AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

AMP connects artists and behind-the-scenes collaborators of all genres, including musicians, painters, performance artists, writers, dancers, and many more, with resources, opportunities, and personal connections. Many AMPers also provide free temporary lodging for other members. With thousands of members in 86 countries, AMP enthusiastically and energetically builds bridges between artists, audiences, and producers through our website, as well as at AMP-hosted parties and multimedia events worldwide. AMP is free to join. The only 'cost' is your energy and enthusiasm in building a global artistic community and helping fellow artists.

Last Call: Artgrant Award 2013

September 9, 2013 - 11:43am — AMP

Deadline for applications: September 30, 2013

ARTGRANT AWARD 2013

The ARTGRANT Team
ARTGRANT c/o ICAA e.K.
post box 440107
80750 Munich
Germany
t +49 (0)89 33019348
mail@artgrant.de
http://www.artgrant.de

ARTGRANT AWARD, 2013
Deadline for applications:
September 30, 2013

The ARTGRANT AWARD, initiated by the strategy agency ICAA e.K., awarded already for the 6th time supports highly talented fine artists who are resident in Germany.

The 6th ARTGRANT consists of:

ARTGRANT AWARD: a financial award to support artistic practice of € 4,000,-

ARTGRANT junior prize: a newcomer award of € 1,000,-

ARTGRANT artist-in-residence: a 6 week artist-in-residence in the studio loft by Belgian collector Alain Servais, Brussels.

Opportunities

Skirball Cultural Center Fall Internship, Family Programs

September 7, 2013 - 7:49am — AMP

Fall Internship, Family Programs

The Skirball's Education Department is offering one fall internship position for an undergraduate or graduate student in the area of Family Programs. Working closely with members of the Education Department, which focuses on providing intergenerational learning experiences through the Skirball's exhibitions and collections, the Family Programs Intern will help coordinate and develop programs for families in a drop-in art studio setting, a hands-on simulated archaeological dig site, and several special events. The Family Programs intern will also have the opportunity to gain gallery teaching experience.

Employment & Internships

Call to Artists- Day of the Dead

September 7, 2013 - 7:48am — AMP

Day of the Dead Exhibition Celebration: Honoring the Heroes in Our Lives. Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration taking place in October in which we honor our loved ones who passed. Our Day of the Dead exhibition theme is honoring fallen heroes who have had a personal impact in our lives: family members, celebrities, war heroes, or maybe a family pet. If you have had a hero in your life who has influenced you tremendously, please consider applying. Open entry to artists working in any media. No Entry fee. Deadline for submission: September 20, 2013. Please email jpg and statement to ave50studio@sbcglobal.net, attn: Kathy.

from LA Culture Net

Calls for Submissions

Call for Applications - 2014 Annenberg Community Beach House Writer

September 7, 2013 - 7:47am — AMP

City of Santa Monica 2014 Annenberg Community Beach House Writer's Completion Residency

The City of Santa Monica, Cultural Affairs Division, seeks applications from writers living in Los Angeles County for a residency at the Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica. This Artist Residency offers a large private office in the historic Marion Davies Guest House for ten weeks between January 6 and March 17, 2014 to complete a work in progress.

Employment & Internships

Announcing Design Competition: Long Beach, CA

September 7, 2013 - 7:46am — AMP

Re-Envisioning East 7th Street: A
Design Competition Event kicks off today!

Sponsored in part by The East 7th
Street Collaborative, The Arts Council for Long Beach and the 1st and 2nd
District City Council Offices, this local/regional event encourages the
re-design and re-imagining of East 7th Street (Redondo Ave to Alamitos Ave).
We are seeking fresh modern ideas for what this important corridor could
become in the future! This event looks to explore ideas in Art and
Architecture and how they can relate to our neighborhoods in a functional and
purposeful way.

Professionals and Students are
welcome to apply. There is an honorarium for the top 3 entries and the
top 50 entries will be displayed along the street as part of an October Street
Event.

Calls for Submissions

Grant Opportunity for Arts Organizations – Organizational Grant

September 7, 2013 - 7:45am — AMP

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission is now welcoming applications for
the 2014/15 Organizational Grant Program (OGP). OGP provides financial
support to assist and strengthen nonprofit arts organizations to provide
quality arts services to enrich the lives of Los Angeles County
residents.

To learn more about the OGP and access program guidelines and
application information, please visit
http://lacountyarts.org/GrantsHow.htm
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New applicants to the OGP and organizations that did not receive funding
the last time they applied to the OGP are required to attend an OGP
workshop. For a full workshop schedule, please visit
http://lacountyarts.org/GrantsWorkshops.html

Opportunities

Worldwide deadline reminder: jobs, scholarships, competitions, residencies, exhibitions

September 7, 2013 - 7:22am — AMP

From e-artnow

JOBS (ACADEMICS, ARTISTS, CURATORS):

Various job opportunities at the Guggenheim Museum: NYC, USA.
Deadline: asap.
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/about/jobs/full-time

Current available positions at The Museum of Modern Art, MOMA NYC: NYC, USA.
Deadline: asap.
http://www.moma.org/about/jobs

Current available positions at The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC. USA.
Deadline: asap.
http://whitney.org/About/JobPostings

Current available positions at the TATE. UK.
Deadline: asap.
http://workingat.tate.org.uk/pages/job_search_results.aspx?searchtype=all

Current available positions at Christie's. Worldwide.
Deadline: asap.
http://www.christies.com/about/careers/

Jobs at Sotheby's Institute of Art
Deadline: asap.

Opportunities

The Metropolitan Museum of Art seeks a Curator, Architecture & Design (deadline October 4)

September 5, 2013 - 2:01pm — AMP

Curator, Architecture & Design

Application deadline: Friday, October 4, 2013, 6pm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave
New York, NY 10028
http://www.metmuseum.org

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world's finest museums, seeks a Curator of Architecture & Design that is a specialist in both Architecture and Design. In this respect, the Curator will work closely with the Chairman and will participate in the active research, development and management of the Modern and Contemporary collection and the Breuer project; major special exhibitions; initiation of collection displays, publications and interpretation; and participation in all activities of the Department.

Primary responsibilities and duties:

Employment & Internships

CALL FOR ARTISTS: DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2013

September 5, 2013 - 1:54pm — AMP

YANS & RETO
(Young And Not Stupid & Radical Even Though Old)
A Festival Conceived by Jana Leo

@ Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10003
(F / M train to 2nd Avenue.)

Sunday, October 6, 2013 @ 7.30 pm
Tickets: $10

YANS & RETO is AN ACTION FEST, a one-night festival of action art by artists
(mainly, but not limited to) over sixty and under thirty. The artists
present themselves through short pieces creating energetic,
inter-generational encounters. YANS & RETO is an assembly of people engaged
in contemporary culture who, regardless of their disciplines, have in common
a taste for radicalism and experimental creation.

OPEN CALL

Nothing is more brutal than money. The 2013, fourth YANS & RETO festival is