AMP connects artists and behind-the-scenes collaborators of all genres, including musicians, painters, performance artists, writers, dancers, and many more, with resources, opportunities, and personal connections. Many AMPers also provide free temporary lodging for other members. With thousands of members in 86 countries, AMP enthusiastically and energetically builds bridges between artists, audiences, and producers through our website, as well as at AMP-hosted parties and multimedia events worldwide. AMP is free to join. The only 'cost' is your energy and enthusiasm in building a global artistic community and helping fellow artists.
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ICI (Independent Curators International) launches training intensive for aspiring curators (deadline March 12)

Program Dates: June 6 - 15, 2010

Application Deadline:
March 12, 2010

http://www.ici-exhibitions.org

Building on its history as a hub for curatorial ideas, ICI is supporting a new generation of curators to develop exhibition proposals.

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Call for Applications: Future Generation Art Prize (deadline April 18)

Call for applications

The Future Generation Art Prize is a world-wide art prize of 100,000 USD open to all artists up to the age of 35. .

Online application from 18 January till 18 April 2010
http://www.futuregenerationartprize.org

The jurors are:
• Daniel Birnbaum (Sweden) – Director of the Städelschule Art Academy, Frankfurt am Main; Director of the Venice Biennale 2009
• Okwui Enwezor (Nigeria) – Director of Documenta XI; Former Dean of Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President at San Francisco Art Institute
• Yuko Hasegawa (Japan) – Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT); former Chief Curator of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

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Open Call for Entries for All Photographers

Open Call for Entries for All Photographers

Theme: Landscapes • Unfeigned or Illusory

A Landscape, as defined by this Call for Entry, can be representational or non-representational, urban, suburban or rural.

Juror: Todd Brandow, Founding Director of the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography.

Entry Fee: $35 up to 5 images; $10 each additional (no limit on number that may be submitted)
Prizes: $300 for 1st; $200 for 2nd; $100 for 3rd
Entries Due: March 8, 2010
Notice of Acceptance: March 18, 2010
Exhibition Dates: April 23, 2010 – June 13, 2010 at the Mpls Photo Center
Reception: April 23, 2010, 6:30 - 9:00 pm at the Mpls Photo Center

About the Juror

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JOB OPPORTUNITY at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art

The Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA) is currently looking to hire a highly motivated full-time ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR. The qualified candidate will work with a talented team of individuals in a creative environment where they will have the opportunity to make their mark in the world of art education.

LAAFA offers a full time, 3-year studio art program with a focus on a disciplined approach to representational painting. Within this framework, we offer a broad range of technical and conceptual approaches to the articulation of the perceived and the experienced. The mission of our school is to provide its students with both the technical and intellectual ability to address issues in the contemporary art world.

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Apply for the 2010 Fellowships for Visual Artists (deadline March 5)

The California Community Foundation will award $260,000 in Fellowships for Visual Artists to 14 Los Angeles individual artists. Ten fellowships at $20,000 each will be awarded to mid-career artists and four fellowships at $15,000 each will be awarded to emerging artists.

For more than 90 years, CCF has recognized, encouraged and supported the Southern California arts community by funding and nurturing a full range of artistic expressions. The Fellowships for Visual Artists is designed to support local artists in advancing to the next level of professional development. The fellowships draw together the J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts, the Brody Arts Fund, the Joan Palevsky Endowment for the Future of Los Angeles and other CCF funds.

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JOB OPPORTUNITY - Development Associate @ Los Angeles Children's Choir

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

Organization Name:

Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC)

Position Category:

Development (Part-time, 20 hrs/wk)

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Development Associate is responsible for assisting the Director of
Development in coordinating and implementing the development functions for
Los Angeles Children's Chorus. Development functions include: the
cultivation, solicitation and acquisition of gifts to the annual fund
(individual, foundation, corporate, government); prospect research; grant
writing and report preparation; record keeping and file management; donor
acknowledgment and benefit delivery; and execution of special events and
self-produced concerts. Additional responsibilities may be assigned as
appropriate.

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Call for proposals: REDCAT's 2010 New Original Works Festival (Los Angeles, deadline February 19)

Application Deadline: Friday, February 19, 2010 by 5:00pm
(Not a postmark deadline)

REDCAT is accepting proposals for original performance works for the 2010 New Original Works Festival. The Festival is designed to support the development and presentation of contemporary performance in Los Angeles through a three-week interdisciplinary program of dance, theater, music and multi-disciplinary works. Entering its seventh year, the Festival features a flexible schedule to accommodate a variety of short works and some longer projects in Los Angeles premieres, and provides development support through technical assistance, access to the theater and its sound and lighting inventory and an honorarium.

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Sherwood internship (Los Angeles - deadline February 5)

The Sherwood Internship is offered to emerging and aspiring arts professionals. It will be offered annually as a professional internship for the duration of six months.

The terms of the internship are as follows:
- Intern will receive a stipend of $2,000.
- Intern will receive a mentorship in contemporary theatre.
- Intern will create a database of applicants and track any of their work being presented in Los Angeles.
- Intern will conduct research on the candidates and offer weekly updates to members of the panel.
- Intern will work under the supervision of the Producer, answer communications and liaise with Press and Marketing departments regarding the award, and assist in honing the group of applicants down to three finalists to be reviewed by the panel as a whole.

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Winter Partnership Program for Theatre Companies Now Accepting Applications (Los Angeles area - deadline March 17)

FORD THEATRES 3RD ANNUAL WINTER PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
FOR THEATRE COMPANIES
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

Applications for the 2010-11 season ARE NOW AVAILABLE AND DUE MARCH 17,
2010

UPCOMING INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 AND
MARCH 2 AT 7:00P.M.

2010-11 WINTER PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM INFORMATION

On November 7, 2008, the Arts Commission launched the [Inside] the Ford
Winter Partnership Program. Recognizing that many Los Angeles
County-based theatre companies do not have permanent performance homes
and that the cost of producing theatrical works has become prohibitively
expensive in the area, the Arts Commission provides an opportunity for
theatre companies without a permanent performance venue to produce in

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Sound, Sight, Space and Play 2010: Call for Works

Sound, Sight, Space and Play 2010

Postgraduate Conference for the Creative Sonic Arts
Wednesday 2nd – Friday 4th June 2010
Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre,
De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

Exploring the Future of the Sonic Arts

We would like to invite you to take part in Sound, Sight, Space and Play
(SSSP) 2010, a conference for postgraduate students working in the creative
sonic arts, organised by postgraduate students of the Music Technology and
Innovation Research Centre (MTIRC), De Montfort University. The ideals of
this event are to stimulate co-operation and inspiration between
postgraduate students, across institutional boundaries, leading to new
perspectives on current works and research. We encourage submission of

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