Greetings....hope you are all having a great spring. Here are a handful of new opportunities coming up....
Cheers,
Mirabee
(ARTISTS) Open call: Videobrasil em Contexto Prize—Residency for visual artists with a research-based practice. Application deadline:
June 4, 2012
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The Associação Cultural Videobrasil in partnership with
Casa Tomada (São Paulo, Brazil) and Delfina Foundation (London, UK)
are pleased to invite applicants from Brazil and the Middle East, North
Africa & South Asia (MENASA) for a three-month artistic residency split
between São Paulo and London. The aim of the residency is to produce
a new work in response to Videobrasil's Collection.
The Videobrasil em Contexto Prize (Videobrasil in Context) is focused on artists, under the age of 35, whose practice involves a strong element of research. Artists must be interested in the archive and collection as a point of departure for their work. Two artists (one from Brazil and another from MENASA) will be selected based upon their proposed projects to participate in a three-month residency split between São Paulo and London from mid-September 2012. The works developed during the residency will become part of the Videobrasil Collection.
For more information, please go to: www.videobrasil.org.br/vboline.
(ALL) The Vermont Studio Center is excited to announce over 30 fellowships available at our upcoming deadline. All are welcome to apply. Applications must be received by June 15, 2012. Visit http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/fellowships for more information; apply online at http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/apply.
(NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS)—$20,000 Native Arts and Cultures Fellowship—The Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated exclusively to the revitalization, appreciation, and perpetuation of indigenous arts and cultures in the United States, is accepting applications for its 2013 Artist Fellowships. Through the fellowship program, the foundation seeks to foster the creativity of Indigenous artists, allowing the opportunity for study, reflection, experimentation, and discovery. Awards will be made in six disciplines — visual arts, filmmaking, music, dance, literature, and traditional arts. Fellowships provide $20,000 in support. Deadline June 21, 2012. For more info, go to: http://www.nacf.us/2013_Grants
(ARTISTS/ RESEARCHERS) Nida Art Colony in Lithuania: Call for Winter-Spring Residency Applications and Trainee as well as Symposium on Remoteness. Nida Art Colony invites artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers to experience the Winter and Spring on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park (Lithuania).
The Videobrasil em Contexto Prize (Videobrasil in Context) is focused on artists, under the age of 35, whose practice involves a strong element of research. Artists must be interested in the archive and collection as a point of departure for their work. Two artists (one from Brazil and another from MENASA) will be selected based upon their proposed projects to participate in a three-month residency split between São Paulo and London from mid-September 2012. The works developed during the residency will become part of the Videobrasil Collection.
For more information, please go to: www.videobrasil.org.br/vboline.
(ALL) The Vermont Studio Center is excited to announce over 30 fellowships available at our upcoming deadline. All are welcome to apply. Applications must be received by June 15, 2012. Visit http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/fellowships for more information; apply online at http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/apply.
(NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS)—$20,000 Native Arts and Cultures Fellowship—The Native Arts & Cultures Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated exclusively to the revitalization, appreciation, and perpetuation of indigenous arts and cultures in the United States, is accepting applications for its 2013 Artist Fellowships. Through the fellowship program, the foundation seeks to foster the creativity of Indigenous artists, allowing the opportunity for study, reflection, experimentation, and discovery. Awards will be made in six disciplines — visual arts, filmmaking, music, dance, literature, and traditional arts. Fellowships provide $20,000 in support. Deadline June 21, 2012. For more info, go to: http://www.nacf.us/2013_Grants
(ARTISTS/ RESEARCHERS) Nida Art Colony in Lithuania: Call for Winter-Spring Residency Applications and Trainee as well as Symposium on Remoteness. Nida Art Colony invites artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers to experience the Winter and Spring on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park (Lithuania).
Nida Art Colony or NAC welcomes proposals for its upcoming winter residencies. Two types of residencies are available. Residencies with grants will be offered to Baltic and Nordic artists for the term of October to December, 2012. The January to May, 2013, term is open to all applicants.
The NAC is located in a remote and beautiful landscape. The residency is appropriate for those artists seeking time, solitude and big studio or open-air space as well as for those who love coincidences and want to meet artists from all over the world in order to collaborate with them now or in the future. The Colony building also hosts student workshops and international artistic projects for shorter periods of time. The NAC is located in the small resort town of Nida.
The Colony provides the necessary living and social conditions to ensure a comfortable environment for the five artists-in-residence. Each of the five residencies is set out on two floors with 65 sq. m of floor space and features all the necessary facilities. The colony is situated about 600 meters away from the sand dunes, and a short walk from the beach. For a list of available equipment, see www.nidacolony.lt To get a sense of Colony life and to see A.I.R. portfolios from 2011 please check the Nida Art Colony Log at www.nidacolony.lt/images/ log01.pdf and www.nidacolony.lt/images/ log02.pdf More information on facilities, activities and services at www.nidacolony.lt and on Facebook. Deadline for all applications: June 15, 2012
(ARTISTS/ART HISTORIANS/STUDENTS) The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is currently offering grants for the visual arts and art history. The
deadline for applications is Friday, November 9, 2012.
Award amounts and categories:
$8,000 Professional Artists
$6,000 Graduate students (visual arts and art history)
$4,000 Undergraduate students (visual arts, includes college-bound high school seniors)
Professional
artists must be current, legal residents of Virginia and must not be
enrolled in a degree-seeking program at the time of the application
deadline or during the grant period of Aug 2013-May 2014. Undergraduate
students in the visual arts must be current, legal residents of Virginia
who will be enrolled full-time in a degree program at an accredited
college, university, or school of the arts for the academic year/grant
period of Aug 2013-May 2014. Graduate students in the visual arts or
art history must be current, legal residents of Virginia who will be
enrolled full-time in a degree program at an accredited college,
university, or school of the arts for the academic year/grant period of
Aug 2013-May 2014. More information including detailed eligibility criteria, an application, and a printable PDF flyer can be found at: http://www.vmfa.museum/Fellowships
(ARTISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS) International Grant Programme: Lipsien Art Foundation—Call for painting, sculpture and photography artists. Deadline: 1st July, 2012
The Lepsien Art Foundation is a non-profit organization (NPO) which
originated in a private initiative, and devotes itself completely to art
and culture and their patronage.
Every year, exceptionally qualified and gifted artists, primarily of the younger generation, working in the disciplines of painting, sculpture and photography can apply for participation in the Lepsien Art Foundation’s international grant programme.
Every year, exceptionally qualified and gifted artists, primarily of the younger generation, working in the disciplines of painting, sculpture and photography can apply for participation in the Lepsien Art Foundation’s international grant programme.
The grant programme is intended as a means of giving artists the
opportunity for an intensive encounter with art, active exchange and
further artistic development within a community of selected artists. http://www.lepsien-art-foundation.com/cms/front_content.php?idart=29
The
grant runs for a duration of twelve months (two semesters) from 1
September to 31 August of the following year. Apart from a funded studio
in Düsseldorf, the grant encompasses the publication of a limited
artist’s edition as well as an extensive four-colour annual catalogue
appearing in conjunction with an exhibition of the grant recipients’
work at the end of the grant year.
The grant recipients become active participants in the Lepsien Art
Foundation’s international network and can thus establish contact with
other artists, collectors, galleries, etc. The Lepsien Art Foundation
committee moreover selects works by every participant for inclusion in
the collection. http://www.lepsien-art-foundation.com/cms/front_content.php?idart=12
For more information, visit: http://www.lepsien-art-foundation.com/cms/front_content.php?idart=29 or write to:info(@)lepsienartfoundation.com.
(ARTISTS, PERFORMING ARTISTS & WRITERS) 2013 International residences at Couvent des Récollets, Paris—The purpose of the residence programme is to host artists and writers who have a specific project to develop in Paris. This project should preferably be carried out in partnership with a previously specified local institution or another structure, company, or artist, in Paris or the surrounding area for artists in the fields of visual or performing arts, and for writers as part of a research project. The project should be developed in Paris, in harmony with the host town and its cultural environment. This residence, which is a privileged period of reflection and creativity for the artist, will contribute to the presence and visibility of international artists in Paris
http://www.international-recollets-paris.org/inscription/accueil.php?lng=en
This programme is intended for individual established writers and artists. The candidates must :
- have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience,
- show evidence of previous work and of an artistic career that is already significantly developed,
- speak French or English,
- be able to free themselves from other professional activities during the period of the residency
3 consecutive months without interruption and limited travels abroad. The residences will take place from January to December 2013.
The Institut français will allocate a 1500 € fixed monthly allowance. This is intended to cover living expenses such as food, local transport, etc. The City of Paris will cover the rent of the accommodation at the Couvent des Récollets for the duration of the residency.
The residences are not suitable for families and pets are forbidden. The applications should be completed online at the website "international residences at Récollets": http://www.international-recollets-paris.org
Deadline: June 17, 2012
This programme is intended for individual established writers and artists. The candidates must :
- have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience,
- show evidence of previous work and of an artistic career that is already significantly developed,
- speak French or English,
- be able to free themselves from other professional activities during the period of the residency
3 consecutive months without interruption and limited travels abroad. The residences will take place from January to December 2013.
The Institut français will allocate a 1500 € fixed monthly allowance. This is intended to cover living expenses such as food, local transport, etc. The City of Paris will cover the rent of the accommodation at the Couvent des Récollets for the duration of the residency.
The residences are not suitable for families and pets are forbidden. The applications should be completed online at the website "international residences at Récollets": http://www.international-recollets-paris.org
Deadline: June 17, 2012
