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Call for Artists The Hyde Park ArtScene midsummer festival is seeking artists to sell their hand-made works. Logan Square, Hyde Park’s main business district, comes alive with street games, performers, dance, and music on Saturday July 28, 2012, 4pm – 9pm. Learn more.

Painters The Rhode Island Watercolor Society is currently accepting submissions for their 19th annual watercolor competition. Learn more.
Deadline: July 15, 2012

Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Printmaking The Berkshire Taconic Foundation is currently accepting grant applications from mid-career artists with financial need. Learn more.
Deadline: August 1, 2012

Visual, Media, Performance, Sound Artists The seARTS Partner with an Artist Program is now accepting applications. The program supports artists and encourages creative new work that connects to the local community and that will attract residents and visitors to explore and enjoy the Cultural District. Five $1,500 grants will be awarded. Learn more.
Deadline: August 3, 2012

Playwrights The Yale Drama Series is currently accepting original, unpublished, full-length plays written in English for the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000. The winner will receive publication of the manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Lincoln Center Theater. No translations, musicals, or children’s plays.  Learn more.
Deadline: August 15, 2012

Poets Bauhan Publishing is now accepting submissions for the 2012 May Sarton New Hampshire Book Prize. Entrants may reside anywhere in the world, but must write in English. The winner receives $1000, book publication, and 100 copies of the published book. Learn more.
Deadline: August 31, 2012 (postmarked)

Media or Technology-Based Work Proposals for exhibitions of media or technology-based work are reviewed twice a year. Response time is generally 6-9 months. Please do not call The Kitchen regarding your proposal. You will be notified by mail. Proposals should include the following: project description, CVs or resumes, work documentation in the form of JPEGS or links to a URL (do not send more than 5 JPEGS, and relevant press materials). Send your proposal to: submissions@thekitchen.org

Upcoming: Creative Economy Listening Tour and Focus Groups Schedule. The meetings will help guide the future priorities of the Massachusetts Creative Economy Council.

Live/Work Space The town of Framingham is reaching out to artists and creative professionals looking for residential alternatives to Boston and Cambridge. They have a financial assistance program for home buyers with low or moderate incomes. Learn more.

Image credit: Public domain image of vintage postcard of Uncle Sam with exploding fireworks.

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This Just In: The submission deadline for the Iron Ranger Painting Program has been extended to July 9, 2012. Learn more.

Purchase Award Working Artist Org offers monthly purchase awards to help serious artists keep working. Open to all artists including sculptors, installation, mixed media, video, and performance from all countries. Learn more.
Deadline: June 30, 2012

Call to Artists The Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition is currently accepting entries for an exhibition (September 18- October 6, 2012) at Ames Mansion Museum, Borderland State Park, North Easton, MA. All media excepted. Color catalogue. Juror: Christine Neill. Artist, Professor of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art. $2000 awards. Learn more.
Deadline: July 7, 2012

Call to Artists Entries are now being accepted for Sustaining/Creating, a national juried exhibition of emerging artists. The call is open to artists ages 16–25 living in the United States who have a disability. As defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, a disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. Previous award recipients are not eligible to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: July 8, 2012

Call to Artists TransCultural Exchange is inviting their original project artists and newcomers to make, contribute, and take-away an art work at Toronto’s 2012 Culture Works Festival, which is part of the BIG on Bloor Festival. TransCultural Exchange’s launched one of the largest democratic, global art projects in the world: The Coaster Project, Destination: The World. Learn more.
Deadline: July 10, 2012

Furniture Artist The John D. Mineck Foundation has created a fellowship to encourage and support a young-in-career furniture artist looking to fulfill an apprenticeship, develop their own skills, and/or make the transition to independence. Administered by The Society of Arts and Crafts, a $25,000 fellowship is awarded annually to one artist. Learn more.
Deadline: July 16, 2012

Poetry, Creative Nonfiction Common Ground Review seeks submissions for their Fall/Winter 2012 issue. Send 3–5 poems, 61 lines max, and/or creative non-fiction (12 pages max) with SASE. Learn more.
Deadline: August 31, 2012

Poets Entries are now being accepted for the May Swenson Poetry Award. Winning manuscript receives $1,000 plus publication by Utah State University Press. Full-length poetry collection in English; no restrictions on form or subject. Learn more.
Deadline: September 30, 2012 (postmark)

Exhibition Proposals The Indianapolis Art Center is currently seeking proposals for their 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. Proposals will be reviewed on a rotating basis as they are received, and may retain proposals for upwards of 3 years for consideration. Proposals should include the following items on a CD or DVD: an artist statement, not to exceed 1 page, a resume or biography, 12–15 images of individual works (details may be included), and a list with title, media, size, and year completed for each image. Videos of performance work may also be included. Learn more.
Deadline: December 31, 2012

Image credit: Daguerreotype portrait of James Rossi and William Bennett, equestrian performers. Photographer unknown. Date unknown. Harvard Theatre Collection (TC-93).

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Free Grants Workshop The Business of the Arts: An Insider’s Guide to Grants for Visual Arts, this coming Thursday, June 14, 2012 from 8:30am to 10:30am at the Enterprise Center at Salem State University. Learn more.

Boston Artists and Poets The Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events is currently seeking artwork and poetry from Boston based artists and poets. Their goal is to create a dialogue between the literary and visual arts in Boston. The theme for the exhibition will be Impressions of Boston. Each poem chosen will be paired up with a chosen painting, photograph or small sculpture. Learn more.
Deadline: June 20, 2012

Call for Artists The 13th annual Arlington Open Studios (October 13/14, 2012, noon-5pm) is seeking artists in all media to fill 80+ spots in the Arlington Center for the Arts building. There is no residency requirement. Learn more.
Deadline: July 6, 2012

Residency for Visual, Performing or Literary Artists The Zion National Park Artist in Residence program offers professional artists the opportunity to live and work in the desert environment of southern Utah for a period of one month. This call for artists applies to four sessions: February 4 – March 3 2013, April 1 – 28, 2013, September 2-29, 2013, October 14-November 10, 2013. Learn more.
Deadline: July 20, 2012

Visual Artists The Boxford Town Library is currently accepting drawing or painting entries for their art contest Between the Covers. They are interested in images that celebrate the book. Learn more.
Deadline: August 24, 2012

Poets Silverfish Review Press sponsors the Gerald Cable Book Award. This prize is awarded annually to a book length manuscript of original poetry by an author who has not yet published a full-length collection. There are no restrictions on the kind of poetry or subject matter; translations are not acceptable. Winners will receive $1000, publication, and 25 copies of the book. The winner will be announced in March 2013. Learn more.
Deadline: October 15, 2012 (postmarked)

Poets The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is an annual award for an unpublished book-length collection of poetry in English. The purpose of the T. S. Eliot Prize is to publish and promote contemporary English-language poetry, regardless of a poet’s nationality, reputation, stage in career, or publication history. Truman State University Press offers $2,000 and publication of the winning collection. Learn more.
Deadline: October 31, 2012

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“Please hold the line while we numb your mind with musak.”

Choreographers Green Street Studios announces the Winter 2012 cycle of its Emerging Artists Award Program. This program is designed to provide infrastructure for choreographers, to create new work, and to provide deep, ongoing mentorship between experienced and early-to-mid-career choreographers. Learn more. Questions: 617-864-3191 or info@greenstreetstudios.org.
Deadline: November 11, 2011

Call to Artists Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Downtown Boston Holiday Market. Learn more. Questions: mtesta@bostonbid.org or 617-482-1928.
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis as received.

Professional Development: ARTmorpheus is offering classes for artists offered during the month of November. Classes include Credit Smart, Finding Affordable Health Care, and Individual Assistance with Recordkeeping and Tax Preparation. Learn more.

Professional Development: MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center is offering professional development sessions for artists through their Tricks of The Trade program. Learn more.

Call to Artists The Easthampton City Arts is seeking artists/artisans to apply for exhibition for their 2012 exhibition season. The ECA+ Gallery is located in the Historic Town in Easthampton, home to other arts businesses and organizations. A wide-array of artists have exhibited their work in the ECA+ gallery representing a diverse range of media and stylistic considerations. All are encouraged to apply. Learn more. Questions: info@easthamptoncityarts.com or 413-527-8278.
Deadline: December 1, 2011

Call for Artists Submission for the MFA 2012 Community Arts Initiative: The Artist Project are now being accepted. The Artist Project is a collaborative exhibition between an established artist, eight after-school community organizations in the Boston area, the MFA, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It culminates in a six month exhibition in the Linde Family Wing of the MFA. The selected artist will receive an honorarium as well as budget for supplies relating to the project. Learn more. Questions: 617-369-3641 or fmendez-diez@mfa.org.
Deadline: January 13, 2012

Call to Artists Salon 241 in Northampton is  looking for artists who would like to display their work in their downtown salon. Interested artists should email their website and/or 4-6 jpgs of their work to them for consideration. Salon 241′s preference is to display artwork on the walls because their salon  has very limited floor space for sculptural work. Artists take 100% of the proceeds of any sales of work that result from displaying. Questions: salon241@gmail.com.
Deadline: Ongoing

Of Note: 5th Annual Artists Under the Dome Event at the Massachusetts State House on November 17, 2011

Image credit: Photograph of Women Working at a Bell System Telephone Switchboard, U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 86-WWT-28-3.

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More please, or else!

Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction The Briar Cliff Review’s 16th Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction contest is now accepting entries. $1000 first place for each category plus publication in Spring 2012. Learn more.
Deadline: November 1, 2011

Photography The Houston Center for Photography is now accepting applications for their 2012 Fellowships program. This year’s juror is Christopher Rauchenberg of Blue Sky Gallery (Portland, OR). Learn more.
Deadline: November 4, 2011

Professional Development Workshop for Touring The Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) will be hosting a professional development workshop The ABCs Of Today’s Creative Touring Partnerships on November 16, 2011 (9am-5pm), The Paramount Center, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, 559 Washington Street, Boston, MA  Co-hosted by ArtsEmerson. $50 workshop fee; $40 for NET members. Class size is limited; early registration recommended. Questions: 323-255-2124 or mvaldez@ensembletheaters.net.

Choreographers and Dancers The Boston Dance Alliance’s Rehearsal and Retreat Fellowship application is now available. The BDA Rehearsal and Retreat Fellowship combines a three-day creative/rehearsal retreat for a choreographer and his/her dancers with additional funding to pay dancers during an extended rehearsal period. Two fellows will be selected for the fourth year of this project. Read more.
Deadline: November 21, 2011

Call to Artist Easthampton City Arts+  is now accepting entries for their 3rd Annual Small Works Show, an exhibit that aims to benefit patrons and artists. The ECA+ Small Works exhibit is offering a cash and carry format in a salon style setting. The exhibit will run from December 8, 2011 – January 3, 2012.  Learn more. Questions: info@easthamptoncityarts.com or 413-527-8278.
Deadline: November 25, 2011

Image credit: Photograph of a Halloween trick-or-treater, Redford, Michigan, United States, 1979, by Don Scarborough.

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Whether you are a choreographer, dancer, figure painter, lover of archival images, or just “dance-curious”, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive is for you. They have collected film and video footage of human bodies in exquisite motion performing at Jacob’s Pillow from the late 1930′s to the present. You can really sense the trajectory of dance (and fashion and music) through the decades while watching these clips. Of note is the spectacular black and white footage of Ted Shawn’s male dancers performing Kinetic Molpai and the athleticism and grace of the dancers from Rennie Harris Puremovement (James “Cricket” Colter, Duane Lee Holland, Jr., Forrest “Getemgump” Webb) performing Rome and Jewels. So spice up that life drawing class and watch these dancers do their thing! There really is something here for everyone unless of course you’re looking for a “how-to” instructional dance video of the Macarena. In that case, well…you’ll have to look elsewhere.

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Cambridge Artists Visual & performing artists working in all media are encouraged to participate in the Cambridge Open Studios. Registration information.
Deadline: January 31, 2011

Film and Video Artists Central Productions has announced its annual open call for submissions to the 10th Annual Boston Cinema Census (BCC) hosted by the Brattle Theatre. The BCC is a curated showcase of the most interesting and innovative works produced by local emerging filmmakers, whether they are students, professionals, artists, or enthusiasts.
Deadline: February 15, 2011

Call to Artists Mobius is now accepting submissions for their second annual alternative experimental flower show, Knitted Flowers. Though the theme implies knitted media it is not limited to knits. It is open to all interpretations of “knit” or “knitted” and “flowers.” Contact cathy@mobius.org.
Deadline: February 20, 2011

Newton Artists Registration has begun for Newton Open Studios 2011 taking place May 14-15. Learn more.
Deadline: March 1, 2011

Artists and Curators The New Art Center in Newton is accepting proposals for group exhibitions. No restrictions on content, medium, or theme. Exhibition space is a converted church of approximately 1,800 square feet. Selected curators receive $1,000, promotional mailing and press.
Deadline: April 11, 2011

Call to Artists The Pawtucket Foundation Prize Juried Exhibition is now accepting submissions. Jurors will be Mim Fawcett, Executive Director of the Attleboro Arts Museum & Kenn Speiser, sculptor. The exhibit runs May 1-June 24. All media welcome. Open to all artists.
Deadline: April 13, 2011

Free Business Program Entrepreneurship for Artists is a free resource for artists working in any media funded by the Small Business Administration. The class offers training, coaching, and business support services. It is a 20-hour class held over 6 evenings, from 6–9 PM, at the International Institute of Boston beginning on 4/20/2011. The program will include one-to-one business and market planning assistance and referrals for additional auxiliary business services including graphic design, website design, marketing and business legal services. Contact Ryan Scott McDonnell at  rmcdonnell@iiboston.org.

Image credit: Image from the Walter Havighurst Special Collections Library at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

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Don’t be frightened. Feed the monster clown!

Documentary Filmmakers The LEF Foundation‘s Moving Image Fund supports independent New England film and video artists creating new documentaries. The program has deadlines throughout the year. The deadline for Letters of Inquiry for the program’s Production and Post-Production grants is approaching. For Production, competitive grants of $15,000 support shooting picture and sound, equipment costs, materials, travel, and staffing (creative, technical, or otherwise). For Post-Production, competitive grants of $25,000 each support editing costs, rights, online, sound mix, color correction, transfers, and distribution strategy. Note: Applicants for Post-Production funding must be previous recipients of LEF support. Learn how to apply.
Deadline: Letters of Inquiry must be received by 5pm on Friday, January 28, 2011.

Call to Artists The Cape Cod Art Association is looking for artists to submit to their upcoming show 2011 Breath of Spring. Categories include oil/acrylic; pastel painting; watermedia; printmaking; mixed media; drawing; fine art photography and sculpture. Prospectus available here.
Deadline: February 6, 2011

Ceramic Artists The Greenwich House Pottery in New York City has a call out for artists for their national juried exhibition YUNOMI (The Other Tea Vessel) to take place in the Jane Hartsook Gallery during summer, 2011. Sam Chung is the juror.
Deadline: February 21, 2011

Summer Residencies for Time-Based Performance Groups White Pines Productions has created a new summer artist residency program at the Elkins Estate in PA. Three one-week sessions are available for ensemble groups. All meals are included. Travel expenses are not included. The ensemble has to be some kind of time based performance group (of any kind) between 3-10 people.
Deadline: March 1, 2011

Film/Video and Visual Artists Creative Capital’s next grant round will open February 1, 2011. To be eligible to apply, an artist must be A U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident, at least 25 years old, a working artist with at least five years of professional experience, and not a full-time student. To apply, an artist must first submit an online Inquiry Form regarding his or her project. Forms will be available on Creative Capital’s site February 1, 2011.
Deadline for Inquiry Forms: March 1, 2011

Image credit: Clown-topped garbage can is used at an ice cream stand in inlet to encourage its use and cut down on litter in the Adirondack Forest Preserve, 08/1973 ARC Identifier 554615 / Local Identifier 412-DA-12163 Item from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 – 2006.

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It’s coming. It’s December.  But that’s ok, because a little snow never stopped these gals from finding their next artist opportunity.

Full Length Plays Phoenix Theatre’s Hormel New Works Festival seeks submissions of original, un-produced full-length, bound scripts that are finished enough to profit from a workshop reading by professional actors but still open to revision. Do not send synopsis or screen plays. No multiple authors or collaborations will be accepted. Scripts may not exceed 100 pages of dialogue and must be bound in traditional script form. Cast size must be limited to 5 characters or less and no more than 3 locations.
Deadline: January 1, 2011

Fringe Festival Performers Get crazy funky in the woods of western Mass. The 2011 Berkshire Fringe seeks new works for the stage. Held in late July and August, the 2011 festival will feature three weeks of mind-blowing theater, dance, music and multi-media performances by emerging artists from across the United States.  Download application.
Deadline: February 15, 2011

Call to Artists Violence Transformed 2011 seeks entries in any medium for exhibition and digital projection at the Massachusetts State House and other curated venues in April and May. They welcome artworks that address issues of protest, refuge, and commemoration and imagine alternatives to violence. Deadline: February 18, 2011

Image credit:Photograph of Girl Winter Sports Fans, 04/1940. ARC Identifier 2128531/Local Identifier 392216. Item from Record Group 95: Records of the Forest Service, 1870 – 2008

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“Like I said, why should I be the one to pull them around? I’m going to pretend I’m too tired and let the donkey take over.”
Tweet from dog in daguerreotype.

Visual Artists The Cape Cod Conservatory Barnstable campus would like work with artists who want to present their work on an exclusive basis at a venue with substantial traffic. Shows have ranged from thematic to mixed media. The exhibitions generally are hung for 30-60 days and the Conservatory hosts an opening reception including music and refreshments. To learn more about the Art and Harmony program, contact the Executive Director Kevin Howard at 508-362-2772.
Deadline: Ongoing

Call For Proposals FRAME 301, Montserrat College of Art is looking for installation artists located in the greater Boston area. They seek site-specific work to be exhibited monthly in its alternative, street-side gallery window, located in downtown Beverly, MA. Frame 301 hosts a variety of artistic mediums and motives that strive to connect to the innovative and energetic Beverly and Montserrat communities. Proposals must include artist’s written concept, visual examples of how the artist intends to use the space, and a resume with complete contact information. Be sure to read their blog. Send proposals to Lydia.Gordon01@gmail.com.
Deadline: Ongoing

Playwrights Massachusetts playwrights are invited to submit to the Provincetown Theater Company’s Winter Reading Series of original work. Plays may be collections of short plays running approximately an hour or full-length plays no longer than 90 minutes. Plays may not have been previously staged and playwrights must be involved in the production of the reading. The Winter Reading Series will take place on Wednesday evenings beginning January 26 and running for 10 weeks, through March 30. Ten plays or collections of plays will be selected. Work chosen for the Winter Reading Series will be considered for possible full production. For more information and full guidelines call 508-487-7487 or visit www.provincetowntheater.com.
Deadline: November 24, 2010

Photography Soho Photo small works competition. The finished print size cannot be larger than 6 inches in each direction. Mattes and frames cannot exceed 12 inches in each direction. The juror is Richard Klein, the Exhibitions Director of The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, CT.
Deadline: November 30, 2010

Short Stories Writer’s Digest 11th Annual Short Short Story Competition. Entries must be 1,500 words or less.
Deadline: December 1, 2010

Call to Artists The Tallahassee International is a juried competition from Florida State University’s Museum of Fine Arts. Open to artists over 18 years old. All media eligible for consideration. Only one entry per person. Juried by a panel of FSU College of Visual Arts faculty. The exhibition is currently scheduled for August 21-September 24, 2011. Read more for a complete prospectus and printable entry form.
Deadline: February 14, 2011

Image credit: Daguerreotype from the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress. Children of Lt. Montgomery C. Meigs, in donkey cart with dog, probably Mary Montgomery, Charles, Montgomery, and John Rodgers. Published between 1850 and 1851. Photographer unidentified.

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