Vermont Studio Center offers full fellowships
The Vermont Studio Center is an international residency programme open to all artists and writers. Year-round, VSC hosts 50 artists and writers per month, each of whom receives an individual studio, private room, and all meals. Residencies last from 2 - 12 weeks and provide uninterrupted time to work, a community of creative peers, and a beautiful village setting in northern Vermont. In addition, VSC's programme includes a roster of Visiting Artists and Writers (two painters, two sculptors and two writers per month) who offer slide talks/readings and individual studio visits/conferences. Applications and information available at www.vermontstudiocenter.org
VSC Full Fellowships and a variety of special fellowships will be awarded at the February 17th, 2009 deadline, including:
General VSC Fellowships
All artists and writers
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards
In 2009, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation/VSC Fellowship Program for visual artists of outstanding talent will support (3) 4-week residencies for domestic artists and (1) 8-week residency for an international artist.
Golden Award
(1) Open to all painters, merit-based
Zoland Poetry Fellowships
(2) Open to writers of original English-language poetry and poetry translators
Wheels for Wheels Award
(1) Open to an artist or writer who uses a wheelchair and/or has a spinal cord injury
Kay Evans Award
(1) open to all poets, merit-based; award created in honour of Maine poet Kay Evans by her friends and family
For Application, Guidelines and more information, contact:
Vermont Studio Center
PO Box 613 Johnson
VT 05656
Tel: 802 635 2727
Email: admissions@vermontstudiocenter.org
www.vermontstudiocenter.org
Applications due by February 17, 2009
Call for Proposals: Tribute to Walter and Albertina Sisulu
Under the guidance of Art Bank Joburg, in cooperation with the City of Johannesburg , the process is underway to create a major new artwork as a tribute to Walter and Albertina Sisulu. The remarkable pairing of Walter and Albertina endured in the face of state harassment, frequent arrests and detentions, long separation and bitter struggle. The artwork will commemorate an enduring political love story, expressing the political values of solidarity and comradeship, while at the same time supporting the family values of caring.
This artwork will be commissioned for a prominent site in Loveday Street , Braamfontein, close to the Metropolitan Centre. The Sisulu artwork will serve to enhance the visitor experience to Braamfontein's civic precinct, and being located so close to the seat of local government, the artwork will profile the image of the City Council. This tribute will also add to a growing collection of artworks which mark the Cultural Ark linking Braamfontein to the Newtown Cultural Precinct.
Call for proposals:
This is a call to artists to propose a work celebrating Walter and Albertina Sisulu. Artists are encouraged to do research about this dynamic pairing and their impact on the history of democracy. Conceptual emphasis should be placed on the relationship between the two and the values that they represent. Proposals of sculptural work including the realistic representation of the couple will be favoured.
Artists proposing a work for public display are encouraged to visit the site before submitting their proposal and consider the environment when conceiving of such pieces. During the following two months information sessions will be held on site. Artists will be informed of such sessions. Please inform the Art Bank if you are interested in this process, as we can then keep you informed via e-mail.
Artwork in any medium will be considered. However, applicants must take into account that the site is an urban outdoor environment. Please be aware that sculptures and installations must meet safety requirements and be robust to withstand the effects of weather and public use.
Some technical assistance, approved by the City of Johannesburg Public Art Committee will be provided to install the work. Final placement of work will be guided by the Committee.
Deadline for proposals: February 20
For more information about applications:
Art Bank Joburg
2 President Street
Newtown
Tel: (011) 838 6266/6209
Email: antoinette@artbankjoburg.co.za
The Kumasi Symposium invites applications
The Kumasi Symposium: Tapping Local Resources for Sustainable Education through Art invites proposals for Plenary Sessions, Demonstrations, Workshops, Exhibitions and Context-specific Performances for the event taking place from July 31 - August 14.
The 2009 Kumasi event uses arts-based social practice to bringing together specialists from diverse parts of the world in a trans-national platform for interchange of cultural and knowledge capital in evidence-based society to strengthen visual arts practice and promote cultural entrepreneurship in Ghana.
A call is, thus, made for contributions addressing one or more of the symposium sub-themes: Art Education Practice, Studio Practice, Curatorial/Museum/Community Arts Practice, Art History/Criticism, Arts Administration/Management/Marketing Practice, and Open Session.
Specifically, the symposium entails plenary sessions and support activities such as demonstrations/workshops, exhibitions, and site-specific tours of local national resources. Expression of interest and proposals for Plenary Sessions and Exhibitions/Practical Workshops will be reviews until January 17, 2009. Applications for individual presentation and participation will be reviewed until the space is filled. We expect about 200 participants from around the world. The working language of the conference will be English. All abstracts and brief biographies should be submitted to:
Email: africoae@gmail.com
For more info:
www.afropoets.tripod.com/eta
Department of General Art Studies, College of Arts and Social Sciences
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana
July 31-August 14, 2009
Vansa Western Cape invites applications for Network Coordinator
The Western Cape regional branch of Vansa seeks a creative and driven individual to drive the development and the professional profile of the visual arts in the Western Cape. Focus areas include managing the regional branch of the organisation, strategic planning, fundraising, networking the visual arts industry with the private and public sector and project management.
In consultation with the Vansa National coordinators and the Vansa Western Cape board, the regional Network Coordinator oversees the overall planning, implementation, and tracking of the organisation and its projects with specified deliverables.
Application deadline: February 18, 2009
For more info:
Email: vansawesterncape@gmail.com
www.vansawesterncape.org.za
apexart's Annual Unsolicited Proposal Program
Continuing our annual Unsolicited Proposal Program, we are currently accepting 600-word, idea-based proposals for evaluation by an international panel of apexart associates (curators, artists, writers, philosophers). Submissions are reviewed independently, anonymously and without visual support material: they are evaluated solely on the strength of the idea. No mountain too high, no river too deep!
Previous curatorial experience is in no way required, and will not factor into the selection process.
The two proposals with the highest ratings will be presented at apexart in the 2009/10 season (September 2009 to August 2010). For those in or outside the field, this programme is a unique opportunity to have a professionally mounted exhibition in New York City.
Applications are welcomed and encouraged from around the world.
Proposals accepted online only from February 1 to 28, 2009
apexart
291 Church St., New York, NY 10013
Email: info@apexart.org
Visit the site for more info, guidelines, past winners, and to apply:
www.apexart.org/unsolicited.htm
Adobe Issues Call for Entries for 2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Open to students in 40 countries, Adobe's Design Achievement Awards contest rewards achievement in this area, and also draws attention to interactive design and development programmes at some of the best accredited higher education institutions. Students are invited to submit projects through the Adobe Design Achievement Awards website. From the website, visitors will also be able to access ADAA Live!, an interactive website that lets visitors see participants submitting projects in real-time.
The 2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards entries will be reviewed and scored by an independent panel of distinguished judges. These include: Leimei Julia Chui (Japan), director of global communications for the International Design Centre NAGOYA (IdcN); Louis Gagnon (Canada), co-founder of Paprika Communications; Cristina Chiappini (Italy), founder of her own Rome-based consultancy; Garth Walker (South Africa), founder of Orange Juice Design, a creative firm serving many of South Africa's best known corporate and consumer brands; Tarek Atrissi (The Netherlands), a principal of his own design studio and teacher in the department of Art, Media and Technology at the Utrecht School of the Arts in Holland; Kyle Kim (Korea), a professor at the School of Design, Hongik University and co-founder of design firm UM & Partners; and Lance Wyman (US) principal of his own New York environmental graphic design office.
Submissions will be accepted online through June 5, 2009.
The online submissions will be judged digitally in June. For the final phase of judging, semifinalists will be asked to submit their source files and a physical aspect of their entry as it is meant to be viewed. Finalists will be invited to Beijing, China and the Icograda World Design Congress and awarded software and cash prizes.
For more information visit www.ADAAentry.com
Absa L'Atelier Competition
The competition is held annually for artists between the ages of 21 and 35, and the prizes include cash as well as a stay at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Entries are to be accepted between March 2 and March 6, 2009.
For more information:
Tel: (011) 350 5793
www.absa.co.za
Start - The Nivea Art Award
This exciting competition provides the opportunity for one talented artist to win R20 000, a sponsored studio and materials for six months and a solo exhibition at KZNSA Gallery. In addition, the second and third prizewinners will take home R10 000 and R5 000 respectively. At an awards ceremony to be held on July 14, the three winners will be announced and the cash prizes presented.
To qualify, artists must be over 18 and should be at the early stage of their art career, having not yet won any previous prestigious art awards. For the first time, the competition is now open to all visual art media except video. To enter, artists should submit an entry form together with a portfolio comprising no less than three A5 size photographs of their best existing works, as well as a short curriculum vitae of their art career.
From entries that come in from throughout KwaZulu-Natal, 60 artists will be shortlisted and will be required to submit one of their best works to KZNSA Gallery. A distinguished panel of judges will select 25 finalists from these 60. The finalists will each receive R1 500 from Beiersdorf to create a unique, commissioned work, within a three-month time frame. The artists are required to incorporate this year's theme, 'Beauty Is...' into their competition piece. All works will be unique interpretations of this theme and will be exhibited for sale at the final exhibition which runs from July 14 - August 08, 2009 at KZNSA Gallery.
Entry forms are available at most KwaZulu-Natal art galleries, or call: (031) 573 2154, email: nivea.art.award@beiersdorf.com
AVA calls for proposals from emerging curators
The AVA Gallery is offering its venue and expertise to benefit an emerging curator in 2009. The slot allocated for the exhibition falls within the Cape Africa platform period. Proposals for the curated exhibition should reach the AVA no later than the end of January 2009. A limited budget will be made available for the selected proposal.
Curatorial Proposal Guidelines
1. Introduction to your proposed exhibition
2. Outline of your curatorial concept/idea/thematic/framework/aim of your show
3. Curatorial process that you will be following
4. List of participating artists
5. Proposed budget for the curated exhibition from start to conclusion. If you do not have funds, please state how you intend to raise some
Please include:
CVs of participating artists
CV/s of the curator/s
Images of the artists' works, preferably of the works that they wish to show at AVA, or if these are not yet created, works in the same genre/media/style that are going to be exhibited. If you and the artists live in Cape Town the committee wants to see original works where/if possible.
Greatmore Studios Visiting Artists Programme 2009 calls for applications
Our studios situated in Woodstock are committed to the development of the arts, and are calling for applications from artists from across South Africa, the continent and abroad for places available in our Visiting Artist Residency Programme between January and March 2009.
The programme will provide an opportunity for successful artists to spend three months in Cape Town, South Africa, developing new work, and working towards a collaborative exhibition at the end of their stay.
Interested candidates are asked to send a curriculum vitae, appropriate identification, images of recent artwork, a personal statement and relevant references to:
artmore@mweb.co.za or applications@greatmoreart.org.za
For more information visit www.greatmore.org.za
Urban Contemporary Art calls for portfolio submissions
Urban Contemporary Art, a new art gallery opening in Observatory, Cape Town, invites portfolio submissions from artists working in Cape Town.
Urban Contemporary Art will feature salon style exhibitions of works by young South African artists, creating a new outlet for fresh talent and a further boost to the emerging art market.
Please deliver a portfolio of works on CD to:
Urban Contemporary Art
46 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 7925
Or send an email with a full career history, including a maximum of five images, no bigger than 250KB each to:
info@urbancontemporaryart.co.za with the subject line 'Portfolio Submission'
'Walk of Art' Festival 2009 invites participants
The Walk of Art Festival brings the artists to the art lovers and other members of the greater Cape Town area. Exhibitors and visitors together celebrate the creative spirit of the city. We are looking for artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, new media) and related industries to participate in what is likely to be the largest open air art event in Cape Town.
On February 28 and March 1, a wide range of artists will showcase their work. Visitors will be enlisted through an extensive media campaign and viral marketing campaign to ensure established art lovers attend as well as introducing newcomers to the pleasure of art. We aim to attract 5 000 people to the festival over two days.
Although this event falls outside of the Oranjekloof CID official boundaries, we have already enjoyed input, advice and support from them. We welcome more of this kind of interaction from enterprises that share the vision of this festival.VEO Gallery is one of our stakeholders and we have enjoyed very constructive input from them. Hopefully this synergy can take us far into the future.
Sponsorship opportunities exist for a brand to align with Walk of Art and receive reciprocal value through the marketing of their services and products and receiving exposure from the extensive media campaign.
Every R10 entrance fee that is collected at the gate will be donated directly to a not for profit organisation. The Park itself is in great need of support from the community to compliment the work that is done by Friends of De Waal Park.
For more information, contact:
Amanda Moore 082 925 5701, amanda@walkofart.co.za; Martin Pienaar 082 373 3446 or (021) 424 3373, martin@walkofart.co.za; Glynis Coetzee glynis@walkofart.co.za
SOUTH calls for entries
SOUTH seeks to uncover the finest examples of South African creativity across a broad spectrum of disciplines and forms. And, for the first time on one platform, showcase a dazzling array of our finest creative produce.
ART. ARCHITECTURE. ADVERTISING. CRAFT. DESIGN. FASHION. FILM&VIDEO. JEWELLERY. MUSIC. NEW MEDIA. PERFORMANCE ART. PHOTOGRAPHY.
A celebration of the gloriously positive, idiosyncratically naïve, ridiculously sardonic, richly contradictory, relentlessly spontaneous creative imagination inherent in our (don't cry now) beloved country. SOUTH seeks to encapsulate the bold, lawless, cheeky, crossover, politically incorrect flavour of our South African creative psyche.
THIS WAY UP
Because SOUTH is the new north, a complete turnaround of the planet stereotype, there is nothing finite or predictable about what we are looking for.
Where the north may exhibit an ordered sense of detached coolness, SOUTH is a thundering stampede of chaos and heat.
A happy accident of third and first worlds.
A vibe. A jol.
A state of mind.
Embracing contradiction and collision.
That iconic crossroad: where earthy Afrika meets contemporary design.
The kind of creative excellence that will best influence the judges is neither black nor white, nor ethnic, nor neutral, nor euro, nor west, nor east. It's a harmony out of contradiction. A balance of extremes. That fine line between order and chaos. SOUTH seeks executions that capture the soul of this mystique.
THE TONE
Gloriously positive, ridiculously naïve, relentlessly spontaneous. Bold, lawless, cheeky, crossover, politically incorrect. About finding a home for sacred cows - the braaivleis. About changing the world by Making A Difference.
THE PROOF
Hoezit pap and sushi. Sawubona high class elephant dung ashtrays. Viva our rather shweeet giant plastic chicken installation.
SOUTH LEGENDS POINT THE WAY
If that fusion crossover is about to become a blur, look no further than our most distinctive footprint, our past and current legends, the SOUTH Hall of Fame.
SOUTH is presented by the Creative Alliance, which is Design Indaba, The Loeries and Creative Circle.
For entry forms and more information visit:
www.designindaba.com/south
Enquiries: Michael Purdham at Interactive Africa
Tel: (021) 465 9966
Fax: (021) 465 9978
Email: south@interactiveafrica.com
Specs journal invites submissions
Specs is a journal of contemporary culture and arts at Rollins College that aims to create sympathetic interfaces between artistic and critical practices. The editors invite submissions of creative and/or critical work for the annual Fall 2008 print and web issue. We seek works of fiction, non-fiction, cultural criticism, artwork, poetry, and pieces that blur genre boundaries.
The editorial board consists of writers and academics from various fields. The editors are excited by specialty, an excess of detail, fragments, narratives, meta-narratives, and more.
The deadline for poetry, creative non-fiction, fiction, and art is March 3, 2008. We accept simultaneous submissions of creative work, as long as we receive prompt notice of acceptance elsewhere. Please limit prose submissions to under 6000 words and poetry submissions to 10-12 pages.
Email submissions as word attachments to editors@specsjournal.org
Remember to include a brief cover letter indicating whether you wish to be considered for the print edition, the web edition, or both. Please be advised that colour artwork with heavy graphics will only be considered for the web edition. Artwork for the print edition is limited to black on white work (4 x 7 dimensions).
Please also indicate the type/genre of submission in the subject heading (Poetry, Fiction, etc.).
We are also seeking art, fiction, poetry, and critical work that limits itself to one-page pieces for ONE/OFF, a special interactive section of Specs. In this section, we hope to force interactions between the print and web edition.
For more information, visit:
www.specsjournal.org
Call for Submissions: Africa Biennale 2008
This is an open call for submissions by contemporary African visual artists to the Africa Biennale 2008. AVANT CAR GUARD is proud to announce having secured both operational support and project funding from the art world and corporate entities, and in this capacity will be producing a prestigious showcase of this country's hidden secrets to the art world. As we know Africa is a country that has long operated outside the world, and it's time to bring the world back into the fold and celebrate together the riches of this often misunderstood and mysterious country.
Avant Car Guard
Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: (021) 123 4567
Email: infor@avantcarguard.com
AVA's Artreach fund invites applications
The Association For Visual Arts' Artreach fund was founded by committee members in the late 1980s to help raise funds for various charities in Cape Town. In the 1990s it was transformed into a more focused fund for the financial assistance of visual artists. To date, AVA's Artreach fund has sponsored art materials, art studio rentals, workshop fees, art tuition, art classes for children in Langa, a sculpture peace park, a street youth drawing project, a gallery in an art school, art catalogues, exhibition expenses for shows at AVA, framing charges and production costs for exhibitions.
AVA's Artreach programme is an initiative aimed at broadening opportunities for visual artists in South Africa by creating artmaking possibilities, by encouraging art education, by promoting through exposure, and by advancing cultural production across a wide spectrum of visual arts media. The programme is co-sponsored by Absolut Vodka and with Lottery funding.
The Artreach committee meets on a monthly basis. For details with regards to applications Please check www.ava.co.za
Internship offered at Warren Editions in Cape Town
Warren Editions as a professional printmaking studio invites printmakers and/or students wanting to learn more about intaglio and/or monotype processes to participate in an internship.
Responsibilities
To assist the printers at Warren Editions with the plate production, the editioning of prints and the maintenance of the studio facilities and equipment
Skill requirement
- Basic skills in intaglio processes
- Capable of handling fine art prints
Internship application
- Current CV
- List of print process skills
- Letter of intent with internship dates (start and finish)
- One letter of reference from a respected person in the community, preferably someone involved at an educational organisation
Internship guidelines
- The internship is for a minimum of 16 hours a week and will require at least a two month commitment
- The internship is unpaid, but, the intern will receive limited studio access outside the internship hours
Email: zhanewarren@hotmail.com
www.warreneditions.com
AVA Clearance Notice
The Association for Visual arts Gallery requests the collection of all works, including works on paper that have been left indefinitely at the gallery. Any works not collected by December 23, 2008 will be auctioned to defray costs.
Job Vacancy at African Art Centre, Durban
African Art Centre seeks a young dynamic English- and Zulu speaking person, with good interpersonal skills able to conceptualise and think creatively - a person who can multitask and support the whole process of development within the organisation. The African Art Centre is in Durban and is a Section 21 Company Not for Profit, however a competitive salary is offered.
Essential requirements for the post of Development Officer:
Driving licence
Computer literacy and basic organisational skills
Developing current and new projects
Conceptualise, plan, initiate, maintain development projects
Report writing
Research and write documentation of artists connected to the African Art Centre
Assist with planning and hanging of exhibitions, studio visits of artists
Please email the Director, Anthea Martin anthea@afri-art.co.za with CV and contact details
AVA subscriptions renewal
The AVA reminds subscribers to request the renewal of subscriptions. Subscriptions run a full calendar year, from January to end December and are now due, as follows:
Single: R85
Couple: R140
Pensioner: R35
Student: R35
Cheques and postal orders to be made out to AVA or to the Association for Visual Arts. Bank details for direct deposits:
FNB, Long St
Br: 201709
Acc No: 50061874340
Current Account
please use your whole name and surname as reference
Paid-up members will receive a membership card which entitles them to a 10% discount on all purchases at the following art shops:
Artsource, Campus Art and Hardware and Ruth Prowse Art Shop
Association for Visual Arts
35 Church Street, Cape Town, South Africa,
Phone: +27-21 424-7436,
Fax: +27-21 423-2637,
Email: art@ava.co.za
