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Michaelis School of Fine Art Cape Town, seeks Professor/Lecturer

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:20:28 GMT

The Faculty of Humanities has a vacancy for a Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer specialising in Fine Art (Discourse, Theory & Practice of Art). Deadline 31st July 2009.

The Michaelis School of Fine Art is internationally recognised as one of Africa’s foremost institutions for the study of fine art. We invite applications for the following posts for appointment as soon as possible.

The School seeks to appoint a new member of staff to assume teaching and research in Discourse and the Theory & Practice of Art courses in the BAFA programme.

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching undergraduate courses and supervising postgraduate research, and should be conversant with both Contemporary Art Theory and History of Art. Familiarity with developments in the area of Curatorship and a proven track record of teaching and research in African and/or Asian Art would be an advantage.

The successful applicant must have at least a Master’s degree with proven research capacity and publication outputs, while a PhD is essential for the more senior positions. The ability to supervise postgraduate research projects is essential and candidates appointed at the senior levels must be prepared to assume the role of Head of Department if nominated.

The successful applicant will be encouraged to apply for funding to pursue his or her own research projects. A start-up grant enables new staff to launch their research programmes.

Information on the teaching and research activities of the School may be found on the website: http://www.michaelis.uct.ac.za.

Appointment will take place at the appropriate level in alignment with the Faculty’s criteria for promotion. The level of appointment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The annual remuneration packages, including benefits, are: Professor – R560 806
Associate Professor – R460 148
Senior Lecturer – R393 743.

Please send/e-mail:
-a letter of motivation, stating clearly the post reference number and level for which you are applying
- a full CV (no certificates)
- a one-page summary of your CV
- the names, e-mail and telephone details of three contactable referees to:

Mrs T Moore (Ref: 2026 ART),
Staff Recruitment & Selection,
University of Cape Town,
Rondebosch 7700,
South Africa

by 31 July 2009 • e-mail: Tracy.Moore@uct.ac.za • tel. +27 21 650 2192 • Website: http://www.humanities.uct.ac.za

UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress. Our Employment Equity Policy is available here.

Michaelis School of Fine Art
University of Cape Town
32 – 37 Orange Street
Gardens
8001
Cape Town
South Africa

http://www.michaelis.uct.ac.za

Podcast of recent Creative Scotland meeting now available

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:32:39 GMT

A webcast plus audio and video recordings from the Lyceum Theatre meeting are now online.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/ArtsCultureSport

This has been made available by the Creative Scotland Division at Scottish Government.

The meeting was the first in a series of quarterly events to provide an update on progress to establish Creative Scotland was held at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh on June 23, 2009.

Culture Minister Michael Russell, Ewan Brown, Chair of Creative Scotland and Richard Holloway, Chair of the Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen spoke at the event which was chaired by Ruth Wishart. A question and answer session with the audience followed the speeches.

Launch of International Directory of Sculpture Parks & Gardens.

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:12:59 GMT

Birkbeck, University of London, announces the launch of the new International Directory of Sculpture Parks and Gardens.

Based on the research of Cameron Cartiere and the archive of Benbow Bullock this directory covers over 500 sculpture parks and gardens from around the world. The site serves as a directory, a source of links for valuable information in the field and features a gallery for a virtual tour of a variety of parks and gardens. This site is useful to anyone who might enjoy sculpture in an outdoor environment including artists, collectors, curators, architects, urban designers, landscape architects, city planners, public art administrators, educators and garden enthusiasts.

Visit: www.bbk.ac.uk/sculptureparks

For comments, queries and suggestions email: sculptureparks@gmail.com

Save the new Contemporary Art Centre in Union Terrace Gardens

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:57:20 GMT

The development of an iconic new arts centre in Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens looks unlikely to survive new plans to ‘deck over’ Union Terrace Gardens.

The arts centre has been described as one of Scotland’s most exciting cultural projects, expected to deliver a host of economic, social and tourism benefits to Aberdeen’s City Centre.

As well as annually attracting around 200,00 visitors and bringing around £4m per year into the local economy, it is also to have a strong educational focus – engaging thousands of young people with the arts and creative industries.

Examples of cultural facilities regenerating cities around the world support the need of a new contemporary art centre in Aberdeen.

This innovative project which is set to be a fantastic facility for both tourists and the local community and provide Union Terrace Gardens with better access, a safer environment and a new focal point with out being too detrimental to it’s thriving ecosystem and landscape which has been evolving since the 17th century, has now been blown out of the water, and looks unlikely to survive in the face of new plans to ‘deck over’ Union Terrace Gardens by Sir Ian Wood.

If you believe strongly in preserving a beautiful historic landscape and helping create a brighter, better future for Aberdeen then please, sign this petition.

Link to Petition.

A Sense of Place: Book Now!

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:06:23 GMT

A Sense of Place: sustainable placemaking conference at Eden Project, Cornwall. Dates: 2 – 5 September 2009.

How do we make places that help communities respond to changing times? How do we build strong and resilient communities? This year’s Sense of Place event looks at what communities can do now to thrive in the future.

Three days of talks, activities, ideas and inspiration cover subjects including future thinking, social and cultural capital, place-based learning, health, sustainability, inclusion and participation. How do we make new places and change existing ones to fit in with more sustainable lifestyles and support fulfilling lives?

A Sense of Place: sustainable placemaking is a joint event organised by the Sensory Trust and the Eden Project and supported by the Carnegie UK Trust.

For more information, visit www.sensorytrust.org.uk/SoP2009/index.htm.

North Edinburgh Arts Seeks a Specialist/Artist

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:02:35 GMT

Artist wanted to lead and inspire the local community and developers in their understanding of the role of the arts in a major regeneration project in Muirhouse. Deadline: 31 July.

North Edinburgh Arts works through the arts to transform lives and the community in Muirhouse in North Edinburgh, an area facing severe challenges but with an exciting history of artistic activity. The area immediately surrounding North Edinburgh Arts Centre will undergo significant change in the near future. We want to ensure that arts, culture and creativity lie at the heart of the redevelopment, and indeed the life of the community in general.

We therefore wish to appoint a Specialist/Artist from any art-form / discipline to engage, inform, inspire and influence the Pennywell and Muirhouse Development Group and the local community, leading to:

An enthusiasm amongst the key stakeholders for giving a leading role to art and creativity in the masterplanning work;
A budget and brief for a ‘% for art’ element to the overall development;
An inspiring final report that documents the project and sets out future activity.

The Specialist/Artist will need:

A track record of exciting and inspiring practice in their particular field
The ability to contribute to and inspire the PMDG, the local community and other groups at the highest level
An understanding of regeneration and how art and creativity can contribute to it
Project leadership and management skills
Critical creative thinking skills
Wide knowledge and understanding of public art practice in Scotland, the UK and further afield
Excellent communication skills
The ability to inspire and persuade a wide range of people
Experience of dealing with developers, local authorities or other non-arts partners

36 days work over approx 1 year, ideally starting September 09

Fee available around £12,000 plus reasonable travel and accommodation if required.

For details contact Sandra at North Edinburgh Arts admin@northedinburgharts.co.uk 0131 315 2151.

Closing date 31 July

Funded by the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery funds

www.northedinburgharts.co.uk

Call for Flag Ceremony Creative Lead

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:29:48 GMT

The Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee seeks a breathtaking vision of both city and nation for the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi. Deadline: 16 July 2009.

The search is on for creative talent to shape the Delhi 2010 – Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Flag Handover Ceremony

On Thursday 14th October 2010 hundreds of millions of television viewers around the world, will be treated to an introduction to Glasgow and Scotland through a feast of creativity and talent as the city formally receives the Commonwealth Games flag from India.

Glasgow 2014 have now launched the search for the Creative Lead who will propose the concept, which will inspire those watching events in Delhi in 2010.

John Scott, the Chief Executive of Glasgow 2014, said: “This is a unique opportunity for the very best in the creative industries to help to promote Glasgow and Scotland to the Commonwealth and world. We’re proud of Glasgow’s strengths and its rich cultural, industrial and sporting legacy – and now is the time to celebrate and showcase the city’s transformation into a modern, vibrant and stylish destination.

“At the Handover Ceremony in Delhi, the world will turn its attention to Glasgow and Scotland – and we want to ensure that the very best talent is at the forefront of promoting city, nation and the Games.

“It is through their vision and direction that we will set the tone for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.”

The Creative Lead will have knowledge and experience of delivering arts, cultural and creative programmes in the UK and internationally. The entire copyright of the creative concept will be assigned to Glasgow 2014 Ltd.

Tenders are invited from individuals, companies and consortia from creative, cultural, arts, production, programming, advertising and events backgrounds.

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be the biggest multi-sports event that Scotland has ever hosted, bringing over 6,000 athletes and officials from 71 countries to the city to compete in 17 different sports in 13 venues over 11 days between 23rd July and 3rd August 2014. With a budget of £373 million (at April 2007 prices) including public investment of £298m the Commonwealth Games are expected to bring significant sporting, economic and social benefits to Glasgow and Scotland.

For full details on the tendering process and deadlines for completion, visit www.glasgow.bravosolution.co.uk

Expressions of interest must be received by 16 July. Invitations to tender will be sent to selected suppliers on 27 July. A supplier day surgery will be held on 3 August, before tender submissions close on 26 August. Proposal presentations will be made on 2 September before the winning tender is announced.

Key press contact for the Delhi 2010 Handover Ceremony:
James Doherty
Media Manager
Culture and Sport Glasgow
(w) +44 (0) 141 287 5970
(m) +44 (0) 7825 451 520

Clyde Gateway: Two Artist Opportunities

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:46:13 GMT

1. Artist Commission: Permanent Public Work;
2. Artist(s)Commission: Education Programme for Burgh Primary School, Rutherglen. Deadline for both: 17th July 2009.

Clyde Gateway is an innovative Urban Regeneration Company (URC), established to drive a massive investment programme that covers a large part of the East End of Glasgow and parts of South Lanarkshire.

Two opportunities have arisen within a current streetscape and environmental improvement programme on Victoria Street, Rutherglen.

Commission 1: Permanent Public Art Commission
A challenging and highly visible gable end on Victoria Street, Rutherglen has been identified, as a key site to ‘animate’ and ‘identify’ the area by a new permanent artwork that creates a visual impact. A requirement to complete the work by end November 2009 is reflected by the current streetscape improvement works. The artist must therefore be able to fully commit to this commission throughout the entirely of the commissioning period. (Aug-Nov 2009)

Up to three artists will be short listed to develop costed design proposals (a full brief and site visit will be arranged for the shortlisted artists).

This is a £35,000 commission (inclusive of artist fee and materials)

Please send a current CV, artist statement, 10 images of recent work (Jpeg or Tiff format) and covering letter outlining why you are interested in this commission. APPLICATION REFERENCE: PERMANENT PUBLIC ART COMMISSION should be clearly marked on your covering letter.

Deadline for Applications: 17th July 2009

Please send your application to:

Deborah Kell
RMJM Art Commissioning
Skypark SP1
8 Elliot Place
Glasgow
G3 8EP
Tel: 0141 275 3410
Email: d.kell@rmjm.com
www.rmjmart.com

Victoria St, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanarkshire G73, UK
Link

Commission 2: Artist(s) – Art Education Programme for young people at Burgh Primary School

An artist (or artists) is sought to develop and implement a programme of innovative art projects for young people (P4/5 composite class of 25) from Burgh Primary School, Rutherglen.

The art programme duration will be three weeks and thus the artist(s) should be available to start the project and meet the school from September 2009.

Artist(s) fee is £1,500. A budget for materials will be provided in addition to this.

Expressions of interest are sought from both emerging and established artists. Please send a current CV, artist statement, 10 images of recent work (Jpeg or Tiff format) and covering letter outlining why you are interested in this commission. APPLICATION REFERENCE: EDUCATION PROGRAMME, BURGH PRIMARY should be clearly marked on your covering letter.

Deadline for Applications: 17th July 2009

Please send your application to:

Deborah Kell
RMJM Art Commissioning
Skypark SP1
8 Elliot Place
Glasgow
G3 8EP
Tel: 0141 275 3410
Email: d.kell@rmjm.com

The Work Office (TWO) is now hiring!

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:32:11 GMT

The Work Office (TWO) is a multidisciplinary art project disguised as an employment agency. Deadline : July 9th, 2009.

Informed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the Great Depression in the 1930s, TWO is a gesture to “make work” for visual and performing artists, writers, and others by giving them simple, idea-based assignments that explore, document, and improve life in New York. >From a temporary, publicly accessible storefront office, TWO’s administrators will hire employees, exhibit work, and distribute Depression-era wages during weekly Payday Parties.

You are invited to submit your application online, be interviewed, and, once hired, choose one of our assignments:

Build a bridge
Document a need for repairs
Make a regional travel guide for your block or neighborhood
Record an oral history
Reinterpret a newspaper photograph
Design a poster to promote something
Catalog existing WPA structures in New York
Make a mixed CD related to…
Give a concert for your houseplant
Make an edition to exchange with TWO co-workers
Start an American tradition that you’d like to be preserved
Assign yourself

You will have a week to complete your assignment, for which you will be paid $23.50, the weekly wage for an artist in the Federal One Project (the arts division of the WPA).

TWO will hold a Payday Party each Friday evening in July at the office. Employees will collect their wages and the public will be invited to view the week’s works and learn about the project.

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis through July 9th. Please visit our website www.theworkoffice.com for details and an application.

Questions? Call us at 212-901-0659 or write us apply@theworkoffice.com

The Work Office (TWO) is made possible in part by chashama and a grant from the Black Rock Arts Foundation.

Real Public: Four Works of Public Art in Hartford, Connecticut

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:26:16 GMT

Real Art Ways has commissioned 4 site specific artworks for the Parkville and Frog Hollow neighborhoods of Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

About the Projects
Photographer Margarida Correia has been working with members of Hartford’s Portuguese community. A Parkville billboard displays the Praia da Nazaré, Portugal’s famous beach. Street lamp banners on Park Street display album covers of famous Fado singers. Stores along Parkville play music from the albums.

Correia is from Portugual. Her work explores the relationships that people from her generation develop with things they collect and care for.

Satch Hoyt created a labyrinth in Frog Hollow’s Pope Park. The labyrinth, constructed from clotheslines, addresses the migratory voyage of the residents who reside in the neighborhood. The public is invited to traverse the labyrinth’s path.

Hoyt was born in London and is currently living and working in Berlin, Germany. The sculptural trope in Hoyt’s work is the acts on the ground, so to speak, of black experience.

Sofia Maldonado’s mural, on the Pelican Tattoo building in Frog Hollow, blends elements of female aesthetics and street cultures. Maldonado worked with two interns to create the project, including a neighborhood teenager from Mi Casa, a Parkville youth organization.

Maldonado was born in Puerto Rico. Now working and living in Brooklyn, her artwork is a blend of fashion trends, the Latina female aesthetic and various street culture elements.

Matthew Rodriguez has created faces on 77 trees in Pope Park. The playful characters, painted onto the trees, look out onto Hamilton Avenue. The trees were painted with the help of volunteers from the neighborhood.

Rodriguez’s childlike creations encapsulate urban anxieties while ridiculing them by standing out in stark contrast to their decaying surroundings. He lives and works in Austin, TX

Kristina Newman-Scott, Real Art Ways’ Director of Visual Arts, explains the artist selection process: “The artists we selected for this program have a particular interest in working in the public realm, and their works simultaneously connect people to the art and to each other. Therein lies the magic.”

Self-guided tours, narrated by the artists, are available for free by cell phone: 860-760-9979. Free project maps are available at Real Art Ways, or online: realartways.org/visualarts.htm.

Past Public Art Projects
Real Art Ways’ history of commissioning, organizing, and presenting public art projects exhibits the organization’s commitment to community and to excellent, innovative art. Since 1990, Real Art Ways has originated, commissioned and produced 27 public art projects. Past participants in our public art program include: Rachel Berwick, Mel Chin, Karin Giusti, Lillian Hsu-Flanders, Liz Miller, Pepón Osorio, Robert Peters, Carl Pope, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, James Luna, Jessica Diamond, Danny Tisdale, Steed Taylor, Harrell Fletcher, Verandah Porche, Pruitt.Early, and Ellen Driscoll, and others.

About Real Art Ways
Real Art Ways is one of the leading contemporary arts organizations in the United States, with a record of linking artists, innovation and community. Programs include visual arts, with exhibitions, public art projects, and artist presentations; cinema, with independent and international films 7 nights a week; music; performance; literary events; community and educational programming.

Support 
Major support for Real Public comes from: Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation, Westside Properties Inc., The Ensworth Charitable Trust, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, The Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Art Campaign, The J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Sandy and Howard Fromson, Travelers, Robinson and Nancy Grover, The Wallace Foundation, and Real Art Ways’ Members. 

Media contact:
Abigail Ohlheiser
Communications Coordinator
aohlheiser@realartways.org
860.232.1006 × 114

For more visual arts exhibitions at Real Art Ways, visit
http://www.realartways.org/visualarts.htm

Real Art Ways
56 Arbor Street
Hartford, CT 06107
860.232.1006

http://www.realartways.org

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Real Art Ways has commissioned four new works of public art, each created specifically for Hartford, that make use of the existing creativity, vibrancy, and culture of Hartford’s Parkville and Frog Hollow neighborhoods. The projects will be open through the summer.

Correia is from Portugual. Her work explores the relationships that people from her generation develop with things they collect and care for.

Hoyt was born in London and is currently living and working in Berlin, Germany. The sculptural trope in Hoyt’s work is the acts on the ground, so to speak, of black experience.

Maldonado was born in Puerto Rico. Now working and living in Brooklyn, her artwork is a blend of fashion trends, the Latina female aesthetic and various street culture elements.

Rodriguez’s childlike creations encapsulate urban anxieties while ridiculing them by standing out in stark contrast to their decaying surroundings. He lives and works in Austin, TX

Self-guided tours, narrated by the artists, are available for free by cell phone: 860-760-9979. Free project maps are available at Real Art Ways, or online: realartways.org/visualarts.htm.

Media contact:
Abigail Ohlheiser
Communications Coordinator
aohlheiser@realartways.org
860.232.1006 × 114

Real Art Ways
56 Arbor Street
Hartford, CT 06107
860.232.1006

image shows: The four public art projects, clockwise, from left:
Margarida Correia’s banners on Park Street (photo by the artist)
Satch Hoyt in front of his Line Labyrinth
Matthew Rodriguez’s trees in Pope Park
Sofia Maldonado stands in front of her mural on the Pelican Tattoo building in Frog Hollow
Hoyt, Maldonado, and Rodriguez’s photos by Steven Laschever Photography.

The Banff Centre - Call for Applications

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:18:31 GMT

The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada, seek applications for a number of residencies.

01 Master Class: Seven Weeks with the Taskmaster with Kutluğ Ataman
Program dates: January 6 – February 23, 2010
Application deadline: September 14, 2009

Kutluğ Ataman, Turner Prize-nominated artist and film-maker, will lead this unique Master Class designed for young artists who want to break into the international art scene. Instead of teaching art history, art theory, or critical studies, Ataman will encourage ten participants through weekly group and one-on-one discussions to work through impasses, develop new studio practices, and bring their ideas to fruition.

08 Polymath Breakthrough with Joseph del Pesco
Residency Dates: November 16 – December 11, 2009
Application Deadline: July 15, 2009

This residency is designed to bring artists and their collaborators together to experimentally work toward big ideas. Existing collaborative pairs of artists and professionals from disciplines outside the arts will participate in an intensive series of think-tank style discussions and give presentations on research topics to exchange their collective and creative intelligence.

Self-directed Residencies

Self-directed residencies are self-guided opportunities where the artist is free to experiment and explore new directions in the production of their work.

Fall Self-directed Residency
Residency Dates: September 1 – October 30, 2009
Limited space still available – Apply today!

The Banff Centre – Banff New Media Institute

Call for Applications

Interactive Screen 0.9: The Makers
Program dates: August 10 – 15, 2009
Registrations will be accepted until the program is full.
Part conference, part festival, part peer exchange, part creative workshop, Interactive Screen aims to stimulate the creation of emotionally powerful, creatively inspired, and economically viable new media in Canada and abroad. Participants engage in constant dialogue and collaboration through various panels, workshops and performances.

All are welcome to attend!

Applications for the Interactive Screen Scholarship Program will be accepted until July 10, 2009.

BNMI Co-production Residency: Liminal Screen
Program dates: February 25 – March 27, 2010
Application deadline: August 31, 2009

This residency will focus its inquiry on the transitions between screen and life, as the screen reinforces its central position as an ubiquitous communications portal, data visualization surface, and frame on an ever more meditated world. Practitioners from all walks of screen-based practice are encouraged to apply.

The Banff Centre – Work Study Opportunities
Live and learn in the inspiring Canadian Rockies. The Banff Centre’s work study program provides internship-style opportunities that attract talented and creative individuals who are seeking opportunities to enhance their education and pursue a career in the arts.

Positions available immediately.

Visual Arts Opportunities

Banff New Media Institute Opportunities

For more information and to apply:
The Banff Centre, Office of the Registrar
Email: arts_info@banffcentre.ca
Phone: 403.762.6180 or 1.800.565.9989

Box 1020, Banff, Alberta
Canada T1L 1H5
http://www.banffcentre.ca

Glasgow Women's Library seeks Artists in Residence

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:59:14 GMT

Making Space: toward a public artwork for Glasgow Women’s Library

Two 6-month Part Time artist residencies, based within Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL). Deadline for applications: 24 July 2009
Interviews will be held on: 27 or 28 August 2009.

The Residencies offer an exciting opportunity for two artists to work with the rich resources of Glasgow Women’s Library – staff, learners, users and archive – to achieve the aims and focus of Making space: toward a public artwork for GWL.

Funded by the Scottish Arts Council’s Public Art Fund, the two Artist in Residence opportunities are offered to develop ideas, visuals and participatory working methods that can inform GWL’s ambitions to realise a public artwork for their new premises at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. The Residencies will support the artists’ investigation of Women’s histories and representation in the Public Realm, as well as potential means of engagement and consultation with diverse constituents of GWL, including Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Women’s Groups, Adult Literacy and Numeracy (ALN) groups, Women Make History groups, homelessness and Violence against women projects), and the GWL’s archive and wider resources.

For further details please download a job description, cover sheet and application information from http://www.womenslibrary.org.uk/2009/06/artist-in-residence-opportunity/ or call GWL on 0141 552 8345 or e-mail: info@womenslibrary.org.uk

Please note that due to the nature of this project, this post is open to women only under Section 7 (ii) d&e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.

20th Anniversary of Public: Art/Culture/Ideas Journal

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:47:44 GMT

THE PUBLIC ACCESS COLLECTIVE is pleased to announce the 20th anniversary of the collective’s critically acclaimed journal Public: Art/Culture/Ideas. A special double issue of the publication has been devoted to the question: is the public sphere still a vital concept for art and politics in the 21st century?

No. 37: PUBLIC?
Edited by Aleksandra Kaminska, Janine Marchessault, Jason Rovito.

Alain Badiou, Sean Cubitt, Vilém Flusser, Victor Fowler, Annette Frick, Bettina Funcke, David Holloway, Scott McQuire, Gabriel Menotti, Martin Morris, Wajdi Mouawad, Nikos Papastergiadis, Barbara Rauch, Peter Sloterdijk and more.

No. 38: PROJECTS FOR A SMALL WORLD
Edited by Gregory Burke and Christine Davis.

Fiona Banner, Matthew Buckingham, Maria Eichhorn, Geoffrey Farmer, Christina Forrer, Henrik Hakansson, David Hatcher, Kristan Horton, Oliver Husain, Shelagh Keeley, Glenn Ligon, Kelly Mark, Lynne Marsh, John Massey, Adrian Paci, Seher Shah, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Mark von Schlegell, Et al.

PUBLIC ACCESS
In 1988, the journal Public: Art/Culture/Ideas was launched by the Public Access Collective, a Toronto-based group comprising artists, writers, and curators equally engaged in theory and politics. In conjunction with the publication of the journal, the collective began to curate exhibitions that utilized urban screens as a means to consider the potential of public art for both engendering collective experiences and for inciting debates and raising awareness in a city that was quickly privatizing every inch of shared space. Together, Public and its founding collective aimed to bring together theoretical and critical work with artistic practice and collaborations.

Over the past twenty years, Public has continued its mandate to investigate ideas, theories, and practices of art and culture within the urban context—publishing, in the process, some of the most influential voices in critical theory, including Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Arthur Kroker, Avital Ronell, Giorgio Agamben, Jane Jacobs, Rosalyn Deutsche, Sean Cubitt, Peter Sloterdijk and many others. The landscape underlying the problematic of the public has changed dramatically since the journal was first imagined: spatial topographies have been transformed through new architectures of information and media; temporary autonomous zones have been employed as liminal performative spaces; counter-publics and scenes have been created through events both spontaneous and community-based; and boundaries (national, urban, and personal) have been rendered at once more porous and more policed. These complexities inspire the journal’s ongoing commitment to exploring contemporar y politics and aesthetics through philosophy and critical theory.

ONGOING CRITICAL CURATORIAL RESEARCH
The Public Access Collective continues to carry out studies of public, private and civic spaces. Over the next two years, a series of site-specific exhibitions will situate investigations into urban and suburban DWELLING, fostering cross-sector collaborations, community dialogue and new approaches to old problems. With The Leona Drive Project, 8-18th October 2009 ( http://www.leonadrive.ca ), fifteen artists will transform six bungalows slated for demolition/development on the outskirts of Toronto, Canada.

THE PUBLIC ACCESS COLLECTIVE
Dan Adler, Ken Allan, Chloë Brushwood Rose, Christine Davis, Jim Drobnick, Caitlin Fisher, Monika Kin Gagnon, Saara Liinamaa, Susan Lord, Scott Lyall, Janine Marchessault, Dorit Naaman, Deborah Root.

303 Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts
York University, 4700 Keele Street
Toronto Canada M3J 1P3
416 655 3408
public@yorku.ca
http://www.publicjournal.ca

Call for applications: Master of Arts / Art in Public Sphere

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:53:35 GMT

Studying art in public spheres, landscape, cultural and social environments, the programme considers transcultural, international and project-based contexts. Deadline: June 22nd.

Recruitment for session starting in September 2009. Information and application form can be downloaded from:
http://www.ecav.ch/maps/applications.php

École Cantonale D’Art du Valais
Rue Bonne-Eau 16
CH-3960 Sierre
Phone: +41 27 456 55 11

The Master of Arts HES-SO in Fine Arts has five majors located in three art schools
- MAPS – Art in public Sphere, ECAV, Sierre
- WORK.MASTER – pratiques artistiques contemporaines, HEAD, Genève
- TRANS – médiation enseignement, HEAD, Genève
- CCC – Critical Curatorial Cybermedia, HEAD, Genève
- European Art Ensemble, ECAL, Lausanne

Frieze Foundation seeks curator

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:40:53 GMT

Frieze Foundation is looking for an experienced curator for Frieze Projects, Frieze Film and The Cartier Award. Deadline: 24 July 2009.

Since the inaugural Frieze Art Fair in 2003, Frieze Foundation has pursued an ambitious curatorial programme, inviting artists to respond specifically to the fair context. Frieze Projects, the critically acclaimed programme of artists commissions, has realised 56 new works by established and emerging artists from around the world, including Ceal Floyer, Jeppe Hein, Mike Nelson, Paola Pivi, Richard Prince, Martha Rosler and Mario Garcia Torres.

Job title: Curator, Frieze Foundation
Requirement: Part time, initially for one year, from 1 November 2009. Based in London.
Salary: Dependent on role and experience.

The job requires:
• An understanding of the complexities of commissioning and producing site-specific projects;
• An understanding of the opportunities and parameters the Fair context provides;
• The ability to commission a relevant programme of artists’ projects and to manage that process from start to finish;
• An informed perspective and strong network of relationships with both emerging and established artists and the curatorial field worldwide;
• A strong track-record in critical writing and editorial skills;
• The ability to work with the existing Foundation team and Frieze Art Fair staff;
• The initiation and maintenance of ongoing relationships with a range of collaborating institutions, public funding bodies and corporate sponsors;
• The skill to support applications for major funding grants;
• The ability to work to deadlines and within budgets.

Interviews will be held in London.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to cv@frieze.com, putting ‘Curator’ in the subject field.
Deadline: 24 July 2009

For further information on Frieze Projects please visit http://www.friezefoundation.org/