AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Filmmakers from the Gulf Arab countries, Iraq and Yemen are invited to submit their works to the Gulf Film Festival 2010 which will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from April 8 to 14. Deadline to submit entries is February 15.

The competition consists of two parts: one for professional filmmakers and the second for students studying filmmaking. The film categories include: feature and short films and documentaries.

The competition is open to applicants from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq and Yemen.

Winners will receive financial prizes up to AED 50,000 (US$13,613).

To apply, click here:
http://www.gulffilmfest.com/ar/Submissions-2.html

from Art4Development

A poster contest under the theme "Somos latinos" ("We are Latinos") is open to design students, professors and professionals in Latin America. Deadline: May 7, 2010.

The contest, which aims to promote the perspective of Latin American designers, is organized by Foro de Escuelas de Diseño, a group that includes 300 academic representatives of design schools in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.

Posters will be evaluated according to image treatment, resources, personal style and innovation. The best poster will receive US$2,000.

Contestants must send works that are 29.7 cm x 42 cm vertical, in digital format, JPG, resolution150dpi and up to 5 mega pixels.

An international film festival in Greece is seeking documentaries, shorts and features with environmental and ecology themes, encouraging conservation issues and issues related to the natural, the human and the built environment. Deadline: March 1, 2010.

At the festival, called Rodos International Films + Visual Arts Festival Ecofilms, prizes will be awarded to high quality films that take an innovative approach to conservation issues and that explore "daring" subject matter. Films should have been produced after January 1, 2009. The festival will take place June 22 to 27, 2010.

The competition has four categories: Feature Length Films, Medium Length Films, Short Length Films and Audience Films.

For more information, click here.:
http://www.ecofilms.gr/01.1.ecofilms_call_en.htm

OPEN CALL FOR LECTURE-PERFORMANCES AT JUST MADRID ART FAIR 2010

Open call for four lecture-performances for the project On the Table, organized by the Lisbon-based curatorial team Filipa Oliveira + Miguel Amado for the section Curators Desk at Just Madrid Art Fair 2010. Lecture-performance refers to the bringing together of performative and educational traditions within a pedagogical context. Artists can present their work or a specific project through an informal discussion with the audience, devising a discursive platform within the context of an art fair.

Self Portrait

monoprint made using etching, inkjet and tradigital, chine colle, plus wood offset.

approx size is 28 x 28 cm

I have made a blog about how artist printmakers combine traditional printmaking techniques such as intaglio and relief print, with inkjet output.

http://hybriddigitaltraditionalprints.blogspot.com/

contributions by comments or images are always welcome.

L.A. City Council to Strangle Artists

Dear Friends,

I rarely send/share or post any blogs before to you but this needs to be shared with as many people as possible. Feel free to forward this to all your friends - just follow the forwarding directions below.

This information, from Newtown, an Altadena arts organization, can affect everyone who loves the arts in our great City.

As you probably know, Los Angeles is one of the biggest supporters of individual artists. They allow us to bring unusual, experimental and "fringe" performances, events, and residencies to everyone free of charge or for very modest prices.

Please help by taking any or all of the actions described below.

Thanks so much for your help and support.

Peace,

URGENT CALL TO ACTION

Dear Supporter & AMP members

The arts in Los Angeles are in crisis and they need your voice.
The City of Los Angeles Budget and Finance Committee has put forward a motion to eliminate the Department of Cultural Affairs' dedicated source of revenue.

Voice your support to maintain the only dedicated revenue source for neighborhood art and culture in the City of Los Angeles.

Take two minutes and send your city council member an email. Remind your Council Member that the arts:

Make money
Attract tourists
Attract businesses
Arts, like parks, are for everyone