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The Art of Leaving, a multi-disciplinary dance performance at The Arts Block in Greenfield, MA, takes place on Nov. 4 and 5, 2011, 7:30 PM. But elements of the project have been viewable by the public stretching back to May 2011, when Cynthia McLaughlin, the creator of The Art of Leaving: Portrait Tales, began exhibiting large scale photographs in public places. The photographic scenes depict characters and situations exploring leaving and staying.

Working with performers Krista DeNio, Cassie Sioux Mills, Lani Nahele, and Jennifer Polins & Saliq Francis Savage, and with Chattman Photography, Cynthia conceived portraits to explore questions like, “When do we stay?” “When do we leave?” “What do we preserve?” and “What do we abandon?”

The dance performance continues those explorations.

We asked Cynthia a few questions of our own, and here, she responds:

What inspired the “Portrait Tales” project? I met Joanna Chattman, the photographer, when she was photographing a fashion show I had choreographed and performed in (Tiny Crush Society), and, later, I was struck by the thought that she takes these beautiful photographs and works on them and prints them, and then she can share them again and again. I know it sounds like a “duh” moment, but as a director and performer I work so hard for so many hours and it’s all so expensive and no one is paid well and then it’s over. I wanted to find an aspect to my work that is sustainable. So I began to consider the process I was currently involved in, The Art of Leaving, and there began the idea to find a life for the characters through portraiture, a way to preserve them. I wanted to reach the widest audience possible, so I wanted them to be large and outside. What I never expected was how the process of working with these buildings, learning their history, getting to know their owners would become part of the work on its own. The work of siting, styling and costuming the portraits became a study in itself of The Art of Leaving.

Do you secretly dream of being a) a pop icon, b) an algebra teacher, and/or c) a crime-solver/writer a la Jessica Fletcher? There was a dark period last spring when it felt like I was pushing up against a lot of solid walls. I kept fantasizing about being a Bolt bus driver. It seemed so clear and functional. Get these people from Hadley to NYC – something seemed so deliciously straightforward about it. I suppose I would last a day….

Computer, longhand, or typewriter? Ha! I had to write all your questions down in pencil and write all my answers before I sent them to you.

What’s the most surprising response to your art you’ve ever received? Recently, I performed an installation, “Waiting for Pigeons” as part of a curated event called 21 Rooms in York, ME. Each artist had a room in this wonderful vintage motel, The Nevada. The work deals with nesting, isolation and confinement. A lot of people (1,500 attended) found it “scary.” Really, I thought, I’m in a white paper bag bird mask and I’m making a nest. That’s scary? It was great.

The unauthorized biography of your life is titled: Hmmmm… Fumbling in Grace.

If forced to choose, would you be a magic marker, a crayon, or a #2 pencil? #2 pencil, definitely.

What are you currently reading? I just finished Birds in Fall, a beautiful, poignant novel. There is an underlying thread throughout the story that deals with birds in migration, so it is related to my work. I’m highly influenced by literature and keep a bibliography for my projects.

What’s next? I have many plans in the works. More collaborations with Tiny Crush… I would like to do another photo project that is more of a scavenger hunt – this time dealing with my bird character. There is an old church near my house with no electricity and an old pump organ. I know an amazing organist and would love to create something there… My mind’s always racing.

Performances of The Art of Leaving are November 4-5, 2011, 7:30 PM, at The Arts Block in Greenfield, MA.

Images: all photos conceived, directed and styled by Cynthia McLaughlin, photographed by Chattman Photography.

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Go on, don’t be shy. Enter the circle and lay down your mark lest you become an ancient relic.

Dancers and Choreographers The Boston Dance Alliance’s 6th Annual Open Call Audition for dancers and choreographers will take place on Sunday, September 18, 2011. Early registration is now open but you can also register at the door. Learn more.

Newton Artists Any artist who lives, works, or attends art classes in Newton or who is a member of a Newton arts organization can apply for the Newton Open Studio Fall Juried Show. The juror this year is Katherine French, director of the Danforth Museum. Selected artists will take part in the November 5-6 sale weekend at the Newton Cultural Center, and 10 artists will be selected for the three-week “Juror Award Preview Exhibit” at NewTV Gallery. Find more information. Questions: Newton Open Studios.
Deadline: September 20, 2011.

Filmmakers Entries are now being accepted for the annual IFFBoston 2012. The festival will take place April 25 – May 2, 2012. Registration available at Withoutabox.

Playwrights Culture*Park seeks original short plays for their 10th anniversary short plays marathon on November 19, 2011 in New Bedford. Plays should be recent, not produced, and not exceeding 15 minutes. Selected plays will be presented as staged readings in the New Bedford Whaling Museum Theater. Learn more. Questions: culturepark@earthlink.net.
Deadline: October 5, 2011

Residency Opportunity The Arteles Creative Residency Program in Finland is now accepting applications. Learn more. Questions: info@arteles.org.
Deadline: October 7, 2011

Films and Screenplays The Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto, ON) is accepting entries for both films and screenplays for their 10th Anniversary Festival March 21 – 25, 2012. Films must be directed by a woman. The Screenplay Program is open to men and women. Learn more. Questions: info@FemaleEyeFilmFestival.com.
Deadline: October. 31, 2011

Call to Artists The Arte Laguna and the Italian cultural association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art) is now accepting applications for their 6th International Arte Laguna Prize. The Prize is aimed at supporting emerging and established artists creating painting, sculpture, photographic art, video art, performance, and virtual art. Read more. Questions: info@artelagunaprize.com.
Deadline: November 11, 2011

Cape Cod Artists The South Yarmouth Library is looking for local artists to display their work on the library’s Art Wall. Every month, one artist has the opportunity to display their work in the library’s public reading room. The wall space is approximately 20 feet long and 5 feet in height. 312 Old Main Street in South Yarmouth. Questions: Toby Wilson (508-760-4820 x1317).

Image credit: Photograph by of Merry Maidens Stone Circle in Corwall, England, by Trish Steel.

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In September, past MCC fellows/finalists venture into imagined flora, faraway lands, outer space, the impermanent, the temporary, and the nearly not. (For starters.)

And now, we venture into our monthly round-up of the news of past awardees of our Artist Fellowships Program.

Karen Aqua (Film & Video Fellow ’11) will be honored by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston in a tribute program, on Sunday, September 25, 2011, 3 PM. Read more about the program on ArtSake.

Sally Bellerose (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Finalist ’04) will read from her novel The Girls Club at Forbes Library in Northampton on Saturday, September 24, 2011, at 3 PM. The novel tells of the complicated, interconnected lives of three working class sisters in small town Massachusetts.

Congratulations to Alice Bouvrie (Film & Video Fellow ’11), whose documentary Thy Will Be Done now has a distribution partnership with New Day Films. The film will be appearing at Heart of England International Film Festival in the UK, September 7-18, 2011. The film, an excerpt of which won the artist an 2011 Artist Fellowship, will also be screening at the North Louisiana Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Shreveport, LA on September 17 (12:30 PM) and September 20, 2011 (5:30 PM, followed by a panel discussion). Next month, along with a screening at the International Film Festival Australasia in Australia, the film will be shown at Lesley University‘s Marran Theater in Cambridge on October 12, 2011, at 7 PM.

Sarah Braunstein‘s (Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Fellow ’04) novel The Sweet Relief of Missing Children was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction’s Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize.

John Cameron‘s (Crafts Fellow ’11) work is included in New Hampshire Furniture Masters 2011. The annual auction is on September 10, 2011, at the Currier Museum of Art in NH.

Cheryl Clark (Poetry Finalist ’10) will read her poetry on Saturday, September 24, 3 PM, at Outpost 186 in Inman Square, Cambridge, as part of the Unaffiliated Reading Series.

Shawn Cody‘s (Playwriting Fellow ’07) new music theater work The Water Dream will have a staged reading as part of Shakespeare & Company’s Studio Festival of New Plays. The performance features Broadway veteran Anthony Rapp and takes place Monday, September 5, 2011 at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. Read about the event in Playbill.

Rebecca Doughty (Painting Finalist ’10) has a solo show of new paintings, called Nearly Nots, at The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown. The show runs September 2-21, 2011, with a reception on Friday, September 2, 7-10 PM.

Vico Fabbris (Painting Fellow ’06, Drawing Fellow ’00) will have an exhibition titled Floragenis at the Rice Polak Gallery in Provincetown from September 1 to September 15, 2011. Opening reception, with the artist, Friday, September 2, 2011 at 7 PM. An interview with Vico Fabbris on his Floragenis exhibition at the Rice Polak Gallery will appear in the Provincetown Banner on Thursday, September 1, 2011, written by art historian and art critic Susan Rand Brown.

Long time organizer of poetry and interdisciplinary programs in Massachusetts, Michael Hoerman (Poetry Fellow ’04) has created a brand new organization, The Temp Series Project, to advocate and promote writing and art in the Commonwealth. Based in culture-rich Lowell, MA, The Temp Series Project will create interdisciplinary events, develop commissions, and host special showcases that highlight Massachusetts artists and promote their appreciation. Projects in the works include a temporary reading series, pocket poetry festival, and temporary public art. For more information, join The Temp Series Project on Facebook. The Temp Series Project was recently approved for fiscal sponsorship by Fractured Atlas.

Brian Knep (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’11) is showing Healing 2 as part of the group show Building Expectation: Past and Present Visions of the Architectural Future at Brown University in Providence, RI. The show runs at the David Winton Bell Gallery September 3-November 6, 2011, with an opening reception and curatorial talk on Friday, September 9, 5:30-7:30 PM.

Jesse Kreitzer (Film & Video Finalist ’11) has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for his independent feature film, The Wake. The film, which was recently selected as a finalist for the 2012 Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab, is the story of a grief-ridden social worker who cares for a dying woman in secrecy from his wife and two children.

Dawn Lane (Choreography Fellow ’10) will premiere a new work of dance, one potato, two potato, at the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow on September 2, 2011 (8 PM) and September 3, 2 PM and 8 PM. The work draws on aspects of Irish culture & history (i.e. knitting, the famine and Irish dance) to explore perceptions of excess, wastefulness, having enough, or nothing. Dawn’s MCC Fellowship, as well as a Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Creative Development Residency, helped pave the way for the new work. One potato, two potato is presented in cooperation with Jacob’s Pillow Community Dance Programs and Community Access to the Arts. Read Dawn’s post about the development of one potato, two potato, on ArtSake.

Scott Listfield (Painting Finalist ’10) is among the artists with work in Lift Off: Earthlings and the Great Beyond at the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University in NJ. The exhibition is in the Main Gallery September 1, 2011-January 5, 2012, with an opening reception and catalog launch Thursday, September 15, 5-7 PM. Follow Scott’s new blog for more info on his upcoming solo show at the University Gallery at UMass Lowell, Astronaut: Paintings by Scott Listfield. That show will run November 7–December 2, 2011, artist talk & reception November 8, 3-5 PM. Finally, Scott is featured in a recently released book documenting the great Crazy 4 Cult art shows at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles.

Christian McEwen‘s (Playwriting Fellow ’11) new book World Enough and Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down will be published by Bauhan Publising this month. The book reflects on how slowing down the pace of one’s life can have profound benefits, including on creativity.

Nathalie Miebach (Sculpture/Installation Fellow ’09) has two solo shows in Massachusetts, this month: Musical Storms is on exhibit at the Cushing-Martin Gallery at Stonehill College in Easton from September 22-October 31, 2011, with an opening reception October 5, 6-7:30 PM. Another solo show, Changing Waters, is on exhibit at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown September 30-November 30, 2011.

Anne Neely (Painting Finalist ’10) has a solo exhibit, Mopang: Recent Paintings on view at Lohin Geduld Gallery in NYC, from September 7 through October 8, 2011, with an opening reception September 8, 5–7 PM. A catalog with essay by Jonathan Franzen (who, incidentally, won our Artist Fellowship in 1986!) accompanies the exhibit.

Congratulations to Marlo Poras (Film & Video Fellow ’05), whose film-in-progress The Mosuo Sisters received a Chicken & Egg Pictures Liberty Grant.

Eric Henry Sanders‘s (Playwriting Fellow ’09) play Reservoir is being remounted at Theater 89 in Berlin (translated title: Haseks Heimkehr), following a successful production there in May. There was one performance in August, and upcoming performances September 9, 10, 16, and 17, 2011.

Tara Sellios (Photography Fellow ’11) is preparing for a solo show called Lessons of Impermanence at The New England School of Art & Design, this November 2011.

Peter Snoad‘s (Playwriting Fellow ’09) short play My Name is Art was staged at Artists Exchange in Cranston, RI, August 19-28 as part of their Black Box Theatre’s annual one-act festival.

Julia Story‘s (Poetry Finalist ’10) poetry was recently featured in TriQuarterly literary journal.

Steve Tourlentes (Photography Fellow ’11, ’05) currently has a piece in Night Vision, an exhibition on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City through September 16, 2011.

Frank Ward (Photography Fellow ’11) gave two presentations in Central Asia, in August, first presenting his work in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, followed by a lecture in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Jeff Warmouth (Sculpture/Installation Finalist ’05) has a solo exhibition at the SHOW Gallery and Performance Space in Staten Island, NY. The show, called SuperJeffuBurgerMarket, runs September 10-October, 29, 2011, with an opening reception Saturday, September 10, 5-8 PM.

Ellen Wineberg (Painting Finalist ’04) has work in two MA exhibitions this months: she has four pieces in 24 Solo Shows at Bromfield Gallery in Boston, August 31-October 1 (opening reception Sept. 9, 6-8:30 PM). She’s also part of a five-person show, Exquisite Corpse at Deerfield Academy. The show, with work ranging from minimal to real, runs September 22-November 17 (opening reception Sunday, Oct. 2, 2-5), at the school’s Russell Gallery.

Michael Zelehoski (Painting Fellow ’10) has a solo show at Sanford Smith Fine Art in Great Barrington, running through October 13, 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: Painting by Vico Fabbris, from the FLORAGENIS series; paintings by Rebecca Doughty, from the NEARLY NOTS series; Michael Hoerman’s digital rendering of Storehouse No. 1, a video installation proposed by The Temp Series Project in Lowell; cover art for Christian McEwen’s WORLD ENOUGH & TIME (Bauhan Publishing, 2011); Frank Ward, #3 (2009), Giclee print, 22X33 in.

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Visual Artists and Filmmakers Resonate! A Synthesis of Sight and Sound, a multidisciplinary event being held September 28, 2011 at Oberon in Cambridge, MA is looking for visual artists and filmmakers. The intention of the evening is to allow young artists in the local/regional community to get together, possibly collaborate, and strengthen one another’s audiences. The evening will consist of 3 to 4 bands, and an art sale to begin before the music and go on throughout. The event will feature musicians that are blending elements of folk, pop, jazz, and improvisation in their music. The intention is for an open genre approach to filter throughout the evening. Visual artists are sought for selling and showcasing work, as well as filmmakers for collaborating with the featured musicians. Contact Leah at ResonateCambridge@gmail.com.

Call for Artists HarborArts in Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina is currently accepting applications for artists, art vendors, artist/activist groups and galleries to have tables at their one-year anniversary celebration, which includes an exhibition of 30 large-scale outdoor public art pieces. Learn more. Questions: Bri.HarborArts@gmail.com.
Deadline Extended: September 1, 2011

Call for Artists The Brookline Arts Center is now accepting entries for their Artist Marketplace on December 4–11, 2011. Learn more. Questions: 617-566-5715.
Deadline: September 1, 2011

Photography Brighton Photo Fringe is now accepting submissions from photographers and lens-based artists. Brighton Photo Fringe is supported by University of Sussex, School of Media Film and Music, Brighton and Hove City Council and the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Learn more.
Deadline: September 12, 2011

Photographers The Photography Center of Cape Cod is now accepting entries for their Photo Contest 2012 Calendar. They want photos that depict a season or month in the year that were shot on Cape Cod. The winning images will also be hung as part of a special exhibit in the Cape Cod Art Association gallery. The 2012 Photography Center of Cape Cod calendar will be a high-quality, poster style calendar, with each month treated as its own frame-able work of art. Enter as many pieces as you like, $10 per entry fee. Jurors are Barnstable Town Councilor Ann Canedy,  photographer Stephen Heaslip, and Hyannis Chamber of Commerce Director Jessica Sylver. The calendar will be available in their gallery, online and at different locations across the Cape. Questions: manager@photographycenterofcapecod.org.
Deadline: September 12, 2011

Craft Artists Applications are now being accepted for Craftboston Spring and Craftboston Holiday 2012. There is only one application for both 2012 shows. Read more. Questions: show@craftboston.org.
Deadline: September 13, 2011

Early-Career Directors and Choreographers Applications are now being accepted for the SDC Foundation’s Observership Program. Through this program, SDCF offers early-career Directors and Choreographers 25 paid opportunities to observe the work of master Directors and Choreographers as they create new productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and at leading regional theatres across the country. Each Observer will receive a $200 weekly stipend and an additional travel stipend. Learn more.
Deadline: September 15, 2011

Playwrights The Portland Stage Company is now accepting entries for their 2011-2012 Clauder Competition. The Clauder Grand Prize Winner will receive a cash award of $2,500, as well as a full production at Portland Stage with a professional director, designers, and actors. The Clauder Gold Prize winners will each receive $600. Grand Prize and Gold Prize winners will be invited to workshop their plays at the Little Festival of the Unexpected, Portland Stage’s annual new play festival where playwrights, professional theater artists, and audiences develop new works in a nurturing environment. Additional prizes will also be awarded to the best play submitted from each of the six New England States. Learn more.
Deadline: March 1, 2012 (postmark)

Image credit: Last Rose of Summer, 1867, by Charles Kinkel, Music A-5015, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

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On cue here they are.

Artists Professional Toolbox Program Information Session D’lynne Plummer, Director of Professional Development for the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, will be giving a presentation on the Artists Professional Toolbox Program where artists will have the opportunity to learn more and ask questions. Thursday, August 18, 2011 from 7-9pm at LynnArts, 25 Exchange St. Lynn, MA. Pre-registration required. Email swhalter@lynnarts.org to register.

Performing Artists The New England States Touring Program has funds available for presenters to hire NEST eligible artists. So how do you become a NEST Eligible Artist? Easy. Just create a free profile on MatchBook.org. Read more.

Photography The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art is now accepting applications for their international juried competition for digital art and photography. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. The selected winner receives 10 prints up to 44×60 inches on canvas or museum quality paper (approximately a $2,500-$3,000 value) to be shown in a solo exhibition in the Center For Digital Art’s main gallery September 8-30, 2011. Jurors are Peter Frank (Riverside Art Museum) and Rex Bruce, L.A. Center for Digital Art. Online registration only. Questions: lacda@lacda.com. Learn more.
Deadline: August 22, 2011

Filmmakers The Crown Heights Film Festival in Brooklyn is now accepting submissions for short films, artist films and animations under 18 minutes. With the support of Five Myles Gallery, short films and animations will be showcased from October 13-15, 2011. Application is free. Learn more.
Deadline: August 26, 2011

Photography PortfolioX2 Submissions are now being accepted. The Davis Orton Gallery has a call for work for their Street Photography, Surveillance exhibition. Contact 518-697-0266 or info@DavisOrtonGallery.com.
Deadline: August 31, 2011

North Adam Open Studios The North Adams Open Studios (October 15-16, 2011) registration period is now open. Questions: 413-664-8718. Learn more.
Registration Deadline: September 2, 2011

Plein Air Artists Artists are invited to participate in the 4th Annual Easthampton Paint Out; a one-week plein air painting competition that culminates in a gallery show and judging at Nashawannuck Gallery during the Art Walk. Oils, acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media/painting works are accepted. Participating artists must paint within the city limits of Easthampton from September 3-10, 2011, at an outdoor location and not from a photograph. Fee: $20. Questions: nashawannuck@yahoo.com or 413- 529-9393.

Image credit: Photograph of teenager at the ICA scratching out sounds by ArtSake.

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Call to Artists The Cotuit Center for the Arts has announced an open call for their juried exhibition Couplings. They are seeking work created by couples or pairs of artists. All interpretations of the theme and media will be considered and artists are invited to enter up to two pieces. The Cotuit Center for the Arts encourages large and three-dimensional works. The fee for entry is $5 for members and $10 for non-members. Works must be delivered gallery-ready with appropriate frame and wire (if hung). If work is not accepted the artist will be informed by email or phone and must retrieve their work. Drop off deadline: Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Playwrights Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga’s I Can’t Think Straight: The Coming Out Experience is seeking plays of any length that explore the coming out experience, preferably in a humorous vein, for production during the Fall, 2011 season. Include any production history information, if applicable. Electronic or postal mail submissions accepted. No Fee. Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, 915 Central Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403, Contact: Garry Lee Posey.
Deadline: August 15, 2011

Performing Artists Guidelines are now available for the 2012 USArtists International (USAI) program. USAI provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists invited to perform at significant international festivals or engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories. Read more. Questions, contact Sara Nash.
Deadline: September 6, 2011 (first round)

Craft Artists The Society of Arts and Crafts is now accepting applications from New England artists working in ceramics, fiber, glass, metal, wood or mixed media for their 2012 Artist Awards. Students and past winners are not eligible. Three winners will be selected, each will receive $3,000 and participate in a group exhibition to be held April – June 2012 in their Boston gallery. Read more on Juried Art Services.
Deadline: October 5, 2011

Filmmakers San Diego Black Film Festival aims to provide a vehicle for worldwide exposure of quality African American and African Diaspora films. Seeking entries in the following categories: dramatic feature, documentary feature, documentary short, comedy, animation, music video, and dramatic short. Read more. Questions, call 619/685-7215 or email.
Deadline: October 26, 2011

Image credit: Photograph of construction site by ArtSake.

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Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try…
Happy Birthday Mick. Over and out.

Call to Artists The Artist’s Studio and Gallery at Patriot Place in Foxboro is currently accepting applications for artists to exhibit there. The gallery has featured the work of more than 40 up-and-coming local artists. It is run by six permanent artists who are members of the Foxboro Art Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of the arts and artists. Each weekend the gallery features the work of three new artists and encourages live painting while the gallery is open. If interested, visit their blog or email foxboroart@gmail.com for more info. BTW – are you ready for some football? ArtSake is! Go Tommy and the boys!
Deadline: Ongoing

Free Artist Workshop How to Live Within Your Means is a free workshop for artists of all disciplines about personal finance co-sponsored by Artmorpheus and the Boston Home Center in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts. Contact beer@artmorpheus.org. Pre-registration is required.
Event Date: August 1, 2011

African American Artists The William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts is now accepting applications for their 2011 William H. Johnson Prize. The annual award of $25,000 seeks to encourage African American artists early in their careers. Early-career African American artists who work in painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, installation, and/or new genres are eligible to apply. Learn more.
Deadline: August 15, 2011

Playwrights The Yale Drama Series is seeking original, unpublished, full-length plays written in English. (No translations, musicals, or children’s plays.) The winner will receive the David C. Horn Prize of $10,000, publication of the manuscript by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale Rep. Learn more. Contact: yaledramaseries@yale.edu.
Deadline: August 15, 2011

Performance Works The Fort Point Theatre Channel seeks plays, poetry, music, film, dance, and other performance works for HUMOR US: An Evening of the Sanguine, the Choleric, the Melancholic, & the Phlegmatic. Collaborative or cross-genre work is encouraged. Excerpts of longer pieces are welcome. Learn more.
Deadline: Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Call for Exhibition Proposals The Fort Point Arts Community Gallery is currently accepting proposals for two or more person shows for their upcoming exhibition 2011/2012 Season. Each exhibition runs approximately 8 weeks. This year’s guest juror will be Randi Hopkins, Independent curator, co-founder and former co-director of Boston’s Allston Skirt Gallery, and currently is the Associate Curator at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Read more.
Deadline: September 10, 2011

Call to Artists Submissions are now being accepted for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Community Arts Initiative Artist Project. The Artist Project is a collaboration between the MFA, SMFA, and eight after-school community organizations in the Boston area. The artist and the children create a collaborative work of art inspired by the Museum’s encyclopedic collection. The completed project is exhibited in the Community and SMFA Gallery in the Linde Family Wing at the MFA. Read more. Contact: Francisco Mendez-Diez, Manager of Community Arts, at 617.369.3641.
Deadline: January 13, 2012

Image credit: Drawing of microphone from clker.com

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ArtSake caught up with the documentary photographer Paris Visone for wicked fast nano-interview that takes about 1/1000 second at f/16 to read. So relax, slow down, and take a good, long look at the gorgeous scavenged images she shot. Better, yet, check out her show that opens on Friday at Suffolk University’s Art Gallery.

What artists’ work do you admire most but create nothing like? Philip Seymour Hoffman and Patrick Stump

What is the most surprising response to your photographs you have ever received? I recently went on tour to photograph the legendary punk/new wave band, Blondie. The guitarist Chris Stein has been taking photos of the band throughout their 30 year long music career. So getting an awesome response from him about my photography was surreal.

Worst day job: A tie between selling sausage and shooting weddings.

How do you know when to click the shutter? It is a mixture of feeling and timing.

What do you listen to while you create? I feel like I am more of a scavenger than a creator.

Spring, Summer, Winter or Fall? I usually shoot the most during the Spring, Summer and Fall. And Winter is my time to edit. So I like them all.

Do you have a procrastination ritual? Currently – Pawn Stars (TV show) and Call of Duty (video game)

What famous person in history would you like to have met? Henri Cartier-Bresson

Analogue or Digital? Respect Analogue. Shoot Digital.

Paris Visone – Culture of Looking, A Solo Exhibition
Suffolk University Art Gallery
July 15-September 4, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, July 22 5-7pm.

Image credit; All photographs courtesy of Paris Visone

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Musical Theater The York Theatre Company Developmental Reading Series is now accepting musicals. They aim to be a birthplace for new literate, intimate musicals and to provide support for the creators of new musical theatre. Submit completed script, as well as a sound recording of all or most of the songs. No fee. York Theatre Company, Developmental Reading Series, The Theatre at Saint Peter’s, 619 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022.
Deadline: July 31, 2011

Filmmakers Women in Adventure Sports Film Festival (September 21-22, 2011, Boston, MA)  is seeking films that focus on women adventurers in fields such as climbing, mountain biking, trekking, surfing, snowboarding, etc, that project intimacy and passion for the sport as well as insight into the women who practice the sport. Films do not need to be recent; any films made during the past ten years are acceptable. No fee. Submit films and inquiries to Kevin Shea.
Deadline: July 31, 2011

Call to Artists 9th Annual Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition is now accepting applications for an art exhibition scheduled October 18 – November 5, 2011 at the Ames Mansion Museum, Borderland State Park, North Easton, MA. Open to all artists 18+. All media including photography. Learn more. Questions: Robert Bendt at 781-784-6116.
Deadline: August 6, 2011

Call to Artists Northampton Arts Council and the city of Northampton invite Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Berkshire county artists to submit an entry for the exhibition Follow the River. Curator David Teeple is seeking artists whose work engages, inspires, and celebrates the life-affirming properties of water, while also addressing the water challenges facing the planet. All two and three-dimensional media in any style (abstract, conceptual, representational, etc.) as well as video and performing arts will be considered. Learn more.
Deadline: August 14, 2011

Guggenheim Fellowships Applications are now being accepted for the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s Guggenheim Fellowships. The fellowships are intended for people who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.
Deadline: September 15, 2011

Call to Artists The South Shore Arts Center invites artists to submit entries to their national call to artists for the exhibition Wax-Inc. Work must incorporate the use of wax or the encaustic process. The show’s juror is Brian T. Allen, Director, Addison Gallery of Art. Learn more.
Deadline: October 3, 2011

Image credit: Gilbert Stewart’s oil on canvas portrait of George Washington at Dorchester Heights, 1806, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Unfortunately ArtSake is not sure of the correct the name of the horse. It could be Old Nelson or Blueskin.

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Public Art Arise from the dark all you spooky, funky, goth-loving artists who own nothing in pastel shades. The Edgar Allan Poe Foundation of Boston is now accepting proposals from artists, artisans and/or designers to develop public artwork(s) celebrating Poe and his creative work. The site is Edgar Allan Poe Square in Boston and is a roughly triangular brick paved plaza of 1,700 square feet. Up to three artist/designer teams will be paid an honorarium of $1,000 to develop and present site-specific proposals. Learn more. Contact: Jean Mineo at 508-242-9991.
Deadline: August 15, 2011

Call to Artists Paul McCartney (yes that Paul), the devout veggie crusading, left-handed guitar playing (actually probably every instrument you can think of playing) ex-Beatle has issued an open call for designers, graphic designers, and illustrators to send in artworks inspired by his albums McCartney and McCartney II, with the winning work to be chosen by Sir Paul himself and exhibited at London’s Idea Generation gallery. Learn more. ArtSake Disclaimer- I saw Beatle Paul twice in concert many years ago and found myself weeping just before he took to the stage not unlike those schoolchildren back in the day. What is it with those four lads from Liverpool anyway?
Deadline: August 16, 2011

Site-Specific Conceptual Work Locust Projects’ in Miami, FL is currently reviewing proposals for individual artist exhibitions, collaborative projects, and curated exhibitions. Locust Projects is an alternative, not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations that have a solid conceptual basis. Boys in bikinis and girls on surfboards optional.
Deadline: Ongoing

Craft Artists Applications are now being accepted to the CRAFT USA National Craft Triennial. This year’s juror is Holly Hotchner, Director of the Museum of Arts & Design (the museum with the great acronym) in New York. Eligibility: U.S. artists 18+; basketry, ceramics, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal, mixed media, paper, and wood Learn more. Contact Jeffrey Mueller at 203-966-9700.
Deadline: August 26, 2011

Choreographers Gotta Dance? The Dance Complex’s Shared Choreographers’ Concert program is now accepting proposals. The proposal must briefly include a description of your dance style, length, number of dancers and main concept of your piece, and your contact info. Email proposals to scc.dancecomplex@gmail.com. Learn more.
Deadline: September 14, 2011

Free Fun Fridays Sponsored by Highland Street Foundation, Massachusetts residents and tourists are invited to visit designated cultural attractions for free every Friday in July and August. No registration or tickets required.

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