AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The 31st edition of the Durban International Film Festival is taking place July 22 to August 1 and is calling for entries from around the world. Short films and documentaries are due by March 31, and feature films are due by April 15.

Over 200 films will be screened, with an emphasis on films from Africa. Seminars and workshops will be offered.

For more information, visit the Web site here.
http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/Durban_International_Film_Festival.htm

from Art4Development

Ibero-American photojournalists and photographers can submit works to a competition that aims to illustrate the right of every child to survive in a dignified manner. Only black and white photos are being accepted. Deadline: April 30.

Applicants must send no more than two photos taken in any country in Latin America or Spain. Requirements include: 1400 pixels x 900 pixels and resolution of at least 200 dpi. There is no ceiling limit for the size and resolution of pictures.

Photos must focus on the competition's theme "We all count," and show, in creative ways, that children's participation and rights must be considered.

A.I.R. Gallery Announces
CURRENTS Exhibition Series
New Opportunity for Women Artists

A.I.R. Gallery is pleased to announce CURRENTS, a timely and innovative exhibition series. Each year the CURRENTS exhibit will address an issue that warrants expanded critical attention in the art world. A.I.R. will invite established and non-traditional curators (artists, activists, writers, poets) to select the works to be exhibited with the theme designed as a collaboration between the curator and the gallery. This new opportunity is open to all self-identified women artists worldwide and will be curated through an open call and through invitations by the curator.

Non-Native New York officially opens a call for Brooklyn-based, immigrant artists!

Deadline: Friday May 14, 2010
Submission info & entry form: http://www.nonnativenewyork.com/submit.html
Entry fee: FREE

Non-Native New York is a curatorial project that celebrates the cultural and artistic contributions that immigrant artists are making which have largely been overlooked. This project will serve as a platform for under-represented artists to reach a broader audience, and to create a community conversation around the immigrant experience.

Centre for Contemporary Arts
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow G2 3JD
United Kingdom
Phone: + 44 (0) 141 352 4900
Fax: +44 (0) 141 332 2336
louise@cca-glasgow.com
http://www.cca-glasgow.com

Fri 30 Apr – submission deadline Vol. 6
Fri 6 Aug – submission deadline Vol. 7
Fri 15 Oct – submission deadline Vol. 8
Fri 21 Jan – submission deadline Vol.9

Now in its second year, 2HB is a quarterly publication dedicated to creative writing and experimental writing in contemporary art. Edited by Louise Shelley and Francis McKee.

Submissions from interested writers are now welcome for 2HB Volumes 6 to 9.

Open Call for Entries for All Photographers; Black & White Photography

“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” - Robert Frank

What does "black and white" mean to contemporary photographers in the digital age? When Robert Frank made this observation, black-and-white film and silver prints were photography's most commonly used materials. Nearly a half century later they are approaching "alternative media" status. Or are they? Are the implications and meanings of black and white still central to photography's unique nature as a visual medium?

from LA Culture Net:

2009 was a difficult year for a lot of people. In response to the lost jobs, lost homes, major and minor tragedies, personal frustrations, heartbreak, etc., I am working on a project that called 2009 Was A Rough Year and I am hoping that you would be willing to help me.

Please visit the project website, http://aroughyear.com/home.html , to view the project.

In order to participate I would need you to:

1. Take a picture that represents the worst, most heartbreaking, or most frustrating moment you experienced in 2009.

2. E-mail it to me at 2009@aroughyear.com

3. Include as much or as little additional information as you would like.

Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested.

Thank you for your help.

Lilly McElroy

Greater Lyon – Urban Authorities

Recruitment of Artistic Consulting and Technical Direction Services, to define a programme of Public Art and to produce and mount works of art, as part of the redevelopment of the banks of the river Saône, Lyon, France

http://www.grandlyon.com

Contract using an adapted restricted procedure (Article 30 of the French Public Contracts Code (Code des Marchés Publics)) – Framework Agreement (Article 76 of the French Public Contracts Code)

The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs is a proud supporter of Los Angeles' 2010 Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. This celebration will promote and encourage an awareness of the significant contributions made by our City's Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in culture, education, politics, business, technology, and the arts.

Rogue Artists Ensemble, a collective
of multi-disciplinary artists who create Hyper-theater, an innovative
hybrid of theater, puppetry, masks, dance, music and modern technology,
seeks contributions of original music and art to be incorporated into a
new performance event titled HYPERBOLE: origins, scheduled to premiere
in Los Angeles in September, 2010. Music and media will a featured
element of the show and will be heard and seen by thousands throughout
Southern California.

HYPERBOLE: origins is an original, adventurous celebration of myth,
music, movement, and mania, all inspired by stories of creation.
Resembling a collection of music videos performed live onstage,
HYPERBOLE: origins will play out as a torrent of short scenes set to and