Artist Opportunities 7/16/12

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.

Visual Arts

Sourwood Gallery, Black Mountain
The Sourwood Gallery is now accepting applications for new artists.

Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: http://www.zhibit.org/sourwoodgallery

Biltmore Lake Art & Craft Festival, Biltmore Lake
The Biltmore Lake Art & Craft Festival is now accepting artists’ applications for their juried arts and crafts festival. Booth fees apply.

Deadline: September 1
For more information: http://biltmorelakeartandcraftfestival.com

Festival in the Park, Freedom Park
The 48th Annual Juried Festival is seeking artists to actively demonstrate and display their art. Booth fees apply. Cash awards.

Dates: September 21 – 23
For more information: http://www.festivalinthepark.org

Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh
The Contemporary Art Museum is now accepting submissions of contemporary artwork to be included in a Map-themed exhibition.

Deadline: August 15
For more information: http://camraleigh.org/join/submissions/

Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh
The Contemporary Art Museum is seeking graffiti artists, graphic designers, and mural artists for large scale temporary (paper) murals for Hopscotch 2012.

Deadline: August 15
For more information: http://camraleigh.org/join/submissions/

Xyience Xenergy, Las Vegas, Nev.
XenArt: The Energy of Art, a national juried art exhibition is now open to all artists over the age of 18 living in the United States.

Deadline: August 6
For more information: http://www.pitchengine.com/xyience/xyience-launches-xenart-the-energy-of-art–a-national-juried-art-exhibition

Lexington Art League, Lexington, Ky.
The Approach Exhibition is seeking submissions exploring situations of separateness and/or the search for harmony as a theme in performance art.

Deadline: September 7
For more information: http://www.lexingtonartleague.org/artists.html

The North Carolina Preservation Consortium, Durham
NCPC is seeking an artist who will donate a work of art for our state-wide fundraising raffle.  The art work can be in any medium, but must be valued at less than $5,000. Drawing held Feb.1.

Deadline: September1
For more information: http://www.ncpreservation.org/contact.html

Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir
The 27th Annual Sculpture Celebration presented by the Caldwell Arts Council and Tri State Sculptors is currently open for submissions. Entry fees; Cash awards.

Deadline: September 8
For more information: http://www.caldwellarts.com/178-sculpture-celebration/

Hanover Art Gallery, Wilmington
Hanover Art Gallery is currently reviewing submissions for the 2012–2013 exhibition calendar.

Deadline: TBD
For more information: (910) 362-7431

MyArtContest.com, (Online Art Contest)
MyArtContest.com is currently accepting submissions from all artists around the world for Landscapes 2012. Entry fee; Cash awards and prizes.

Deadline: September 30
For more information: http://myartcontest.com/submission-Landscapes.html

Literary Arts

The Malahat Review, Victoria, B.C. Canada
The Malahat Review, invites entries from Canadian, American, and overseas authors for its Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize. Entry fees. Cash award

Deadline: August 1
For more information: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/creative_non-fiction_prize/info.html

Geist, North of America, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
The Geist Erasure Poetry Contest is seeking submissions of a poem created by erasing words, letters, or punctuation from a text chosen by Geist. Entry fee; Cash awards.

Deadline: August 1
For more information: http://www.geist.com/contests/erasure

Pedestal Magazine, Charlotte
The Pedestal Magazine is accepting submissions of “themed” short fiction about Mark Nipple.

Deadline: August 13
For more information: http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/submitguidelines.php

The Women’s National Book Association, New York, N.Y.
The 1st Annual WNBA National Writing Contest is open to all emerging writers. Writers are asked to send your highest caliber work. Entry fees; Cash award and publication.

Deadline: November 1
For more information: http://www.wnba-books.org/contest

Press 53, Winston-Salem
Home of the Brave: Somewhere in the Sand is a new anthology of military short fiction focusing directly or indirectly on our country’s military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. Award: Publication

Deadline: October 1
For more information: http://press53.submittable.com/submit

Zoetrope: All Story (Online)
The Zoetrope(Online) Fiction Contest is now accepting all genres of unpublished literary fiction. Entry fee; Cash awards.

Deadline: October 1
For more information: http://www.all-story.com/contests.cgi

Rattle Poetry, Studio City, Calif.
Rattle Poetry is pleased to announce the Rattle Poetry Prize given annually for a poem. Entry fee; Cash awards and publication.

Deadline: August 1
For more information: http://www.rattle.com/poetry/prize

Gival Press, Arlington, Va.
Gival Press is pleased to announce Gival Press Short Story Award given annually for a short story. Entry fee; Cash awards and publication.

Deadline: August 8
For more information: http://www.givalpress.com

High Desert Journal, Bend, Ore.
The High Desert Journal is pleased to announce the Obsidian Prize for Poetry given annually for a poem “inspired by the West: big sky or big city.” Entry fee; Cash award and publication.

Deadline: August 15
For more information: http://www.highdesertjournal.com

Pavement Saw Press, Montpelier, Ohio
The Pavement Saw Press is pleased to announce the Transcontinental Poetry Award given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Entry fee; Cash award and publication.

Deadline: August 15
For more information: http://www.pavementsaw.org

PEN Center USA, Beverly Hills, Calif.
PEN Center USA is pleased to announce Emerging Voices Fellowships given annually to emerging poets, fiction and creative nonfiction writers from underrepresented communities, who lack access to financial and creative support. Entry fee; Fellowship and mentorship.

Deadline: August 15
For more information: http://www.penusa.org

Filmmaking

Zoetrope: All Story (Online)
The Tenth Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest is seeking and encouraging compelling film narratives to introduce the next generation of great screenwriters to today’s leading production companies and agencies.

Deadline: September 6
For more information: http://www.zoetrope.com/contests/index.cgi

Performing Arts

Rockefeller Foundation, New York, N.Y.
The Multi-Arts Production Fund (MAP Fund) provides grants for the commissioning or creation of a new work in the live performing arts.

Deadline(s): Various
For more information: http://apply.mapfund.org/guidelines.php

New York State Council on the Arts, New York, N.Y.
The Incubator Arts Project is now accepting submissions for the New Performance Series, their signature program.

Deadline: September 1
For more information: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M2JLYVV

The Awesome Foundation, Boston, Mass.
The Awesome Foundation distributes a series of monthly $1,000 grants to projects and their creators. The Foundation provides these grants with no strings attached and claims no ownership over the projects it supports.

Deadline: Monthly
For more information: http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissions/new

Chamber Music America, New York, N.Y.
Presenting Jazz provides grants to concert presenters that engage U.S.-based jazz ensembles, aiming to support the presentation of emerging or mid-career performing new works.

Deadline: October 12
For more information: http://www.chamber-music.org/programs/jazz/grants

Chamber Music America, New York, N.Y.
The Residency Partnership Program supports residency projects in which jazz, classical/contemporary and world ensemble music are presented outside traditional performance venues and in community settings.

Deadline: November 16
For more information: http://www.chamber-music.org/programs/jazz/grants#l497

Bel Canto Company, Greensboro
The 2012–2013 30th Anniversary Season Auditions are open for experienced singers with exceptional musicianship and reading skills. All voice parts are welcome to audition.

Date: July 21
For more information: www.belcantocompany.com/auditions.aspx

Downtown Center City Parking Lot Wall Mural, Concord
The City of Concord seeks a qualified artist or artist team to submit qualifications for the creation of a site-specific wall mural for a downtown parking lot wall. The budget is $10,000.

Deadline: August 1
For more information:  http://www.concordnc.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=PRtc75cKme8%3D&tabid=181&mid=654

Downtown Center City Pedestrian Walkway Murals, Concord
The City of Concord seeks a qualified artist or artist team to submit qualifications for the creation of site-specific hanging wall murals. The budget is $10,000.

Deadline: August 1
For more information: http://www.concordnc.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=QMOJZHtJfOU%3D&tabid=181&mid=654

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