PAR+RS news

Artist to Artist International 2011

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:49:47 GMT

Visiting Arts in partnership with The Delfina Foundation is pleased to announce Artist to Artist International 2011.

The programme provides an opportunity to bring together artists to
initiate dialogues across international borders, enabling pairs of
artists to enter into new working relationships on an open-ended and informal basis.
Professional, practising UK based artists can apply to invite an artist of their choice, to visit UK for two weeks for the exchange of ideas and experiences.

The scheme has a geographic focus for UK based artists to invite artists from the following countries and territories – Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Morocco, Oman, Palestine Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

The selected overseas artist will spend 2 weeks in the UK.

The emphasis is on the development and research process rather than production, free from any obligation to produce a prescribed outcome.

All selected participants will need to be available from the 30th March until the 17st April 2011 (fixed).

DEADLINE for applications 25th February 2011

Please contact Adam Knights for further information
Adam.knights@visitingarts.org.uk

Visiting Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Mall
London
SW1Y 5AH
Direct line: +44 (0) 20 7960 9642

Help IRONBBRATZ get BIG

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:13:10 GMT

IRONBBRATZ are a not-for-profit arts organisation based in Glasgow, which supports emerging arts and creative practitioners by providing studios, exhibition opportunities and practical support. Ironbbratz are a Shell LiveWIRE Grand Idea Award 2010 Winner.

They are currently expanding their studios to provide space for 25 more creative practitioners. This will mean that they’ll be host to around 40 early-career or emergent artists, designers, writers, architects, performers, doers, and makers. Allowing them to make a
buzzing creative community in the heart of the city.

Ironbbratz is a non-for-profit organisation and has been self funded since they started as an artist group in February of 2008. They could do with some help in funding the starting up cost of
their new spaces. This would be to pay for building materials. The total cost for this project is just under £1500.

For every bit you donate to them, you’ll be rewarded with exclusive arty goodies and their eternal gratitude. By donating the small sum of £15 you can receive a archival giclée print notecard featuring the work of one of IRONBBRATZ Studios’s tenants. There are loads of other rewards, which you can see at
http://www.indiegogo.com/Help-IRONBBRATZ-get-BIG. Here you can also find out more information about their fundraising campaign.

http://ironbbratz.wordpress.com
http://www.indiegogo.com/Help-IRONBBRATZ-get-BIG

Call for artists: Project Pride in Burnley/Accrington/Nelson

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:57:02 GMT

MPA would like to commission three artists or creative practitioners to work with three group of 15 young people aged 13 to 15 in Burnley, Nelson and Accrington.

The artists will facilitate research visits, deliver creative workshops and help the groups to produce a piece of creative interpretation inspired by some local landmarks. This could be in any art form, including music, film, photography, costume design, performance, visual art or sculpture.

The budget for artist fees is £3,000 per commission based on 15 days work at £200 per day, plus £250 for travel costs.

MPA also have a supporting budget of approximately £1500 per commission which they will manage and is intended to cover the costs of workshop materials, the cost of the ‘creative output’ and a supporting piece of media to publicise or document the work produced in each area.

Deadline for applications is Monday 21st February 2011 at 1pm.

Click here to download the brief for Project Pride in Nelson.

Click here to download the brief for Project Pride in Accrington.

Click here to download the brief for Project Pride in Burnley.

Applications can be posted to:

Lucy Green, Talking Shop Project Coordinator
Mid Pennine Arts
1 Neptune Street
Weavers’ Triangle
Burnley
BB11 1SF
Or emailed to: lucy@midpenninearts.org.uk

For more information or for an informal discussion about the brief please contact Lucy Green at Mid Pennine Arts on 01282 421986 (ext 209).

International Ibsen Scholarships 2011

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:43:39 GMT

The International Ibsen Scholarships were initiated by the Norwegian government and will be handed out for the 4th time in 2011.

Scholarship funds amount to 1,000,000 NOK (approx. 125.000 Euro/160.000 US Dollars) and will be awarded to Ibsen-related projects worldwide.

They wish for as many relevant applications as possible, from projects throughout the world.

The scholarships are meant to act as incentives for critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen.

Scholarships are applicable to individuals, organizations or institutions within the artistic and cultural community.

The International Ibsen Scholarships are awarded annually and the applications are subject to scrutiny by an appointed jury.

Previous years, projects from Asia, North-America, Europe, Africa and Australia have received scholarships.

The presentation of the scholarship recipients 2011 is staged in Henrik Ibsen’s city of birth, Skien, Norway on September 19th and 20th and coincides with the Skien International Ibsen Conference.

The application deadline for The International Ibsen Scholarships is April 15th, 2011.

Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.

For more information and to download an application pack, please click here.

Call for artists and social scientists

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:38:24 GMT

The international call is open for artists and social scientists to collaborate with the following nine organisations located in the Basque Country and Salamanca, as part of the 2011 edition of Improbable Connections:
DeustoTech (Institute of Technology at the University of Deusto), Fagor Electrodomésticos (household appliances cooperative group), Anesvad Foundation (cooperation NGO), Germán Sánchez Ruipérez Foundation (dedicated to promoting reading), i68 Group (software engineering company), Lauaxeta Ikastola (school), Obe Hettich (furniture solutions company), Tknika (vocational training innovation centre) and Uribe Kosta (group of 10 City Councils in the Bilbao metropolitan area). 

Click here to see the profile of organisations that want to collaborate with an artist/thinker, the research they want to pursue and the option for the ownership of results before submitting an application (or more, up to a maximum of three applications).

For more information, click here.

Deadline: 9am on 28 March 2011.
Collaboration period: May 2011 – January 2012.
Payment: 12,000 euros + VAT (including travel and accommodation).

AHM Call for 'Individual Artist Manifestos'

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:28:45 GMT

AHM (Sam Ainsley, David Harding and Sandy Moffat) are organising a series of three, one-day symposia with the overall title of, ‘State of Play – Art and Culture in Scotland Today’. The second of these will be at the Hawthornden Lecture Theatre – Weston Link, National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh on Saturday 2nd April 2011.

Keynote presentations will be given by eminent Scottish artists, critics and curators who live and work abroad including Douglas Gordon, Berlin, Peter Hill, Melbourne, Margaret Hunter, Berlin, Thomas Lawson, Los Angeles and Dr. Jim Mooney, London along with video presentations by among others Neal
Ascherson, London and Liz Ann Macgregor, Sydney. These will be followed by in-depth discussion.

Following its success at the first symposium, a key element to start the day will be a spoken ’performance’ of ‘Individual Artist Manifestos’. Artists will have the opportunity to give voice to their concerns and ambitions about where they feel visual art stands today and what the future might hold.

If you would like to participate in the ‘performance’, please submit a text for a one-minute, spoken, personal manifesto or for further information please email:
ahmglasgow@googlemail.com

AHM Ainsley Harding Moffat
Email: ahmglasgow@googlemail.com
Address: 145 Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow, G3 8PX
Web: http://theahmblog.blogspot.com/

Image: Alan Dimmick, 2008, CCA

Internships opportunities at Deveron Arts

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:14:47 GMT

Shadow Curator Internship 2011

Deveron Arts / the town is the venue is looking for a dynamic and motivated Intern to assist in curating and arts development through the Shadow Curator methodology.

They are looking for people with an interest in developing a career in socially engaged / collaborative arts development and curation. Experience will be offered in all forms of curatorial development, arts administration and event organisation through training and opportunities for critical engagement.

Duration: six months, full time; April – September 2011. Base: Huntly, Aberdeenshire.

Applications deadline: 04 March 2011

Please download the full application pack on Deveron Arts’ website.

Fee: £10000 (pro rata)

Accommodation and a travel/training budget will be provided.

Apply with a letter outlining your interest and send a CV (clearly marked with your file name) to: Anna Vermehren: anna@deveron-arts.com or by post to Deveron Arts, The Studio, Brander Building, The Square, Huntly, AB54 8BR, 01466 794494.

Scheduled interview date: Fri 11 March 2011, in person or via Skype

Project Internships 2011

Deveron Arts / the town is the venue is offering internships in administration and arts development in the collaborative arts sector.

They are seeking motivated individuals with an interest in working with artists in residence in the community context. Experience is offered in all forms of curatorial development, arts administration, event organisation, marketing and project management.

The programme is open to graduates of all subjects who have an active interest in the arts.
Duration: 3 months, full time, from mid April 2011.
Please indicate your preferred time frame: April – June 2011 or July – Sept 2011

An allowance of £50 per week and accommodation will be provided.

Apply with a letter outlining your interest and send a CV (clearly marked with your name) to: Anna Vermehren: anna@deveron-arts.com or by post to Deveron Arts, The Studio, Brander Building, The Square, Huntly, AB54 8BR, 01466 794494.

For more information check: www.deveron-arts.com or contact info@deveron-arts.com / 01466 794494

COAL PRIZE ART&ENVIRONMENT 2011: Apply Now

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:05:01 GMT

Description

The COAL Art & Environment prize was launched in 2010 by the French association COAL, the coalition for art and sustainable development, to reward a project about the environment by a contemporary artist.

The winner is chosen by a jury of personalities from the worlds of contemporary art, research, ecology and sustainable development, out of 10 finalists selected from an international call for entries.

The COAL Prize 2011, worth 10 000 euros, comes under the auspices of the french Ministry of Culture and Communication, the National Centre of Fine Arts (CNAP), and enjoys the support of PwC and a private benefactor.

Note: To mark 2011 the International Year of the Forest and promote entries on this theme in 2011, a second prize will reward entries that focus on forest issues.

Schedule

The application period closes on 30 April 2011.
The prize will be awarded in May 2011.

Selection of entries

The entry selection criteria take stock of the artistic value, relevance (understanding the issues), originality (ability to introduce novel approaches, themes, and points of view), pedagogy (ability to get a message across, to raise awareness), a social and participative approach (engagement, testimony, efficiency, societal dynamics), eco-design, feasibility.
An artist’s specialisation on the environment is not a selection criterion. The aim of the prize is to encourage artists to focus on environmental issues.

Application package

It should comprise the following documents, assembled in a single PDF file:
- A Curriculum Vitae and artistic dossier;
- A summary and illustrated description of the entry, detailing its artistic aspects and its relevance to the environment;
- A note on the technical aspects of the entry, notably in terms of the construction and means of production;
-An estimated budget.

Submission

Deadline 30 April 2011

All proposals should be submitted to the COAL FTP server at before 30 April 2011.

Contact

COAL www.projetcoal.fr
For any further requests please write to contact@projetcoal.fr

For more information, please click here.

Lord Smith supports Sustrans

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:57:31 GMT

Lord Chris Smith, former Culture Secretary and current Chairman of the Environment Agency has become a patron of Sustrans.

A keen walker, Lord Smith will support *Sustrans*’ Arts and the Travelling Landscape programme.

Sustrans is one of the largest commissioners of public art, with more than 2,000 original artworks along the 12,600 miles of National Cycle Network UK-wide.

Lord Smith said:

‘Ever since the Millennium year, Sustrans’ work in establishing the National Cycle Network has been outstanding. Now they’re making it even better, extending the routes, and joining together with local communities up and down the country to create works of art that everyone can be proud of.

Art can provide colour, beauty, life and understanding. It can – and will – delight all who see it.’

Lord Smith was welcomed as patron by *Sustrans*’ Chief Executive Malcolm Shepherd and *Sustrans*’ Arts Director Katy Hallett.

’We’re delighted that the arts programme now has its own patron’ Katy said. ’It’s symbolic of how important artworks along the National Cycle Network are to people’s experience of, and engagement with, the outdoors. They allow people to pause, relax and contemplate their surroundings in a way they may not usually be encouraged to do.

‘Our research has shown that ’pleasant surroundings’ are the number one reason why people choose to use the Network, so the artworks along the way are a vital part of encouraging people to explore on foot or bike.’

More than 300 artists have been involved with Sustrans over the last thirty years to create the artworks on the Network. The art often directly reflects the history, industry and landscape of an area.

But it’s not just artists that are involved in the creative process. Across the UK, Sustrans is in the process of creating a series of steel benches depicting portraits of local heroes that have been nominated and voted for by the public. The heroes range from celebrated athletes, politicians, comedians and actors, to community workers and volunteers.

Open Calls at the Market Gallery

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:47:29 GMT

Market Gallery invites you to take part in the Glasgow Film Festival by making a film in your neighbourhood in just one week!

A selection of the best videos will be shown at a special outside screening on Saturday the 26th of February with all entrants being screened in Market Gallery for the rest of the Glasgow Film Festival.

The event will be launched on Saturday the 12th of February when all details will be announced at a special Market event within the gallery. Participants will then have until 6pm on Sunday the 20th to submit their film back into Market Gallery.

To receive the full details of the event and an official invitation to submit please email your details at market@marketgallery.org.uk with the title Neighbourhood Cinema.

Anyone can participate! If you have a camera and you’re in Glasgow your work can be shown on the big screen. Good Luck!

Market Gallery
334 Duke Street
Dennistoun
Glasgow
G31 1QZ

www.marketgallery.org.uk
market@marketgallery.org.uk

New initiative launched by US Artists' Project Website

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:10:45 GMT

United States Artists have launched a new initiative to help artists reach audiences to support their work.

Suzanne Lacy was selected to present a project on the first round of the site and is proposing The Performing Archive with Leslie Labowitz and Kate Johnson.

Lacy says:

We are seeking $8,800 to create a single channel video focusing on contemporary readings of feminist art history by young women artists as they encounter an extensive archive of feminist performance art. We have raised 26% so far and have just over a week to fund the project.

What is the legacy of the first wave of feminist art and how do younger women position themselves with respect to this important movement? Coincident with the 2007 exhibition Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Leslie Labowitz and I developed an installation that featured 80 boxes of archival material from 1970-1985 and 13 video interviews of current young women artists searching through, and offering interpretations of, these archives. The project was a success, with reviewers from national magazines commenting on renewed interest in 70s performance and women’s art, and intimate interviews with young women—born during that time—as they sort through received histories to formulate their own perspectives.

This important exchange, exhibited formerly with rare archival materials in a multichannel format, will be more assessable as a single channel video. Money raised will allow us to re-edit the original tapes.

In a moment where both feminist and performance art from 1970-1980 is under close historical scrutiny, it is important to promote cross-generational conversation with young artists who speculate on the meanings of early feminist art practice from the vantage points of their own lives, social context, and how that history has been presented to them.

To know more about the project, or to support the artists in reaching their $8,800 goal, please click here.

Image: photo by Ira Schrank and Kelly Akashi.

Call for Project Manager

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:56:38 GMT

Invergordon Evolution: Residency and Commissioning Project are look for a Project Manager to deliver inspirational public arts project for the community of Invergordon.

Project completion will be December 2012.

Experience of project management within a community setting is essential. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, as well as knowledge of the public arts sector are necessary.
You will have the ability to use your own initiative and work under
pressure whilst retaining a sense of humour.

Annual salary £25,000 pro rata – hours negotiable.
Job share or team approach within the same budget will also be considered.

This post is subject to enhanced level disclosure check.

Application information is available on
www.invergordonoffthewall.co.uk

Alternatively call 01349 852395 or e-mail nkelman@tiscali.co.uk

Closing date – 5pm – Monday 7 February 2011

Nominations now open for 2011 Margaret Tait Award

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:37:51 GMT

The recipient of the award will be given a £10,000 prize and the opportunity to present their new commission at the Glasgow Film Festival 2012.

Launched last year, The Margaret Tait Award recognises artists who are experimental, innovative and who work within film and moving image. The aim of the award is to support artists and provide a high profile platform from which to exhibit their work and engage with a wider audience.

The award is inspired by the wealth of talent emerging from Scotland within this field and hopes to raise the profile of the many galleries, curators and arts organisations who support this area of work. It allows the Glasgow Film Festival to have a lasting and meaningful impact on the careers of new filmmaking talent, to support new commissions and forge new partnerships across the sector.

The winner of the inaugural 2010 Award was Torsten Lauschmann, who will premier his new work At the Heart of Everything a Row of Holes at 9pm, Thursday 24th February, at the GFT. This will be the only opportunity to see this unique site-specific commissioned work which is an interactive, satirical celebration of the conquest of technology.

Nominations are now sought from any individual please see, www.glasgowfilm.org/festival/glasgow_film_awards.

Nominations Procedures and Eligibility

Nominations are sought from artists who have developed a significant body of work over the past 3 – 10 years and are at the cusp of a major impact on the sector
The award will recognise artists living or working in Scotland
Students are not eligible for nomination
There is no age restriction

To nominate please submit to info@glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk

Please include: 200 words on the artist’s career to date, their impact on the sector and why they should be nominated, as well as a link/url to artists website or online example of work, and contact details for the artist if possible.

Yarn Bombing on the 18th - Call for participants

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:09:45 GMT

Arroyo Arts Collective and 18th Street Arts Center are pleased to present Yarn Bombing on the 18th, a fiber art experience in and around the 18th Street Arts Center on June 18th, 2011.

Artists from the west and east side of Los Angeles and beyond will come together to transform the space by dressing everyday items in yarn and other fiber material. Enjoy a stroll and marvel in the handmade work attached to trees, posts, benches and other fixtures throughout the complex. The act of Yarn Bombing combines the art of street installation with needlework to create colorful, unexpected, and humorous messages in public spaces.

This is a two-fold exhibition, and includes a wall display inside in an artists studio at the 18th Street Art Center as well. Works may range from whimsical to functional or political; and all push the knit/crochet envelope. Recycled knit and fiber materials is encouraged.

The entry process includes attending the orientation/ site tour on Saturday, February 19th 2-5pm at 1653 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90404.
Each participant will claim their spot and propose a site specific project during the orientation. Space is available on a first come first serve basis. Attendees are highly encouraged to stay for the 18th Street Arts Center Art Night 6-10pm on February 19th to experience the complex during this special event as our own event will unfold during the next artnight on June 18th.

An ongoing stitch and bitch group will meet at the same location every 3rd Saturday of each month to work together and also to accept new applications

After the initial meeting, these monthly get-togethers are optional. Due to the site specific nature of the event, visiting the space in person at least once is essential, but exceptions can be made for highly enthusiastic parties (international applicants?) who are unable to come but would like to work out a way to participate.

They would like to know who is coming, so please contact them at yarnbombing18@gmail.com to confirm your attendance to the orientation.

http://www.arroyoartscollective.org/

http://18thstreet.org/

Freelance Programme Coordinator wanted for GI

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:00:30 GMT

The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (GI) is currently looking for a new Programme Coordinator.

The purpose of the role is to support the Director and Producer in the creation and co-ordination of the Festival programme, including the Director’s programme, the Supported and Included Programmes and the ‘Open Glasgow’ strand.

Full details can be found in the job description which is available on their website – www.glasgowinternational.org

Salary: £13,000 (fixed fee)

Deadline: Monday 14th February 2011

info@glasgowinternational.org
Website address: www.glasgowinternational.org