| "I went to
Arts Night Out...I had not eaten."
Nonsensical headline
that only makes sense if you read the whole email.
I went looking for an image of a yellow hawaiian shirt to
add to the images above as a nod to Silas Kopf who is having
an event (see below) and who wears hawaiian shirts nearly
every day. And I found these *stunning*
hawaiian shirt clocks on bidville.com and the site counter
showed that I was visitor 0000. They couldn't be any cooler
even if they were combination clocks and salt and pepper shakers!
Anyway I had a tour of Silas' shop years ago and it is something
to see. It's a pretty nice gesture that he is opening his
shop and sharing his Steinway with us before it goes off forever
into some museum or lavish mansion (actually I traded my Bidet
for it so it is going into my (s)lavish mansion-studio) as
well as its place in history.
And the first
article below is for an event which is also really special.
Jane Lohmann teaches kids at the Florence Learning Center
whose mission is "Survival through the arts" and which provides
an important service. The kids at the center had the idea
to initiate a call to artists & use the lobby as a mini
gallery for the night of the show and I think we should
help the kids acheive this.
I am going to bring a piece and I hope others will do the
same. The specifics are all in the article below and Jane
has provided her email address and phone number and is happy
to answer any questions and happier still to have artists
RSVP with an offer to bring a painting or print or drawing
or sculpture over for the evening. And again, this is NOT
another call to donate work. It can be to show or sell and
if it does sell the artist can keep the proceeds.
In closing--Zea Mays has the best food for receptions. Check
out the fabulous art too at ZM at Arts Night Out (more info
below). And tune in Wednesdays for the Amy&MORadioShow
at 8 am on 103.3. We do an in-depth food report after
each night out.
Share your
art with the world for one special night
BENEFIT FOR
THE FLORENCE LEARNING CENTER - Silk Voices: Survival Through
the Arts
 This is
NOT yet another call to donate art. This is a call to show
your art in the lobby of the benefit and maybe sell it and
keep THE FULL SALE AMOUNT.
So, I agreed to bring the bidet to show before it goes to
Provincetown the next morning and I am hoping it will have
some company from some of my fellow artists. Hinting... It
is a very worthy event and sounds like a really fun one to
attend.
Original article follows:
May 19th, 7-9pm
Northampton High School auditorium
380 Elm Street
Northampton, MA 01060
On May 19th, Florence Learning Center, Northampton's public
alternative high school, is hosting a benefit for the Northampton
Survival Center. Silk Voices - an evening of community arts
that brings together professional and student performers
of various ages, genres and backgrounds features song, dance,
poetry, yo-yo, belly dance, hip-hop, fashion, circus arts
and more.
Special guests include: internationally touring folk poet
Alix Olson, veteran musician and community educator Evelyn
Harris, formerly of Sweet Honey and the Rock, and Worcester
Magazine’s #1 hip hop band The Alchemystics. Student performers
include: Nick Gumlaw, internationally ranked yo-yo competitor,
Theresa Harvey, local up and coming fashion designer, Peejay
Delgado of Youth Leadership for the Arts, and classical pianist,
Ben Naismith.
Students of the Florence Learning Center will share the stage
with professional artists at the Northampton High School auditorium
to create a collaborative evening of art in the fight against
local poverty and hunger.
Proceeds from the event will support the Northampton Survival
Center and academic programming at Florence Learning Center.
Generous donations are deeply appreciated.
Ticket prices start at $5 (the average cost of about
2 pounds of food at the grocery store) but please give what
you can. The annual cost of running the Survival Center and
distributing over 420,000 pounds of food for a year is $227,000.
We’re hoping to raise $3000 in support of powerful, action-
focused education in the fight against local hunger.
To reserve tickets or find out more information, please
call The Florence Learning Center at 413-587- 1412.
This event is organized and produced by the Florence Learning
Center, a diverse alternative academic community of creative
and talented young people.
From
Jane Lohman: we're hoping to pack the house. Our
students thought it would be cool to have visual arts in
the lobby for people arriving early and during the intermission.
I know the notice is short, but the space is small. The
artists would not have to donate anything that they make
(if they sell a piece) to the Survival Center (unless they
wanted to, of course), but they could just have the chance
to show and spruce up our engagement at the same time.
So, May 19, 7-9 p.m. at NHS Arts Showcase event (Silk Voices
is the title). Invitation to artists to show work in lobby
setting for what we hope will be a packed house of arts
enthusiasts.
The only restriction (per the principal) is that it's a
"family event". 3d is great (bring your own pedestal if
one is needed), and drop-off around 4-ish/ pick up around
9:30 p.m. that night would be good. We'll be there having
an "after party" that artists are welcome to join -- nothing
fancy...very basic. (pizza, cookies, etc.)
Thanks for setting the lead over there.
My contact info is:
Jane Lohmann
lohmanja@gse.harvard.edu
413-268-3889 (home)
413-587-1412 (work)
ARTS NIGHT
OUT - New Show at Zea Mays & More
Reception
Friday, May 12, from 5 to 7 p.m.
 The Gallery
at Zea Mays Printmaking presents:
Reflections: Collagraphs by Diane Kazar Worth and Relief
Prints Invitational
April 21 - May 31, 2006 OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, May
12, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
The Gallery at Zea Mays Printmaking is pleased to host two
new exhibits of relief prints - Reflections: Collagraphs by
Diane Kazar Worth and Relief Prints Invitational: woodcuts
and reduction linocuts by Wendy Ketchum, Ruth Ginsberg-Place,
Bobette McCarthy, and Susan Jaworski-Stranc.
The gallery is located at 221 Pine Street, on the third floor
of the Arts and Industry Building in Florence, MA. The
phone number is 413.584.1783. Exhibit hours are: Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday: 12 - 5, Wednesday: 12 - 8, the first
and third Saturdays and Sundays of the month: 12 - 5, and
by appointment.
Diane Kazar Worth's current work consists of relief collagraphs
printed on silk as well as on paper. Her imagery is restrained,
simple, and abstract and the long narrow shapes reflect a
Japanese influence in format as well as in style. These images
are meant to allow the viewer a quiet space for reflection,
remaining open enough for various thoughts to emerge.
In a concurrent exhibit in the gallery, Ruth Ginsberg- Place
and Bobette McCarthy show recent woodcuts, alongside reduction
linocuts by Susan Jaworski- Stranc and mixed media relief
prints by Wendy Ketchum.
ALSO AT
ARTS NIGHT OUT--
The portfolios of this year’s Northampton High School
honors arts students will be on display in the galleries
at The Northampton Center for The Arts from May 5-25.
The exhibit, curated by the high school's art teachersLisa
Leary, Martha McCormick and Lindsay Fogg-Willits will
offer the creative works of more than a dozen talented high
school artists.
A companion exhibition of the work of the high school's
students in other art classes will be on display during
May at the A.P.E. Gallery, third floor, Thorne’s Marketplace,
150 Main Street, Northampton. (Both exhibitions will
be on view at Northampton's Arts Night Out, Friday, May
12, from 5 to 7 p.m.)
Also at the NCA-
Earthforce Music presents a recipe for a great evening
on Friday, May 12, starting at 8 p.m. Put DJ Theory
together with three bands—Soullution, Alchemystics and mystafine—
some vegetarian food and a whole ballroom for dancing and
you’ve got a good time. That will be $10 at the door, please.
For more information, e-mail ianisoultree@yahoo.com
Open House/Meet
The Walden Piano Event
Saturday May
13 & Sunday May 14 at The Old Firehouse in easthampton
<--The
piano (upside down) and the shop with arrow indicating main
entrance.
A special invitation from the famous Silas Kopf, Wood Marquetry
Mas ter. Silas has a beautiful shop in
the old firehouse in Easthampton and does such beautiful work.
This event is an opportunity to see both the work and the
shop and meet the master himself, a very endearing and interesting
person.
From Silas:
Friends, The Walden Woods Piano is almost complete and will
soon be going back to the Steinway factory. Before it goes,
we are going to have an open house at the workshop. (and the
case will be right side up....) The piano is going to be sold
as a fund raiser for the Thoreau Institute in Concord, Mass.
There will be an auction that will start on-line next October.
The final aspect of the auction is going to be an event at
Steinway Hall in Manhattan at the end of November or early
December. There is also talk of doing a concert, but that
is sketchy right now.
I used only native New England woods, many of them culled
from limb-falls in the area around Walden Pond. There is a
Thoreau quote inlaid around the top of the rim and below are
a set of plaques that depict trees and shrubs Thoreau wrote
about.
The quote on the piano is the first sentence. "I went to the
woods.......I had not lived."
Dates:
Saturday, May 13 from 1 to 5 PM
Sunday, May 14 from 2 to 5 PM
Place: 84 Union Street in Easthampton (the old fire house)
Please join us,
Silas Kopf 527 0284
Young @ Heart:
Alive and Well
at the Academy
of Music Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts at 8PM on Saturday
May 13, 2006.
 Young @
Heart: Alive and Well at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton,
Massachusetts at 8PM on Saturday May 13, 2006.
Young @ Heart is the subject of a documentary by Bluebird
Films from London, England. This very special event will be
filmed for the documentary and will feature old friends and
new songs. Please join us!
General Admission Tickets: $10 in advance; $12 at the
door.
Advance Tickets at the Academy of Music and State Street
Fruit Store in Northampton, Cooper’s Corner in Florence and
For the Record in Amherst.
Order by credit card 413 587 1300
The Young @ Heart is a rowdy bunch of 70, 80 and 90 year olds
singing music 'your mother wouldn't like'. In fact, they are
positively attracted to the bad boys and naughty girls of
the last 50 years, covering Led Zeppelin to OutKast with a
good measure of The Clash and Radiohead.
Young @ Heart has become infamous for its defiant and moving
performances. As its name suggests, age is integral to this
company. Slaughtering any good-natured sympathy by using age
as an ironic weapon, the Young @ Heart has crafted surprising
and hilarious work that is not about old people performing,
but rather a performance that happens to feature older people.
www.youngatheartchorus.com
413 587 1300
Call for Entries at Valley Photo center
Deadline Saturday,
May 13
 <--Last year's Best of Show winner, "Self-Portrait by Jamoka"
Call for Entries
The Valley Photo Center is now accepting entries for our Spring
open submission show entitled "Anything Goes". Its time to
select your best images and get them to the lab to be printed,
pick out the best mat and frame and get them ready to hang.
The deadline is Saturday, May 13. Don't wait till the
last minute. Its really not that far off. Entry fee is $25.00
for your first two entries ($20.00 for current subscribers
to Portfolio Magazine) and $10.00 for each additional entry.
Download the submission form at www.ValleyPhotoCenter.com.
The exhibit will be from May 24 to June 23 with the artist
reception Thursday June 1 from 6:00 to 8:00pm.
Drop off your submissions at the Valley Photo Center, 1500
Main Street in Springfield, Wednesdays thru Saturdays 11:00
- 2:00pm during exhibits or one of our generous supporters
that include Hunts Photo and Video in Hadley, In A Flash in
Springfield, Edwards Books upstairs from the VPC in Springfield,
and Giclee of New England in Monson.
Now for the best news. There will be a $300.00 best of show
cash award as well as an additional $300 cash prizes spread
out over 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. These prizes are made possible,
in part, by our media sponsor Turley Publications.
Watch for more details in future emails, Portfolio Magazine
and your local town newspaper put out by Turley Publications.
For more information, call 413-781-1553.
Word and Image:
Selections from the Permanent Collection
A student-curated
exhibition organized by The University Gallery, in collaboration
with the Department of Art History
 <--John Roy, r-ESTAU-rant, 1966
Word and Image in Contemporary Art
May 4- June 12, 2006
Opening Reception: May 11, 5:00 - 7:00pm
The University Gallery, in collaboration with the Department
of Art History, will organize a student-curated exhibition,
Word and Image: Selections from the Permanent Collection.
The exhibition will utilize the university's significant collection
of contemporary works of art on paper and correspond with
a graduate art history seminar on the same theme. The Department
of Art History anticipates that this pilot project will be
the first in a program of annual spring exhibitions to be
organized by M.A. candidates in Art History. This collaboration
will increase the university's awareness of the University
Gallery's integral role as the only collecting museum on campus
and introduce students to the Gallery's important collection
through works related to various themes in contemporary art.
In addition, the continuation of this program will provide
graduate students with exciting, professional opportunities
each year.
The exhibition features works on paper by contemporary artists
and explores the various ways in which 20th century artists
have incorporated text into their visual art. The increasing
interdependence of word and image is evident in artists' use
of text as communicator, as an exploration of sign systems,
or as art in itself.
The exhibition is curated by Lisa Amato, a fourth semester
M.A. candidate in Art History. An illustrated brochure with
text by Amato will accompany the exhibition.
MAY 11, 5-7 pm: Professor Claire Daigle, Visiting Assistant
Professor in Art History and instructor of the spring 2006
graduate seminar, Word and Image in Contemporary Art, will
speak about the formal aspects of artists' use of text in
visual images. Opening reception to follow.
MAY 18, 5 - 5:45pm: Lisa Amato will speak about the
way artists have used text to political or didactic ends.
This program was made possible in part by a grant from the
UMass Arts Council
University Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11:00am to 4:30pm
and Saturday - Sunday, 2 to 5pm.
Augusten Burroughs
Reading
Wednesday,
June 14, 2006 at 7:30 P.M. - ADVANCE TIX NEEDED
 WFCR presents
AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 7:30 P.M.
Chapin Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Mass.
Augusten Burroughs is the author of "Running with Scissors,"
"Dry," and "Magical Thinking," all of which were New York
Times bestsellers published around the world. The film version
of "Running With Scissors," starring Annette Bening and Gwyneth
Paltrow and directed by Ryan Murphy ("Nip/Tuck"), is set for
a fall 2006 release. Augusten has been named one of the 15
funniest people in America by Entertainment Weekly. He lives
in New York City and western Massachusetts.
Augusten will read from and sign his new book, "Possible Side
Effects" (St. Martin's Press). The book release date is May
2006.
For information on "Possible Side Effects" and Augusten Burroughs,
see: http://www.augusten.com/.
Sponsors: Mount Holyoke College, the Advocate Newspapers,
and the Odyssey Bookshop.
Tickets (general admission within sections) are priced $30-$70
with a copy of "Possible Side Effects" and $10-$50 without
the book. They are available from the University of Massachusetts
Amherst Fine Arts Center Box Office by phone (413-545-2511
or 800- 999-UMASS), or online through http://www.wfcr.org/.
Producer's Circle tickets include preferential seating and
admission to the 6:30 P.M. pre-event reception.
Institute
of Unnecessary Research - be there or be square!
At Sussex
University on 24th May
 From Anna
Dumitriu - UK:
Just in case you haven't heard about my crazy event at Sussex
University on 24th May have a look at the website www.unnecessaryresearch.org
We'll have loads of art and science and performance with some
of the top practicioners in their fields.
Maybe come along to our panel discussion and ask yourself
"Unnecessary research - what's the point?" Already loads of
argumentative people have booked to come, so it should be
a laugh!
Artists include me, Anna Dumitriu (doing Bacteriology/Art
PHD at Brighton Uni), Rachel Cohen (who has recently finished
a project with The Centre for Neuroscience and Robotics at
Sussex Uni), Ollie Glass (doing Artificial Intelligence/Music
Research at Sussex Uni), Luciana Hail (researching neurofeedback),
Jon Gilhooley (doing a Magic/Art PHD at University of Kent),
Richard Robinson (writer of "Why does the toast always land
butter side down) and Matthew Waldman (lecturer at Parsons
School New York) and fellow Catalyst member Theresa Sundt
who's studying the effects of different colour frequency.
So it should be cool, eh!
Hope you can make it,
Anna
Ian Watson
to Perform Mozart on Mother's Day
7:30 pm on
Sunday, May 14 at the First Church of Deerfield
 Ian Watson,
Organist and Arcadia Players’ Director, to Perform Mozart
on Mother’s Day
Arcadia Players Artistic Director, Ian Watson, will give an
organ concert at 7:30 pm on Sunday, May 14 at the First Church
of Deerfield, in Deerfield. Following his brilliant inaugural
recital last season, Watson returns to continue Arcadia’s
celebration of the Mozart 250th anniversary with three of
the composer’s works for organ. The program also offers music
by the early Baroque Dutch composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
as part of the Pioneer Valley’s “Go Dutch!” programs, and
two monumental works of Bach, including the thrilling Fantasia
and Fugue in G minor. The historic “Brick Church Meetinghouse”
in Deerfield, with its newly built baroque organ, is ideal
for this repertoire.
Ian Watson possesses an impressive background of musical experience
and high praise. He is firmly established as an outstanding
British musician of his generation, both as conductor and
as organist, harpsichordist and pianist. For the past several
months he has performed as organist with Sir John Eliot Gardiner
and the Monteverdi Choir on their international Bach and Mozart
tours. The May 14 concert will be his second on the celebrated
new organ at First Church of Deerfield, hand-built by the
master craftsmen of Richards & Fowkes. The pairing of
Watson’s extraordinary talent with this outstanding instrument
promises to be a most memorable experience.
Opening with Bach’s dramatic, Italianate Prelude and Fugue
in G major, BWV 541, the concert will close with his mighty
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542. Also featured are
Sweelinck’s Variations on “Mein junges Leben hat ein End”
the Mozart Fantasia, K.594, written (originally for mechanical
organ) in the last year of his life, and some of Mozart’s
Epistle Sonatas, which Watson performs with violinists Joseph
Jewett and Michelle Liechti and cellist Alice Robbins. About
Ian Watson’s recordings of these sonatas, the magazine Musical
Opinion wrote “Not to be missed,” CD Review said “An hour’s
delightful listening,” and BBC Music Magazine added “Cannot
fail to delight.” His concert in Deerfield allows area music
lovers to hear several of these ensemble pieces live.
Watson will give an informative pre concert talk at 6:40 pm,
and a reception to meet the artists at Deerfield Academy’s
Caswell Library will follow the concert. The concert is sponsored
by Deerfield Academy and is partially funded by the MCC’s
Local Cultural Councils throughout the Pioneer Valley including
Greenfield, Hadley, Longmeadow, Pelham, Whately, and Williamsburg.
.
Individual tickets may be ordered by calling Arcadia Players
at (413) 256-4888 or on the web at www.arcadiaplayers.org.
Advance ticket prices are $22 general, $40 reserve seating,
and $10 for students. Tickets purchased at the door are $25
general, $45 reserved.
Arcadia Players may be reached at (413) 256-4888 or by e-mailing
info@arcadiaplayers.org .
EJ Barnes
at GCC
Starting 3
May and running through 30 June
 Funny Pictures,
Serious Business: An Exhibit of Editorial Cartoon Art Created
for The Recorder
Since March 2005, the editorial page of The Recorder, Greenfield's
daily newspaper, has featured the cartoons of E. J. Barnes.
Starting 3 May and running through 30 June, these and several
others of her topical cartoons will be on display at Greenfield
Community College's Downtown Center, 270 Main Street, Greenfield.
The Downtown Center building's open hours in May are Monday
through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Fridays 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. In June, Friday hours end at noon. The building is
closed on Saturday and Sunday.
Directions are on the GCC website at http://www.gcc.mass.edu/info/directions.html
Collage Workshops in May
 cOllaGe
WorKsHops
Wednesdays in May 4-6 p.m.
May 10th The Art of Eating
May 17th The Treasure Within
May 24th Dream Collage
May 31st Soul Journal
$25 each session, all materials included. just bring your
soul and your favorite slippers... fragrance-free gatherings
in the heart of Holyoke's blossoming canal district. Offered
by multi-media artist, Gineen Cooper. read more at www.womenarts.org
email gineenlee@hotmail.com to sign up, and for directions
& descriptions.
Valley Free Radio Fundraising Week
Tune in and
help out
Saturday May 22nd - Friday May 26 is our first on-air
fund drive. We'll be doing live pitching, and taking credit
card donations over the phone. Please try to listen and help
us stay on the air.
Donations can also be mailed to:
VFR-MEF
60 MASONIC STREET
NORTHAMPTON, MA 01060
VFR is now
webstreaming!
check out this temporary
link and listen live from your computer.
There are so many fabulous shows to choose from and then
there is TheAmy&MoRadioShow. Listen to us
Wednesdays from 8 to 9 am.
Community Run, Commercial Free Radio for the Northampton
Listening Area
Valley
Free Radio, in association with Free Press, the Grassroots
Radio Coalition, and Prometheus, a national low power fm
advocacy and education organization, helped launch WXOJ
FM, Valley Free Radio, in August of 2005 at a "barnraising"
in Florence, Massachusetts. Valley Free Radio is a low power
FM radio station broadcasting at 103.3 FM. We are a community
organization that operates as a collective. Our board, committee,
and general membership meetings are open to the public.
We broadcast from the Florence Community Center, located
at 140 Pine Street in Florence, Massachusetts. If you would
like to contact the station by phone please try our studio
line at (413) 585-1033 or our business line at (413) 584
- 1160. Send email to vfr@valleyfreeradio.org. If you are
interested in hosting a show or writing something for a
show, please review our programming guidelines. Para más
información en español, favor de comunicarse con: mas@valleyfreeradio.org
Dwight Smith's
Movie Picks
Always delicious
I always get these fabulous movie picks from my friend Dwight
Smith who lives in Montreal )and is working on a novel entitled,
"Nobody"), so I thought I'd share them with everyone rather
than just whoever I run into in the days after I watch them.
Because they are always great.
From Dwight:
My favourite movie of the week so far:
"Nine Lives.", written and directed by Rodrigo
Garcia. These incredibly sharp and poignant vignettes, singular
moments of existence, not a single excessive breath. My favourite
of the nine is Diana with Robin Wright Penn who as an actress
can take you places with her eyes or a hand movement that
you never imagined possible.
Previous picks:
The
Girl in the Cafe
Travellers
and Magicians
POETRY SPACE
For all the
poets on this list - Please send poetry
 It seems that
we have a lot of poets on this list now. And a few of you
were going to send me poetry for this space but seem to have
missed this week's deadline. So I put a poem in here to get
the poetry thing started.
This is a poem I submitted to the Florence Poets Society for
a Collection coming out soon. It was written almost exactly
23 years ago by my late brother Matt.
All poetry is welcome. Please send as plain text. accompanying
images encouraged.
Sitting among the pages
and a graffiti covered column
Listening to the silence
I'm bored, feel tired and solemn
Staring down the alley
The white labels facing outward
Squinting with my closing eyes
And voices to the starboard
The bricks are coalescing
Different shades go out and back
And to the left, a porthole
The red lights on a track
In the sky above me
I mean it's quite a shock
There glows the backlit dial
Of a stagnant, hopeless clock
People enter, people leave
But always slightly humming
People stand and people lie
It's not our shortcoming
And alas, my reflection as
I peer right through the glass
Try to keep my mind off that
Which tomorrow hope to pass
For last week it all started
And time slowed to a halt
Now it's crawling even slower
But hell, it's my own fault
So I must conclude this note
And feelings I have for this
For soon the summer will be here
The time which I most miss.
~May 16, 1983
(MATTHEW RINGEY, June 19, 1962 - March 24, 1985)
CALLS FOR
ARTISTS/ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES
Various Calls
for Submissions - arranged hopefully
NEW-->The Boston Arts Festival will take place on September 9th
and 10th in the scenic Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park
along Boston Harbor between the North End and Long Wharf.
A call to Visual and Performing Artists to participate in
the festival has been issued by the Mayor’s Office of Arts,
Tourism and Special Events. Participation will be based on
a juried selection process. Applications are available at
www.cityofboston.gov/arts/artsfestival.asp
or by calling Michelle Baxter at (617) 635-3245. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DUE JUNE 10 - The Northampton Center for the Arts is seeking
submissions for a July 2006 exhibition.
The exhibition will be juried by slides or CDs of works on
paper, including photographs. Up to three submissions per
artist will be accepted.
Submissions must include slides/CDs, a completed version of
this application form, a check for the $20 made out to the
Northampton Center for the Arts and a stamped, self-addressed
envelope for return of materials. Please label slides/CDs
with name of artist, materials, dimensions of artwork; no
3-D works will be accepted.
The submission packet should be mailed or delivered in person
to the Center, 17 New South Street, third floor, Northampton,
MA 01060 by June 10, 2006; notification will be sent by June
20, 2006. The Center is open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The application form is attached or available at
http://www.nohoarts.org/thegalleries.htm
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Due May 15 - The Northampton Arts Council Announces Arts
EZ Spring '06 Grant Opportunity.
The Northampton Arts Council, Inc. is once again running a
special, locally supported arts grant round. This spring the
Arts Council will be distributing up to $25,000 from funds
that were raised at last summer's Transperformance 15: New
York and the recent Four Sundays in February ’06 series featuring
saxophonist David “Fathead” Newman and singer Cynthia Scott.
These grants are available to writers, painters, photographers,
sculptors, musicians, videographers and all other creatives
and arts organizations for projects held in Northampton.
Guidelines and applications are available via our website:
www.northamptonartscouncil.org
and can be downloaded as PDF’s. Using the PDF application,
one can complete the application on a computer (no more struggling
to find a typewriter!).
Hard copies of the guidelines and applications are also available
in Northampton at Guild Art Supply, Center for the Arts
Northampton, A.P.E., on the 3rd floor in Thornes and the Northampton
Arts Council office, Room 5, 240 Main St.
Completed applications with support materials must be received
by 4:30 pm on Monday, May 15, 2006 at the Northampton Arts
Council office.
Because this is a locally funded cycle, we have eliminated
as much of the paperwork as we can. To that end we have developed
Arts EZ Spring 2006 Application Form. This is a one-page form
with 3 short questions and a required project budget. Individual
artists and arts organizations will receive equal consideration
for grants. Only one grant application per person or organization
will be considered. See the Arts EZ Spring 2006 Guidelines
for criteria and eligibility requirements. The Arts Council
will fund projects that take place between July 1, 2006 and
June 30, 2007.
This local round of funding would not have been possible without
the support of many local businesses, arts organizations,
and artists that have helped make our fundraising efforts
a huge success.
For more information, visit our website at www.northamptonartscouncil.org,
email us at arts@ci.northampton.ma.us or call Sondra Peron
at (413) 587-1269.
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ongoing.
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs + Image Registry
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is
the largest public funder of arts and culture in the country.
The Percent for Art artist slide registry is an up-to-date
and important component of the Program. The registry is consulted
by the architects, panelists, and City agencies for each project.
The Percent for Art staff prepares a slide presentation from
the registry for each panel meeting. The registry is open
to any professional visual artist residing in the United States.
Deadline: On-going Information: www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/panyc/slide_reg.shtml
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May 10, 2006 CURRENT: The Aesthetics of Contemporary
Culture
to be held at Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary
Art, June 4th - June 29th, 2006. This exhibition explores
avenues including electronic culture, the media, web and posters
design, youth culture, music, digital graphics, video games,
increasing globalization, and rapidly changing technologies.
We are accepting submissions in all media. Open to artists
18 and over living in the U.S. $25/3 digital submissions (only).
Cash prizes awarded. All work must be for sale. Insurance.
BRGCCA will retain a 50% commission. Deadline for application
is May 10, 2006. Full prospectus available at: www.batonrougegallery.org.
Call us at: 225-383- 1470. Baton Rouge Gallery, 1442 City
Park Av, Baton Rouge LA 70808.
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May 19, 2006 19th Annual Northern National Art Competition.
Open to U.S. Artists 18 or older. May submit 2 slides of 2-D
art in any medium. Three $1000 Awards of Excellence. Over
$8500 total in prize money. Juror/Judge: Renowned photographer,
printmaker and author Phyllis Galembo. Entry Fee $25.00-All
proceeds from sales go to the artists. For Prospectus send
business sized SASE to NAC (Northern Arts Council), Box 916,
Rhinelander WI 54428. Email Katherine Ralph: kralph@nicoletcollege.edu
OR 715-365-4556. Postmark deadline for entries is May 19,
2006. Opening Reception July 25, 2006. Web: http://www.nicoletcollege.edu/artgal/artgall.htm
OR Contact: Dori Brown, Northern Arts Council, 715-362-3963
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May 12, 2006 Annual Juried Art Competition, call for
entries - Teris & The South Arkansas Arts Center are hosting
SAAC's 2006 Annual Juried Art Competition for 2-D fine artist
working in any media. The exhibit will be held June 29 - July
28. Total cash awards of $1700 1 slide $10 or 3 slides $25
Juror: Mary Anderson, Artist from Ocean Springs, MS. For details
or a prospectus visit our website or send a SASE to: SAAC
Juried Show, 110 East 5th St, El Dorado AR 71730 OR 870-862-5474
OR Download prospectus on the website: www.saac-arts.org
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May 31, 2006 STRANGE FIGURATIONS A thematic exhibition
open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations.
Open to all figurative styles from the realist to the surreal
and visionary. Open to all media. 72" maximum dimension. The
exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, September 1
- 24, 2006. National magazine publication awards. On-line
entry form at: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/figure.htm
OR email: slowart@aol.com OR send SASE to: SlowArt Productions,
Box 503, Phoenicia NY 12464
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May 31, 2006 Call for Entries: Science and Engineering
Visualization Challenge The National Science Foundation and
the journal Science, published by the AAAS, invite you to
participate in the fourth annual Science and Engineering Visualization
Challenge. The international competition recognizes scientists,
engineers, visualization specialists, and artists for producing
or commissioning innovative work in visual communication.
The ability to convey the essence and excitement of research
in digitized images, color diagrams, multimedia and animation
has given researchers the perspective needed to set new research
directions and equipped other citizens to see and understand
complex science concepts. Award categories: Photographs, Illustrations,
Interactive Media, Non-Interactive Media and Informational
Graphics. Winners in each category will be published in the
September 22, 2006 issue of Science Magazine and Science Online
and displayed on the NSF website. The competition is currently
open to the public; no entry fee. For complete entry information,
please contact: American Association for the Advancement of
Science OR http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/index
.jsp
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June 20, 2006 The Camera Club of New York announces
its 2006 National Photography Competition. The competition
is open to all US residents 18 years or older except members
of the Camera Club of New York or their families, and employees.
Freestanding pieces will not be accepted. We are most pleased
that Antonin Kratochvil renowned photographer and documentarian,
will be our Juror. Each entry will consist of either 6 digital
entries on CD or 6 slides with a fee of $35.00 Chosen artist
will receive a one-person exhibition in our Alfred Lowenherz
Gallery and a cash award of $300 Other finalists will participate
in a group show. Send self-addressed stamped envelope for
prospectus to: 2006 National Photography Competition, Camera
Club of New York, 853 Broadway, New York NY 10003 OR visit
our website at: www.cameraclubofnewyork.org, download an entry
form and view the complete rules and information about The
Camera Club of New York.
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