San Juan Islands Museum of Art & Sculpture Park: Call for Artists
Deadline: April 30, 2010
San Juan Islands Museum of Art (IMA) and Sculpture Park is seeking submissions of large, outdoor sculptures for the IMA Sculpture Park at Roche Harbor. The Park received over 25,000 visitors in 2009, and sold over $50,000 of sculpture during the last three months of the year.Sculptors may submit up to three submissions for exhibition.
P73 Playwriting Fellowship
Deadline: May 1, 2010
The P73 Playwriting Fellowship provides year-long comprehensive support to one early-career playwright who has received neither wide public recognition nor substantial production opportunities in New York City. Through this program, Page 73 provides artistic and financial resources to one emerging playwright as he or she develops a new play that has not received substantial prior development support. For his/her fellowship year, the P73 Playwriting Fellow receives a cash stipend in the amount of $5,000 and development support in the amount of $10,000 – 15,000.
Columbia City Gallery: Call for New Members
Deadline: May 2, 2010
The Columbia City Gallery is currently accepting applications for membership. The Columbia City Gallery is an artists’ cooperative that brings together emerging and professional artists working in diverse media. The gallery provides an exhibition space for local artists, additional space for exhibits by guest artists and a welcoming environment for visitors of all ages.
Theatre Communications Group A ha! Program
Deadline: May 3, 2010
Theatre Communications Group and the MetLife Foundation are accepting grant applications from TCG member theaters for the A-ha! Program. A program for TCG member theatres that supports creative thinking and action in two ways: Think It grants (up to $25,000) give theatre professionals the time and space for research and development, Do It grants (up to $50,000) support the implementation and testing of new ideas.
Auburn’s ArtRageous Seeks Artist Project Leaders
Deadline: May 3, 2010
City of Auburn is seeking artists for participation in Auburn’s ArtRageous, a one day event on Saturday, August 7, 2010, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. to instruct and demonstrate fine art practices, principles, and techniques in a festival setting. A variety of diverse and interactive art projects for attendees of all ages are sought. Artists are compensated for their time and materials based on the budget submitted as part of the application.
Photographic Center Northwest: Print Sponsorship Program
Deadline: May 5, 2010
Photo Center NW is committed to providing a home and resources for photographers. The Printing Sponsorship program provides free hourly printing in B&W, RA4 color, or digital to selected artists to complete an already conceptualized project or project-in-process. Each year, Photo Center NW’s Gallery Advisory Committee will choose 2 artists to participate in the sponsorship. Artists in the program may print at the Photo Center from June to August for 100 hours, without the hourly charge.
Bellagio Center: Creative Artist Residencies
Deadline: May 7, 2010.
The Bellagio Center provides a platform for launching new ideas and solutions to some of the most difficult global
problems. The residency allows for disciplined work and collaborative action on these issues, uninterrupted by the usual professional and personal demands. Residency participants include scholars, scientists, artists, journalists, writers, non-governmental organization practitioners and policymakers from around the world. The Bellagio Center competition for scholars and creative artists, for a possible residency between March 1 and July 31, 2011.
Mapping and Cartography – Richard Levy Gallery
Deadline: May 12, 2010
Richard Levy Gallery is currently accepting submissions for a group exhibition of art that relates to maps, cartography, and mapping. Mapping and cartography have long been utilized to convey information. Recently there has been a growing trend toward using this type of communication to express ideas creatively. While artistic approaches are diverse, the system of mapping within the contemporary art context is of particular interest for a group exhibition planned for July 9- August 20th at Richard Levy Gallery in Albuquerque, NM.
Aaron Siskind Foundation
Deadline: May 17, 2010
The Aaron Siskind Foundation is offering a limited number of fellowship grants of up to $7,000 each, for individual artists working in still photography and photo-based art. Grant recipients and award amounts will be determined by a review panel based on artistic excellence, accomplishment to date, and the promise of future achievement in the medium in its widest sense.
Save America’s Treasures Program
Deadline: May 21, 2010
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is seeking applicants for the Save America’s Treasures (SAT) grant program. These grants, totaling $14 million in 2010, support the preservation and conservation of nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts such as collections, documents, sculpture, and art, and historic structures and sites.
Funding for Arts Spaces: Ford Foundation
Deadline: May 28, 2010
The Ford Foundation has announced a ten-year, $100 million initiative to support a new generation of arts spaces nationwide. The new initiative, Supporting Diverse Arts Spaces, will provide funding for projects that incubate and produce creative work across all disciplines. Nonprofit arts organizations with strong track records of artistic excellence, who are intending to buy, build, renovate, partner in the development of, or become anchor tenants in a vibrant artist space can apply for grants of up to $100,000 each over two years in capital and/or planning support.
Stockholm Fringe Fest: Performers Wanted
Deadline: May 30, 2010
Stockholm Fringe Fest (STOFF) are now looking for proposals from emerging artists whose work challenges and questions conventional theatrical forms to perform at Stockholm’s first Fringe Fest in 7 – 10 October 2010. STOFF 2010 is a three day event that aims to support and promote cutting edge theatre and performance making.
2010 Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize
Deadline: May 31, 2010
CALYX Journal seeks unpublished poetry for 2010 Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize. This prize offers $300 cash award, publication in CALYX Journal, and a one-volume subscription. Finalists will be published on CALYX’s website and will receive a one-volume subscription.
River Styx 2010 International Poetry Contest
Deadline: May 31, 2010
River Styx, now entering its 35th year, is a tri-annual, non-profit, multicultural literary and arts magazine based in St. Louis. Issues run 100-120 pages, 6×9, perfect-bound, with glossy four-color covers and 15-20 pages of visual art in each issue. River Styx publishes the work of approximately 60 poets, 20 fiction and essay writers, and 20 visual artists yearly. Poetry contest now open. $1500 First Prize. 2010 judge: Maxine Kumin. Winner published in Fall issue.
Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships
Deadline: June 11, 2010
The goals of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships are to further an actor’s artistic and professional development; deepen and enrich his/her relationship with a not-for-profit theater; ensure his/her continued professional commitment to live theater; encourage actors to work outside their comfort zone. Recipients in the Extraordinary Potential category will receive $15,000, with an additional $10,000 available to relieve student loan debt. Recipients in the Distinguished Achievement category will receive $25,000. The host theater will receive $7,500 to be applied to costs incurred in the actor’s residency activities.
UW School of Law Brotman Galleria: 2D Exhibition Space
Deadline: July 1, 2010
University of Washington School of Law’s Advocates for the Arts seek proposals for the quarterly rotating art program in academic year 2010 – 2011 within the University of Washington School of Law Brotman Galleria space. The Galleria is open to the public Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm. Each quarterly show may include 2D works that cover up to 80 linear feet of wall space. For more information contact: Rachel Dodson, rado...@uw.edu
My World: Visions of 21st Century Feminism
Deadline: June 30, 2010
In the framework of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the European Women’s Lobby is pleased to announce the launch of a photo competition looking to expose the visions of young women of the world they live in. The competition seeks images that make a creative and powerful statement on the theme of ’21st Century Feminism’.
Blurb: Photography Book Now
Deadline: July 15, 2010
Photography Book Now is an international juried self-published book competition, and a celebration of the most creative, most innovative, and finest photography books – and the people behind them. Now in its third year, this international juried book competition is an opportunity for photographers of all stripes to showcase their work to a world-renowned panel of judges, and take a shot at a $25K grand prize.
Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art: Call for Artists
Deadline: July 19, 2010
The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art in Kelowna, B.C. invites artists interested in exhibiting in 2011/12 to submit a proposal. The Alternator is an artist-run centre that supports innovative or controversial work not suitable for commercial or mainstream venues. Submissions from individual artists and groups of artists as well as independent curators are welcome.
Photo: Courtesy of Bellagio Center, Lake Como Italy
