AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

art'ishake submission deadline is approaching: September 15th!!

art'ishake welcomes participants to submit papers, articles, news,
images of artworks, and announcements on arts and development
issues. Please note the deadline for the upcoming issue is September 15,
2008.

art'ishake is an e-journal that aims to provide an outlet for
interdisciplinary and international exploration of the concepts and
practices of creative and arts-infused development projects. The
purpose with 'art'ishake' is to provide an open, collaborative, and
learning approach to creative and development sector, share
experiences and views from different perspectives, present 'how-tos'
through the exchange of best-practice examples, inspire, and
add 'knowledge-based' value to the positive-creative change process!

Since its launch in January 2006 art'ishake has reached hundreds of
readers and contributors from across the globe. In art'ishake,
readers find stories of artists and development organizations from
Australia, Brazil, USA, UK, to Ukraine, Tanzania; illustrations,
photos, images of sculptures, films, and paintings from Italy,
Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Vietnam; poetry from South
Africa, Nigeria and India; opinions, projects, and studies from
Cameroon, Benin, China, Turkey, to Finland, Canada, Ghana.
From
fashion shows to photo exhibitions, arts made of sand, fabrics,
sounds, actions, or vibrant oil colors; has been utilized to address
vital human and social challenges: HIV/AIDS, youth, education,
poverty, human rights, identity, urbanization, environmentalism, and
more.

Submission Areas:

News, Experiences, Events, Projects, and Opinions on Millennium
Development Goals [MDGs], in particular as these relate to the arts
and to creativity.(max 1500 words)

Research and white-papers on arts, human development, as well as
the impact within the local, national, and international community
[Theoretical, methodological, economic, international and
intercultural approaches to and perspectives on arts and
development, and more] (max 1500 words)

Auto-story by artists who create artworks and/or conduct workshops
aiming for social impact, particularly those that relate to MDGs
(max 1200 words)

Auto-story by non-profit and/or for-profit organizations who
utilize arts to create change and improve community (max 1200 words)

Announcements on support material and partnership opportunities
such as funding possibilities, awards, grants, fellowships, cause-
related arts exhibitions and benefit events, workshops, trainings,
publications, etc.

Artworks and brief concept paragraphs [images of any type and
style of artworks (photos, illustrations, caricatures), material
used, titles, purpose/ theme, short bio statement of the artist
(max. 150 words)]

Poetry, scripts, and short stories [max. 1200 words] related to
arts and MDGs, cultural heritage and diversity; youth empowerment,
conflict resolution and peace building, and more.

If you are interested in submitting material please contact
artishake@art4development.net. Submission deadline is September 15,
2008. Further information and submission guidelines can be found at
http://www.art4development.net/artishake.html

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