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First Past the Post - Goldfactory is back...

First Past the Post is a carefully chosen selection of works from GF artists and some who are new to GF. Following the closure of the project space several artists who were scheduled to develop new projects with us had to be informed that this was no longer possible. GF has now been able to make amend… Continue

Added by Goldfactory on November 10, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Artworks! Art Commission -Bilborough library Looking for engaging visual artwork to celebrate 80 years.

Bilborough library, Nottingham City Library & Information Service, will be 80 years old in January 2010. We are looking for engaging visual artwork in any form which would celebrate libraries or the local community. . The artwork might be inside the library or outside but within the library grounds. It would be a permentant piece of art and could form part of the fabric of the building such as railings. Send in a short proposal outlining concept and example visuals (including a photo… Continue

Added by Frank Abbott on November 10, 2009 at 3:07pm — No Comments

call for submissions - artist's moving image

AN ENDLESS SUPPLY MOVING IMAGE Birmingham based artist Helen Brown is guest-editing a spin-off project of open-submission film & video, to be screened at Eastside Projects on Thursday 10 December Formats can include: film & video, animation, documentary, features, shorts Deadline: Midnight, Sunday 15 November Submissions should be on DVD & sent to: Helen Brown An Endless Supply Moving Image Eastside Projects 86 Heath Mill Lane Birmingham B9 4AR Enquiries: info@helenbrownartist.c… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on November 10, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Sprint 2010 - call for applications

Applications are now being accepted for Sprint 2010, which will take place in London next March. We are happy to accept proposals for imagined or existing works from emerging or established companies and individuals working in theatre, performance and live-art. Previous participants include: Unlimited, Cartoon de Salvo, Fevered Sleep, Shunt, Wishbone, Chris Goode, The Paper Birds and Mamoru Iriguchi; encompassing on-on-one performances, boat trips, durational performances, puppetry … we could g… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on November 10, 2009 at 10:55am — No Comments

Hors pistes - Centre Pompidou - Call for moving image works

Hors Pistes, a multidisciplinary event, focuses on innovative forms of contemporary narratives with projections and performances. Hors Pistes proposes to bring together films and events which take their source in contemporary art, cinema, photography, architecture as well as in science, gastronomy or sports. The HORS PISTES film festival offers a showcase to unique and audacious videos and films that move away from traditional genres to blend fiction with documentary, contemporary art or exper… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on November 5, 2009 at 8:36pm — No Comments

Air Time 09 Nottingham

Wednesday 18 November 2009 3 pm – 5 pm Bonington Atrium, Bonington building, City site. Air Time 09 Nottingham will provide information and advice from artists, arts organisations and other experts, on professional matters such as insurance, negotiation and funding. This event will also give you the opportunity to meet and network with like-minded artists. Open to NTU staff and students, and visual/applied artists, places are limited and pre-booking is essential. It is essential to reserve a pl… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on November 4, 2009 at 12:17pm — No Comments

International Winter School 2010 - Live Art

We have a just few places remaining on some of the courses for next year's international Winter School in Glasgow. We invite applications from artists working in live art and related areas of arts practice who wish to spend an intense period of research and development under the guidance of carefully chosen mentors. The mentors for 2010 include: Peter Boneham, Jurgen Fritz & Jamie McMurry, Michael Mayhew and Ron Athey. These opportunities are open to both emergent and experienced practitio… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on November 4, 2009 at 11:40am — No Comments

BIG LIZARD GETS OUT AND ABOUT

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Added by Frank Abbott on October 29, 2009 at 10:05am — 1 Comment

Catalyst Arts - Student Show 2009 (open to 2009 graduates)

Catalyst Arts Belfast is calling for submissions for the Annual Student Show, December 2009. Catalyst Arts believes in supporting artists at all stages in their careers, and the student show is our main showcase for newly emerging visual artists, providing gallery support and fresh networking opportunities. We are interested in presenting a broad range of innovative, exciting new work in any and all mediums. This call is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, including those who… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on October 27, 2009 at 9:53pm — No Comments

PhD studentship in Swansea

A PhD studentship in the Faculty of Art & Design, Swansea Metropolitan University, worth £10,000 per annum for 3years, plus fees, is available in the research area listed below : Painting and Drawing: Our specific expertise includes the perceptual and philosophical dimensions of practice. Landscape is a particular research interest that raises multi-disciplinary concerns ranging across geographical, critical, ethical and ultimately ontological and metaphysical areas of enquiry and debate. P… Continue

Added by Terry Shave on October 23, 2009 at 1:40pm — No Comments

NEW ARTMARKET IN SNEINTON

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Added by Frank Abbott on October 22, 2009 at 8:06pm — No Comments

Stream - Commission Opportunity, Greenwich, London

Stream is a creative production agency based in the London Borough of Greenwich, where our programmes bring together innovative art practice and local people. We are looking for an artist to undertake a new commission as part of our ‘Peninsula’ programme of creative projects. The project will adopt an innovative approach to investigating notions of society, community and ‘the… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on October 22, 2009 at 5:40pm — No Comments

[noplaceprojects*] open call for submissions

BeLonging Following on from the success of RePlace at Ada Street Gallery in June 2009, [noplaceprojects*] invites participants working in lens based media [moving and still images] to engage with the theme of BeLonging. While the context of BeLonging should be urban and global, an engagement with being and place is critical. Regardless of origin, we are interested in exploring issues that a person or a community could face when choosing to live in a city. [noplaceprojects*] are looking at a F… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on October 22, 2009 at 5:38pm — No Comments

Site Gallery - volunteer/participation opportunity

Site Gallery is currently looking to recruit volunteers to assist within the next exhibition by artists FrenchMottershead. Please click on the link below to find out further information about the FrenchMottershead 'Shops' project, which will launch on 21 November and will be open until 31 January 2010. http://www.sitegallery.org/whats_on/view.php?id=174 We are looking to appoint volunteers who can facilitate the… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on October 22, 2009 at 5:27pm — No Comments

See You Next Thursday Festival - Call for participation

See You Next Tuesday is a box-fresh festival celebrating women 8th - 20th March 2010. See You Next Tuesday will showcase fantastic feminine and feminist talent for an action-packed two weeks, raising discussion (and eyebrows) about sex, identity, equality, and gender-based violence in a lavish and experimental playground of fancy. We are currently accepting submissions for performance (theatre, cabaret, burlesque, comedy, music and dance), visual art and film for this innovative and unique fes… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on October 22, 2009 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Interventions Part 1: Dispersal

includes NTU graduate Diana Ali Diana Ali, George Hardy, Kate Pennington-Wilson, Suzanne Smith Curated by Anneka French October and November 2009 Interventions Part 1: Dispersal is a series of guerilla artworks which operate independently, addressing common notions of temporality, protest, communication, mapping and migration. Diana Ali: Distant Dialogues Ali's work seeks to examine an increasingly redundant form of communication: the art of writing a letter. Her project aims to engage an au… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on October 22, 2009 at 5:05pm — No Comments

DAIWA SCHOLARSHIP - recent graduates are eligible!

The Daiwa Scholarship is a unique 19-month programme of language study, work placement and homestay in Japan. Daiwa Scholarships offer young and talented UK citizens with strong leadership potential, the opportunity to acquire Japanese language skills, and to access expertise and knowledge relevant to their career goals. NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPAN OR JAPANESE IS NECESSARY. By April 2009, 116 Daiwa Scholars - including scientists, artists, academics, lawyers and architects - will have ben… Continue

Added by Joanne Lee on October 22, 2009 at 3:04pm — No Comments

Paul MATOSIC installation

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Added by Frank Abbott on October 22, 2009 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Curators crowned kings of the art world....

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/curators-crowned-kings-of-the-art-world-1802817.html Oh dear.... Artists relegated to also-rans in power list By Andy McSmith Thursday, 15 October 2009 If you want clout in the art world in these recessionary times, you are better off putting pen to paper as a curator than paintbrush to c… Continue

Added by Goldfactory on October 20, 2009 at 2:05pm — No Comments

Most theory has little bearing on art - Storr at Frieze

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Robert-Storr-Most-theory-has-little-bearing-on-art/19605 The Art Newspaper: The topic of the Frieze panel is “Have Art and Theory Drifted Apart?” What are your thoughts? Robert Storr: I’m not sure that art and theory… Continue

Added by Goldfactory on October 20, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments