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Forecast’s annual grant program supports emerging, visual artists and interdisciplinary teams led by visual artists residing in the state of Minnesota.
These grants provide artists the chance to develop and create projects for a public audience anywhere in the state, receive increased recognition, and advance their artistic careers.A limited amount of consulting and/or facilitation time is provided by Forecast Public Art staff.
New in 2010, Forecast is excited to announce new funding opportunities
with three of Minnesota’s Regional Arts Councils!
Informational meetings (optional) about Art(ists) on the Verge will be held Monday, October 26 at 12:00 pm in the small auditorium at MCAD, and Tuesday, October 27 at 1:00 pm at Common Roots in the Common Room.
Art(ists) On the Verge 2
http://northern.lights.mn/programs/aov2/
Northern Lights announces a second round of Art(ists) on the Verge commissions (AOV2). AOV2 is an intensive, mentor-based fellowship program for 5 Minnesota-based, emerging artists or artist groups working experimentally at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture with a focus on network-based practices that are interactive and/or participatory. AOV2 is generously supported by the Jerome Foundation.
Application Deadline
Monday, November 16, 2009
In Strange Culture, filmmaker Lynn Hershman-Leeson tackles the bizarre case of Steve Kurtz, an associate professor of art at SUNY/Buffalo and founding member of the award-winning art and theater collective Critical Art Ensemble, whose interactive projects include the examination of biotechnology and the issues surrounding it. Kurtz’s life suffered an upheaval of Kafkaesque proportions following the unexpected death of his wife, Hope, of heart failure in May 2004.
Technically, the U.S. government’s sham, extortionist case against prominent artist and activist Steve Kurtz has been over since June 11, 2008, when the Department of Justice failed to appeal the judge’s dismissal of the case against him, but the gravity of the orginal assault on creative freedom and civil rights can never be over estimated, and the toll it took on Kurtz and his colleagues is almost impossible to fathom.
Conflux Festival Workshop 9/18/09
Attention all digital photographers
As part of the Conflux 2009 festival, SkyDog Projects is organizing a group workshop on Friday September 18th from 7pm to 9pm to capture the energies and geographic dynamism of the Brooklyn East River Waterfront Landscape.
Artist in residence for new media artists working across technology and mobility that can change habits and inhabitation of public spaces.
The City of San Jose’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Environmental Services Department (ESD) are seeking a “photographer-in-residence” to document the people, places and operations involved in the daily workings of the Environmental Services Department Storm Water, Water Pollution Control and Water Recycling Services.
The 2009 Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk poetry contest is now open! Contest guidelines here.
Jackrabbit Homestead is a web-based multimedia presentation featuring a downloadable car audio tour exploring the cultural legacy of the Small Tract Act in Southern California’s Morongo Basin region near Joshua Tree National Park. Stories from this underrepresented regional history are told through the voices of local residents, historians, and area artists—many of whom reside in reclaimed historic cabins and use the structures as inspiration for their creative work.
“Ultimately, Digital Graffiti explores how design, technology and architecture can intertwine to create entirely new artforms,†said [Events Coordinator Kelli] Arnold. “For one evening, Alys Beach opens its doors, courtyards and pedestrian paths to innovative companies and ground-breaking artists who fuse these three components to literally transform our entire town into a living work of art.â€
Experiment in Art, Design and Architecture in the Landscape
Led by Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil
June 14-30, 2009
http://www.arch.wustl.edu/Summer_Programs
For the 23rd time, Prix Ars Electronica, the foremost international prize for computer-based art, calls for entries.
Media artists, UK and beyond, are invited to apply for a three-week research residency at ISIS Arts, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK between April to end of July 2009. Deadline for applications is Friday 20th March 2009.
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