Opportunity

Massey Cancer Center is a part of the VCU Medical College of Virginia and treats thousands of patients. MCC pushes the frontiers of medical research through state of the art treatment and clinical trials. They are dedicated to treating their patients’ illnesses, while also providing a generally quality experience. This depends largely on the environment in which the patients receive treatment. Research has proven that visual art plays an important role in developing a healing environment. To that end, The VCU Health System Arts in Health care Program seeks student artwork that would enhance the patient’s experience. This initiative will provide VCUarts students a unique opportunity to exhibit and sell their artwork. There will be four exhibits during the next 12 months. Exhibits will last approximately 90 days. Artwork cannot be removed before the exhibit’s end date.

Information

Each exhibit will include a total of 10 pieces of paint/print/photography and 1 sculpture (weighing under 65 lbs). Two dimensional artwork can not exceed 48 inches in any direction including the frame. (preference will be given to representational artwork) Artwork is insured while under the control of the VCUHS Arts in Healthcare program.

Requirements

Submission Deadline: July 15th

Must be a VCU student in good standing.

Submit:
Completed registration form
Artist’s Statement
Digital pictures of artwork
SASE for the return of materials
Artwork must be framed and will be security hung requiring screws to be drilled in the back of wood frames. Pedestals for indoor sculptures are provided and outdoor sculptures must be structurally sound with no sharp edges.

Contact

Requested materials may be mailed to:

VCUHS Arts In Healthcare

P O Box 980510

Richmond, VA 23298

or emailed to: pbranch@mcvh-vcu.edu

Call 804-828-4706 for more information

Opportunity

Submit work for the FutureForward exhibition on international works of art and new design at BECA ICAD.

Information

BECA is an acronym for Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art and the core belief system at the BECA Foundation is that “New art + new design fuels the best of what’s yet to come on this planet.” Some of you may know that the BECA Foundation is in the early development phase of BECA ICAD (International Center for Art + Design), the world’s first large scale exhibition facility dedicated to the exhibition of works by both emerging artists AND emerging designers.

From the submissions received, 4 to 8 artists and designers will be selected by BECA Foundation directors to participate in the group exhibition highlighting works that reveal an idea, message, contribution, warning or solution that if carried forward may profoundly impact the future - be it positively or negatively.

Exhibition Dates: May 1 - 29, 2010.
The exhibition will be held at BECA ICAD at 527 St. Joseph Street, New Orleans, LA.  The exhibition will also be made available online for those who are unable to attend in person.

http://www.becaicad.org/artist-designer-submissions.php

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Requirements

Submissions must be received by April 3, 2010.

Eligible artists:
- Artists and designers at least 18 years of age residing in any country.
- All work submitted must have been created within the last 2 years and must me original works or limited editions of no more than 10.
- All exhibited works must be made available for the duration of the exhibition

There are two submission options available:
Option 1: $25 submission fee for review of work via website link or 4 individual jpg or gif images for the specific FutureForward Call to Artists/Designers only.
Option 2: $50 submission fee for automatic entry of your work into the next six BECA ICAD Calls to Artists/Designers for consideration and review by a rotating international body of guest curators. *(At this time BECA ICAD is only able to make this 6 month automatic submission available to those who submit only a website link to their work for review).

Contact

mail@thebecafoundation.org

Opportunity

Submit work for Athens Video Art Festival, Greece’s biggest festival of digital arts and new media.

Information

Athens Video Art Festival is Greece’s official festival on video art and at the same meets the requirements of people from the full spectrum of creativity. Through its versatile action Athens Video Art Festival constitutes a field of promotion and a link between the artists and the audience inside and outside Greece.
Every year Athens Video Art Festival evolves, enriches and sets new goals, raising the bar higher, brings out its academic side and enhances it through important tributes and collaborations, provides the artistic community with additional motive for creation presents international cutting-edge developments on the field of digital arts and communicates them to the wide audience. Our goal remains the expression through a versatile cultural event open to any form of expression of the digital creation.

http://www.athensvideoartfestival.gr/eng/default.asp

Requirements

Deadline to submit is March 15th.

Contact

info@athensvideoartfestival.gr

Opportunity

Artist in residence in Wassaic, New York

Information

The Wassaic Project seeks a group of artists working in a diverse range of media, who want to produce, explore, challenge, and expand on their current art making practices, while participating in a grass roots, community-based arts organization.  We are looking for professional artists, graduate students, and/or selected recent graduates from the undergrad programs and would truly appreciate your assistance in spreading the word throughout your community.

Requirements

Please see the following link for additional information including requirements and an application  http://www.wassaicproject.com/wp/residency.html

Contact

Please refer to link above for contact information

Opportunity

VCU Undergraduate Fellowship 2010

Information

The university will offer a number of undergraduate student fellowship awards for the summer for projects mentored by VCU faculty. Student award winners will receive a cash stipend of $3,000. The student’s faculty mentor will receive an additional $500 to defray expenses associated with the fellowship project.

Requirements

All full-time VCU undergraduates receiving a bachelor’s degree in May 2011 or later are eligible to apply.

Contact

See http://www.research.vcu.edu/vpr/ugresources/index.htm for details.

Opportunity

Study in New Zeland over the summer

Information

The Department of Teaching and Learning and the Office of International Education are pleased to offer a unique opportunity for students to study literacy from an international perspective in exciting New Zealand. This program includes cultural excursions, service learning opportunities and attendance at the International Reading Association World Congress in Aukland. Students will enjoy dolphin watching, swimming at the hot water beach, hiking to stunning Cathedral Cove, and playing in the snow on the Whakapapa Ski Field and volcano. Participants will visit a Maori school and a living Maori village where they will experience a traditional hangi lunch. During the conference, participants will meet world renowned experts in the field of literacy education at conference sessions and events.

Requirements

For more information including requirements, program costs and itinerary please visit the link below.

http://www.international.vcu.edu/abroad/programs/vcu/programdetail/p67.aspx

Contact

 Please visit the link below for all contact information

http://www.international.vcu.edu/abroad/programs/vcu/programdetail/p67.aspx

Opportunity

Apply for an artists residency in South Carolina

Information

Elsewhere Collaborative is a living museum and experimental production environment in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. Elsewhere is set within a three-story former thrift store, boarding house, and warehouse containing one woman’s enormous 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques.  Elsewhere residencies invites experimental creators to join our collaborating community in utilizing this immense collection of objects, no longer for sale and now circulating internally, as material or inspiration for site-specific projects that become part of an endlessly transforming environment of objects and works.  Residents live and work within interactive installations that provide evolving frameworks for investigating collaborations, community structures, and creative processes. Our program provides people in the creative field an incredible opportunity to work within a dynamic environment, alongside a vibrant community of experimental artists and producers, with extensive resources and interpretive possibilities available at every turn.  Our internship program offers a one-of-a-kind experience with creative organization building and productions for less advanced creators.

Requirements

Residency opportunities are for students pursuing advanced degrees, alumni, and faculty. Elsewhere is now accepting applications from artists, curators, writers, musicians, designers, gardeners, makers, builders, scholars, producers, and creatives across media for our 2010 season which runs from mid-March to early November. Please visit the website for specific requirements.

http://elsewhereelsewhere.org/programs/residencies 

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Contact

Danna Rooth

Program Director

residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org

847.702.8389

elsewhere artist collaborative

606 & 608 south elm street

greensboro, north carolina 27406

Opportunity

Long Lake Camp for the Arts is currently hiring staff for their summer camp.

Information

This is an awesome opportunity for anyone who’s interested in working with kids and teaching their trade, plus you get your own studio space. The age range of kids is 10-16 years old. As a teacher you would also be a bunk counselor, which means you would share a bunk with another counselor and thirteen kids, all in one age group. Camp is ten weeks long and you get full room and board, plus a paycheck.

Grace Johnston, a current VCUarts student, comments on her experience:
“Let me tell you, it was the BEST summer of my life. Really, I sound like a walking advert, but I can’t even express how incredible and life-changing this camp is.”

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http://www.longlakecamp.com/

Requirements

Contact

Grace Johnston (Current VCUarts Sculpture student)
johnstongd@vcu.edu

Geoff Burnett
Geoff@longlakecamp.com

Opportunity

The Departments of Theater and Dance and the Office of International Education are pleased to offer a journey to two destinations in Europe.

Information

During the first two weeks of the trip, students will be living in Belgrade, Serbia while doing intensive study (seven hours a day) of Grotowski/Barba based acting with the world renowned DAH Theatre in their studio. During this time, we will be joined by British voice trainer, Frankie Armstrong, and will explore the Agamemnon/Clytemnestra/Iphigenia story using text from The Greeks. Out of these explorations we will create a devised theatre/movement piece directed by DAH’s Dijana Milosovec which we will then take to Greece to perform in ancient ruins in the Peloponnesis. While in Belgrade, in the evenings we will attend lectures, demonstrations and performances. On our final day in Belgrade we shall take a silent walk through the ruins of Kalemegdan, an ancient Roman/Turkish fortress that overlooks the intersection of the Danube and Sava Rivers. In Belgrade, students will live with families and learn about their culture.

On June 6th we will fly to Athens, Greece where we will immediately begin our tour of Mycenae, Epidaurus, Argos and Delphi, among other locations related to the story of the Trojan War. Where possible, we will perform our devised piece, experimenting with the acoustics of the open air spaces.

Course and Credit Options:
3-6 undergraduate or graduate credits in THEA 340, 341, 640, 641 or in DANC 491 (for 3 or 6 credits)

Course Description: This program will expose students to exciting new concepts of European theatre and dance through physically, vocally and psychologically intensive workshop situations. It will give students an opportunity to meet and work with practicing artists who hold to the highest standards of discipline and practice within their cultures

For more information and to register: http://www.international.vcu.edu/abroad/programs/vcu/programdetail/p57.aspx

Requirements

Registration deadline: January 16, 2010. Applications will be considered in the order received.

Students must have at least a 2.0 G.P.A. to participate in this program. Note: This program is restricted to theatre and dance majors only and you will need to be very physically fit and in excellent health. We will be doing a lot of physical and vocal training and walking

Contact

Janet Rodgers, jrodgers@vcu.edu
Martha Curtis, mcurtis@vcu.edu

Office of International Education
Education Abroad
(804) 827- 788
abroad@vcu.edu

Opportunity

The Say Love Project is looking for both visual and performance submissions.

Information

Say Love is a project that celebrates the triumphs and struggles of the LGBT community. This month-long event and exhibition is about inclusion and we invite artists to showcase their stories and experiences through all forms of visual and performing arts. We encourage art that focuses on social and political topics that are currently affecting the LGBT community. This event is intended to not only express ourselves through art, but to inform all demographics across the board of the passions, struggles and triumphs we face.
-This year’s show is juxtaposing Love and Hate, and how that affects the LGBT community.
-We are looking for stories that deal with topics such as, Prop 8, “Don’t ask Don’t Tell”, Hate Crimes and The Matthew Sheppard Bill.
-We are accepting all forms of visual and performing art submissions.
-Although this is an LGBT-based show we encourage submissions from all sexual orientations.

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Requirements

The deadline for visual art submissions for display in our main gallery are Friday, December 11th. Please mail all visual art submissions to: visual@gallery5arts.org or mail submissions to: “Say Love” Gallery5 200 West Marshall St. Richmond, Virginia 23220

The submission deadline for performance art submissions is Wednesday, November 18th. Please email submissions to Jennifer Noel Catton at: sayloveensemble@gmail.com or drop your submissions in her mailbox on the second floor of the W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Ave
Jennifer Noel Catton, MFA student, V.C.U. Theatre Department

Submissions for the two-night production must be no more than 10 minutes. We are ultimately looking to have 10 performed pieces keeping the show around 2 hours or less.
-If you would like to also participate in Gallery5’s opening reception for the “Say Love” exhibition on Friday, January 8th, please email your performance submission/proposals to Jennifer Noel Catton at: sayloveensemble@gmail.com

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