Current Local Artist Opportunities
Call to Artists: Hidden Gardens Tour Plein Air Paint Out, Celebration and Wet Paint Reception
The Big Sur Arts Initiative invites all Plein Air painters to participate in this third annual event in Big Sur. Registration deadline June 6, 2008.
Click here for details and to register.
Investing in Artists Grant Program
The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) is pleased to announce that the Guidelines and Application Forms for Round III of the Investing in Artists grants program are now available for download at www.cciarts.org/funding. Applications for Round III are due in CCI's San Francisco office on June 6, 2008.
The Investing in Artists grants program is designed to enhance the working lives and creative environment for California artists by funding tools and market strategies that will allow them to create their best work more consistently and distribute that work more broadly to new audiences. To support those aims, Investing in Artists provides grants in two categories: 1) Artistic Equipment & Tools and 2) Presenting & Marketing Work. In this third round of funding, applications will only be accepted in the Artistic Equipment & Tools category and in the Presenting & Marketing Work Implementation category.
CCI is hosting a series of conference calls and information sessions to provide a general orientation to the Investing in Artists grants program. The current schedule is listed below. To register, please go to www.cciarts.org/workshops:
Information Session: Thursday, May 15, 2008 - BAY AREA
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: East Bay Community Foundation Conference Center, 353 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in the Dalziel Building, at the roundabout at the end of San Pablo Avenue.
Cost: There is no cost to attend this workshop, but registration is limited.
If you have any questions about the Center for Cultural Innovation or the Investing in Artists program, please contact Emily Sevier, Programs Manager, at 1(800) 418-1671 or by email at grants@cciarts.org.
Headlands Center for the Arts - Artist in Residence Program
APPLICATIONS DUE JUNE 6, 2008 ARE NOW ONLINE
Headlands Center for the Arts' Artist in Residence Program has earned international renown for bringing together pioneering artists in all disciplines-visual, literary, performing, new media and interdisciplinary-from throughout the U.S. and the world.
The Artist in Residence program provides a supportive working environment that allows time for artists to experiment, reflect and grow, both individually and collectively during their stay.
The program offers fully sponsored, live-in and live-out residencies to around 35 artists each year from March to November and is distinguished in that there is no fee to participate.
Through the support of generous donations, Artists in Residence are provided with a studio, shared housing and five meals a week for live-in artists. A studio and dinner twice weekly are provided for live-out artists. Stipends of up to $500/month are available pending funding and sponsorships secured each year.
Residencies range from one to six months, with an average stay of three months.
Artists are selected based upon merit, through a mixture of open application and invitation. Headlands currently accepts applications for residencies from artists working in all disciplines: visual, literary, performing and new media. Headlands Center for the Arts also provides Bridge residencies by nomination to artists who are leaders in using the creative process as a catalyst for social change.
Headlands offers residencies to artists from across the U.S. and around the world, from places such as Sweden, Denmark, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Italy, India, Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and more than 20 other countries.
Call to Artists: “Celebrating Monterey County”- Fine Art Calendar - Juried Competition
Deadline: June 14, 2008
Each year, the Arts Council of Monterey County produces a fine art calendar that captures the stunning beauty and extraordinary diversity of life in Monterey County and showcases the wonderful talent of Monterey County artists.
These beautiful calendars are sold at a wide variety of outlets throughout the county to benefit arts and education programs.
All proceeds from the entry fees and calendar sales benefit our Professional Artists in the Schools program – providing arts education, arts-integrated curriculum, and special arts and literacy workshops for over 10,000 students.
Click here for full guidelines, prize information and an entry form.
For more information, e-mail ccmc@culturalmonterey.org or visit www.artsformontereycounty.org.
Call to Artists: Open Studios Competition
Open Studios Competitions are conducted annually in each of 6 regions of the country.
Competitions lead to publication in bimonthly publication New American Paintings which, juried by curators from prominent museums, has extended the reach of artists and expanded the resources of collectors since 1993. All styles/painting, drawing, monoprints, mixed media; 2-D only.
Entry fee $35.
Deadlines: Pacific Coast 6/30/08 (CA, OR, WA, AK, and HI) other areas, contact below.
Send 4 35mm slides or printouts (no larger than 8.5” x 11” – no discs), resume, entry fee and SASE to:
Open Studios Press, 450 Harrison Ave #304, Boston, MA 02118.
Questions: (617) 778-5265 or www.newamericanpaintings.com. Juror: TBA