Arts Collaboratory: Call for Proposals

Plato Sanat Artist-in-Residency Programme, İstanbul

Plato Sanat, an important space for contemporary art in İstanbul, is offering visual artists the possibility to participate in its new residence program. The Plato Sanat Residence Program will host artists for the duration of 6 weeks, giving them the opportunity for artistic research and production in a professional and institutional environment. The Plato Sanat Residence Program is thematic. Each year, an overall topic of research will be given. The artistic research and production done during the participation in the program shall contribute to ongoing urgent discussions concerning contemporary urban life in İstanbul. 

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Salzburg International Summer Academy - Tuition Grants available

Some 90 grants, usually covering tuition costs only, are available for participation in one of the courses at the Summer Academy. Only grants by the American Austrian Foundation (AAF), ERSTE Foundation, Free State of Bavaria, and Münster Academy of Fine Arts offer additional subsidies for travel and living costs.

About the Summer Academy Programme:

The 2013 programme is diverse and multifaceted, ranging from stone sculpture to media art, from "arte útil" (useful art) to jewellery design and on to curatorial practice. The focus is on exploration, defining and interpreting the terrain where art is produced, presented and communicated—as well as on the inevitable disillusionment that occasionally arises, and the subsequent re-enchantment. Students will be given assistance in discovering their own artistic cosmos and creating scope for development. The 21 courses of between one and four weeks are held in three locations: Hohensalzburg Fortress, the old salt factory (Alte Saline) in Hallein and the Kiefer quarry in Fürstenbrunn.

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Creative Curricula: Grants Availible

Creative Curricula is a local arts-education funding program administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC). Open to partnerships between cultural organizations and teaching artists working with Manhattan public schools, Creative Curricula supports projects that engage students in rich artistic learning experiences in a classroom setting.

Creative Curricula makes grants ranging from $750 to $5,000 to Manhattan-based individual teaching artists or small to mid-sized cultural organizations working in partnership with Manhattan public schools. The program supports projects providing in-depth opportunities for students to create and experience the arts, through collaboratively planned and implemented units of study.

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Manifest Artist Residency Award

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Mairie de Paris: Paris Residency

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council is proud to partner with the Mayor’s Office of the City of Paris (Mairie de Paris), to provide one New York City artist or collaborative pair with the opportunity to live and work at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France for six consecutive months.

LMCC and the Mayor's Office of the City of Paris began a partnership in 2002 when Paris reached out to LMCC as a gesture of fellowship following the events of September 11, 2001. Since then, LMCC has sent 11 New York City-based artists to Paris. The Paris Residency builds on LMCC’s history of creating opportunities for artists to have new experiences and develop new work in unique settings.

The Paris Residency is a self-guided and self-motivated experience. Artists selected for the Paris Residency are encouraged and should be prepared to seek out a community, facilities to produce work, and experiences they would not have without this opportunity.

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The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC): General Grant for Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Literature

AFAC has issued a new open call for proposals in the categories of Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Literature.

Applications are open to Arab individuals living in the Arab region or in diaspora and to local, regional and international institutions whose projects are related to contemporary Arab culture.  Applications must be submitted online between November 1st, 2012 and April 1st, 2013. The results will be announced on June 15th, 2013.  Applications for Visual Arts and Performing Arts can be submitted in either Arabic or in English, while Literature applications can be submitted only in Arabic.

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Call for Submissions: 6th Annual Abraaj Group Art Prize 2014

Call for Submissions: Academy of the Arts of the World

Call for submissions to artists, artist groups, theorists, curators and other cultural producers.

The Academy of the Arts of the World is a unique, Cologne-based institution founded in 2012 with the aim of fostering inter- and transcultural dialogue between the arts.

As a dynamic and interdisciplinary, albeit non-curricular platform, the Academy engages with issues of contemporary global culture and politics such as the trans-border movement of people, aesthetic responsibility, hospitality, non-Western, pre-modern art, concepts and practices. Bridging local and global perspectives, the Academy sets out to initiate critical debate and to create spaces of possibility for diverse aesthetic communities.

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EAVE: Interchange 2013, Support for Film Professionals in the Middle East

The Interchange programme was created with the goal of building cooperation between film professionals from Europe and the Arab world through professional training centered on the in-depth development of a number of feature-length fiction film projects every year. It is open to 10 teams of writer/director & producer – usually about half of the participants are Arab and half are European –, as well as to 3 Arab film professionals interested in story editing training.

The four main concerns around which the course is built are project development (including script and comprehensive production development), co-production strategies between the European and Arab world, pitching & networking (at the Dubai Film Connection). The project-based training is designed to match the needs of experienced professionals who want to develop their skills through concrete work on their projects - under the expert guidance of international tutors – and who are ready to share their ideas with colleagues and engage themselves in discussions in order to improve and increase their knowledge.

Through 2 workshops – 1 in Turin and 1 in Dubai – and 2 midway on-line tutoring sessions, participants develop the projects and prepare for the conclusion of the programme: a final pitch at Dubai Film Connection, the largest co-production market between Europe and the Arab world with industry attendees from both areas, adding further value to the previous stages of the training.

Interchange is run by TorinoFilmLab, the Dubai International Film Festival and EAVE and it is supported by MEDIA Mundus.  For more information, please click here.
 

Accepting Applications: Watermill International Summer Program 2013

For the past 20 years, one of the most important programs of The Watermill Center has been the International Summer Program led by Artistic Director Robert Wilson. Each summer approximately 65 artists from over 25 countries are invited to gather at Watermill for five weeks of intense creative exploration and artistic development. The Summer Program provides a unique opportunity for emerging artists to learn from established professionals in a laboratory environment.  This program requires everyone, regardless of experience, to live and work communally; assisting in chores, cooking, gardening, construction or collection maintenance.  This approach is crucial to understanding the collaborative working process and respecting shared resources.

Since 2008, the tuition for each International Summer Program participant has been provided in full by the Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation. The Foundation spends approximately $8,000 on each artist, which covers housing, food, local transportation, materials needed for work in the program, and the operating cost of the facility. The Foundation raises these funds through sponsorships from foundations, as well as individual benefactors who support the mission of the Center by joining the Watermill Mentor Program. If you are interested in participating in the Mentor Program by sponsoring an artist please contact Pinki Patel at (212) 253-7484 ext. 16 or pinki.patel@watermillcenter.org.

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Gassworks, London: Situation/Event Performance Residency for non-UK based artists

Call for Submissions: Documentary Campus MENA Programme 2013

Documentary Campus and the Goethe Institute Cairo are calling for submissions for the Documentary Campus MENA Programme 2013.

The target group is documentary filmmakers who are residents of Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Algeria, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, Syria, and Lebanon, and who have experience in their domestic market but strive to work in the international field and are open to learn and to adapt their projects to the needs of their target audiences.

The 15 successful applicants will develop their documentary projects for the regional and international non-fiction market.

The training includes workshops to develop the project for the regional and/or international market including sessions on storytelling, budgeting, legal aspects of international co-productions, trailers, project presentation, and a small pitching session.

During the training, participants will develop specific skills in project development and international co-production, learn from key international professionals, exchange knowledge and network with like-minded colleagues, and get the chance to win a trip to the Documentary Campus Leipzig Networking Days 25-27 October 2013 to pitch their project in front of up to 40 international commissioners.

Tuition fees, travel expenses (from place of residence to Cairo, Tunis and Leipzig), accommodation, and subsistence allowances for the workshop days are included in the grant for the 15 selected participants, but team members will have to cover their own expenses.

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New York Art Residency and Studios Foundation: Emerging Curator Program

The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation is pleased to announce its third annual Emerging Curator Open Call. The Emerging Curator Program offers an opportunity for an individual to organize a conceptually cohesive group show at the NARS Foundation Gallery. The aim of the program is to encourage new dialogue and to create a platform for emerging curators and artists to experiment and exchange ideas. No prior curatorial experience is necessary. Two-person collaborations are welcome.

NARS Foundation will provide the gallery/exhibition space, insurance for the artwork during the term of the exhibition, administrative support including marketing, postcard invitations, and email invites. Additionally, NARS will organize an opening reception and a Curator’s Talk. An experienced curator on staff will be available to provide guidance and support during the program.

The curator is responsible for organizing and installing/de-installing the exhibition in a timely manner including arranging all artwork delivery to and from the gallery and writing a short essay to accompany the exhibition. The exhibition will be scheduled between the months of June and July, 2013. The curator is required to attend the opening reception and present a Curator Talk as part of the program. A stipend of $200 will be awarded to the selected applicant to help subsidize the cost of organizing the exhibition. There will be no other financial support towards production of artwork, installation cost, or shipping/transportation of artwork.

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Bemis Center Artists-in-Residence

Few programs exist either on the national or international level where the sole mission is to support the creativity of artists. From the beginning, the art-making process has been the highest priority at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, where both the atmosphere and environment offer ideal situations for creative growth and experimentation. Artists from around the world come to the Bemis Center to work in this supportive community and confront new challenges.

The Bemis Center provides Artists-in-Residence with the gift of time, space and support.
- Time: 3 months of uninterrupted, self-directed work time.
- Space:The Bemis Center is housed in two urban warehouses totaling 110,000 square feet. Each artist is provided with a - generously sized live/work studio with a private kitchen and bathroom and 24 hour access to facilities including a wood shop, installation spaces, and 10,000 square foot sculpture facility.
- Support: $750 monthly stipend

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