AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

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Next month's show theme is wearable art. We're looking for your creativity
on virtually anything that you feel can be described as wearable or some
kind of wearable art. There are no limitations as to what you can do, but we
are looking to showcase your best pieces on such items as t-shirts, jeans,
purses, wallets, bags, hats and pillows Submissions can also be handmade
products such as jewelry, sewing pieces, crafty items, papier-mâché on
forms, fashion illustrations or just some dope art ON ANYTHING. If you have
done pieces like this in past life, please submit to showcase at the
gallery! We are welcoming the old and the new.

Since this is not the normal "nail and hang display", we may need your

Los Angeles County Arts Commission's Free Concerts in Public Sites
Program Now Accepting Applications

The Arts Commission sponsors free concerts at community venues
throughout Los Angeles County to provide access to quality music
programming representing the diversity of County residents. The
program provides funding to cover the payment of musicians at
community concerts offered free to the public. WebGrant applications
for the Los Angeles County Arts Commission's 2009 Free Concerts in
Public Sites Program are now available on www.lacacgrants.org.
Applications are due on Wednesday, March 4.

Applicants for the Free Concerts Program must be willing to
coordinate all logistics, production and marketing of the event, and

Los Angeles County Arts Commission's Musicians Roster Program Now Accepting Applications

Attention Musicians: The Los Angeles County Arts Commission is
seeking Los Angeles County-based musicians to apply to the Musicians
Roster, the only comprehensive online directory of professional music
groups in the region. The Musicians Roster was designed for the Free
Concerts in Public Sites Program, which provides free concerts to
community venues throughout Los Angeles County and pays musicians a
performance fee at rates comparable to those established by the Music
Performance Fund. It is also an important resource for the community
at-large to access the rich and diverse pool of musical talent
available in Los Angeles County.

To view the current Musicians Roster, go to

Day de Dada is a performance art collective based in Staten Island, NY. We are planning our schedule for 2009 and have a few events lined up. The events are open to all and we welcome colaborative performances. The theme this year is art and commerce.

Saturday April 4th, 2009 "Day de Dada Confab" at Cafe ETG
Join us for a meeting/performance at Cafe ETG (208 Bay Street, SI, NY)

6:00 to 8:00 pm We'll be meeting to plan for our annual “Day de Dada” event to be held at Art by the Ferry in June 2009.

8:00 to 10:00 pm will be an open mic for the Dada group. Come and try out something you've been working on. The theme is art and commerce.
more info at www.DaydeDada.com

WHAT: The Fuxedos Hijack The Joint!

Along with Sextus, led by Eric Dover (of Jellyfish, Alice Cooper, Slash's Snakepit), and special guests Valiant and Jody Whitesides.

WHEN: This Friday, February 27. Doors open at 8, first band starts at 8:45. The Fuxedos hit the stage at 10:30, followed by Sextus at 11:30.

WHERE: Joe’s Joint (formerly The Joint), 8771 W. Pico Blvd. at Robertson, LA 90035. http://www.myspace.com/thejoint

HOW MUCH: $10

Fuxshitup!
http://www.fuxedos.com

Paperworks 2009 International Juried Competition

b.j. spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743

Entry deadline, May 29, 2009.

Artists with innovative work who use
paper as their primary medium are invited to submit up to three works
of art. Drawings, graphics, sculpture, 3D, bound books. No paintings
or photography.

Winners' Exhibition of selected works will be August
1-31 2009.

Judge, Maura Heffner, Exhibitions Manager, The Whitney
Museum of American Art, NY.

$35 entry fee, US funds only.

Download prospectus at www.bjspokegallery.com, call gallery at 631 549 5106 or
send SASE to address listed above.

from awesome artists.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
UMAMI: food and art festival, 2010
New York City

http://www.umamifestival.com

Umami: food and art festival in New York brings together artists and food
professionals who use food as a medium to present multi-sensory experiences
in the theatre, gallery, or dining room. Choosing food as a common thread
creates new ways to look at and integrate art into daily life, and uses
artistic expression to think about food and its role in society.

Last years’ festival included performances, film and video, artists’ books
and visual arts in conjunction with artist/chef roundtables, panels,
culinary tastings and workshops. Our extensive schedule at Roulette in Soho,
brought culinary professionals, food scholars, artists and lovers of food