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.

Opportunities from the North Carolina Arts Council

General Artist Opportunities

Elsewhere Collaborative, Greensboro
Elsewhere invites creative artists in all disciplines to apply for the residency program which seeks to continue building a living museum from a former thrift store that contains a 58-year collection of objects and materials. Residents at Elsewhere create site-specific projects that respond to the living museum and community. There are no empty studio spaces or neutral sites. Residents consider their process as part of an ongoing response — building upon previous works in the space, engaging local publics and advancing community needs. Artist fee applies.

Deadline: December 1
For more information: Visit http://elsewhereelsewhere.org/programs/residencies/ or e-mail residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org.

Performing Artists

Cameron Village Shopping Center, Raleigh
Performing artists are needed for Cameron Village’s Holiday Open House, Thursday, Nov. 18, from 5 to 8 p.m. Artists will be paid for their participation. Performers need to be able to move around the village and engage visitors.

Deadline: November 5
For more information: E-mail patboyle@yorkproperties.com.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
The DeVos Institute Summer International Fellowship Program provides practical experience to 15 mid- to high-level arts leaders currently working in international nonprofit performing arts organizations. This full-time, four-week intensive program takes place at the Kennedy Center each July. Fellows attend each summer for three consecutive years. While at the center, the fellows take classes and refine strategic plans for their home organizations.

Deadline: December 1
For more information: http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/artsmanagement/fellowships.cfm

International Songwriting Competition, Nashville, Tenn.
The International Songwriting Competition is accepting entries for the 2010 contest. More than $150,000 in cash and prizes will be shared among the 66 winners in 22 categories. The ISC provides an opportunity for artists to gain recognition, exposure, press and have their songs heard by the music industry's top executives and recording artists.

Deadline: December 3
For more information: http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/

Literary Artists

Union County Writers’ Club, Monroe
The Union County Writers’ Club is accepting entries for the annual Adult Literacy Contest in the areas of short fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age and U.S. residents. Entry fee applies.

Deadline: November 30
For more information: Visit http://www.unioncountywritersclub.org/contest.html or contact Barbara Johns at ghost2@carolina.rr.com or (704) 635 7854.

University of New Orleans Press, La.
The University of New Orleans Press announces its seventh annual Writing Contest for Study Abroad. The contest is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, and one winner in each genre will receive a complete fee waiver to the summer study abroad workshops in Edinburgh, Scotland (valued at over $3,000), plus publication in The Pinch journal. Entry fee applies.

Deadline: January 31
For more information: http://unopress.org/writingcontest/

Visual Artists

Express Library Fayetteville Street, Raleigh
The Express Library Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh seeks local artists to be considered for display in the library’s gallery space for one-month exhibitions beginning November 2010. Interested artists should send artist’s statement, resume, bio and three to five representative JPEGs to Express Library Fayetteville Street, First Floor, Wake County Office Building, 336 Fayetteville St. Raleigh, NC 27601.

Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: Contact Katie Knight or Christie Starnes at (919) 856-6690 or
e-mail expresslibraryartgallery@gmail.com.

Vetrate Artistiche Toscane, Siene, Italy
Vetrate Artistiche Toscane is a studio based in Siena, Italy, which specializes in the creation of stained, painted and fused glass and offers one- and two-month apprenticeships throughout the year. Assistance is provided in finding housing. English is spoken in the studio.

Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: Visit http://www.glassisland.com/apprenticeships.htm or e-mail edu@glassisland.com.

Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, N.M.
The BECA Foundation announces its second annual non-juried, experimental group exhibition Lab AD Friday, April 1, through Saturday, April 23, at New Studio A.D. in Albuquerque, N.M. The purpose of this exhibition is to further broaden exhibition opportunities and to discover and highlight new approaches by emerging contemporary artists, architects and designers as well as those who are more established but are stretching their work into unfamiliar territory. This exhibition provides an open opportunity in which to experiment freely without judgment. Entry fee applies.

Deadline: Registration is open until spaces are filled.
For more information: http://www.becaicad.org/artist-designer-submissions.php

Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, S.C.
Artwork is being accepted for the 2010 Art Frenzy, an affordable art exhibition and sale. Work will be on display in the Edmund D. Lewandowski Gallery at the Center for the Arts in Rock Hill from Monday, Nov. 8, through Sunday, Nov. 14. No entry fee.

Deadline: October 29
For more information: Visit http://www.yorkcountyarts.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=73, e-mail arts@yorkcountyarts.org or call (803) 328-2787.

The Healing Place, Raleigh
The Healing Place of Wake County, a nonprofit recovery and rehabilitation facility for homeless people with alcohol and drug dependency, invites artists to submit digital images of artwork for inclusion the organization’s 10th anniversary calendar.

Deadline: October 30
For more information: E-mail Maggie Simpson at mesimpson3@gmail.com.

Murray State University, Murray, Ky.
The fifth juried biennial Kentucky National is a survey of contemporary art in America hosted by The Clara M. Eagle Gallery at Murray State University. The exhibition will take place Friday, Feb. 18, through Sunday, March 13, 2011. All submissions to Kentucky National 2011 must be digital. Film and video submissions should be submitted through an online link to a high-quality version of the film (through Vimeo, YouTube or personal Web site).

Deadline: November 1
For more information: http://www.murraystate.edu/artgallery

Drift Station Gallery, Lincoln, Neb.
Drift Station Gallery and Parallax Space announce a call for artworks for the upcoming exhibition Instructions for Initial Conditions to be held Friday, Nov. 5, through Monday, Nov. 29. The show will consist of instructions exhibited as artworks, either to be carried out by the audience or realized in their minds. Works for this exhibition should describe the initial condition by which an artwork can be made or enacted.

Deadline: November 3
For more information: Visit http://www.driftstation.org/ or e-mail mail@driftstation.org.

Art in Transit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Art in Transit announces a request for qualifications for a public art commission at the Transfer Station on the North Temple TRAX line in Salt Lake City. The Transfer Station will serve multiple transit modes and is likely to become the most significant and active station along the North Temple light rail line.

Deadline: November 8
For more information: Visit www.slcgov.com/arts or contact Roni Thomas at roni.thomas@slcgov.com or (801) 596-5000.

City of Ogden, Utah
The City of Ogden, Utah, the Ogden River Restoration Project and the Ogden City Arts Advisory Committee invite U.S. or legal resident artists/artist teams to submit their qualifications to design, fabricate and install a public artwork for the Ogden River Restoration Project.

Deadline: November 11
For more information: Visit http://www.ogdencityarts.org/arts-in-ogden/public-art/item/65-public-art-rfq-for-the-ogden-river-restoration-project.html or contact Ginny Stout at ogdenarts@relia.net or (801) 941-6451.

Arts Council of Long Beach, Calif.
The Arts Council of Long Beach announces a call to artist-architect teams to design portable, flexible and architecturally significant performance venues for vacant lots located in the City of Long Beach. This project is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Art’s Mayor’s Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative and matching funds from the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

Deadline: November 12
For more information: Visit http://www.artslb.org/news/call-artist-architect-teams-mobile-arts-architecture-project or contact Leslie Markle at leslie.markle@artslb.org or (562) 570-3845.

City of Norfolk, Va. 
Artists are invited to submit qualifications to create thought-provoking artwork expressing the function of the Hampton Road Transit Southside Operation Complex facility and the nature of movement and transportation within the context of the surrounding neighborhood. The artwork should be conceptual and symbolic, not illustrative or literal. Budget for project is $50,000 with an additional $25,000 if clock tower is included.

Deadline: November 18
For more information: Visit http://www.norfolk.gov/cultural_affairs/artists_opportunities.asp or contact Karen Rudd at (757) 664-6883.

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.
The University of Central Florida has issued a call to artists in the first phase of its new Performing Arts Complex. The complex includes an exterior courtyard that will be the site of sculpture, earthwork or similar site-specific art installation.

Deadline: November 19
For more information: http://www.fp.ucf.edu/advertisements/CallForArtists/PerformingArts_Oct2010.html

Love Field Airport Modernization Program, Dallas, Tex.
The Love Field Airport Modernization Program will renovate and expand Love Field Airport. Renovations include a new centralized concourse, a remodeled lobby, expanded baggage claim area and a new ticketing wing. The renovation plan identifies 11 potential locations for new public art. 

Deadline: November 19
For more information: Contact Drema Chávez at drema.chavez@dallascityhall.com or (214) 670-3284. Learn more about the program at http://www.lovefieldmodernizationprogram.com.

University of North Carolina, Asheville
Artists are invited to submit entries to UNC Asheville’s Drawing Discourse, a national juried exhibition of contemporary drawing. Accepted work will be exhibited in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery Friday, Jan. 14, through Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Cash prizes awarded. Entry fee applies.

Deadline: November 20
For more information: http://www2.unca.edu/art/home.html

Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, Md.
Maryland State Arts Council has issued a request for qualifications for the Maryland 9/11 Memorial on the plaza of the World Trade Center on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. An artifact from the World Trade Center in New York has been selected by a Maryland delegation and will be the focal point of the memorial. The project is open to professional design teams (including designers, artists, architects, landscape designers, etc.) located in the U.S. Lead designers must at least 18 years of age and be U.S. citizens.

Deadline: November 22
For more information: http://www.msac.org/rfq

Linn County Public Art Commission, St. Louis, Mo.
Linn County Public Art Commission is seeking qualifications from artists for five separate projects associated with three public facilities being rebuilt as key parts of Linn County’s recovery from a 2008 flood. Artist qualifications will be accepted through CaFÉ™, an interactive online system. All information about the Linn County Public Art Commission’s RFQ and instructions for how to create a free profile and application on CaFÉ™ are available at www.callforentry.org.

Deadline: November 24
For more information: Contact Barbara Schmitz at barbara.schmitz@linncounty.org.

EnergyXchange, Burnsville
EnergyXchange is now accepting applications for a three-year residency position in the ceramics studio beginning January 2011. EnergyXchange Craft Incubator program was established to support six talented artists in starting, managing and operating their own small business in the crafts of glass blowing and pottery.

Deadline: November 30
For more information: Visit http://www.energyxchange.org/craft/residencies or contact Kate Groff at kate@energyxchange.org.

City of North Charleston, S.C.
The City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department is accepting applications for two opportunities: the 2011–2012 season at the North Charleston City Gallery (offers a public exhibition opportunity for serious visual and fine craft artists) and the 2011–2012 season of the Meeting Place Window Display (offers a relaxed public exhibition opportunity for visual and fine craft artists at all stages of their careers).

Deadline: November 30
For more information: Visit http://northcharleston.org/residents/departments/arts/Forms.aspx or contact Lauren Lynn at lynnl@northcharleston.org (843) 740-5852.

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida’s Art in State Building’s Program has issued a call to artists for a project at the new Culture and Society Building. The Art Selection Committee has identified four possible interior and exterior sites and wishes to commission artwork for at least one of those sites. Project’s art budget is $100,000.

Deadline: December 3
For more information: Visit http://www.fau.edu/facilities/asb/fau_asb/callartist.php or contact Corina Mavrodin at cmavrodi@fau.edu or (561) 297-0541.

Utah Public Art Program, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Utah Public Art Program requests letters of interest and qualifications from professional artists or artist teams to create site specific public art for the new Center for New Media on the Salt Lake Community College campus in Salt Lake City. Total arts budget is $205,000. The art selection committee envisions contemporary art using cutting edge technology, digital media and visual trends to engage the student body while considering the larger community. 

Deadline: December 16
For more information: Visit http://www.utahpublicart.org/ or contact Fletcher Booth at fbooth@utah.gov or (801) 533-3586. 

Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, N.M.
The BECA Foundation presents an exhibition opportunity to two separate artists, architects or designers to each exhibit new works of art or design at New Studio A.D. in Albuquerque, N.M. Duos, groups or collectives may also submit their work for review as one body of work. Two separate artists, architects or designers will be selected by BECA Foundation to receive the exhibition opportunity from Tuesday, Feb. 1, through Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Submitted works are not required to conform to any particular medium, style, theme or concept. Entry fee applies.

Deadline: December 24
For more information: http://www.becaicad.org/artist-designer-submissions.php

City of Killeen, Tex.
The City of Killeen invites eligible sculptors to apply for consideration to demonstrate their carving talents during the Take 190 West Arts Festival. The sculpture competition takes place Friday, March 4, when 10 pre-selected artists will be given limestone blocks measuring 12” x 12” x 36” at 8 a.m. to create original artworks by 5 p.m. that day. Cash prizes will be awarded.

Deadline: January 7
For more information: Visit http://www.take190west.com/sculptors.html or contact Nancy Gray at nancy@nancygrayartconsulting.com or (512) 556-6997.

Tennessee Art League, Nashville, Tenn.
The Tennessee Art League invites all artists, 18 years or older and living in the continental U.S., to enter its 46th annual juried art competition and exhibition to be held Saturday, May 7, through Friday, June 24, 2011. Eligible media includes: oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, graphite, colored pencil, ink, pulled-prints, mixed-media, photography and sculpture. Cash prizes will be awarded.

Deadline: January 21
For more information: Contact talgalleries@bellsouth.net or (615) 736-5000 for a prospectus, or visit http://www.tennesseeartleague.org/index.html to learn more about Tennessee Art League.

Filmmakers

Tribecca Film Institute, New York, N.Y.
The TFI Documentary Fund awards up to $100,000 and an opportunity to meet with HBO documentary film executives to filmmakers who are either at the advanced stages of development, production or post-production of a feature film, or who are new to the field. 

Deadline: November 8 (early), December 8 (final)
For more information: http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/blog/102604114.html

Tribecca Film Institute, New York, NY
The Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund awards grants of up to $25,000 to seasoned and first-time filmmakers in support of films that highlight and humanize issues of social importance from around the world through complete, thoughtful and dynamic storytelling.

Deadline: November 8 (early), December 8 (final)
For more information: http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/gucci_documentary

Studio Space

Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Va.
Workhouse Arts Center in northern Virginia has artist studios available below market rates, utilities included. Join more than 100 working artists on site. Applications for jury are accepted on a rolling basis, and jury occurs on the first Monday of each month.

Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: Visit www.workhousearts.org or contact Bill Cunningham at billcunningham@lortonarts.org or (703) 584-2938.

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