AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

CONTRA-TIEMPO, Los Angeles' premier Urban Latin Dance Theater company, is holding open company auditions!

When: Friday, October 29th, 1:30-4:00pm
Where: Crescent Heights United Methodist Church
1296 N. Fairfax Avenue, West Hollywood, CA

Please RSVP with resume & headshot to admin@contra-tiempo.org

We are looking for:
-Fierce dancers and performers with serious Salsa skills who also have training in one or more of the following styles: Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, hip hop, house, contemporary, ballet, Afro-Modern, dance-theater
- Team players
- Dancers who are interested, available and excited about touring nationally and internationally and gigging locally
- Artists committed to making a difference

Full or part-time ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT to help with the daily operations of the Academy, which includes interfacing with clients, instructors, and students. and handling all the administrative duties incumbent upon the smooth running of the school. General office duties include answering phones, disseminating information about classes, data entry, registration of new students, signing in classes, collecting tuition and doing class head counts.

Qualified candidate should have good communication and people skills, be reliable, responsible, organized, and able to field many tasks at once.
Mac savvy a plus, knowledge of graphics a real plus.

Job has GROWTH POTENTIAL into a Managerial Position.

PLEASE SEND YOUR RESUME VIA E-MAIL TO info@danceartsacademy.com

Volunteers are needed for a mural project in Santa Ana. It is a project of Hope University, a fine arts program for adults with developmental disabilities. No experience is necessary. Work is done on Wednesdays from 9:30am to 1:30pm in Santa Ana. For more details, please contact Shelley RuggThorp at (714) 778-4440, or by email: ruggthorp@earthlink.net.

Thanks!
Shelley

for LA Culture Net

Can you write a story in 140 characters?

Spanish-speaking journalists can participate in a short-story competition via Twitter called "Twitterelatos." The contest, organized by Biblioteca de Santiago de Chile, will be held October 27 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Chile Summer Time).

Participants must write a micro story in Spanish from their personal Twitter account and post it to @BibliotecadStgo. They jury is comprised of Twitter users in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela.

For more information, click here (in Spanish)
http://www.bibliotecasantiago.cl/bases

from Art4Development

Professional and amateur photographers are invited to submit images of modern Kazakhstan to a competition. Deadline: November 15.

Categories include: Contrasts between regions of Kazakhstan; average people; "I am a Witness"; Reporters in Kazakhstan; and more.

The competition is organized by Soros-Kazakhstan.

For more information (in Russian), click here.
http://www.soros.kz/ru/announcements/competitions

from Art4Development

The Zimmer Children's Museum is dedicated to teaching children, youth, and adults about the BIG IDEAS of global citizenship, community responsibility, environmental stewardship and cultural sensitivity by highlighting the ideals of respect for others, generosity of heart, helping those in need, accepting differences and celebrating uniqueness. Our mission is to promote values that help make a better society through interactive learning, creative self-expression and art experiences for children, youth and families.

Performance Art / Interdisciplinary Artist/Scholar [Wilding, Wright] The
Performance Art Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
(SAIC)seeks an exceptional and versatile artist/scholar working and
exhibiting in performance practices, for a senior level tenured or
tenure-track teaching position who will chair the department on a rotating
basis. Performative practices are at the forefront of contemporary art,
crossing boundaries between multiple disciplines and offering a broad range
of aesthetic, conceptual, critical, and experiential possibilities. SAIC's
unique Performance department approaches performance as a vibrant,
contemporary art field that integrates diverse artistic practices, research,

**Please see Deadline Date below**

The City of Buena Park's Exhibiting Artist program provides local and
international visual artists an opportunity to display artwork at the Buena Park
City Hall for eight weeks. The program is intended to nurture working
relationships & partnerships between local and international artists,
presenters, arts organizations and the greater Buena Park community.

The City of Buena Park is currently looking for POP ARTISTS interested in a
possible group exhibition for 2011.

Open to artists working in painting, design, photography, and mixed media. No
installations or sculptures can be accepted. All artwork must be larger than
16"x20" for exhibition.

Artwork Submissions must include artist resume/bio, artist statement, and 3-10

CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Visiting Position in Arts Management

The Masters in Arts Management Program of Claremont Graduate University,
the only program of its kind in California, seeks an outstanding artist,
arts manager or academic who is a thought leader in the field for a
visiting appointment in arts management in 2011 - 2012. This is a
special opportunity for a practitioner or scholar in the field to create
a residency or project of their own design that will invigorate the more
than 40 students in the Arts Management program. The appointment may be
part-time (one semester) or full time (both semesters) based on the
proposal submitted. It is anticipated that the visiting artist, arts

Friends of Levitt Pavilion – MacArthur Park
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Job Title: Executive Director, Friends of Levitt Pavilion – MacArthur Park
Reports to: Board of Directors
Announcement Date: 10/12/10; open until filled

Organization Overview