Submission Guidelines:

Seeking short video/film works with themes involving cars/roadtrips/driving/Westerns/streets, etc. for a Drive-In/Ride-In/Walk-In Cinema project organized by artist Elana Mann. The videos will be projected outside at Side Street Projects in Pasadena, CA during an event on October 2, 2010. Only accepting artwork under 15 minutes. Deadline: September 10, 2010.

Please email a link to elanamann@gmail.com or send a DVD to:

Elana Mann

4470 W. Sunset Blvd. #456

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Register now for the Fall Getting Your Sh*t Together Workshop in Glendale, CA.

If you are anywhere in the LA area and are looking to kick-start your art career, get organized, and learn just about everything it takes to make it in the art world, then this class is just what you’ve been

looking for.

Duration: Mondays (7pm – 9pm) September 27 – November 15

+ Curator Review Saturday (10am-2pm) November 20

Location: downtown Glendale, CA near Brand Blvd. Exact location TBD

Tuition: $250 includes a copy of the GYST software (a $150 value).

REGISTER TODAY. This class fills up very fast.

To register visit http://gyst-ink.com/services/workshopsignup.php

Or send a check for the $250 tuition, made out to GYST Ink, to

GYST Ink

4223 Russell Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90027-4511

Contact: Tucker Neel, GYST Vice-President tucker@gyst-ink.com

ABOUT THE CLASS:

Getting Your Sh*t Together: The Ultimate Career Workshop for Artists

If you are anywhere the LA area and are looking to kick-start your art career, get organized, and learn just about everything it takes to make it in the art world, then this class is just what you’ve been looking for.

Created by artist, curator, and legendary CalArts professor Karen Atkinson, Getting Your Sh*t Together (GYST) is the often-imitated workshop for emerging artists, and for artists who’ve been “emerging” longer than they expected. Over 400 artists have graduated from GYST since 2002 and their continued success and contributions to the art world are what gives GYST such a great reputation.

GYST teaches you the business stuff you should have learned in art school, but didn’t. GYST values self-sufficiency and presents you with information, skills, and strategies to make things happen without

necessarily waiting around for some arbiter of culture to validate your work.

We’re not concerned with producing slick, commercialized artists, nor is this some new age, touchy-feely “find your inner artist” crap. GYST is a program for artists, by artists that will teach you bare-knuckled, practical strategies for negotiating the baffling terrain of the contemporary art world.

Over 8-weeks, you’ll create and refine your “presentation package,” artist statement, bio, resume, portfolio, and more, with the full editorial and technical support of GYST staff.

GYST culminates with Curator Speed Dating. Get real-world feedback on your portfolio and proposals from some of the area’s hottest curators and critics. Past curators have been LA Times Art Critic David Pagel, LACE Director Carol Stakenas, LA Weekly Critic Doug Harvey,Artillery Magazine Editor Tulsa Kinney, and Flavorpill critic Shana Nys Dambrot.

Students also get a complimentary copy of the new GYST software, which usually retails for $150. The MAC and PC based program is packed with all the organizing tools and information resources every artist needs. For more info visit gyst-ink.com.

In just the past 2 years, our workshop alumni have won over $18,000 in grants, with multiple grants from the City of Pasadena.

“Two weeks after finishing GYST, I had a studio visit from Robert Berman. Because I had recently gotten my sh*t together, I was able to send him a portfolio before the visit. I think it really helped – he offered me a solo show. Thanks, GYST! Really, thank you. I mean it.”

- Alumni Cameron Gray had his first solo show (ever) in 2007 at the renowned Robert Berman Gallery and sold several large canvases. He’s currently represented by Berman’s Gallery.

Ecstatic Energy Consultants Inc. (Steven L. Anderson and Tom McKenzie) is seeking sponsors to be part of a groundbreaking inquiry into the nature of our society’s core institution: the automobile.

What are the energy flows that go into and out of our cars? What raw materials from which global conflict zones were used to create and to power this machine? What mental energy is used waiting in traffic? Do our cars love us as much as we love them? Can a car become a vegetarian? Can a car dream?

Our investigation includes an experiential component: a road trip to the Mojave Desert. On Saturday, August 14, EEC Inc., along with artist Elana Mann will drive a 2001 Subaru Outback Legacy to visit sacred native sites, military bases, solar-power installations, and ancient landscapes. We will receive a blessing by local shamen, and tour a wind farm. We will chirp the tires and spray some dust, all the time considering the automobile’s role in our society and in the cosmos. Another world is possible, and we aim to find it.

Our trip report will be exhibited as videos, photos, and drawings at Pasadena’s Side Street Projects this October. We are trying to raise money to cover the cost of documenting our journey, and here’s where your help is needed—can you make a small gift of $50, $25 or $10?

PATRON: $50 gift
Patrons will receive the following premiums:
• a framed print by Ecstatic Energy Consultants Inc.
• your name or message applied to the Subaru Outback as a NASCAR-style logo
• a postcard from the road
Pay online with PayPal or credit card:

VideO, Otis is LA at Danny’s ART BAR, August 19th 6-9pm
Featuring video artist Laura Daroca!
On the rocks or not – Just be there, O be square.
Submissions from OtisAlumni considered first and opens up as crawl continues. Curator: Ceres Madoo, Artist and Director of Otis Alumni Engagement cmadoo@otis.edu C U there
www.veniceartcrawl.com

DANNY’S ART BAr
23 Windward Avenue
Venice,90291 Salty!

GLAMFA is such a wonderful thing. It’s got all the trappings of great art: artists curating the work of their fellow artists, rigorous exhibitino decisions, and good, ol’ fashion teamwork!

See below for info about this year’s GLAMFA

EMERGING ARTISTS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FEATURED AT CSULB EXHIBIT

Greater Los Angeles Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: August 29 – September 9, 2010

Public Reception and CSULB MFA Open Studios: Sunday, September 5, 4 – 9 p.m.

Long Beach, CA August 4, 2010 – Graduate art students at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), have organized and curated an art show presenting work by students from other Masters of Fine Art (MFA) programs in the Southern California area.

The opening reception for the Greater Los Angeles Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition 2010 (GLAMFA) will be held on September 5, 2010 from 4 – 9 p.m. at CSULB. Concurrently, the university hosts the graduate Open Studios.

Over 70 artists will be represented at the GLAMFA / Open Studios event. Now in its sixth year, GLAMFA is the preeminent regional MFA exhibition for the Southern California area. The show aims to generate and maintain an active dialogue between an emerging generation of LA artists and its public.

GLAMFA 2010, displaying more than 40 works in a variety of mediums, will occupy five CSULB art department galleries and several alternative spaces throughout the art department. This year’s program represents 10 schools: California Institute of the Arts, Claremont Graduate University, CSU Fullerton, CSU Northridge, Otis College of Art and Design, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara.

The annual CSULB MFA Open Studios event invites the public to explore the behind-the-scenes working environment of over 40 artists from CSULB’s graduate art programs. Open Studio artists will be present and available to answer questions and discuss their practice.

General gallery hours are Monday through Friday 12 – 5 p.m. and Wednesday 12 – 7 p.m. The galleries are located at the south end of the CSULB campus near 7th Street. Parking is available by meter or paid day permit. For directions to the campus or more information on artists and events, visit www.artgrads.com or www.greaterlamfa.com.

Media Contacts:

GLAMFA / Kelly Nye / 614.668.8350 / thekellynye@gmail.com

CSULB Open Studios / Matt Winkler / 201.615.7928 / mjwinkler@gmail.com

The Arts Council for Long Beach (Arts Council) is seeking proposals for temporary exhibitions and site-specific installations for a new visual art gallery in downtown Long Beach. Artists, curators, directors, as well as gallery, museum and public art professionals are invited to apply. In addition, non-profit, visual arts organizations may explore the use of the gallery as a satellite, or primary exhibition space.

All complete proposals must be received no later September 24, 2010 at 4pm.

The selection panel will evaluate complete submittals according to the following criteria:

•- Artistic merit of the proposal

- Experience in exhibition design and planning as demonstrated by applicant’s resume or organization’s history of completed exhibitions

- Appropriateness and feasibility of proposal with regard to the exhibition space

- Availability of applicants for meetings in Long Beach.

This Request for Proposals is limited to applicants residing or based in the Southern California area, extending from Ventura to San Diego to Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Artists, curators, directors, non-profit arts organizations as well as gallery, museum and public art professionals are all encouraged to submit an application.

Submission Requirements

The Arts Council reserves the right to decline all submissions and to cancel this request for proposals or any pre-qualified pool, at any time.

A complete application must include:

1. An Exhibition or Installation Statement. Please describe the exhibition concept and/or theme and how it relates to contemporary practice. Please include a list of potential artists with their bios.

2. Preliminary budget. Including but not limited to: estimated cost for all facets of the exhibition or installation, material costs, anticipated fabrication and installation costs, travel expenses, insurance, etc.

3. Professional Resume, four pages maximum. (Teams must submit one resume per team member.)

4. 10 proposal images on CD. Images should be in JPG format 72 DPI, no larger than 10″ x 14″ and no smaller than 8″ x 10″, and 1 MG or smaller.

5. Annotated Image List. Include the image number, artist name, artwork title, dimensions, media, year of completion, and a brief description.

If proposing multiple exhibitions or installations, please submit a separate application for each proposal.

Please do not submit stapled materials, use only paper clips to bind your materials. Please do not include additional materials in your application, or submit original artwork.

All complete proposals must be received no later September 24, 2010 at 4pm.

Arts Council for Long Beach , 110 Pine Avenue, Suite 1100, Long Beach, CA 90802

T : 562.570.1930

F : 562.432.5175

For more information contact: Arts Council for Long Beach Public Art & Design Department 562-570-3831 or send an email to thecollaborative@artslb.org

GYST Founder and President, Karen Atkinson, is going to speak at this year’s TEDx conference. See below for details

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TEDxFULLERTON, “Ideas worth spreading in Orange County”

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA – July 20, 2010 – TEDxFullerton, produced by ArtspaceOC and hosted by Fullerton College’s Fine Arts Division, will be held Friday, September 10, 2010 from 8am – 6pm at Fullerton College’s Campus Theater.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

TEDxFullerton is being produced by ArtspaceOC, “a playful collision of spaces + a serious think tank”.  ArtspaceOC is the brainchild of Susan L. Petrella and Pamela Hughes Tice, lifelong artists, arts patrons and advocates whose vision is to “inspire Orange County to be a “creative” community.   TEDxFullerton begins the conversation about what is means to be a “creative” community.   What are the “ideas worth spreading in Orange County” which will achieve this goal?

Interested attendees must apply to participate in this limited space event.  Applications are available at www.tedxfullerton.com and must be received by August 15, 2010 to be considered for admission.  Attendees’ $50 ticket price will include Friday’s daylong program including an interactive reception.

A limited number of corporate sponsorships for TEDxFullerton are available through Susan L. Petrella at 714.975.0284 or tedxfullerton@gmai.lcom. Follow along on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TEDxFullerton and search TEDxFullerton on Facebook.

About TED

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then, its scope has broadened to include science, business, the arts, and the global issues facing our world. The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives — in 18 minutes. Attendees have called it “the ultimate brain spa” and “a four-day journey into the future.” The diverse audience — CEOs, scientists, creatives, and philanthropists — is almost as extraordinary as the speakers, who have included Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Nandan Nilekani, Jane Goodall, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Sir Richard Branson, Philippe Starck and Bono.

TED was first held in Monterey, California, in 1984. In 2001, Chris Anderson’s Sapling Foundation acquired TED from its founder, Richard Saul Wurman. In recent years, TED has expanded to include an international conference, TEDGlobal; media initiatives, including TEDTalks andTED.com; and the TED Prize. TED2010, “What the World Needs Now,” will be held February 9-13, 2010, in Long Beach, California, with a simulcast event in Palm Springs, California. For details on all upcoming conferences and events, visit www.TED.com.

About ArtspaceOC

ArtspaceOC is the brainchild of Susan L. Petrella and Pamela Hughes Tice, lifelong artists, arts patrons and advocates whose vision is to “inspire Orange County to be a “creative” community.  ArtspaceOC will continue to stimulate this conversation in the months and years to come with unique events such as TEDxFullerton, speakers’ series, white papers, blogs and podcasts and other ventures/adventures.

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*This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.

Contact:

Susan L. Petrella

714.975.0284

Tedxfullerton.com

tedxfullerton@gmail.com

MOCA has announced a call for applications for two new jobs. See below:

Collection Inventory Assistant Registrar

OVERVIEW:

The Collection Inventory Assistant Registrar will assist the museum’s Assistant Registrar in the successful implementation of the Collection Inventory Project. This position will be responsible for the cataloguing of MOCA’s permanent collection.

This position will be scheduled to work approximately 15 hours per week.

REQUIREMENTS:

B.A. in Art History or a related field; three years of museum registrarial experience; knowledge of proper art handling and packing; excellent organizational and communication skills; proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel. Knowledge of The Museum System (TMS) and Photoshop preferred.

While performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent must be able to do the following: sit and stand for extended periods; bend and reach for filing and other job-related functions; climb up and down stairs; bend, stoop, and lift to move and retrieve materials; pull, push, lift, and carry up to 30 pounds; reach both above and below shoulder height. Specific visual abilities include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Heavy usage of computers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

- Identifying, locating, and labeling objects

- Determining photography and packing needs

- Creating an updated general condition report and assessing conservation needs for each object

- Maintaining and updating collection information in TMS (including, but not limited to, entering new information, digital photographs, and media records into TMS)

- Work closely on the Collection Inventory Project with two Collection Inventory Technicians

APPLICATION:

Email resume and cover letter/email to HR@moca.org. We regret that we are unable to accept phone calls and emails regarding the status of employment applications.

Collection Inventory Handler:
The Collection Inventory Art Handler will assist the museum’s Collection Inventory Assistant Registrar in the successful implementation of the Collection Inventory Project. This position will be responsible for the physical retrieval, placement, and subsequent tracking of artwork in storage according to archival standards for the purposes the Inventory Project.

This position will be scheduled to work approximately 28 hours per week.

REQUIREMENTS:
B.A. in Art History, Museum Studies, or a related field. Three years of experience in art preparation, handling, installation, and/or conservation. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

While performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent must be able to do the following: sit and stand for extended periods; bend and reach for filing and other job-related functions; climb up and down stairs; bend, stoop, and lift to move and retrieve materials; pull, push, lift, and carry up to 50 pounds; reach both above and below shoulder height. Specific visual abilities include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Heavy usage of computers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provide physical assistance in the identification, location, retrieval, and placement of artwork
- Assist with the placement of collection labels
- House and re-house artwork for storage
- Consolidate and organize art storerooms as needed
- Work closely and undergo cross training with other Collection – Inventory staff for better efficiency, enhanced security, and quality control

APPLICATION:
Email resume and cover letter/email to: HR@moca.org. We regret that we are unable to accept phone calls and emails regarding the status of employment applications.