Art Residency Opportunities

  Applications are accepted online November 1 to 30 for the 2016 summer residency session. Residency Dates are Thursday June 16 to Tuesday July 12, 2016 Here below are our general guidelines: link: http://www.artomi.org/art  Our application process has been standardized to allow each artist to receive equal consideration and time by our review committee. We receive many applications and variances will delay or may eliminate your application from being considered in the year submitted. If you have any questions about the application process, please feel free to   email us these questions. ELIGIBILITY:   Application is open to artists from all over the world who have been professionally active for at least the past 3 years. Disciplines included: all practices that are labeled visual arts, sound art, performance, social practice. If you work in a category not listed here please   contact us   to see which of our residency programs is your b...

Link: http://www.addisinmotion.com/ INTRODUCTION 'Addis in motion’ is a transmedia project inspired by the urbanisation of Ethiopian capital and the changing place of the women in the society. The project is operating on multiple levels: conference, project diary, workshop and artistic practice aiming to raise civic consciousness. The emergence of community art in the urban has a key importance in community involvement amplifying civic initiatives. We are looking for Addis Ababa’s own voice and unique stories from women’s perspective told in various formats. Applicants taking part of the program must participate in the workshops and create a piece of art that reflects on the addressed topic of the programme. The selected artists must document the preparation, the making and the outcome of their project and also their personal statement regarding their work that will be displayed on the website of the programme. 9th of Jan  Conference 11th-17th of Jan  Workshop...

Courtesy Open Engagement. Open Engagement Accepting proposals for Open Engagement 2016: POWER April 29–May 1, 2016 Proposal deadline:  November 2, 2015 Oakland Museum of California  1000 Oak St. Oakland, CA 94607 www.openengagement.info    Share Open Engagement (OE) is an annual, three-day artist-led conference dedicated to expanding the dialogue around, and creating a site of care for the field of socially engaged art. Founded in 2007, OE has evolved into an unparalleled hub for practitioners and audiences of socially engaged art to assemble. OE is the only conference on this subject of this scale that operates on an inclusive open call model that supports emerging and established artists and collaborates closely with national institutions to further the networks of support for socially engaged art.  We are currently accepting proposals for Open Engagement 2016: POWER. Local, national, and international artists, activists, academ...

Morgan Campbell,  Gus , 2014. Photograph. © Morgan Campbell. Columbia College Chicago Call for applications: Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues Application deadline:  April 1, 2016 Decision announced:  May 15 Fellowship begins:  September 1 Columbia College Chicago 600 S. Michigan Chicago, IL 60605 colum.edu/dammeyer    Share The Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues is a unique collaboration between the Photography Department at Columbia College Chicago and   Heartland Alliance , a leading global anti-poverty organization. The purpose of this postgraduate fellowship is to create an opportunity for a socially engaged photographer to immerse himself/herself in the community of participants served by Heartland Alliance programs and to produce a new, original, and compelling body of photographic work that speaks to the human rights and social issues revealed through these ex...

WATER RIGHTS RESIDENCY CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Are you a studio artist, designer, community activist, architect, educator, poet, filmmaker, philosopher, curator, or policy maker interested in creating greater equity in the world? Do you believe that through creative engagement we can address issues around water and access to global resources? Then apply to SFAI’s Water Rights Themed Residency Program. Because water is seen, now more than ever, as a contested resource, SFAI is committed to bringing together local, national, and global thinkers and creators to collectively expand and revise our knowledge of what we think we know about water rights.  New Mexico is rich in its relationship to water- a position created over a long history of corporate, environmental, political, and multicultural claims to this essential resource. From September 2016 through June of 2017, SFAI and its community partners will explore several questions: ...

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Guidelines Guidelines Dates Month Date Description September 26 Call for proposals announced October 31 Deadline for entries of proposals November 15 Selected artists announced December 15 Earliest possible arrival for the Artist in Residence to Chennai January 05 Latest possible arrival for the Artist in Residence to Chennai January 04 Beginning of installation period 12 End of installation period 14 Festival Opening 31 Festival Ends Qualifications You should be interested in the relationship between river, water, culture, environment and ecology at large. You should have some experience with research on local contexts, working with local residents, and other forms of participation and collaboration. While working on the artworks you should be able to interest the general public, maybe even encourage them to participate in the process of artistic creation. You should have Basic English conversational skills and the ability to mingle with other artists,...