New Artist Residency in India for Visual Artists, Performing Artists and Art Critics

Hi everyone...this new residency in India just contacted me—I have no idea what they are like but they seem worth checking out.



(ARTISTS & PERFORMING ARTISTS) Call for Artist Sowing Seeds 2011—International Artist Village Residency in India—



Visual artists, performing artists, art critics and local community will collaborate to create work about environment and social development in rural Rajasthan (INDIA). There will be opportunities for collaborative work that interacts with the rural environment.



“Sowing Seeds” is a project that intends to create dialogues and exchanges amongst artists beyond their national identity and serves as an opportunity for rural artists to meet, share and exchange ideas, visions, and diverse views in order to create a deeper understanding of art. It acts as a social environment developing and improving the artistic impressions of experts as well as emerging artists. As an alternative art space in INDIA, “Sowing Seeds” is geared to exchange the challenges required to organize such a contemporary artist village residency within rural areas and thus giving rise to a new era in art.



Link: http://kamanartfoundation.com/programme.php

http://sowingseed.wordpress.com/artist-residency/



The key to our Artist residency projects will be creating local community collaboration to create works related to environment and social development in the village Gelawas, Barmer, Rajasthan (INDIA). The artist residency will bring together 15 international artists practicing in a wide variety of media, collaboration, outdoor sculpture, documentation, or performing to bring benefit to a specific site and share ideas and methods for a period of 14 days in the village Gelawas, Barmer, Rajasthan (INDIA).

The artists residency will provide the selected artists with full lodging and food, work space, local transportation and a small material stipend.



Residency period—20th December 2011 to 2nd January 2012 [14-days]



Eligible applicants

* Young and emerging visual artists, performing artists and critics - Artists who are able to stay at village Gelawas for the designated period of time



* Artists who are able to produce results of his or her residence activities, e.g. exhibitions, performances, concerts or presentations



* Artists who are able to communicate and collaborate with local people and participate in the exchange program,



How to apply



* Applicants should fill in all the required fields in the application form



* We will accept applications via e-mail



* Submitted information is only used for selection and not for any other purpose.



Deadline



* Applications must be received by 30th September 2011.



* Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted.



* Results will be announced in the beginning of 15th October 2011



* All applicants, both successful and unsuccessful, will be informed of the results. A total of 15 artists will be selected.



Applications & inquiries should be addressed to



Email: kamanartfoundation@gmail.com



MOBILE NO +91-9892672877 or +91-9314722004

Fellowships for Glass Artists, Creative Collaborators and More!

Hey everyone...stay cool this summer and make sure you remember to get your fall applications in to those residencies, fellowships and grants. A lot of deadlines for big, big things are coming up this fall, such as the Guggenheim, The American Scandinavian Foundation, and the Radcliffe Fellowship.

For the inside scoop on Fulbright grants and to determine which kind you are eligible for, go here: http://miraslist.blogspot.com/2009/04/fubright-grants-inside-scoop.html

For now, here are a couple things for you that are coming up soon...and by the way, ALWAYS double check dates and info on websites. Sometimes I am wrong or the website itself is wrong and you must contact them directly.

(ARTISTS) Creative Glass Center of America at WheatonArts, Fellowship Opportunities for Glass Artists—The CGCA Fellowship Program is a professional program providing focused, self-directed artists with 3-month and 6-week fellowships. The CGCA program provides housing, the facilities, equipment and technical orientation within a respectful sanctuary of concentrated time. The CGCA Fellowship Program provides emerging and mid-career artists unrestricted access to the facilities and materials necessary for blown, sculpted, cast and kiln formed glass.

The WheatonArts Glass Studio is a dramatic 3000 sq. ft. building modeled on the original T.C. Wheaton Factory, and is designed to accommodate a wide variety of glassworking techniques.

Applications are available online: http://www.wheatonarts.org/creativeglasscenteramerica/fellowshipprogram

The CGCA is committed to the practice of an artist peer review process when selecting fellowship recipients. Deadline for applications is October 26, 2011. Fellows will be announced in December. Questions? Call Pamela Weichmann: 856-825-6800, ext. 106 or pweichmann@wheatonarts.org

(ALL) ECF - Collaboration Grants —Collaboration Grants support independent cultural organizations working together across borders and disciplines.

Collaboration Grants fund transnational, cross-sectoral activities by independent cultural and artistic organisations working together or with organisations from other sectors. The main applicant needs to be a cultural organisation based in Europe (EU Europe and EU Neighbourhood region), while partner applicants can work in sectors outside the cultural field.

ECF regards the ideal ‘collaboration’ as one that brings a renewed understanding of Europe to people of all backgrounds, and inspires them to regard the world’s future as a shared enterprise. We particularly admire efforts that are daring, different and challenge the status quo. The average award funded is €15,000 with the maximum being €30,000.

For more information on how to apply, to access the ‘how to apply’ PDF booklet and the application form, on our website. Deadline: 01 September 2011 http://www.eurocult.org/grants/collaboration-grants