AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The International House of Blues Foundation is seeking artists in the
fields of, Gospel, Hip Hop/ Rap MC's, Spoken Word, traditional Storytellers, Dance, and Musicians to participate in:

Speaking Out: 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Friday, January 16, 2008 11AM-12:30PM @ the House of Blues Sunset Strip

Our program is in collaboration with LAUSD and private schools
throughout Los Angeles County.

Please provide the following materials by December 19th, 2008

-Promotional/Collateral materials; artistic examples, recordings,
website and contact information.

-Artist BIO - a summary in Word of your experience, notable awards if
applicable, description of your
work and why you do what you do.

-Promotion Statement - a brief paragraph on how your artistic

Vol. 5, Issue 17 of The Poetry Victims is now online...

Featuring Photography by Michael Crowley
and Poetry by Karen Douglass

Enjoy,
Jeff

Call for entries in the "15 Minutes of Fame" Festival of Shorts.

http://15minutefilmfest.com

World Without Borders (WWB) is organising it's first festival.
Getting the general public aware (by means of artistic expressions) of the fact that there is a serious in-equality between western and non-western "world" citizens restricting the latter of travel opportunities and the same development possibilities as westerners.

WWB is alwayson the look out for video-artist, animators, documentary makers etc. who wanna contribute their creations to the WWB cause..

Please SUBMIT!!
e-mail: wwbArt@worldwithoutborders.info

Art-work handed in before the 17 dec. will be shown on the festival by the VJ's and/or installation.

WWB's website:
http://www.worldwithoutborders.info/

I Choose Love

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/343623/i_choose_love_the_experience/

Arab documentarians invited to submit works

Aljazeera network and MIPDOC invite Arab documentary filmmakers to
submit their works to compete for the Trailblazer Award. Deadline for
submission is December 15.

Directors and producers are encouraged to nominate themselves by
sending their resumes and a copy of their latest material. The winner
will be awarded in March 2009 at a festival to be held in the French
city of Cannes, along with winners from regions including Asia, Europe,
Latin America and Africa.

For more information (in Arabic), visit
http://www.aljazeera.net/nr/exeres/1acd14af-a72c-4f45-b930-
d01faf658668.htm. To apply, send documents to
doc.production@aljazeera.net.

This was posted on the Art4Development Yahoo! Groups listserv.

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE
CALL FOR YOUTH MEDIA SUBMISSIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

*Deadline for submissions: December 10, 2008

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced media works on human rights issues* for its second annual YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program to screen in our New York, London, Boston and San Francisco film festivals in 2009-10. YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE provides a platform for youth to share their perspectives with audiences worldwide. We are currently seeking film, video and animated works on human rights issues created by youth ages 19 and younger.

Performance Artists Nathalie Broizat of France and Ariadna Rodriguez of Spain arrive at the party. Broizat and Rodriguez performed a unique piece about the election of Barack Obama.

See all party pictures here: http://www.pluginamp.com/network/image/tid/567

Pictures from the November 15 AMP Party in Downtown Los Angeles can be seen here: http://www.pluginamp.com/network/image/tid/567