All Artists/Visual Arts/Literary Arts Opportunites and Deadlines - Updated December 2003
All Artists/Visual Artists
Writers/Literary Arts
Springboard for the Arts helps artists and other self-employed creative people develop careers and find audiences for their work. We collect and distribute resources, make referrals to attorneys, accountants and other professional services artists can access at no or low cost. We present workshops on topics related to making a living from your artistic output and we conduct individual consultations.
Springboard administers the Job Book of full and part-time work opportunities in the arts; the Artist Loan Fund- a low interest, flexible revolving loan fund that helps artists finance their sole proprietor businesses; the Emergency Relief Fund that helps artists recover from unforeseen career-threatening circumstances.
With the Minnesota State Arts Board we publish books on exhibition spaces for visual artists, performance and rehearsal spaces for performing artists and public and private funding opportunities for all Minnesota artists.
With mnartists.org we provide a regularly updated listing of opportunities for artists that includes grant descriptions and deadlines, calls for artists, audition announcements, juried shows, etc.
We are the first, best place to go if you are considering a career in the arts, and we provide on-going resources and assistance for artists at all stages of their careers.
Calls to All Artists/Visual Artists
DEADLINE: January 24, 2004
Artist-designed Mini Golf in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Summer 2004
The Walker Art Center announces a Call for Proposals
Description Walker in the Rough, a 10-hole miniature golf course organized by the Walker and open to the public from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend, will be a major component of Walker without Walls—a season of programming that will take place around town and in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden during the final construction phases of the Walker expansion. Eligibility Entrants must be Minnesota residents and may include artists, architects, engineers, landscape architects, furniture designers, etc. Submissions will be accepted from individual artists or teams. Collaborations are encouraged. Individuals or teams may submit more than one entry, but each entry requires a separate registration and submission. Selection Process Proposals will be judged by a panel consisting of Richard Flood, Chief Curator, Walker Art Center; Julie Snow, Architect, Julie Snow Architects; Kinji Akagawa, artist; Bob Fine, President, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board; and the Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council.
Submissions for each hole will be selected based upon the following criteria: concept, playability, safety, durability, and feasibility of implementation. Entrants will construct their own designs. Winning entries will receive a $2000 stipend.
Building Specifications Each hole is expected to withstand direct exposure to the elements and an enthusiastic, club-wielding public of all ages. Any materials, structures, or components deemed hazardous or too fragile will be rejected. Electricity will not be available. More details are included in the Guidelines & Specifications.
Entry Process To request the Walker in the Rough Application and Guidelines & Specifications, please call 612.375.7572, or you may download forms from the Walker’s Web site at www.walkerart.org/golf. There is a $20 fee for each entry.
A Mini-History of Mini Golf
One of the few truly American art forms, mini golf has evolved from "fake" golf—literally a substitute sport for Scotsmen and Englishmen transplanted to countries lacking their rolling green hills—to a sport rivaling baseball in popularity. Held up as a savior of the American economy during the 1920s and ’30s, it threatened to replace movies as the nation’s fifth-largest industry, only to then be relegated to the company of comic books and pool halls as perpetrators of the corruption of the country’s morals. Today, miniature golf is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, spectacle, and scale, and the Walker invites you to putt-icipate in this ever-evolving pastime.
Through the years, Miniature Golf has been called Half-Pint Golf, Wacky Golf, Putt-Putt Golf, Goony Golf, Garden Golf, Carpet Golf, Minny Golf, Fun Golf, Midget Golf, Goofy Golf, Pint-Pot Golf, Tom Thumb Golf, Sawed-off Golf, Dwarf Golf, Mini Golf, Pigmy Golf, Plantation Golf, Jolly Golf, Lilliput Links, Rinkiedink Golf, Adventure Golf, Peewee Golf, and Runt Golf.
Timeline
January 26, 2004 Proposals due at the Walker
February 2004 Winning entries selected
February 14, 2004 Proposals on display at the Walker’s closing party
March 2004 Working drawings due
April 2004 Construction check-in
May 2004 Installation
June 2004 Play golf!
September 2004 Course dismantled
This project is made possible by generous support from Target.
DEADLINE: March 1, 2004 or eaerlier.
CALL FOR ENTRIES -- AUDIO AND VIDEO FOR THE NEW LIGHT RAIL IN MINNEAPOLIS
Audio and Video shorts will be presented continuously on the platforms of the new Hiawatha Light Rail Line at small kiosks attached to the vertical columns of 14 of the train stations throughout Minneapolis. Each kiosk will be uniquely interactive, delivering your audio and video through speakers, telephone receivers, or 7" wide-aspect LCD monitors. The work is being commissioned as part of a public project for the Hiawatha Line, developed by artist Janet Zweig, working with Scharff Weisberg, Inc. (audio/video specialists) and ParallelDevelopment (industrial designers.)
Eligibility: any resident of Minnesota. We will commission up to 100 Minnesotans.
Who should send material: singers, bands, comedians, filmmakers, videographers, storytellers, monologuists, historians, meteorologists, weather-buffs, etiquette-experts, anyone with a good story to tell, etc. etc, etc.
Time-based material only: Please do not send still images or images of artwork.
The two themes: All material should be related, in some way, to one of the two clichés about Minnesota: the weather or courtesy ("Minnesota nice.") These themes can be interpreted very broadly.
Criteria: We will select material that is in the spirit of the project: witty, gutsy, edgy, informative, surprising, whimsical, or amusing.
Honorarium: Up to $500. per person or group, based on $100. per minute of material, with a $200. minimum.
Length of submissions: from 10 seconds to 1.5 minutes per piece. Please send multiple entries (for example, many jokes, several songs, or several videos) and we anticipate accepting multiple entries from one person or group. (These time requirements are approximate only; we are flexible.) Record your credit line after each piece.
Credit line: Identify yourself as the creator by including your name or a credit line, preferably at the end of the piece. Please be sure the credit line is very brief. For example, at the end of each audio file (each joke, each song, or each story), you might say: "This has been Your Name." On each video, you might put "copyright Your Name" on the screen for about two seconds or so. Please, no lengthy credits. If you have questions about this, please contact us through email.
WE WILL USE TWICE AS MANY AUDIO AS VIDEO FILES.
HOW TO SEND YOUR MATERIAL Format
Audio: as MP3 files on a CD.
Video with Audio: as Quicktime files on a CD or DVD, or on DV tape, or higher quality material such as betacam or digital betacam. Please note that all video will be presented on 7" wide-aspect ratio monitors (16:9 ratio.) You can make new material in this format or adjust older material to wide-aspect.
Please send as high quality recordings as you are able to make.
If you are a performer or speaker, consider collaborating with a videographer or sound engineer to record your work.
If you don't know how to put your work into these formats, contact us by email, and we will try to help you find a way to record it.
INCLUDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
Be sure to include all your contact information: your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
Send entries to:
Small Kindnesses, Weather Permitting
c/o Dawn Lamm
832 Dayton Ave
ST. Paul MN 55104
(If you’re planning on using Fed-ex or other service, email us for a delivery phone number.)
If you want your material returned, you must send an appropriate SASE. Materials without return packaging and postage will not be returned.
If your work is accepted: you will receive a usage agreement followed by the honorarium. Copyright of the material will remain yours.
These guidelines are flexible and we are open to creative interpretations. If you have questions, ask us about it through email.
TO CONTACT US WITH QUESTIONS, email: smallkindnesses@earthlink.net
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Shoebox Gallery
Just to the right of Robert's Shoes at 2948 Chicago is the storefront space. Submit proposals via email. No stipend and no application fee! Shows last on a to be determined basis, usually with every dance performance each 3 months. Great exposure to the patrons of Sunny's Bar and shoe buyers. Study the nieghborhood and sensitize yourself. Please pass this opportunity on.
Contact: Sean Smuda at smuda@yahoo.com
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Lowertown Artist Association - Call for Artists
Frank J. Brown has been working on a project that will create opportunities to help support the Lowertown/Downtown St. Paul artists that live in the surrounding area. My goal is to create a financial and community support system for media and performance artists. Display your artwork or be a performance artists creating clientele, buyers, exposure and work in front of an audience in the skyway and business district of downtown St. Paul.
Questions? Contact Frank J. Brown at 651-222-2932 or fjbrown15@msn.com.
Supported by Saint Paul Cultural STAR Grant and Obsidian Arts.
DEADLINE: January 26, 2004
The Buhl Foundation Grant 2004: A biennial grant supporting artists working in photography, within a particular theme. The 2004 Grant Theme: Abstraction Open to all U.S. citizens, not in school as of June, 2003. Applicants should send a SASE to:
The Buhl Foundation
Attn: Grant Application
114 Greene Street 5th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Applications will be received between September 30, 2003 and January 26, 2004. The committee will review work in February 2004 and awards will be announced in March 2004.
DEADLINE: February 9, 2004
18th annual juried exhibition of fine art (painting, drawing, photos, sculpture, mixed media, fine crafts) with agricultural themes. Deadline February 9, 2004. For prospectus, SASE to New Visions Gallery/Culture & Agriculture, 1000 N Oak Ave, Marshfield WI 54449, or call 715-387-5562, email newvisions.gallery@verizon.net.
DEADLINE: e-mailed for deadline
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Fort Collins, Colorado is accepting slides for group shows from all media. Send SASE for prospectus to:
MOCA, Attention: Erica France, 201 S College Ave, Ft Collins CO 80524, or Email: fcmoca@frii.com.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Magic Pond Wildlife Sanctuary and Guest House (http://www.magicpondmaine.com) is providing a unique year-round creative opportunity for artists seeking renewal and solitude in the northern Maine wilderness. Registered guide service available for photographers on (and off) this 75-acre wooded refuge with pond, streams, and fields. Owned and operated by artists for the safe observation of moose, bear, coyote and hundreds of indigenous inhabitants.
DEADLINE: December 1, for March 1st-21st, and February 9 for May 19th-June 6th (Ongoing)
Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168 offers a call for artists, writers, choreographers, composers and filmakers. Work with the world's most distinguished artists in a retreat-like setting. The Center provides selected artists with free housing, weekday meals and studio time. For application procedures, visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org or phone 800-393-6975.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2004
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts has a grant program for individuals in the visual arts. The deadline is May 1, 2003. For more information write: The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, PO Box 2670, New York, NY 10108.
DEADLINE: Now on-line
ART 21: Art in the 21st Century www.pbs.org/art21 Art: 21 Art in the 21st Century is a new four-part PBS television series focusing on contemporary U.S. visual art and artists. The series is augmented by a web site offering online chats with the artists, interactive community forums, artist bios, photos of work, detailed transcripts and film clips, a schedule and station finder, a downloadable educator's guide, and a place to order the Art: 21 companion book and home videos. This is a site where viewers can observe the artists at work, witness their process of making art, and hear their thoughts as they grapple with the physical and visual challenges of achieving their artistic visions.
DEADLINE: March 15th, 2004
NEW funding for individual artists. Creative Capital, a new national consortium comprised of 23 foundations and individuals, was launched in January of 1999. Their purpose is to fund individual artists whose work holds the potential to significantly impact arts and culture at the local, national or international level. For more information visit www.creative-capital.org
The Creative Capital Channel, an online venue featuring projects by 158 Creative Capital-funded artists, is filled with details on their activities and exhibits of still images, video, and music.
For the 2004-05 grant round, Creative Capital will be awarding grants to individual artists in the fields of Visual Arts and Film/Video. To apply, artists must first complete an Inquiry Form, which will be available on their website on February 16, 2004. The deadline for completed Inquiry Forms will be March 15, 2004. Those invited to make a final application will be notified in June 2004. Check their site for updates on the grant cycle.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Light Work Artist in Residence Program for photography (mostly black and white), digital work, and related media. One month stays. They provide housing, studio space, and $1,200 stipend. Ongoing deadlines. Send a letter of intent that briefly describes the project or type of work you would like to accomplish while in residence, as well as the following:
-20 slides of your work
-a resume
-a short statement about your work
-a Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope for the return of your materials
12-15 artists participate per year and responses are usually received within 4-6 months.
Send applications to: Light Work 3116 Waverly Ave. Syracuse, NY 13244 Phone (315) 443-2450.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Nantucket Island School of Design & the Arts. Year round residency in photography, painting, ceramics, textiles, writing, music, performance. Phone (508) 228-9248 or fax (508) 228-2451. For more information, visit http://www.nisda.org/
DEADLINE: Tennessee artists- February 15, National artists deadline July 1st
Tennessee Association of Craft Artists. Craft Fair and Celebration of Fine Crafts. Deadline for Call (615) 385-1904 or write TACA P.O. Box 120066 Nashville, TN 37212-0066.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Headlands Center for the Arts accepts ongoing applications for residencies in the visual, media, literary, and performing arts. Write Headlands Center for the Arts 944 Fort Barry Sausalito, CA 94965, call (415) 331-2787, or fax (415) 331-3857.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Change, Inc. Grants. Emergency grants to artists for medical, living, other expenses. Around $100-$500. Change, Inc. Box 705 Cooper Station, New York, NY 10276 or call (212) 473-3742.
DEADLINE: e-mailed for info
Kokoro, "where art and nature meet." Residencies in contemplative setting. Studios, Japanese Bath, pond, waterfall, supportive critiques. E-mail kokoro@sover.net
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Arts in Embassies Program. You can loan your work up to 3 years to hang in US embassies around the globe. They ask that you send a resume, bio, and 6 jpg. images via e-mail, or send resume and slide sheet of works available to Arts in Embassies Program A/Art, Room 258 U.S. Dept. of State Washington, DC 20520. Or call (202) 647-5723.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Emergency Assistance Grant for artists working on a mature level for 10+ years who have needs arising from unforeseen catastrophic accidents. Around $4,000. Write Gottleib Foundation 380 W. Broadway New York, NY 10012.
DEADLINE: 3 deadlines/year- February 15th, October 1st, and June 15th
Vermont Studio Center holds artist residencies 2-12 weeks, year-round. Individual studio retreats, full fellowships. Visit www.vermontstudiocenter.org, write: Vermont Studio Center Box 613AN Johnson, VT 05656 or call (802) 635-2727.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Visual Artist Information Hotline (1-800-232-2789), a toll-free information service for visual artists, provides information in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. Artists can speak directly to staff between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. EST, Monday - Friday EST. The Hotline provides information on support to artists (national, regional and state), emergency funding, health and safety, insurance, artist communities and residencies, international opportunities, public art programs, studio space programs, legal information and publications. http://www.nyfa.org/vaih
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Montana Artists Refuge. All disciplines. 3 months-1 year stays. Send SASE to Montana Artists Refuge Box 8 Basin, MT 59631 or call (406) 225-3525.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
TELmultimedia sponsors contests and an opportunities listing. To join the group go to http://groups.msn.com/TELmultimedia
Writers/Literary Arts
DEADLINE: January 15th, 2004
ArtsLink Collaborative Projects for 2004, is accepting applications from artists, presenters, and nonprofit arts organizations working in literature and the performing arts. ArtsLink Projects allows US artists and arts organizations to undertake projects overseas with their colleagues in Central and Eastern Europe. ArtsLink is a public-private partnership of CEC ArtsLink, and they provide funding through three programs: Artslink Projects, Artslink Residencies, and Independent Projects. Projects should offer demonstrable benefits to participants from both countries. For more info email artslink@cecip.org, call 212-643-1985, or visit www.cecartslink.org.
DEADLINE: December 1, for March 1st-21st, and February 9 for May 19th-June 6th (Ongoing)
Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168 offers a call for artists, writers, choreographers, composers and filmakers. Work with the world's most distinguished artists in a retreat-like setting. The Center provides selected artists with free housing, weekday meals and studio time. For application procedures, visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org or phone 800-393-6975.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Nantucket Island School of Design & the Arts. Year round residency in photography, painting, ceramics, textiles, writing, music, performance. Phone (508) 228-9248 or fax (508) 228-2451. For more information, visit http://www.nisda.org/
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Headlands Center for the Arts accepts ongoing applications for residencies in the visual, media, literary, and performing arts. Write Headlands Center for the Arts 944 Fort Barry Sausalito, CA 94965, call (415) 331-2787, or fax (415) 331-3857.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Change, Inc. Grants. Emergency grants to artists for medical, living, other expenses. Around $100-$500. Change, Inc. Box 705 Cooper Station, New York, NY 10276 or call (212) 473-3742.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Emergency Assistance Grant for artists working on a mature level for 10+ years who have needs arising from unforeseen catastrophic accidents. Around $4,000. Write Gottleib Foundation 380 W. Broadway New York, NY 10012.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2003
Writers 18-35, contest for short story on Jewish theme or topic. $1000 prize + publication for unpublished work, 5000 word maximum. December 31, 2003 deadline. SASE to David Dornstein, Memorial Creative Writing Contest, 261 W 35th St FL 12A, NY NY 10001, 212-268-4210, http://www.caje.org.
DEADLINE: February 2004
2004 Literary Gift of Freedom Award for Creative Nonfiction for women writers, up to $50,000. Deadline February 2004. For details check the web site at http://www.aroomofherownfoundation.org.
DEADLINE: e-mail for deadline
SnowApple is a journal dedicated to poetry and the creative process, published annually in December. We hope to include new poets as well as the emerging and established; poets from Appalachia as well as the United States and beyond. We like to experience fresh language, vivid images and characters, readable poems that open the door to hidden worlds. Our favorites include Bly, Levertov, Thoreau, Lisel Mueller, Wendell Berry, John Logan, C.S. Lewis, Rich Mullins, and many others. The journal will average 36 pages, saddle-stapled and digest-sized. For more information or submission guidelines, please contact: snowapplejournal@yahoo.com or SnowApple c/o Plum Run Writers Circle Route 1 Box 50 Farmington WV 26571
DEADLINE: Ongoing
Montana Artists Refuge. All disciplines. 3 months-1 year stays. Send SASE to Montana Artists Refuge Box 8 Basin, MT 59631 or call (406) 225-3525.