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Here’s the latest installment of Fellows Notes, the current news of past fellows/finalists from our Artist Fellowships Program.

The April 1, 2011 weather may be a Fool’s Day snow-prise, but the following list of April awards, honors, news, and announcements is pure sunshine.

We’re thrilled to share that Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro‘s (Playwriting Fellow ’11) play Before I Leave You, a portion of which the playwright submitted for her Artist Fellowship, will be produced by Boston’s Huntington Theatre in the 2011/2012 season! Read a Boston Globe article about Rosanna and the production.

Hannah Barrett (Painting Fellow ’04) has collages in the show Family Portraits, which explores the “complexities and possibilities of family structures, relationships, and interactions, both real and constructed.” The show runs through April 22, 2011 at the Foster Gallery in Dedham, with an opening reception Friday, April 8, 6-8 PM. Along with Hannah, the show features Christine Rogers, Cobi Moules, Megan & Murray McMillan, Dustin Williams, and Tanit Sakakini – and was curated by Evelyn Rydz (Drawing Fellow ’10)!

Claire Beckett‘s (Photography Fellow ’07) recent show at Carroll and Sons, Simulating Iraq, was reviewed in Art New England.

Jamie Cat Callan (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow ’10) will be at the French Cultural Center in Boston on Tuesday, April 19 to present her recent book Bonjour, Happiness! Read a recent interview with Jamie on ArtSake.

Alicia Casilio, Sara Casilio, Kelly Casilio, and Cary Wolinsky, aka TRIIIBE Sculpture/Installation Fellows ’09) were reviewed in Art in America Magazine for their recent solo show at Dodge Gallery in New York. Also, check out a terrific series of short films by Yari Wolinsky about TRIIIBE’s creation of their recent In Search of Eden show at Boston University.

Watercolor paintings by Betsy Damian are on exhibit at the Harding House bed and breakfast in Cambridge. Read Betsy’s recent Three Stages post about her children’s book Rèv Abnè a: Abner’s Vision.

Joshua Fineberg‘s (Music Composition Fellow ’11) piece for flute and electronics, The Texture of Time, will receive its Boston premiere on Saturday April 30 at Brandeis University’s Slosberg Music Center. This performance will be part of the 2011 BEAMS Electronic Music Marathon and the Boston Cyber Arts Festival.

Regie Gibson (Poetry Fellow ’10) will perform spoken word poetry at Munroe Center for the Arts in Lexington, MA on Saturday, April 9, 8-10 PM, a task to which he’s uniquely suited: he’s a former National Poetry Slam Champion and performer on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. Incidentally, the 4/9 performance is on the heels of Regie’s participation in the final event in MCC’s Commonwealth Reading Series at Newtonville Books in Newton on Tuesday, April 5.

James Haug‘s (Poetry Fellow ’98) new chapbook, Why I Like Chapbooks, has been published by Factory Hollow Press.

Gregory Hischak‘s (Playwriting Finalist ’11) short play Hygiene is included in this year’s Humana Festival of New American Works in April (Louisville KY). Later this year, his new play Clueless & Lark (& Other Geologic Variations) will be staged as part of the 2011 Source Festival (Washington DC) in June, 2011.

Ariel Kotker‘s (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’07) fascinating His Room As He Left It installation will be part of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Traveling Scholars Show, at the SMFA March 30-April 30. There will be an opening reception Wednesday, March 30, 5-7 PM.

Niho Kozuru (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’09) was commissioned to create a sculpture for the permanent collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln, Nebraska. Read an article in the Lincoln JournalStar about Niho and the unique commission.

Yanick Lapuh (Painting Fellow ’10) currently has a solo show, Yanick Lapuh: Your Ladder is on Fire, at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, through July 10, 2011. He’s also among the artists selected by juror Jen Mergel, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for the show Massachusetts Artists 2011 at The Brush Art Gallery and Studios in Lowell. The show runs through April 30, 2011, with an opening reception on April 3, 2-4 PM.

Rania Matar (Photography Fellow ’07) has a solo photography show, A Girl and Her Room at the De Santos Gallery in Houston, TX, running April-May, 2011. There is an opening reception April 2, 5:30-8:30 PM.

We heard good news from Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’09) recently: she won a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant! Where can you see her work this month? First, a detail of her installation Changing Waters, on view at the Fuller Craft Museum through September 2011, is on the cover of the March/April 2011 issue of Art New England. She’s in the exhibition The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft, on display through June 12 at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, WI. As part of this exhibit, a trio called Nineteen Thirteen will perform one of Nathalie’s scores, called “Hurricane Noel” at the Milwaukee Art Museum on April 15, 8:30 PM. Furthermore, she’s participating in Craft Meets Technology at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, April 2-July 16, and the Appearances: Provincetown Green Arts Festival, at Art Current in Provincetown, MA, April 15-24.

Caleb Neelon (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’07) is the co-author of the book The History of American Graffiti, published this month by Harper Design. The book features over 1,000 never-before-published photographs and interviews with hundreds of graffiti artists from throughout the country.

Congratulations to Nancy K. Pearson (Poetry Finalist ’10), who won the Sycamore Review Poetry Prize.

Jendi Reiter (Poetry Fellow ’10) won the 2010 Anderbo Poetry Prize for her poem “Bullies in Love” (watch the clip embedded above to hear her reading the poem). Bravo!

Matthew Rich (Painting Fellow ’10) is among the artists exhibiting in The Thingness of Color at Dodge Gallery in New York. The show runs April 2-May 1, with an opening reception April 2. Read a Studio Views with Matthew Rich on ArtSake.

Irina Rozovsky (Photography Finalist ’09) has a solo show of photography, This Russia, at the Garner Center of Photography at the New England School of Photography in Boston. The show runs April 18-June 3, 2011, with an opening reception Wednesday, April 20, 6:30-8 PM and an artist talk Monday, May 9, 6 PM. Fraction Magazine has a sneak peak of Irina’s soon-to-be-published monograph One to Nothing. The monograph will be published by Kehrer Verlag in Fall 2011; see a preview. Also, Irina is among the artists featured in The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol.2, a biennial sourcebook with new work by 100 contemporary photographers, from the Humble Arts Foundation.

Eric Henry Sanders‘s (Playwriting Fellow ’09) play Reservoir, on the heels of a successful ’10/’11 run at the Drilling CompaNY in New York, will return for a three week run (Apr. 1 -17, 2011) at the theatre. Read a terrific review of the play in the New York Times, and read about the process behind the play, as well as hear a scene performed by Company One, on ArtSake. Also, Eric’s short play Don’t Push the Red Button was performed as part of Elephant in the Room, performed at Raconteur Theatre in Ohio in March 2011.

Vaughn Sills (Photography Fellow ’09) has a solo exhibition of photographs at the Trustman Gallery at Simmons College in Boston. The show, which runs March 21 – April 22, is in conjunction with Vaughn’s new book of photography Places For The Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens. Read a review in the Boston Globe.

Jeff Daniel Silva‘s (Film & Video Finalist ’09) feature-length documentary Ivan & Ivana will have its world premiere in the International competition at Visions de Réel in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday, April 8 at 8 PM. The film chronicles the lives of Ivan and Ivana, a couple who emigrated from Kosovo to California to start anew after the last Balkan war. It’s an unorthodox depiction of the American immigrant experience, revealing the couple’s successes, trials, and tribulations over five years of turbulent economic, political and personal tides. Local audiences will have the chance to see the film when it screens in the Independent Film Festival Boston, on April 30 and May 1.

Peter Snoad (Playwriting Fellow ’09) is among the playwrights whose ten-minute plays were selected for the 2011 Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Boston Theatre Marathon. Read Peter’s terrific ArtSake guest post about the terrain for new plays – nationally and locally.

Rachel Perry Welty (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’09, Drawing Fellow ’04) will join deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Director for Curatorial Affairs Nick Capasso for a talk and tour of Rachel’s current exhibition: Rachel Perry Welty 24/7. The events takes place on Saturday, April 2, at 3 PM, at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln.

Tracy Winn (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow ’08) reads from her novel Mrs. Somebody Somebody at the Blacksmith House in Cambridge on Monday, April 25, 2011, 8:00 PM.

Past Fellows Notes
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Feb. 2011
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Are you a past fellow or finalist with an event, honor, or other bit of news you’d like to share? Tell us about it.

Images and media: Matthew Rich, DOUBLE AMPERSAND (2010), latex and spray paint on cut paper and linen tape, 41×57 in; cover art for WHY I LIKE CHAPBOOKS by James Haug (Factory Hollow Press, 2011); Jendi Reiter reads “Bullies in Love” at the Green Street Café in Northampton, recorded by Adam Cohen, from the WinningWriters Youtube Channel; Cover for PLACES FOR THE SPIRIT: PHOTOGRAPHS BY VAUGHN SILLS (Trinity University Press, 2010).

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In 2009, Claire Andrade-Watkins won an Artist Fellowship in Film & Video by submitting a portion of her film Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican. The documentary is about immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands in the Fox Point neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, whose community was devastated by gentrification in the ’60s and ’70s. It is a fascinating and intensely meaningful story, and Dr. Andrade-Watkins, an Associate Professor of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College, Visiting Scholar at Brown University in the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, and Founder/President of SPIA Media Productions, is an artist MCC is proud to have funded.

Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican was the first in a trilogy of films Dr. Andrade-Watkins is making about the Cape Verdean community in Fox Point. Her second film, Atlantic Portals, is “in the can” (meaning the principal photography is finished), and the filmmaker is using the crowd-funding site Kickstarter to raise funds for the film’s post-production.

If you haven’t heard about Kickstarter, it’s a format for creatively organizing microdonations, or donations from many individuals (as opposed to, say, one large funding entity). We’ve written about other projects in the arts that used Kickstarter, such as the DocYard Film Series, the Boston Composers’ Coalition, and the Big Hammock Project.

Learn more about Dr. Andrade-Watkins’ project, as well as fundraising through Kickstarter.

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In the introduction to her recent book, Gigi Rosenberg shares an anecdote about her first grant proposal: an application to the Boston Film/Video Foundation (now, sadly, defunct) for a documentary project. She says that instead of clearly and confidently expressing her goals and intent, she was really hoping that a grant would confirm something more personal: that she really was an artist.

The foundation didn’t fund her project. But the experience set her on the path to discovering how best to approach the grant writing process, which she did with the systematic rigor of a scientific researcher. The result, years later, is The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing, which she calls “the book that I wish I’d had when I didn’t know whether I was an artist, or even when I did know and I wanted both the money and the validation that winning a grant provides.”

We asked her about the book, about her journey from grants novice to expert speaker and grants writing workshop leader, and about some common struggles artists face in searching for funding for their work.

ArtSake: You bring up that artists sometimes seek “permission” for their projects rather than confidently present them as worthy of support. Not to stoke the whole art vs. science notion, but why might an artist be more tentative about proposing a project than, say a scientific researcher?

Rosenberg: I have made this mistake and I know other artists who have too – we apply to the funding organization for money but we’re really asking them for so much more than money – we’re asking them to love our work, to support us in non-monetary ways and to cheer us on. This kind of support really isn’t the job of the funders! I encourage artists to find artist groups, colleagues and friends to support their creative endeavors. Scientific researchers have all kinds of support – their collaborators, research partners, laboratory workers, and so on. They also have a society that has a high regard for scientific research – a higher regard (in some circles) than for artistic endeavors. But don’t let that dampen your spirits – artists need to foster networks, communities, friendships, colleagues, and groups that support them to do their best work.

ArtSake: I really like that you acknowledge the emotional and psychological aspects of looking for artist funding. What’s the first thing you’d say to a disappointed applicant who didn’t receive funding?

Rosenberg: The first thing I’d say to a disappointed applicant is don’t take the rejection personally. This isn’t about you as a person. The second thing I’d say is: Can you use this rejection to learn anything about your proposed project? If you can, find out why the funder rejected your application. Ask them: What could I have done to make this a stronger proposal? You may discover that they only had money to fund 5 projects and you were number 6! Or you may find out that they aren’t interested in a particular aspect of your project or that you made a big goof on the budget. Any information you receive in this follow-up can be a gold mine of information for your next proposal.

To be an artist you have to have the skin of a rhino and the heart of a poet – this is one of the hardest aspects of being an artist – but you could say the same thing about being a human being! Rejection is a huge part of the business of being an artist. People are going to say “No” a lot. Sales people don’t take it personally when a potential customer says no – and if there’s any way you can, in the best way, adopt that attitude it will help you continue to make work and get it out there, any way you can.

Lastly, don’t isolate yourself. All of us need cheerleaders – just don’t rely on arts organizations to be your cheerleaders – find friends and colleagues who can do it.

ArtSake: What are some of the common missteps you see in artist statements that prevent them from effectively representing the artist’s voice?

Rosenberg: It’s very challenging to write about your work in an artist statement because you have to write about your work as if you didn’t make it. Few of us think about our themes when we’re making something – we’re just making it. I think it helps to interview other people to ask them what they see in the work – that can help an artist find the language. Or have someone interview you and get you talking about your big idea.

Artists tend to write clichés in artist statements or use lingo and jargon when they get scared and just want to sound smart. Write past the clichés, talk through your ideas, until you’re expressing them with fresh language that really means something.

ArtSake: In the book, you describe a demo from your workshops, where you have the artists pretend to be funders being asked for grants. Can you talk about your first experience on the “other side?”

Rosenberg: My experience sitting on a panel judging artist applications blew my mind. I realized how many artists have great ideas but don’t know how to write about the idea in a way that engages others or even to follow directions. Also, many applicants don’t understand how daunting it is to be staring at a mile-high pile of applications. As a panelist you want to find any way to make the pile smaller. And if an applicant didn’t follow directions, that’s a great reason to toss them from the pile. Competition for grants is stiff and the margin for error is narrow. I learned how important it is not to give the panel an easy reason to disqualify your application. I also learned how to see the process from the other side of the table. So, now when I apply for a grant, I ask myself: How can I make this project irresistible to this funder? This helps me prepare an application that has a much better chance of succeeding. Don’t forget, however, that you don’t want to tweak your project so much that it doesn’t feel like your project anymore.

ArtSake: Along those same lines: your book has smart, practical tips for grant applicants. Do you have any advice for grants panelists and arts funders? Or just a message they could benefit from hearing?

Rosenberg: Being a panelist and an arts funder is a hard job – they are underpaid and overworked – but they already know that! I’d want to tell them how much I appreciate what they’re doing – trying to find the right artists for the funding they have. They are so underappreciated – so I’d want to say thanks – it’s a hard job you have and you do it with so much integrity!

ArtSake: Your book’s epilogue has the title “Make Art,” a reminder never to let that part of the process drift out of sight. How does your thinking about, writing about, an artist’s career affect your creative work?

Rosenberg: I think what you’re asking is how writing a “how to” book affected my own creative life as a writer – is that right? If so, writing the book turned out to be incredibly creative. It was like editing a documentary film – where you have all these interviews and your own experience and then just plain advice and tips to share and then figuring out how to splice that all together in a way that is coherent – that process was intensively creative. I loved interviewing successful artists and having the right to ask questions about their own creative process and how they are successful with getting their work recognized and funded. I loved having the right to be nosy and the interviews were very inspiring to me. Of course it’s always easier (I think) to cheer somebody else on – but the book gave me lots of practice in being an encouraging presence – on my good days, I follow my own advice – which is to work as deeply as I know how on my own writing and then when it’s good enough to send it out!

Gigi Rosenberg has upcoming events in Seattle (keynote at BizArt Conference, Friday, March 25); New York City (author events at Foundation Center, Monday, March 28, 2 PM and at Barnes & Noble, sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts, Thursday, March 31, 7 PM); Washington D.C. (Foundation Center, Friday, April 1, 1:30 PM); and Baltimore (keynote at Maryland Writers Conference, Saturday, April 2, 9 AM). See a full events schedule.

Gigi Rosenberg is a writer, speaker, and workshop leader. Her book The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing (follow on Facebook) grew out of the professional development workshops she launched in Portland, Oregon, and teaches in New York, Chicago, and throughout the Pacific Northwest at colleges, conferences, and arts organizations. Her writing has been published by Seal Press, The Oregonian, Parenting, and Writer’s Digest; performed at Seattle’s On the Boards; and broadcast on Oregon Public Radio.

Images: Gigi Rosenberg (photo by Christian Columbres); cover art for THE ARTIST’S GUIDE TO GRANT WRITING by Gigi Rosenberg (Watson-Guptill, 2010).

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Choreographers Green Street Studios announces the Spring/Summer 2011 cycle of its Emerging Artists Award Program designed to provide infrastructure for choreographers, to create new work, and to provide deep, ongoing mentorship between experienced and early-to-mid-career choreographers. The Emerging Artist Award provides the opportunity for New England-based choreographers to be in residence at Green Street Studios from March – June 2011. Call 617-864-3191.
Deadline: March 4, 2011

Grant Information Workshop The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod (AFCC) will hold a grants information workshop for interested applicants on Tuesday, March 8, 6 pm at the AFCC office in Centerville. First-time applicants are strongly urged to attend. Reservations required. Contact 508-362-0066 or info@artsfoundation.org. AFCC’s grants program provides cash awards to local artists and cultural organizations that are engaged in projects that help create a strong, stable, and diverse arts and culture industry on Cape Cod, and contribute positively to the quality of life and economic vitality of the region. Preference is given to specific program initiatives, particularly those enhancing the arts education of learners of all ages, and to collaborative efforts within the arts community.
Deadline to RSVP: March 7, 2011

Filmmakers Birmingham SHOUT: Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (August 27-28, 2011, Birmingham, AL) is now accepting submissions of independent films by, for, or about the GLBT community in the following categories: narrative feature (over 45 minutes), documentary feature (over 45 minutes), and short (under 45 minutes). Contact billyraybrewton@gmail.com or call 205-324-0888.
Deadline: March 15, 2011

Boston Photographers The Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events seeks Boston photographers to capture the essence and spirit of Boston. They are asking participants to photograph Boston on Patriot’s Day 2011. The best 25 photographs chosen will be displayed in the Mayor’s Gallery, the remaining pictures will adorn the hallways on the 2nd and 8th floors of Boston City Hall. The exhibition will take place May 23 – June 30, 2011. Participants must reside or work in the City of Boston. Artwork submitted will be juried by the The Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events Exhibition Committee. To apply, submit 3 jpegs (72 dpi) of the photos, description sheet of the work submitted, and resume or brief description of your photography experience. Deliver or email completed applications to John Crowley, Exhibition Coordinator, Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events, Boston City Hall, Room 802, Boston, MA 02201. Questions: john.crowley@cityofboston.gov or 617-635-2368.
Deadline: March 30, 2011

Public Art Festival Call to Artists The summertime festival ArtBeat 2011 (Somerville, MA) includes music, performance art, craft vendors, dance, theater, and food. Each year they develop a theme that serves as a launching point for artists and the community to express themselves. This year it is “Red.” Deadline for Craft Artists: March 28, 2011
Deadline for Performing Artists and Painters: April 1, 2011

Call to Artists FIGMENT BOSTON 2011 is now accepting project proposals for the event which takes place June 4-5 on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA. Learn more.
Deadline: April 15, 2011

Painters Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant is offered to American painters aged 45 or older who demonstrate financial need. The primary emphasis is to promote public awareness and a commitment to American art, as well as encouraging interest in artists who lack adequate recognition. Questions: Call 508-487-1750 or visit www.paam.org.
Deadline: August 15, 2011

Also of Note:

Make Art, Pay Bills: Creative Economy Summit 2

Moral Rights and the Visual Rights Act Webinar

 Free Drawing Marathon

 Gallery Conversations at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum

Image credit: Photograph by Provincetown Art Association depicting the Hawthorne Gallery.

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Pretty soon it will be warm enough to wear short sleeves and draw in bare feet again. Hang in there.

Filmmakers The 2011 Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) call for submissions are open for feature, documentary, and short films. Selected films will be chosen by the end of March and announced in April. The 6th annual festival will be held June 2–5, 2010 at Triplex Cinema, the Mahaiwe Theatre, the Beacon Cinema and other venues throughout Great Barrington and Pittsfield. Learn more.
Deadline: March 1, 2011

2D Artists UFORGE Gallery is looking for artists to create an artistic interpretation influenced by the Art Deco period. All works must be “original” and created for this exhibit. No reproductions or copies will be accepted. Read more. Questions, contact brian@uforgegallery.com.
Deadline: March 17, 2011

Picture Book Writer/Illustrator Associates of the Boston Public Library Writer-in-Residence Program 2011-2012 is accepting applications for an emerging picture book writer/illustrator. The program is funded by the Associates of the Boston Public Library, and provides an emerging children’s writer/illustrator with the administrative support needed to complete one literary work. Learn more. Deadline: April 1, 2011

Visual Art Artists from throughout Berkshire County and beyond are invited to submit original two- and three-dimensional artwork for a group exhibit Forty Shades of Green: Celebrating Ireland & Irish Culture to be held March 12-April 9, 2011, at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield, MA. Named after a song written by Johnny Cash after a visit to Ireland, Forty Shades of Green is co-sponsored by the City of Pittsfield’s Office of Cultural Development and the Pittsfield Irish Sister City Committee. The show is open to everyone who wishes to submit artwork that is ready to hang or display and appropriate for the gallery. Both contemporary and traditional artwork on the theme of Ireland & Irish-American culture are encouraged, including photography, painting, sculpture, craft, and video or sound installations. Artists planning to submit work are encouraged to contact Max Moy-Borgen, Manager of the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, beforehand at 413-499-9348 or mmoyborgen@pittsfieldch.com.
Deadline: Drop off 12-3pm, Sunday, March 6, and Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.

Also of Note:

• Making the Most of Your Website workshop by Artist and designer Jessica Burko & Catherine Infantino of SladMedia LLC
• Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s Summer Academy
• Weekend Intensive and Critiques this spring at the Museum School at PAAM

Image credit: Photograph of student working at the Provincetown Art Association Museum. Photograph by PAAM.

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The equipment truck is being loaded today in order to travel to Florida for spring training.
Hope springs eternal.

TransCultural Exchange’s 3rd Biennale Conference With over 150 speakers, the event provides information on international opportunities in the arts including exhibitions, grants, residencies and funding. The conference will take place April 7-11, 2011 at Boston’s Omni Parker House Hotel. Artists, curators, critics, and cultural administrators will be participating. Events include portfolio reviews, panels, exhibits, and workshops. Learn more.
Deadline: February 15, 2011

Call for Artists Provincetown’s Green Arts Festival seeks artists for eco-centric artworks exhibit April 15-24. Outdoor ‘green’ sculpture, installations, paintings, poetry, performance art, dance, readings, photography, short film and other media accepted. Existing works and proposed works, including those to be created on-site (represented by maquettes, sketches, etc.), will be considered if the artist also submits examples of previous work as a demonstration of professional competence. Selection will be based on submitted digital files; therefore, the quality of entry materials is of the utmost importance. Details and/or multiple views are strongly encouraged. Artists may submit up to three works represented by up to twelve digital images (up to four images per work). Short films are to be submitted on a labeled DVD. Images may be submitted on CD or via email. DVD and CD submissions will not be returned. For full submission details and information about the festival email dorothy.palanza@gmail.com.
Deadline: February 18, 2011

Furniture Artists Application are now being accepted for the 2011 John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship award of $25,000. Click here for full details and application.
Deadline: March 31, 2011

Printmakers Call for Entries for THE LINE; a national juried printmaking exhibit by the Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse. They encourage submission using all forms of printmaking techniques, including Book Arts. No digital inkjet prints. Download the prospectus.
Deadline: April 1, 2011

Call for Proposals FIGMENT is now open for art project submissions for the BOSTON 2011 Weekend. FIGMENT is a free, family-friendly participatory art event held in multiple cities and attracting tens of thousands of participants each year. FIGMENT BOSTON will take place during the weekend of June 4-5. Learn more.
Deadline: April 15, 2011

Photographers Anything Goes Open Juried Exhibit for Photography is now accepting submissions for the May 25 –June 27, 2011 exhibition. Sponsored by the Photography Center of Cape Cod. The exhibition will occur at the Cotuit Center for the Arts.
Deadline: April 24, 2011

Image credit: Photograph by ArtSake.

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The 2011 MCC Artist Fellowship awards have been announced for Music Composition, Playwriting, and Sculpture/Installation. Applications for the MCC’s Artist Fellowship Program were open to all eligible Massachusetts artists.

A total number of 416 eligible applications were received; 86 in Music Composition, 124 in Playwriting, and 207 in Sculpture/Installation. See a complete list of this year’s fellows and finalists.

Read profiles of the fellows/finalists on Gallery@MCC.

Images: Elizabeth Alexander (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’11), KEEPING UP APPEARANCES NO. 2 (2009), mixed media installation, variable dimensions; promotional image for PHOOLAN DEVI: THE BANDIT QUEEN by Shirish Korde (Music Composition Fellow ’11); Hannah Verlin (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’11), BUSS (2010), Plastic tubes, glass beakers, cotton string, colored water, 16 ft high x 2 ft wide x 12 ft long (photos by Andy Pickering); Luke O’Sullivan (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’11), LANDSCAPE XI (2008), screenprint on wood and steel, 51x41x82 in (photos by Tucker Houlihan).

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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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The deadline for applications to the 2011 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowships Program in Crafts, Film & Video, and Photography is almost here: Monday, January 24, 2011.

If you are a Massachusetts crafts, film & video, or photography artist who meets the eligibility requirements, apply! If you know of anyone who fits said description, vigorously urge them to do the same.

The fellowships are anonymously-judged competitive grants for Massachusetts artists. Fellowships of $7,500 and finalist awards of $500 are awarded based solely on the artistic excellence of the work submitted. Check out our tips on applying.

Read full program guidelines, eligibility requirements, and application instructions and apply online.

Images: Tricia Lachowiec Harding (Crafts Fellow ’09), PUNCTUS (2007), 1 1/2×1 1/8×3/8 in; Rebecca Meyers (Film & Video Fellow ’09), still from LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS (2006); Eirik Johnson (Photography Fellow ’09), THE ROAD TO FORKS, WASHINGTON (2006), archival pigment print, 24×30 in.

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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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