Continue reading »]]> Call for Entries: Grand Prix de Découverte International Fine Art Photography Award

Deadline: August 1st, 2012

Early bird submissions from May 7th–June 17th, 2012

From their website: We invite emerging and mid-career photographers from around the world to submit work to the International Fine Art Photography competition—an annual program focused on providing recognition and exposure for talented photographic artists of all ages (18 years and older).

All images will be thoughtfully reviewed by our panel of jurors. Finalists will be selected for exhibition, and winners will receive cash awards as well as exhibition and publication opportunities in the international fine art photography community.

The Grand Prix de Découverte winner (the photographer with the outstanding image of the year) receives an award of $5,000, travel to Paris, and a weekend stay in The City of Light for the awards ceremony.

Category winners receive an award of $1000.

All finalists’ photographs will be:

• presented in a Paris exhibit in November in conjunction with Paris Photo 2012 and Paris Mois de la Photo
• included in the exhibit catalog
• accepted into the prestigious collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
• presented in aCurator magazine and blog, read by museum and gallery curators throughout the world
• exhibited in the International Fine Art Photography online gallery

For more detailed information, link to entries, FAQ, list of jurors, and more: https://www.internationalfineartphoto.org/

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North Lands Creative Glass and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, call for applicants: Mixed-Media Residencies

Deadline: May 31st, 2012

North Lands Creative Glass and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop are working in partnership to offer a nine-week residency for four visual artists. They are looking for two sculptors and two glass artists who have an interest in exploring new forms of making through collaboration. A high level of experience in hot casting processes either in metal or glass is preferable.

The residency will offer the opportunity to create work and collaborate with artists while also learning and sharing techniques and methods of working with different materials. Artists will be selected by North Lands Creative Glass and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and the residency time will be split between the two venues. This opportunity will allow you to enhance your own practice while working within a peer group to gain further skills. Both venues enable artists-in-residence to benefit from a comprehensive range of facilities. Artists will receive a stipend of £700 and a materials allowance.

This opportunity is open to artists worldwide.
Applications must be received by May 31st, 2012
Successful artists will be notified by June 19th, 2012

See website for more information and application details: http://www.northlandsglass.com/whats-on/residencies

North Lands Creative Glass is located in Lybster, a small fishing village on the North East Coast of Scotland. North Lands is a place for glass artists but also painters, sculptors, architects and designers wishing to explore the technical and artistic potential of glass either on its own or in combination with other materials.

Continue reading »]]> Call for Entries, Vox Populi’s 8th Annual Exhibition of Emerging Artists: VOX VIII

Deadline: June 6th, 2012

Jurors:  Ruba Katrib, curator at the SculptureCenter, New York, and Marlo Pascual, a New York based artist who has recently exhibited with White Columns and the Saatchi Gallery.

Eligibility:  Artists are invited to submit 5 examples of completed works of art in any media. All submitted work must be available for exhibition, if chosen. DO NOT submit the same works to more than one open call. Entry Fee: $35.

About Vox Populi:  Founded in 1988, Vox Populi is an artist collective that works to support the challenging and experimental work of under-represented artists with monthly exhibitions, gallery talks, performances, lectures, and related programming. For over 20 years, Vox has played a unique role in the cultural life of Philadelphia by bringing our audience a diverse range of programming and providing a supportive environment in which artists can take risks and gain valuable professional experience.

APPLY:  Apply at http://voxpopuli.slideroom.com/, and follow instructions. Applicants may upload 5 works: photo, video, or sound.

PDF of call with more detailed information: voxviii

Website of Vox Populi: http://www.voxpopuligallery.org/

Vox Populi, 319 North 11th Street | Third Floor | Philadelphia, PA 19107

Continue reading »]]> SF Camerawork, call for submission (members)*: Summer Exhibition 2012

Deadline: Monday, May 21st, 2012, 5 pm PST
(*You must be a current member whose membership is valid through August 31st, 2012. To become a member, please join here.)

From their website: This summer SF Camerawork will host a members-only exhibition from July 13th to August 25th. This is a fantastic opportunity for members working in the photographic arts to exhibit work at our new location in San Francisco’s Mid-Market Arts District. Lisa Sutcliffe, Assistant Curator of Photography for SFMOMA, will curate and title this exhibition.

Your entry should include:  Please follow these instructions very carefully

1) Five (5) jpegs of images, up to 300 dpi and no larger than 8×10 inches, culled from one completed project or body of work and labeled 1-5, with last and first names as follows: 1_Smith_Jane.jpg, etc.

2) One page or less: a brief artist statement and list of works (title, year, medium, dimensions), along with your phone number, in 12-point font saved as a Word document

3) OPTIONAL, one page or less: A résumé (or bio) that includes: education, select one-person and/or group exhibitions, etc, in 12-point font saved as a Word document

Deadline: May 21st, 2012
Announcement of selections for exhibition: Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 (Please, no phone calls.)

Website link for more information: http://www.sfcamerawork.org/exhibitions/exhibitions_summer2012.php

Continue reading »]]> Call for Full Papers, Installations Proposals, Posters & Short Papers: 6th International Conference on Digital Arts and New Media

Deadline for full paper submission approaching: June 2nd, 2012

Deadline for Installations proposals, posters and short papers submission: June 9th, 2012

ARTECH 2012
Algarve, Portugal

ARTECH 2012 “Crossing Digital Boundaries”
November 8-9, 2012
Algarve, Portugal

From their website: It is our great pleasure to invite you to Artech 2012, the sixth international conference on Digital Arts, this time held at University of Algarve in the South of Portugal. It aims to create a forum for the emerging digital arts bringing together the scientific, technological and artistic community. The goal is to promote the interest in the digital culture and its intersection with art and technology as an important research field, but also as a common space for discussion and exchange of new experiences. Seeking to foster greater understanding about digital arts and culture across a wide spectrum of cultural, disciplinary, and professional practices, this edition of the conference also includes a strand concerned with e-learning related to art and media studies. To this end, we cordially invite scholars, teachers, researchers, artists, computer professionals, and others who are working within the broadly defined areas of digital arts, culture and education to join us.

Main conference themes are:

• 3D Environments
• Audio-Visual and Multimedia Design
• Creativity Theory
• Digital Storytelling
• Learning in Art and Media Studies
• Electronic Music
• Design and Visualization
• Generative and Algorithmic Art
• Interactive Systems for Artistic Applications
• Media Art history
• Mobile Multimedia
• Web Art and Digital Culture
• New Digital Media and Applications
• Tangible and Gesture Interfaces
• Technology in Art Education
• Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Link: http://ise.ualg.pt/artech2012

Continue reading »]]> Northern Arizona University (NAU) Art Gallery, National Call for Artists: 6th Biennial Juried Print Exhibition

Deadline: June 15th, 2012

The Northern Arizona University (NAU) Art Museum solicits submissions for the 6th Biennial Juried Print Exhibition to be produced in September 2012.

The Biennial encourages submissions in traditional printmaking media, as well as works that employ new and hybridized media. We are particularly interested in works on paper that challenge accepted norms of scale and that blur the distinction between two and three dimensions.

This national / international exhibition is open to all artists that are 18 years of age and older. All printmaking media, exclusive of commercial reproductions, are eligible. The Biennial encourages submissions in traditional printmaking media, as well as works that employ new and hybridized media. We are particularly interested in works on paper that challenge accepted norms of scale and that blur the distinction between two and three dimensions.

Our juror for the 6th Biennial Juried Print Exhibition is Ian Ruffino recently of The Ohio State University.

Entry forms must be received at NAU Art Museum by June 15, 2012. Exhibition runs September 18, 2012 through November 17, 2012. First place, $600.00.

For more information or prospectus/entry form, please visit their website at  http://nau.edu/CAL/Art-Museum/6th-Biennial-Juried-Print-Exhibition/ or send prospectus request and SASE to: NAU Art Museum, PO Box 6021, Flagstaff, AZ  86011-6021

Prospectus  for 6th Biennial Juried Print Exhibition – Downloadable PDF 

 Entry Forms for the 6th Biennial Juried Print Exhibition – Downloadable PDF

Continue reading »]]> Call for Submissions, Visual & Performance Art – Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center, Portland

Deadline: Ongoing

Disjecta, a nonprofit arts organization, located in Portland, Oregon, is currently accepting submissions as part of its mission to highlight the work of local and regional, American and international artists focusing on challenging and emerging ideas in contemporary art.

The Curatorial Committee of Disjecta is composed of Disjecta staff, artists, curators and arts professionals representing a broad range of disciplines and cultural backgrounds. The Curatorial Committee reviews proposals from artists and organizations, choosing programs for their artistic strength and cultural and/or social relevance. Applications are accepted year round.

Project Proposal for Visual Arts Submissions should include:

• 1 – 2 page explanation of the project. Project explanation should also include the following:
• resume/bio of artist(s) and curator(s);
• labeled slides and slide script, or other appropriate documentation
• itemized budget
• technical/equipment requirements with specifics on installation/de-installation.

Send submissions to: Electronically submissions@disjecta.org
Or by snail mail: Disjecta, C/O Visual Arts, 8371 N Interstate, Portland, Oregon, 97217 – 6716

If you would like to have your materials returned, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

For complete information, visit the web site, http://www.disjecta.org/getinvolved/artists.php

Continue reading »]]> Call for Artists, Studio In The Woods, Louisiana / Residencies with stipend

Deadline: May 18th, 2012

Four six-week residencies which include a stipend and supply budget are to be offered between September 2012 and April 2013. Ebb & Flow is a 6-week residency based on the premise that Southern Louisiana can be seen as a microcosm of the global environment, manifesting both the challenges and possibilities inherent in human interaction with urban and natural ecosystems. They ask artists to describe in detail how the region will affect their work, to propose a public component to their residency and to suggest ways in which they will engage with the local community. Residents given $3,000 stipend and $2,000 for materials, plus full room and board including food, utilities and studio space. $30 application fee. The deadline for submissions is May 18th, 2012.

Website link: http://www.astudiointhewoods.org

Continue reading »]]> Call for Proposals from graduate and PhD candidates: Prospectives ’12 International Festival of Digital Art

Deadline: June 15th, 2012

Call For Proposals: Exhibit, Netart, Perform, Project/Sound, Present, Street!

Prospectives ’12 International Festival of Digital Art highlights the work of graduate and Phd candidates working across all disciplines utilizing experimental digital media in their creative endeavors.

Prospectives ‘12, the third iteration of our festival, breaks down into six interrelated events/venues:
•Exhibit (A one month group exhibition at the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR)
•Netart (discrete internet based artworks highlighted through the festival website and accessible at the exhibit venue)
•Perform (A one night event of performances and screenings at The Nevada Museum of Art, Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater)
• Project/sound (An evening of projected, full-dome and standard formatted video and performances/playback of electro-acoustic and sound works at The Fleischman Planetarium, UNR – mono, stereo, and 5.1 surround sound capabilities )
•Present (A day long symposium of poster sessions and paper presentations)
•Street (Temporary, street level works situated in and around Reno)

Eligibility: If you are enrolled or were enrolled in a graduate or Phd program in 2012, working creatively in and across disciplines focused on digital technologies in your creative practice, you are eligible and encouraged to submit an application!

Creative practitioners working in all visual and performative media incorporating digital systems, including but not limited to: interactive art, robotics, movement/dance, computer gaming, net art, culture-jamming, full-dome video/animation, generative systems, social practice, electronic sculpture, locative media, augmented reality, electronic music/audio art, experimental theater, performance art, telematics, electro-acoustics, sound art, etc. are invited to apply. Collaborations and works-in-progress are welcome and encouraged.

Travel Grants: A limited number of travel/accommodation grants are available and will be awarded by the festival jurors.

Festival Jurors:
•Joseph DeLappe, Festival Director, Head, Digital Media Area, Department of Art/UNR
•Erik Burke, Independent Artist, Reno, Nevada
•Cari K. Cunningham, Associate Professor, Department of Theate and Dancer, UNR
•JoAnne Northrup, Director of Contemporary Art Initiatives, Nevada Museum of Art
•Jean-Paul Perrotte, Electronic Music Composer and Lecturer, Department of Music, UNR
•Dan Ruby, Associate Director, Fleischmann Planetarium/UNR
•Dr. Marji Vecchio, Director, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery/UNR

For more detailed information and link to entry: http://www.unr.edu/art/prospectives12.html

Continue reading »]]> Call for Proposals, 2013 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) National Conference Proposals, Conferring Significance: Celebrating Photography’s Continuum

Deadline: June 1st, 2012

SPE is accepting proposals for the 50th annual SPE national conference “Conferring Significance: Celebrating Photography’s Continuum ” March 7-10, 2013 in Chicago, IL.

 Proposals will be accepted for the 2013 conference March 22, 2012 – June 1, 2012. Topics are not required to be theme-based, and may include but are not limited to, imagemaking, history, contemporary theory and criticism, multidisciplinary approaches, new technologies, effects of media and culture, educational issues, funding, and presentations of work in photography, film, video, performance and installation.

 Download the PDF (see below) call for entry form above for full conference description, proposal guidelines and instructions for submitting your proposal online through Slideroom.com.  Entry fee: $10.

Eligibility: Current SPE members are eligible to submit a proposal for consideration. Individuals who have presented at two SPE national conferences since 2010 (Philadelphia) are not eligible. To join SPE visit https://www.spenational.org/members/join

Requirements: Presentation Format Descriptions



-Graduate Student – short presentation of your own artistic work and a brief introduction to your graduate program (must be enrolled in graduate program at time of submission)

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Imagemaker – presentation on your own artistic work

-Lecture – presentation on historical topic, theory, or another artist’s work

-Panel – a group led by a moderator to discuss a chosen topic

-Teaching and Learning (new category this year!) – presentations, workshops, demos that addresses educational issues, including teaching resources and strategies (syllabi, videos, assignments, readings, class prep/setup, and power point presentations); curricula to serve diverse artists and changing student populations; seeking promotion and tenure; avoiding burnout, and professional exchange

Awards: Accepted submissions are eligible for a discounted rate to attend and present at the 2013 SPE national conference. Current membership is required to participate as a conference speaker. The speaker rate is limited to one discounted speaker fee per imagemaker presentation; one discounted speaker fee per lecture, one discounted speaker fee per demonstration, one discounted speaker fee per graduate student presentation and up to four discounted speaker fees (1 moderator and up to 3 panelists) per panel.

Evaluation Criteria: Submissions are reviewed by a ten-member peer review panel.

Download in PDF Format

CLICK HERE to view the 2013 conference Call for Proposal guidelines and instructions for submitting.

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