AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Deadline:17/04/11
Center for International Private Enterprise
Cartoonists can enter an editorial cartoon competition.

The Global Editorial Cartoon Competition, sponsored by the Center for International Private Enterprise, invites entries that capture key issues affecting the development of the cartoonist's country. The three categories are: democracy, corruption and gender equality.

Judges include Pat Oliphant, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning political cartoonist, and Michael Duffy, the Assistant Managing Editor of TIME. The final winners will be selected through a public online voting process.

The 2nd West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival
April 31st and May 1st, 2011

The Electronic Media Area of the West Virginia University Department of Art is pleased to announce a call for entries to the 2nd annual West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival. We seek independent, unique and compelling work in film, video and animation. All interested artists, filmmakers, and multimedia enthusiasts are encouraged to submit. Student submissions are also encouraged. Send us your work!

Guidelines

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery presents a Juried Competition, in which 2D artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for the theme “Botanicals” for inclusion into the April 2011 online group exhibition.

Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field to enter this art event.

REDCAT IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2011 NOW FESTIVAL
Designed to support the development and presentation of contemporary performance in Los Angeles, REDCAT's three-week interdisciplinary program of dance, theater, music and multi-disciplinary works is accepting applications. For more information and to apply, visit:www.redcat.org/artist-opportunities
Deadlines:- The online application must be submitted TUESDAY, March 1, 2011 by 5pm- Support materials must be postmarked or hand delivered by TUESDAY, March 1, 2011
Materials can be delivered in person on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 from 10AM - 5PM.

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8th Vevey International Photo Award

6th European First Film Award
CALL FOR ENTRIES – CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS, APRIL 15th 2011

Festival Images
CP 443, 1800 Vevey - Switzerland
T. +41 (0)21 922 48 54
info@images.ch
http://www.images.ch

Festival Images is launching another round of its project competitions!
Artists, film-makers and photographers have until April 15th 2011 to enter the 8th Vevey International Photo Award and the 6th European First Film Award.

These competitions represent a unique form of support for contemporary original works, with a free choice of subject matter and genre.

Eligibility
All artists worldwide are eligible to enter. All entries
must be original and have been executed within the
past five years. Works must not have been
previously shown in this gallery. Acceptable media
are: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor and Drawings.
Framed pieces must be ready for hanging, with proper
screw eyes and wire to correspond with the weight of
the art work. No sawtooth hangers or string hangers.
Two-dimensional works may not exceed 60" in height
or width including the frame, and may not weigh more
than 100 pounds. Wall pieces, other than paintings,
must be suitably mounted for Gallery exhibition. Art
work may not be removed until the end of the
exhibition. Artists are responsible for shipping and
insuring costs to and from the City of Brea Art Gallery.

This Spring, the Tubman-Mahan Art Gallery of The Center for Green Urbanism, located at 3938 Benning Road, NE in Washington, DC, will begin selling unique, one-of-a-kind artist greeting cards printed on or made of recycled paper and from eco-friendly materials. Handmade original art cards or cards highlighting original photography (by the submitter) featuring nature, landscapes, etc. are welcomed. Each card must be a small work of original art.

We will consider cards on consignment OR wholesale orders. Card submissions will be juried. A limited number of artists will be selected.

If interested, please send the following to the address below:

-up to 3 card samples in clear, plastic sleeves
-a description of the paper and materials used for each card submitted

Invitation to submit short films for the Sixth Annual Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series at the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur, California.

If you are a film-maker, agent, distributor or producer and you would like to participate: http://www.bigsurfilm.org

The screenings take place after dark, under the stars, using state-of-the-art equipment, in our outdoor amphitheater beneath the towering redwoods of Big Sur, California. June 9 - August 28, 2011.

Because of the wonderful response we have received over the last few years from the community, both local and world wide, we are truly excited about making this year’s event even better.

Previous years' winners are:
BINTA y La Gran Idea by Javier Fesser, Spain, 2006

MAKE MUSIC PASADENA NOW ACCEPTING MUSICIAN SUBMISSIONS
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2011 -

PASADENA, CALIF. (February 2011) - Make Music Pasadena (MMP) is now accepting musician submissions via Sonicbids for a chance to perform at Southern California’s largest free music festival. The event taking place Saturday, June 18, 2011 is poised for its biggest year yet with over 100 free concerts and an estimated attendance of over 20,000.

INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES
"Library Thoughts", Budapest 2011
Deadline: 03/15/11

The HMC announces an open call for entries to exhibit at Raday Konyveshaz & Gallery, Budapest, exhibition opening on August 24, 2011.
http://www.hungarian-multicultural-center.com/id81.html
bszechy@yahoo.com

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