Artists,
Below you will find several items of general interest followed by opportunities for visual artists, performing artists, music (Jan 16 deadline), and photography.
Information about unsubscribing to this email newsletter is at the end of the email.
This is the last email newsletter that will come from me. Kim Hurtle is taking over as editor of MAC’s Artists email newsletter. Her email is khurtle@mt.gov - make sure you have it in your contacts if you have an aggressive spam filter.
I’ve enjoyed reading all the information for artists over the years and now I’ll be a subscriber of Kim’s efforts for us all.
Happy Trails,
Beck
Beck McLaughlin Education & Web Services Director Montana Arts Council PO Box 202201 Helena, MT 59620-2201 406-444-6522 Arts in Education Hotline 800-282-3092 http://artscounterbalance.wordpress.com/
2012 Artists in Residence Program at I-Park, Application Deadline: January 30, 2012
I-Park announces its twelfth season hosting its multi-disciplinary residency program. Self-directed artists’ residencies will be offered from May through November 2012. Most sessions are 4-weeks in duration and are offered to those working in the Visual Arts, Music Composition, Creative Writing, Moving Image and Landscape/Garden Design. Except for the $30 application fee, the residency is offered at no cost to accepted artists and includes comfortable private living quarters, a private studio and meal program. International applicants are welcome. To defray the cost of travel, four $750 grants will be awarded in 2012 to international artists.
For details and to apply, visit http://www.i-park.org/residency.html or contact the office: applications@i-park.org or 860-873-2468.
Information about rates and options to participate in the 2012-2013 Montana Cultural Treasures Guide to Museums, Art Galleries, Bookstores and Theatres is now available. There is also a free listing option. This highly successful publication has a printing run of 100,000 and is distributed widely throughout the state.
Deadline: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Click here for details: http://www.montanasculturaltreasures.com/MTCT2012%20sales_jq.pdf
2012 marks the 150th anniversary of America’s first Homestead Act. In observance of this milestone, the 39th Annual Montana History Conference will examine the theme, “Opportunity for All? Homesteading Next Year Country.”
The conference will be held in Helena, September 20-22, 2012. The deadline for submitting a session proposal is February 1. Session proposals relating to any aspect of homesteading are encouraged. Possible topics include:
· The impact of the Homestead Act on Montana’s first peoples
· The impact of homesteaders on the environment
· The impact of the environment on homesteaders
· Daily life on a homestead
· The material culture of the homestead era
· Homesteading as it relates to women’s history
· Homesteading as it relates to ethnic and minority history
· The role of archaeology in telling the homestead story
· The effect of homesteading on Montana politics
· The impact of homesteading on rural settlement and community development
· Homesteading and family folklore
· The role of railroads in homesteading and land development
For more information on the conference or instructions for submitting a proposal, visit: http://mhs.mt.gov/education/ConferencesWorkshops.asp
Please forward this information about a funding opportunity through the U.S. Japan Friendship Commission to any and all professional creative artists on your email lists. The National Endowment for the Arts cooperates with the U.S. Japan Friendship Commission in the implementation of this program. The U.S/Japan Creative Artists' Program provides support for up to five outstanding contemporary or traditional artists from the United States to spend a three-month residency in Japan. Eligible applicants are architects, choreographers, composers, creative writers, designers, media artists, playwrights, visual artists, or solo theater artists who work with original material (including puppeteers, storytellers and performance artists). Multidisciplinary artists and artistic directors of theater or dance companies are also eligible.
The next deadline for this program is March 1, 2012 for residencies in 2013.
The U.S/Japan Creative Artists' Program is extremely competitive; applicants should have regional or national recognition and anticipate a highly rigorous review of their work. Artists should also present compelling reasons for wanting to work in Japan.
Selected artists will receive:
- A grant award in the amount of $20,000 to cover housing, living, and professional expenses
· Up to $2,000 for round trip transportation for the artist
Additional information, including guidelines and the application, can be found at http://www.jusfc.gov/creativeartists.asp.
WolfBrown Reports on Participatory Arts Practices
A WolfBrown report commissioned by the Irvine Foundation examines new trends in arts participation. In Getting In On the Act: How Arts Groups Are Creating Opportunities for Active Participation, the authors give a helpful overview of participation's role in today's culture ecology, the benefits of participatory arts practice, and the kinds of programs and activities that have used these practices. Central to this report is WolfBrown's newly developed spectrum of participation, ranging from spectating to audience-as-artist, that gives artists, organizations and funders a way to easily define the audience's role in a performance. Also included are successful participatory arts practices case studies across a range of disciplines.
Drawing on the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)’s 40 years of leadership and expertise in the arts, The Profitable Artist will guide you through five broad substantive topics that are often overlooked by artists: strategic planning, finance, law, marketing, and fundraising. Each topic area is reinforced by real-world examples and applications of the material.
To purchase, click here
· Techniques for planning your career
· Innovative fundraising for artists
· Marketing and selling your work to new audiences
· Networking strategies for a digital world
· Budgeting and financial basics made clear
· Legal requirements and terminology in plain English
The Profitable Artist compiles a wealth of information for artists of all disciplines, gathered by arts professional and NYFA through more than thirty interviews and in-depth case studies.
Edited by Peter Cobb, Susan Ball, and Felicity Hogan
Copublished by the New York Foundation for the Arts
Copublished by the New York Foundation for the Arts
Retail Price: $24.95
NYFA’s Price: $20 (plus shipping)
Cao Fei: Building "RMB City"Exclusive Episode #146: In her Beijing studio, Cao Fei discusses the inspirations, process, and challenges behind developing and building a virtual urban environment within the digital realm of Second Life for her project, "RMB City" (2007).
An-My Lê: "Trap Rock"Exclusive Episode #147: Commissioned by Dia:Beacon, artist An-My Lê makes photographs of the Trap Rock basalt quarry on the Hudson River with her large-format camera.
VISUAL ART
Missoula Art Museum Montana Triennial: 2012 Prospectus
Montana artists are invited to submit art for consideration in the Missoula Art Museum’s
Montana Triennial: 2012.
Terms: All media is eligible. The juror may request a more detailed proposal after the
initial selection process. Works must be original, produced within the last three years and never been exhibited in the Missoula area.
Eligibility: Open to artists living and working in the state of Montana. Students and nonresident Montana artists are not eligible to apply.
Application deadline: February 1, 2012 See attached PDF for more info.
PERFORMING ARTS
Showcase Application Now Open for the 2012 NW Booking Conference,
October 15-18, 2012 in Boise, Idaho
The online Juried Showcase application is nowis now open at www.artsnw.org. Apply today for consideration as a showcase artist or ensemble for the 32nd Annual Northwest Booking Conference in Boise, Idaho, October 15-18, 2012. Juried Showcases are scheduled as standalone events and constitute the heart of the conference. Showcase applications are welcomed from artists and agents across the country and internationally. To apply, login, renew or join as an Arts Northwest member and complete the online process.
Deadline to apply is March 19, 2012.
Deadline to apply is March 19, 2012.
MUSIC
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT’S AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD INITIATIVE
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Deadline: January 16, 2012. Funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, this grant opportunity from the U.S. State Department is dedicated to promoting international understanding of academic, cultural, private-sector, professional, and exchange programs across all age groups, students and educators, and emerging leaders. Winning entries will be selected based on artistic quality, commitment, and cultural engagement. All genres, styles, and cultural music are wanted to represent all spectrums of American music.
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/linktrack.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanvoices.org%2Fama
Deadline: January 16, 2012. Funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, this grant opportunity from the U.S. State Department is dedicated to promoting international understanding of academic, cultural, private-sector, professional, and exchange programs across all age groups, students and educators, and emerging leaders. Winning entries will be selected based on artistic quality, commitment, and cultural engagement. All genres, styles, and cultural music are wanted to represent all spectrums of American music.
THE ARTFUL MANAGER | WEEKLY SUMMARY a weblog on the business of arts & culture by Andrew Taylor, ataylor@artsjournal.com
IF YOU CAN'T GET ON THE RADIO, GET IN A CAB...
VICE online magazine offers a fascinating bit of music history from South Africa with a story about the rise of Kwaito house music in the 1990s via taxi cabs.
Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2011
PHOTOGRAPHY
The Annual Ernst Peterson “Photograph Montana” contest, set up to improve the conservation of the Ernst Peterson Photograph Collection - housed at the Ravalli County Museum, is back!
The contest (in its 19th year) invites photographers from all over Montana, amateur and professional alike, to showcase the “Best of Montana” photographs. During the contest, a portion of the vast Peterson collection is on display and interpreted, along with the contestants work. A modest entry fee is collected and set aside for the ongoing preservation of the collection. The deadline to get your photos in is January 28, 2012. The exhibit will be on display from February 2, 2012 – March 31, 2012. The judging and awards ceremony will take place on March 1, 2012 at 6pm.
For more information or to download a form, go to www.brvhsmuseum.org or on Facebook at: Ravalli County Museum or drop on in to the Museum at 205 Bedford, Hamilton. We can also be reached at the Museum at 406.363.3338
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