AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The Emerging Leaders Council extends a call for interested bloggers for the upcoming Emerging Leaders Blog Salon for the Americans for the Arts ArtsBlog. The Salon will take place from April 15 through April 19 and will consist of roughly 20 blog posts responding to the following prompt:

"What would make where you live a better place or bring it to the next level?"

Don't know what the ArtBlog is? Not quite sure what a blog salon entails? ARTSblog holds week-long Blog Salons, a series of posts by guest bloggers, that focus on an overarching theme within an area of our work. This is a link to last year's blog:

http://blog.artsusa.org/tag/april-2012-blog-salon/

Call for a Dialect Coach (various British dialects) for The Blank Theatre's production of

PETER PAN: THE BOY WHO HATED MOTHERS
by Michael Lluberes
Directed by Michael Matthews

The Blank Theatre is seeking a Dialect Coach (various British dialects) for its upcoming west coast premiere of PETER PAN: THE BOY WHO HATED MOTHERS by Michael Lluberes.

Rehearsals start March 2nd, tech begins April 13th, first preview is April 20th and opening night is April 27th.

The Impact of Recession on Female Creative Professionals Living in Los Angeles:

I am requesting your voluntary help in a study I am conducting for my master’s thesis in psychology. It will focus on the impact of economic recession on female creative professionals living and working in Los Angeles. These individuals will be (i) over the age of 30, and (ii) members of one of the professional guilds including the Writers Guild, the Directors Guild, the Screen Actors Guild, and/or other membership guilds. You will be anonymous in the final report.
How can you help? The study will require you to fill out a questionnaire that will take 30 minutes. The following interview, which will take 1 hours will be held in a public space convenient for you. I can also debrief you with the findings.

Fender Music Foundation Announces Guitar Donations to Nonprofit Music Instruction Programs

Founded in 2005, the Fender Music Foundationhttp://www.fendermusicfoundation.org/> provides instruments and equipment for eligible nonprofit music instruction programs. Awarded items are lightly used, blemished, or otherwise imperfect and have been collected by the foundation from manufacturers and retailers.

The foundation is currently awarding acoustic guitars, electric guitars, acoustic-electric guitars, bass guitars, and the equipment necessary to play them. However, other traditional music instruments, including string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments, as well as keyboards, are sometimes available. DJ equipment and computers are not available through the program.

Venice Arts Gallery is currently accepting proposals from established and
emerging curators and artists for its Fresh Perspectives Visiting Curator
Exhibition, scheduled to take place in November–December 2013. The goals of
the program are to engage and highlight new perspectives on photography,
film, multimedia and/or digital arts and to offer established and emerging
curators and artists in Los Angeles County the opportunity to present an
exhibition in a professional nonprofit gallery. Once chosen, the curator
will be solely responsible for selecting the artists and artworks for an
exhibition. Each proposed exhibition must consist of at least 4 artists and
have a strong, unifying curatorial premise. The artists’ work must in some

The Marketing/Public Relations Manager for LBO is accountable for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of all marketing and communication activities, including print and electronic media communication. The individual in this exempt position, functions as a member of the company's management team and reports directly to the Artistic/General Director (A/GD). Direct reports include Box Office Manager and Marketing/Public Relations Associate(s).

Masters Programme Ludic Interfaces

Kunstuniversität Linz - Ludic Interfaces
Kollegiumgasse 2
4020 Linz
Austria
Sen.Sct. Dr. Georg Russegger
t +43(0)650 84 7898-466
georg.russegger@ufg.ac.at
http://www.ludicinterfaces.com

The new Masters Programme Ludic Interfaces starts with in October 2013
Registration for the Admission Examination in February 2013 is already running.
Teaching Language: English

Dear Pasadena Arts & Culture Community:

We are pleased to announce that the 2013-2014 Annual Grants Program Application and Guidelineshttp://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/Arts/Grant_Programs/> are now available online.
All applications are due to the Cultural Affairs Division office by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, May 15.

The Annual Grants Program provides opportunities for local arts and culture organizations and individual artists to reach the Pasadena community through interesting, relevant and high quality programs. Each year, this competitive process encourages thoughtful and engaging programming in five application categories:
* Arts & Culture series (I, II and III) for organizations based on annual budget size;
* Arts Education (for California State Standards based programs);

Los Angeles County Arts Commission's Free Concerts in Public Sites Program Now Accepting Applications

With funding support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Arts Commission administers the sponsorship of free concerts at community venues throughout Los Angeles County to provide access to quality music programming representing the diversity of County residents. The program provides funding to cover the payment of musicians at community concerts offered free to the public. Applications for the Los Angeles County Arts Commission's 2013 Free Concerts in Public Sites Program are now available on www.lacountyarts.org/free.html. Applications are due on Wednesday, March 6.

Opera Noir
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Job Title: Director of Development & Administration
Reports to: Artistic Director
Hours: 20 Hours per Week Minimum
Note: This is a Part-Time Position with the opportunity to become Full
Time Based Upon Performance
Announcement Date: January 25, 2013; open until filled

Organization Overview:

Founded in 1999, Opera Noir's mission is to promote cultural diversity in the
classical arts. The organization is committed to preserving and performing
the works of African American composers in addition to traditional
European Classical Music. With Executive Offices in Northern California
serving and supporting programs and productions in Los Angeles and the
San Francisco Bay Area, Opera Noir provides arts education and cultural