Artist Opportunities
The N.C. Arts Council is pleased to share the following opportunities for artists that have recently been submitted to us. Please contact the organization listed if you have any questions.
The Arts Council does not endorse or recommend any specific opportunities, but provides this list for information only. We encourage artists to research each opportunity thoroughly before applying. Artist opportunities may be submitted to jennifer.huggins@ncdcr.gov.
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Opportunities from the N.C. Arts Council
Regional Artist Project Grants 2010-11
Artists in participating North Carolina counties may apply for funding to pursue projects that further their career development. Grant amounts vary by region and project, but usually range between $500 and $2,000. Eligible projects include the creation of new work, purchase of supplies and materials, professional development workshops, travel support related to research or study, and production of promotional materials, including Web sites, CDs, DVDs and brochures. Deadlines are set by each region, with several in early August.
For more information about the RAPG progrgam, including a list of participating counties, contact information and deadlines, click here.
Two Requests for Artist Qualifications from the N.C. Arts Council The North Carolina Arts Council seeks to commission artists for two park-sited public art projects, each of which will become a centerpiece of cultural tourism trails celebrating the state’s rich history, creative heritage and contemporary artistic practices.
The first public art project is for North Carolina’s African American Music Trail at
All-America City Park in Kinston. The second is for North Carolina’s Historic Happy Valley Byway on the Yadkin River Greenway Trail in Patterson.
Applicant artists must be U.S. citizens or legal residents aged 18 years or older. Artists may apply to both RFQs, but they must submit two separate application packages.
Deadline: September 7
For more information: Visit http://www.ncarts.org/projectspecs
or contact Brendan Greaves at
brendan.greaves@ncdcr.gov or (919) 807-6509.
General Artist Opportunities
ConsiderIt
ConsiderIt is an altruistic organization and online arts journal that presents original writing, visual media and music in order to raise funds for artists and select grassroots organizations. Every three months ConsiderIt hosts a contest for all writers, artists and musicians over 18 years of age. Finalists will be published on the Web site for three months and one winner will receive a cash award. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: Visit http://consideritart.org or email sarah@consideritart.org.
American Council of Learned Societies, New York, N.Y.
American Council of Learned Societies invites individuals to apply for the sixth annual Digital Innovation Fellowships. The fellowship program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Each fellowship carries a stipend of up to $60,000 toward an academic year’s leave and provides for project costs of up to $25,000.
Deadline: September 29
For more information: Visit http://www.acls.org/programs/digital.
Performing Artists
City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation
The City of Raleigh Annual Fall Arts Fair is seeking local entertainers to volunteer to perform at an event to support and promote the arts Saturday, Oct. 2, at Sertoma Arts Center.
Deadline: August 15
For more information: Contact Eliza Kiser at eliza.kiser@raleighnc.gov or (919) 996-6126.
The American Composers Forum, St. Paul, Minn.
The American Composers Forum has announced a new national composition contest to encourage creativity by composers across the U.S. and to recognize and reward their accomplishments. Entries are welcome from composers of all ages.
Deadline: September 15
For more information: Visit http://www.composersforum.org/programs_detail.cfm?oid=12474%20.
NAMM Foundation , Carlsbad, Calif.
The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation is accepting applications for its 2011 President's Innovation Award to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in the music products industry.
Deadline: September 30
For more information:Visit http://www.nammfoundation.org/grant-information/namm-foundation-funding-guidelines.
Literary Artists
Gival Press, Arlington, Va.
Gival Press is accepting submissions for its 7th Annual Short Story Contest for best original, previously unpublished, literary story in English. Awards include cash prizes and publication on the Web site. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: August 8
For more information: Visit http://www.givalpress.com or email givalpress@yahoo.com.
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, La.
The 2011 Tennessee Williams Festival announces its first poetry contest. Ten finalists will be awarded passes to the festival. The winner will receive a cash award, publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine and a public reading at the 2011 festival which will take place Thursday, March 23, through Sunday, March 27. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: August 15
For more information: Visit http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/index.php?topic=contests.
Kore Press, Tucson, Ariz.
The 2011 Kore Press First Book Award is open to any female writer who has not published a full-length collection of poetry. Writers who have had chapbooks of less than forty-two pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are eligible. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: August 31
For more information: Visit
http://www.korepress.org/firstbook/FirstBook2009.htm.
City of Raleigh Arts Commission
The Piedmont Laureate program is accepting applications from creative nonfiction writers for 2011. Authors of works including biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, travel writings and new journalism are eligible to apply. Writers must be residents of Alamance, Durham, Orange or Wake counties. The 2011 piedmont laureate will receive a $6,500 honorarium to present readings and workshops and encourage creative writing and promote literature at select public events throughout the year.
Deadline: September 20
For more information:Visit http://www.piedmontlaureate.com.
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, La.
The 2011 Tennessee Williams Festival is accepting submissions for its one-act play contest. Ten finalists will be selected and cash prizes will be awarded. Plays cannot be previously published or produced. The 2011 festival will take place Thursday, March 23, through Sunday, March 27. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: November 1
For more information: Visit http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/index.php?topic=contests.
Visual Artists
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, N.J.
Monmouth Museum announces a call for artists for the Art From Found Objects juried exhibition Sunday, Sept. 12, through Sunday, Oct. 31. This exhibition focuses on artwork created from the undisguised, but often modified, use of common found objects that are not normally considered art. At least 75 percent of the media used to create works for this exhibition must be from discarded, reusable or found objects. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: August 6
For more information: Visit
http://www.monmouthmuseum.org.
McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte
McColl Center for Visual Art invites artists and design professionals to submit a letter of interest for the inaugural Environmental Artist-in-Residence (EAIR) residency to create restorative works of art in the urban environment. This three-month residency program encourages artists to have beneficial impacts on the natural systems in the urban environment through the creation of environmental art installations that combine art, science, community and education.
Deadline: August 9
For more information:Visit http://mccollcenter.org/blog/view/70/new-artist-opportunity-environmental-artist-in-residence.
Dott Art Gallery, Mechanicsville, Va.
Dott Art Gallery invites all artists to enter Express Yourself, an international art exhibition. This is an opportunity for artists to show their best work using their favorite medium. The exhibition will showcase fine art from the top ten artists on the Dott Gallery Web site, and the top three artists will be awarded cash prizes. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: August 10
For more information:Visit http://dottartgallery.com/index_files/Page326.htm.
The BECA Foundation, Albequerque, N.M.
The BECA Foundation is pleased to present SHIFT, an exhibition of new works of art and design that express, reveal, embody or address a change or movement on some level — be it social, cultural, physical, metaphysical, political, technological or any other relative shift. The exhibition will take place Wednesday, Sept. 1, through Tuesday, Sept. 14. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: August 13
For more information: Visit http://www.becaicad.org/artist-designer-submissions.php.
HUB-BUB, Spartanburg, S.C .
HUB-BUB, a grassroots nonprofit arts organization, is accepting submissions for the Emerging Carolinas Juried Art Exhibition which will feature the work of young, contemporary artists between the ages of 20 and 35 who currently reside in or attend higher education institutions within North Carolina or South Carolina. The exhibition opens Saturday, Oct. 2. Cash prizes awarded. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: August 13
For more information: Visit
http://www.emergingcarolinas.com/.
Canvas Wines, Napa, Calif.
The 2010 Canvas Artist Series Contest is open to art students around the country to create signature wine labels. One winner for each varietal wine will receive a $5,000 scholarship and have their artwork featured as a label on a special bottling of Canvas Wines.
Deadline: August 15
For more information: Visit http://www.canvaswines.com/artistseries.
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Calif.
Digital artists, digital photographers, video artists and new media artists are invited to enter DigitalArt.LA, an international juried competition at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art Thursday, Sept. 9, through Saturday, Oct. 2. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: August 16
For more information: Visit http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html.
Valley Metro Rail, Phoenix, Ariz.
Valley Metro Rail in Phoenix, Arizona, is seeking six public artists for the Light Rail Transit Mesa Extension project. Interested artists may obtain a copy of the RFQ by emailing a request to LRTProcurement@metrolightrail.org. Please reference the solicitation number LRT-10-155-MART in your request.
Deadline: August 20
For more information: Visit http://www.metrolightrail.org or e-mail LRTProcurement@metrolightrail.org for a complete RFQ.
TriMet, Portland, Ore.
TriMet invites qualified artists to apply for public art commissions for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project. Up to seven 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.
Deadline: August 20
For more information: Visit http://trimet.org/pm/library/publicart/rfq.htm.
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Penn.
Philadelphia Sketch Club’s Absolutely Abstract 2010 is an open juried exhibition for abstract works in all mediums to be held Friday, August 27, through Saturday, Sept. 18. All work must be for sale and wired for hanging. Prizes will be awarded. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: August 21
For more information: Visit http://www.sketchclub.org/ or call (215) 545-9298.
Matthews Alive!, Matthews
Matthews Alive Art Show, a three-day show and selling event, will take place Labor Day weekend during the Matthews Alive Festival in downtown Matthews. Cash and other prizes will be awarded.
Deadline: September 1
For more information: Visit http://www.matthewsalive.org/applications.php.
Winnepeg Arts Council, 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.
Deadline: September 13
For more information: Visit http://www.winnipegarts.ca/index.php?/wac/article/3153/.
National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) will host the NMAI Art Market Saturday, Dec. 4, and Sunday, Dec. 5, at two indoor venues: the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and at the museum's George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. Up to 38 vendors will be selected per venue based on quality of work, regional representation and ability to have a large inventory with a variety of price points. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: September 15
For more information: Visit http://www.nmai.si.edu/artmarket/2010/calltoartists/ .
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
The Barrett Art Center announces a call for submissions for New Directions '10, its 26th annual national contemporary art exhibition. Accepted mediums include painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography and mixed media. Exhibition will take place Saturday, Oct. 23, through Saturday, Nov. 20. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: September 17
For more information: Visit http://www.barrettartcenter.org or call (845) 471-2550.
Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.
The 77th Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature will be held Sunday, Nov. 21, through Thursday, Dec. 30, at Strathmore Mansion in North Bethesda, Maryland. Original works in any traditional media, prints from original plates, or sculptures will be considered for exhibition, providing they embody the spirit of a miniature. Cash prizes awarded. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: September 25
For more information: Visit http://www.mpsgs.org/.
Art Buzz, Dunedin, Fla.
Art Buzz, The 2011 Collection , is accepting entries for inclusion into the premier visual arts showcase, hardcover "coffee table" publication. The fine art search and juried competition is open to visual artists, worldwide, who work in any visual art media and are 18 years of age or older. Entry fee applies
Deadline: September 30
For more information: Visit http://www.artbuzz.org/competition.html.
Artspace, Raleigh
Artspace invites craftspeople and artists working in a variety of craft media to enter Fine Contemporary Crafts, a biennial juried exhibition. Eligible media includes functional and decorative ceramics, furniture, glass, jewelry, basketry, fiber, mixed media, paper and wood. Fine art media such as photography, painting or printmaking are not eligible except when incorporated into another acceptable craft category. The exhibition will take place Friday, Dec. 3, through Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. Cash prizes will be awarded. Entry fee applies.
Deadline: October 4
For more information: Visit http://www.artspacenc.org/exhibitions_opp.html or contact Lia Newman at lnewman@artspacenc.org.
Coastal Carolina Artists and Crafters Guild, Jacksonville
Coastal Carolina Artists and Crafters Guild invites artists to enter the Decorated Door Contest which will be part of the Holiday Craft Fair and Car Show scheduled Saturday, Nov. 13. It is open to artists of all ages, and the theme is Onslow County’s 275th birthday. Decorated doors will be displayed during the craft fair.
Deadline: November 1
For more information: E-mail ccacguild@yahoo.com or call (910) 938-7077 for more details and to receive a submission form .
Filmmakers
San Francisco Film Society
San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation plan to disburse a series of annual filmmaking grants over the next five years totaling $3 million for narrative feature films.
Deadline: August 13
For more information:Visit http://www.sffs.org/Filmmaker-Services/Grants-and-Prizes/sffskrf-filmmaking-grants.aspx.
The Paley Center for Media, New York, N.Y.
The Paley Center announces a call for entries for the PaleyDocFest Pitch Workshop Contest which offers a $5,000 grant sponsored by SnagFilms. The grant is awarded to an unfinished or work-in-progress documentary from an emerging filmmaker.
Deadline: August 17
For more information: Visit http://paleycenter.org/paleydocfest2010-documentary-pitch-workshop.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
The CPB/PBS Diversity and Innovation Fund has issued a request for proposals for a new weekly primetime series that includes content that will expand viewership and usage, reaching an adult audience on-air and online that reflects the diversity of the 40- to 64-year-old U.S. population.
Deadline: September 15
For more information: Visit http://www.pbs.org/difund/.
Previous Listings
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