AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

In 2011 there is a special collaboration between Schmiede, Hallein (Austria) (www.schmiede.ca) and the Dakar Arts Festival, Dakar (Senegal). All interested people are specially invited to participate in the first
International Dakar Arts Festival.

At Schmiede11 (September 15-25th 2011) you will have the possibility to get more information about this
collaborative project. Due to special collaboration with other festivals the High Ministry of Culture in Senegal is supporting exhibiting artists that participate in the Dakar Arts Festival with a 50% travel grant.

OPEN CALL
"International Dakar Arts Festival 2011"
November 1st 2011 to December 30th 2011
Call Deadline: July 30th, 2011 (Smiths can get information and do application during Schmiede11)

Now accepting submissions for Open Call L.A. 2011

LAMAG | Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery presents
OPEN CALL L.A. 2011

http://www.lamag.org/home/open-call-l-a-2011/

Eligibility: Open to all artists residing in Southern California. All entries must be original and must have been completed since January 2009. Employees of the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department are not eligible. Awards: BEST of SHOW $500 – Ten Awards of $100 each. Jurors: Noel Korten, Artist, Curator; Felicia Filer, Director of Public Arts Department of Cultural Affairs.

Exhibition Dates:
July 24 – September 25, 2011

Asia Art Archive
11/F Hollywood Centre
233 Hollywood Road
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
info@aaa.org.hk
http://www.aaa.org.hk

Founded in 2000, Asia Art Archive is a young and dynamic organisation dedicated to documenting the recent history of contemporary Asian art within an international context. As a proactive platform for instigating critical thinking and dialogue and bringing people together, AAA presents diverse public and educational programmes for a wide range of audiences. AAA is now seeking a senior level Head of Research+ and AAA Programmes to develop and oversee research strategies for AAA's collection and oversee the coordination of the organisation's programmes.

The Head of Research + and AAA Programmes will perform a wide range of duties including the following:

Salon Art Prize 2011
7th - 29th October, 2011

The Salon Art Prize 2011 is the fifth annual open submission exhibition produced by Matt Roberts Arts at our gallery on Vyner St in East London.

We will exhibit up to 100 artists and to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Salon Art Prize we will be offering a separate prize of £1000 for each exhibition category

(Painting, Sculpture and Installation (including sound) and 2-D Media).

This years' Selectors are:
Patricia Bickers (Editor, Art Monthly)
Pippa Hale (Director, Project Space Leeds)
Robert Leckie (Exhibitions Curator, Gasworks)

The deadline for applications and payments is:
17.00 (GMT), Saturday 13th August, 2011

The Film Council Of Greater Columbus is accepting entries for the 59th Columbus International Film + Video Festival. The Columbus International Film + Video Festival, the longest running film festival in the United States, is also known as the Chris Awards.

This just in- There is now a $1500 Travel Award for a filmmaker to come to the CIFVF. The filmmaker chosen will travel to the festival and perform the final adjudication for the 2011 Greater Columbus Arts Council Media Fellowships. This award is not limited by division so all entries are in consideration for this award. And also this year, thanks to Showbiz Software, everyone who enters the CIFVF wins a prize! All of our film entrants will receive a free digital copy of The Showbiz Labor Guide.

Entry deadline July 1 20011

European League of Institutes of the Arts
Beulingstraat 8
1017BA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 626 54 67
Fax: +31 20 626 77 51
ute.kohlmann@elia-artschools.org
http://www.neunow.com

Deadline for nominations: 15 June
LIVE in Tallinn, Estonia, 18-22 November

NEU/NOW Festival 2011

Live in Tallinn, Estonia, 18-22 November 2011

Online at www.neunow.com

Deadline for nominations is 15 June!

The NEU/NOW Festival is an innovative international platform for talented graduating artists (or those who have recently graduated) – coming out of Higher Arts Education Institutions and Universities across Europe and beyond – to present themselves to a wider international audience within a professional arts context.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Just ten days left to submit to the Summer 2011 Showcase. As a reminder, all subjects, styles, and media are welcome. Challenge, explore, push boundaries! The winning submission will receive $1,000 (USD) and is determined by creative vision, innovation, potential to engage an audience, presentation (i.e. quality of the images submitted), and overall impression. Full details are available on the Creative Divergents website: http://creativedivergents.com/faqs/

Deadline: June 15, 2010 at 11:59pm EST

Curator Opportunity

The MAC
Hurst House
BT1 3AJ, Belfast
Northern Ireland
Phone: 0044 (0)28 9023 5053
christine@buildingthemac.com
http://www.buildingthemac.com

The MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre) will be a leading cultural and civic venue when it opens in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter in 2012. We now seek to make a key appointment.

Position: Curator

Salary: £34,549 - £37,206

You will be responsible for shaping the vision of The MAC's visual art programme by creating and curating an internationally relevant and innovative programme of work.

Further information and an application form can be downloaded from our website www.buildingthemac.com.

The Arts Council for Long Beach (Arts Council) is seeking proposals from artists and curators for temporary exhibitions and site-specific installations for The Collaborative, a visual art gallery in downtown Long Beach. This is an open call to professional artists and curators residing in the Greater Southern California region. Long Beach residents are encouraged to apply.

THE COLLABORATIVE
The mission of The Collaborative is to present exhibitions that raise awareness of emerging artists and new, innovative approaches to art. In addition, the gallery is intended to provide an urban space where groundbreaking artists have the opportunity to create new, site-specific installations.

CRITERIA