Art Residency Opportunities

Call for applications  Deadline: 15 August 2012 Application fee: none Hotel Pro Forma is an international laboratory of performance and installations. Perception, perspective and themes from the world are blended into a conceptual, visual and musical art form. Atelier Hotel Pro Forma is now offering a unique opportunity to one or two professional artists with suitable projects. Applicants must therefore submit a concrete project proposal to develop during their residency. These artists will be able to develop their projects for three to six months at Atelier Hotel Pro Forma in Copenhagen. Depending on the artist or project, the project may be produced as an Atelier Hotel Pro Forma production during the residency, but it may also be produced as an independent project once the residency is completed. During their stay, artists will work together with Hotel Pro Forma’s international network of artists, organisation, interns and technical staff in order to develop their ...

The Images Festival (Toronto) announces! 2013 Off Screen Call for Submissions Deadline Wednesday August 15th, 2012 Images is now accepting entries for the OFF SCREEN section of the festival, which includes: gallery installations, live performances and online/new media projects.  DEADLINE date: postmark 15 August 2012 (no entry fees!) *Artist fees paid for all works presented! Forms, guidelines and new FAQ now available!  Online forms are accessible on our website (link below) [NOTE: ON SCREEN FILM/VIDEO submission call (for films and videos presented in the cinema) will be posted this summer with a deadline of 15 October 2012.] OFF SCREEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: http://www.imagesfestival.com/submission_form_installation.php ABOUT THE IMAGES FESTIVAL: http://www.imagesfestival.com/about.php Link:   http://www.imagesfestival.com/submission_form_installation.php Deadline:  Wed Aug 15th, 2012 Location: The Images Festival 448-401 Richmond Street West Toronto...

CALL FOR WORKS "Cinema in the dark" program to be screened in India in Feb. 2013 Deadline: September 2, 2012 BACKGROUND Conceived in 2006, ((audience)) is dedicated to the advancement of aural arts by providing wide distribution and new contexts for works by emerging and established sound artists and composers. The centerpiece of ((audience)) is an unprecedented project that explores the cinema as a 21st century concert hall: a selection of 5.1 surround sound art works by international artists presented in movie theaters as "cinema in the dark." ((audience)) has been invited by Khoj International Artists' Association to produce a "cinema in the dark" program in conjunction with the Khoj 25th Anniversary Celebration and the 2013 Indian Art Fair. The program will be screened in a major Delhi movie theater in February 2013. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ((audience)) seeks  5.1 surround sound art works or stereo works  that directly represent the unique sou...

Deadline:   Fri Aug 31st, 2012 CALL FOR ENTRIES for Russia's Largest New Media Festival... Call For Entries: CYBERFEST 2012 Held at: To be announced Address: St Petersburg, Russia Date: November 23-28, 2012 Curated by: Anna Frants, Marina Koldobskaya, Sophia Kudriavceva, Victoria Ilyushkina Support from: OneMarketData, Online:  www.cylandfest.com  /  www.cyland.ru Contact: Russian: Marina Koldobkaya /  marina.koldobkaya@gmail.com English: Paige King /  paige@frantsgallery.com CYBERFEST's 2012 curatorial committee announces its OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS SUBMISSIONS. For the 6th Annual Edition, curators have chosen to explore the idea of future through art and technology with the theme, “AT HEAVENS DOOR”. Open to interpretation, the exhibits, events and performances selected will explore the present physicality of international New Media and the direction it is pioneering.  www.cyberfest.ru ABOUT: CYBERFEST is Russia’s largest annual New Media art...

Deadline for submission of Mobile Films: 15th August 2012 Call for Mobile Films Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa [www.mina.pro] 2nd International Mobile Innovation Screening 2012 in partnership with IdN and the National Film Archive, Wellington, New Zealand 23rd November 2012 The International Mobile Innovation Screening 2012 will showcase short films produced on and with mobile devices by international filmmakers at the National Film Archive in Wellington, NZ. Selected mobile films will be featured in the IdN (International designers’ Network) Magazine v19n6 issue DVD. The MINA program is curated by Laurent Antonczak, Karen Curley, Benoît Labourdette and Dr. Max Schleser. The Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa [MINA] aims to explore the possibilities of interaction between people, content and the creative industries. International designers' Network (IdN) is an international publication for creative people on a mission to amplify and unify the design community. It is devo...

Deadline: September 15, 2012 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem and the Shpilman Institute for Photography announce the opening of the 2012 edition of the Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography and welcome nominations and submissions. Awarded every second year, the Shpilman International Prize for Excellence in Photography aims to catalyze groundbreaking work in the field by providing scholars and photographers with financial support in the amount of 45,000 USD in order to pursue original work and ideas in the medium. A first of its kind, the prize is awarded exclusively for the creation of new research rather than the recognition of previously completed projects. It is presented to an artist and/or scholar who aims to expand the boundaries of the medium and contribute to the understanding of photography. As detailed in the regulations prospective candidates may include artists and scholars in photography with a rich and well established record of past achievements ...

Deadline:  31 October 2012   ****************************** ****************************** ***** 1.Open Call for 2013 Residence Programs! Artists and Researchers in Residence Program 2013 2.Exhibition Update! : “Act! Theatres, Performers, and Busking” and “Bali: Tales  from the Past and Present” ****************************** ****************************** ***** 1.Open Call for 2013 Residence Programs! FAAM has conducted Artist, Researcher/ Curator in Residence  Program annually. The program invites Asian artists and researchers or curators  for an extended period of time to Fukuoka to present a range of  interactive programs such as workshops and lectures together  with the invitees.  If you know the possible applicants around  you, please inform them about this open call.  The application  will be accepted from 1 July to until 31 October 2012.  More information @; http://faam.city.fukuoka.lg. jp/eng/residence/rdc_invite. htm...

Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by October 31, 2012 for a bursary/residency in 2013.   The Djerassi Resident Artists Program in partnership with UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists is offering a One-Month Bursary/Residency for one Visual Artist during the 2013 season. Applications will be accepted from  (non-US) artists living in developing countries  who are between 25 and 35 years of age . The Aschberg Bursaries Programme gives priority to artists and institutions in developing countries, in order to enhance North-South and South-South cooperation. The bursaries are intended for professional artists wishing to enrich their careers by acquiring experience abroad. Students are not eligible. Applications and work samples will not be accepted by email. The Residency  This will include a private work studio, living space, all meals, local transportation; and UNESCO–Bursary Programe will provide and manage the travel arrangements, a round-trip air...

Deadline:   Mon Aug 20th, 2012 Call for artists: Ode To BLUE The subtitle "Ode To Blue" of Sharon Edmunds' painting "Scheherazade's Moon #6" brought me to the idea of an online exhibition called "Ode To BLUE" You'll find her work on "A painters passage",  http://www.sharon-edmunds.com/ Here's how it works: I'm posting an online exhibition of all colors BLUE. The post will feature all the colors of BLUE in paintings, drawings, collage, mixed media etc. by contemporary artists. I'm inviting you, artists, to email me ( eric.adama.info(at)gmail.com ) one good quality image of a predominantly blue painting (..); with title, year, dimensions and medium; and link to your website and/or blog. The painting (..) must be an original work by you, the artist; and it must be "your Ode To the color BLUE". Images accepted from now through August 20. l'll post the online exhibition after August 20 with link...

Deadline:25th August 2012 Every year  stigmart/  selects 10 worlwide artists under 34 years of age to dedicate a focus on CONTEMPORARY ART. stigmart/10  strongly encourages artists whose works present a synesthetic approach to art regardless of the medium used, stimulating a dialog between different cultures and artistic researches. Each selected artist will be featured in our annual 2012/13 net-issue, including an interview, a 500 words statement, photoportrait and image sample of the work. There are 4 categories to submit works to: +VIDEOART +PHOTOGRAPHY +INSTALLATION/PERFORMANCE +PAINTING A 3-months free visual workshop will be offered to the best classified under 25 artist. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please send to  stigmart@europe.com  your CV, a photography of your work (PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, INSTALLATION) or a video link (VIDEOART, PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION); a 500 words or less statement. You can also fill the submission form here. Please send your CV...

Deadline:Ongoing What is the visiting artists programme? The visiting artists’ programme at the Bag Factory allows artists from around the world to spend a period of three months working in a collective of artists’ studios based in downtown Johannesburg. The programme offers you the opportunity to interact with local artists, to expand your network internationally and to experience a climate of cultural diversity. Working at the studios, you will get to know the permanent artists at the Bag Factory, the city of Johannesburg and something about the art world in South Africa. Applicants should not expect to profit financially from their stay in South Africa, as this is cultural development programme. As a visiting artist you are expected to: - spend a reasonable part of your stay working at the Bag Factory, interacting with Bag Factory and local artists, and experiencing the city. - produce new works to be exhibited at the Bag Factory before the end of your stay. - conduct...

Public Access Cable Show co-produced by Squeaky Wheel & Hallwalls Deadline for submissions: Ongoing Become part of current media making history and submit your media work to be shown on TV, on our legendary longest running public access cable show dedicated to media art.   Commercial free, 100% media art TV. Artgrease is open to local and international artists, all genres. Video length should be 28 min. or less (NTSC only). Hard-copy submissions will not be returned but will become part of our ever-expanding library of media art.   To submit, send an email with subject header that reads: ARTGREASE SUBMISSION to artgrease@squeaky.org  with a link to your work (on Youtube/Vimeo, etc). An Artgrease producer will contact you to request a downloadable hi-res QT file if they choose to use your work. If you are old-school and want to send us a DVD (preferably w/ hi-res QT file), or other formats of media, mail to: Squeaky Wheel, 712 Main St, Buffalo NY 14201. Be sure ...

KAUNAS BIENNIAL, Lithuania Call for applications Deadline: September 15th, 2012 Application fee: none UNITEXT 13 09 2013 – 31 12 2013 THE INTENDED VENUES: The M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery (Nepriklausomybės a. 12), Kaunas Picture Gallery (K. Donelaičio g. 16) Kaunas / Lithuania Invitation to apply  Kaunas biennial is well-known as the cradle of contemporary textile art. It has gradually outgrown the frame of the genre. Constant changes of the concept determined the event to become a global textile art phenomenon of contemporary art. The phenomenon connects historical and cultural experiences, scientific research and technological achievements, personal stories, social constructs, cooperation strategies, interdisciplinary practices, creative experiences and industries, and weaves those into single continuous network (or cloth, as Roland Barthes the text theory author would say). In the Biennial exhibitions (since 1997) there were already pre...

PONTYPOOL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE OPPORTUNITY Deadline for applications 31st July 2012 Application fee: none Bursary: £12,000 for 6 months starting August 2012 Open to UK and International artists This residency is a collaborative project between the Arts Council of Wales, Torfaen County Borough Council, Intersections, and Addo. We are inviting applications from artists with a collaborative/participative approach to undertake a 6-month residency in Pontypool.  Hosted by Torfaen County Borough Council’s Strategic Regeneration Team and jointly funded by the Arts Council of Wales and Torfaen County Borough Council, the residency offers the opportunity for an artist to develop their practice working with a wide range of Stakeholders involved in the regeneration of an historic market town and to contribute to a longer developmental process that will both critique existing arts and regeneration practice, and explore and develop new strategies for engaging artists within the regenera...

Three month period or around 90 days divided over several periods between January 2014 till December 2014 Deadline: 1 September 2012 Application fee: none FLACC is a workplace for visual artists and creates the conceptual, organizational and technical conditions for realizing unique artist projects. Every year, FLACC selects ten artists to set up a new project. In each annual selection, FLACC aims to strike a balance between national and international artists, between beginners and artists with experience, between autonomous art and/or research projects and artists that deal in more concrete terms with the historical, geographical or social context of the workplace. FLACC has metal and woodworking workshops, a digital studio (film and photography), and a foundry with a furnace and kilns for ceramics, bronze and glass applications, and an extensive workspace. The staff is knowledgeable about the production possibilities of nearby workplaces and collaborates with those workplaces ...

Indianapolis Museum of Art Exhibition view, "An American Legacy: Norell, Blass, Halston & Sprouse." Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Share this Call for entries: Project IMA, IN:spired October 11, 2012, 6:30 & 7:30pm Entry deadline:  Monday, August 20, 2012 Indianapolis Museum of Art Tobias Theater 4000 N. Michigan Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46208 www.imamuseum.org Twitter The Indianapolis Museum of Art is inviting artists and fashion designers to submit original, one-of-a kind-works for inclusion in  Project IMA, IN:spired , a runway fashion show organized by the IMA. Submissions should be based on objects included in the IMA's exhibition,  An American Legacy: Norell, Blass, Halston & Sprouse . Selected works will be featured in runway shows at 6:30 and 7:30pm, October 11, 2012, in the IMA's Tobias Theater. Project IMA, IN:spired , is open to all artists and designers ages 18 or older. Entries must be the exclusive work of the submitt...

Submissions Submissions are accepted on a revolving basis and there is  no entry fee . Submit by the 15th of the current month to be considered for the next month’s screening. While there is no thematic requirement for submissions, upcoming programs will focus on memory, nationality, the mechanics of dreaming and relationships with food. Moving image art includes experimental film, video art, installation art, performance art, essay films and animation. MIA is projected on a digital system, please mark your submission clearly if your project requires special equipment. Please submit   only one project per month   and include a   completed entry form   with your submission:   download entry form Submissions with a link to your work online   may be sent to: sub@MIAscreen.com Email attachments other than pdf files will be discarded. DVD submissions may be sent to: Alanna Simone MIA submissions PO BOX 60471 Pasadena, CA 91116 USA

OPPORTUNITY | CALL FOR ARTISTS: Working Artist Org. / $1000 Working Art Grant / Purchase Awards / Call For Submissions We offer small monthly purchase awards to help serious artists keep working. Open to all visual artists including sculptors, installation, mixed media, video, performance from all countries. Deadline for the $1000.00 Working Art Grant / Purchase Awards is July 31, 2012. For application guidelines please see:  http://www.workingartist.org/art-grant-guidelines.html Deadline: July 31, 2012 info@workingartist.org Link:   http://www.workingartist.org/ Deadline:  Tue Jul 31st, 2012

Deadline: September 14, 2012. OPEN CALL INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO & FILM FESTIVAL. BIDEODROMO BIDEODROMO. Internacional Experimental Film and Video Festival CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Have you released any experimental film or video recently? We want them for our festival. Call for submissions begins now and ends September 14, 2012 Send yr work to: RMO Calle Cortes 29-31. 6º E 48003 Bilbao (Spain) BIDEODROMO Internacional Experimental Film and Video Festival is now accepting entries for its festival, to take place in Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain starting in October 2012. We are open to all kind of films including documentary, narrative, experimental, animation, video art and other genres. The entry deadline is September 14, 2012. (We must RECEIVE your film by this date.) Rules and Suggestions: - Subtitles in spanish, basque or english are welcomed - You must fill out one application form per film you submit. - Each film should be on its own, separate DVD....