AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Call for Art!The Aquarium of the Pacific announces a Call for Artists for a one-night event called "Night Dive."

Project Description
Night Dive, held on the evening of Friday, June 25, 2010, is an opportunity for adults 18 and over to explore the Aquarium after dark and to enjoy an exclusive evening of local music, art and culture. The previous Night Dive event held in January attracted 1400 guests and featured 50 art pieces.

The theme for the upcoming Night Dive's one-night exhibition is Beach Iconography. Night Dive aims to celebrate the start of the summer by showcasing different lenses of beach culture- surf, skate, beach cruisers, and the ocean. All entries should relate to the theme.

2010 California Open Exhibition. TAG Gallery Juried Exhibition at
Bergamot Station Arts Center, August 17 – September 3. Open to all
U.S. artists 18+ working in computer art, drawing, mixed media,
painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. 2-D works: maximum
48"h x 36"w and no more than 30 lbs. Sculptures no more than 40
lbs. Entry fee: $30/1-2 entries, $5 each additional entry, 6 maximum
(jpegs on disc only) Cash Awards. 35% commission on all sales. Juror:
Karen Moss, Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programs, Orange County
Museum of Art.

Prospectus: send SASE to TAG Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. #D3, Santa
Monica, CA 90404 or go to www.tagallery.net
to download.

from LA Culture Net

ROCK THE AGES - Reading Series

In August 2010 in Los Angeles The S&P Experience will produce a reading series of screenplays and plays written by women who rock in their 30's, 40's & 50's.

One writer from each age group will be chosen and The S&P Experience will produce a staged reading of their work.

Deadline for submissions is May 3, 2010.

Please visit our website for more details: www.spexperience.biz

Questions: Please send an email to info@spexperience.biz

Thanks!

from LA Culture Net

CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR "BLUE PLANET" exhibition on the theme of water.

DEADLINE: SAT. April 24, 2010

JUROR: KIM ABELES

OPENING: SAT. June 26, 2010, 5 to 7 pm

VENUE: SOMArts, San Francisco

BLUE PLANET examines the social, political and economic aspects of
water. Exhibit runs in conjuction with Elements: An EcoArt Conference
on Friday, 6/25 that features panels, film-festival, discussion
groups, art-making, performance events and awards ceremony.

PROSPECTUS online at http://www.sbawca.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/blue_planet_pr...
.

Open to all California based artists whose art addresses the topic of
water. Submit up to 3 high-res images or video on CD (see prospectus
for details) plus short Artists Statement.

The Armory Center for the Arts is seeking proposals from Southern Californian artists and architects for a temporary site-specific Land/Environmental art installation or structure in a vacant lot in Northwest Pasadena.

Proposals are due via email by May 15th. Winner will be notified by May 31st. Winning project will be installed in June and run from July - December, 2010.

A $1,000 honorarium will be provided to the selected artist/architect to cover expenses related to the creation of the work.

Download complete details and application requirements at:

http://www.armoryarts.org/pdf/transplanter_public_art_cfp.pdf

from LA Culture Net

Ventura Art Festival “Call to Artists”

Ventura Art Festival
Saturday October 2 from 10-6 and Sunday October 3 from 10-4
Plaza Park in downtown Ventura

Artists of all original fine art and fine craft disciplines may
apply. Artists must submit one application per category. All entries
will be juried. Digital images of work required for jurying. Show
juried by Michael Kelly, fine artist/designer and Director, Ray
Bradbury Theater and Film Foundation.

Application Fees are:

$15 Early Bird Application Fee (received by May 15)

$25 Application Fee (received by June 30)

$35 Late Application Fee (if received by July 23)

Artists must provide their own displays and/or canopy. Space fee is
$175.

This year, the Ventura Art Festival will select a Featured Artist.

All Art Initiatives - Call for Entries

http://www.metamaticresearch.info
http://www.allartinitiatives.org

All Art Initiatives Call for Entries

The Métamatic Research Initiative is launching a call for entries to commission six individual art works in line with its mission. The initiative welcomes proposals from visual artists working in all disciplines.

The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is seeking photos which expose the visions of young women (under 40 yearsold ) and their world to a competition. Participants must live in a country of the European Union or a candidate member country. Deadline: June 30.

The competition seeks images that make a creative and powerful statement on the theme "My World: Visions of 21st Century Feminism."

The competition aims to encourage young women to think about the concept of feminism and what it means today and create an exhibition which highlights how feminism is still relevant to a new generation of women.

A clear description of the photograph must be included with each entry.

For more information, e-mail ewl@womenlobby.org or barrington@womenlobby.org

from Art4Development

Young filmmakers from around the world are invited to participate in a film competition that reflects on the theme "Will we meet?" Deadline to apply: May 30.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is hosting the competition for World Refugee Day, June 20.

An event marking the occasion will screen all prize-winning films. Contestants must be under 26 years of age and their films must run between one and five minutes.

Applicants should submit their films to a UNRWA field office. THe First place prize winner will receive US$1,500. Second and Third place winners will take home US$1,000 and US$500, respectively.

For more information, click here.
http://unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=640

from Art4Development

http://sparkfestival.org

For one week each year, the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and
Arts gathers creators and performers of new media arts from around the
world to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, USA to showcase
their work to the public.
The Spark Festival was founded by composer Doug Geers seven years ago.
Now in its eighth year, the Spark Festival showcases groundbreaking
works of music, art, theater, and dance that feature use of new
technologies. Spark invites submissions of art, dance, theater, and
music works incorporating new media, including electroacoustic concert
music, experimental electronica, theatrical and dance works,
installations, kinetic sculpture, artbots, video, and other non-