Grants: NLAPW presents the Shirley Holden Helberg Grant for the Mature Woman

The Shirley Holden Helberg Grants for the Mature Women, NLAPW, Inc.

Grants will be awarded in 2018. Postmark Deadline is October 31, 2017.

Download the Shirley Holden Helberg Grants for Mature Women Application:
shirley-holden-helberg-grants-for-mature-women-application

Must be age 35 or older to receive this grant.

Each applicant in Art, Letters or Music must send a letter stating that she will be age 35 or older during the calendar year 2016, is not a member of NLAPW or a member of the immediate family of an NLAPW member. She must state her background and purpose for the grant. Money from this grant must be used for the purpose stated in the letter of application. Entry must be accompanied by a check or money order for $35.00 payable to NLAPW, Inc with the memo line: Mature Woman Grant. Do not send cash.

Winners are announced at the NLAPW Biennial Convention. Those applying in multiple categories must send separate applications with entry fees for each. Send your complete application packet to the judge in the appropriate category:

Art $1,000

Submit three 4×6 color prints (NO SLIDES) of your work. All work must have been created in full by the artist applying. Any or all media including oil, acrylic, watercolor, original works on paper or sculpture. Photography: Submit three 8×10 prints. Include a SASE to receive a list of winners. If you wish to have your prints returned, include a mailer with sufficient postage for their return. Do not send originals; send only copies.

Letters $1,000

Submit an article or short story not to exceed 2,500 words or the first chapter of a nonfiction book or novel or the first act of a play/film script. The chapter/act should not exceed 4,000 words, and a detailed outline or synopsis must also be included. The chapter not to exceed 4,000 words and a detailed outline or synopsis must also be included. The work must have been created in full by the writer applying. The submission must have been written within the past five years. Include a SASE to receive a list of winners. No manuscripts will be returned. Do not send originals; send only copies.

Music $1,000

Submit scores of two published or unpublished musical compositions. All work must have been created in full by the composer applying. Each score should have a minimum performance time of 10 minutes and a maximum of 15 minutes. Please include an audio MP3 or CD of the scores you are submitting. At least one of the scores must have been written in the past five years. Include a SASE to receive a list of winners. If you wish to have your scores returned, include a mailer with sufficient postage for their return. Do not send originals; send only copies.

Call for pitches: Art Practical's "Art and Citizenship"

Art Practical is seeking pitches for our fall 2016 thematic issue focused on the subject of art and citizenship. We are particularly interested in how citizenship relates to political and economic systems as they intersect with artistic practices, institutions, and diverse publics. We encourage thoughtful reportage and deep critical thinking around artistic production but also the lived experience of creative practitioners as civic leaders and community members.

We seek essays, interviews, and experimental prose that engage the multitude of ways art critics, artists, and writers approach the subject of art and citizenship. Art Practical respects academic forms and delights in sassy mainstream banter but solicits pitches that balance analytical research with an accessible tone.

Send your pitches to kara@artpractical.com by September 26, 2016. Please use the subject line “Citizenship Pitch" and include topic idea (100-200 words), proposed article length/composition, and 2-3 writing samples (if you have not previously written for Daily Serving or Art Practical).

If your pitch is accepted an editor will be in touch to discuss details, deadlines, and writer's fee.

Art Practical is the leading magazine for the Bay Area visual arts, sparking dialogue in the community by providing nuanced critical commentary and formative public programming. Since its launch in October 2009, it has promoted the Bay Area's role in the international art scene, created an archive of its contemporary artistic practices, and fostered its artistic production through its publication. Our thematic issues have probed topics ranging from labor to poetry to punk rock. Contributors include Michelle Grabner, James Franco, Aruna D’Souza, Kevin Killian, and Constance Lewallen. Info here

Call for Art Writers: Peripheral Vision Arts

Peripheral Vision Arts advocates well-paid writing assignments for talented emerging and mid-career freelance art writers, critics, theorists, and art historians. We are seeking applications from US critics to write about US artists. We administer 4 Publication Fellowship cycles annually and 2 curated online exhibitions for which writers receive contract assignments. We pay $225 for an Interview and $300 for an Essay (average text length is 1750 words; average time commitment is 8 hours for an Interview, 12 hours for an Essay), with additional stipends for studio visits when possible, portfolio review, and curatorial duties. Writers may be offered assignments in their field of specialty and will be offered assignments as they become available. 

Emerging critics, art historians, and creators wishing to apply as Peripheral Vision Art Writers / Editors may complete the form below. Additionally, please submit a CV and two Writing Samples to Scott Gleeson at editor@peripheralvisionarts.org. The ideal candidates will possess an M.A. or Ph.D. in Art History and be fluent in modernist and contemporary art discourses. Art historians who have published in peer-reviewed academic journals or presented research at conferences are preferred. Practicing artists holding M.F.A. degrees who have prior critical publication or writing experience are also encouraged to apply. 

Writing Samples should included 1 full length seminar paper or dissertation/thesis of at least 16-25 pages, plus illustrations, and a 2-8 page bibliography. The second sample may be a presentation text, article publication, catalog essay. Exhibition reviews and blog posts will not be considered.

We are seeking US critics in the disciplines of abstract painting, textiles + fibers, sound, digital art, performance, intermedia, social practice, sculpture, architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, furniture design, graphic design, fashion design, and illustration.

Application due by 10/31/16

More information and apply: http://www.peripheralvisionarts.org/art-writer-application

Opportunity: Current:LA

As part of CURRENT:LA Water - Public Art Biennial is a temporary public art initiative-, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is offering an open call opportunity for LA’s local neighborhoods to host or list concurrent events relating to water to create this summer’s dialogue on and around the topic of water. Your event will be considered for listing on the online calendar of citywide events that will take place during CURRENT:LA from July 16-August 14.
Events will be eligible to be listed on our website calendar, currentla.org, when the calendar launches in late June 2016.
Here are the requirements:
+ Events must be based in City of Los Angeles
+ Organization or group with a documented track record producing public events
+ Events must have a venue and permission to use it
+ Must include water as a theme or topic
+ Events can be ticketed or free
+ Events must be self-organized and self-funded
+ Event categories can include: ART, FILM, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE, LITERARY, WORKSHOP, FAMILY-FRIENDLY, MOBILE
Events are accepted on a rolling basis and must be submitted for consideration no later than June 15, 2016. Submission of an event via this form does not guarantee listing on the CURRENT:LA website. We will let you know when your event is accepted.
Submit here