AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

IMAGINE
Towards an eco-aesthetic, 2011

Artists and curators are hereby invited to submit proposals for 2011.

'Only when people are in a position to use their own creative potentials,
which can be enhanced by an artistic imagination, will a change occur [....]
Art can and should strive for an alternative that is not only aesthetically
affirmative and productive but is also beneficial to all forms of life on
our planet.'
Rasheed Araeen: Ecoaesthetics. A Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century

In the autumn of 2009, Rasheed Araeen, editor of the respected periodical on
art and culture Third Text, launched a frontal attack on the modern ego and
the recuperation of the avant-garde. Instead of the continued rigid

Jan van Eyck Academie
Post-Academic Institute for Research and Production
Fine Art, Design, Theory

http://www.janvaneyck.nl

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Deadline: 15 April 2010

Jan van Eyck Academie
Academieplein 1
6211 KM Maastricht
The Netherlands
http://www.janvaneyck.nl

Artists, designers and theoreticians are invited to submit research and production proposals to become a researcher at the Jan van Eyck Academie. The application deadline is 15 April 2009.

University of Iceland and the Nordic House, Reykjavik

Koma ordum ad / In Other Words (organizing institution)
Klapparstigur 28
101 Reykjavik
Iceland
info@inotherwords.is
Phone: +354 849 5162
http://conference.inotherwords.is

Conference dates: May 27-29, 2010
Submission deadline: February 22, 2010

Call for papers:

Art in Translation: International Conference on Language and the Arts
University of Iceland and the Nordic House, Reykjavik
May 27-29, 2010

BERLINER LISTE 2010
fair for contemporary art, photography and art since 1960

BERLINER LISTE
Berlin, Germany
Phone: 0049 30 280 96 115
info@berliner-liste.org
http://www.berliner-liste.org

Apply now for the BERLINER LISTE 2010! You can apply as a gallery, an artist, or as a project

The 7th edition of BERLINER LISTE will take place from October 7 to 10, 2010. Over 60 international galleries and artists will show their most innovative and sophisticated works.

The repertoire ranges from painting, drawings, sculpture, photography, installation to performance and video art. 12.000 collectors, curators and art lovers from all over the world will visiting the BERLINER LISTE. More than 450 journalists correspond in international newspapers, magazins, radio and TV.

CALL TO ARTISTS

The newest cultural arts center to arrive on the Mississippi Delta scene "officially" opens Friday March 5th 2010; but is already having major impact on the people, the arts and the media throughout Mississippi. The House of Khafre (affectionately called "da' House") is located at the epicenter of where Blues (America's Root Music) was born, 103-105 Main Street, in historic downtown Indianola, Mississippi.

International communications nonprofit ICVolunteers is calling for creative photography on the theme "Diverse Perspective on the Environment, Citizenship and Volunteering." Deadline: March 7.

Schools and students are invited to share their work, with the goal of emphasizing how much civil society can contribute to good citizenship through volunteer activities and keen knowledge of environmental issues.

Winning photos will be shown in an International Photo Exhibition.

Last year's call -- under the theme "Environment, Citizenship and Volunteerism" -- garnered 350 pictures, showing views from 60 countries.

For more information, visit http://www.icvolunteers.org

from Art4Development

Documentary filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit entries for an International Festival of Documentary Films which will be held in Morocco in October. Deadline to submit entries: May 31.

The festival aims to contribute to Moroccan urban development -- culturally, economically and socially -- and to reflect and share the concerns of the people there.

For more information, click here
http://afifdok.org/?page_id=129
or contact b_elmessaoudi_ma@yahoo.fr.

from Art4Development

2nd Roma Pavilion - Call the Witness

Deadlines:
15 March 2010, for artists/researchers
1 May 2010, for Media Archives

Address: callthewitness@gmail.com

The curatorial team of The 2nd Roma Pavilion - Call the Witness announces its open call for artists, researchers and media archive.

This project, which will be presented in Venice in 2011, is conceptualised and curated by the interdisciplinary collaborative curatorial team: Suzana Milevska, Vladan Jeremic, Rena Raedle and Enisa Eminovska.



This is a picture of the world famous Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas, Philippines (taken from Wikipedia). It is a cultural and national treasure, as well as a tour-de-force of art and science! This pipe organ, completed in 1824 by a Spanish priest, Father Diego Cera, is made almost entirely out of bamboo pipes and other wood indigenous to that region of the Philippines.

As an organist, it's my dream to play this instrument some day. Judging from recordings I have, this organ has a sweet, yet robust, unique sound. I thought it would be nice to share this with the greater artistic community.

Medium: gold and red illustration paper
Technique: paper-cutting "Papel Picado"
Dimensions: 22"x28"

This work is a tribute to my family's native Philippines, the richness of my people's culture and heritage, and a tribute to my ancestors that came before me.