AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Sideways Festival / Trage Wegen
Kasteellaan 349A
9000 Gent
Belgium
Phone: +3293315920
Fax: +3293315918
andy@sideways2012.be
http://www.sideways2012.com

Sideways is an itinerant initiative for contemporary art and culture, exploring pathscapes in Belgium (August 17th – September 17th 2012). The Sideways Festival is currently accepting artists' proposals.

WELCOME TO SIDEWAYS FESTIVAL

The Governors Island Art Fair is accepting submissions for its 4th annual exhibition in September. Governors Island Art Fair is dedicated to promoting independent artists. Governors Island is only 800 yards (a 5 minute free ferry ride) from Lower Manhattan, and even closer to Brooklyn. It is, perhaps, the very last great expanse of undeveloped space for public use in New York City.

4TH VIDEOHOLICA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL
5 – 12 AUGUST 2011, VARNA, BULGARIA

OPEN CALL FOR VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

The 4th edition of the VIDEOHOLICA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL is open for 2011 video art entries for this year’s festival.

VIDEOHOLICA 2011 will take place within the period 5 – 12 August 2011 in Varna, Bulgaria.

The Watermill Center invites emerging artists to submit proposals for the
creation of collaborative work that “critically investigates, challenges,
and extends the existing norms of performance practice.” Proposals can be
made for the further development of works-in-progress or for entirely new
works. The Center also welcomes research proposals from established
scholars. Residencies can range from one to four weeks and are scheduled
throughout the fall (September-December) and spring (February-June). While
at Watermill, residents are required to conduct at least one public
presentation, such as an open rehearsal, screening, or talk. Applications
are accepted online; click here for complete guidelines:
http://watermillcenter.org/programs/residencies

apexart Franchise 2012: world-wide curatorial open call

Based on the idea of creating a franchise, apexart is once again holding our
worldwide open call for proposals for group exhibitions to be presented
anywhere in the world other than New York City. From May 26 to June 30, 2011
we will accept 450-word submissions outlining your idea for an exhibition.
Specific artists and venues need not be determined, but the concept should
be well developed and the city specified. Two winners selected by a jury
will be the director, curator and/or staff of their own month-long apexart
franchise with an $8,000 exhibition budget, a modest salary, and almost
complete control. apexart provides the funding along with the necessary

Short videos on climate change are eligible to enter a new contest.

Sponsored by Climate Change TV, the contest seeks the best videos on the topic under three minutes. Climate Change TV launched to contest to to build a bridge between the United Nations negotiations and civil society, tapping into the concerns and interests of the wider public consciousness.

All contributions should relate to climate change and must have been produced after the Cancun Climate Change Conference held in December, 2010.

Videos can be submitted in any language but English subtitles are requested.

The general public will decide the winner; the prize is US$5,000.

http://www.climate-change.tv/

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Photojournalists looking to pursue projects of personal and journalistic significance can apply for a grant.

The Grants for Editorial Photography, sponsored by Getty Images, support compelling social, political and cultural stories. Grants of US$20,000 each will be given to five photojournalists.

This year's judges include photojournalist, Tom Stoddart and Jon Jones, director of photography for The Sunday Times Magazine. Both professional and student photojournalists are encouraged to apply.

For more information, click here.
http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/overview.aspx

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U.S. photographers can enter a digital photography competition.

The First Impressions Photo Contest, sponsored by Digital Photo Pro, gives photographers the opportunity to submit five of their best photos for evaluation.

The grand prize winning photographer will receive US$1,000, new equipment and the opportunity to have his or her photo featured in an upcoming issue of Digital Photo Pro. There are also additional prizes available for first place.

For more information, click here.
http://www.digitalphotopro.com/photo-contests/first-impressions.html

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CALL FOR ARTISTS
TESSERAE: THE ART OF MOSAICS
DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2011

CALENDAR
Exhibition: Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, October 16, 2011
Entry Deadline:Sunday, July 31, 2011
Notification Emailed/Mailed:Sunday, August 21, 2011
Art Delivery: Monday, September 12, 2011 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.OR
Tuesday, September 13, 20119:30 a.m.–12:30p.m
Artists' Reception:Saturday,September 24, 201,1 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Art Pick-Up: Sunday, October 16, 2011 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. OR
Monday, October 17, 2011 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

JUROR GEORGE FISHMAN
George Fishman has designed and executed mosaic commissions since 1989 for
municipal, corporate, hospitality, religious and residential clients --
identifying projects' thematic and functional requirements and implementing them

CALL FOR ARTISTS, SoundWalk 2011: Artists who, in any manner, utilize sound in their work are invited to submit to the Eighth Annual SoundWalk event to be held in Long Beach CA on Saturday, October 1, 2011. Please visit www.soundwalk.org for submission requirements and details.

Deadline for submissions is Friday, July 1st 2011. Feel free to forward this email to those individuals or groups you think might be interested in submitting.

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