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Opportunities
ABRO ETHIOPIA, International Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 16 - 29 April 2008
Embryo...
We were all once an embryo. What was the experience like? This workshop gives a chance to visual artists to feel and express the experience of finding oneself in a common womb. A WOMB-land where the early form of humankind (as an embryo) once developed, lived and scattered. Actually, an Embryo is an ongoing phenomenal process in the reproduction of various lives on the planet whether through natural or artificial means. Our workshop encourages artists from all corners of the world to exploit this special experience revisiting their fantasy on the particular question and the feeling of being on the soil of the original home of humankind, Ethiopia.
ABRO Ethiopia is seeking applications from interested artists willing to participate in a two-week workshop to take place at Asni Gallery located in the FerensayPublicPark in Addis Ababa from the 16th to the 29th of April 2008.
Applicants must:
• Be professional artists
• Be willing to work on the selected topic
• Submit an application with 6 images of their work
• Submit a C.V
• Submit a letter of intent
• Be able to provide their own airfare to and from Addis Ababa
ABRO Ethiopia will provide:
• Accommodation
• Meals
• Transport to and from the workshop venue for the duration of the workshop
* All applications must be sent to abroethiopia@gmail.com
* Closing date for application: 28 February 2008.
* Only selected artists will be contacted.
* Only selected artists will be contacted.
Braziers International Artists Workshop UK
Braziers International Artists Workshop UK
workshop dates: 3 – 19 August 2008
Closing date for applications: Monday 25 February 2008
Braziers International Artists Workshop
Established in 1995, Braziers International Artists Workshop (BIAW) is recognised as a unique and highly valued opportunity for artists wishing to examine their practice in critically engaged and global contexts.
Though Braziers provides a highly successful artistic model for creative enquiry, the success of the workshop has sometimes lead to artists creating extensions of their existing practice and the focus has often moved away from artistic risk-taking. Braziers 2008 seeks to redress these imbalances by inviting artists to work collaboratively,
to move away from their practice in terms of materials and style and to show a genuine willingness to place themselves and their practice into question; truly exploring areas of artistic and cultural uncertainty and seeking creative solutions through the collaboration, exchange and cultural/artistic dialogue that is the hallmark of the Workshop.
Braziers 2008 will ask for a high level of commitment from its members and it is recommended that potential applicants think carefully about their own expectations and willingness to take risks before they apply for this workshop experience. The structure of the workshop will be determined by the selection panel’s choice of applicants.
Further information is available on application or from the website.
braziers international artists workshop UK
www.braziersworkshop.org
max@braziersworkshop.org
Triangle Workshop, Dumbo Brooklyn
Triangle Workshop is an international two-week workshop held in Dumbo, Brooklyn. 30 inventive artists from all over the world are selected to make art in an open studio setting, a setting that stimulates vigorous exchange and dialogue among the participants. Artists are housed and fed and excellent studio space is provided. Throughout the two weeks, two panel discussions and critical dialogues are held and prominent critics and artists visit the studios and make themselves available to the participants for conversation or critiques.
The two week Triangle Workshop is an intense, high-energy experience with artists renewing critical perspectives and stimulating their practice in the company of their peers from the world over. The Workshop concludes with a festive open-studio celebration which draws hundreds of visitors each year.
A limited number of travel grants can be arranged for foreign participants. 2008 workshop dates have not been solidified but IT will take place in the month of September. Application deadline is February 15th, 2008. Contact Sarah Walko at the address and phone number below for any additional questions.
Triangle is currently located in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Sarah Walko
Executive Director
Triangle Arts Association
20 Jay Street, Suite 318
Brooklyn, NY11201
718 858 1260
www.triangleworkshop.org
ArtThrob seeks new Gauteng Editor
ArtThrob is looking for a new Gauteng Editor. The ideal applicant will have considerable art writing skills, a passion for the Gauteng scene and an ability to work to deadlines. In addition, the necessary people skills for liaising with gallery staff, curators and artists, as well as the initiative to follow compelling stories and themes. Like all ArtThrob regional editors, the Johannesburg Editor will also identify strong writers in her/his region, and periodically commission such writers to contribute to ArtThrob's monthly update.
The position is a part-time one, but nonetheless requires a consistent involvement in the Johannesburg scene. Remuneration will be discussed in detail with short-listed applicants.
If you are interested, send a CV along with at least two samples of your writing to:
editor@artthrob.co.za, copied to mng-editor@artthrob.co.za
15th German International Exhibition of Graphic Art invites submissions
2008 will mark the 15th German International Exhibition of Graphic Art, which is now held triennially. It aims to support contemporary graphic arts. The exhibition is organised by the Kunstverein zu Frechen e.V., in cooperation with the city of Frechen. Three prizes will be awarded in the amounts of E2 500, E1 500 and E1 000.
Conditions of Entry
In order to support talented young artists, the International Exhibition of Graphic Art has introduced an age limit, inviting professional artists born since 1968 to submit their work. Entries must be executed in one of the graphic arts. New graphic practices (laser printing, etc.) are as welcome as traditional printmaking techniques (woodcut, linocut, screen printing, etching, etc.). The work must demonstrate a convincing use of the medium chosen as an expressively powerful means to convey content and formal aspects, and not purely as a reproduction technique. Three-dimensional works and monoprints may be submitted as well, as long as they belong to the field of graphic art. The measures of each work (a+b+c) may not be more than 250 cm. The decisive factor is the innovative, artistic quality of the works.
Pre-selection
In the pre-selection round, an internal jury will choose the artists who will be invited to participate in the final round, which is judged by the admission jury. Entries to the pre-selection round should be submitted either as colour photos (at least 13 x 18cm) or as computer prints on A4 paper (21 x 29.7 cm). Up to four works may be submitted, and each should be clearly marked with the entrant's name, and with the work's title, year, technique, and dimensions. The completed entry form must accompany the entries. Closing date for entries is January 31
For more information:
Kunstverein zu Frechen e.V.
Kolpingplatz 1
D-50226 Frechen
Tel: 02234-16967
Fax: 02234-200775
Email:info@kunstverein-frechen.de
www.kunstverein-frechen.de
Specs journal invites submissions
Specs is a journal of contemporary culture and arts at RollinsCollege that aims to create sympathetic interfaces between artistic and critical practices. The editors invite submissions of creative and/or critical work for the annual Fall 2008 print and web issue. We seek works of fiction, non-fiction, cultural criticism, artwork, poetry, and pieces that blur genre boundaries.
The editorial board consists of writers and academics from various fields. The editors are excited by specialty, an excess of detail, fragments, narratives, meta-narratives, and more.
The deadline for poetry, creative non-fiction, fiction, and art is March 3, 2008. We accept simultaneous submissions of creative work, as long as we receive prompt notice of acceptance elsewhere. Please limit prose submissions to under 6000 words and poetry submissions to 10-12 pages.
Email submissions as word attachments to editors@specsjournal.org
Remember to include a brief cover letter indicating whether you wish to be considered for the print edition, the web edition, or both. Please be advised that colour artwork with heavy graphics will only be considered for the web edition. Artwork for the print edition is limited to black on white work (4 x 7 dimensions).
Please also indicate the type/genre of submission in the subject heading (Poetry, Fiction, etc.).
We are also seeking art, fiction, poetry, and critical work that limits itself to one-page pieces for ONE/OFF, a special interactive section of Specs. In this section, we hope to force interactions between the print and web edition.
For more information, visit:
www.specsjournal.org
Call for Entries Rijksakademie Research Residency 2009
Founded in 1870, this prestigious residency opportunity in Amsterdam hosts fifty artists from all over the world, for a maximum of two years.
…However, the Rijksakademie is more than a residency: …[it] offers a unique blend of the features of artists' residencies and research centers at the highest international level…
Residents have their own studios and access to larger project spaces. They are supported on an artistic level through studio appointments with visiting artists and other advisors, aswell as technical specialist advice on research, experiments and production.
Eligibility:
-It is advised applicants should have been working independently as artists for a number of years. Residencies taken at the Academy, 3 to 5 years after studies have had the greatest impact on artist’s practices.
Deadline for application: 1 February 2008
To download an application pack and gain further information: see website |
