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.
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.
Greatmore's 10th year anniversary raffle
A special art raffle has been scheduled for November 14, 2008. A hundred and twelve works on paper are up for grabs. We anticipate selling 224 tickets that will give ticket holders a 50% chance of winning an original artwork. Raffle tickets are valued at R1600 each in support of this public benefit art organisation.
Artists who will be featured include David Koloane, Cecil Skotnes, Sue Williamson, William Kentridge, Tyrone Appolis, David Goldblatt, Helen Sebidi, Peter Clarke and others. This special collection of donated work is a tribute to the fellowship between artists within Africa and abroad. View 112 artworks being raffled at www.greatmoreart.org/catalogue_01.htm
Greatmore Studios is a public benefit organisation that for the past decade has invited visual artists to interact and exchange ideas and artistic skills, whilst developing meaningful relationships in a sympathetic environment in Woodstock, Cape Town. The support from staff, volunteers, friends, donors and funders has encouraged growth and participation in all the projects, workshops and facilities. On its 10th birthday, Greatmore Studios is proud to extend an invitation to share in a time of reflection on the achievements of the past decade. This is an opportunity to celebrate our history and the new possibilities that local and international artists bring to the space every year.
To buy a raffle ticket, deposit money into:
Account Name: Greatmore Studios
Bank: Standard Bank
Branch: Mowbray
Branch code: 020909
Swift Address: SBZA ZA JJ
Account Number: 071151397
Account Type: Cheque
Account Reference: Your name
Please confirm your payment via email to accounts@greatmoreart.org.za . Include in the email your full name, phone number and postal address.
Ticket holders living outside of Cape Town will be required to cover freight costs of any artwork they have won.
For more information about ticket sales:
Email: artmore@mweb.co.za
Tel: (021) 447 969.
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
Affordable Art Show calls for entries
artSPACE durban is looking for artists to submit artworks for the sixth 'Annual Affordable Art Show' that will take place from November 24 to January 17, 2009.
artSPACE durban is looking for original, quality artworks which will sell for a maximum of R2500.
Please bring the artworks to artSPACE durban for selection from November 12 - November 18 during gallery hours or phone to make other arrangements.
The selected works will be charged a R35 hanging fee each and a 30% commission will be charged on works sold.
artSPACE durban
3 Millar Road (off Umgeni Rd next to Waste Centre), Stamford Hill
Tel: (031) 312 0793
Email: artspace_durban@yahoo.com
www.artspacedurban.co.za
Hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm, Sat 10am - 1pm
SECOND PRIZE ARTEINGENUA 2008
extension of deadline to 21 february 2009
PLAY THE GAME, get into with art
international painting, sculpture and photography
competition for young artists
FRIST PRIZE 30.000,00 euro
SECOND PRIZE 7.000,00 euro
THIRD PRIZE 3.000,00 euro
terms and conditions: www.arteingenua.com
request info: premio@arteingenua.it
SERVICES & COURSES OFFERED
Call for Applications: First International Master of Media.Art.Histories
The postgraduate programme MediaArtHistories at the Department for Image Science offers a two-year low residency course of study leading to an MA degree. It conveys the most important developments of contemporary art through a network of renowned international theorists, artists, curators and many others.
Artists and programmers give new insights into the latest and most controversial software, interface developments and their interdisciplinary and intercultural praxis. Keywords are: Strategies of Interaction and Interface Design, Social Software, Immersion and Emotion, and Artistic Invention. Using online databases and other modern aids, knowledge of computer animation, net art, interactive, telematic and genetic art as well as the most recent reflections on nano art, CAVE installations, augmented reality and wearables are introduced. Historical derivations that go far back into art and media history are tied in intriguing ways to digital art. Important approaches and methods from Image Science, Media Archaeology, and the History of Science and Technology will be discussed.
MediaArtHistories MA is based on the international praxis and expertise in Curation, Collecting, Preserving and Archiving and Researching in the Media Arts. What are the conditions necessary for a wider consideration of media art works and of new media in these collections of the international contemporary art scene? And in which way can new Databases and other scientific tools of structuring and visualising data provide new contexts and enhance our understanding of semantics?
For further Information:
www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis
www.donau-uni.ac.at/mediaarthistories
www.virtualart.at
www.mediaarthistory.org/pub/mediaarthistories.html
www.donau-uni.ac.at/telelectures
First International Master of MediaArtHistories
Department for Image Science
Danube University Krems
Dr. Karl Dorrek Strasse 30
A-3500 Krems
Tel: 0043 2732 893 2569
Fax: 0043 2732 893 4551
Email: sabine.weber@donau-uni.ac.at
Construction New Media Awards 2008
Entries for CNMA 2009 are officially open. 2008 saw a record number of entries and the CNMA 2009 promises to be a national celebration of New Media genius.
CNMA celebrates and elevates the status of new media design by honouring and accrediting those designers, writers, programmers and thinkers who produce challenging, imaginative, interactive work, both on a creative and functional platform.
Entries can qualify in one of four categories: online, offline, motion graphics and innovation. Innovation is a new category inspired by the constant redefinition of the digital space. Entries from professionals as well as students are encouraged.
A trophy will be awarded in each category at the CNMA ceremony during the Design Indaba Conference 2009, with one overall winner receiving the Grand Prix. There may be no fortune in winning a Construction New Media Award, however the opportunity to have your work viewed by our renowned judges is paramount. The top student winner will receive a trip to the UK to work alongside an acclaimed designer.
You can register by visiting www.constructionaward.com
Deadline: December 12, 2008
For more information:
Email: carynv@interactiveafrica.com
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
Call for applications to Art in Nature Symposia in the Netherlands
With the aim of increasing community awareness of environmental concerns, NatuurkunstDrenthe Foundation in the Netherlands is planning to host an Art in Nature Symposium in 2009. Artists interested in participation at future Symposia are invited to apply by sending relevant documentation and CV. After consideration, selected artists will be forwarded information about the workshop with a demand for a proposal. Invitation for participation is based on the documentation and a concrete proposal. There is no deadline, application is ongoing.
Please send your enquires to:
Email: defluiter@planet.nl
www.natuurkunstdrenthe.nl/index_en.php?id=en/home
Call for applications to Design Indaba exhibition and award
Design Indaba has collaborated with the Creative Circle and The Loerie Awards to launch the Creative Alliance. Dedicated to promoting South African creativity on an international front, the alliance will be initiating a travelling exhibition sponsored by the SABC. The exhibition will debut at Design Indaba 2009.
Entitled 'South', the exhibition is a celebration of the gloriously positive, ridiculously naïve and relentlessly spontaneous creative industries inherent in our country. Seeking to encapsulate the bold, lawless, cheeky, crossover, politically incorrect flavour of the South African imagination, the exhibition is a celebration of the home of high-class ashtrays made out of elephant dung and pap served with sushi.
The exhibition will comprise existing local and international designs which best encapsulate 'South', as well as the award, open to participation from creatives across all industries including advertising, design, film and video, music, performing arts, fashion design, new media, publishing, radio and television, industrial design, visual art, architecture and crafts.
The overall winner receives R100 000, and second and third place will receive R50 000 and R25 000 respectively.
Contact Mike Purdham:
Tel: (021) 465 9966
Email: south@interactiveafrica.com
www.designindaba.com/south
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
Apexart offers franchise opportunities
Apexart wants to come to you. Any city, any town, anywhere in the world. We are offering a one-time franchise opportunity where apexart will come to your city and appoint you the director of your own temporary non-profit exhibition space. For a four-week exhibition, and in the months preceding, you will be the director and/or curator and/or staff of your own institution with a budget, a salary, and complete control.
We will provide up to 10 000 USD in funding, along with the necessary guidance to make your curated exhibition happen, accompanied by an apexart brochure. In addition, prior to your show, we'll arrange to bring you to NYC for three days, all expenses paid, to visit apexart and meet our staff.
Submit up to a 250-word statement on why apexart should come to you.
Application deadline: 12am EST December 1, 2008
For more information:
Email: info@apexart.org
www.apexart.org/franchise.htm
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
