AUGUST
METRO-NORTH RAILROAD TARRYTOWN STATION: Call for Artists
Postmark Deadline: August 13, 2010.
MTA Arts for Transit seeks professional artists for consideration to create public artwork for the Metro-North Railroad Tarrytown Station on the Hudson Line in Westchester County.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON: Call to Fiber, Wood, and Ceramic Artists
Deadline: August 15, 2010
University of Massachusetts Boston, Harbor Art Gallery is seeking artists for an upcoming exhibition of fiber art, wooden sculpture, and ceramics. The exhibition will focus on objects made with natural, organic materials such a wool, cloth, paper, fur (remember to be kind to animals when gathering your materials), hair (and humans too), flowers, trees, and stone. For consideration send your web address or 5-10 jpegs to gallery@umb.edu. Please include a brief description of your work and resume. Online submissions are preferred. Exhibition dates are November 15 – December 14. Contact Steven Pirrello, at 617-287-7988 or gallery@umb.edu.
PAPER TRAIL-HERITAGE OF PAPERMAKING: Artist Call for Entry
Deadline: August 16, 2010
The Paper Trail interprets and shares the history of paper making in The New England Housatonic Heritage Area, while also celebrating, highlighting and facilitating contemporary paper making endeavors here, both artistic and industrial applications. The selected pieces will be shown in the month of September at the Lichenstein Arts Center in Pittsfield, Ma. This will coincide with an exhibition at the Berkshire Museum featuring old equipment, photographs, and other odds and ends from the Paper Making Industry, which fueled the areas economy in the early 1800’s. Innovative works crafted of paper or works that identify with the history of paper making and the contemporary use of paper will be considered.
LILLIAN ORLOWSKY/WILLIAM FREED FOUNDATION GRANTS: Call for Applications
Deadline: August 16, 2010
Grants will be offered to American painters aged 45 or older who demonstrate financial need. The primary emphasis is to promote public awareness and a commitment to American art, as well as encouraging interest in artists who lack adequate recognition.
VERMONT PHOTO SPACE GALLERY: Call to Photographers
Deadline: August 18, 2010
Managed Landscapes: The touch of man on the natural landscape is all around us. From shimmering cityscapes and rural farms to strip mines and garbage dumps. Let’s see images that show the touch of man, light or heavy, on the earth around us.
WAM THEATRE: Open Auditions for “Melahcholy Play”
Audition Dates: August 22, 2010, Capital District (location TBA) and August, 23, 2010, NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center, Pittsfield, MA
WAM Theatre is looking for non-equity actors who are comfortable with heightened language and lyric poetry, music, physical theatre, improvisation, ensemble work, singing and dancing. A stipend will be paid. To audition, email your resume, the character you would like to audition for and the date you would like to audition to director, Kristen van Ginhoven, at kristen@wamtheatre.com.
TRINITY FINANCIAL: Art Installation Project Call for Entries
Deadline: August 23, 2010
Trinity Financial invites artists/designers/teams to forward qualifications for an artwork to be permanently installed in the four-story atrium of the Appleton Mills redevelopment, an historic textile mill located at 219 Jackson Street in downtown Lowell, MA. The work to be commissioned could be a freestanding, wall-mounted or suspended piece. This project isopen to all artists/designers/teams residing in New England, including collaborations with writers or sound artists/musicians. The budget is $15,000. Five to ten finalists will receive a $500 honorarium to develop a proposal for public exhibition at the 10th Annual Open Studios in Lowell September 24-26, 2010. One artist/designer team will be commissioned for the project. The Urban Arts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (UrbanArts) is facilitating the project. Contact Christina Lanzl at 617-879-7973.
CUSHING MARTIN GALLERY: Call for Artists
Deadline: August 25, 2010
The Cushing-Martin Gallery at Stonehill College is accepting submissions for an exhibit, Heavy Metal, which will take place in November 2010. Artists’ work should explore metal with a scientific connection – either through process or content. In addition to premade work, they will consider project submissions that would involve collaboration with the student community as long as artwork examples are included with proposed project. Submit project proposal, DVD of 20 images, resume, and artist statement to: Candice Smith Corby, Gallery Director/Arts Coordinator, Stonehill College, 320 Washington Street, Easton, MA 02357. Questions, call 508-565-1897 or csmithcorby@stonehill.edu.
NEW YORK STATE WRITERS INSTITUTE: Poetry Workshop with Fellow Rebecca Wolff
Deadline: August 25, 2010
New York State Writers Institute Writing Fellow Rebecca Wolff, editor of FENCE magazine, will conduct an intermediate to advanced poetry workshop during the Fall 2010 semester. September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, November 1, 8, 15, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., University at Albany’s uptown campus.The workshop is limited to ten writers. Admission is based on the submission of writing samples.
SOUTHEASTERN CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY: Call for cell phone photography
Deadline: August 30, 2010
The Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery is devoted to the presentation of national and regional exhibitions of contemporary art, lectures and workshops. The gallery is part of the Visual Arts Department and as such provides a forum for contemporary art for students, the city of Hammond and residents of the North Shore. Exhibitions and educational programs at SLUCAG connect students with opportunities to engage with artworks and artists while giving them insight into current directions in contemporary art.
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS: Call for Submission
Deadline: August 31, 2010
New American Paintings is a juried exhibition-in-print. Each printed edition results from a highly competitive juried competition and presents the work of 40 painters. From post-modern pastiche to the landscape, recognized artists to recent M.F.A. graduates, New American Paintings does not discriminate against style or yield to art world trends.
NORTH ADAMS OPEN STUDIOS: Call for Participants
Deadline: August 31, 2010; $35 if you register and pay by June 30; $45 after June 30.
North Adams Open Studios is looking for artists – with and without studios – to participate in its sixth annual autumn showcase of local artisans to be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and 16, from 10 to 6.
SEPTEMBER
THE BAMBI FOUNDATION: Call for Multimedia Artists
Deadline: September 1, 2010
Call for applications from multimedia artists with a focus on experimental cinema and projection installations. The Bambi Foundation supports contemporary non-object art projects, with an emphasis on experimental cinema and projected image installations. The foundation accepts proposals from a wide range of artists, disciplines and medium, and focuses on works that cannot be easily accommodated by market-based art scenes. It offers up to 8,000 euros (approximately $9,750) per project and even more, depending on the project requirements. Email contact@bambifoundation.com.
BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUDNATION: Central Berkshire Fund Grant
Deadline: September 1, 2010
The Central Berkshire Fund seeks to improve the quality of life for the residents of Becket, Cummington, Dalton, Hinsdale, Peru, Washington and Windsor. Projects that benefit the community in any of the following areas will be considered: arts and culture, education, the environment, and health and social services. Nonprofit organizations, public agencies or community organizations that provide services to the residents of Becket, Cummington, Dalton, Hinsdale, Peru, Washington or Windsor are eligible to apply for grants. Requests will be considered for projects, programs, capital improvements and general operating support.
STEAMPUNK FORM & FUNCTION DESIGN COMPETITION: Call for Submissions
Deadline: September 5, 2010
Steampunk Form & Function Design Competition brings together outstanding Steampunk design innovations, details the design process and promotes the role of the Steampunk designer/craftsman. Along with recycled items, all Steampunk design solutions are primarily built using authentic Victorian (1850s to early 1900s) objects, salvage items, clothing and antiques that incorporate modern technology and have specific functions for modern day, practical uses.
THE DANCE COMPLEX: Call for Choreographers
Deadline: September 7, 2010
Please submit a brief summary of your piece, including style, number of dancers and whatever you know about music, title, and props. For this cycle of the Shared Choreographers’ Concert, Shawn Mahoney and Rozann Kraus will mentor. Choreographers will also have the opportunity to be involved with an exciting research project on group creativity. Researchers from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College (Bess Rouse and Spencer Harrison) will be working with participants of the SCC program to understand more about how the creative process unfolds.
PITTSFIELDCONTEMPORARY.COM GALLERY: Call for 3D Art
Deadline: September 10, 2010
Videos, photography, drawings, paintings, installation….anything that interacts with Red+Blue 3D glasses.
CRAFTBOSTON: Call for Applications
Deadline: September 14, 2010
Spring & Holiday 2011 are now accepting applications via www.juriedartservices.com. CraftBoston is a leading show and exhibition of fine contemporary craft in New England.
JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: Artists Fellowships
Deadline: September 15, 2010
Fellowships are awarded to people who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The Foundation consults with distinguished scholars and artists regarding the accomplishments and promise of the applicants and presents this evidence to the Committee of Selection.
Deadline: September 20, 2010
The Artist Fellowships provide grants of $7,500 and finalist awards of $500 in recognition of exceptional original work. The number of awards per discipline category varies according to the number of applications reviewed, the recommendations of each panel, and program funds available. For the Music Composition, Playwriting, and Sculpture/Installation categories, applications are accepted August 1 through September 20, 2010. Apply Now.
OCTOBER
CULTURE*PARK: Call for Short Plays
Deadline: October 1, 2010
Culture*Park announces a call for entries for the 9th Annual Short Plays Marathon, scheduled for Saturday, November 20, 2010, in downtown New Bedford, MA. Plays should be 15 pages/minutes or fewer in length. One play submission per playwright is accepted. Contact culturepark@earthlink.net, or call 774-202-0588.
JANUARY
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL: Artist Fellowships in Crafts, Film & Video, and Photography
Deadline: January 24, 2011
The Artist Fellowships provide grants of $7,500 and finalist awards of $500 in recognition of exceptional original work. The number of awards per discipline category varies according to the number of applications reviewed, the recommendations of each panel, and program funds available. or the Crafts, Film & Video, and Photography categories, applications are accepted December 1, 2010 through January 24, 2011.
ROLLING
BERKSHIRE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL: Call for Teaching Artists
Deadline: Rolling
Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School’s Artist Residency Program provides BArT students with a unique learning opportunity to work directly with professional artists in trimester-long classes, day to week-long workshops, and the after-school program. Teaching artists who have worked in the program represent a wide-range of media and artistic styles, while sharing one common passion—engaging young people in the arts. BArT is currently looking for area artists who are interested in participating as teaching artists in the school’s residency program. Artists working in all media are invited to send a resume and work samples (or a link to a web-site) to brian.ogrady@bartcharter.org.
PITTSFIELD COLONIALS BASEBALL TEAM: Call for Performers-Music, Dance, Theatre, Street
The Pittsfield Colonial’s Baseball Team SunBreak Show happens during evening baseball game between 7:30-8pm approx. Performers are needed for the following dates- Aug.10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25; Sept.3, 4, 6. To apply, email Joanne Deutch at jdeutch06@gmail.com or call 413-637-1515.
HILLTOWN FAMILIES: Call for Submissions, Writing and Photography
Deadline: Rolling
Hilltown Families welcomes writings that reflect the positive work and educational efforts activists, families, teachers, and artists work towards and accomplish and how that affects, supports and empowers our families.
PITTSFIELD FARMERS MARKET: Call for Artisans and Crafters
Deadline: Rolling
Opportunity for farmers, culinary artisans, and hand crafters to participcate in the Pittsfield Farmers Market.
Find other creative opportunities and grants at Massachusetts Cultural Council, Berkshire Art Start, Artsake and New York Foundation for the Arts.
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