AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Thanks to AMPer Shirin Pilehvari for sending this on:

Text of Mohsen Makhmalbaf's speech in European Parliament on Wednesday 8 July 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen;
Honourable members of parliament,

I am here - as an Iranian, as an artist and as a representative of the protestors who are being killed in Iran for the sake of democracy - to ask you the following questions:

"If the passengers of an aircraft were taken hostage by a hijacker, would the governments of the world side with the hijacker or with the passengers? Would the nations and governments of the world declare that the hijacking is an internal affair between the passengers and the hijacker, or take steps to rescue the passengers?"

WORLDWIDE SEARCH FOR THE FIFTH CURATOR

BRITISH COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL CURATORIAL COMPETITION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WHITECHAPEL GALLERY

Deadline for proposals 4th September 2009

http://www.britishcouncil.org/collection
http://www.whitechapelgallery.org
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WHAT IS THE FIFTH CURATOR COMPETITION?
The Fifth Curator competition is a new and unique opportunity for an aspiring curator from outside the UK to select an exhibition from the British Council Collection, which includes over 8500 key works of British art from the 20th and 21st century.

Apply for the Ford Amphitheatre Summer Partnership Program

Deadline: Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission is currently seeking applicants
for the 2010 Ford Amphitheatre Summer Partnership Program. The
Partnership Program comprises the core of the Ford Amphitheatre summer
season which runs from May through October. Accepted applicants to the
program enter into a co-producing partnership with the Arts Commission.
The Arts Commission provides significant presentation and marketing
support to participating arts organizations which, in turn, provide the
residents of Los Angeles County with a rich cultural sampling of
performing arts of the region. Performances take place at the 1,200-seat

The Department of Cultural Affairs is a proud supporter of Los Angeles' 2009 Latino Heritage Celebration. This celebration promotes and encourages an awareness of the significant contributions made by our City's Latino Community in culture, education, civic engagement, technology, business, and the arts.

As part of this celebration, our Department is creating another comprehensive calendar that will list the numerous events, exhibitions, lectures, festivals, and cultural programs related to this annual celebration of Latino culture. We also want to highlight local Latino artists.

If you wish to participate in the calendar, please respond by July 24th by sending your images (300 dpi, PSD or TIFF file format, no JPG) or literary works on a cd, or via email to:

CALIFORNIA and NATIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

ARTS AND CULTURE

National Geographic All Roads Indigenous Filmmakers Seed Grants, Deadline:
Quarterly. Grants up to $10K for projects by and about indigenous and
underrepresented minority-culture filmmakers. Info and app

http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/all-roads/seed-grants/

NAMM Foundation Music Making and Research, Deadline: Various. Support for
community music-making programs and scientific researchers investigating the
effects of making music. Info and app

http://www.music-research.org/Grants/guidelines.html

National Museum of the American Indian Art , Deadline Varies. Grants up to

Presented by Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Exhibition Dates: August 13th to September 27th, 2009
Opening Reception: Sunday, August 16th, 2pm to 5pm.

Eligibility: Open to all artists residing in Southern California

All entries must be original and have been completed after January 2007.

ONE ENTRY PER ARTIST

Delivery of Artwork: Saturday, July 18th, 9am to 6pm.

(Or until gallery reaches 1,000 pieces)

Entry fee: $20 per artist, cash only
Entries should be delivered to the
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027;
323.644.6269

FOR COMPLETE DETAILS AND PROSPECTUS GO TO
http://www.culturela.org/events/eventpdfs/OpenCall2009Prospectus.pdf

Call for proposals from artists based in Latin America, for public interventions in downtown Lima.

Four projects will be presented in late October during "La Gran Semana
de Lima".

Documentation materials of the production process will be exhibited at Centro Fundación Telefónica in Lima.

Deadline: August 7, 2009.

Online registration: http://www.centroabierto.org

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Organized by: Alta Tecnología Andina – ATA, Fundación Telefónica and Museo de Arte de Lima – MALI

Inside Out Community Arts is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization working to empower youth through the arts. Through visual and performing arts workshops, performances and festivals, our mission is to give youth from all backgrounds the tools, confidence and inspiration to make a positive difference in their communities and the world… from the inside out.

KIDVID is a collaborative program presented by Inside Out Community Arts and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. KidVid is a video and filmmaking course that connects industry professionals and media artists with inner-city high school students. KidVid is an evolving program, with many basics in place and numerous opportunities for development and growth on the immediate horizon.

The Banff New Media Institute, ZER01, and Sundance Institute Announce
the Locative Cinema Commission

http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track...
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track...

The time frame for applications is short - due August 3 - but the
opportunity for a funded residency and technical support to produce a
new work to be shown at the 2010 01SJ Biennial, the 2011 Sundance
Festival, and the 2011 Banff Summer Arts Festvial is enormous.

Any and All Artists!

I'm collecting survey responses for my Urban Planning graduate degree thesis on artist colonies and districts. This study is entitled:

“The Elements of a Successful Artist Colony”

Please follow this link to help me out:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=EtBwynyfMfd95m7Bz41wRQ_3d_3d

Thank you so much for your help in contributing to the knowledge of this subject!

Tom Oliver
Graduate Student in Urban and Regional Planning
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona