AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

OPEN CALL
Curatorial Research Grants

Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art

Application deadline: September 30th, 2006
http://www.facecouncil.org/etantdonnes/contemporaryart.html

Purpose
Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art offers Curatorial Research Grants in support of the professional development of American curators. The grants offer the possibility of extended periods of study in France for research projects in the field of contemporary art. The time in France may vary from one week to three months and longer stays need not be made up of consecutive weeks or months. Ultimately the grants are intended to further artistic interactions between France and the United States, facilitating the discovery of new talent and reinforcing interest in established contemporary artists, as well as encouraging the exploration of France’s cultural resources.

Fundacion Telefonica

Vida 9.0 Eighth Art & Artificial Life International Competition

More information:
http://www.telefonica.es/vida

VIDA 9.0 is the eighth edition of an international competition created to reward excellence in artistic creativity in the fields of Artificial Life and related disciplines.

* We are looking for artistic projects that address the interaction between “synthetic” and “organic” life.
* The international jury will grant awards to the most outstanding projects.

Prizes
1st Prize: 10,000 euros
2nd Prize: 7,000 euros
3rd Prize: 3,000 euros
Incentive for Productions from Latinoamerica, Spain

The Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation
Arts Writers Grant Program

Apply Online: August 14, 2006

Deadline: September 18, 2006

http://www.artswriters.org

Initiated by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and administered by Creative Capital, The Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant is a three-year pilot program designed to support critical writing on contemporary visual art through project-based grants issued directly to individual authors. The first program of its type, it was founded in recognition of both the financially precarious situation of arts writers and their indispensable contribution to a vital artistic culture. Through awards for books, articles, and work in new and alternative media, The Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant aims to honor and encourage:

Thanks to AMP Member Maddy Rosenberg for sending on the announcement for this intriguing project:

Project Creo: Digital Divide/Digital Provide
November 10 – December 31, 2006

Call for Entries
Deadline to submit proposals: August 15, 2006
Notification date: September 15, 2006

We’re looking for artists whose works explore ideas of how the digital revolution has improved and divided our society, utilizing the same technology they are critiquing. The Center is primarily seeking proposals that create
interactive environments that will engage visitors to the space. All work is insured

We are doing a TV Pilot that features people who create art for films, if you have a cool studio in NYC, and some high quality work (puppets, models, sculpture, etc.) that you have created (or rights to show), we'd love to interview you for the show. email us with pictures of your work icewaterpictures.@gmail.com

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Men Speak Out: ProFeminist Views on Gender, Sex and Power
Deadline: September 15, 2006

How can we better understand and imagine new possibilities for men and feminism?

Are you a guy who hates sexism? Do you call yourself a feminist? Have you spent hours over coffee (or beer) thinking about issues of gender, power, race, class, and sexuality? Are you involved with social justice activism? If so, then you have stories to tell and I’d like to hear what you have to say.

To receive a more detailed description of this project please send an email to: MenSpeakOut@yahoo.com

Killradio.org presents
SPEAK UP, WE'RE NOT LISTENING
A Fantasy Resignation Speech Contest

Killradio.org is a non-profit internet radio station devoted to the dissemination of alternative news and music. Started five years ago as the audio wing of the Independent Media Center, it now streams live audio media 24/7 with the participation of over 40 dj's. To provide this service, we occasionally need to raise funds to pay for rent, equipment and bandwidth. Here's where anyone who cares about rejecting corporate media can help!

CAN YOU WRITE A RESIGNATION SPEECH FOR BUSH, CHENEY OR RUMSFELD?

worldancevents2006@tiscali.it

For Immediate release: For more information contact: The Ultimate Dance Competition Europe - Season 2006 Come with us to the International Dance Competition Europe in Spain (Barcelona and Madrid), April 13-17, 2006 (during the Easter Holiday Time) and in Italy (near Florence) or in France/Paris on 22nd to 27th June 2006. The Director of Dance Competition Europe present the 16th International Choreographers Competition Europe WorlDancEvents and invite your dance group to perform and teach at the most prestigious dance events in Europe the next season. Five days of Dance, Ballet, Contemporary and every other kind of dance arts, Parties, Dance Workshops, Beach Side Dancing, Dance Team Showcases & International Dance performs.

CALL FOR WORK AND PARTICIPATION

++Art Work and Creative Practices

++Papers Presentations, Panels, Workshops, Intellectual Environments and Practices

Perform.Media – A Transdisciplinary Festival of Creativity, Research, Theory and Technoculture
September 29th-October 14th, 2006, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Website: http://performthemedia.net