Archive for the ‘residencies’ Category

Eyeing Artist Opportunities

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts On February 1, 2012, Creative Capital will begin accepting online Letters of Inquiry for grants in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts. 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. Selected grantees receive up to $50,000 in direct support and a suite of services valued at more than $40,000. The Inquiry Form will be open until March 1, 2011. Learn more.

Wanted: Technology-based Art COLLISIONcollective has a call for proposals for experimental, technology-based artwork for its 17th COLLISION exhibition. Submissions will be judged according to the following criteria (in decreasing order of importance) – work should be: technological in production or product; safe to patrons; completed and available (including artist); size-appropriate for AXIOM Gallery space; exciting/novel; thought provoking; high quality in its craft. See samples of past successful work. The show will open March 2, 2012 and run for four weeks. Learn more.
Deadline: January 14, 2012

Artists in Residence Program I-Park announces its 12th season hosting its multi-disciplinary residency program in a 450-acre natural woodland retreat in East Haddam, CT. Self-directed artists’ residencies will be offered May-November 2012. Most sessions are four weeks in duration and are offered to those working in the Visual Arts, Music Composition, Creative Writing, Moving Image, and Landscape/Garden Design. Except for the $30 application fee, the residency is offered at no cost to accepted artists and includes comfortable private living quarters, a private studio, and meal program. Learn more.  Questions: applications@i-park.org or 860-873-2468.
Deadline: January 30, 2012

Cambridge Artists The Cambridge Arts Council invites visual & performing artists working in all media, who either live or work in Cambridge, to participate in the fourth annual citywide Cambridge Open Studios. Show your work in your own studio or in one of the common venues along with other artists. Register and learn more.
Deadline: Tuesday, January 31, 2011

Artist Toolbox Program for Musicians A partnership between the Arts & Business Council and the Berklee College of Music Rethink Music Initiative, this series of topic-specific workshops and webinars begins in February and culminates in the Rethink Music Conference in April. Topics range from marketing and business strategy to copyright issues in the digital age, artist management, and fundraising. The Toolbox is designed to meet the needs of jazz, classical, rock, and folk musicians. The cost of the program is $495. Fee includes admission to the Rethink Music Conference. Learn more.
Deadline: February 1, 2012

Photographers Photo Nights Boston is seeking submissions. As part of Photo Nights Boston’s October 2012 public art event, an artist will be selected to design and produce a photography-based work of public art as a focal point for the program. Open to artists 18 years of age or older with no geographic restriction. Finalists will receive a $1,000 proposal development fee. The project budget is $10,000. Learn more. Questions: photonightsboston@gmail.com.
Deadline: Friday, February 3, 2012

Time-Based Work ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art, a biannual DVD publication, is currently accepting submissions of time-based work for V20: THE CINEMATIC. They seek works that explore the complex relationship between cinema and new media. They will review installation, video, performance, sound, and any other work best documented in time-based format. Learn more. Questions: esmith@aspectart.org.
Deadline: April 1, 2012

Image credit: From the Town Art Collection of Provincetown, MA. Josephine T. Arico’s “Untitled”, Oil on canvas, 26 x 18.25.

Stuck-up Artist Opportunities

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Flyers pinned to a wall with pushpins. Photograph by ArtSake.

Playwrights The Provincetown Theater Company invites local Massachusetts and Rhode Island based authors to submit work to the 2012 Winter Reading Series. Seeking submissions for one-act plays, collections of shorts running approximately an hour, and full-length plays. Learn more. Questions: operations@provincetowntheater.com.
Deadline: December 17, 2011 (postmarked)

Photographers Uforge Gallery is now accepting entries for their photography exhibition called Space. Work should focus on the environment that surrounds you at any given moment whether it be vast or minute. Learn more.
Deadline: December 18, 2011

Artist Residency Banff Artist in Residence programs in Canada offer independent periods of study where artists, curators, and other arts professionals are free to experiment and explore. Participants are provided with an individual studio accessible 24 hours a day, as well as use of Visual Arts facilities including printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, sculpture, and photography. BAIR offers short- and long-term opportunities to work at a remove from the constraints of everyday life. Learn more.
Deadline: Ongoing opportunities.

Poets The Poetry Society of America is now accepting entries in multiple categories for their annual awards. Learn more.
Deadline: December 22, 2011

Playwrights The National New Play Network, c/o Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is now accepting entries for the Smith Prize, a $5,000 cash award that is split between the winning playwright and the first National New Play Network member theatre that chooses to produce the winning play. Work must specifically focus on American politics. Learn more. Questions: jojo@nnpn.org
Deadline: December 30, 2011

Women Writers The Orlando Prizes and eMessage competitions are open to all women regardless of nationality. All submissions must be unpublished works written in English. Categories include short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and flash fiction. Learn more.
Deadline: January 31, 2012

African American Women Artists The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Rhode Island, invites New England-based African American women artists to submit original work for a juried fine art exhibition, AFROCENTRIC at Gallery Z, in Providence, RI, next April/May 2012. The juror is L’Merchie Frazier. For information, prospectus, entry form: cmscott1@verizon.net
Deadline: February 10, 2012

Call For Artists Violence Transformed 2012 seeks entries in any medium for exhibition and digital projection at the Massachusetts State House and other curated venues in April, May, and June. They welcome artworks addressing issues of protest, refuge, healing, and commemoration and are particularly interested in works that give expression to the transformative power of art by imagining alternatives to violence. Submit disk containing up to 6 jpeg images, printed image list (title, medium, dimensions), c.v., artist’s statement and $15 submission fee to: Violence Transformed, c/o Gail Bos, 48 Sheridan Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. Learn more.
Deadline: February 18, 2011

Call for Exhibition Proposals The Soap Factory,  a 120-year old ex-industrial warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis,  exhibits work in its galleries throughout the year. Exhibitions curated from submissions are typically comprised of 8-10 artists. Learn more.
Deadline: April 30, 2012

Image credit: Photograph by ArtSake.

Clean and Tidy Artist Opportunities

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

A clean hallway, with hanging artwork. Photograph by ArtSake.

Poets The Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize of $1,000 is now accepting submissions. All submissions must be original, unpublished work. Read more.
Deadline: December 1, 2011 (postmarked)

Poetry Chapbook Competition The Center for Book Arts invites submissions to its annual Poetry Chapbook Competition. The winning manuscript will be chosen in May 2012 and will be awarded with the publication of a beautifully designed, letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook printed and bound by artists at the Center for Book Arts. The edition is limited to 100 signed and numbered copies, ten of which are reserved for the author and the remainder of which will be offered for sale through the Center. The winning poet will also receive a cash award of $500, and a $500 honorarium for a reading, to be held at the Center in the fall of 2012, as well as an exclusive opportunity to stay at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York as one of their Winter Shakers. This year’s judges will be Phillis Levin & Sharon Dolin. Read more.
Deadline: December 1, 2011

Public Art Riverscaping, an international and northeastern US public realm/public art/design-build competition on the Connecticut River in Massachusetts is now accepting proposals. Learn more. Questions: angela@riverscaping.org.
Deadline: December 10, 2011

Visual Artist Grants The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation has an Individual Support Grant program for painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have been creating mature art for at least 20 years and who are in current financial need. Grants are available through an open application process. Application forms are available by mail only. Learn more.
Deadline: December 15, 2011 (postmarked)

Call for Artists Heritage Museums and Gardens are looking for submissions from contemporary artists to create a “fanciful but working garden gate”. Work will be for sale. For guidelines and application form, contact Jan Crocker at JCrocker@heritagemuseums.org or 508-888-3300 x102.
Deadline: December 31, 2011

Artists Residencies Wanna get away? The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH, offers creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. The sole criterion for acceptance to The MacDowell Colony is artistic excellence. Learn more.
Deadline: January 15, 2012

Artist Residency The Bemis Center in Omaha provides three months of uninterrupted, self-directed work time with their Artists-in-Residencies program. Learn more.
February 28, 2012

Image credit: Photograph of hallway by ArtSake. Photograph of garden gate courtesy Heritage Museums and Gardens.

Megalithic Artists Opportunities

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

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.

Artist Opportunities Back to School

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

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Call to Artists Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Providence, RI is now accepting entries for the exhibition Curiouser. The aim of the exhibition is to bring the humanities and sciences together with the arts, offering a unique lens on the Victorian era’s obsession with natural studies and specimen collecting. Learn more.
Deadline: September 8, 2011

Choreography The Shared Choreographers’ Concert (SCC), a tradition of the Dance Complex since 1992, occurs three times a year. This educational program has seen numerous choreographers making their debut in the Julie Ince Thompson Theatre. This fall, SCC will be held on October 21-22, 2011 as part of the 20th birthday celebration of The Dance Complex. Mentors are Brian Crabtree, Kelli Edwards, and Rozann Kraus. To participate, send a dance proposal to scc.dancecomplex@gmail.com.
Deadline: September 14, 2011

Free Public Art Discussion New Media & Emerging Technologies in Public Art at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Mills Gallery, September 26, 2011; 6-9PM. The discussion will feature eight short, seven-minute presentations by New England artists who are making great strides within – or commentaries upon – the spheres of new media and emerging technologies, and whose projects are expanding the “public-ness” of public art.

Filmmakers Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival and Short Film Competition (October 21-23, 2011, Austin, TX) is now accepting entries in two categories: Emerging – Collegiate and Independent, and Scholastic – K-12.  Learn more. Questions: 512-478-3366 or ctdfilmfest@gmail.com.
Deadline: September 30, 2011

Residency Fellowships The Vermont Studio Center has announced the availability of residency fellowship awards. Learn more.
Deadline: October 3, 2011

Call to Artists Laughing Dog Bicycles in Amherst, MA has announced a call to artists. They have a new front space on South Pleasant Street (next to Collective Copies) for exhibitions. Their intention is to offer monthly installations. No charge for display; no commissions asked. Artist must take care of hanging art and managing any openings. Prospective artists just need to send samples of their work. Contact: anntwe@gmail.com or 413-367-9231.
Deadline: Ongoing

Image credit: Victorian school clipart.

Flexible Artist Opportunities

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Film and Video Artists The LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund is accepting applications for Pre-Production funding for independent documentary film and video projects. Through the Moving Image Fund, LEF provides funding across all phases of production, supporting films from the early risk-taking stage, through a film’s completion. Up to 7 grants of $5,000 for projects in the pre-production phase will be awarded. Contact: Sara Archambault.
Deadline: June 10, 2011, 5 PM

Dance Residency Boston Center for the Arts is now accepting applications for their 2011-2012 season. Read more.
Deadline: June 13, 2011

Artist-in-Residence and Assistantship Opportunity on Martha’s Vineyard Applications are now being accepted for an artist-in-residency program (September 1-14, 2011) to create temporary, site-specific works on Martha’s Vineyard. In addition, artists interested in residencies but lacking the experience to apply for more established programs are encouraged to apply as assistants to the artists-in-residence. Sculpture students or those with extensive wood-working skills preferred. Housing will be provided at the Point Way Inn (Edgartown), as well as a site for working and some supplies. Artists of all disciplines and nationalities are invited to apply. Work with wood and/or the environment is not necessary to apply for a residency. Send 6 images (6 slides or images on a CD), a resume and statement, indicating why this opportunity interests you, a possible work plan/proposal and what you hope to gain from the experience by email (msherman@transculturalexchange.org) or by mail (Mary Sherman, 516 E. 2nd Street #30, Boston, MA 02127). Artists will be notified by July 15, 2011.
Deadline: June 15, 2011 (received date, not postmarked)

Museum Lovers The ICA announces the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 1,300 museums across the U.S. to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2011. See the complete list of participating Massachusetts museums.

Radio Art & Sound Art Work Radio As An Arts Space, CONA Institute for Contemporary Arts Processing is accepting submissions of contemporary sound art works. Selected works will be included in the exhibition Radio As An Arts Space which will be broadcast by radioCona and will appear at in situ locations in December 2011. The exhibition will at the same time occupy the radio frequencies and audio streams of international partners. The broadcast will be constituted as a gallery space with a curated exhibition delineated by the curators’ collection of selected works and featuring works selected through this open call. Questions: cona@cona.si.
Deadline: June 25, 2011

Calling All Poets, Writers The respected literary magazine Fence is accepting open submissions of poems and stories throughout the month of June. See the online submission system to submit, and for more information.
Deadline: June 30, 2011, 5 PM

Call for Artists: The Winchester Cultural Council is holding a juried art fair on August 6 at the Farmer’s Market on the Town Common. A jury comprised of WCC members, practicing artists, art teachers, and committee members will judge original artwork of professional quality in any medium for acceptance. A cash prize will be awarded for Best in Show. Approximately 25 booth spaces are available. Learn more.
Deadline: July 10, 2011

Flash Fiction Newport Review is now accepting submissions of original, unpublished flash fiction stories, including prose poetry and experimental forms, for the 2011 Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest. Stories should be no more than 1,000 words (no minimum). The contest has $500 in prizes, and all stories submitted will be considered for publication in Newport Review. Meg Pokrass is guest judge. Find entry fees, guidelines, and more information.
Deadline: October 1, 2011, at 11:59 PM

Call for Artists Artists are invited to apply for participation in Art at the Farm 2011, an outdoor show and sale planned for August 20, 11 AM – 5 PM during the West Barnstable Village Festival. The event takes place rain or shine, and participants may be required to bring a display tent, as well as their display equipment. Each artist is responsible for processing their own sales transactions. Meetinghouse Farm, Route 149 in West Barnstable. Questions: 508-362-3961, carbonel@cape.com, or patnickersonart@yahoo.com.

Zion National Park Artist-in-Residency Zion National Park is now accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence Program. Questions: 435-772-0184.
Deadline: July 22, 2011

Image credit: Photograph of wooden mannequin running by Lucky Luke.

Vermont Studio Center Fellowships Available

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Here’s a bushel full of goodies the Vermont Studio Center is offering up to artists:

Vermont Studio Center Fellowships Sixteen fellowships for a 4-week residency are open to all artists and writers based on merit, as represented in the portfolio or manuscript.

Anderson/Frankel Fellowship for Chicago area/SAIC alumni One fellowship sponsored by the Marshall Frankel Foundation and Davis Anderson, this award is open to all Chicago-area artists, including faculty and alumni of the Art Institute of Chicago, for one 4-week VSC residency.

Civil Society Institute Fellowship One award for a 4-week residency open to an east coast minority artist with demonstrable financial need; preference will be given to artists from New Haven, Jersey City, and Baltimore. The $25 application fee is waived for eligible CSI applicants. Award includes a $500 travel stipend.

Cave Canem Fellowship This annual fellowship provides one 4-week residency to a poet who is a Cave Canem fellow. Home for the many voices of African American poetry, Cave Canem is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets.

Pollock Krasner The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/VSC Fellowship Program for visual artists of outstanding talent will support two 4-week residencies for domestic artists.

Henry David Thoreau Fellowship This fellowship supports a poet whose work is a living extension of the literary tradition embodied in the work of Henry David Thoreau, for a 4-week residency.

Zoland Translation Fellowship Offered in conjunction with Zoland Poetry, this 4-week residency fellowship is open to translators. Applicants should submit 3 copies of the original poems/translations, along with a description of English-language rights, author bio, and translator CV.

Deadline: June 15, 2011

Artist Opportunities Closer Than You Think

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011


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.

Voting for Artist Opportunities

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Visual artists: ArtsWest in Seattle, WA is now accepting submissions from visual artists throughout the U.S. who wish to be considered for Neo-Kitsch: national small works showcase. With this call for artists we request small works 10″ x 10″ or smaller from 2D and 3D media, including nontraditional mediums under the fun theme of kitsch with a twist. Artists must be a resident of the US and at least 18 years of age. All works must be original artworks by the submitting artist. Fee of $10 per artwork entry, up to 5 entries. Download prospectus and entry form.
Deadline: November 8, 2010

Paper and fiber artists: Gallery5, a non-profit gallery in Richmond, VA is accepting submissions for our January show, Papier-Mâchete. This juried fine-art exhibition will focus on artwork utilizing paper and organic fiber media as the primary construction means. Submissions may be 2D or 3D but should display innovative and inventive uses of paper and associated fibers. Traditional techniques such as collage and papier-mâché are discouraged unless exemplifying a unique or transcendent approach to the craft. Deadline: November 23, 2010

Call to Artists The Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading, PA will present a juried exhibition Gender Matters/Matters of Gender on March 23-April 20, 2011. Open to everyone. The juror is Judith Tannenbaum, Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Art at Rhode Island School of Design. Learn more. Questions, contact Christine Kolva at 484-529-1198.
Deadline: December 1, 2010

Sculptors The Fruitlands invites artists to forward a selection of up to three existing sculptures or installations for a juried outdoor exhibition Art in Nature: A Juried Sculpture Exhibition from April 15 – November 15, 2011. Artists are encouraged to enter particularly large-scale works for installation on the grounds or suspended from trees. All works will be installed outside so durability is a major consideration. 20 selected pieces will be featured in the exhibition. Artists may offer works for sale at the end of the exhibition. Open to New England artists. Read more.
Deadline: January 15, 2011

Ballet The First Boston International Ballet Competition is an event organized by the Dance Conservatory Performance Project, scheduled for May 12-16, 2011 at John Hancock Hall in Boston, MA. This event is the creation of Valentina Kozlova, former Principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and the New York City Ballet.
Deadline: February 1, 20100

Artist in Residence The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) encourages applications for a wide range of projects, from a diversity of artists, composers, directors, choreographers, and performers of different cultural and geographic backgrounds. EMPAC is open to proposals from all phases of a project, from initial concept to full production. To apply, please include a letter of intent, a project description, a resume or CV for all major collaborators, as well as works, samples, and other supporting materials. Proposals are reviewed by EMPAC curators four times a year. Upcoming reviews will take place on October 15, January 14, April 15, and July 15. In general, residencies are scheduled six months to one year in advance. Questions, email empac_air@rpi.edu.

Image credit: Letter from Sheryl Byland to President Dwight D. Eisenhower Regarding American Flag Design Suggestion, 10/1958. ARC Identifier 594335. Item from Collection DDE-WHCF: White House Central Files (Eisenhower Administration), 1953 – 1961.

Ye Olde Artist Opportunities

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

 

Webinar - Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts is sponsoring the webinar How to Electronically Register your Copyright on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 from 12-1pm. Contact Sheri S. Mason.

Artist Residency Ucross Foundation Residency Program (February-June 2011, Ucross, WY) – Residencies of 2-8 weeks for visual artists, writers and composers. Residency provides housing, studio space and all meals. Artists responsible for travel and materials. Ucross Foundation Residency Program, 30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835. Contact 307-737-2291 or info@ucross.org.
Deadline: October 1, 2010

Artist Residency The Millay Colony for the Arts (April-November, 2011, Austerlitz, NY) – Residencies of an average of one month for visual writers, composers and writers (including playwrights and screenwriters). Residency provides housing, food and studio. Artist responsible for travel and materials. Millay Colony for the Arts, 454 East Hill Rd., PO Box 3, Austerlitz, NY 12017. Contact 518-392-3103 or apply@millaycolony.org.
Deadline: October 1, 2010

Multi-Arts Production Fund – Provides project-specific funding to playwrights, choreographers, directors, composers and performers. Grants range from $10,000 – $45,000, with average awards of $25,000. Projects must contain a live performance and must not have premiered anywhere in the world before September 1, 2010. Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) organization or fiscally-sponsored project with 2 years of professional experience. The first step in the application process is an online letter of inquiry. Learn more. Contact 212-226-1677 or mapinfo@mapfund.org.
Deadline: October 15, 2010

Choreographers - Green Street Studios announces the winter 2011 cycle of its Emerging Artists Award Program. This program is designed to provide infrastructure for choreographers, to create new work with a focus on group work and to provide deep, ongoing mentorship between experienced and early-to-mid-career choreographers. Contact info@greenstreetstudios.org or 617-864-3191.
Deadline: October 22, 2010

Call to Artists - LA GALERÍA is now accepting portfolio submissions for solo and group exhibitions of contemporary art for its 2011-2012 season. Artists working in any number of mediums are eligible and encouraged to apply; suggested mediums include painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital media, video, new media and installation. Guidelines and application forms are available.
Deadline: December 31, 2010

Image credit: Photograph of the Painting of the James McCormick Family by Joshua Johnson, ca. 1805; ARC Identifier 593949 / Local Identifier DM-H-HN-JOHNST-1; Item from Collection H: Harmon Foundation Collection, 1922 – 1967.