, which is to provide a public forum for critical discussions in the arts. All media is accepted. $6.00 per slide. Six slides maximum Send SASE for prospectus: ATOA, 10 Waterside Plaza, #33D, New York, NY 10010-2609, or to download application visit: www.atoa.ws.
JURIED COMPETITION
Viridian Artists, Inc., New York, NY
Deadline: April 10, 2004
Viridian Artists Inc.'s 15th annual Juried Competition will be on display from June 28 to July 16, 2004. Opportunities include cash prizes, group show, and continuous slide show of runners-up. Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Painting & Sculpture, Brooklyn Museum of Art. Fee: $25.00 for up to three entries and $5.00 for each additional entry. Send SASE for prospectus: Viridian Artists Inc., 530 West 25th St., New York, NY 10001. Or to download visit: www.viridianartists.com.
CALL FOR INSTALLATION PROPOSALS
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Deadline: April 15, 2004
The Islip Art Museum is seeking proposals for installations in its landmark Carriage House, The Long Island Center for Experimental Art. A $500 artist's fee is awarded for selected proposals. Proposal packages can be downloaded from the website: www.islipartmuseum.org. Inquiries can be emailed to info@islipartmuseum.org, or call or write: The Islip Art Museum, 50 Irish Lane, East Islip, NY 11730, 631.224.5402.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Le Petit Versailles, NY
Deadline: as available
Le Petit Versailles is pleased to announce a call for proposals for its 2004 Events Season. LPV will present 4 months of public events June - September with music & film series, visual art exhibitions and yoga workshops. We are looking for unusual ideas as well as more traditional presentations that address the environment, social and progressive issues and the site specific nature of the garden itself. Temporary installations, performances, films, workshops in any discipline are desired. Exhibitions must include works that can withstand the rigors of nature. Please submit email proposals/questions to Peter Cramer, petitversailles@earthlink.net or by regular mail c/o Allied Productions, PO Box 20260, New York, NY 10009, www.alliedproductions.org.
BOOK PRIZE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Center for Documentary Studies, Durham, NC
Deadline: September 10, 2004
The Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography is a biennial prize of $3,000 in grant money, inclusion in a traveling exhibition, and most importantly, the publication of a book of photography to be published by Duke University Press in association with Lyndhurst Books of the Center for Documentary Studies. Maria Morris Hambourg, Curator of Photography at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will judge the entries and write an introduction for the book. To learn more, go to http://cds.aas.duke.edu/grants/index.html or call (919) 660-3662. Or, for a complete set of guidelines, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to CDS/THF First Book Prize in Photography, Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 West Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC 27705.
REVIEW ARTWORK
Smack Mellon, NY
Deadline: open
Smack Mellon reviews slides, videotapes and DVDs from artists wishing to have their work considered for upcoming exhibitions. We will also consider proposals from artists for site-specific projects. If the staff or a curator organizing a show for Smack Mellon is interested in the artist's work he/she will be contacted by the staff to discuss the possibilities. Accepted site-specific projects will be grouped into exhibitions of more that one artist. Smack Mellon is not considering proposals for one-person exhibitions at this time. www.smackmellon.org/guideart.html.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Erotic Art Fair, NY
Deadline: as available
Tom of Finland Foundation presents the 4th Annual New York City Erotic Art Fair, May 21-23, 2004 at the LGBT Community Center. Over 45 artists from around the world; sculpture, photography, paintings, drawings, digital prints and more. Artists who wish to exhibit at the New York Fair can obtain guidelines and an application at: www.tomoffinlandfoundation.org/foundation/EAW-NY/EAW-NY_2004_Home.html.
ARTWORK FOR PUBLICATION
A&U
Deadline: open
Stevie St.John, contributing writer for A&U, is looking for visual artists (painters, photographers, sculptors, etc.) who are either HIV+ or whose work reflects an HIV/AIDS theme to interview/showcase in the magazine's Gallery section. A&U Magazine is a national, non-profit monthly magazine dedicated to covering cultural, medical, and community responses to HIV/AIDS. If interested, please contact Stevie St.John at: stevielynnette@hotmail.com.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Weekly Talk Show
Deadline: open
Will Clark, West Coast promoter and performer has moved to New York and will be hosting a weekly talk show at View Bar on Tuesdays from 8 to 10pm. Looking for artists interested in promoting their shows at borough galleries as well at other performance venues. Great promotional opportunity as well as a lot of fun. Email Will at WillClark3@aol.com for further information.
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Grants and Fellowships
CREATIVE CAPITAL GRANT
Visual Arts and Film/Video
Deadline: March 15, 2004
Creative Capital, a New York City-based nonprofit organization, supports artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video and emerging fields. The organization works in partnership with its recipient artists, providing advisory services and professional development assistance along with multifaceted financial aid and promotional support. For the 2004-05 grant round, Creative Capital will be awarding grants to individual artists in the fields of Visual Arts and Film/Video. Visual arts may include painting, sculpture, works on paper, installation, photo-based work, contemporary crafts, and interdisciplinary projects. Film/video arts are all forms of film and video, including experimental documentary, animation, experimental media, non-traditional narrative in all formats, and interdisciplinary projects. The organization has also announced a new application process this year. To apply, artists must first complete an inquiry form, which will be available on the Creative Capital Web site on February 16, 2004. The deadline for completed inquiry forms will be March 15, 2004. Those invited to make a final application will be notified in June 2004. Artists planning on submitting an inquiry form for Visual Arts or Film/Video in 2004 are strongly urged to complete the forms online. Those wishing to receive a copy of the form in the mail must send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Creative Capital before March 1, 2004. (Performing Arts and Emerging Fields will be eligible to submit inquiry forms in 2005.) See the Creative Capital Web site at www.creative-capital.org for further details and for updates on its grantmaking process.
The Artists' Fellowship, Inc., is a private, charitable foundation that assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability, or bereavement. For information and application contact: www.artistsfellowship.com/financial.html
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation offers financial assistance to artists of recognizable merit and financial need working as painters, sculptors, mixed media, and installation artists. For guidelines, write: Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 863 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021.
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Residencies
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside, CA
Deadline: February 15, 2004
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program offers four-week residencies, at no cost, to artists in the disciplines of visual arts, media arts/new genres, literature, choreography, and music composition. We seek applications from emerging and mid-career artists, for whom appointments as resident artists may make a significant difference to their careers, as well as from established artists with national and/or international reputations. Those selected are offered living and studio space for four to five week sessions during the season which runs from mid-March through mid-November. Application information and forms can be printed from this web site. www.djerassi.org/
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE
Deadline: February 28, 2004
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts are based on the conviction that exceptional talent deserves to be supported. Our practical commitment to this belief is achieved by providing well-equipped studios, living accommodations and a monthly stipend to artists who are awarded residencies. The Bemis facility is housed in two urban warehouses and a half-block of open urban property in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Artists are provided ample living quarters and studio space. The Bemis facilities include a full wood shop, video editing room, dark room, sculpture studio, installation galleries and tech support. For more information and application: www.bemiscenter.org.
Atlantic Center Residency
Deadline: March-October 2004
Atlantic Center's residency program has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three week residencies. Each residency session includes three master artists of different disciplines. During the residency, artists participate in informal sessions with their group, collaborate on projects, and work independently on their own projects. Atlantic Center for the Arts provides housing (private room/bath with work desk), weekday meals (provided by ACA chef) and shared studio space. Contact: program@atlanticcenterforthearts.org, www.atlanticcenterforthearts.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.
Brooklyn Arts Council offers numerous Resources for the Arts to professional artists, arts organizations, those seeking the service of artists, and the general public seeking opportunities to view or participate in the arts. www.brooklynartscouncil.org.
Creative Artists Network provides emerging visual artists with the support services and programs they need to build successful, sustainable careers: http://creativeartistsnetwork.org/news/news.htm.
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.
Residency Revelator is an excellent interactive directory of artists residency opportunities: http://residency.revelator.org.
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council lists services and resources in New York: www.lmcc.net/ServicesandResources/SandR_main.html.
Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) lists opportunities and resources: www.artistsregister.com/opportunities.phtml.
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