AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

It took two years to figure out exactly how to make him perfect, and I'm very satisfied with the finished product.
And yet, he's not perfect. In such a perfect way.

I needed to make a statement.
I needed a victim.
I needed to sum up the dichotomy of my philosophy.

During a long journey, it is often difficult to see progress.
But I have come far, though I have far to go.

This is my art.
This is Art Grotesque.

Open Call for October Surprise exhibition at 323 Projects
October 1 - November 30, 2012

Deadline for Submissions: September 25, 2012
contact@323projects.com

ABOUT THE SHOW
323 Projects, LA's best and only telephone sound art gallery, humbly asks that you consider contributing audio tracks to be included as part of October Surprise, a group show set to run from October 1 - November 30, 2012.

Call For Entry: SPACES R&D Program

DEADLINE: Friday, November 30, 2012
APPLICATION & GUIDELINES:
http://www.facebook.com/l/hAQG-N59QAQHsBf5oX3_DDbcnNbb9P6uGlw6yYgk4Y0wh7...
w.spacesgallery.org/artists/apply/rd

SPACES is a presenting contemporary art venue dedicated to artists who
explore and experiment. Located on the west side of downtown Cleveland,
SPACES currently operates three programs to feature the excellent works of
our curated artists: R&D (Research & Development), SWAP (SPACES World
Artists Program), and The Vault.

This call-for-entries is is for the R&D Program and is open to all
established or emerging artists, curators and cultural producers who are 21
years old or older. Applications must show promise and strong conceptual
grounding.

a.pass
Call for artistic research projects
Post-Master and PhD levels

Application deadline: 10 September 2012
to start in January 2013

Selection talks: 27 & 28 September 2012

Delaunoystraat 58-60, B17
1080 Brussels
Belgium

www.apass.be

a.pass is a one year artistic research program open to artists and
theoreticians with an interest in exploring the performative and/or spatial
dimensions of their practice.

If you are working in the performing arts and you want to develop an
artistic research project in a professional collaborative environment,

Or
if you come from another field and the concepts of performativity or/and
scenography are (relatively) new to you but you want to explore them in
depth, in relation to your own practice

Then

Re Act - Call for participation #1

Re Act is part of the Act series, an ongoing digital art project designed to
encourage criticism of contemporary politics. The exhibit Re Act is an
expansion of this concept, and will be part of a curatorial residency at The
Market Studios in Dublin, Ireland.

Artists are invited to use the Act tools for production/inspiration/objects
of critique to generate artwork, this could be any political commentary
relevant to anywhere in the world. The original Act project included the
development of five digital ‘tools’ or ‘guides’, which were then applied to
political content to create artwork. The idea is to use these guides to
create new artwork, in any medium!

Please see the website https://sites.google.com/site/actseries/ for more

I invite you to propose writings or art-works for the next issue of Cannons
and Muses second publication. Issue #2 will deal with the concept of state
and corporate sponsorship and its influence on arts.

What we are looking for:
a. Writings: articles, abstracts, academic as well as personal views and
critiques of the subject.
b. Art-works: drawings/photography/video-frames, relating to or
addressing the subject.
Format: writings: up to 1500 words. Art: digital formats only.
Deadline:

Cannons and Muses is an association of worldwide artists, seeking to
collaborate with each other in an attempt to reinvigorate the connection
between artist and social thought.

Issue #2 will address the issue of sponsorship of the arts, particularly in

The Department of Studio Art at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the
Arts is conducting a search for a designer/artist with an emphasis in
critical design practices for the position of Assistant Professor. The
Department of Studio Art offers both the Bachelor of Arts degree (BA)
and the Master of Fine Arts degree (MFA). The effective starting date
for the position is January 1, 2013.
We seek an individual of international reputation working at the
forefront of interdisciplinary design practices and with a proven
record of engagement and collaboration with members of the public and
the academy outside of their artistic disciplines.

While expertise in established design and art practices is desirable,
we are interested in candidates who think expansively and critically

Deadline October 15

Hello writers, poets, journalists, documentarians:

Her Saturn Returns - Queer Women of Color Life Transitions
is seeking essays, prose, poetry, interviews, and other forms of documentary
writing
for an upcoming Anthology on women's experiences turning 30, and/or turning
60 - when Her Saturn Returns.

Submit Online and get more information at hersaturnreturns.com

Feel free to send to a friend who may be interested.

Shawn(ta) Smith,
editor
Her Saturn Returns Anthology
http://hersaturnreturns.com/calls-for-submission/

from Franklin Furnace

RISK FOR DEEP LOVE
a ritual audience participation experience experiment

The Underground Hit!

Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos. Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure and humor. Other than that, ADMISSION IS FREE! (But donations are encouraged.)

ARE YOU HUMAN ENOUGH FOR THIS?

Friday, September 21, 2012
8pm

TEMESCAL ART CENTER
511 48th Street
Oakland, CA 94609-2058

For more information
Call: 510-526-7858
http://www.eroplay.com/events.html
http://www.temescalartcenter.org/index.html

The City of Brea Art Gallery and Watercolor West, a Transparent Watercolor Society presents
44th Annual Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition
October 13-December 16, 2012

Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, October 13, from 5:00-7:00pm, for the awards ceremony, live music, refreshments, and to see the artwork! Admission is free for the reception.

The City of Brea Art Gallery is proud to host Watercolor West’s annual juried exhibition. As standard bearers for the traditions of transparent watercolor technique, Watercolor West will highlight the finest examples of the watercolor medium. This year’s juror, Karen Frey, has selected 100 works of art from over 700 entries submitted worldwide which will be on display in the Gallery.