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YourPR has posted a new item, 'GenevaPR'

Welcome to YourPR this week, I am Benjamin Bottorff based out of Geneva, Switzerland. Today’s show explores the theme of time and its influence on the human creative process.

· How are the Gorillas in the Congo? Interview with Pierre Peron, an administrator of Verunga National Park. Pierre is a trained zoologist and has worked at the BBC as a journalist. Now he applies his skills in Goma, DR Congo. Follow the blog and watch the videos at www.gorilla.cd.

· What is the word on the streets of Washington DC? Interview with GenevaPRs political correspondent based in Washington DC. Erica Frantz is on the ground following the inauguration.

· Speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama.

Welcome to YourPR this week, I am Benjamin Bottorff based out of Geneva, Switzerland. Today’s show explores the theme of time and its influence on the human creative process.

· How are the Gorillas in the Congo? Interview with Pierre Peron, an administrator of Verunga National Park. Pierre is a trained zoologist and has worked at the BBC as a journalist. Now he applies his skills in Goma, DR Congo. Follow the blog and watch the videos at www.gorilla.cd.

· What is the word on the streets of Washington DC? Interview with GenevaPRs political correspondent based in Washington DC. Erica Frantz is on the ground following the inauguration.

· Speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama.

Competition for the Design of a Freedom and Unity Memorial in Berlin

Submission date: 10. March 2009

http://www.wettbewerb-denkmal.de

The first stage of the open, international competition for a Freedom and Unity Memorial in Berlin has now begun! The submission date is 10. March 2009.

On 9. November 2007 the German parliament decided that the Federal Republic of Germany will erect a Memorial to Freedom and Unity, in memory of the peaceful revolution of Autumn 1989, and as a memorial to movements and efforts undertaken over the centuries to achieve unity and freedom. The German parliament agreed on the main issues of the competition on 4. December 2008.

mobile exhibits

The Arts Council for Long Beach and the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency
announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) to select artists for temporary
public artwork for vacant storefronts in redevelopment areas within the City
of Long Beach.

Historical / Cultural Background
The City of Long Beach is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse
cities in the nation. As the fifth largest city in California, Long Beach
plays an important role in shaping the identity of the state. Long Beach is
an attractive and accessible coastal gateway that serves as an important
tourist attraction and is home to the Queen Mary, Boeing Aerospace, the Long
Beach Aquarium, an expansive beach front and one of the largest ports in the
world.

Project Overview

ATTIC THEATRE SEEKING CO-PRODUCTIONS FOR OUR THEATER

The ATTIC Theatre & Film Center is accepting proposals for co-productions at their Culver City theater. There is no up front rental fee, however certain theatre running costs will be deducted from box office revenue. After those fees are paid at box office will be split 50/50. The ATTIC will provide box office and house management at each performance. All other staffing will be provided by the producing company. Productions will be able to run from 2 weeks to 6 weeks depending on the project.

**** All types of Productions are encouraged to apply. *****

Theater Specs:
-- 49 seats
-- Stage dimensions are 25' wide x 19' deep x 10' tall
-- Raise stage - wood floor
-- We have 30 dimmers and about 35 to 40 lighting instruments.

CALL FOR WORKS
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Electroacoustic Audio-visual Music*

Submission Deadline: 20th February 2009 (postmark)

This is a call for fixed media electroacoustic audio-visual music works
exploring the interaction between sound and image. Works should be cohesive
audio-visual entities and not just video/film with a soundtrack or music
with a video/film track. The audio within these works should be
electroacoustic in nature.

Works are requested for a PhD research project investigating audience
reception of differing styles of audio-visual composition and the role of
composer intention in facilitating audience reception of electroacoustic
audio-visual music works. This research builds upon the foundations laid by

Call for Applications: Art in the Public Sphere/MPAS Graduate Program

Priority deadline for the 2009–2010 academic year: March 2, 2009

Applications may be submitted after this date on a space available basis.

For more information on the Public Art Studies program at USC, please contact us at
pasprog@usc.edu or visit our website at http://roski.usc.edu/pas

Master of Public Art Studies Program: Art in the Public Sphere
Director: Joshua Decter
University of Southern California
Roski School of Fine Arts

Watt Hall 104 University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292
Telephone: 213 743 8540 | Fax: 213 743 4563

Ruth Weisberg, Dean

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Under the new leadership of curator, critic, and art historian Joshua Decter, in conjunction

Ventura ArtWalk Featured Artist Competition

Call for artists - The City of Ventura Cultural Affairs Division invites Southern California artists to compete for selection as an ArtWalk "featured artist." Ventura's bi-annual ArtWalks attract up to ten thousand visitors to its Downtown Cultural District during this weekend of fine art display and sales in business "galleries for a day," live music and performances, children's activities, and studio and gallery openings. Each ArtWalk showcases a different established or emerging "featured artist" with a weekend exhibition, and focuses on one of the artist's images used in such promotional materials as newspaper ads, posters, postcards and programs produced by the city.