The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) Percent for Art Program in conjunction with the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) and Department of Transportation (DOT) invites artists to submit qualifications and letters of interest to be considered for panel review and the opportunity to be considered as finalists for the commission of permanent artwork for DOT plaza sites throughout the city. Please read the following PDF document for more information and submission guidelines. You may also paste the following address in your browser to be connected to the call:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/downloads/pdf/Percent_Plaza_RFQ_Final_122209.pdf

All submissions must be received by 5:00 PM EST on Monday, February 22nd, 2010. Any questions should be emailed to NYCplazas@culture.nyc.gov

Enter our juried competition for digital art and photography. 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 geographical locations.

Registration fee is $30US (three images).
Multiple entries permitted, additional $30 entry fee for each three images.

The selected winner receives 10 prints up to 44×60 inches on canvas or museum quality paper (approximately a $1500-$2000 value) to be shown in a solo exhibition in our main gallery from February 11 – March 6, 2010. 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 24×36 inches ($150-$200 in value) to be included in upcoming group shows. Second place winners will be scheduled into group shows within twelve 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 exhibits.

Jurors:

• Edward Robinson, L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA)
• Max Presneill, Torrance Art Museum
• Rex Bruce, Director, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art

Deadline for Entries: January 19 | Winners Announced: January 26 | Exhibit Dates: February 11 – March 6

Contact: For questions email us at: lacda@lacda.com

Prospectus: http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html

Maine Arts Commission Seeks Proposals for two Percent for Art Calls

The Maine Arts Commission currently has two Percent for Art Competitions with January deadlines that are open to all artists.  Abbreviated details of these two calls can be found below. Full details of these and other Maine Arts Commission opportunities can always be found at http://mainearts.maine.gov/opportunities.aspx.

University Commons, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Percent for Art

The Maine Arts Commission is making an open call to all artists to submit proposals to design, create, and install artwork at the University Commons, University of Southern Maine, Portland. Total project budget is $50,000; submissions deadline is January 4, 2010.

The Percent for Art University Commons call for artists asks applicants to consider addressing one of three opportunities for the placement of art: Option A. exterior sculpture situated between the two buildings addressed in this call: the Osher Map Library / Glickman Library and the Muskie School/Wishcamper Center. Option B. the interior sites of the two buildings individually: the FORUM at the Muskie School/Wishcamper Center and the LIBRARY ARCADE in the Glickman Library/Osher Map Library. One or two artists or artist teams will be selected for the commission. The selection committee is interested in proposals that relate to the University’s interaction with the Portland community at large and its role in the state university system. Applicants should also consider that the work should be welcoming to the neighborhood, visitors, student population and community at large. Works of art that are too literal or predictable will not be favored.

More information about the site can be found at :http://www.usm.maine.edu/dfm/pages/engineering.htm
click on “University Commons Percent for Art”

All professional artists may apply for consideration to this project. Preference will be given to artists who are Maine residents. Artists who are employees of the University of Southern Maine or are members of the art selection committee and their immediate families are ineligible for Percent for Art projects at this location. The project is open to all artists age 18 and over, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical or mental disability. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines. Contact Alison Ferris, Assistant Director, with questions at 207/287-2710, alison.ferris@maine.gov.

The full prospectus can be found at MaineArts.com by following this link: http://mainearts.maine.gov/oppdetail.aspx?Id=8202

Peaks-Kenny State Park Percent for Art
The Maine Arts Commission is making a call to all artists or artist-teams living in the United States to submit proposals to design, create and install artwork at Peaks-Kenny State Park in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. Special consideration will be given to Maine artists. Total project budget is $20,000; submission deadline is Friday, January 29, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

BACKGROUND: Peaks-Kenny State Park lies on the shores of Sebec Lake just north of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. The 839-acre park lies in the Central Maine Highlands, an area renowned for its natural beauty and outdoor opportunities with Moosehead Lake, the Appalachian Trail, and the southern end of Baxter State Park. The Park encompasses more than a mile of shoreline along the clean, deep, spring-fed waters of Sebec Lake. A sandy swimming beach offers lovely views across the lake to Borestone Mountain, a 1600-acre nature sanctuary. The park is home to stately trees (old-growth hardwood forests, hemlock and pines) and large, magnificent glacial boulders. For more information about the park, please search for Peaks-Kenny State Park from: www.parksandlands.com.

The Percent for Art committee is interested in commissioning art that deeply responds to (rather than competes with) the park’s natural environment. In addition, the committee would like the art to enhance or heighten visitors’ experience of the park’s landscape and nature. The committee is open to all art forms and all media with the exception of two-dimensional work simply because there is no facility at the park in which it can be installed or exhibited. The art can be sited anywhere in the park as long as it is sensitive to the environment and to the manner in which visitors use the park.
Peaks-Kenny State Park is closed for the winter; however, the site may be visit by contacting Mike Leighton, Regional Manager of the Northern Region Parks at 207-941-4014 to set up an appointment. All other questions can be directed to Alison Ferris, Assistant Director of the Maine Arts Commission at: alison.ferris@maine.gov

Full details are available from MaineArts.com by using this link: http://mainearts.maine.gov/oppdetail.aspx?Id=8223

Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism

Imago Foundation for the Arts is issuing a call to artists for an open salon-style exhibit to be held at IMAGO, 36 Market Street in Warren January 14 – 30.

The exhibit is open to all interested artists and all media. Work for the exhibit must be dropped off at IMAGO on Sunday, January 10 or Monday, January 11 from noon to 4 p.m. Each participant will be limited to three pieces measuring no more than 36 inches in any direction. All work must be original and ready to hang or display. Submitting artists must be at least 18 years of age.

A fee of $10 per piece will be charged. All proceeds from any sales will go directly to the artists. No commissions will be charged. Participating artists must pick up their work on Sunday, January 31 between 3 and 5 p.m.

IFA is a tax-exempt 501 (c) 3 organization whose goal is to make the arts a visible and active part of the lives of Rhode Island citizens by sponsoring public events, classes and workshops related to the visual and literary arts. All contributions are tax deductible.

Calling all Science Fiction & Fantasy writers! Library to Host an Advanced Writing Workshop 

PROVIDENCE, RI – Do you have a story or a novel chapter that needs polishing for publication? Need a group of dedicated readers to smooth the rough edges? Are you stuck in the middle, not sure where to take it?  Providence Public Library (Central Library) will host an Advanced Writing Workshop run by Paul DiFilippo, a Providence writer, reviewer and critic of science fiction. The course will be held Mondays, 5:45 – 8:45 pm, January 4 to February 22, 2010 (no classes on January 18, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and February 15, President’s Day).  

Admission is contingent on submission of a 6-page writing sample, e-mailed or postmarked by December 23, 2009.  Tuition is $250, payable no later than the first class.  In the event of withdrawal, an 80 percent refund will be given until January 11, after which no refunds will be made.  Interested writers should submit samples (including name, phone number and e-mail) to Paul DiFilippo (pgdf@cox.net) by December 23. 

Over a six-week period, the instructor and participants will take one short story manuscript from each writer and work to make it suitable for submission to a professional publication. 

Written critiques from the instructor and fellow writers in the class will alternate with examination of professionally published stories for the lessons they can offer, a survey of markets with tips on submission, and an examination of the tricks and tools of fantastical and speculative writing. Participants will submit six pages of their writing to allow the instructor to gauge their abilities to benefit from the course. The sample may be from any project. The story to be polished during the session should ideally be a complete narrative arc when the course begins, but may be unfinished if the desired help lies in resolving the plot and ending of the piece. Class will meet in a room TBA at Providence Public Library (150 Empire Street, Providence). 

The Instructor  

Paul DiFilippo sold his first story in 1977, and since then has amassed over 200 publication credits, leading to the publication of some 25 books. He has been a judge for the Philip K. Dick Award, and this year became a judge for the John W. Campbell Award.  In addition to his fiction writing, he has written numerous reviews for venues ranging from Asimov’s SF Magazine to The Washington Post Book World.  He currently has a column at The Barnes & Noble Review. 

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