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from LA Culture Net
The Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists is accepting
applications! The Fellowship supports nine Los Angeles artists (ages
22-38) working in visual arts, music, performing arts, film, video and
animation to develop a new project exploring Jewish themes and ideas.
The two-year fellowship provides:
Funding: up to $40,000 over two years
Learning: retreats, monthly workshops, and coaching
Applications are due June 1 and the fellowship begins in November 2011.
More info at sixpointsfellowship.org.
This is an unprecedented opportunity in LA, and we are looking for artists
from all sectors, hoping to reflect and support the diversity of the
creative ecosystem of Los Angeles. We would appreciate any way you could
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
http://www.actaonline.org/
Funding Opportunities 2012
Apprenticeship Program : http://www.actaonline.org/content/apprenticeship-program
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) Apprenticeship Program encourages the continuation of the state's traditional arts and cultures by contracting master artists to offer intensive, one-on-one training to qualified apprentices. Each $3,000 contract will support a period of concentrated learning for apprentices who have shown a commitment to and a talent for a specific artistic tradition.
Living Cultures Grants: http://www.actaonline.org/content/living-cultures-grants-program
Open to the Elements
A weeklong residency intensive at Headlands Center for the Arts
June 3–9, 2011
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Open to the Elements: A weeklong residency intensive at Headlands Center for the Arts
Join us for Open to the Elements, an intensive research and design residency presented by Headlands Center for the Arts for those who are and would like to be architects, philosophers, environmental designers, artists, and ecologists.
Headlands' urban wilderness, situated in a military base turned National Park, poses everyday challenges of balancing human needs with natural and cultural resources.
Curatorial Studies Residency at Node Center Berlin
Node Center for Curatorial Studies
Waldemarstr. 37A
10999 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 152 2769 9078
info@nodecenter.org
http://www.nodecenter.org
Open application period:
April 1st – April 30th 2011
Program dates:
June 21st – September 16th 2011
Node Center Berlin announces The Curatorial Studies Residency Program designed for emerging curators who may wish to expand their professional practice in Berlin.
The Node Center for Curatorial Studies is a platform of formation, experimentation, and diffusion in the field of curatorship and in the contemporary artistic practices.
Open to Interpretation - Water's Edge
Water's ever changing surface and symbolism has held our imagination since ancient times. Images that capture water's transition are as prolific as water itself; they can be found everywhere. We are drawn to water for a myriad of different reasons - all subjects (color or black & white) are eligible.
Submit by April 26: $30 for 5 images, $10 each additional
Deadline June 7: $35 for 5 images, $10 each additional
Awards: $300 Juror's choice
Juror: Douglas Beasley, Photographer and Educator
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Open to Interpretation - Intimate Landscape
ART GALLERY INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica - TAG Gallery (www.taggallery.net)
2525 Michigan Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90405
Description:
Internship for Contemporary Art Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica.
Bergamot station is the center for contemporary art in LA, and this is a
wonderful opportunity to learn about the art world first hand. Also, a rare
opportunity to work for an art gallery that is also a non-profit artists'
cooperative. Learn the inner workings of the gallery world in Los Angeles'
premiere contemporary art location, and help a non-profit grow into a
profitable enterprise. Participate in the revamping of a gallery. Flexible
times are available.
Duties Include:
- Inputting inventory
- Inputting clients, managing client list
The Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton, CA is having a joint exhibition between graphic artists from Fukui, Japan and Fullerton, CA, USA. Artworks are needed from local LA County and Orange County artists to join us for our exhibit in Fukui, Japan.
The exhibition will be mounted at the Fukui City Art Museum from August 26 - September 25, 2011.
Artwork details:
Loyola Marymount University, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, offering a BA degree in Theatre Arts and a BA degree in Dance, invite applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor. The position will begin in the Fall Semester, 2011. This is a one year appointment. The position requires the professor to:
(1) Design costumes for two productions in the Theatre Program fall 2011 and one Theatre Program production and one Dance Production in spring 2012. The design portion for dance in the spring will be for selected dances in one production for the Dance Program and supervision of purchase and rental of the remaining dance costumes for that production.
(2) Mentor student designers for Theatre Arts and Dance productions, if the occasion arises.
LACE Gallery Attendant
Attendants will work with the LACE team to carry out the day-to-day operations of the gallery during the upcoming summer exhibitions: Unfinished and Speculation, as well as Thursday nights at LACE. Attendants will have the opportunity to interact directly with visitors and artists during gallery hours. Attendants will also attend private walkthroughs with the artists to learn about the project and be able to fully education the public on LACE's programming. This position provides a point of entry to contemporary art.
Responsibilities include:
. performing day-to-day duties, including opening/ closing gallery and tracking gallery attendance
. ensuring quality of visitors' experience through facility maintenance