Massachusetts Institute of Technology invites applications for Visual Arts Program
The MIT Visual Arts Program (VAP) seeks committed, curious and creative students for the 2009-2010 academic year. This selective two-year programme grants successful participants a Master of Science in Visual Studies (SMVisS) degree. Positioned within the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, the VAP offers a wealth of exploration and research opportunities in trans-disciplinary relationships with programmes and labs in the MIT community.
The Programme
The MIT Visual Arts Program operates as a critical production- and education-based laboratory within the context of an advanced technological community. The programme explores the role of art in society and considers artistic practice as knowledge production, thus promoting an approach that challenges traditional genres and the limits of the gallery/museum context. Studio investigations and artistic research are realised through performance, sound and video, photography, interrogative design, as well as through experimental media and new genres.
The programme also emphasizes art that engages public spheres, the production of space, networked cultures, and questions relating to the environment, gender, and social stratification. Students are encouraged to work individually or collectively to develop their own vision of artistic practice. Extra-curricular activities include a cross-disciplinary lecture series, field trips, workshops, studio visits and public presentations.
VAP Faculty
Instructors are world-renowned, with active, international careers and a strong interest in cross-disciplinary debate, research, and modes of production. VAP Director and Associate Professor Ute Meta Bauer directed SITAC VI 2008 in Mexico City, co-curated Documenta 11 and was Artistic Director of the 3rd Berlin Biennial. Professor Joan Jonas participated in this year's Biennales in Sidney and São Paulo, and the Yokohama Triennale. VAP Professor Krzysztof Wodiczko is the Director of MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies. In 2008 he completed a major public projection for the city of Warsaw to commemorate the 1968 student uprising, and the War Veteran Projection Vehicle for the city of Denver, during the Democratic National Convention.
Newly appointed Associate Professor Gediminas Urbonas and his partner Nomeda Urbonas were awarded Honorable Mention for the Lithuanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2007. Visiting Professor Antoni Muntadas represented Spain at the Venice Biennale 2005. Lecturers Andrea Frank (Photography), Amber Frid-Jimenez (Participatory Media), Joe Gibbons (Video), Wendy Jacob (Autism Studio), Jae Rhim Lee (Environmental Studies), and Joe Zane (Mixed Media) are prominent practitioners in their fields.
Apply
Artists/cultural producers with diverse backgrounds and experience interested in innovative transdisciplinary artistic practice and research at the intersection of art, culture, and technology are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is December 15, 2008. Supporting materials will be accepted until January 2, 2009.
Applicants are encouraged to seek diversity resources and funding or contact Robbin Chapman, Manager of Diversity Recruitment:
Email: rchapman@mit.edu
For more information:
Visual Arts Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
265 Massachusetts Avenue, N51-328
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Tel: +1 (617) 253-5229
Email: vap@mit.edu
www.visualarts.mit.edu
LACDA 2008 International Juried competition
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA) announces our juried competition for digital art and photography. Our competitions are very open-ended in terms of concept and approach, choosing not to impose limits on the artists. Rather, we encourage a broad range of technological creativity. Many top level academics, many self-taught 'outsiders,' some persons of great celebrity, many entirely unknown are exhibited - we are radically inclusive and all are welcome. Our only caveat is that the work must involve digital processes of some kind. That one requirement instantly narrows things down to a very identifiable realm of activity, in which we have sought expertise and for which we are a formidable advocate. This open approach is informed by our many years of experience in that regard.
Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. The competition is international, open to all geographic locations. The selected winner recieves 10 prints up to 44 x 60 inches on canvas or museum quality paper (approximately a $1500 - $2000 value) to be shown in a solo exhibition in our main gallery from January 8 - 31, 2009. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artist.
Second place prizes: Five second place winners will receive one print of their work up to 24 x 36 inches ($150 - $200 in value) to be included in upcoming group shows. Second place winners will be scheduled into group shows within 12 months of announcement of winners. Consideration is given to placing these works in shows appropriate to their style, genre and/or content. These shows will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists. Special consideration will be given to all entrants for inclusion in future shows at LACDA. Many entrants from past competitions have already been included in our exhibitions.
Deadline for entries: December 15, 2008
Winners announced: December 22, 2008
Exhibition dates: January 8 - 31, 2009
Registration fee is $30US (three images). Multiple entries permitted, additional $30 entry fee for each three images.
For more information, visit:
www.lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html
Direct Link to Registration:
www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=171138
JAG seeks new Chief Curator
The Directorate of Arts, Culture, and Heritage seeks a new Chief Curator at the Johannesburg Art Gallery.
Candidates require a BA Honours degree, at least 3 years experience in a management position of a museum or gallery, and a valid driver's license.
Skills required include computer literacy, strong management, curatorship, marketing, fundraising, report writing, research, strategy business planning and networking. Knowledge of museum functions, Heritage Legislation and International Museum Standards are essential.
The job entails managing the gallery, staff and collection. Key museum functions including budgets, fundraising, exhibitions and events.
Closing date for applications: December 12, 2008
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Cnr King George and Klein Street, Joubert Park
Contact: Nomgqibelo Likole
Tel: (011) 373 7502/3
Fax: (011) 836 7133
Email: tshidili@joburg.org.za
Internship offered at Warren Editions in Cape Town
Warren Editions as a professional printmaking studio invites printmakers and/or students wanting to learn more about intaglio and/or monotype processes to participate in an internship.
Responsibilities
To assist the printers at Warren Editions with the plate production, the editioning of prints and the maintenance of the studio facilities and equipment
Skill requirement
- Basic skills in intaglio processes
- Capable of handling fine art prints
Internship application
- Current CV
- List of print process skills
- Letter of intent with internship dates (start and finish)
- One letter of reference from a respected person in the community, preferably someone involved at an educational organisation
Internship guidelines
- The internship is for a minimum of 16 hours a week and will require at least a two month commitment
- The internship is unpaid, but, the intern will receive limited studio access outside the internship hours
Email: zhanewarren@hotmail.com
www.warreneditions.com
AVA calls for proposals from emerging curators
The AVA Gallery is offering its venue and expertise to benefit an emerging curator in 2009. The slot allocated for the exhibition falls within the Cape Africa platform period. Proposals for the curated exhibition should reach the AVA no later than the end of January 2009. A limited budget will be made available for the selected proposal.
Curatorial Proposal Guidelines
1. Introduction to your proposed exhibition
2. Outline of your curatorial concept/idea/thematic/framework/aim of your show
3. Curatorial process that you will be following
4. List of participating artists
5. Proposed budget for the curated exhibition from start to conclusion. If you do not have funds, please state how you intend to raise some
Please include:
CVs of participating artists
CV/s of the curator/s
Images of the artists' works, preferably of the works that they wish to show at AVA, or if these are not yet created, works in the same genre/media/style that are going to be exhibited. If you and the artists live in Cape Town the committee wants to see original works where/if possible.
Construction New Media Awards 2008
Entries for CNMA 2009 are officially open. 2008 saw a record number of entries and the CNMA 2009 promises to be a national celebration of New Media genius.
CNMA celebrates and elevates the status of new media design by honouring and accrediting those designers, writers, programmers and thinkers who produce challenging, imaginative, interactive work, both on a creative and functional platform.
Entries can qualify in one of four categories: online, offline, motion graphics and innovation. Innovation is a new category inspired by the constant redefinition of the digital space. Entries from professionals as well as students are encouraged.
A trophy will be awarded in each category at the CNMA ceremony during the Design Indaba Conference 2009, with one overall winner receiving the Grand Prix. There may be no fortune in winning a Construction New Media Award, however the opportunity to have your work viewed by our renowned judges is paramount. The top student winner will receive a trip to the UK to work alongside an acclaimed designer.
You can register by visiting www.constructionaward.com
Deadline: December 12, 2008
For more information:
Email: carynv@interactiveafrica.com
Greatmore Studios Visiting Artists Programme 2009 calls for applications
Our studios situated in Woodstock are committed to the development of the arts, and are calling for applications from artists from across South Africa, the continent and abroad for places available in our Visiting Artist Residency Programme between January and March 2009.
The programme will provide an opportunity for successful artists to spend three months in Cape Town, South Africa, developing new work, and working towards a collaborative exhibition at the end of their stay.
Interested candidates are asked to send a curriculum vitae, appropriate identification, images of recent artwork, a personal statement and relevant references to:
artmore@mweb.co.za or applications@greatmoreart.org.za
For more information visit www.greatmore.org.za
Urban Contemporary Art calls for portfolio submissions
Urban Contemporary Art, a new art gallery opening in Observatory, Cape Town, invites portfolio submissions from artists working in Cape Town.
Urban Contemporary Art will feature salon style exhibitions of works by young South African artists, creating a new outlet for fresh talent and a further boost to the emerging art market.
Please deliver a portfolio of works on CD to:
Urban Contemporary Art
46 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 7925
Or send an email with a full career history, including a maximum of five images, no bigger than 250KB each to:
info@urbancontemporaryart.co.za with the subject line 'Portfolio Submission'
'Walk of Art' Festival 2009 invites participants
The Walk of Art Festival brings the artists to the art lovers and other members of the greater Cape Town area. Exhibitors and visitors together celebrate the creative spirit of the city. We are looking for artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, new media) and related industries to participate in what is likely to be the largest open air art event in Cape Town.
On February 28 and March 1, a wide range of artists will showcase their work. Visitors will be enlisted through an extensive media campaign and viral marketing campaign to ensure established art lovers attend as well as introducing newcomers to the pleasure of art. We aim to attract 5 000 people to the festival over two days.
Although this event falls outside of the Oranjekloof CID official boundaries, we have already enjoyed input, advice and support from them. We welcome more of this kind of interaction from enterprises that share the vision of this festival.VEO Gallery is one of our stakeholders and we have enjoyed very constructive input from them. Hopefully this synergy can take us far into the future.
Sponsorship opportunities exist for a brand to align with Walk of Art and receive reciprocal value through the marketing of their services and products and receiving exposure from the extensive media campaign.
Every R10 entrance fee that is collected at the gate will be donated directly to a not for profit organisation. The Park itself is in great need of support from the community to compliment the work that is done by Friends of De Waal Park.
For more information, contact:
Amanda Moore 082 925 5701, amanda@walkofart.co.za; Martin Pienaar 082 373 3446 or (021) 424 3373, martin@walkofart.co.za; Glynis Coetzee glynis@walkofart.co.za
SOUTH calls for entries
SOUTH seeks to uncover the finest examples of South African creativity across a broad spectrum of disciplines and forms. And, for the first time on one platform, showcase a dazzling array of our finest creative produce.
ART. ARCHITECTURE. ADVERTISING. CRAFT. DESIGN. FASHION. FILM&VIDEO. JEWELLERY. MUSIC. NEW MEDIA. PERFORMANCE ART. PHOTOGRAPHY.
A celebration of the gloriously positive, idiosyncratically naïve, ridiculously sardonic, richly contradictory, relentlessly spontaneous creative imagination inherent in our (don't cry now) beloved country. SOUTH seeks to encapsulate the bold, lawless, cheeky, crossover, politically incorrect flavour of our South African creative psyche.
THIS WAY UP
Because SOUTH is the new north, a complete turnaround of the planet stereotype, there is nothing finite or predictable about what we are looking for.
Where the north may exhibit an ordered sense of detached coolness, SOUTH is a thundering stampede of chaos and heat.
A happy accident of third and first worlds.
A vibe. A jol.
A state of mind.
Embracing contradiction and collision.
That iconic crossroad: where earthy Afrika meets contemporary design.
The kind of creative excellence that will best influence the judges is neither black nor white, nor ethnic, nor neutral, nor euro, nor west, nor east. It's a harmony out of contradiction. A balance of extremes. That fine line between order and chaos. SOUTH seeks executions that capture the soul of this mystique.
THE TONE
Gloriously positive, ridiculously naïve, relentlessly spontaneous. Bold, lawless, cheeky, crossover, politically incorrect. About finding a home for sacred cows - the braaivleis. About changing the world by Making A Difference.
THE PROOF
Hoezit pap and sushi. Sawubona high class elephant dung ashtrays. Viva our rather shweeet giant plastic chicken installation.
SOUTH LEGENDS POINT THE WAY
If that fusion crossover is about to become a blur, look no further than our most distinctive footprint, our past and current legends, the SOUTH Hall of Fame.
SOUTH is presented by the Creative Alliance, which is Design Indaba, The Loeries and Creative Circle.
For entry forms and more information visit:
www.designindaba.com/south
Enquiries: Michael Purdham at Interactive Africa
Tel: (021) 465 9966
Fax: (021) 465 9978
Email: south@interactiveafrica.com
Specs journal invites submissions
Specs is a journal of contemporary culture and arts at Rollins College that aims to create sympathetic interfaces between artistic and critical practices. The editors invite submissions of creative and/or critical work for the annual Fall 2008 print and web issue. We seek works of fiction, non-fiction, cultural criticism, artwork, poetry, and pieces that blur genre boundaries.
The editorial board consists of writers and academics from various fields. The editors are excited by specialty, an excess of detail, fragments, narratives, meta-narratives, and more.
The deadline for poetry, creative non-fiction, fiction, and art is March 3, 2008. We accept simultaneous submissions of creative work, as long as we receive prompt notice of acceptance elsewhere. Please limit prose submissions to under 6000 words and poetry submissions to 10-12 pages.
Email submissions as word attachments to editors@specsjournal.org
Remember to include a brief cover letter indicating whether you wish to be considered for the print edition, the web edition, or both. Please be advised that colour artwork with heavy graphics will only be considered for the web edition. Artwork for the print edition is limited to black on white work (4 x 7 dimensions).
Please also indicate the type/genre of submission in the subject heading (Poetry, Fiction, etc.).
We are also seeking art, fiction, poetry, and critical work that limits itself to one-page pieces for ONE/OFF, a special interactive section of Specs. In this section, we hope to force interactions between the print and web edition.
For more information, visit:
www.specsjournal.org
Call for Submissions: Africa Biennale 2008
This is an open call for submissions by contemporary African visual artists to the Africa Biennale 2008. AVANT CAR GUARD is proud to announce having secured both operational support and project funding from the art world and corporate entities, and in this capacity will be producing a prestigious showcase of this country's hidden secrets to the art world. As we know Africa is a country that has long operated outside the world, and it's time to bring the world back into the fold and celebrate together the riches of this often misunderstood and mysterious country.
Avant Car Guard
Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: (021) 123 4567
Email: infor@avantcarguard.com
AVA's Artreach fund invites applications
The Association For Visual Arts' Artreach fund was founded by committee members in the late 1980s to help raise funds for various charities in Cape Town. In the 1990s it was transformed into a more focused fund for the financial assistance of visual artists. To date, AVA's Artreach fund has sponsored art materials, art studio rentals, workshop fees, art tuition, art classes for children in Langa, a sculpture peace park, a street youth drawing project, a gallery in an art school, art catalogues, exhibition expenses for shows at AVA, framing charges and production costs for exhibitions.
AVA's Artreach programme is an initiative aimed at broadening opportunities for visual artists in South Africa by creating artmaking possibilities, by encouraging art education, by promoting through exposure, and by advancing cultural production across a wide spectrum of visual arts media. The programme is co-sponsored by Absolut Vodka and with Lottery funding.
The Artreach committee meets on a monthly basis. For details with regards to applications Please check www.ava.co.za
AVA Clearance Notice
The Association for Visual arts Gallery requests the collection of all works, including works on paper that have been left indefinitely at the gallery. Any works not collected by December 23, 2008 will be auctioned to defray costs.
Job Vacancy at African Art Centre, Durban
African Art Centre seeks a young dynamic English- and Zulu speaking person, with good interpersonal skills able to conceptualise and think creatively - a person who can multitask and support the whole process of development within the organisation. The African Art Centre is in Durban and is a Section 21 Company Not for Profit, however a competitive salary is offered.
Essential requirements for the post of Development Officer:
Driving licence
Computer literacy and basic organisational skills
Developing current and new projects
Conceptualise, plan, initiate, maintain development projects
Report writing
Research and write documentation of artists connected to the African Art Centre
Assist with planning and hanging of exhibitions, studio visits of artists
Please email the Director, Anthea Martin anthea@afri-art.co.za with CV and contact details
Apexart offers franchise opportunities
Apexart wants to come to you. Any city, any town, anywhere in the world. We are offering a one-time franchise opportunity where apexart will come to your city and appoint you the director of your own temporary non-profit exhibition space. For a four-week exhibition, and in the months preceding, you will be the director and/or curator and/or staff of your own institution with a budget, a salary, and complete control.
We will provide up to 10 000 USD in funding, along with the necessary guidance to make your curated exhibition happen, accompanied by an apexart brochure. In addition, prior to your show, we'll arrange to bring you to NYC for three days, all expenses paid, to visit apexart and meet our staff.
Submit up to a 250-word statement on why apexart should come to you.
Application deadline: 12am EST December 1, 2008
For more information:
Email: info@apexart.org
www.apexart.org/franchise.htm
AVA subscriptions renewal
The AVA reminds subscribers to request the renewal of subscriptions. Subscriptions run a full calendar year, from January to end December and are now due, as follows:
Single: R85
Couple: R140
Pensioner: R35
Student: R35
Cheques and postal orders to be made out to AVA or to the Association for Visual Arts. Bank details for direct deposits:
FNB, Long St
Br: 201709
Acc No: 50061874340
Current Account
please use your whole name and surname as reference
Paid-up members will receive a membership card which entitles them to a 10% discount on all purchases at the following art shops:
Artsource, Campus Art and Hardware and Ruth Prowse Art Shop
Association for Visual Arts
35 Church Street, Cape Town, South Africa,
Phone: +27-21 424-7436,
Fax: +27-21 423-2637,
Email: art@ava.co.za
