Opportunity

Lobs and Lessons, is looking for a few volunteers, preferably art education students, who would like to design and teach an art lesson or activity during its summer camp. Lobs and Lessons is an after school athletics and arts program on VCU’s campus that works with children from the William C. Byrd house, the Richmond YMCA and the Boys and Girls club.

Information

These lessons would be 1 or 1.5 hours in length and geared towards 3rd-5th grade kids. Volunteers create an art lesson or activity, let the director know of the supplies needed, and then teach this lesson once a week for three consecutive weeks. The time of these lessons in somewhat flexible.as is the day. Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday seems to fit best. See the schedule below. Three visits are necessary to offer an art experience to all the children from the different sites. If volunteers wanted to teach additional weeks, Lobs and Lessons would be most accommodating.

Requirements

Lobs and Lessons Summer Program Dates & Times

Teach these 3 weeks
June 23 - William Byrd/Carver 10am-12 M-Th appx. 20-30 kids
June 30 - Boys & Girls TBD appx. 20 kids
July 7 - North Richmond YMCA - 10am-3pm M-F appx. 25 kids
OR
Teach these 3 weeks
June 30 - Boys & Girls TBD 20 kids
July 7 - North Richmond YMCA - 10am-3pm M-F appx. 25 kids
July 14 - WBCH/Carver 10am-12 M-Th appx. 20kids

Contact

If you are interested, please contact
Kathleen Bowles
Director of Lobs & Lessons
804 827 0802

Opportunity

The Education and Statewide Partnerships Division is recruiting for a Teen and Preschool Programs Coordinator . This is a full-time salaried position.

Information

Details can be viewed on our website at http://www.vmfa.museum/jobs.html

Requirements

Contact

Randy E. Webne

Manager of Human Resources

(804) 340-1489

Opportunity

1708 Gallery invites artists working in ALL media and disciplines to submit proposals for InLight RICHMOND. Modeled after Paris’ Nuit Blanche, InLight RICHMOND is an all-night celebration of 1708 Gallery’s 30th anniversary and Richmond’s first annual light-inspired contemporary arts happening.

Information

The event will be a spectacle of multi-media installations and performances. Light is the theme, so all work proposed should be inspired by light in some way. Any interpretation of light is welcome, from light as medium to light as abstract idea. Interdisciplinary projects are encouraged but not required. We will consider existing work, as well as proposals for new projects. InLight also welcomes, but does not require, green practices.

From 7pm, Friday September 5, 2008 to 2am, Saturday, September 6, the 300, 200 and 100 blocks of W. Broad Street in Richmond, VA will serve as sites for art works. Various locations within these blocks have been identified as primary and secondary sites, for instance walls, parking lots, storefronts, doorways, median strips. For details and images of sites, please see our blog: www.inlightrichmond.blogspot.com. Artists are also welcome to explore roving performances/installations (i.e. the street as canvas). Select sites will showcase installations that remain on view throughout the evening (and possibly longer). Others sites will target performances and installations that will rotate over the course of the night.

Each of the sites will have certain technical and electrical provisions available to the artists. Technical specs for each of the sites will be listed on the InLight blog: www.inlightrichmond.blogspot.com. Any technical needs (equipment and/or electricity) beyond what is available for each location should be provided by the artist and should be detailed in the proposal.

Requirements

All proposals will be reviewed by a panel of 1708 Gallery representatives. Artists may submit multiple proposals, and if accepted, may show multiple works at the event. A Best In Show prize will be awarded, along with other recognitions and awards.

Application fee: $20 for first entry / $5 per each additional entry. Make checks payable to 1708 InLight.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

InLight RICHMOND Artist Request for Proposal

Name of Project____________________________________________________
Name of Organization (where applicable)__________________________________
Contact Name______________________________________________________
Address___________________________________________________________
Phone____________________________________________________________
Email_____________________________________________________________
Website (where applicable)_____________________________________________

Primary Artistic Discipline:

Please include these additional items with the proposal:

• One page project description (include title, primary discipline, number of artists involved, length of performance when applicable)
• Top three location choices, in order of preference. (See list of sites at www.inlightrichmond.blogspot.com.)
• Technical Requirements. (Lighting, AV, power needs? How much space does your performance, installation require – X’ wide x X’ deep x X’ high? Additional needs?) Technical specs will be listed for each site. Requirements beyond those provided are the artists’ responsibility and must be disclosed in the application.
• Resume and/or bio(s) of artists/organization
• If submitting an existing project or work, please send slides, digital images, or video/DVD (specs below). If submitting a proposal for a still-to-be-completed work, please include appropriate sketches, renderings, storyboard, etc. and examples of past work (slides, digital images, or video/DVD).
Slides: 10 to 20 slides. Slides are to be numbered and labeled with artist name, title,
dimensions, and date of the work. Place a red dot in the lower left hand corner on front of
each slide. (Please also include one digital image in jpeg format on a CD.)
Video/DVD: Send 5 to 7 clips lasting no more than 3-4 minutes each. (Digital media in mpeg
format only). In addition to the clips, you may send one complete work if longer than the 3-4
minute limit. Label the video/DVD with your name, date, titles, etc. (Please also include one
digital image in jpeg format on a CD.)
Digital Images: Send 10 to 20 images in jpeg format only - no larger than 1024 pixels
in any direction at 300dpi. All image files are to be numbered to correspond to image list
and include artist’s last name (ex. 01SmithXXX.jpg). In addition to the jpegs, you may send a
PowerPoint presentation of the same images. Label the CD with your name, date, etc.
• Application fee ($20 first entry / $5 per each additional entry) payable to 1708 InLight.

Proposals are due April 1, 2008. Accepted entries will be notified by June 1, 2008. InLight will take place on September 5, 2008. Please contact 1708 Gallery at 804-643-1708 with any questions.

Contact

lease mail applications with images/video submissions to:
1708 InLight
PO BOX 12520
RICHMOND, VA 23241
ALL APPLICATION FORMS AND PROPOSALS MUST BE POSTMARKED OR HAND DELIVERED TO 1708 GALLERY BY APRIL 1, 2008.

Opportunity

2008 residencies for artists, writers, documentarians, and cultural producers

Outside of the residency and internship programs, Elsewhere invites creative producers to participate in the process of building and archiving Elsewhere’s exceptional production site and museum. We encourage innovative creators from a broad spectrum of disciplines to get involved by volunteering for regular operations, special projects, or program assistance. We are also interested in participating in festivals, fairs, events, and collaborations with other creative groups.

Information

Requirements

Contact

lease email involvement@elsewhereelsewhere.org for more information. We look forward to hearing from you.

Opportunity

Internships for artists and scholars

Elsewhere, a 501(c)3 non-profit collaborative art production space and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking interns for its Spring, Summer, and Fall 2008 seasons. Set within a three-story former thrift store housing an immense 58-year collection of American cultural objects, Elsewhere explores the collaborative interplay between creative producers, practices, and productions. Elsewhere’s residency program hosts emerging and established international artists-in-residence who create site-specific works utilizing Elsewhere’s resources. All works remain on-site and become part of the fluctuating museum environment. Elsewhere’s evolving three-story installation includes a performance venue, a massive library of books and periodicals, a fabric workshop, and on-site boarding facilities.

Information

Interns apply their creative talents and skills to assist Elsewhere artist-staff and artists-in-residence with the operations and expansion of the museum and on-site creation of new works. Interns have the unique opportunity to cultivate their organizational and creative capacities while learning new skills from a diverse group of professional artists. At any given time, Elsewhere’s internship program hosts two artist-assistants, a documentary intern, and an assistant director as part of the internship program. Students with backgrounds in the humanities and arts-related disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

Interns must be extremely self-motivated, detailed, articulate, thoughtful, creative, have a sense of humor, enjoy working within a community, be capable of fusing intellectual and artistic interests, and be prepared to multi-task. All interns participate in the diverse aspects of administrating a small non-profit while learning from artists experimenting with new approaches to arts creation and organization. Elsewhere provides interns on-site housing upon request. The internship boarding fee is $125 per session. All interns must have completed their junior year of college.

Contact

Contact Person: Stephanie Sherman, Internship Coordinator
Email: internships@elsewhereelsewhere.org
Phone: 336.549.5555
Address: 606 and 608 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27406

More information at www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/involvement

To Apply: Send an email to internships@elsewhereelsewhere.org to request a brochure and application.

Applications are also filed via this email address. (no hard copy applications)

Deadlines:

SPRING: March 15th to May 31st application deadline: ongoing

SUMMER 1: June 1st to July 9th application deadline March 1st at 5pm

SUMMER 2: July 10th to August 21st application deadline March 15th at 5pm

FALL: August 22nd to November 11th application deadline June 1st at 5pm

Application requirements: Application and Resume.

Requirements: Interns must have completed their junior year of college. Post-graduates welcome.

Stipend: No financial assistance is provided for interns. Housing provided upon request in application.

SUMMER 2: July 10th to August 21st application deadline March 15th at 5pm

FALL: August 22nd to November 11th application deadline June 1st at 5pm

Application requirements: Application and Resume.

Requirements: Interns must have completed their junior year of college. Post-graduates welcome.

Stipend: No financial assistance is provided for interns. Housing provided upon request in application.

Opportunity

2008 residencies for artists, writers, documentarians, and cultural producers

Elsewhere, an arts production site and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking artists, writers, documentarians, and cultural producers for residencies during its Summer 2008 seasons. Set within a former thrift store housing a 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques, Elsewhere invites experimental creators to utilize the immense collection of objects to pursue site-specific material, conceptual, and/or technologically-based projects. Elsewhere’s building—two storefronts on the ground floor, a 14-room boarding house on the second, and warehouse on the third—provides dynamic architectures for the creation and installation of works.

Information

Artists live and work within transforming installations; these interactive environments become platforms for re-conceptualizing the theory and practice of art-making as an ongoing process of exchange in community. Experimenting with museum-as-medium within a store where nothing is for sale, Elsewhere offers an unparalleled framework for art practices, processes, and productions outside the traditional gallery, museum, and residency systems.

Requirements

DEADLINES

Summer: June 1st to August 31st (final deadline March 7th 5pm)

Fall: September 1st to October 31st (final deadline May 23rd 5pm)

Contact

The complete call for artists, residency brochure (PDF), and application deadlines are available at http://www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/residencies.html. Email George Scheer, Collaborative Director, at residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org for an application.

George Scheer
Collaborative Director
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative
606 South Elm Street
Greensboro, NC
www.elsewhereelsewhere.org

Opportunity

Visual Arts Residency Program 2008 Call for Entries
For the 2009-2010 calendar year, the DCCA Visual Arts Residency program
asks artists to investigate and respond to the varying ways reality is repre-
sented and understood by contemporary society. How do we perceive, create,
and represent our world in the name of reality? What role does reality telev-
sion and mass media play in the representation of life and culture? How does
the notion of reality function in a society where virtual and simulated realities
are part of the vernacular? What defines “the real world”? What ideas under-
lie artistic meditations on reality, today? This call is open to artists working in
both traditional and non-traditional media.

Information

5/16/2008: Deadline for applications
7/15/2008: DCCA contacts artists about status
Summer 2008: Collaboration planning begins
Summer/Fall 2008: DCCA begins to seek funding
Spring 2009: Residency partnerships confirmed
Fall 2009-Spring 2010: Residencies take place

Requirements

5/16/2008: Deadline for applications

Contact

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
Email: dccamail@thedcca.org
Phone: 302-656-6466
Web: http://www.thedcca.org

Opportunity

The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center invites sculptors to submit proposals for SculptFest08, September 13-October 26. The theme for this year’s event is “Human Interventions and the Industrial Landscape” and guest curator is Carlos Dorrien, Sculpture Professor at Wellesley College.

Information

Dermont’s landscape abounds with evidence of human alterations to nature. Reminders of former activity are particularly abundant in the area of the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center with quarries opening into the earth, equipment remnants and the modified landscape itself. SculptFest08 offers the opportunity for artists to respond to and interpret the post-industrial environment. Some will focus on the spirit of the past, some will offer a vision for the future and others will create installations that are totally unexpected.

Ten artists will be selected to create large-scale outdoor installations responsive to the theme and site. Inactive marble quarries, decaying structures, abandoned machinery, deep pools, rock cliffs, fields filled with stacked slabs of marble and the encroaching vegetation of the Green Mountains that line the horizon are among features of the area.

Requirements

Appointments for site tours may be made through the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. Submissions, as described below, are due by July 7. Notification will occur before the end of July and artists will be provided access to the site from that day forward to the opening reception on Saturday, September 13. An artist’s stipend is awarded for selected proposals and an illustrated catalog will be published.

Proposals should include a project description on one or two pages, sketches or other visual representations, resume, optional statement and up to ten 35mm slides (or digital images on a CD) portraying previous site-specific work. Materials will be returned if accompanied by a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage.

Contact

Submissions can be mailed to:

“SculptFest08,” the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center
P.O. Box 495
West Rutland, VT 05777

For more information, visit www.carvingstudio.org, or contact the studio at 802-438-2097, info@carvingstudio.org or carving@vermontel.net.

PDF prospectus:
http://www.carvingstudio.org/pdfs/sculpt_fest_08.pdf

Examples of Shannon Wright’s (BFA 1990) work from last year:
http://www.shannonwright.org/SI/feralfence.html

Opportunity

MANIFEST Gallery Presents:
ART & DESIGN ON FILM
A competitive Juried Screening Series

Information

Important Dates:
Deadline: January 25, 2008 Screening: February 22, 2008
Deadline: February 28, 2008 Screening: March 21, 2008
Deadline: May 23, 2008 Screening: June 20, 2008

Eligibility: The Art and Design on film Series is open to everyone. Professionals as well as students are encouraged to enter. The only criterion is that entries must represent original works of filmic art or design. This screening series is open to all traditional and non-traditional genres and filmic techniques. Entry Fee: Each work submitted must be accompanied by a $10 non-refundable entry fee. Number of entries is unlimited. Entry fee must be paid by check or money order made payable to MANIFEST or by credit card via PayPal.

Requirements

Entry Media: Manifest requires all submissions to include a preview entry (approximately 5-10 minutes in length) as well as a full-length copy of the film for potential screening purposes (2 hrs. maximum). All entries must be in DVD or digital (.mpeg), though the latter format is preferred. Still images for potential web presentation must also be included with no additional cost, should be submitted on CD or DVD, and should be marked as such. Manifest Gallery will retain the submitted images of accepted work and reserves the right to use the images in publications and gallery publicity. DVDs and images of works not selected will only be returned if accompanied by an appropriately sized SASE.

Digital Format: DVD submissions must be NTSC format. Discs must be labeled with the artist’s name. Entry titles must clearly marked on the disc.

Contact

For more information and to find an online entry form, visit the gallery’s website.

http://www.manifestgallery.org/

Opportunity

Friends of Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC, are seeking new proposals for a memorial monument commemorating the victims of the 1862 Yellow Fever epidemic who are buried in Oakdale Cemetery.

Information

Oakdale, the earliest rural cemetery in NC, has abundant funerary art, and is rich in cultural and historical heritage and natural resources. The outdoor monument will be erected in the cemetery and will accommodate the names of four hundred victims buried in the area.

Requirements

Eligibility:
All current residences of USA.

Award:
$1,000 awarded for accepted proposal

Requirements:
• Structurally sound, free-standing object and safe for visitor viewing
• Maximum height of ten feet; maximum footprint of 65 square feet
• Must have surface area to accommodate engraving of 400 names
• Capable of withstanding adverse weather conditions
• Must be of contemporary design, reflective of its era of creation

Paperwork must include artist’s name, media, dimensions and include the following:
• Proposal design and narrative; installation specifications such as concrete pad size, securing instructions and equipment/manpower
• Budget estimate to create the monument
• Sample visuals: slides or digital images of recent work (limited to ten samples)
• Descriptive list of visuals submitted
• Artist resume
• Enclose SASE for return of materials submitted

Timeline:
• September 1, 2008: Proposals (images/slides/professional information) due
• December 2008: Award notification

Contact

Forward proposals to:
Friends of Oakdale Cemetery
520 North 15th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401

E-mail Inquiries: Ann Conner, connera@uncw.edu
Call for entries