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apexart solicits unsolicited exhibition proposals, deadline Feb. 28

Soliciting unsolicited exhibition proposals
Continuing our annual Unsolicited Proposal Program, we are currently
accepting 600-word, idea-based proposals for evaluation by an international
panel of apexart associates (curators, artists, writers, philosophers).
Submissions are reviewed independently, anonymously and without visual
support material—they are evaluated solely on the strength of the idea. No
mountain too high, no river too deep!
Previous curatorial experience is in no way required, and will not factor
into the selection process.
The two proposals with the highest ratings will be presented at apexart in
the 2009/10 season (September 2009 to August 2010). For those in or outside

CALL FOR ENTRIES:

Los Angeles Filmforum invites film and videomakers to take part in the
2009 FESTIVAL OF (IN)APPROPRIATION.

WHO: All film and videomakers
WHAT: Call for entries for the Festival of (In)appropriation
WHEN: Entries must be received by April 1, 2009.
WHERE: Send submissions to Jaimie Baron, 10480 National Blvd. #308,
Los Angeles, CA 90034
PRESENTED BY: Los Angeles Filmforum

Whether you call it collage, compilation, found footage, detournement,
or recycled cinema, the incorporation of previously shot materials
into new artworks is a practice that has generated novel
juxtapositions of elements which have produced new meanings and ideas
that may not have been intended by the original makers, that are, in

CALL TO ARTISTS:

Prizma Virtual Gallery is now accepting artwork for several upcoming
events:

1) Deadline Jan 31, 2009 Monthly Challenge theme "Snowbound"
2) Deadline Feb 28, 2009 Monthly Challenge theme "Oh So Blue"
3) Deadline Mar 31, 2009 Annual Spring Juried Art Competition

Additional services being offered:
1) No deadline: Ongoing. Submit your work for private critique.

All media and subject matter may be submitted, including
digital/graphic artwork & photography.

Details for these events are available at http://www.prizmagallery.com

Questions can be directed to the show organizer at
info@prizmagallery.com

from Awesome Artists

This is a pretty interesting and exciting day for the US and the world.

YourPR has posted a new item, 'GenevaPR'

Welcome to YourPR this week, I am Benjamin Bottorff based out of Geneva, Switzerland. Today’s show explores the theme of time and its influence on the human creative process.

· How are the Gorillas in the Congo? Interview with Pierre Peron, an administrator of Verunga National Park. Pierre is a trained zoologist and has worked at the BBC as a journalist. Now he applies his skills in Goma, DR Congo. Follow the blog and watch the videos at www.gorilla.cd.

· What is the word on the streets of Washington DC? Interview with GenevaPRs political correspondent based in Washington DC. Erica Frantz is on the ground following the inauguration.

· Speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama.

Welcome to YourPR this week, I am Benjamin Bottorff based out of Geneva, Switzerland. Today’s show explores the theme of time and its influence on the human creative process.

· How are the Gorillas in the Congo? Interview with Pierre Peron, an administrator of Verunga National Park. Pierre is a trained zoologist and has worked at the BBC as a journalist. Now he applies his skills in Goma, DR Congo. Follow the blog and watch the videos at www.gorilla.cd.

· What is the word on the streets of Washington DC? Interview with GenevaPRs political correspondent based in Washington DC. Erica Frantz is on the ground following the inauguration.

· Speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama.

Competition for the Design of a Freedom and Unity Memorial in Berlin

Submission date: 10. March 2009

http://www.wettbewerb-denkmal.de

The first stage of the open, international competition for a Freedom and Unity Memorial in Berlin has now begun! The submission date is 10. March 2009.

On 9. November 2007 the German parliament decided that the Federal Republic of Germany will erect a Memorial to Freedom and Unity, in memory of the peaceful revolution of Autumn 1989, and as a memorial to movements and efforts undertaken over the centuries to achieve unity and freedom. The German parliament agreed on the main issues of the competition on 4. December 2008.

mobile exhibits

The Arts Council for Long Beach and the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency
announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) to select artists for temporary
public artwork for vacant storefronts in redevelopment areas within the City
of Long Beach.

Historical / Cultural Background
The City of Long Beach is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse
cities in the nation. As the fifth largest city in California, Long Beach
plays an important role in shaping the identity of the state. Long Beach is
an attractive and accessible coastal gateway that serves as an important
tourist attraction and is home to the Queen Mary, Boeing Aerospace, the Long
Beach Aquarium, an expansive beach front and one of the largest ports in the
world.

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