The Civic Art Program of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission urges artists to sign-up for the first southern California master public art opportunities email list that will generate periodic emails regarding new projects from Civic Art Program, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Other public art programs in southern California, and Private art consultants and developers. We only need your name, email and zip code. To sign up, visit the website below - click on "artist opportunities" in the box "civic art".
Information: www.lacountyarts.org
The California Dance Network is a free resource for dance artists and enthusiasts. Users can create free profiles to promote themselves and their work, get listed on a statewide dance map, post and search for events and stay informed with current news and reviews from throughout the country.
For more information check out the website at http://californiadancenetwork.org.
2010 Conference for Community Arts Education
November 3 - 6, 2010
The Conference for Community Arts Education provides essential professional development and networking opportunities for staff, trustees, faculty, and teaching artists in community arts education.
Join us in San Francisco and learn how to increase access to quality arts education in your community!
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 28, 2010
For program details, and event registration, visit: www.communityartsed.org
Are you a woman who paints, sculpts, writes prose or poetry, composes music? Have you achieved recognition and financial reward for your work? Then you may be eligible for membership in the Napa Valley Chapter of the National League of American Penwomen.
If you are interested send your name, address, phone number and qualifications to P.O. Box 3535, Yountville, CA 94559. Someone will contact you regarding meeting times.
N.L.A.P.W. is an organization of 4,000 members, 150 branches, offering fraternity, mutual encouragement, leadership opportunities, and recognition.
WHERE DOES PASSION COME FROM?
Passion comes from being clear about who you are and what you want. When these are combined with focused intention and inner confidence, you can take decisive action that moves you forward. Align your life with what is important to you to make a living doing what you love and to live a passionate life! Live in alignment with your passion and know HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT!
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Creating Balanced Choices for Passionate Living!
Offering Complimentary Consultations on "Finding YOUR 5 keys to Balance"
WHY WAIT? TAKE ACTION AND CALL OR EMAIL NOW!
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707-251-5570
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Napa Valley Arts Association's Artist of the Valley Co-Op Gallery has moved from it's Oxbow location to the former Accents location on 1st St. The will be opening December 1st.
The Art Association's Behrens St. building is available for rehearsals, classes, and meetings at $10/hr. The building comes with TVs, mirrors, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and parking.Please contact Sherrel Harper, President, for more information on both locations (sherrell@nvart.org).
Register now for Open Dialogue 2010 to be held from August 12-14 in Chicago, IL. The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) invites leaders both established and emerging to Open Dialogue 2010 to formulate action-agendas promoting equity in cultural policy, funding and leadership in the 21st Century.
Open Dialogue 2010 is hosted by the Illinois Arts Council in partnership with ArtsMidwest, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and The Joyce Foundation.
At Open Dialogue 2010 participants will discuss policies and programs which individuals, organizations, foundations, and policy makers are encouraged to strategize and organize around in order to further advance cultural democracy and cultural equity platforms AND programs in today's new era of change. Recognizing some quantitative progress in equity and diversity issues over the last three to four decades, it is most urgent at this historic time of change to evaluate and set forth action-agendas around TAAC's foundational pillars for real, substantive, long-term change.
TAAC convenes artists and cultural workers that are reflective of our pluralistic society to inform and advocate for democratic cultural policy.
To register or for more information, please visit http://www.taac.com!
The Napa County Office of Education recently announced that "Shifty", by Lynn Hazen, has been selected for Napa County Reads 2010. Napa County Reads, a joint effort of the Napa County Office of Education, Napa City-County Library, the five school districts, Napa Valley College, and the Arts Council Napa Valley is in its eighth year of choosing an outstanding book to be read by students and the community, followed by an author visit in the fall.
Studies show that art only enhances learning in any discipline and ACNV is looking to you, our artistic community, to help in that area. Each year a functional object is selected to serve as a special "canvas" for each artist to use to interpret the themes associated with the book. The first year artists created amazing mailboxes, last year it was bookends and this year we have chosen planters. These planters signify a place to put down roots, a place that nurtures growth and development, a home.
We invite you, the artists, to use the planters to express something that inspired you or spoke to you in the story. Each artist is invited to use the planter in any way you would like to, and use any materials you wish. The only requirement is that the art piece is usable as a planter upon completion. Each artist who participates will receive a copy of "Shifty", a blank canvas (i.e. planter) and a $25 stipend for materials costs.This is the third year that Arts Council Napa Valley has partnered with the artists of Napa County to bring an artistic component to this program. Please consider sharing your talent and skills in support of this important program.
Barry Martin, Lucky Penny Productions 707.738.2920
Lucky Penny Productions announces auditions for "Private Eyes"
Lucky Penny Productions joins three other well-known North Bay production companies for general auditions on Sunday August 1 from 2pm to 6pm and Monday August 2 from 6pm to 10pm at the Bay Terrace Theater, 51 Daniels at Wilson in Vallejo. Lucky Penny will audition actors for a mid October production of Steven Dietz' "Private Eyes" to be performed at the Napa Valley Opera House. The show features 2 male roles, 2 female roles and 1 that can be played by either a male or a female. Actors may present monologues or use selected readings from the script. Appointments will be accepted but walk-ins are welcome. Resumes and photos are required for Lucky Penny auditions.
Napa's own Olivia Cowell will direct this production of "Private Eyes," an intriguing comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems: a relationship thriller about love, lust, and the power of deception.
"Private Eyes" runs October 14-16 at 8pm and October 17 at 2pm in the Napa Valley Opera House Cafe Theatre. Tickets are available online at www.nvoh.org or by calling 707-226-7372. Due to limited seating advance purchase is strongly recommended. The play is "PG-13" in terms of content and language. It will be presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.
Sign up for Lucky Penny email updates at www.luckypennynapa.com and find Lucky Penny on Facebook. Email info@luckypennynapa.com.
LITERAL LATTE Food Verse Contest. Looking for poems, all styles and subjects, with food as an ingredient. First Prize: $500. All poems considered for publication. Entry fee: $10 for up to 6 poems. Send to: Literal Latte FVC, 200 E. 10th St., Ste. 240, New York, NY 10003. E-mail: Litlatte@aol.com. Web site: www.literal-latte.com.
Calling emerging artists everywhere! Visual Overture Magazine, a quarterly exhibition-in-print publication, is now accepting entries for the "Featured Emerging Artists" to be presented in the Winter 2010 issue. The juror, Dan Addington, will select 7 artists for feature in publication. Selected artists are presented on two pages of magazine and receive 3 complimentary copies of issue in which they are featured. This is an excellent opportunity for under-represented artists to connect with galleries, curators, and collectors!
Accepted Genres: Sculpture, Metals, Textiles, Photography, Mixed media, Painting, Drawing, Video art, Digital art, Printmaking, and Installation
Deadline: September 30, 2010
For more info and to apply: www.visualoverture.com/artists.htm
The City of San Francisco plans to renovate the Palega Recreation Center and Playground, which is located on 5.78 acres in the Portola District in southeastern San Francisco. This park is home to a historic Recreation Center built in 1930 as well as two tennis courts, a basketball court, two baseball fields, a soccer field, one basketball court and a children's playground.
The San Francisco Arts Commission's goal is to commission permanent durable artwork of the highest aesthetic quality for the Palega Recreation Center and Playground site. Through this RFQ we intend to establish a candidate pool of professional artists for consideration for this public art project.
Eligibility is open to professional, practicing artists residing in California, Oregon, and Washington. Entries not meeting eligibility guidelines shall be withdrawn from consideration. Artists residing outside these three states should NOT apply for this project.
For further information about this project please click here.
Applications forms are now available through SlideRoom, an online artist application service. Interested artists should apply directly online at https://sfgov.slideroom.com/Deadline: July 23rd at 11:59PM PDT.
This year the City of Boynton Beach Arts Commission encourages artists to submit iconic artwork that features the tactile quality and celebrates sensory sensations. Artwork that has textural finishes, surfaces, grains, qualities and consistencies. The artwork can utilize sound, color or movement to communicate the texture theme. Is the artwork smooth, rough, pitted, soft, hard or squishy? Does it have grooves or gouges, smooth or polished or is it rustic or worn? Visual texture is the illusion of having physical texture. The artwork should hold up to the outdoor Florida environment for the year long display. The artists may consider more than one artwork site or create a site-specific installation that addresses this theme. This is a perfect program for professional artists to gain public art experience. Avenue sites can accommodate artwork up to 15' x 6' x 10' (large pad) and 10' x 4' x 6' (small pad.)
The City of Boynton Beach Arts Commission invites you to display your artwork along the "Avenue of the Arts", which stretches for more than seven blocks in the City's downtown core. Your work, if selected, will be publicly displayed on lighted pedestals and included in the promotion, advertising and marketing of the year long event. Each selected artist will receive $1,000.00 per artwork selected to cover delivery and installation of the artwork. You, the artist, will be responsible for the delivery, installation and loan of the artwork. The City provides property insurance for the artwork on display.
Submission deadline: Thursday, July 19, 2010, 5 p.m., to:
Debby Coles-Dobay, Public Art Administrator
100 East Boynton Beach Boulevard, Boynton Beach, FL 33425
(561) 742-6026 www.boyntonbeacharts.org
The Public Art Program of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs requests the submission of qualifications from professional artists to work with the Park and Recreation Department and the Community of Pleasant Grove to participate in the Master-Planning Phase for Dallas' newest signature park in historic Pleasant Grove.
Established as a park in 1954, Crawford Memorial Park is a 265 acre multi-use park containing a two-mile walking trail, eight soccer fields, three softball fields, a pavilion and a playground in southeast Dallas. A maintenance service facility is also located in the northern section of the park. The south-western sector is heavily wooded and is not currently programmed. The park's western edge is bordered by a neighborhood of single family homes with two distinct entry points.
The Park and Recreation Department of the City of Dallas will begin a Master Planning process in fall 2010 which will last for 7-8 months.
All professional artists are eligible to apply, except for artists currently under contract with the City of Dallas Public Art Program, employees of the City of Dallas, their spouses, members of the Public Art Committee, or any consultants under contract for any phase of these projects are ineligible. The City of Dallas Cultural Policy prohibits undergraduate students from being considered for Public Art projects.
SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: crawfordparkpublicart@gmail.com
SEND INQUIRIES TO: kendall.ferguson@dallascityhall.com
Kendall Ferguson, Public Art Coordinator
1925 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 670-5639
VANOC has created an artist registry for individual artists and ensembles interested in participating in Cultural Olympiad and/or other Olympic and Paralympic Games programs. Designed as a programming resource, the registry will also serve as a central artist database that VANOC can reference for the development of future events. Submissions will be accepted on an on-going basis through 2010. Information: www.vancouver2010.com.
Would you consider yourself a Fool for Art? Show the world your passion; express your love affair with your medium no holds barred.Visit www.artsguildofsonoma.org, then select Events, and then Fools for Art under the orange box. Open to artists 18 and older. Entry fee required.
Wall space available to show work at California Pizza in Napa, and That Pizza Place in St Helena.
Please contact Tom and Kathryn Kenney at 707-252-3636 or email califpizza@sbcglobal.net for Napa, or 707-968-9671 / sthelenapizza@sbcglobal.net for St Helena.
The City of Walnut Creek, in conjunction with the Walnut Creek Downtown Library, is introducing a new program: Exhibitions in the LibraryCommunity Art Gallery. This new program is part of the Arts, Recreation and Community Services Department, which will administer it under the direction of the Walnut Creek Arts Commission.
The Library Community Art Gallery was created to present artwork for the encouragement and development of artistic expression, and to foster greater appreciation for art in our community. The gallery will be open to applications from individual artists or non-commercial groups with priority going to those living or working in Contra Costa County.The shows will last 4 to 6 weeks each and artists are responsible for the installation of their own work. The Arts Commission Selection Committee and Bedford Gallery staff will review exhibition plans in advance of each proposed project.
To apply for an exhibition at the Community Art Gallery, there is a (nonrefundable) fee to submit an application for review: $150/ organization, $100/2-3 individuals, and $50/individuals. Application forms are available at the Bedford Gallery website: http://www.bedfordgallery.org/librarygallery.htm
En Foco's New Works #14 is open to U.S. based fine art and documentary photographers of Latino, African and Asian heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and Pacific. All photo-based works are eligible; winners receive $1,000 and honorable mentions $100 honoraria. All receive photo-products; a photographer's page on enfoco.org; a Professional Photographer's membership ($100 value); an article in Nueva Luz; and a group exhibition in New York City (2011).
Apply via Cafe. VIEW MORE INFO
Entry is free. No purchase necessary.
Contest Opens: July 13, 2010
Submission Deadline: August 19, 2010
Save the Redwoods League challenges park visitors throughout the United States to capture every angle of the redwood forest, from the smallest critters inhabiting the forest floor to the lofty tree canopy, for a chance to win prizes. Get your chance to win outdoor gear, a stay in an historic redwood country inn and more!
1st prize: A one-day ecotour for two in Big Sur, California, provided by Central Coast Outdoors. Value: $318
2nd prize: A one-night stay at the historic Benbow Inn in Garberville, California. Value: $250
3rd prize: A pair of environmentally friendly Nikon binoculars. Value: $225
Enter your photos that capture all parts of the redwood ecosystem, from sorrel and lichens, to deer and elk, to the trees themselves. Photos of friends and family enjoying the forest also are welcome.
The League will select 12 finalists, and public voting will determine the contest winners.
For more information, visit SaveTheRedwoods.org/contest.
Argos Gallery is an independent organization formed by a group of art professionals, devoted to the care, counseling and dissemination of professional contemporary artists from around the world. Argos Gallery is inviting to the first edition of "Global Faces of Contemporary Art." We are calling contemporary artists of all nationalities, without exception of categories or mediums. The rules, terms and conditions and application form are available online and on www.argosgallery.com. The deadline for submission is October 1, 2010. Starting on October 25th, the jury will be notifying individually the selected artists.
The selected artists will be exhibited in our online gallery, will receive a one year tutoring by our advisers, will have international publicity and will be part of our biannual art catalog that will be distributed among the major galleries and museums around the world.
Registration fee: $30.00
The Art Interview - International Online Artist Competition is a quarterly, international, juried exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures in any medium. It is open to all living artists worldwide aged 16 and up. A European gallery exhibition and cash may be awarded each quarter to the first, second and third place winners. First place winners receive a featured interview in Art Interview Online Magazine.
The competition is run completely over the Internet, which eliminates the need for you to send slides or arrange for physical transportation of your artworks. Gain international recognition for your artwork and be interviewed along with the world's top artists, curators and gallery owners in Art Interview Online Magazine.
Read more information on the competition and how to enter it at www.art-interview.com!
This October, Theatre Puget Sound will present Arts Crush, a month-long festival that connects artists and audiences with invigorating new experiences at hundreds of events across the region. More than 200 arts organizations and innumerable artists from all over the Puget Sound will come together as a united arts community to share arts experiences with people of all kinds.
We want you to be a part of this unprecedented collaboration! Spotlighting a different discipline each week, the festival features opportunities to participate in theatre, music, literature, dance, visual art and more. Arts Crush reawakens the senses by engaging people in the arts in unique ways; through hands-on participation, peeking behind the scenes, or experiencing art in unexpected places. In addition, Arts Crush extends an open invitation to sample the abundance of arts and culture in our region by adopting creative pay-what-you will or discounted fee structures for traditional arts experiences.
There is no fee to participate.
Information: http://artscrush.org/ or email Sam Read sam@tpsonline.org
Is there an historic restoration project in Napa County that you admire and think deserves wider recognition? Has a new building been constructed that you think fits especially well into more historic surroundings or an old one successfully repurposed?
For more information visit www.napacountylandmarks.org or call us at 707-255-1836.
As many of you know, Napa County Landmarks presents its list of Ten Threatened Treasures in the spring to raise awareness of at-risk historic resources. We also recognize people and projects that promote the preservation of Napa County's unique architectural, historical and cultural heritage through our Awards of Merit program in the fall. Landmarks is currently seeking nominations from its membership, the general public, architects, engineers, contractors and designers for the 2010 Awards.
Nominated projects must have been completed by Jan. 1, 2009. The deadline for nominations is 5 PM Monday, August 2nd, 2010. We will recognize Award of Merit winners at our Annual Gathering of Members on October 3rd, 2010, at the restored 2009 award-winning Krug Winery Carriage House in St. Helena.
Pangaea Highway is an online independent publication (e-zine) presenting an internet exhibition forum for locals to share and create art. Every two months the editorial board selects a new theme for the upcoming issue, so check out the site for upcoming deadlines and submit work often!
http://pangaeahighway.wordpress.com/
Pangaea Highway e-zine is intended to establish a dynamic connection between the readership and the creative team, by expanding opportunities for original self-expression in all the literary, visual and performing arts genre through the use of new literacies. We exist without borders, and encourage our readership to submit original work, to speak for themselves, and to co-create a compendium of all that is going on within the culture. The e-zine will serve as a technological gallery space that is out of the conventional frame and protean in nature. Our vision requires the readership and the contributors to self-identify rather than merely consume predigested content as assigned by the editors and publisher.
Sushanna Ellington, Editor-in-Chief
Why are we doing the Get Involved Arts Initiative:
The St. Helena Public Library has identified "The Arts" as a key means of engaging people. Our library is known as a place of social activity and is developing a reputation as an outlet for artistic expression and discovery. We plan to capitalize on this status by using volunteers to develop and provide programs for children, teens and adults that will introduce new ways for all to engage with each other, explore their own artistic skills through creative expression, and expand their knowledge of art culture and history.
To stay relevant to our times, the library is looking for new ways to serve the community. There are people in St. Helena and Napa Valley with very unique skills and abilities that share our vision of the library as a place of community engagement and a cultural hub. We hope to profit from these individuals by including them in our efforts to be innovative in fulfilling future community needs, attracting new users to the library and meeting the needs of the underserved.
How it works:
We are looking for volunteers who share our vision of a community that embraces the arts. We need volunteers to help us develop, create, implement and evaluate programs for all ages. This is a new way of using volunteers that empowers them to direct their own work. Volunteers bring us the ideas and we collaborate with them by providing them the tools and the authority to execute their own vision. Using volunteers the library will create connections and networks in our community through the arts, for the arts, and of the arts. This will allow the library the opportunity to expand and build on existing services and resources by providing new ways for people to network, get involved, experience the arts, and be art practitioners without personal expense. Everybody in the community can participate whether they are artistic or not they can get involved. There are many levels and many roles to this ongoing vision.
How you can help:
Get the word out. Talk about it. Refer people, particularly artists, Contact us for more information.
Jennifer Baker
Library Director
St. Helena Public Library
707-967-2805
Calling emerging artists everywhere! Visual Overture Magazine, a quarterly exhibition-in-print publication, is now accepting entries for the "Featured Emerging Artists" to be presented in the Winter 2010 issue. The juror, Dan Addington, will select 7 artists for feature in publication. Selected artists are presented on two pages of magazine and receive 3 complimentary copies of issue in which they are featured. This is an excellent opportunity for under-represented artists to connect with galleries, curators, and collectors!
Accepted Genres: Sculpture, Metals, Textiles, Photography, Mixed media, Painting, Drawing, Video art, Digital art, Printmaking, and Installation
Deadline: September 30, 2010
For more info and to apply: www.visualoverture.com/artists.htm
