May 16, 2011 In The News | When You Go | Opportunities |
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.“ - Rod Serling
“The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.” - Oscar Wilde
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
“Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.” - George Carlin
VIDEO OF THE DAY
In Memory of Ed Burgess
YouTube
“An ode to Ed Burgess, co-founder and professor of the UW-Milwaukee Dance Program. The film features his work, "Thick Skin" from 2009. The dance features UWM dance alumni Andrew Zanoni, Ben Follensbee and Dylan Baker.”
Also:
Remembering Ed Burgess
UWM Peck School of the Arts
“With great sadness, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts announces the sudden death of Ed Burgess, chair and professor of the Dance Department. Ed has been a tremendous teacher, leader, mentor and friend to our students, alums, and faculty since he joined the department in 1989. Locally and nationally, he has been a well-known and respected choreographer who has touched the lives of so many in the arts community. We are all deeply saddened by his death. Biographical information about him is included below; arrangements are being made and will be announced as they become available at arts.uwm.edu/edburgess.
TOP WISCONSIN NEWS
FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD
Proposed fine arts funding cut could impact La Crosse programs
WKBT TV
LA CROSSE – “There is concern about the future of fine arts in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Finance Committee has approved a 66% reduction in funding to the Wisconsin Arts Board. The proposal would cut state funding from $1.6 million to $535,000. The Wisconsin Arts Board is largely responsible for providing support to arts organizations around Wisconsin.”
New Percent for Art Commission Available
Wisconsin Arts Board
Deadline: By 3:00 PM on June 8, 2011
“The Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art program announces a new commission opportunity for the UW Madison Lakeshore Residence Hall. This commission opportunity is open to artists living in the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin). A prospectus for the project is now listed through the link above.”
Wisconsin, unplugged
Blog: The Artful Manager
The State of Wisconsin's Joint Finance Committee was likely the last best hope to defend funding and independent agency status for the Wisconsin Arts Board, which faces a 73 percent budget cut under Governor Walker's budget proposal, and loss of independent agency status with a proposed move into the Tourism Board. But the committee voted yesterday to modify the cuts only slightly (adding contingent additional funding if a federal match requires it), and to adjust some of the authority and rules associated with executive leadership.”
Reinvesting in Arts Education - Winning America's Future Through Creative Schools
President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
“The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) announces the release of its landmark report Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning America's Future Through Creative Schools. The culmination of 18 months of research, meetings with stakeholders, and site visits all over the country, this report represents an in-depth review of the current condition of arts education, including an update of the current research base about arts education outcomes, and an analysis of the challenges and opportunities in the field that have emerged over the past decade. It also includes a set of recommendations to federal, state and local policymakers.”
The report may be found here: http://www.pcah.gov/sites/default/files/photos/PCAH_Reinvesting_4web.pdf
A summary of the report is here: http://www.pcah.gov/sites/default/files/photos/PCAH%20Report%20Summary%20and%20Recommendations.pdf
Tribble Tops at Poetry Out Loud
Wisconsin Arts Board
“From a competitive field of more than 365,000 students, Chantal Tribble, Wisconsin’s Poetry Out Loud 2011 champion, continued the state’s reputation of excellence by placing in the top twelve at the National Poetry Out Loud Finals, held in Washington, D.C., Friday evening, April 29. She won $1000 for her efforts and $500 for her school, Milwaukee School of the Arts. She is the daughter of Jennifer Tribble, Brookfield, Wisconsin. Her teacher was Katherine Katter who implemented the recitation contest and program school-wide.”
The Role of the Arts in Educating America (podcast)
Americans for the Arts
“Last fall, 30 top-level decision makers and thought leaders from government, business, education, and the arts gathered at the Sundance Resort and Preserve for the Fifth Annual Americans for the Arts National Arts Policy Roundtable, to discuss this year’s theme – The Role of the Arts in Educating America for Great Leadership and Economic Strength. Their conclusions are profiled in a new report issued this week by Americans for the Arts that calls for individuals across the public and private sector to recognize the arts as the transformational tools they are for making schools stronger and students more successful.”
New Artists Join Online Gallery
PortalWisconsin.org
“In its online gallery section, Portalwisconsin.org displays the work of talented Wisconsin artists working in a wide range of mediums. These artists are selected by our jury of respected artists, curators and educators. This morning, we had the pleasure of adding six new artists, working in painting, printmaking, photography and ceramics. (At left: "Eggs" by Mitchell Spencer of Eau Claire.) Congratulations to Martha Hayden of Sharon; Mitchell Spencer of Eau Claire; John Thomas of Downsville; and Laura Pahlas, Merikay Payne and Sharon Redinger, all of Madison. Take a look at their work:”
“And if you go to the main gallery page, you can browse not only the new artists, but also the works of more than 400 other contemporary Wisconsin artists.” To view the main gallery, click here: http://www.portalwisconsin.org/online_gallery.cfm
If you're a Wisconsin artist or have a friend who is, the site also has information about how artists can submit their work. Artists on PortalWisconsin.org continue to report that they have sold their work (or fielded inquiries) as a result of their participation in our online gallery. http://www.portalwisconsin.org/artist_appinfo.cfm
Art and Craft Fair Directory Now Available
PortalWisconsin.org
“The Wisconsin Art & Craft Fair Directory, published annually by our partners at the Wisconsin Arts Board, is a comprehensive listing of over 250 art and craft fairs throughout the state. All art and craft fairs held in the state of Wisconsin and open to the general public are eligible for inclusion in the directory. Obtain a printed copy by calling the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, which distributes the books, at 800-432-8747. You can also view the directory online at the Wisconsin Arts Board's website or find the individual events listed on PortalWisconsin.org's online calendar.”
Visual Arts/Museums
ExposeKenosha introduces Monne Haug
ExposeKenosha
“If you ever have cause to pull into Monne Haug’s driveway, don’t be surprised if you find your mind wandering into a reverie of times long past, when grandpa doled out sticks of gum like pirate’s treasure to his favorite (wink) grandkids and grandma always smelled like a mixture of talcum powder and baking flour. Whether it’s the myriad garden spaces, the grove of stately oak trees, the placid pond, or the well loved exterior of her house that takes you there is hard to say, but there you are, marveling at the wonder of it all and sure that your favorite cookies are baking inside.”
Why the cult of Leonardo continues to enthral - Leonardo is not merely a figure of prodigal creativity – he is a source of myths, legends, untruths, half-truths and an ocean of mumbo-jumbo, says Stephen Bayley.
The Telegraph UK
“Braque said of Picasso that he was once a great painter, but then degenerated into a celebrated, official "genius". The same could be said of Leonardo, who continues to fascinate in a way that is quite independent of his settled reputation as an inventor or an artist. Last week, more celebrity rites were performed as a rogue Italian historian – somewhere intellectually between Simons Cowell and Schama – claimed to discover the remains of Lisa Gherardini, supposed model for the Mona Lisa, in the crypt of an abandoned convent in Florence. Next November, the National Gallery will show one of the most complete exhibitions ever of Leonardo's paintings and drawings. It is anticipated to be so popular that visitor numbers are being rationed.”
Mona Lisa crypt 'found' - The final resting place of the woman said to have posed for the Mona Lisa may have been found.
The Telegraph
The crypt was discovered after a two week search of an abandoned convent by experts using ground penetrating radar and ancient maps and documents. Professor Silvano Vinceti is leading the hunt for Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo who is widely believed to be the mystery woman behind the 500 year old painting of Mona Lisa.
PSFK is a Website for Creative People
Blog: andDesign
“Over 1,000,000 readers from the design, digital, marketing, media and technology industries go to PSFK.com each month to read and share the emerging ideas that the editorial team identifies and publishes. PSFK is a source for new ideas and inspiration for creative professionals that provides readers, event attendees and corporations with fresh trends and innovation stimulus. They also publish a series of ‘Future of’ reports which have been underwritten by organizations such as United Nations, UNICEF and Microsoft.”
Speaking Up in Class, Silently, Using Social Media
The New York Times
“Wasn’t it just the other day that teachers confiscated cellphones and principals warned about oversharing on MySpace? Now, Erin Olson, an English teacher in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, is among a small but growing cadre of educators trying to exploit Twitter-like technology to enhance classroom discussion. Last Friday, as some of her 11th graders read aloud from a poem called “To the Lady,” which ponders why bystanders do not intervene to stop injustice, others kept up a running commentary on their laptops.”
How to Start Making a Living as an Artist – The Top 5 Tips
Blog: Lee Martin
“As an artist it is hard to know where to find out about new opportunities. Sculptor and Installation artist, Aliey Ball has worked as a Community Arts Collaborator for over a decade and has received numerous public and private commissions. In an interview conducted as part of the Artists Exposed series for My Artroom Online she gave away her top tips for finding public art commissions, collaborative work and new opportunities for artists.”
Arts and Creativity in Education
Arts, gym to take a hit at MPS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“For the past two years, Principal Eduardo Galvan found room in his budget to restore a full-time art teacher at Vieau School. But that's not the case next year at the south side Milwaukee public grade school. The only way Galvan can balance his school's finances, in the face of cuts proposed in the Milwaukee Public Schools' district budget, is by eliminating the full-time art teacher position, as well as the full-time physical education teacher and assistant principal. Vieau is lucky in other ways: Its dedicated staff and parents have sought partnerships with outside groups, such as Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap, a program that united more than 2,000 city children in an interschool dance competition at the Bradley Center over the weekend. But with MPS proposing the elimination of 28 full-time art teachers, 37 full-time physical education positions and 20 full-time music positions, are the arts, as most adults know them, going to be dead next year in city schools?”
Morgridges Challenge 2011 Graduates To Give - Couple To Match Graduate Donations From $20.11 To $120.11
Channel 3000
“If you find yourself constantly checking over your shoulder this weekend, it could be from empathizing too much with those paranoid "Survivor" castaways. Or it could be the fact that there are now roughly 6,000 new college graduates from the UW-Madison who are looking for a job. And the job they're looking for may be yours. But the commencement speakers at the 2011 ceremony weren't advising graduates to take, they were advising them to give. More specifically, to give back to the university that has given them an education.”
St. Norbert art professor won't retire from giving Retrospective of work ends today
Green Bay Press-Gazette
DE PERE — “Not many professors get to teach on home turf. Then there's Donald P. Taylor. "I'm a real homebody, home-grown Green Bay," he said. "I've lived here all but four years of my life." Taylor, 66, is retiring this month after 27 years at St. Norbert College, where he is galleries director, art curator and adjunct associate professor of art. In a hallway near Baer Gallery in the college's Bush Art Center is a display of artwork for scores of exhibitions that Taylor put up and took down. There's one more to go — his. A retrospective of his work as ceramicist and potter is in the Baer Gallery. The exhibit ends at 5 p.m. today, following commencement.”
Doug Moe: Olympiad energizes science students
Capital Times
“Van Valaskey pulled an all-nighter last week. The former Madison West High biology teacher was still feeling the effects a day or two later. “I used to do that as a teacher,” Valaskey said. He grinned. “It’s one of the reasons I retired.” These are busy days (and nights) for Valaskey and his buddy Gary Graper, who is also a retired West High biology teacher. Between them, they had more than 70 years at West prior to their 2003 retirement.”
The Future of the Arts/ The Future of America
Blog: Michael Kaiser, Huffington Post
“Last week, the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities released a study on arts education and the news is bleak. Taking information on a 2008 report from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Los Angeles Times recently reported: "Among children of a college graduate, 27% said they had never taken even one arts class, compared with 12% in 1982. For children of high school graduates, the number who'd never had any arts study rose from 30% nearly 30 years ago to 66% in 2008." This radical diminution in exposure of children to arts education has dire consequences for our arts ecology as well as our nation as a whole.”
Community Arts
Passion Leads to Success
ExposeKenosha
“Justin Brandes a native of Kenosha, Wisconsin has won bragging rights! His winning design is the new logo for the Kenosha Literacy Council. The judges were drawn to the graceful movement and the ingenious placement of the globe atop a book for their growing international organization. Justin attended Lance Jr. High, Tremper Senior High, and Indian Trail Academy. It was in Junior high that he pursued his passion for art. He received two permanent collection awards for paintings he did under the instruction of Shelly Senette. Indian Trail gave Justin his first opportunity to use Adobe Creative Suite which encouraged his journey with computer aided graphic design.”
Wisconsin tourism industry depends on visitor spending
Green Bay Press-Gazette
“The Green Bay Press-Gazette speaks with business owners and industry leaders in its Monday conversation feature. Today, Dave Fantle, deputy secretary of the state Department of Tourism, talks about the status of Wisconsin's tourism industry and changes within the department.”
Bridging the Gap how a city known for its bridges lost its luster
Volume One Magazine
“Twenty-five years ago, Eau Claire artist Michael Peterson snapped a photo of the Dewey Street Bridge from the bottom looking up. The idea for that particular angle came from his fondness of fishing underneath the bridge as a child, and he was inspired to capture the view as an adult years later while taking a photography course at UW-Eau Claire. Now the only remaining arch bridge in Eau Claire, the Dewey Street Bridge represents more than a memory from childhood – it’s a testament to the city’s history that Peterson hopes people will take time to appreciate as the city continues to change.”
Literary/Libraries
The future of the library
Seth’s Blog
“What is a public library for? First, how we got here: Before Gutenberg, a book cost about as much as a small house. As a result, only kings and bishops could afford to own a book of their own. This naturally led to the creation of shared books, of libraries where scholars (everyone else was too busy not starving) could come to read books that they didn't have to own. The library as warehouse for books worth sharing. Only after that did we invent the librarian.”
Media Arts
Sing Your Song”: Harry Belafonte on Art & Politics, Civil Rights & His Critique of President Obama
Democracy Now
“Legendary musician, actor, activist and humanitarian Harry Belafonte joins us for the hour to talk about his battle against racism, his mentor Paul Robeson, the power of music to push for political change, his close relationship with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the U.S. role in Haiti. A new documentary chronicles his life, called Sing Your Song. The son of Jamaican immigrants, Belafonte grew up on the streets of Harlem and Jamaica. In the 1950s, he spearheaded the calypso craze and became the first artist in recording history with a million-selling album.”
It’s costly, inefficient and ruthless, but that’s how TV works
Globe and Mail
“As I write this, acres of online space are being devoted to expressing sympathy toward Adrianne Palicki, the young actress who achieved a morsel of fame after she was photographed as the “new” Wonder Woman in an outfit designed to dazzle. If one is to believe the sympathetic comments, Ms. Palicki delivered an acting master class in the pilot. The online response can be translated and summarized as this: A bunch of guys who spend too much time tracking the TV racket think she is seriously hot.”
Performing Arts
Music
The cloud knows what you like, and where you are
Blog: The Artful Manager
“Google's announcement of its Music Beta service adds yet another opportunity to push our social and cultural lives into the cloud. The system allows you to upload your music collection, liberating your hard drive or phone memory space currently cluttered by MP3 audio files, and making your music available anywhere through multiple devices.”
What classical music was played at the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton? And what are the 300 most popular classical music works in UK?
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear
“It seems like longer, but it was only a little over two weeks ago that Prince William married his live-in girlfriend Kate Middleton, and the world media went wild.”
National Jukebox website logs 1 million page views, 250,000 streams in under 48 hours
Los Angeles Times
“Just take those old records off the shelf, indeed. The new National Jukebox website of historic recordings that the Library of Congress and Sony Music have just made available for free streaming on the Internet has logged more than 1 million page views and more than 250,000 streams in less than 48 hours since it went live Tuesday morning, a library spokeswoman said Thursday. The project has opened up the library’s archive with an initial posting of more than 10,000 pre-1925 recordings from the Victor record label, now under the Sony Music umbrella. The recordings span jazz, blues, ethnic folk, gospel, pop, spoken word, comedy and other genres dating to the early 20th century.”
Other
Giving for results - There is more to philanthropy—much more—than just giving money away
The Economist
“WHETHER America’s famed philanthropic tradition is all it is cracked up to be will become much clearer during the next few years. Superficially, that tradition has emerged from the global financial crisis in remarkably good shape. In the past year some 69 of America’s billionaires and billionaire families have promised to give away at least half of their fortunes by signing the Giving Pledge championed by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, two of the world’s richest men. Among them is 27-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, a founder of Facebook, proof that America’s giving gene has passed to the next generation. The question is, will all that giving, by the billionaires and the thousands more Americans with far smaller amounts of money, actually do any good?”
Visual Arts/Museums
Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts
Shake Rag Alley Announces Summer-Fall 2011
Various
“Classes for Summer-Fall 2011 are now on line and open for registrations at www.shakeragalley.com This year featuring week-long, in-depth workshops, in addition to our popular weekend, event, and childrens' workshops.”
The Appleton Compassion Project
Trout Museum of Art, Appleton
Through June 6
“The Appleton Compassion Project” is a community art project involving 10,436 Appleton Area School District K-12 art students. In Fall 2010, participating students received a 6-inch-by-6-inch art panel to draw or paint their idea of compassion. The inspiration behind the project came from Richard Davidson, PhD — a University of Wisconsin-Madison brain researcher who has found that those who practice compassion have measurably healthier brains. What’s more, Davidson’s research shows that compassion can be learned, and should be practiced, as a skill. “A little more joy might be within everyone’s reach,” says Davidson. The Appleton students’ panels have been installed in The Trout Museum of Art galleries and are on view through June 30, 2011. Additional tiles are on exhibit at Lawrence University’s Jason Downer Commons through June 6.”
Midwest Editorial Photo: Troy Freund
Blog: Troy Freund
Through July 10
“Tonight I got to spend a little time taking in a pair of nifty photo exhibits currently on display in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. The first was a 4-person show at the Portrait Gallery in the Marshall Building and the second was the COPA Members’ Show, just a block north at the Mayer Building. The Portrait Gallery is showing 4 artists: Erik Ljung, Kevin Miyazaki, a project by Jim Brozek, and Judy and Martin Drinka. Each artist is showing a rather unique body of work. This exhibit is hanging until July 10, 2011.”
Project Live! event blends art, science
Appleton Post-Crescent
May 17
APPLETON — The Appleton Compassion Project shined a light on compassion in the Fox Cities through a community art project involving more than 10,000 K-12 art students from the Appleton area. Using a blend of technology, writing, musical performance, poetry and science, the art and science of compassion also will be in the spotlight for the community at a free event at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Appleton Compassion Project Live! will be held at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in downtown Appleton.”
Community Arts
Call for Artists - Juried Call for Chimney Swift Towers/Outdoor Public Sculpture
STEVENS POINT SCULPTURE PARK
Application Deadline: August 1, 2011
www.stevenspointsculpturepark.org OVERVIEW : The Stevens Point Sculpture Park is working in partnership with the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society to develop and install two or more sculptural objects that can function as chimney swift nesting towers. Proposals for this project are now being accepted. . DESCRIPTION OF NEED : Chimney Swifts are beautiful birds that provide a benefit to our natural surroundings by eating many harmful insects. Often called “Flying Cigars” these birds are rapidly disappearing due to habitat loss since the 1980’s when new home chimney designs and overzealous homeowners combined to make homes critter free. Originally nesting in hollow trees, the Swift moved into homes that had wood/coal furnaces and chimneys. As gas furnaces replace wood and coal, many chimneys were either torn down or modified resulting with opening that would not allow chimney swift nesting. Modern homes often have no chimney’s or small vent pipes that are not sufficient to support Chimney Swift nesting. The survival of the Chimney Swift depends on having a place to nest. In recent times people have been building towers to address this need. Many constructed Chimney Swift towers are primarily utilitarian. This project is designed to explore the aesthetic possibilities of this medium.
Folk Arts/Folklife
Folk Humor & Cultural Diversity in Wisconsin Lecture by UW Prof. James Leary
The Isthmus
May 17
“The Wisconsin Humanities Council has funded an innovative project at the Waunakee Public Library titled "How We Got Here: Origins, Immigration, and Community." "How We Got Here" is a series of special events that looks at the Waunakee Community, where its citizens came from, their tales of how they got here, their family traditional recipes, and a series of expert speakers who will help explain the contributions of immigrants to Wisconsin, the culture we create, and how libraries help each new group become integral parts of Wisconsin's diverse population.”
Performing Arts
Presenting
The Tent - Wisconsin’s magical music destination: Big Top Chautauqua
Volume One Magazine
Season
“What’s in a name? The concept of “chautauqua” was an early education movement in the U.S. Traveling chautauquas took the form of tent shows. President Teddy Roosevelt called them “the most American thing in America.”Get ready to road trip! Way up north there’s a place often referred to as “THE summertime venue for musical awesomeness.” It’s also known more simply as “The Tent” or “The Big Top” and I first read about it moons ago in Michael Perry’s Truck, A Love Story. A place where kick-keister local, regional, and national acts show up, under the stars with a view to the largest lake in the world (Superior), and play their hearts out. Where a lively mix of old-fashioned goodness and state-of-the-art musical technology unite and charm your socks off. Up north in a sweet meadow high atop Mt Ashwabay there’s a striped canvas tent and that’s it – Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua.”
Other
$2,500 Grand Prize, Mackinac Island Contemporary Art Exhibition ContestUH
Location: MI
Deadline: Mon, May 16, 2011
Best of Show:$2,500 and gold medal, 2nd:$750, 3rd:$500. Mackinac Island-related 2-dimensional artwork (excluding photography). $25 per piece entry fee. Juror selected artwork displayed in state-of-the-art Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum's Contemporary Art Exhibition from July 15-October 9, 2011. Sponsored by Mackinac State Historic Parks. Award presentation held July 24. Contact: Jolene Priest | (231) 436-4100
UStage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Invites Universities and Colleges to Apply for Guest Artist Initiative Program
Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: May 16
“The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation affiliated with Stage Directors and Choreographers, is accepting grant proposals for SDCF's Guest Artist Initiative Program.”
Win disaster supplies in the MayDay 2011 prize drawing!
Heritage Preservation
Deadline: May 23
“Every MayDay Heritage Preservation collects examples of creative but practical preparedness measures to share online. Any cultural institution submitting a brief description of 2011 MayDay plans or accomplishments by May 23, 2011, will be entered in a drawing for disaster supplies donated by Gaylord Brothers. Click here to view the prizes and submit your story!”
First Peoples Fund Invites Nominations of American Indian Artists for Community Spirit Awards
First Peoples Fund, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: May 31
“The First Peoples Fund is accepting nominations for its Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Awards. Community Spirit Awards are national fellowship awards for established artists who have demonstrated substantial contributions to their community through their careers as artists. The award honors American Indian artists who exemplify their traditional cultural values and way of life by sharing their creative talents and skills with others in the community.”
New Partnership for French-American Jazz ExchangeUH
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Deadline May 31
Baltimore, MD - February 2, 2011 - Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, FACE and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy have announced a new partnership to administer the French-American Jazz Exchange ("FAJE"). Created in 2005, the program is dedicated to furthering the creative and professional development of jazz artists from France and the United States through the interchange of artistic practice and exposure to new constituencies.
Cinereach Invites Letters of Inquiry for Film Production Grant Program
Cinereach, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: June 1 (Letter of Inquiry)
“Cinereach is a not-for-profit film production company and foundation that supports fiction and nonfiction filmmakers from all over the world through grants and awards, the Reach Film Fellowship, an internal productions department, and partnerships with the Sundance Institute and other organizations.”
Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission Announces NEW Special Grant Opportunity: Distinctly Dane
Dane County Cultural Affairs
June 1 Deadline
“Help Dane County Celebrate it’s 175th Anniversary In addition to project and capital grants, the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission presents a special grant opportunity related to the county’s year-long 175th anniversary celebration. Distinctly Dane focuses upon our sense of place, belonging, and identity as expressed by Dane County voices. Dane County’s past, present, and future will be featured in selected grant projects. The Commission hopes this theme inspires new local arts, culture and history projects and programs representing a broad range of topics such as our Native American ancestors, agricultural roots, conservation legacy, ever-growing ethnic and cultural diversity, devotion to sustainability, mixture of rural, natural and urban landscapes, values and aspirations for the future of our Dane County home, and more.”
HMacArthur Foundation Accepting Proposals for Documentary Film Grants
Philanthropy News Digest, The Foundation Center
Deadline: June 1
“The Media, Culture, and Special Initiatives program at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is accepting proposals for its 2011 documentary film grants program. The program seeks to fund documentary film projects that address the significant social challenges of our time or explore important but under-reported topics.”
UMACKINAC ISLAND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION CONTESTUH
Entries must be postmarked by June 1, 2011.
Photographers also have a unique opportunity to showcase their best work to visitors from around to world. Announcing MSHP’s first Mackinac Island Photography Exhibition, aimed at sharing Mackinac moments captured on “film." Photographers can share their vision of Mackinac through various forms, including digital or analog, color, monochrome, or any alternative photographic process. Juried by talented S. Kay Young, a Native American Detroit-based artist and teacher at Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills Heritage Park Art Program, this photography contest offers a first place cash prize of $500, sponsored by Mackinac Associates, second place of $350, sponsored by Benjamin of Mackinac Island, Inc., and third place of $150, sponsored by Joanne's Fudge. Young will select an array of inspirational photographs to appear in the art museum’s Mackinac Island Photography Exhibition, open August 1-October 9, 2011.
Meet The Composer Invites Applications From Sponsoring Organizations for MetLife Creative Connections Program
Meet the Composer, Philanthropy News Digest
June 1
“Administered by Meet The Composer with support from the MetLife Foundation and other funders, the MetLife Creative Connections program provides support for U.S. composers to participate in public activities related to specific performances of their original music. By supporting the composer's interaction with audiences, performers, arts organizations, and local communities, MetLife Creative Connections aims to increase public awareness and enhance the creative artist's role in society.”
Mid-America Juried Art Exhibition Prospectus
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri
Deadline: June 4
“Mid-America Juried Art Exhibition was developed by the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri to provide a forum for artists on a Mid-America scale to complete and display their work. The selected art features both traditional and “cutting edge” work and will be exhibited at the Arts Council’s Gallery 100.”
Entries Invited for Council on Foundations' Annual Film & Video Festival
The Council on Foundations & Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media, Philanthropy News Digest
June 6
“The Council on Foundations and Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media are seeking submissions of films and videos for the council's 45th Annual Film and Video Festival, to be held April 29 – May 1, 2012, in Los Angeles. The festival showcases films, videos, and television programs that have received support from foundations, corporate giving programs, and donor networks with the aim of encouraging grantmakers to use media to advance their philanthropic goals.”
Grants for Arts Writers
Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program
Deadline: June 8
“The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program supports individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through grants ranging from 3,000 to 50,000 USD. Writers who meet the program’s eligibility requirements are invited to apply in the following categories: Articles, Blogs, Books, New and Alternative Media, and Short-Form Writing.”
Tournées Festival Program Offers Grants to Bring Contemporary French Cinema to U.S. College Campuses
French American Cultural Exchange, Philanthropy News Digest
June 30, October 1
“FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting contemporary creative work in the context of French-American cultural and educational exchange, is accepting applications for the Tournées Festival, a program designed to help bring contemporary French cinema to college and university campuses in the United States. Now in its sixteenth year, the program distributes close to $200,000 in grants annually to encourage schools to begin their own self-sustaining French film festivals.”
Sappi Fine Paper North America Seeks Entries for Ideas That Matter Design Grant Program
Sappi Fine Paper, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: July 15
“Sappi Fine Paper North America has announced the 2011 call for entries for Ideas that Matter, an annual grant program that recognizes and supports designers who donate their time and talent to create communications materials for a wide range of charitable activities.”
Call for Artists
Great Lakes Art Fair
Deadline: July 29
“The Great Lakes Art Fair is the fastest growing indoor Art event in the Midwest. From its inception in Spring 2009 to the most recent event, attendance has more than doubled. Juried artist applications jumped more than 40 percent from Fall 2009 to Spring 2010. This Bi-Annual Fair offer fine artists in the region a reliable, regularly scheduled, “weather-free” marketplace to showcase their freshest and most beautiful work, and word is spreading rapidly that this is a destination event for artists and patron alike.”
ASCAP Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for Music Grant Program
ASCAP Foundation, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: August 1 (Letters of Intent)
“The ASCAP Foundation is a publicly supported charitable organization dedicated to supporting American music creators and encouraging their development through music education and talent development programs. The foundation is accepting Letters of Intent for new 2012 grant funding from nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations engaged in music education and talent development programs for aspiring songwriters and composers.”
First Peoples Fund Invites Applications for Artist in Business Leadership Program
First Peoples Fund, Philanthropy News Digest
Deadline: September 1
“The First Peoples Fund's Artist in Business Leadership Program is designed to help entrepreneurial Native American artists develop their marketing and business skills and build self-sustaining, arts-based businesses.”
Art, Video, Music, Writing Contests from WASB
DPI ConnectED
Deadlines: November, 2011
“The Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) has announced guidelines for its Student Art and Video contests (deadlines are in November), as well as its Music Showcase and Write and Illustrate Your Own Picture Book! competitions (deadlines are in June). Winning entries in each contest will be displayed at the 2012 State Education Convention, January 18-20 in Milwaukee (the top musical groups get to perform there). The Wisconsin Art Exhibits and Awards are open to public school students in grades 7-12. The WASB Student Video Contest gives students the opportunity to develop creative, thought-provoking videos individually, in a small group, or as a class project. Students must be in grades 7-12. Musical groups from grades 6-12 may send audition tapes to the Music Showcase. For Write and Illustrate Your Own Picture Book!, teachers submit up to 10 of the most exemplary picture books per classroom (any K-12 public school student is eligible). To hold these competitions, WASB collaborates with the Wisconsin Art Education Association, the Wisconsin Educational Media Technology Association, and the Wisconsin School Music Association.”
HUCalling all furniture makers & artisans!UH
KL Communications Invites Furniture Makers & Artisans to Exhibit in the 2011 Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Shows
No deadline
TIVERTON, RI – KL Communications is pleased to invite artisans designing and handcrafting furniture, accessories, fine art & craft to apply to exhibit at the 2011 Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Shows taking place in Baltimore (April 15-17, 2011), Milwaukee (September 30 – October 2, 2011), and Providence (October 21-23, 2011). These shows primarily present studio and custom furniture with home décor accessories such as lighting, floor coverings, and fine art as well as quality handcrafted jewelry, wearables, pottery, glass, sculpture, and more. Artisans from throughout North America working in all media are invited to apply for an invitation to exhibit and sell their work at any or all of the 2011 shows. Applications to exhibit can be downloaded from the “Exhibitor Info” heading at www.FineFurnishingsShows.com or call 401-816-0963 for more information.”
The less art kids get, the more it shows.
Are yours getting enough?
Art. Ask for More.
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