Nida Art Colony on the Baltic Sea Coast:
Call for Summer-Autumn Residency Applications and Proposals for Symposium on Remoteness
www.nidacolony.lt

Nida Art Colony invites artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers to meet the coming summer and autumn on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park. The Colony was opened in March 2011 as a new branch of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania). Continue reading →

School of Critical Engagement MADE IN CHINA, Early Summer 2012
schoolofcriticalengagement.org

Application deadline is February 15, 2012.

The effect of the Chinese economy is ubiquitous to our daily lives. Most likely, we encounter at least one article manufactured in China going about living. This connection to a geography, and one that hides inside subtlety our objects of daily life, plays a significant role in our encounter with making. Best seen as a proliferation of material produced in China, our relationship to this production is culturally unidentifiable and seemingly disconnected from its origins. Moreover, the sheer magnitude of manufacturing in China, in products ranging in scale from the iPhone to the housing developments being built for future inhabitation to contain the workers of these products—vacant and lying dormant in anticipation of populous (1)—surpasses our comprehension. It is the fastest urbanization in world history. (2) Continue reading →

CALL to VISUAL ARTISTS – Celebrate HEREach year, on the 8th of March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate their achievements for International Women’s Day. In the spirit of this day, Celebrate HER is organizing a week-long fund raising initiative benefiting The Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) as well as local women and independent artists. Festivities will take place during the first week of March 2012.

At this time, Celebrate HER is seeking visual artists to exhibit their works at participating venues from March 3 – March 10, 2012. Proceeds from sold artworks will be divided between the artist (70%), the venue (15%), and The Sexual Assault Support Centre (15%). Emerging, mid-career and professional artists are invited to submit exhibition proposals by Wednesday, February 8, 2012 to info@celebrateher.org. Eligible mediums include, but are not limited to, drawing, painting, mixed media, textiles, photography, sculpture, glass making, wood working, etc. Selected artists will be notified by e-mail by February 15, 2012. Continue reading →