Annual International Competition for Vol. 17 of Direct Art Magazine, Fall/Winter 2010 issue

This is the Annual International Competition for publication in Volume 17 of Direct Art Magazine, Fall/Winter 2010 issue. Direct Art is distributed in the US by COMAG Marketing Group, the distributors of Art News and Art in America, to bookstores throughout the US including Barnes and Nobles and Borders. The twenty awards include the covers of magazine, feature articles and full page displays. The competition is open to all artists working in any media.  Artist winners of the competition will, at no cost to the artist, have their work appear Volume 17 of the Direct Art Magazine.

DIRECT ART AWARDS: 
Grand Prize: Front Cover and six page feature display.
  Second Prize: Back Cover and four page feature display.  
Awards 3-4: Four page feature.
  Awards 5-6: Double page feature display.
  Awards 7-20: Single full page display.

  Editors Awards: Additional pages, inside covers, mast head and outside covers may be assigned based on editorial selection.

ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to all artists, national and international, working in all media. All forms of art including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, mixed media, digital and installation art are eligible.Video artists may submit video only if the work can be represented in print form. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply.

Postmarked deadline March 31, 2010.

Print prospectus and entry information at: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/spring.htm or e-mail slowart@aol.com

Desotorow Gallery of Savannah, GA, International Call for Entries to “Illumination”

Desotorow Gallery announces a call to artists for “Illumination,” an exhibition to be held Jan. 22-Jan. 27, 2010. “Illumination” will be a juried exhibition of works of art created with or about light.The juried exhibition “Illumination” is open to national and international artists of all levels. Entries to this call should either be constructed using light or explore light as subject matter. To be considered, an entry form, entry fee, artist statement and digital images of the artwork should be submitted to Desotorow Gallery by 5pm, Jan. 8, 2010. A $15 submission fee allows for the submission of up to 3 pieces of work. Artists will receive notification of the list of selected pieces through email on Jan. 11.

Further information about submitting work for the exhibition “Illumination,” including a complete list of dates, submission guidelines and forms, can be found at http://www.desotorow.org/exhibits/call.html.

Any questions about Desotorow Gallery and this exhibition can be addressed by calling 912.355.8204 or emailing info@desotorow.org.

Deadline: Jan. 8, 2010
Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA.
Contact: Ai-ling Chang
email: info@desotorow.org
Phone: 912.355.8204
Website: www.desotorow.org

Mendicino Art Center Teaching Opportunities

The Mendocino Art Center has earned a national and international reputation for teaching excellence in the arts which attracts an impressive selection of renowned visiting faculty members from all over the U.S. and beyond. But it is MAC’s unique personality and location, which make it the most enjoyable and rewarding teaching experience imaginable.

Teaching at the Mendocino Art Center is an incredible opportunity for sharing your artistic process, for dialoguing with other artists, for developing camaraderie based on a shared passion for art as well as for spiritual renewal. Mendocino’s Victorian architecture erupts with charming water towers positioned against the rugged headlands with spectacular ocean views on three sides. It is simultaneously a quiet village with excellent restaurants, shops and galleries and a retreat with meditative gardens and quiet paths for wandering the headlands and inhaling the fresh sea air.

Beneath the tranquil exterior of the Mendocino Art Center, there is a constant stream of creativity ebbing and flowing through the studios as artists of all levels come here to renew their creative spirit and create art.

If you would like to join us in this special place and share your artistic talents and vision with others, please contact the center at 707 937-5818 or toll-free 800 653-3328 or write them at Mendocino Art Center, P.O. Box 765, Mendocino, CA, 95460.

Email the Director of Education

Share the Experience 2009 Photo Contest

Accepting engaging photographs taken in one of the Federal Recreation Agency Lands (National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Forest Service), between Jan. 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2009. Photographs may not be altered or manipulated. Winning photograph will be featured on the 2011 Federal Recreational lands Pass. All entries may be included on the National Park Foundation Gallery Contest website. Open to legal residents of the U.S. and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years and older. Professional photographers are ineligible. Cash and travel awards, equipment prizes, and Federal Recreational Lands Passes also available. For more information, contact: “Share the Experience 2009 Official Federal Recreation Lands Photo Contest”, c/o ePrize, LLC, P.O. Box 8070, Royal Oak, MI 48068

Website: http://nationalparks.promo.eprize.com/experiencecontest2009/

Submission postmark deadline: January 31, 2010

18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition

The Eighteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition highlights a broad range of attitudes in the medium of clay from functional to sculptural work. The show is hosted and organized by the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts in close cooperation with Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas.  This competition is open to all artists who are residents of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. All work, both functional and sculptural, must have been completed within the last two years. Works previously accepted into this competition are ineligible. Work may be entered by either digital images or 35 mm slides. Awards for the show are First place 2000.00, Second Place 1500.00, Third Place 1000.00 and 750.00 going to the Tile Prix Primo which is a special prize awarded by the Tile Heritage Foundation, in cooperation with the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. This award goes to the tile maker whose tile in the juror’s estimation best reflects the ceramic traditions of America. Exhibition dates for the show are April 16 – June 20, 2010. An Invited Artist will also have an exhibition of work and will lead a workshop.

In conjunction with the exhibition, several activities are planned. There will be a panel discussion concerning contemporary ceramics held at Angelo State University on April 16th at 1:30 p.m. The panel will include the Museum Director, the Invited Artist and the Juror. The Invited Artist, will lead a workshop at The Old Chicken Farm Art Center on Saturday, April 17th. Numerous other events of interest to artists will occur. For more information on this event and to download the prospectus, click here 18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition.

Deadline: Feb. 2, 2010

Call for Entries, Photography: Impact of a Medium

2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space of Long Beach, CA presents Photography: Impact of Medium. Film, digital and manipulated film/digital images accepted. 
Open to all artists living in the U.S.  
Awards $500, $300, $200 & $100. Entry fee.

Juror Robbert Flick is a photographer and Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California.  Flick grew up in Amersfoort, Holland and studied at the University of British Columbia at Vancouver.  He received his M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has exhibited work all over the world, with shows at LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, SFMOMA in San Francisco, the National Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., Deightor Hallen in Hamburg, Vancouver Art Gallery in Vancouver, and Min Gallery in Tokyo. Flick’s work is in a number of public collections as well. He has received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a COLA (City of Los Angeles) individual artist grant, and a Getty Scholarship.

To Apply:
 Please visit their website at http://www.2ndcitycouncil.org/page13.html for full details and a prospectus or email them at 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net

Deadline: January 10, 2010

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The 13th Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition: call for entries

The 13th Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition is sponsored by the United States Canada Peace Anniversary Association, in cooperation with Washington State Parks. Artists are invited to submit outdoor sculptural works for consideration. Work should be durable, weatherproof, and suitable for public viewing. Awards available along with international exposure from the half million visitors to the park each year. Exhibition runs May 1-Oct. 1, 2010. Entry fee: $10 (U.S. funds).  For more information, contact: U.S./Canada Peace Anniversary Assn., Box 4564, Blaine, WA 98231-4564; Phone: (360) 332-7165; or check website: http://www.peacearchpark.org/callforentries.htm

Deadline: Jan. 22, 2010

Job Posting: Assistant Professor, Photo and Digitial Media, University of Houston

Photography/Digital Media
The School of Art at the University of Houston invites applications from artists working in the field of Photography and Digital Media to apply for a tenure-track position to begin in Fall 2010. We seek an exceptional lens-based image maker whose art practice engages ongoing issues that surround the expansion of photographic imagery in the digital age. Applicants should have a thorough knowledge of photographic history and critical/media theory, and be committed to advancing the discourse as an educator and an artist.

Requirements:  MFA or terminal degree specializing in Photography or related field required. Two years college-level teaching experience beyond TA preferred. Strong record of professional activity/ demonstrated commitment to creative practice required. Interdisciplinary and cross-media interests are assets, since the School of Art is actively evolving in these directions. The ideal candidate will be able to provide intellectual leadership and vision in the development of forward-looking undergraduate and graduate programs.

Responsibilities include: developing curriculum that complements the school’s established studio and design programs, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, and mentoring students. Supervision of the chemical and digital facilities, in conjunction with other faculty, graduate students and staff, is a component of the position, as well as committee service to the School, College and University.

How to Apply: Please send letter of application, statement of teaching philosophy, statement of research interests, CV, examples of work, examples of student work, and contact information for three professional references to: Pat Deeves, Assistant Director, School of Art, 100 Fine Arts Building, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4019. Include SASE if you want materials returned. No applications by email. For more information on the School of Art, please see www.art.uh.edu. Specific inquiries about this position should be directed to pdeeves@uh.edu or 713.743.0936. The priority deadline is January 20, 2010, however, applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.

Job Posting: Gaming Lab Manager/Technical Director

The UCLA Games Lab:  The role of the Games Lab situated in the Design | Media Arts Department at UCLA is to create a creative laboratory for team-based, interdisciplinary projects, particularly engaging students from the School of Arts and Architecture and the School of Theater, Film and Television. The lab is a cutting edge research tool employing high-end computers carrying complex graphics software both commercial and developed in-house, as well as specialized hardware, fabrication and electronics assembly and testing equipment that is utilized in the development of computer games.

The Games Lab Manager/Technical Director will support hardware and software development and implementation as well as project based research and development. The Manager/TD will oversee all operational services and support for the lab and for the faculty and student users; supervise and provide training; as well as define, design, maintain and expand the lab’s on-going dynamic knowledge base. The candidate should be technically knowledgeable and experienced in the fields of computer programming, system administration, gaming specific hardware & software workflow, and ideally have familiarity with the academic environment and experience in promoting and supporting a focused collaborative work process. An interest and enthusiasm for experimental game development is important. A Bachelors or Masters Degree in a related field is preferred (Computer Science, Media Arts, Animation, Engineering).

Job Requisition # 14016

For more details and link to apply: https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1261260461514

Deadline: January 29, 2010

South Seattle Community College Art Gallery / Call for Submissions

South Seattle Community College seeks proposals for the exhibition of artwork in all media, with particular emphasis on new and emerging local artists. National artists may apply. Scheduling is done at least one year in advance.
South Seattle Community College Art Gallery is interested in showcasing diverse programming, spanning across many mediums and themes.
Proposals should include: 
-A  representative sample of works (digital images) 
-CD Submission: Images submitted on CD must be jpgs formatted for PC. Maximum size is 10 inches or 1024 pixels in the longest dimension at 72ppi. 
-Artist statement or exhibitor’s statement
-Artist resume or CV
-Include SASE with  sufficient postage if you would like materials returned, E-mail submissions to:
Tracy Cilona
tcilona@sccd.ctc.edu
OR
Mail proposal materials to:
Tracy Cilona – Art Gallery Coordinator
, South Seattle Community College, 
JMB 135 Student Life
, 6000 16th Avenue SW, 
Seattle, WA 98106-1499

http://www.artisttrust.org/node/13233

Center for Fine Art Photography: Red

The color Red is a psychologically powerful color that resonates with more cultures than other colors. But Red is not just a color. Red is symbolic, culturally, emotionally, politically, financially, and physically. Red is danger, fire, sex, love, speed, heat, anger, passion, arrogance, blood, revolution, war, wealth, purity, mourning, strength and so much more. The Center is looking for images that not only describe how Red looks, but describe what Red mean, how it feels, and who it describes.

Amber Terranova: Photo Editor for Photo District News.

Exhibition and Awards: With selection for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and others who appreciate the fine art of photography. Cash awards. All exhibitors are included in the Center’s online gallery. Entry fee.

Eligibility: The exhibition is open to photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.

Deadline: Feb. 16, 2010

http://www.c4fap.org/cfe/2009Red/index.asp

LEF Foundation Grants for California

LEF Foundation Grants for California offers funding for contemporary works in the specific areas of architecture, the environment, and social justice.  Grants average between $2,000 and $5,000. The intent of the grants are to provide opportunities to produce and present new work; to honor creative merit and foster critical discourse; encourage dissemination of work by emerging and under-recognized artists; increase exposure of established artists in regions where they have not been widely represented; to promote new concepts, technologies, and approaches that are experimental or innovative; to support work that may be considered controversial or provocative; and to enhance the voices of marginalized cultures. Interested applicants should send a one page Letter of Intent. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis. For more information or program guidelines, contact: LEF Foundation, 945 Greene St., San Francisco, CA 94133

Check their website for details, guidelines and how to apply: http://www.lef-foundation.org/California/CaliforniaFocus/tabid/168/Default.aspx

For details on LEF New England focus: http://www.lef-foundation.org/NewEngland/NewEnglandFocus/tabid/159/Default.aspx

Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA, International call for entries: “Sculpted”

Desotorow Gallery announces a call to artists for “Sculpted,” an exhibition to be held Jan. 8-20, 2010. “Sculpted” will be a juried exhibition of three-dimensional works of all genres and media. The juried exhibition “Sculpted” is open to national and international artists of all levels. To be considered, an entry form, entry fee, artist statement and digital images of the artwork should be submitted to Desotorow Gallery by 5pm, Dec. 24. A $15 submission fee allows for the submission of up to 3 pieces of work. Artists will receive notification of the list of selected pieces through email on Dec. 28.

Further information about submitting work for the exhibition “Sculpted,” including a complete list of dates, submission guidelines and forms, and calls for other upcoming exhibitions at Desotorow Gallery can be found at http://www.desotorow.org/exhibits/call.html.

Any questions about Desotorow Gallery and this exhibition can be addressed by calling 912.355.8204 or emailing info@desotorow.org.

Deadline: Dec. 24, 2009
Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA
Contact: Ai-ling Chang
email: info@desotorow.org
Phone: 912.355.8204
Website: www.desotorow.org

Communications Arts Competitions: Illustration, Photography, Design & Advertising

From their website: Communication Arts Annual Juried Competitions recognize the best creative work being done today in visual communications. Winning entries are published in one of five Annuals: Illustration, Photography, Graphic Design/Advertising, and Interactive. With over 70,000 copies of each Annual distributed worldwide, you’re guaranteed outstanding exposure to potential clients and colleagues. http://www.commarts.com/

Illustration-Evocative illustration from editorial, advertising, institutional, for sale and unpublished categories makes its way into this influential illustration competition. Hundreds of award-winning images are selected for their creative excellence by an esteemed jury of designers and art directors. Deadline Jan. 8th, 2010

Photography-Over 200 photographs from both well-known photographers and rising stars emerge from this prestigious Photography competition. Categories include advertising, editorial, for sale, motion and unpublished. Deadline March 26th, 2010

Further out:
Design & Advertising-Deadline May 14th, 2010

For more information and to enter Illustration, Photography and/or Design & Advertising… see their website: click HERE.

Call for Entries: The Figure Now

The Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery in St Louis, Missouri announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, February 5-26, 2010.

First Place: $1000, Second Place: $500, Third Place: $250.

Jurors: Sophie Jodoin, Alex Kanevsky, Nicholas Uribe.

Open to all emerging and established artists residing in the United States and Canada. Drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media and photography. All entries must portray the human figure. Work must fit through standard door. $35 for up to 3 entries.

Download prospectus (PDF format) or send a SASE to: Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery, 6800 Wydown Blvd, St Louis, MO 63105. Questions? Contact Ellen Gochnour, Director: Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery at egochnour@fontbonne.edu or call (314) 719-3580.

Deadline: January 6, 2010

Call for Public Art Proposals: City of Campbell, CA

The City of Campbell is excited to announce a request for qualifications from artists interested in creating, fabricating and installing public artwork for the Stojanovich Family Park Project. The Stojanovich Family Park is located at 316 Union Avenue in Campbell, California within a high density residential area. The property is currently vacant and has never been developed, having been part of a fruit processing and drying facility supporting the City’s orchard industry. This site is 1.32 acres in size (approximately 139’ x 408’).

The City of Campbell would like to introduce the public art component into the project at an early stage in order to maximize the opportunities and possibilities for unique and exciting public art. There is no predetermined location or format for the public art at the proposed park site. The project public art budget has been set at an amount not to exceed $25,000, inclusive of all Artist fees, conception, design, fabrication, transportation, prep work and installation costs and protection of the artwork during development. Interested artists are encouraged to submit qualifications/portfolios by January 22, 2010 by 5:00 PM.

For more details and information on submission, please see http://www.cityofcampbell.com/General/Projects.htm

Public Art for Stojanovich Family Park (32kb pdf)

a. Site Plan (516kb pdf)
b. Conceptual Designs (972kb pdf)
c. Program Images (1.12mb pdf)

Call for Applications: The Camargo Foundation Artistic Fellowships

Call for Applications: The Camargo Foundation Academic and Artistic Fellowships

The Camargo Foundation is now accepting applications from composers, writers, and visual artists pursuing specific projects. The interdisciplinary residency program is intended to give Fellows the time and space they need to realize their projects. The Foundation’s hillside campus overlooks the Mediterranean Sea in Cassis, France; it includes fully furnished apartments, a reference library, and art/music studios. Fellows are provided with self-catering accommodation on campus. A stipend of $1,500 is also available. Fellowships are from mid-September to mid-December, or mid-January to mid-April.

Qualified candidates from all countries and nationalities are encouraged to apply; proficiency in English is a requirement. The application deadline is January 12, 2010.

For more information, please consult our web site at www.camargofoundation.org or write to apply@camargofoundation.org.

27th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado: call for entries

Sculpture in the Park, heralded as one of the finest outdoor juried exhibitions of three-dimensional artwork in the United States, will be held August 6-8, 2010 in Loveland, Colorado’s prestigious Benson Sculpture Garden. Sponsored by the Loveland High Plains Arts Council, the 27th Annual Show will host over 170 of the finest sculptors from around the world. Each year, this outstanding exhibit attracts thousands of art lovers and collectors from across the country. Sales at the show exceed $1,000,000, with approximately three-fourths of the artists selling their work. Application fee is $35. Acceptance Fee is $100.

Download the prospectus at http://www.sculptureinthepark.org/call_for_entries.html or call (970) 663-2940.

Deadline: January 8, 2010

Michele J. Scott Open Access Printmaking Program at the ICA, opening January 2010

The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art is proud to announce the Michele J. Scott Open Access Printmaking Program at the ICA to be available in January 2010. The Michele J. Scott Open Access Program is available to artists familiar with the printmaking process to use as their own studio work space. Any artist who demonstrates an understanding of the medium is eligible to use the studio’s supplies, the press, and/or digital equipment (the certification program is offered free at the Print Center). This is especially helpful to graduates of local arts programs who no longer have access to university facilities, and artists who do not have the resources or studio space to own their own equipment.

Open access days at the Print Center are held on the first Sunday of the month from 10am – 4:30pm ($15 per hour). Upcoming open access days: Sunday, January 24 and March 7 (and the first Sunday of the month thereafter). Contact Fanny Retsek at the ICA print center for more information.

Also, take advantage of the wide range of printmaking workshops and programs offered for novices and experienced artists at the ICA Print Center. The 2010 ICA Print Center Workshops and Michele J. Scott Open Access Program schedule will be available in January.

Security: open call for artists, Root Division

Root Division of San Francisco invites artists working in all genres to submit work for an exhibition called Security.

Curatorial statement:  Security means simply, the provision of safety.  Se-curity is related to the oldest menaing of curate: to care for souls.  Today the business of security is a global and corporate phenomenon.  The primary agenda is the production of fear; the ideal consumer is immobilized by dread.  Security, the exhibition, addresses this pivot between asylum and alarm.  We seek artists who tackle the charms or fetishes for security’s sell.  How we define security for our communities and the world, will determine how we get there and where we arrive. Curated by: Stephanie Ellis and Serena Wellen

Eligibility requirements:
Artwork submitted for review (or work very similar in nature to that submitted) must be available for listed exhibition dates.
Artists who are not from the SF Bay Area must be able to cover any costs incurred in getting the work to and from the gallery.

Deadline for Submission: Monday, January 11, 2010

Exhibition Dates: March 10th – 27th, 2010

For more information, details, guidelines, submission links: http://www.rootdivision.org/call_security.html

The Nadar Award for Students: call for entries

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards ( WPGA) open a Juried competition for students and recent graduates of photography, fine art and design attending institutes, colleges, schools and universities worldwide: The Nadar Award for Students. Students from art-related schools and faculties such as architecture, as well as students from other careers, who are amateur photographers (i.e. members of photographic associations and photo clubs) may also qualify to submit images to The Nadar Award.

The first prize will be the attendance (including round trip from the country and city of residence, lodging, and tuition) to a Workshop organized by Santa Fe Photography Workshops, and will the winner images will be widely promoted internationally. Selected images will be exposed during 2010 in US and Europe. As in other contest organized by WPGA who partner with Save the Children, a portion of its revenue (entry fees and sales of works in exhibitions) will be donated to that humanitarian organization.

WPGA invites all  students (and recent graduates) working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements are welcome to The Nadar Award.

CATEGORIES: The students and recent graduates who submit their images to The Nadar Award will compete separately in the following categories:
-  Portrait, People and Figure.
-  Documentary, Editorial and Current Affairs
- Digital enhanced and alternative processes
- Fine Art
- Citiscapes and Architecture
- Landscape and Nature
Any image can be submitted to one or more categories. There is no limit in the quantity of images to be submitted and in the date the images were taken.

JURORS:  Reid Callanan (Director, Santa Fe Photography Workshops) and Roy Flukinger (Senior Research Curator, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas in Austin).
DATES:  There will an Early Bird Deadline with discounted entry fees on December 20th and a Final Deadline on January 17th, 2010. Jurors’ selection will take place during the month of February, and the final announcement will be on March 11th 2010.
ENTRY FEES:  The entry fees for submitting images to The Nadar Award will be:  Before the early Bird deadline: for the first 3 images (the minimum of images to submit is 3) US$ 15; each additional image US$ 5…After the Early Bird deadline and until the final deadline: for the first 3 images US$ 25; each additional image US$ 7.  An image can be submitted to more than one category, counting as an additional image without discount.

For more information and links:  http://www.thegalaawards.com/prizes_and_awards.html

AniMazing Spotlight! Call for animation film shorts

AniMazing Spotlight! is a “festival and feedback” competition exclusively for animated shorts, with an international panel of animation experts who review the shorts and select the nominations and winners, and also give every short entered their personal comments. Each quarter, AniMazing Spotlight! will present two awards for “Excellence in Animation.” The final eight quarterly winners will compete for “Best of Festival” at the Year-End Awards Ceremony and Festival. All nominations will be chosen by the international panel, and a special jury, chosen from the panel and prospective new panelists, will select the winners. Attendees of the festival’s nominations screenings will be able to select the Audience Favorite award.

Highlights of Qualifications:
-All Animated Shorts 12 minutes, or under, which haven’t won any top prizes (Oscars, Annies, Major Festival 1st prizes) are eligible, all formats, mixed formats, even works-in-progress.

-All entrants, who fill out the application, pay the entry fee and send their short, are qualified for all category awards, and receive comments from members of our international panel of experts.

-Year-End Festival will be at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

Learn more and enter.

Deadline: Dec. 28th, 2009

Of Memory, Bone & Myth: a National Photography Exhibition

Of Memory, Bone & Myth: The first National Juried Photography Exhibition 2010 is organized by The University of North Dakota’s Department of Art & Design and seeks photographic imagery based on the interpretation of memory and myth. This exhibition also receives funding from the Colonel Eugene E. Myers Foundation that will result in a full color exhibition catalog to be produced with copies sent to all accepted participating artists. This exhibition is open to any photographic medium, including but not limited to historical processes, traditional silver printing, chromogenic printing and digital process. This juried exhibition is open to national artists of all levels (professional, emerging and students 18 years and over). All photographs must be framed no larger than 26” x 30”.

Deadline is Feb 10th, 2010.

Contact Information: Suzanne Gonsalez, Assistant Professor of Art
E-mail: suzanne.gonsalez@und.edu
Prospectus: http://sites.google.com/site/undphotography

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program 2010: Art History

The Smithsonian Institution encourages access to its collections, staff specialties, and reference resources by visiting scholars, scientists, and students. The Institution offers in-residence appointments for research and study using its facilities, and the advice and guidance of its staff members in fields that are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations of the Institution.

At present these fields include:

• Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics
• Anthropology, including archaeology,
• Astrophysics and astronomy
• Earth sciences and paleobiology
• Evolutionary and systematic biology
• History of science and technology
• History of art, particularly American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, 20-century American crafts and decorative arts
• Social and cultural history of the United States
• Folklife

Postmark deadline for submission is January 15, 2010.
Additional information and application forms are available at www.si.edu/research+Study

Emerging Artist Competition: call for artists

The Artist Project, Toronto…APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE! The Artist Project Toronto invites submissions from emerging artists for the Untapped! Emerging Artist Competition.  Untapped is a juried competition in which 16 of the best up-and-coming artists will be awarded a free space in the 2010 show!  This is an excellent opportunity to participate in a professional-level art fair and to showcase your work to gallerists, collectors and art enthusiasts.

Winners Will:

• Receive a free space in the Open Gallery section of the show (approximately 10 linear feet)
• Connect with 10,000 visitors, gallerists & art buyers
• Network with artists from across North America
• Get promoted on:  The Artist Project website, show guide, press releases & other marketing materials

Who Can Apply?

• Current students and recent graduates (no more than 3 years removed from post-secondary / graduate-level education)
• Self-taught artists who have been practicing / exhibiting their art for less than 3 years
• Winning artists must be able to travel to Toronto and be personally present for the duration of the show (March 4-7, 2010)

How Do I Apply?

• Click HERE to download an application (PDF)
• Applications may be submitted by mail or email.  The deadline for application is Friday, January 15, 2010
• Please contact Kim Selman at kim@mmpicanada.com ; 416-960-4527 for more information