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The City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division announces two opportunities at the award-winning Annenberg Community Beach House at 415 Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica.

The Summer 2012 Theater Ensemble Residency offers access to 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. The Residency spans five weeks of rehearsal and seven public performances over two weeks. This opportunity begins Monday, June 4, 2012 and concludes Friday, July 20, 2012. An honorarium of $3,500 is offered. Submission deadline is Friday January 6th, 2012, rec'd by 5:00pm.

The Las Virgenes Unified School District, located in Northern Los Angeles County and encompassing the cities of Calabasas, Agoura, Hidden Hills and Westlake Village, is a destination public school district well known for its educational excellence, both in academics and the performing arts. The Performing Arts Education Centers (PAECs} are currently under construction with full funding provided by a voter-approved construction bond. Upon completion in late 2012, the PAECs will be two fully-equipped, professional-quality performing arts centers located at Calabasas and Agoura High Schools in the Las Virgenes Unified School District, each including a 650 main stage theater and a flexible-seating Black Box theater.

The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), located in downtown Long Beach, is searching for a part time Assistant to the Museum's Registrar. This is a great opportunity for an individual who is looking for hands-on experience in collections and gallery management area of the museum. This part time position offers 24-28 hours per week.

Essential Functions:
• Assist with the movement and storage of art in galleries and storage areas, with proper art handling and packing procedures.
• Assist in the transport, shipping and receiving of art objects. Will be responsible for communications with museums and art galleries in Latin America.
• Assist with opening crates and soft-pack art deliveries and prepare art for temporary exhibits and document new acquisitions.

HIRING: Middle School Play Director

WHAT: Marlborough, an all girls school, is hiring an experienced, professional director for its upcoming Middle School Play.

WHERE: Marlborough is located in Hancock Park at 250 S. Rossmore Avenue in Los Angeles, CA

WHEN:
· Auditions - February 13-16 from 3-5:30.
· Rehearsals – April 9 – May 9. There is a 4 ½ week rehearsal period for the show that includes daily afterschool rehearsals from 3-5:30 as well as Saturday rehearsals from 9-5. During the final week or so of production, rehearsals may go as late as 8pm.
· Production – There are three shows only:

3pm on Thursday, May 10 and 7pm shows on Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its December 2011 art exhibition is now posted on their website and is ready to view online. The theme for last month’s art competition was “Countryside”. The gallery received submissions from 10 different countries from around the world and they also received entries from 27 different states. Overall, there were 364 entries that were judged. Congratulations to the artists who have been designated as this month’s winners, along with 65 Special Recognition Artists. The gallery commends all of the artists for their artistic skill and creativity. View the exhibition here: http://www.lightspacetime.com

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its December 2011 art exhibition is now posted on their website and is ready to view online. The theme for last month’s art competition was “Countryside”. The gallery received submissions from 10 different countries from around the world and they also received entries from 27 different states. Overall, there were 364 entries that were judged. Congratulations to the artists who have been designated as this month’s winners, along with 65 Special Recognition Artists. The gallery commends all of the artists for their artistic skill and creativity. View the exhibition here: http://www.lightspacetime.com

Professional photographers worldwide can submit their work to a competition.

The Professional Photographer of the Year Awards is seeking entries for its annual contest.

Digital entries can be submitted without an entry fee in 13 categories including editorial/news, on location, still life and more.

There will be one overall winner chosen as the photographer of the year, but each category will have one winner and one runner-up. Each winner will receive an exclusive logo to promote their brand.

The submission deadline is January 27.

For more information, click here.
http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk/Competitions/Photographic-Comp...

from Art4Development

1. Prints: Each artist should send one original hand pulled print. No digital, photos or copies accepted.

2. Paper Size : 10 x 10 inches or 25 x 25 cm. Image size can vary or bleed out of the paper.
The paper size is extremely important. The image can be any size.

3. Theme: Peace.
No participation fee. We ask you to donate your Print to Arte/Desarrollo Humano -Art/Human Development project.
Invited country Japan.

4. Medium: Entries may feature any technique of printmaking and should be signed.

5. Deadline: April 1, 2012.
Prints received in Monterrey. If the print is late we will save it for next year.

6. Exhibits: All Prints will be exhibited. The Photos of the exhibit will be posted on the same page as the Art in the web.

Designers and photographers can submit a photo, illustration or design for a chance to win Apple products.

MINI Space presents Chromania, a design competition all about color in any combination.

Capture a photograph or create an illustration focusing on the use of color. Entries must be completely original works and can't feature brand logos.

The grand prize is a Macbook Air and other prizes include an iPhone 4S and iTunes giftcards.

Upload entries directly to MINISpace.com by January 31.

For more information, click here.
http://www.minispace.com/en_us/background/17/?competition=17

from Art4Development

Thanks to Linda Vallejo for posting this on LA Culture Net.

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A to Z Grantwriting Arts and Education Newsletter

DECEMBER 2011

FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS

Federal Grants Wire http://www.federalgrantswire.com/

Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/

FirstGov http://www.firstgov.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml#resources

FundsNet http://www.fundsnetservices.com/

Arts and Culture

National Endowment for the Arts - http://www.nea.gov/

State Arts Agencies - http://www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/aoa/aoa_contents.shtml

Artdeadline - http://artdeadline.com/