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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its May 2012 art exhibition is now posted on their website and is ready to view online. The theme for this art exhibition is “Nature” and artists were asked to interpret the theme “Nature" by depicting the physical world. “Nature” was considered to be anything that was not created by or has been substantially altered by man.

An art competition was held in April 2012 which determined and judged the art for this exhibition. The gallery received submissions from 15 different countries from around the world and they also received entries from 35 different states. Overall, there were 821 entries from 229 different artists that were judged for this art competition.

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its May 2012 art exhibition is now posted on their website and is ready to view online. The theme for this art exhibition is “Nature” and artists were asked to interpret the theme “Nature" by depicting the physical world. “Nature” was considered to be anything that was not created by or has been substantially altered by man.

An art competition was held in April 2012 which determined and judged the art for this exhibition. The gallery received submissions from 15 different countries from around the world and they also received entries from 35 different states. Overall, there were 821 entries from 229 different artists that were judged for this art competition.

The Center for Investigative Reporting, the nation's oldest nonprofit investigative reporting organization, seeks a video producer for its YouTube channel.

CIR is now embarking on a project with the Investigative News Network (INN) to develop and curate a YouTube Investigative News Channel. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the channel, under CIR's editorial direction, is scheduled to launch in July 2012.

CIR seeks a producer who will be part of a four-person team responsible for the curation and aggregation of investigative video content for the YouTube Investigative News Channel.

Filmmakers from the 36 countries that speak Latin-derived languages can submit documentaries to a contest.

Union Latina, an organization that represents Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian and Catalan-speaking countries, seeks entries for a documentary film festival in Biarritz. Films should offer a unique view of Latin America's diverse culture.

National Geographic funds films by or about indigenous and underrepresented minority cultures around the world.

The All Roads Film Project offers grants to both minority-culture filmmakers and those who can demonstrate that they have been designated by a minority community to tell their story.

Grants range from US$1,000-10,000. Filmmakers who completed a film related to this theme, either with or without the grant, can submit their entries to the All Roads Film Festival.

To see past projects and read blog posts by participating filmmakers, click here.

The submission deadline is June 15.

For more information on the program and festival in English and Spanish, click here:
http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/all-roads/film/

from art4development

Amateur and professional photographers can participate in a contest for news photos.

Website Tumbhi.com seeks photos about news in four categories: politics, sports, news events and entertainment.

Photos can be digital or scanned. Prizes include a Blackberry Curve, a Kindle 3G and editing tool Filter Forge 3.0.

There is no entry fee. The deadline for entries is May 15.

For more information, click here.

http://photography.tumbhi.com/

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1851 South Bell Street
Crystal City, VA
Friday, May 18 - Saturday, June 23

Registration for Artomatic is still open!

Register now! Anyone can perform or show art! Visual artists, dancers, bands, poets, filmmakers and more -- register now to take part!

We had over 800 people register since last week, and there's still room for more! We're so excited to see what everyone will create for this year's event, and can't wait to see your exhibits and performances.

We apologize if you experienced any difficulty registering on your first try, and thank you for your patience. We had extra web site capacity in place, added even more, and are monitoring traffic carefully.

To register, and for more information about the festival, visit
www.artomatic.org.

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Professional, amateur and student photographers worldwide can enter a contest with a US$10,000 grand prize.

seek entries for its annual competition featuring eight professional categories - advertising, architecture, deeper perspective, editorial, photography book, fine art, nature and people.

The winner of each category will compete for International Photographer of the Year and the grand cash prize. Student and amateur winners in non-professional categories will compete for the title of the Discovery of the Year, a Lucie Statue and a US$5,000 cash prize.

The Mayor's Office and The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) are proud supporters of the second annual Los Angeles 2012 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Heritage Month Celebration. This celebration will promote and encourage an awareness of the significant contributions made by our City's LGBT community members in culture, education, politics, business, entertainment, technology, and the arts.

As part of this celebration we are creating the first comprehensive Los Angeles LGBT Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide showcasing quality LGBT artists from across Los Angeles and listing the numerous events, exhibitions, lectures, festivals, and cultural programs related to this celebration of LGBT culture.

Poets & Writers is now accepting applications for our 2012-13 Galen
Williams Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Program is designed to
nurture future leaders in the field of literature, and especially the
nonprofit arena. This year, the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation
Readings/Workshops Fellow will be placed in our Los Angeles office. This
ten-month, half-time, paid position, is supported through a generous
contribution from the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation. *The deadline to
apply is June 15.* See our website for more information
.

--
Cheryl Klein
Director, California Office and Readings/Workshops (West)
Poets& Writers, Inc.
2035 Westwood Blvd. #211
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: 310-481-7195
Fax: 310-481-7193