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Deadline: October 7, 2016

Arlington Arts is now accepting submissions for its first “How To” Video Festival featuring screenings of instructional videos that are informative and entertaining. Makers, artists, amateurs and professionals of all types are encouraged to create and submit videos on any subject that teach, inform and entertain. For example, how to… make tea, vote, drive a car, plant a tree, fix a watch, take a selfie etc..

 

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The third annual Bernard/Ebb Songwriting Awards is searching for the best songwriters in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The competition, founded by Cathy Bernard, is named in honor of Fred Ebb, one of the great American songwriters and creator of Broadway hits such as Cabaret and Chicago and iconic songs including New York, New York. 

The adjudicated contest will award one talented songwriter a grand prize of $10,000. A young songwriter who is 17 or younger will also be honored with $2,500.

Applicants are invited to submit three original songs. Each song must have lyrics. All genres are accepted. Maximum song length is 4:30min. Finalists will be invited to perform their songs on March 3, 2017.

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VOX POPULI is accepting applications for guest exhibitions through October 9, 2016

Vox Populi offers artists and curators living outside of Philadelphia the opportunity to extend and challenge their artistic development. Vox Populi is particularly interested in exhibitions by national and international artists and curators without commercial representation who work in experimental media, employ alternative methodologies and want to exposure their practice to new audiences. Vox Populi accepts applications for solo exhibitions by individuals or collectives to show in one of our four gallery spaces. Applicants should submit a statement, resume and work samples (including images, audio files or short texts). Selected guests are expected to arrange for their installation and de-installation. Upon acceptance, the work(s) must be ready and available to exhibit in 2017. Vox Populi’s members will select and group submitted projects. Exhibiting guests will receive an honorarium of $500.

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The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA), in collaboration with the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore Inc. and the Baltimore CityDepartment of Recreation & Parks seeks artists and artist groups to develop unique and original artwork to be included in a new overlook section of Rash Field, as a part of the Rash Field Improvement Project. The overlook will serve as an important physical connection between the Inner Harbor, the improved Rash Field, Federal Hill and the communities south of the park. Selected artist(s) will work closely with the project design team to identify proposed park elements that may be enhanced through the integration of art. Any artist or artist team over the age of 18 living or working in the United States is eligible to apply. Interested artists should apply by Friday, October 7, 2016. 

Click here for the RFQ and application link.

Request for Qualifications: Deadline Extended to September 12

http://tinyurl.com/nlrfq2017

NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTS
a community arts program of Light City Baltimore

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Calling Baltimore artists, artist teams, and arts organizations
NEW DEADLINE: September 12, 2016

The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) seeks qualified artists, artist teams, and/or arts organizations to submit qualifications for its new public artist in residency program, Neighborhood Lights. Neighborhood Lights is an immersive community arts program of Light City Baltimore that branches out beyond Baltimore’s Inner Harbor into neighborhoods throughout Baltimore City. Selected artists will work directly with one of eight participating neighborhoods to create an illuminated public project within the neighborhood of their residency during the Light City Baltimore festival March 31-April 8, 2017.

Participating neighborhoods and neighborhood profiles will be released on June 28, 2016.

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The Coldstream Homestead Montebello (CHM) Sculpture Park and Fellowship Program is currently accepting applications, due October 10, 2016, for projects to happen starting November 2016 to November 2017.

The CHM Sculpture Park and Fellowship Program is a short-term project created through the Lots Alive granting program courtesy of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and the Baltimore Office of Sustainability’s Growing Green Initiative in collaboration with the Coldstream Homestead Montebello Community Corporation.

During the CHM Sculpture Park and Fellowship Program, project director Lisa Dillin will oversee ten Baltimore artists as they work towards the creation of outdoor works which will be displayed during in a 6-month long exhibition in the park. A visiting artist program, group critiques, and fellowship honorarias of $500 will prepare participants for the resulting exhibition program. Field trip(s) are possible dependent on funding. The CHM Sculpture Park and Fellowship Program is a scholarly opportunity for emerging and mid-career sculptors that will provide exposure to area artists while transforming a vacant lot into an engaging and serene public space for all to enjoy.

Artists of all ages 18+ and experience levels are encouraged to apply. Artists must reside in Baltimore City. Preference will be given to artists residing in the Coldstream Homestead Montebello community.img_1560

To Apply: Please send the following application materials to Lisa Dillin at CHMSculpturePark@gmail.com using Google Drive by Monday October 10, 2016 at 11:59 pm. Make sure to mark your Drive Link as “Can Edit” so that I may save your application materials.

  • Completed application form (click for link to PDF)

  • 10 jpg images under 5 MB each 150 dpi 1500 x 1000 pixels. Name files as follows: 01_Firstname_Lastname.jpg

  • A numbered (01 – 10) image list that corresponds the ten images: include title, media, size, and date

  • A 300 word maximum artist statement about the work included in the image portfolio

  • A 300 word maximum biography (Include information such as year and place of birth, accomplishments artistic and otherwise, interests, employment/personal information– particularly if these areas have an impact on your artistic practice)

Selected fellows will be notified by October 17, 2016. The CHM Sculpture Park and Fellowship Program runs from November 2016 – November 2017.

Note: fellows will be expected to complete work independently. No studio space, production facilities, or technical workshops can be offered.

http://www.chmsculpturepark.com/

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Maryland Art Place (MAP) is now accepting applications for it’s 35th Anniversary Exhibition opening October 6, 2016. Each year, MAP serves over 400 artists through exhibition opportunities in its gallery. To celebrate 35 years, MAP is going back to its roots. This exhibition will feature contemporary artists that have exhibited with MAP throughout the organization’s history.

Have you ever exhibited with MAP? This call to exhibit is open to all artists that have shown work at Maryland Art Place that are currently residing in the state of Maryland. Artists must have exhibited work at MAP in any show from 1981 – 2016. All MAP exhibitors from 1981 – 2016 are encouraged to apply, including artists from exhibitions such as Out of Order, Young Blood, UNDER 500, IMPACT, IMPRINT, juried or solo exhibitions and any performances in the 14K Cabaret.

To view the full prospectus, click here.