August 06, 2010
ArtistsRegister Monthly - August 2010
IN THIS ISSUE:
Editor's Corner
Featured artists
Featured Events
Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico, and New York
Artist Opportunities
Visual Arts Opportnities Nationwide
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Editor's Corner
1) Featured artists for the month of August are:
Mark Wedekind of Anchorage, Alaska.
Kathleen Sherman of Denver, Colorado.
Marietta Leis of Sandia Park, New Mexico.
Susan Bowen of Brooklyn, New York.
Mark Wedekind will be featured in Inspired, Inventive and Irreverent, an exhibition at the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska.
Kathleen Sherman will be participating in the Sculpture in the Park exhibition in Loveland, Colorado.
Marietta Leis' mixed media work, Polyglots, will be on display at the Wooden Cow Gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Susan Bowen will be exhibiting at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Brooklyn, New York.
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August Events
ALASKA
Inspired, Inventive and Irreverent
Exhibition continues through August 29, 2010. ArtistsRegister.com member Mark Wedekind will be featured in Inspired, Inventive and Irreverent, Contemporary Craft from the Anchorage Museum's permanent collection. Anchorage Museum, 625 C Street, Anchorage, AK 99501. For more information, go to: www.anchoragemuseum.org/galleries/Current_exhibits.aspx
COLORADO
Sculpture in the Park
Heralded as one of the finest outdoor juried exhibitions of three-dimensional artwork in the United States, Sculpture in the Park showcases over 2,000 pieces of sculpture created by 170 sculptors from around the world, including ArtistsRegister.com members Darlis Lamb, Craig Robb, Michael Speaker, and Kathleen Sherman. The event is majestically staged against the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains and attracts thousands of art lovers and collectors from across the country to Loveland, Colorado's Benson Sculpture Garden. The second weekend of August, Benson Sculpture Garden is transformed by the Loveland High Plains Arts Council and their volunteers from a park into a beautiful setting for this outstanding exhibit. Highlights of Sculpture in the Park include Friday night's Patron Party and a two-day silent auction. For more information, go to: www.sculptureinthepark.org
Spark Gallery Supporting Members Show
Exhibition continues through August 22, 2010. Spark Gallery Supporting Members Show, featuring ArtistsRegister.com members Barbara Baer, Kathryn Oberdorfer, and Katharine Smith-Warren. Spark Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204. www.sparkgallery.com
IOWA
2D/3D
Exhibition continues through October 9, 2010. 2D/3D, an exhibition featuring ArtistsRegister.com member Barbara Brandel and Tony Winchester. Barbara Brandel exhibits fanciful figure-based collaged paintings with postage stamps and maps. Tony Winchester, ceramics. Lakes Art Center, 2201 Highway 71 N. Okoboji, IA 51355. For more information, go to: www.lakesart.org/managed/VA2010.html
NEW MEXICO
Ancient Cultures/Modern Artifacts
Exhibition continues through August 28, 2010. ArtistsRegister.com member Marietta Leis' mixed media work, Polyglots, will be in a group exhibition, Ancient Cultures/Modern Artifacts at the Wooden Cow Gallery, 7400 Montgomery Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109. www.thewoodencow.com
NEW YORK
Red Hooked
Exhibition continues through August 22, 2010. ArtistsRegister.com member Susan Bowen will be featured in Red Hooked at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, 499 Van Brunt St., Red Hook, Brooklyn. For more information, go to: www.bwac.org
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Artist Opportunities
Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project
TriMet invites qualified artists to apply for public art commissions for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project. Up to seven (7) professional, established artists/artist teams will be selected to create major works for new light rail stations, adjacent station areas and at other significant locations along the alignment. Emerging public artists from the Pacific Northwest are also encouraged to apply to be short listed for future additional opportunities. A budget of over $3,000,000 has been established for public art commissions on the project. Deadline: August 20, 2010. For more information or to apply, go to: www.callforentry.org
African American Music Trail - Kinston, NC
The North Carolina Arts Council seeks to commission an artist or artist team to create site-specific, outdoor public artwork which interprets, commemorates, and celebrates the African American musical history, heritage, and culture of Eastern North Carolina. This public art project will be a prominent component of the African American Music Trail (AAMT), an initiative of the NC Arts Council, an agency of the NC Department of Cultural Resources. The commissioned artist will design and produce artwork for a proposed three-acre public park in downtown Kinston, NC, near the historic Sugar Hill neighborhood. An important music center of Eastern North Carolina and a hub of the AAMT, Kinston has fostered a deep and diverse African American cultural heritage of musical tradition-bearers and innovators. Among many other notable achievements, the city has been home to five members of James Brown's classic 1960s and 1970s bands, including Maceo and Melvin Parker and Nat Jones. This is a design team project: the All-America City Park will be designed by landscape architects Kofi Boone and Fernando Magallanes, with whom the selected artist will be expected to collaborate in order to develop an artwork concept which can be integrated into the context of the park design. Deadline: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 5:00pm EST. For more information, go to: www.ncarts.org/projectspecs.
Warehouse 508 Teen Center - Albuquerque, NM
The Warehouse 508 Selection Committee seeks an interior and/or exterior electronic/digital artwork situated at the Warehouse 508 teen center. The selection committee has requested that the work demonstrate a stellar and dynamic use of cutting-edge technology (hardware and software) that offers an opportunity for the youth at Warehouse 508 and the community to interact with the piece (content). The work should be upgradeable as technology changes (infrastructure/platform) and evolve over the life of the piece. The intent of the project is for the artist concept to be a starting point, with the artistic content to be developed in collaboration with youth, in response to the original piece. This artwork will serve as an access point to Warehouse 508, the youth of Albuquerque, and the City of Albuquerque’s Public Art Program. This project is open to artists/artist teams residing in the United States. Notice: If an Artist is selected for a Public Art project, whether as an individual or as a member of a team, and a contract for the project has been executed by the parties, the Artist is not eligible to apply, separately or jointly, for another Albuquerque Public Art project for a period of one year from the date of final execution of the contract. $100,000 is available to commission a constructed and installed work of art for the Warehouse 508 Project. Deadline for RFQ: August 31, 2010 at 5:00pm Mountain Time. To download the complete prospectus and submission instructions, please go to: www.cabq.gov/publicart.
Request for Information - Milwaukee County Percent for Art Program
The Milwaukee County Percent for Art Program (MCPAP) is pleased to announce a unique competition for commission of an artwork or artworks to be located at one or two possible sites. The selected sites for potential public art are Milwaukee County Courthouse and Milwaukee County Children's Court Center. These sites have been selected because they are important, visible landmarks of Milwaukee County. They also offer several opportunities for the implementation of exterior public art. MCPAP is requesting artists to submit a Request for Information response for the project. A total budget not to exceed $700,000 is available through the program. Deadline for Request for Information submittal is November 5, 2010. All information about the Request for Information can be found at CaFE (www.callforentry.org). The process of advertising, submitting and receiving artists' electronic responses to the Request for Information will be administered through CaFE. CaFE is an interactive online website which allows artists to submit responses to public art organizations' call for artists. All information about the Milwaukee County public art project is listed on CaFE. Any artist interested in the Milwaukee County Percent for Art Program project must register to submit their response. Registration is free for artists.
Lynnwood Library Gallery - Lynnwood, WA
The gallery space in the Lynnwood Library features 35 linear feet wall space for two-dimensional hanging pieces and a secured large display case and three podium display cases for smaller three-dimensional work, including but not limited to ceramics, metals, wood, jewelry, and glass. The artists may advertise pieces hanging in the gallery as for sale. No commission is charged for any sales made. The gallery is visited by an estimated 1,500 people monthly. The Arts Commission publicizes the exhibits and sponsors selected events in the gallery. Press releases and other promotional means are used to publicize showings in the Lynnwood Library Gallery. Deadline: September 24, 2010. Budget: N/A. For more information, go to: www.LynnwoodArts.org or email mjohnson@ci.lynnwood.wa.us.
Spotlight on Video Art
Are your videos more than documentaries? More than entertainment? More than fun and games with family and friends? Visual Overture magazine is accepting submissions for a special section of the magazine called Spotlight on Video Art, which will be included in the Winter 2010 issue and feature the work of one serious emerging videographer whose work is fine art. Materials to Submit: 2-3 videos, 500 word essay describing why your video work can be classified as fine art. Deadline: September 30, 2010. Online application: www.visualoverture.com/artists.htm.
EXPO 30
b.j. spoke gallery in Huntington, New York hosts its 30th national juried EXPO competition. Maura Lynch, Assistant Curator at MOMA, will judge the entries. All fine arts media are welcome, no craft. Prospectus is available at www.bjspokegallery.com or call 631.549.5106. Winners will have up to six works displayed for four weeks in March, 2011. Deadline: November 8, 2010. $35 entree fee. b.j. spoke gallery, 299 Main Street, Huntington, NY.
Atmosphere and Weather
Caladan Gallery presents a juried exhibition entitled Atmosphere and Weather. The source of the original drama--movement, exhilaration--the atmosphere is affected by weather and the weather by the atmosphere. We are involved by chance or otherwise. Caladan Gallery is searching for work that crystallizes and is centered on atmosphere and/or weather, and how it affects us in a myriad of senses. All mediums except video are eligible. Deadline: August 15, 2010. Please go to: www.caladangallery.com to download prospectus (click on "enter your artwork") or write to: Caladan Gallery, Box 391939, Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone: 617.838.8929.
Cultural Crossroads
Call for entries, Cultural Crossroads. Artists are encouraged to consider many aspects of the theme - from their own traditional historical cultural perspectives to the ways in which travel or other cross-cultural experiences have influenced their expression and creativity. Deadline: August 20, 2010. Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, 301 W. 4th St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. See prospectus for complete guidelines: files.changemywebsite.com/746562/doc/Cultural_Crossroads_2010_-_Prospectus_for_Artists.pdf
Activate an Idea/Deactivate a Problem
In collaboration with Adobe Youth Voices, the Adobe Foundation's global youth media initiative, the San Jose Biennial is issuing a call for video and multimedia by youths aged 10-18 that address multimedia as a tool to address global and local issues and as a topic of interpreting the theme of Activate an Idea/Deactivate a Problem. New media as a tool for addressing an issue that goes beyond documentation. You can interpret this theme literally or figuratively, seriously or humorously, as you envision how multimedia can activate positive social change. Video, film, video game, animation, machinima, web and software are all acceptable media for the interpretation of this topic. Deadline: August 23, 2010. For more information, go to: 01sj.org/2010/calls/ayv-01sj-call
Embracing Our Differences
Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 8th annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity. National and international submissions are encouraged. 45 artists will be selected for the exhibit. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2011 at Island Park along Sarasota's beautiful bayfront. Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 850,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. At the judges' discretion, an additional six honorable mention selections may be made. Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme Embracing Our Differences. The artwork will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size, 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators, and art professionals. A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented. Deadline: January 10, 2011. There is no submission fee nor limit on the number of entries. The mission of Embracing Our Differences is to use art as a catalyst for creating awareness and promoting the value of diversity, the benefits of inclusion and the significance of the active rejection of hatred and prejudice. Submission forms and more information concerning past winning submissions are available at www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org or by emailing MichaelJShelton@comcast.net.
Valley Metro Rail - Phoenix, AZ
Valley Metro Rail, Inc. (METRO) is seeking six Public Artists for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Mesa Extension. This program is funded by federal and regional funds. Four experienced artists will be selected to create integrated or stand-alone art commissions at light rail stations ($245,000-$255,000 each). Two smaller projects at a Traction Power Sub Station are suitable for emerging public artists ($35,000 each). Selected artists will be required to work collaboratively to develop starting-point concepts, criteria, and elements that establish a unified presence throughout the alignment. Artwork should make riders positively aware that they are in the City of Mesa while maintaining strict standards of safety, maintenance, and operations. The budgets include all costs such as artist fees, travel, insurance, shipping, engineering, fabrication, installation and administrative expenses related to the project, including but not limited to taxes, contractors licenses, etc. This project will include a large public component with emphasis on interaction with stakeholders. Submission date/time: Friday, August 20, 2010. Interested artists may obtain a copy of the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) documents by emailing a request to LRTProcurement@metrolightrail.org. Please reference the solicitation number in your request. For further information, please visit www.metrolightrail.org. Interested artists are encouraged to check METRO's website frequently for any updates/changes to this solicitation. METRO reserves the right to reject any and all submittals.
Seeking Permanent Contemporary Artwork - Winnipeg, Canada
The Winnipeg Arts Council invites professional artists to submit expressions of interest for a permanent contemporary artwork using elements of water and light in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This is a national and international competition for a major artwork to mark the designation of Winnipeg as the Cultural Capital of Canada for 2010, a program of the Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage. This project will be the largest public artwork to be undertaken in Winnipeg to date. Winnipeg's Public Art Program includes permanent installations in several locations in Winnipeg, a unique community art initiative and an artist-in-residence component. Budget: $575,000. Deadline: September 13, 2010. Interested artists must submit a complete application package to be considered. Please visit www.winnipegarts.ca for full details including eligibility criteria, application requirements and to download the Call to Artists as well as site plans and images.
Wishard Hospital Complex - Indianapolis, IN
The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana, d/b/a Wishard Hospital, with Blackburn Architects, Inc. as the Art Project Manager, invite US-based professional artists over the age of 18 to submit their qualifications for artwork design and/or fabrication opportunities at the new main Wishard Hospital complex, currently under construction. All media accepted. Project opportunities may include large-scale suspended sculpture(s), free-standing sculpture, art terrazzo floors, large wall-based artwork(s), architectural-scale art glass, architectural or landscape enhancements, wall-based 2D (e.g. paintings, mosaics) or 3D (e.g. relief carvings, wall-hung sculpture) opportunities, or the licensing of images to be used as part of an interior finish. Based on the responses to this RFQ, artists may be offered compensation to prepare and submit a proposal for a specific project site or may be directly selected to develop an artwork in concert with the project team. The intent of any project(s) commissioned from this RFQ is to complement the site, architecture and interior design program of the new hospital complex in creating an environment that makes Wishard's patients feel welcome, facilitates their healing, and reinforces Wishard's mission and community identity. To download full RFQ, visit: thenewwishard.org/site/index.php/category/construction or www.callforentry.org and look for the call labeled "Public Art for the New Wishard." Applications will be received exclusively through CaFE. Application deadline: August 16, 2010. For more information, contact Julia Muney Moore, Public Art Administrator at Blackburn Architects at jmoore@blackburnarchitects.com.
Mercer Street Underpass - Seattle, WA
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks an artist to develop site-specific artwork for an expanded underpass at Mercer Street and Aurora Avenue. The selected artist will develop artwork for a two-block area on Mercer Street that includes the underpass at Aurora Avenue/Highway 99 and the adjacent approaches east and west of the underpass. The Office seeks an artist whose work will treat the underpass as an architectural environment and transform the underpass into a space to experience. The call is open to professional artists residing in the United States. The total project budget is $335,000, all-inclusive of travel expenses, taxes and other project costs. The application deadline is Wednesday, August 25, 2010. A link to the online application and guidelines is available at www.seattle.gov/arts.
Greyhound Terminal Project - Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC)'s Art in Public Places (APP) Program invites artists to submit their qualifications to design, fabricate and install a public artwork for the Greyhound Terminal Project in Sacramento. Application deadline has been extended to Friday, August 20, 2010. Applications may be viewed on line at www.sacmetroarts.org/calls-for-artists.html.
Festival del Nazareno Artist Retreat - Portobelo, Panama
Festival del Nazareno Artist Retreat, October 16-23, 2010. Taller Portobelo Norte is now accepting applications for the 2010 Artist Retreat in Portobelo, Panama. The Feast day of the Cristo Negro of Portobelo, also known as the Black Christ Festival, is ideal for people interested in religion, Latin America and the African Diaspora, especially artists and photographers. Participants won't fail to be stimulated by the abundance of stunning visual imagery, overwhelming emotion and electrifying energy of the festival. More secular than sacred, the Festival boasts streets full of food vendors, shops, make-shift discoteques and pilgrims dancing, drinking, praying and partying for El Nazareno. Artists will have the opportunity to commune with one another, work on small projects and participate in the annual religious festival that draws tens of thousands of pilgrims each year. Professional and emerging photographers, visual and literary artists, and the general public interested in Latin America and the African Diaspora are eligible to apply. Knowledge of Spanish is helpful but not mandatory. Application deadline: September 17, 2010. For more information ot to apply, go to: www.tallerportobelonorte.com/bcfestival.html.
Marsac Building - Park City, UT
Park City Municipal Corporation is pleased to announce a Request for Qualifications to create public artwork for the Marsac Building (City Hall) in Park City, Utah, on either or both of two locations: the south entrance and the west side of the Marsac Building. This competition is open to all artists working in any media. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines. Artists and artist teams interested in the project should submit one (1) copy of each of the following: One page cover letter, artist's statement about your approach to the project and your team structure, as necessary, relevant experience and/or current resume, work samples (10-15 images on digital files) of recent artwork, work samples, narrative page, list of three (3) references, and a SASE for the return of your materials. Incomplete submittals will not be reviewed. A minimum of one and a maximum of five artists/artist teams may be selected from among submissions received in Phase 1 to develop a conceptual approach for the project. Finalists who are selected will be paid $1,000 each, or per team, to prepare a proposal in Phase 2. Phase 2 proposals must include: detailed project description, concept drawings or model, project budget, and time line for project completion. Deadline: September 13, 2010. Budget: $65,000. A complete RFQ can be found at www.parkcity.org (Doing Business/Current RFPs & Bids). Questions may be addressed to Sharon Bauman at bauman@parkcity.org or 435.615.5184.
Central Corridor Public Art Plan - Saint Paul, MN
Public Art Saint Paul, a non-profit arts organization, seeks a consultant to develop a public art plan for the Central Corridor that connects the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota. The Public Art Plan will be undertaken through Public Art Saint Paul's partnership with the City of Saint Paul, the City of Minneapolis Art in Public Places Program, the University of Minnesota Public Art on Campus Program, the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Design Center, Ramsey County, and the Capitol Region and Ramsey Washington Regional Watershed Districts. Funding for the Public Art Plan has been granted to Public Art Saint Paul by the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative. The Partners seek a consultant or consultant team that brings both broad artistic thinking and strategic understanding of the physical, social, economic and environmental context of the Corridor, planning and policy issues, and funding resources. Seeking an extraordinary and artful Public Art Plan that is expansive in its multi-jurisdictional scope, in its vision for art in multiple media, in its caring for the voices of the community, and in its sustainability within a dynamic urban environment. The selected consultant must be an artist or must include an artist in a significant and central leadership role. Budget: $150,000. Deadline: Friday, September 17, 2010. To apply, please download prospectus at www.publicartstpaul.org/downloads/RFQCentralCorridorPublicArtPlan.pdf. For questions, please email Ashley Hanson, Public Art Saint Paul at ashley@publicartstpaul.org.
Downtown Boat Slips & Promenade - Clearwater, FL
The City of Clearwater Public Art & Design Program wishes to commission an artist or artist team to create an original piece of public art that serves as an icon and artistic landmark for the newly completed Downtown Boat Slips and Promenade. This public art commission is open to all professional artists and artist teams residing within the United States. Artists may apply as a team, but the application should clearly describe the contribution of each collaborator. Artists living and working within the state of Florida are strongly encouraged to apply, but will not receive special consideration due to their residency. Deadline for submissions: September 17, 2010. Budget: $200,000. For a complete description and to apply, please visit www.callforentry.org.
Couplings
Gallery 110 is calling for artwork that explores personal relationships that celebrate parings and the power of the bonds they create. Juror is Rock Hushka, Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art for the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Washington. For the prospectus, go to: www.gallery110.com and click on the Juried Show link. Deadline for submissions: November 1, 2010. Gallery 110, 110 3rd Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98104.
Arterial Canal Crossings - Phoenix, AZ
The Phoenix Public Art Program invites artists to apply for a major new public art project to design enhancements for street bridges spanning the city's canals. A professional artist will be selected to work with the Street Transportation Department to enhance the design of major street bridges that cross the Salt River Valley canals in Phoenix. The designs will be expected to focus on the bridges' concrete abutments and metal railings, and address the essential role the canals play in the history and life of Phoenix. The designs will be incorporated into retrofits of the bridges as funds become available in the coming years. Estimated Budget: $386,000 (includes design, engineering, construction and administration). This project is open to all professional artists living in the United States. Applicants must have the demonstrated ability to integrate art with urban infrastructure and amenities, and to work effectively in a team and with communities. Professional artists living in Arizona are strongly encouraged to apply for this project. Deadline: September 3, 2010. This is not a postmark date. For additional information on this project or for a copy of this information in an alternate format, contact Jeanine Garcia, Public Art Program Assistant, at 602.534.5084, jeanine.garcia@phoenix.gov; or through City of Phoenix TTY Relay at 602.534.5500.
This is only a small sampling of what is available! Many more are posted daily at: www.artistsregister.com/opportunities.phtml
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