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Pictures of the Year International (POYi) and "Nuestra Mirada" are organizing the Latin American edition of the oldest photojournalism competition in the world, to be held in Quito.

The competition includes 16 categories, like news, immigration, portraits and sports, among others. The applications will be received between January 24 and February 28.

For more information, click here:
http://www.nuestramirada.org/

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CALL FOR ENTRIES!

Los Angeles Filmforum invites film and videomakers to take part in the 2011 FESTIVAL OF (IN)APPROPRIATION. Please read all the details below.

WHO: All film and videomakers

WHAT: Call for entries for the Festival of (In)appropriation 2011
WHEN: Entries must be received by May 15, 2011
WHERE: Send submissions to Jaimie Baron, 950 Edgecliffe Dr. #5, Los Angeles, CA 90026
PRESENTED BY: Los Angeles Filmforum
CONTACT: Jaimie Baron: jaimiebaron@yahoo.com

LarkGallery Online (LGO) invites musicians and composers to showcase their talents by giving voice and sound to visual art. Musicians are welcomed to browse LarkGallery Online, choose a work of art and match their own music interpretation to it. If chosen, their music will be visually embedded online with the inspirational artwork and showcased on LarkGallery Online with link to their own websites for a year.

* Three winners in music competition chosen by our international jury will receive an individually designed web page plus free web hosting worth $600 for one year.

* Art To Art Palette Journal will publish an article about Colors of Life, Music e-exhibition winners.

We are pleased to announce our new competition/exhibition "Spring, Love, Life".
This theme reflects three constant yet ever-changing elements of our universe which have always inspired artists, poets, and musicians to create their best works.
We invite artists to present their interpretations of these cosmic energies - new beginnings, attraction and blossoming.

* All accepted artists will participate in the brick and mortar exhibitions in one of our California locations:
Assi Art Gallery in Los Angeles (http://assisuperla.com/culture/assi), Phantom Gallery in Long Beach (http://www.phantomgalleriesla.com/)
and Artistic Voyage in Yorba Linda (http://www.artisticvoyage.org/).

CLIEC 2011 - Concordia Live and Interactive Electroacoustic Colloquium

Hexagram Concordia Centre for Research Creation in Media Arts and Technologies

In collaboration with the Department of Music
Montreal - Canada
Saturday 26th of Mach, 2011

A call for proposals for paper presentations and live performances
Deadline: 1st of February 2011

DESCRIPTION
Hexagram Concordia will be hosting CLIEC 2011 – a one-day colloquium focused on live and interactive electroacoustic music, organized in collaboration with the Music Department.
The event will take place on Saturday, March 26th 2011 and will include paper sessions, a roundtable discussion, and an evening concert.

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SIRENS 2012 is the code name for a project based in the sound of the
Dutch civil defense sirens system. This system consists in around 4200
sirens placed all across the country and tested regularly, resonating
in unison exactly at 12:00 (midday) every first Monday of the month.

Listen to one of those events, recorded at Bezuidenhout in The Hague,
Nov 2009: http://bit.ly/fog6N4

The first step is to gather recordings of the monthly sirens tests
through this open call, so I would like to ask you to contribute with
recordings of any of the 12 tests that will happen throughout 2011.

Applications are due by 5:00PM: Thursday, January 20, 2011

REDCAT is seeking original performance works for the next
edition of Studio, REDCAT’s quarterly series of new works in progress in dance,
theater, music, performance art and multidisciplinary. If you have a project 15
minutes or under and would like to be considered – apply now.

ABOUT STUDIO

Studio was created to give new artists an opportunity to
hone their skills and offer established artists a chance to test new material
and works-in-progress before an audience. A revolving panel of working artists
curates each edition, selecting artist through a live showing process.

Showings: Saturday, January 29, 2011

Performance dates: Saturday & Sunday, February 19 – 20,
2011 | 8:30PM

Applications are due by 5:00PM: Thursday, January 20, 2011 REDCAT is seeking original performance works for the next edition of Studio, REDCAT’s quarterly series of new works in progress in dance, theater, music, performance art and multidisciplinary. If you have a project 15 minutes or under and would like to be considered – apply now. Showings: Saturday, January 29, 2011
Performance dates: Saturday & Sunday, February 19 – 20, 2011 | 8:30PM Visit our website http://www.redcat.org/artist-opportunities and complete the online application. Help us spread the word by forwarding this email to fellow artists. For questions email: studio.redcat@calarts.edu

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Athens Video Art Festival 2011 - Call for entries

Athens Video Art Festival
Sfaktirias 23
10435 Keramikos - Athens
Greece
Phone: +30 2117108073
info@athensvideoartfestival.gr
http://www.athensvideoartfestival.gr

Submissions must be sent until the 10th of February 2011

Continuing its route through the world of digital arts Athens Video Art Festival starts its journey for 2011 with the annual call for entries.

Submit and present your artwork for its 7th official organization that will take place during springtime in Athens and a tour across Greece will follow it up.

There is neither an entry cost nor a thematic limitation, whereas the categories are:

Video Art – Video Installations – Installations – Animation Digital Image – Performance Art – Web Art

Deadline:30/01/11

Location Chile women's film festival will be held for the first time in Chile with the goal of highlighting women filmmakers and movies that deal with gender issues.

The categories are documentary short and short fiction. Applicants must be women who live in Chile and whose works (of no more than 30 minutes) concluded after January 1, 2010.

For more information (in Spanish), click here:
http://www.femcine.cl/

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