Deadline for all applications: 15 June 2012

Symposium: 17–20 May 2012

Nida Art Colony
Vilnius Academy of Arts
Taikos str. 43
Neringa (Nida), Lithuania

T +370 662 45216
info@nidacolony.lt

www.nidacolony.lt

Nida Art Colony invites artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers to experience the Winter and Spring on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park, Lithuania.

Call for residency applications
Baltic-Nordic residencies October–December 2012 and international residencies January–May 2013

Nida Art Colony (NAC) welcomes proposals for its upcoming winter residencies. Two types of residencies are available. Residencies with grants will be offered to Baltic and Nordic artists for the term of October to December, 2012. The January to May 2013 term is open to all applicants.

The NAC is located in a remote and beautiful landscape. The residency is appropriate for those artists seeking time, solitude, and big studio or open-air space as well as for those who love coincidences and want to meet artists from all over the world in order to collaborate with them now or in the future. The Colony building also hosts student workshops and international artistic projects for shorter periods of time. The NAC is located in the small resort town of Nida.

The Colony provides the necessary living and social conditions to ensure a comfortable environment for the five artists-in-residence. Each of the five residencies is set out on two floors with 65 square meters of floor space and features all the necessary facilities. The colony is situated about 600 meters away from the sand dunes, and a short walk from the beach. For a list of available equipment, see www.nidacolony.lt. Continue reading →

Speaking from personal experience, the panel will discuss how they first became involved on their respective boards and how it has helped them gain valuable skills and insight, helped strengthen the organizations where they volunteered and helped grow stronger in their careers.

 For anyone considering joining an arts board or taking on a more senior role within their current board, this seminar is a must.
 
Date   Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Time   7:30-9AM

Location Manulife Financial
Syd Jackson Theatre, 200 Bloor Street East
Main Entrance off St. Paul’s Square (one block east of Church, north side of Bloor)
Check in at the Rotunda security desk

Tickets  $25 each, available at
http://www.breakfastmay16.eventbrite.com

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Trend Watch for Nonprofits says:“ organizations will see more demand for their good work…“(Village Vibes’ May 7, 2012) 

 We say: Bring it! 

Workshop in Asset Based Community Development in Toronto (II) .Learn the how-to’s of this bottom-up approach to facilitating and funding social change projects in our city. Thursday, May 17. More & to Register: http://abcd2goodpartners.eventbrite.com/

Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD)  tools help you facilitate the bubbling-up of positive change from within communities themselves. 

If you are a Toronto change-maker interested in knowing the “how-to”s of the ABCD method, this session is for you. Featuring case commentary by local ABCD pioneer East Scarborough Storefront, learn the ABCD steps you can take to steward true community ownership, collaboration, resilience and resourcefulness.

In this 4-hour workshop, learn:

•      How to Facilitate ABCD. The six steps for Toronto NGOs.

•  How to do Appreciative Inquiry. AI is a participatory tool that maintains and renews energy for social change. AI keeps the team focus on appreciating and mobilizing individual and community talents, skills and assets,  rather than on problems, needs and energy-drains.

Yummy refreshments provided.

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