Artist Opportunities 4/11/12

The N.C. Arts Council is pleased to share the following opportunities for artists that have recently been submitted to us. Please contact the organization listed if you have any questions. Artist opportunities may be submitted to Burdette.Southerland@ncdcr.gov.

Literary Arts

The Toe River Arts Council, Burnsville
The Scholarship for the Arts announces the availability of art scholarships each spring. Awards are given to a graduating high school senior or an adult continuing their education from Yancey or Mitchell counties pursuing a higher education degree majoring in any of the arts or arts education.

Deadline: April 27
For more information: http://www.toeriverarts.org/education.shtml

Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, N.Y.
Chautauqua Institution’s literary journal is offering a contest for flash fiction, micro essay, prose, and poems. The theme is “Journeys and Pilgrimages.” Submit up to two pieces, 750 word maximum. Entry fees apply.

Deadline: April 15
For more information: http://www.ciweb.org/contest-information/

Gertrude Press
Each year Gertrude Press publishes two chapbooks: one fiction and one poetry. Gertrude Press will also turn the winning chapbook into EPUB and MOBI files. Entry fees apply. Award is $100, publication, and 50 contributor copies.

Deadline: April 15
For guidelines: http://www.gertrudepress.org/contest-guidelines

Willow Springs Editions, Spokane, Wash.
Willow Springs Editions is pleased to announce the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. All U.S. authors, regardless of publication history, are eligible. There is no maximum page count and stories may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, or limited edition volumes. Entry fee applies. Award: $2,000 and publication.

Deadline: April 16
For more information: http://willowsprings.ewu.edu/spokaneprize.php

New Letters, Kansas City, Mo.
New Letters announces the New Letters Poetry Award, the Dorothy Churchill Cappon Essay Award, and the Alexander Patterson Cappon Fiction Award. Entries in fiction and essay are not to exceed 8,000 words. Poetry entries may contain up to six poems. Multiple entries are welcome with appropriate fees. Entry fees apply.

Deadline: May 18
For more information: http://www.newletters.org/awards.asp

Backwaters Press, Omaha, Neb.
The poetry book contest is open to original poetry in English (no translations). Previously published work is acceptable. Award: $1,000, publication.

Deadline: May 31
For more information: http://www.thebackwaterspress.org/submissions/

The New Guard, Portland, Maine
The New Guard announces the Machigonne Fiction Contest and the Knightville Poetry Contest. For the fiction contest the entries can be anything from flash to a long story, up to 7,500 words. Novel excerpts are welcome if the manuscript functions as a stand-alone story. For the poetry contest submit three poems per entry—up to 300 lines per poem. Entry fees apply. Award: $1,000 (each genre) and publication.

Deadline: June 18
For more information: http://newguardreview.com/

The Kenyon Review, Gambier, Ohio
The Kenyon Review announces a competition for a first or second collection of poems by an indigenous writer. Poets who have published no more than one book of poems are eligible to enter. Award: $1,000, publication and reading at Kenyon College.

Deadline: August 31
For more information: Visit, http://www.kenyonreview.org/contests/earthworks-prize/

Visual /Crafts

Dave Bown Projects
The 4th Semiannual Competition is open to all visual artists who are 18 years of age or older. All styles and media are eligible. Early entries are encouraged. Previewing will occur on a daily and weekly basis by Dave Bown Projects as submissions are received. Entry fee applies. Prize: $10,000.

Deadline: June 30
For more information: http://davebownprojects.com or contact info@davebownprojects.com.

440 Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
440 Gallery is hosting a juried theme exhibition, From Mice to Monsters: Illustrations for Children that will feature children’s book illustrations, published or unpublished, and any work which focuses on children as an audience. All artists who currently reside or work in the U.S. are eligible to apply. Open to all media: paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, prints, mixed and new media, as long as the content appeals to children. Entry fee applies.

Deadline: May 10
For more information: http://www.440gallery.com/

Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle Public Utilities, and Seattle Parks & Recreation, Seattle, Wash.
Open to professional artists residing in the U.S. to develop site-integrated artwork for the Lower Maples Creek project in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood.

Deadline: Friday, May 18
For more information: https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=978

Creek Walk Arts Festival, Bakersville
The 8^th annual Creek Walk Arts Festival is seeking local and regional fine artists for this year’s show. The jurying committee requires three images of your work and one of your booth set-up. Entry Fees apply. More than $2,000 in cash awards.

Early deadline: May 1; Late Deadline: July 1
For more information: www.creekwalkfestival.com

The Gallery at Main Street, Knoxville, Tenn.
An exhibition entitled “Graced with Floral” is open to living artists 18 years or older, regardless of geographic location. The exhibition will feature floral art exclusively. Work must be original, completed after March 31, 2009 and must fall in the following categories: watercolors, prints, oils (soft floral), stained glass, acrylics, quilts, and pottery.

Deadline: April 26
For more information: http://www.galleryatmain.com.

Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh
Scope, the North Carolina Landscape is open to all living artists. A maximum of two works of any medium, per artist may be submitted. All works must be original and completed within the last two years. The show is open to two and three dimensional works of art. Scope will feature interpretations of the varied North Carolina landscape by artists across the state. Entry fees applies. Cash awards.

Deadline: May 1
For more information: http://visualartexchange.org/2012/03/scope-the-nc-landscape-2/

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Jupiter, Fla.
A juried competition around the theme of “Nature” is schedule in April. The gallery invites all 2D artists regardless of where they reside, experience or education to send your best interpretation of the theme “Nature” by depicting the physical world. Winners receive worldwide publicity.

Deadline: April 28
For more information: http://www.lightspacetime.com

Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Ga.
The 32nd Annual National Juried Fine Art Competition is open to all U.S. artists ages 18 and older working in the following media: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and mixed media. Entry fee applies. Cash awards.

Deadline: June 1
For more information: http://www.ghia.org/files/SOP_Prospectus_2012.pdf.

Davidson County Community College, Davidson
The fall exhibition is open to artists 18 years and older. Only original work is accepted, in all styles of 2-D and 3-D media. No nudes or imagery with overt religious or sociopolitical themes will be considered. Not for sale work is acceptable.

Deadline: July1
For more information: barbcul@aol.com

Western Wake Artists’ Studio Tour, Apex
The tour is open to professional artists working in Western Wake County. In addition to painting and works on paper, textiles, pottery, photography, sculpture, jewelry, mixed media, stained glass, metal works, are accepted. Original works only. Entry fee applies.

Deadline: May 7
For more information: www.wwast.org or  http://www.wwast.org/uploads/5/9/4/5/5945585/2012_new_artist_application.pdf.

The Hillsborough Arts Council, Hillsborough
Booths are available for arts and crafts vendors during Last Friday events running on the last Friday of each month from April 30 through September.

Deadline: April 15
For more information: http://hillsboroughartscouncil.org/LastFridaysVendors.html or call (919) 643-2500.

Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, Ore.
Caldera Arts Center has announced a call for applications for its 2013 Artist in Residence program. To apply for a residency, artists must submit a formal application available for download or through an online submission manager. Entry fee applies.

Deadline: June 15
To apply go to: www.calderaarts.org/caldera/arts-in-residence/application/

Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh
Open to all Visual Art Exchange members working in any medium. Sculpture and jewelry artists will be considered separately from two-dimensional artists. Artists who would like to be considered for both 2D and 3D work must submit two separate applications. Entry fee applies.

Deadline: May 1
For more information: http://visualartexchange.org/galleries/exchange-gallery/how-to-apply-to-the-exchange-gallery

Rapid City Arts Council, Rapid City, S.D.
The Main Street Square Sculpture Project is open to local, national and international artists. There will be a three part selection process. Initially semi-finalists will be asked to submit actual proposals. Finalists will each receive $10,000 to prepare and present their ideas.

Deadline: April 12
For more information: www.CallForEntry.org or admin@wyssassociates.com.

Film / Video

No Time Left
A short film competition for fiction (documentaries are excluded) from 3 to 12 minutes maximum and produced between January 2000 and today. Short Film must deal with one of the eight themes. The files should be sent along with the title, synopsis containing the theme, by email to notimeleft.2015@gmail.com. Prizes awarded.

Deadline: May 4
For more information: http://www.notimeleft.org/p/le-concours.html

Performing Arts

The X Factor Auditions
Open to solo singers, girl groups, duos, boy bands or vocal groups. The competition is open to everyone that is 12 years old and above for all types of music from pop to hip-hop.

Deadline: May 1st (Greensboro) May 10th (Providence)
For more information: Visit, www.thexfactorusa.com or call Grace Kim
The X Factor Associate Producer at (818) 748-1332

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, New York, N.Y.
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) announces a call for proposals for the Guest Artist Initiative Program, a grant program for American colleges and universities to fund and facilitate the hiring of professional stage directors and choreographers as guest artists.

Deadline: May 14
For more information: www.sdcweb.org and http://sdcfoundation.wordpress.com

Stella Adler Studio of Acting, New York, N.Y.
Stella Adler Studio of Acting supports an emerging playwright by producing one play in its season by the playwright in residence with the Harold Clurman Playwright-in-Residence program. Resident playwrights receive a $1,000 stipend and have access to the studio’s space, members of the Clurman Lab Theatre Company, and student actors for readings and workshops.

Deadline: April 30
For guidelines: http://www.stellaadler.com/cultural-center/playwrights-division

Lebanon Community Theatre, Lebanon, Pa.
The theatre is seeking scripts from playwrights of all ages and experience levels. Each winner will receive $100 cash prize, a season ticket for LCT’s 2013 season, production of the play on the LCT stage, a DVD of the production, and the opportunity to cast and direct the play if the playwright wishes, centered around this year’s theme, “Blame it on the…”

Deadline: April 30
For more information: http://www.lct.cc/PlayWriteContest.htm, or email:  contest@lct.cc.

Public Art

City of Tampa Public Art Program, Tampa, Fla.
The I-4 Selmon Expressway Connector Project seeks an artist to create an artwork suitable for transferring into a banner/mural in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation.  This project is open to visual artists with experience executing their ideas from concept to completion and in the public realm with public agencies. Photographers, graphic artists, mixed media/collage artists, painters are encouraged to apply. The budget is $5,000.

Deadline: April 13
For more information:  http://www.tampagov.net/dept_art_programs/information_resources/Call_to_artists/index.asp

Scottsdale Public Art Program, Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Scottsdale Public Art Program is accepting statement of qualifications from artists for an opportunity to create artwork punctuating right-of-way and hardscape opportunities surrounding a new roundabout at Northsight and Hayden Road. Project budget is $28,000.

Deadline: April 20
For more Information: http://www.scottsdalepublicartblog.org/calls-to-artists.html

Scottsdale Public Art Program, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Statements of qualifications from artists to join a City of Scottsdale design team starting summer 2012 to produce a master plan for design of a multi-use path along the Arizona Canal are being accepted. In Phase 1, the artist and the design team will scope and provide a budget for the public art. During the subsequent phase, the team will produce construction documents to incorporate the identified public art opportunities along this two-mile segment. Project budget for the initial Master Planning Phase is $6,000; total project budget is approximately $150,000.

Deadline: April 20
For more Information: http://www.scottsdalepublicartblog.org/calls-to-artists.html

The City of Norfolk, Norfolk, Va.
The City of Norfolk Public Art Summer Program seeks to hire three professional artists to work with student artists to create public artwork through the Summer Emerging Leader program. Lead artists are expected to work on location with their teams from July 9^th through August 17th. Salary is $25 per hour for the six week on-site artwork creation and for additional project preparation time.

Deadline: April 20
For more information: www.norfolk.gov and apply for “recreation activity instructor.”

City of Dallas Public Art Program, Dallas, Texas
The City of Dallas’ Public Art Program requests statement of qualifications from professional artists and/or artist teams to work with the city and the community to create a large-scale mural for the concrete retaining walls at the Jefferson Street Viaduct for the Oak Cliff Mural Project. The murals should celebrate themes that relate to the community of Oak Cliff, taking inspiration from the people, history, landmarks, and overall creative spirit of this vibrant Dallas neighborhood. Total budget for the project is $50,000.

Deadline: April 20
For more information: http://www.dallasculture.org/opportunities.asp

The City of Norfolk, Norfolk, Va.
The City of Norfolk seeks to commission or purchase existing artwork for temporary display at the Norfolk Fitness & Wellness Center on an existing concrete pad. Lively sculpture and ideas that exemplify fitness and healthy lifestyles are wanted that will engage and inspire the people who use the facility. Project funds for this exterior artwork are $3,000.

Deadline: April 25
For more information: http://www.norfolk.gov/cultural_affairs/artists_opportunities.asp

The City of Norfolk, Norfolk, Va.
The City of Norfolk is asking artists to propose public art projects. This is not the typical commission that is specific to an already selected site. In this Call for Artists everything is coming from the artist—the location, the concept, the inspiration. Project funds are up to $12,000.

Deadline: April 25
For more information: http://www.norfolk.gov/cultural_affairs/artists_opportunities.asp

Fort Worth Art Commission, Fort Worth, Texas
The Fort Worth Art Commission invites artists to submit qualifications for potential inclusion in the Fort Worth Public Art (FWPA) Pre-Qualified Public Artist List, the primary resource for artist selection for most City of Fort Worth public art projects. This is open to all practicing artists 18 and older working in any media who reside in the United States.

Deadline: April 25
For more information: callforentry.org

City of Emeryville, Emeryville, Calif.
The City of Emeryville invites artists and design professionals to submit qualifications for a public art project at Point Emery, an undeveloped site on the San Francisco Bay. The project presents opportunity for artists to engage in creative place making by means of an environmental installation, earthwork, sculpture or inter- disciplinary approach that will celebrate the geography and ecology of this location. Project budget is $100,000.

Deadline: April 27
For more information: http://ca-emeryville.civicplus.com/bids.aspx

Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Mo.
Charlotte Street Foundation announces its pilot curatorial residency program for two terms, fall 2012 and spring 2013. The program will provide the opportunity for one curator per term to engage with Kansas City’s emerging arts community. Curators selected will receive a $7,500 stipend per term to cover living, programming, and travel costs during the four to five month terms.

Deadline: April 30
For more information: http://www.charlottestreet.org/2012/03/new-curatorial-residencies/

Portland International Airport, Portland, Ore.
The Port of Portland is requesting statements of qualifications from artists or artist teams capable of creating a work of public art in a subterranean pedestrian tunnel at the Portland International Airport. This opportunity is open to all professional artists over the age of 18. The project budget is $500,000.

Deadline: May 1
For more information: http://www.racc.org/resources/request-qualifications-rfq-port-portland-public-art-opportunity

Metro Nashville Arts Council, Nashville, Tenn.
Metro Nashville Arts Commission is soliciting artists to design, fabricate and install artwork(s) at a newly constructed roundabout for the KVB Roundabout Project. The project budget allocates for one artwork or multiple, related artworks. The public art project is open to established professional artists with a minimum of two years professional experience and experience with commissioned work budgets of at least $500,000. Project budget is $750,000.

Deadline: May 4
For more information: https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=969&sortby=fair_name&apply=yes.

Jacksonville Aviation Authority and International Airport, Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville Aviation Authority and Jacksonville International Airport are seeking artists to develop and submit site specific artwork proposals for the focal point of the main terminal courtyard, the airport’s most heavily traveled area. This project is open to all professional artists with no geographic restrictions. Project budget is $75,000.

Deadline: May 11
For more information: http://www.flyjax.com/BidStatusReport.aspx

Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
Weber State University is requesting artist, landscape architect/ team qualifications for the redesign of the Ora R. “Dick” & Edna Ione Hall Sculpture Garden. This project is open to resident American or U.S. legal resident professional landscape architects and professional artist/artist teams. Project budget is $150,000.

Deadline: June 1
For more information: http://dova.weber.edu/indexpdfs/HallRFQ.pdf

Public Art League, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
The Public Art League is seeking artists to participate in a Sculpture Exhibition to be installed in the metro area to provide an identity for a cultural arts district. Artists selected will receive a $1,500 honorarium per artwork for a two year lease agreement. The Sculpture Exhibition is open to all professional visual artists, aged 18 and older, with public art experience that is commensurate with this exhibition’s scope and budget.

Deadline: June 8
For more information: publicartleague@gmail.com.

ArtInPlace, Charlottesville, Va.
ArtInPlace invites artists to submit large sculptures for one year installations along area highways or new pedestrian greenway. This is open to artists working independently or in a collaborative group. A $1,500 stipend is awarded to each of 10 selected artists.

Deadline: July 1
For more information: www.artinplace.org

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