AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The List Visual Arts Center, MIT's contemporary art museum, enjoys a
long-term reputation for presenting experimental and intelligent
exhibitions, which are accompanied by a wide range of educational programs
and publications. The Director will provide the vision and administrative
leadership for the List Visual Arts Center, building upon its international
reputation for cutting-edge exhibitions and embracing opportunities for
programming that takes advantage of MIT's role as the world's leading
research institution in science, engineering, technology and new media. The
successful candidate will be an accessible, dynamic advocate for the most
innovative contemporary art, as well as an enthusiastic fundraiser and

Volume 8, Issue 3 of Poetry Victims is now online at http://currentissuepv.blogspot.com/2011/05/volume-8-issue-3.html

Featuring poetry and art by Nicole Turiano!

Enjoy!

Luv ya, zz

Call for application for the Balmoral Scholarships,
Foreign and Exchange Scholarships for 2012

Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral
Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Kultur
Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral
Villenpromenade 11
56130 Bad Ems
Germany
Phone: +49 2603 9419-0
Fax: +49 2603 9419-16
info@balmoral.de
http://www.balmoral.de

Application period for 2012 scholarships runs until the 4th of July 2011 (date of postmark).

Preconditions

Short videos on climate change are eligible to enter a new contest.

Sponsored by Climate Change TV, the contest seeks the best videos on the topic under three minutes. Climate Change TV launched to contest to to build a bridge between the United Nations negotiations and civil society, tapping into the concerns and interests of the wider public consciousness.

All contributions should relate to climate change and must have been produced after the Cancun Climate Change Conference held in December, 2010.

Videos can be submitted in any language but English subtitles are requested.

The general public will decide the winner; the prize is US$5,000.

http://www.climate-change.tv/

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Photojournalists looking to pursue projects of personal and journalistic significance can apply for a grant.

The Grants for Editorial Photography, sponsored by Getty Images, support compelling social, political and cultural stories. Grants of US$20,000 each will be given to five photojournalists.

This year's judges include photojournalist, Tom Stoddart and Jon Jones, director of photography for The Sunday Times Magazine. Both professional and student photojournalists are encouraged to apply.

For more information, click here.
http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/overview.aspx

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U.S. photographers can enter a digital photography competition.

The First Impressions Photo Contest, sponsored by Digital Photo Pro, gives photographers the opportunity to submit five of their best photos for evaluation.

The grand prize winning photographer will receive US$1,000, new equipment and the opportunity to have his or her photo featured in an upcoming issue of Digital Photo Pro. There are also additional prizes available for first place.

For more information, click here.
http://www.digitalphotopro.com/photo-contests/first-impressions.html

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Levitt Pavilions
Administrative Coordinator Job Announcement

Job Title: Administrative Coordinator
Announcement Date: 5/18/11
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Reports to: Executive Director

Levitt Pavilions seeks a motivated, highly organized, and tech-savvy individual with a passion for the arts to provide support to this growing national nonprofit organization. This is a full-time position with opportunity for growth within the organization.

Organization Overview

Windward School, an independent college preparatory school for grades
7-12 in West Los Angeles, invites artists to submit resumes for our
artist-in-residence program, The Installation Project. The residency
gives artists an opportunity to work with highly motivated students,
and it gives the community an opportunity to watch and engage with
artists as they create their work. We are currently seeking proposals
for the 2011-12 school year.

The work may be done by any variety of means and result in any variety
of forms, so long as it provides opportunity for the community to
actively engage in the artistic process. Artists specifically working
in installations, new genres, new media and contemporary practices are
encouraged to apply.

CALL FOR ARTISTS
TESSERAE: THE ART OF MOSAICS
DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2011

CALENDAR
Exhibition: Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, October 16, 2011
Entry Deadline:Sunday, July 31, 2011
Notification Emailed/Mailed:Sunday, August 21, 2011
Art Delivery: Monday, September 12, 2011 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.OR
Tuesday, September 13, 20119:30 a.m.–12:30p.m
Artists' Reception:Saturday,September 24, 201,1 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Art Pick-Up: Sunday, October 16, 2011 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. OR
Monday, October 17, 2011 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

JUROR GEORGE FISHMAN
George Fishman has designed and executed mosaic commissions since 1989 for
municipal, corporate, hospitality, religious and residential clients --
identifying projects' thematic and functional requirements and implementing them

Are you interested in recording a short video about your career path in the arts, or blogging about a similar subject? Tell your story, and help thousands of ArtJob.org visitors find their path in the arts!

ArtJob.org is looking for 3-minute "Success Stories" from people in a variety of arts jobs, at multiple career stages. We're also looking for 500 - 800 word blog entries focused on a career path, job search story, or other topic of interest to those perusing ArtJob.org (as a seeker or job poster). We accept blogs & videos at any time and post them as we receive them.

Interested? Visit www.artjob.org/content/call-blogs-and-videos-artjob for more information and to see examples of blogs and videos. Bloggers and vloggers are not compensated.

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