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Opportunities
Ekurhuleni
National Fine Arts Award
Artists’ with
a valid South African I.D. booklet are eligible to enter
Ekurhuleni National Fine Arts
Award.
Entry
Dates and Venues:
Coen Scholtz Recreation
Centre Mooifontein Road,
Birchleigh North, Kempton Park
9:00 – 19:00 – 29, 30, 31 May 2007
Springs Gallery cnr
5th & 6th
Ave, Springs
9:00 – 16:00 – 29 & 30 May 2007
Katlehong
Art Centre 203 Sontonga
Street, Phooko
Section, Katlehong
9:00 – 16:00 -29 May 2007
Barry de Villiers Art
Gallery Boksburg Library
Building,
Trichardt Street,
Boksburg
9:00 – 16:00 – 30 May 2007
An
entry fee of R50.00 per artwork is payable on entering an
artwork into the competition.
Official
Opening and Prize giving Ceremony:
Date: 23 June 2007
Time: 18:00
Venue: Coen Scoltz
Recreation Centre
Prizes:
First Prize: R30
000.00
Ekurhuleni Prize: R20 000.00
Four Media Specific Merit Prizes: R5 000
2007
PPC Young Concrete Sculptor Awards
South
Africa's leading cement
producer, PPC Cement, would like to invite all artists 'young'
in the art of sculpting to participate in the 2007 PPC Young
Concrete Sculptor Awards. The competition is open to sculptors
who are 18 years and older, or who have no formal training
and have recently become acquainted with concrete as a medium.
Prize
money of R20 000 will be awarded to the winner of each of
the two equally important categories: Best Sculptor on exhibition;
and Technical Excellence in Concrete Sculpture.
R7 500 will be awarded
to the runners up in each category and a R2 500 merit award
will be awarded in each category.
Further information
and entry forms may be obtained from either Beth Harris
at PPC Cement, Sandton,
Tel: (011) 386 9095
Fax:(011)386 9108
beth.harris@ppc.co.za
or
Nandi
Hilliard at Association of Arts Pretoria,
Tel: (012) 346 3100
Fax:
(012) 346 3125
www.artsassociationpta.co.za
Photographic entries
for pre-selection are due by September 20 while chosen works
for final judging need to be submitted by October 24. The
official prize-giving ceremony and opening of the two week
exhibition will take place at the Association of Arts Pretoria
on October 13
Invitation
to Apply for Triangle Residency Fellowship Programme
in Vermont
The
Vermont Studio Center (VSC) is pleased to announce the 3rd
Annual VSC/Triangle Residency Fellowships Program for Artists
from the Middle East and Africa,
funded by the Ford Foundation and administered in conjunction
with the Triangle New York network of workshops and residencies.
All Middle Eastern and African artists are welcome to apply
for the three (3) available awards; however, artists who
have previously won one of the Ford/Triangle/VSC awards
are ineligible. Each Fellowship includes an 8-week Residency
at the Vermont
Studio Center
in September and October of 2007, followed by a one-week
cultural trip to New York City
museums and galleries hosted by Triangle New
York. For the Vermont
residency component, each award includes individual studio
space, housing, meals, a roundtrip travel stipend, traveler’s
insurance, materials and shipping allowances, and a daily
living stipend.
Application forms
and further information can be found at www.vermontstudiocenter.org/triangle.
Application materials must be received at the Studio Center
by June 15, 2007.
Vermont
Studio Center
PO Box 613
Johnson, VT
USA
05656
Tel: + 802-635-2727
Fax: +802-635-2730
triangle@vermontstudiocenter.org
2nd
international ‘art in the forest’ workshop in
Nairobi Kenya 2007
The
forest workshop has various objectives. Firstly, to invite
the Kenyan public to “re-look” at the issue
of deforestation and our loss of wilderness sites and to
re-ignite our desire to keep these sites healthy and alive.
Secondly, to challenge Kenyan artists to work in a completely
different and new environment which may make them and the
public question their ideas on art. Kuona trust is seeking
applications from interested artists willing to take part
in a two week workshop in the Ngong
forest sanctuary in Nairobi
from the 17th September to the 29th of September 2007
Applicants must
be professional artists
be willing to work
on nature related themes while in the forest using found
materials
submit an application
with 6 image of their work
submit a c.v
submit
a letter of intent
be
able to provide their own airfare to and from Nairobi
have medical and
travel insuarance
Kuona will provide
accommodation while
you are in Nairobi
free meals for the
two weeks
transport for the
duration of the workshop
All applications
must reach Michael soi on smichael@kuonatrust.org by July
1st 2007 at 4 pm
Call
for Entries: Edward Ruiz Mentorship
The Market Photo
Workshop, in association with AngloGold Ashanti, is proud to announce
the third edition of the Edward Ruiz Mentorship.
The Edward Ruiz Mentorship
awards an emerging photographer the opportunity to mentored
by a leading photography professional, and produce a body
of work for exhibition.
The Mentorship:
The mentorship is designed to create ‘momentum’
to launch a promising photographer’s career in photography.
Mentor
appointed in consultation with Market Photo Workshop.
Work must be done
within the borders of South Africa.
Exhibition must be
premiered at the Market Photo Workshop gallery.
Photographer
must be available to complete the project by the end of
2007.
To apply:
Applicants must provide:
A comprehensive CV,
with full contact details
An existing portfolio,
12-20 photographs
100-200 words on
existing work to explain photography vision
Project Proposal
(one page, 300 words)
All
applications can be received electronically.
Project proposal
should address the following areas:
The focus, meaning
and intention of the project
Why do you think
your project is important?
How do you envisage
managing your project from start to finish (planning, permissions,
photographing, printing, exhibition, etc)?
Selection of a candidate:
By
a panel of judges appointed by the Advisory Board of the
Market Photo Workshop.
Candidates
may be requested to come for an interview and/or to clarify
and present their proposal.
The judges need to
be satisfied that the proposal from the candidate/s has
merit; that the candidate will be able to manage the project
and that he/she is likely to derive lasting benefits from
the mentorship.
Scope of the grant:
The grant of R30,000
will enable the successful photographer to produce and exhibit
a body of work and will assist with:
the purchase of necessary
supplies and materials for production and exhibition
some travel
research
Timeframe:
Deadline
for applications is 18 July 2007
Only
successful applicants will be informed by email no later
than 30 Jul 2006.
The
candidate must begin work soon thereafter.
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