Creativity: Worlds in the Making
A National Symposium at Wake Forest University
March 18 – 20, 2009
Wake Forest University - Winston-Salem, NC, USA

An Initiative from the Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts
and the Program for Creativity and Innovation (PCI)

Call for Submissions: Deadline October 1, 2008

For more information please email: creativity@wfu.edu
or contact Lynn Book, Director of PCI, bookl@wfu.edu

Long March Project

JCES

Open Society Institute Invites Proposals for Moving Walls Documentary Photography Exhibition

Deadline: December 5, 2008

The Open Society Institute invites photographers and artists to submit a proposal and completed body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 16 group exhibition. The exhibition series is intended to present an artistic interpreta- tion of the obstacles -- such as political oppression, economic instability, and racism -- that society often erects, and the struggles to tear those barriers down. Since its inception in 1998, Moving Walls has featured nearly 100 photographers whose work addresses a variety of social justice and human rights issues that coincide with OSI's mission.

Details

Job Title: Youth Development Program Coordinator
Part-Time 25 hours/week
Monday-Friday,1-6pm
Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Details: education@cccadi.org. Put UBP Job Search in the subject line.

I posted the following on The Association of Teaching Artists listserv yesterday. I am sending this to get the word out and to encourage you to write a one page letter to be included.

Members of the ATA Listserv,

This afternoon a young artist from New York City called me about how
to get started as a Teaching Artist. I receive quite a few e-mails and
calls every month from artists from a wide geographical range asking
this same question. I always refer the New York State artists to the
listserv, to other resources on www.teachingartists.com, to regional
Arts In Education roundtables, to professional development offerings
that come through the listserv. Today I knew the artist was asking for
more, along the lines of "Can you support yourself working as a
Teaching Artist," "What is essential to know," and "What is necessary
to succeed."

Since I greatly admire Rainier Maria Rilke's "Letters To A Young Poet"
and have read Jonathan Kozol's "Letters To A Young Teacher," I thought
"Letters To A Young Artist" might be exactly the forum for a resource
for artists who are both considering and starting out on a career path
as a Teaching Artist.

I am asking you to contribute a letter to "Letters To A Young Artist."
I think it would make a great publication, and I certainly know it is
needed! Too often we, as Teaching Artists, don't take the time to pass
on what we know and what we have learned from our work. Please include
personal anecdotes. We have a wealth of experience that so often gets
overlooked in the hurly burly of getting jobs, our own work, attending
conferences, standards, keeping up with funding, etc.

I am asking you to consider writing a one page letter to a young
artist so together we will have an ATA publication by and for Teaching
Artists. Please e-mail me your letters ddavis@teachingartists.com

Thank you!

Dale

Dale Davis
Executive Director
The Association of Teaching Artists

ddavis@teachingartists.com
www.teachingartists.com

Common Weal Community Arts Inc., in partnership with the North Central Community Association, is seeking a community-minded Artist in Residence for one year, starting in September of 2008. The Artist in Residence will spend 50% of the allotted time responding to the community's needs for development in the arts and for the remainder of the time, will pursue his/ her own independent art practice. The artist will be paid a salary of $30,000, plus benefits.

For more go here:

GENEVA (AFP) - A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again, the museum said Monday.

The art work, titled "Complex S(expletive)", is the size of a house. The wind carried it 200 metres (yards) from the Paul Klee Centre in Berne before it fell back to Earth in the grounds of a children's home, said museum director Juri Steiner.

The inflatable turd broke the window at the children's home when it blew away on the night of July 31, Steiner said. The art work has a safety system which normally makes it deflate when there is a storm, but this did not work when it blew away.

Steiner said McCarthy had not yet been contacted and the museum was not sure if the piece would be put back on display.

"Flying dog poo art causes museum chaos in Switzerland "

Open position: DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, POS 234

Position Description:
The Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP) was founded to enable Columbia College Chicago (CCC) to more fully realize the College’s commitment to make itself a vital part of its community and to better prepare students to “author the culture of our time”. CCAP is charged with creating an infrastructure through which the College’s faculty, students and administration can develop meaningful relationships with community residents. The Center for Community Arts Partnerships Development Manager reports directly to the CCAP Executive Director.

Position Summary:
The Development Manager oversees and implements fundraising on behalf of CCAP. The Development Manager works closely with the Office of Institutional Advancement to ensure coordination of prospect management and open communication regarding solicitation and stewardship activities. In collaboration with other CCAP and CCC staff, the Development Manager prepares and submits grant proposals and reports. The Development Manager takes a lead role in identifying new prospects for CCAP programs, and is responsible for maintaining and increasing the current budget of approximately $3.2 million. S/he must create an effective and multi-faceted development program and provide excellent donor recognition and stewardship. S/he works closely with the Executive Director of CCAP to insure fundraising objectives are mission-driven, clear, attainable, and periodically evaluated.

For more go here:

It's called Manifest Hope, and it's a new Obama art contest for 2D and 3D art, from painting to photography to sculpture. The winners will be shown at the Manifest Hope Gallery online and in Denver during the Democratic convention alongside works from dozens of established and influential artists. The final submissions deadline is August 18th at 11:59 a.m. ET.

If you think you might want to enter, or want updates on the contest, please let us know here.

Deadline: August 15 and March 15, Annually (Letters of Inquiry)

Funding from the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation ( http://efgfoundation.com/ ) is currently available to support direct costs for catalogues and other publications accompanying contemporary art exhibitions and projects, especially those supporting emerging and underrecognized artists and produced by smaller organizations outside the nation's cultural centers. Limited funds are also available for publications related to the grantee organization and its programs or collections.

The foundation does not provide grants for individuals, general operating expenses, capital campaigns, endowment funds, or proj- ects supporting the work of deceased artists and prefers one-time special projects that are originated by the applying organization. Requests for projects that take place within a year of the request will be given priority consideration. Applicant organizations must have current tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code.

Grant amounts typically range from $5,000 to $20,000.

Proposals for funding are reviewed semi-annually, in the spring and fall. Letters of Inquiry are required before submission of a complete proposal.

Redneck Art

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation announces the release of guidelines for the 2009-2010 cycle of Artists & Communities, a program that offers support for long-term residencies developed collaboratively by visiting artists with host nonprofit organizations to conduct community-based creative projects.

Artists & Communities provides opportunities for professional artists to collaborate with nonprofit organizations in projects that result in the creation of new work and involve members of the host community in the artistic process. Artists and nonprofit organizations from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia are eligible to participate in the program.

The 2009-2010 Artists & Communities guidelines can be downloaded online. The deadline for the applications is December 1, 2008 for projects taking place between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010.

Guidelines

Details

Scope:
Reporting to the board of directors, this position provides leadership in a variety of areas including: strategic planning, human resources development, management and support, board support, policy development, fund development and financial management, partnership development and internal/external communications.

Education and Experience:

-Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree or a relevant area and a minimum of 3 years of related arts management experience;
-Demonstrated leadership and management skills in the not-for profit sector;
-Demonstrated experience and knowledge of community development processes and community-engaged art practices
-Demonstrated experience developing funding proposals, conducting evaluation and establishing organizational benchmarks;
-Bookkeeping and accounting knowledge;
-General understanding of Macintosh Environment and Office Software;

Salary Range
$35 000.00 - $40 000.00
-Benefit package provide after compulsory probation period.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae/resume and references by August 25, 2008 to

By mail:
Elwood Jimmy, Executive Director
Common Weal Community Arts Inc.
2431 8th Avenue
Regina SK S4R 5J7

By e-mail:
gm@commonweal-arts.com

For more information, please refer to our website at www.commonweal-arts.com.orwarded from Common Weal Community Arts: