AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Son of Semele Ensemble is seeking applications for guest productions
through their SOSEhost program. The deadline to apply is February 15.

Information on SOSEhost and how to apply is below and can also be
found online at www.sonofsemele.org/sosehost.html

For photos of the theater and technical specs, go to
www.sonofsemele.org/sosehost.html

We are looking for projects that could play in June-July. Productions
can run from 2-6 weeks. Read guidelines for details.

Thanks
Son of Semele

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SOSEhost is our curated rental program that offers subsidized space,
equipment and staffing to other progressive theater artists.
Through SOSEhost we foster and support like-minded artists who are

The City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division seeks applications from theater and dance companies based in Los Angeles County for a Residency at the Annenberg Community Beach House at 415 Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica.

The Residency offers a small private office in the historic Marion Davies Guest House and access to selected exterior and interior areas of the Beach House to a performance ensemble for the purpose of rehearsing and presenting a classic play or an original devised work. Although this opportunity is aimed primarily at text-based theater companies, physical theater or dance-theater companies are also invited to propose. This opportunity begins Monday, July 11, 2011 and concludes Sunday, August 14, 2011, for a total of five weeks. First

The Downtown Art Center Gallery is seeking submissions for a group
exhibition in May 2011. All mediums are welcome; work should be made
within the past 3years.

Please submit 10-20 images maximum in JPG format, either by e-mail at
info@dacgallery.com or by mail at 828 S.
Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90014. If you would like your submitted
materials returned, please include a self-addressed and stamped
envelope. When submitting work, please include your name and contact
information as well as dimensions, medium, and titles (if applicable).

There is a $40 non-refundable portfolio review fee per applicant.
Artists whose work is not selected for the May exhibition may be
considered for future shows.

Know Your Server
Produced by Paris Gulbro Patt
Presented by Heard(LA)
http://knowyourserver.com

Know Your Server attempts to show the audience member that throughout
Los Angeles, one is surrounded by aspiring artists, musicians, and most
importantly, dreamers in disguise. With high rent and living conditions
in the City of Angels, and living in a time with little federal funding
for public works projects to keep artists employed, artists of any
medium must spend most of their time working one or many service jobs.
They are your baristas, your waiters, your sales associates by day; by
night they create art. This project will show one artistic work from 100
different Artists along with a photograph of them in their work

Part-time teaching position in handwork/art.
Environmental Charter Schools is seeking a teacher for our handwork/arts
class. Position will be in the afternoon, four times per week,
Tuesdays through Fridays until June 2011.

Instructor will need experience teaching upper elementary or middle
school students, the ability to independently manage a classroom of
25-30 students and knowledge of practical arts. Students' work in
Handwork/Art supports their study of 6th grade academic standards
(history, science, language arts, and math). Sample activities might
include papyrus-making to support the study of Ancient Egypt, weaving to
support our Ancient Greece unit, or drawing circles free hand and with
homemade protractors to support a geometry unit. Curriculum is to be

http://www.bronxmuseum.org/smartpower

Request for artist proposals: smARTpower(SM) Program

Just a quick reminder - the First Quarter Deadline for the ARC Grants
Program (Artists' Resource for Completion) is coming right up on Tuesday,
February 1st, 2011 by 6pm.

ARC grants provide rapid, short-term assistance to individual artists
residing in Los Angeles County who wish to enhance work for a specific,
imminent opportunity that may significantly benefit their careers. Artists
in any discipline are eligible to apply. The applicant must already have
secured an invitation from an established arts organization to present the
proposed work. The start date must be scheduled for presentation within six
months of the application deadline: for the First Quarter deadline, the
presentation start date must fall between March 14, 2011 and August 1, 2011.

Call For Applications!
2011-2012 DeVos Institute of Arts Management Fellowship
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The application deadline is April 1, 2011.

Founded by Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser in 2001, the DeVos
Institute of Arts Management Fellowship provides mid-career arts
managers with practical training and work experience at one of the
world's largest and most dynamic performing arts institutions.

The Fellowship provides weekly seminars in strategic planning,
marketing, development and financial management; three practical work
rotations; and a series of professional development seminars.

The nine-month, full-time program begins in September 2011. A stipend,

A new business networking community for the traditional fine-arts industry. A directory of art models looking for work, profiles for anyone who draws/paints from models, includes listings for drawing groups.

The site is free. A service to the industry. Spread the word!

Http://www.ArtModelPlace.com

It is already fully functional with over 450 members but is still in development. Do you find this site useful?

from LA Culture Net

CALL FOR ARTISTS: PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

The City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Public
Percent-for-Art Program is seeking artists interested in creating
site-specific public artwork for newly constructed Police Department
(LAPD) and Fire Department (LAFD) facilities located throughout Los
Angeles. Artists commissioned as a result of this
Request for Qualifications will design, fabricate, and install
independent and/or integrated public artworks that will be accessed
and experienced by passers-by, facility visitors, and public safety
employees, as part of the unified texture and fabric of our City’s
neighborhoods. Potential opportunities and sites for artwork exist on
interior and exterior walls; within hallways, lobbies, landscaped