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The California Council for the Humanities

Guidelines for the 2009 California Documentary Project (CDP) grant are
now available at www.calhum.org . CDP is a
competitive grants program of the California Council for the Humanities
in partnership with the Skirball Foundation. CDP supports
humanities-based film, radio and new media projects that document the
California experience and explore issues of significance to
Californians. Projects must enhance our understanding of California and
its cultures, peoples and histories, and be suitable for California and
national audiences.

Grants are offered in the following categories:

Production grants
Film and radio up to $50,000
New media up to $20,000

Research & Development grants

CALL TO ARTISTS
San Pedro Service Center

OVERVIEW
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission's Civic Art Program is seeking an artist or artist team to design and execute an exterior mural for the San Pedro Service Center in downtown San Pedro (769 West Third Street). This is a great opportunity to potentially involve youth in the design and/or implementation of the artwork. The deadline for the application is July 31, 2009.

BUDGET
An all-inclusive budget of $13,500 includes artist fees, liability insurance, fabrication and installation.

ELIGIBILITY
This opportunity is only open to artists who live or work in San Pedro, and who have a strong affinity with the San Pedro community.

To see the full RFQ, go to
http://www.lacountyarts.org/civicart_opportunities.htm

Gallery at the end of the world is hosting open calls to artists for
its september 3,4,5,6th exhibition.
open calls will be held july 11, 18, 25 and aug 1st from 12-5pm
bring in a small sample of your work, we take all types of medium!

The Underground Art Society and the GATEOW is a non profit organization,
we charge a small co-op fee to reserve your space and a 20% commission
on sales during the exhibit.

2475 N. LAKE AVE ALTADENA CA 91001
626-794-8779
www.galleryattheendoftheworld.com
galleryattheendoftheworld@gmail.com

FUNDACIÓN TELEFÓNICA CALLS FOR AWARDS VIDA 12.0

Fundación Telefónica opens the call for Life International Awards VIDA, in its twelfth edition.

VIDA 12.0 rewards works of art developed with artificial life technologies and their associated disciplines, such as robotics and artificial intelligence works and projects that have emergent behaviour that evolve over time, react to their surroundings and seem to have own life. A total of 80,000 euros will be given as price; 40,000 in the category of the 3 best works completed, and another 40,000 as an incentive to production for undone projects. Winners will be selected by an international jury composed by Daniel Canogar, José Carlos Mariátegui, Monica Bello, Sally Jane Norman, Simon Penny and Karin Olenschläger.

Jan van Eyck Academie Post-Academic Institute for Research and Production

Fine Art, Design, Theory

CALL FOR ARTISTS' APPLICATIONS
Deadline: 15 September 2009

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

The Jan van Eyck Academie invites fine artists to submit research and production proposals for a research period in the Fine Art department. The application deadline is 15 September 2009.

The Jan van Eyck Academie is an institute for research and production where artists, designers and theoreticians work alongside each other and establish cross-disciplinary exchange.

Dear Family and Friends, Mentors and Colleagues:

http://www.lulu.com/zzbaggins

BBC world service story about 'Play Me, I'm Yours' artwork by Luke Jerram. 30 street pianos installed across London for SingLondon and City of London Festival.

News link from the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/12/30-pianos-scattered-acros_n_230...

If you are interested in displaying your artwork at a participating village merchant on a Friday evening from 5:30 -8:30 PM for Claremont Village Artwalk please contact me at marilyn@marilynfay.com. The next Claremont Artwalk will be August 7, 2009