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The Dumbo Arts Center – Exhibition Proposals for 2011
Deadline: March 1, 2010
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) is a non-profit contemporary arts organization located in Dumbo Brooklyn, DAC invites artists or curators (individuals or groups) from all levels of experience to submit exhibition proposals for realization in its gallery space in 2011.  Proposed exhibitions  are open to all visual arts media.

Women in Film – New Grant
Deadline: March 1, 2010

Women in Film Seattle announces the launch of a new Professional Grant. The new grant will award one woman filmmaker’s project $1,000 in cash, in-kind donations from the Northwest film industry, promotional support through Women In Film (WIF) and a theatrical screening of the finished piece. The grant is open to professional Women in Film members in the Seattle Chapter.


Anacortes Arts Festival – Fine and Performing Artists Needed
Deadline: Various March Deadlines
Plans are well under way for the 49th annual Anacortes Arts Festival August 6-8, 2010. We continue the annual tradition of filling historic downtown with juried booth artisans, showcasing Northwest fine art at our waterfront Arts at the Port exhibits, and offering first class entertainment on Festival stages and evening concerts. All applications are available online. March deadlines for participants are quickly approaching.


Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation – Curator Funds
Deadline: March 5, 2010
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation is offering curators, in partnership with an established non-profit exhibition space, the opportunity to be awarded the 2010 Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award — a grant of up to $150,000 for the realization of an innovative thematic exhibition concept that challenges the boundaries of contemporary art.

Meet the Composer – Commissioning Music/USA
Deadline: March 8, 2010
Meet The Composer offers support through its Commissioning Music/USA program. This support takes the form of subsidized commissioning fees as well as technical assistance in managing the entire life-cycle of a commissioning project. Once a project is completed, Meet The Composer will make information on the
commissioned work and the composer available to presenters and performers looking for new repertoire or new composers to commission.

Chamber Music America – New Jazz Works
Deadline: March 12, 2010
Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works program provides support to professional U.S. ensembles for the creation and performance of new work in the jazz idiom. The program also funds activities that extend the
life of the work, and allow the ensemble leader to acquire or increase career-related business skills. This program is designed for ensembles that want to explore new creative territory.

Bellingham Review – Fiction, Non-Fiction & Poetry Prizes
Deadline: March 15, 2010
Call to writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. First place winners will be published in the Bellingham Review. Second and third place winners and finalists may be considered for publication. Details for all three awards are now available.

Washington State Convention Center – Call for Exhibitions
Deadline: March 26, 2010
Proposals are now being accepted for the quarterly rotating art program in calendar years 2011 and 2012 within the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) public space. “The Galleries” are open daily for all convention delegates, visitors and citizens to enjoy, an estimated 500,000 people annually. “The rotating public art exhibitions have grown into an extremely popular program,” said Karen Wong – Chair, WSCC Art Committee. For guidelines and application information, contact: Diana Cross, dian...@wscc.com

Franklin Furnace – Produce in NYC
Deadline: April 1, 2010
Each year Franklin Furnace awards grants to emerging artists, allowing them to produce major works in New York. Grants may range between $2,000 and $10,000 depending upon funding received by Franklin Furnace.  Artists from all areas of the world are encouraged to apply; however, funded projects must be presented in New York.

Longhouse Education and Cultural Center – Grant Opportunities
Deadline: April 1, 2010
The Longhouse Education and Cultural Center at The Evergreen State College has announced a national call to Native artists for two grant opportunities: the National Native Master Artist Initiative: Artist Teaching Artists Program (DOC), designed to promote Native arts and cultures within urban and rural Native communities throughout the United States; and the National Native Creative Development Program (DOC), designed to address the professional development needs of individual artists, such as training in marketing, purchase of supplies and materials, professional portfolio development, and apprenticeships.

Inland Crafts – Calling Craft Artists
Deadline: April 5, 2010
Inland Crafts is one of Spokane Washington’s most treasured juried craft exhibitions. This sale and exhibition provides a wonderful array of pottery, glass, basketry, jewelry, fiber arts, wood works, metal design and photography. The event is Nov. 12-13-14 at the Spokane Convention Center.

Evergreen Washelli – Columbarium Exhibition
Deadline: April, 21, 2010
Evergreen Washelli Funeral Providers in Seattle is accepting submissions for the 2010 Art in the Columbarium exhibition. They are seeking a portfolio of original artwork that illustrates continuity and is appropriate for a columbarium.  Up to six solo shows will be hosted for local emerging artists; each solo show will run from four to six weeks. All 2D and 3D media will be considered.  Info: Heather Mitchell, hmit...@washelli.com.

Sitka Center- Artist-In-Residency Program
Deadline: April 23, 2010
Applications for the Residency Program are now available. This program has provided more than 170 artists, writers, and natural science scholars the opportunity to conduct their work in the unique environment of Cascade Head and Salmon River estuary near Otis, Oregon just north of Lincoln City on the Oregon coast. Residents are on campus October through mid-May, when public workshops are minimal. Up to five residents at a time, usually from different disciplines and stages in their careers, live and work on campus for up to four-months free of charge.

Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize
Deadline: May 1, 2010
$2,000 for a First Book of Poems. This prize is offered annually to a poet who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems. The winner receives $2000 and the winning volume will be published by the Kent State University Press in Fall 2010.

2010 Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize
Deadline: May 31, 2010
Selected poet will receive $300 cash award and publication in CALYX Journal (Vol. 24:2, Winter 2011). The winner and all finalists will receive a one-volume subscription, and all their poems will be published on CALYX’s website.

Northwest Film Forum – Local Sightings
Deadline: July 1, 2010
Local Sightings an our annual showcase of current narrative, documentary and experimental film by Northwest artists. The week long festival also features panel discussions, historic NW films, a filmmaker lounge, a stellar opening night party, and juried awards for a winning short and feature film.

Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs – Artist Projects Funding
Deadline: July 20, 2010
Individual artists are the heart of a creative community. The CityArtist Projects program provides funding for artists to develop and present their work. The program focuses on different disciplines in alternating years.  In 2010, they will accept applications from artists working in the performing arts for project funding in 2011.

Ormond Memorial Art Museum – Exhibition Opportunity
Deadline: Ongoing
Exhibition at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum is open to any artist or collaborative of artists submitting original works of art or design created within the past three years. Professionals in visual art media are encouraged to submit.

Photo: Giancarlo Neri‘s The Writer, by Michael Hirst