Call for Artists: Public Art Project in Broward County, Florida

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The Broward Cultural Council Public Art and Design Program is seeking to commission a professional artist or team of artists to create an original functionally-integrated Glass Art Wall in Terminal 1.

The total budget established for the project is $430,000.  The budget includes all costs:  i.e., research, community and agency meeting costs, design, materials, fabrication, permits, installation, insurance, proposals, travel, sales tax, and transportation.

To view the full call and apply:   http://www.broward.org/Arts/PublicArt/Pages/Calls.aspx

Baltimore Music in the News!

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Congrats to Future Islands, whose song “Seasons (Waiting on You)” was named the #1 single of the year on Pitchfork!

You can watch a mini-documentary about the band’s amazing 2014 on NPR.

ALSO: Profile of Future Islands in Stereogum.

Also, Wham City has been busy, with a new video on Adult Swim called “Unedited Footage of a Bear” that, well, you should just watch.

Baltimore’s City Paper has also posted it’s Top Ten list of local singles and local albums.

Call for Artists: Denver Public Art Project

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The City of Denver has a new Call for Art posted on CallforEntry.org<https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=2348&sortby=fair_name&apply=yes>.

This RFQ is for the soon-to-be-built Central Denver Recreation Center, the largest urban rec center in Colorado! The call is open nationally and the deadline is Monday, January 5th, 2015, with a budget for a $165,000 public art project.

The City of Denver Public Art Program and the Central Denver Recreation Center Art Selection Panel has released a Request for Qualifications for artists who wish to work on a public art project for the soon-to-be-built Central Denver Recreation Center. The Central Denver Recreation Center will be the first urban recreation Center in the state of Colorado, located on the corner of Colfax Avenue and Josephine Street in central Denver. This unique location provides an opportunity to connect to and extend City Park into the urban environment along Colfax Avenue, the longest continuous street in the nation. The City Park Esplanade which extends south from City Park along the eastern portion of the Recreation Center’s site provides opportunities to restore the historic connections to East High School and the historic Esplanade. This pivotal location also provides an opportunity to strengthen connections between the renewed energy of a quickly redeveloping Colfax and the adjacent historic residential neighborhoods to the north and the south. In coordination with Denver Public Schools, Denver Parks and Recreation is working to build a facility that provides greatly needed recreation opportunities to a currently underserved population in the surrounding areas. The 68,000 SF facility will include swimming pools, a gymnasium, fitness areas, community gathering spaces, classrooms and outdoor amenities. The site will be designed in a way to create a new venue for community gathering. The selection panel is interested in commissioning an artist or group of artists to collaborate with the design team to integrate artwork that can successfully connect the exterior/facade of the center with the interior space.

 

Call for Artists: CEVA Fellowships

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Visual Artist Fellowship 2015

The Center for Emerging Artist Visual Artists

Deadline: 12/15/14

The Visual Artist Fellowship is designed to help artists within 100 miles of Philadelphia reach new levels in their artistic and professional practice. Artists will be selected based on the merit of their artwork, demonstrated ability to reach stated goals, their vision for the next level in their career, and the ability of CFEVA to help get them there.

Three artists will be selected receive a full range of career support over the two-year Fellowship to ensure the successful realization of a career goal, artistic outcome, or related project as defined in the application. In addition, selected artists will receive a $1000 award and up to $3000 to cover expenses related to the proposed activity. CFEVA invites all artists to apply regardless of their current status of emerging, mid career or established. Fee(USD) $30.00

https://cfeva.slideroom.com/#/login/program/23251

Call for Artists: Indianapolis Public Art Project

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The Arts Council of Indianapolis, in partnership with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB), is requesting qualifications from artists or artist teams who are interested in creating outdoor public artwork for a pocket park on the east side of Indianapolis.  Eligibility is for experienced artists currently living in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio or Kentucky.  The project budget is $20,000 (all-inclusive) and the application receipt deadline is December 19, 2014 (not a postmark deadline!).

Artwork for this space should be constructed primarily of natural materials, potentially recycled or repurposed, and could address the history of the neighborhood.  Options include, but are not limited to, a creative shelter, public seating, or a “signature” piece(s) located in the center of, or adjacent to, the pond.  The use of repurposed stone is of interest to the community. Artists will be paired with the separately-selected landscape architect and will participate in the design of the space in which the artwork will be situated.

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The RFQ document can be found here:  http://www.indyartsguide.org/classifieds/detail/30308.

Artists Resources: UMBC MFA Program accepting applications

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UMBC’s Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) M.F.A. Program is accepting applications from interdisciplinary artists seeking to expand or reinvent their practice. Committed to art that poses unique conceptual and social challenges, IMDA provides artists a studio, state-of-the-art and emerging facilities, cutting edge curriculum, research and teaching assistantships, engaged faculty and prominent visiting artists. Graduate students take advantage of Baltimore’s vibrant art scene pursuing issues such as food justice, the environment, transportation, urban interventions, translation, race and gender identity, gift economies, and technology in both intellectual and formal terms.

Financial packages include Research Assistantships in teaching and research centers, providing tuition remission, health care and a stipend. Other merit-based grants are available.

Artists that have given 1-on-1 feedback to graduate students include: Janine Antoni, @rtMark, Zoe Beloff, Catherine Chalmers, Paul Chan, Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza, Paul DeMarinis, Tony Dove, Johanna Drucker, Hasan Elahi, eteam, Wendy Ewald, Darko Fritz, Guerrilla Girls, Dana Hoey, Nina Katchadourian, Matmos, Larry Miller, Alison Knowles, Margot Lovejoy, Joseph Nechvatal, Keith Piper, William Pope.L, Michael Rakowitz, Andrea Robbins and
Max Becher, David Rokeby, Mark Tribe, Fred Wilson, Martha Wilson, Karen Yasinsky and The Yes Men.

Apply by February 1 for consideration toward financial packages. For more information about the program, please visit imda.umbc.edu or email us at imda@umbc.edu.

Call for Artists: Studio Available at School 33!

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1 studio available now! Move in January 2015!

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Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Studio Information:
Spaces are approximately 450 sq. ft.  All leases are for one year, renewable upon approval. Spaces are work only. Studio space offers plenty of natural light, a great community of local artists to work around, and participation in our studio mentor program!

Eligibility:   
Qualified fine art artists. Students and Employees of the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts are not eligible.

Rent:   
$380/month, large windows, hardwood floor, and utility sinks on each floor. Prices include heat, a/c, and electricity.

Application Procedures: 
Send resume and CD portfolio with 10 JPEG, images (no more than 1 MB each, labeled Lastname_Firstname_01, etc.), completed application and slide description sheet to:

School 33 Art Center
c/o Melissa Webb
1427 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230

If you have questions, please contact Melissa Webb, at MWebb@promotionandarts.org or at 443-263-4350.

Registration forms can be downloaded here:

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