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ProjectArt California Program Director

About: 

ProjectArt is a leading out-of-school and residency program for artists and underserved K-12 students that provides innovative, creative, and effective approaches to teaching and learning through the visual arts in partnership with public libraries in 9 cities from coast to coast. Through the organization’s arts education, arts social practice residency in the public library, artists create new artwork inspired by our mission and the library as well as mentor youth who do not receive adequate access to art education in their school. ProjectArt defines underserved as those lacking adequate access to art programs and cultural opportunities because of economic conditions, race or ethnic background, geography, or disability. ProjectArt has a strong interest in projects that provide students with opportunities to think critically, problem-solve, work collaboratively, and communicate effectively as they mature into young adults.

Summary of Position: 

The position comprises 20 hours a week and will manage the Los Angeles and San Francisco educational program for the 2021-2022 students and resident artists. Last year, ProjectArt held its programs virtually to assure the safety of our communities nationwide. The 2021-2022 year will consist of both in-person and virtual programming, as we work with our library partners to develop safe reopening strategies. The California Program Director will report to the Head of Programs and Executive Director and will work closely to continue developing the program in its fourth year in California. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Art Programs, students and families

Managing virtual teaching residencies for 3-5 artists. 
Collecting and proofreading artists’ lesson plans.
Weekly communication with families.
Responsible for student enrollment, attendance, and roster updates and maintenance.
Occasionally joining and monitoring classes.

Outreach 

Serve as a liaison between The Library Staff, ProjectArt Artists, Community Partners, and Families. 
Schedule meetings with Foundations and Donors where requested to develop lasting relationships.
Work with ProjectArt’s Development team to write grants, identify funding opportunities.
Connect and liaise with local feeder groups in order to bring students into the library/virtual classes.
Press Relations / Social Media: Connecting with Local Supporters
Cultivate corporate relationships to meet fundraising goals and targets

Technology

Tools: Slack, staff app, PA primary communication tool.
Troubling shooting class attendance app (training for app)
Google suite. 

Artist Residency

Conducting virtual studio visits with artists.
Assisting in the development and coordination of Final Resident and Student Exhibitions.
Help to recruit artists for the upcoming RFP process in summer 2021.
Exhibition invitations to Donors/ Supporters.
Administrative

Weekly virtual conference meetings with NYC headquarters.
Natural willingness and discipline to work both with our team and independently.
Collaborate and be flexible in a fast-paced team environment.

PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION: Applicants MUST be either Los Angeles or San Francisco based. The rate for the position is 23$/hour, and comes with 3 weeks paid vacation/ health insurance/ 1 week off between Christmas and New Years. Applicants should submit a resume, cover letter, and three references. Applications due by July 1st, and will be reviewed by the organization’s senior management. This position is for immediate hire. Please email a resume and accompanying materials to info@projectart.org  Subject line: California Program Director

Exhibitions Fellowship

Root Division seeks an individual who is passionate about exhibitions programming, curatorial practice, and gallery management to fill its Exhibitions Fellowship position from August 2021 through May 2022. Root Division is a visual arts non-profit located in the San Francisco’s Mid-Market/SoMA District. Root Division’s mission is to empower artists, promote community service, inspire youth, and enrich the Bay Area through engagement in the visual arts. This fellowship provides valuable professional opportunities for an emerging arts professional to coordinate exhibitions and public programming.

This fellowship will include both virtual and in-person responsibilities, in accordance with local and CDC guidance regarding COVID-19. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

  1. Frank-Ratchye Studio Artist Project Space: The Frank-Ratchye Studio Artist Project Space provides a physical and online gallery for Root Division Studio Artists to exhibit their art to the public. The physical Project Space is free and open to the public during gallery hours in conjunction with the current exhibition. The fellow will coordinate presentations of Root Division Studio Artists in the FRPS from August 2021 through May 2022. The fellows will primarily conduct studio visits, select artworks, and host interviews as well as serve a support role with related tasks such as installation, image management, and copy editing. 
  2. Root Division Talk (blog): In addition to coordinating artist exhibitions in the Frank-Ratchye Studio Artist Project Space, the fellow will produce a series of artist interviews or articles to accompany the exhibitions for Root Division’s blog “Root Division Talks.” 
  3. Curatorial Committee: Comprised of twelve prominent Bay Area curators, artists and arts professionals, Root Division’s Curatorial Committee reviews and selects the guest-curated exhibitions for the 2nd Saturday Exhibition Series. The fellow will join the Curatorial Committee for the length of the fellowship, gaining valuable experience by attending two proposal review meetings and participating in strategic planning sessions with leadership. 
  4. 2nd Saturday Exhibition Series: Root Division’s 2nd Saturday Exhibition Series showcases high caliber work with an emphasis on Bay Area emerging artists reflecting contemporary artistic ideas and current social concerns, in a variety of artistic disciplines, aesthetic sensibilities, and forms of cultural expression. Exhibiting over 350 artists and hosting over 6,000 visitors to the gallery yearly through receptions, gallery hours, artist panels, online exhibitions, and digital programming, this dynamic program continues to grow in its relevance and importance in the careers of Bay Area artists and curators. The Exhibitions Fellow will participate in 2nd Saturday openings for the FRPS, and also has the opportunity to work in support of the Art Programs Manager, guest curators, installation team, and exhibiting artists to produce and market Root Division’s monthly exhibitions and public programs in the main gallery and/or online. Part of this includes the opportunity to support the jury review process, aid in exhibition design, catalogue production, and technical support in the creation of 2nd Saturday exhibitions.

The Fellow actively participates in developing and presenting public exhibitions-related programming at Root Division, and a strong candidate will: 

  • Have at least one year of experience in exhibition coordination, curatorial practice, art-writing, and/or facilitating group art projects.
  • Have a sensitivity to and understanding of the needs and interests of artists and a diverse audience
  • Be available a minimum of 5-8 hours per week for a total commitment of 20-32 hours per month from August 2021 through May 2022. This includes 2nd Saturday receptions and 1-2 weeknights per month for additional program activities or meetings.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in fine arts, curatorial studies, art history or equivalent experience in exhibition coordination (Current students are eligible to apply.)
  • Strong writing ability and computer skills (Mac, G Suite, Dropbox)
  • Ability to work with various constituencies from a wide variety of backgrounds, including Studio Artists, exhibiting artists, curators, jurors, staff, and supporters of the organization.
  • Enthusiasm for working independently and as a team to serve the community in an inclusive, creative, and fast-paced environment

Beneficial:

  • Basic photo, video, graphic design, and/or web based skills (or a willingness to learn)
  • Marketing / public relations experience
  • Art handling or installation experience

The Exhibitions Fellow will receive: 

  • Yearly stipend of $2,500 (disbursed in bi-monthly payments with project deliverables)
  • Access to participate on the Curatorial Committee for 10 months
  • Access to free classes and professional development workshops
  • Invaluable training and hands on experience in a dynamic visual arts non profit

 

APPLICATION MATERIALS

Please submit the following materials for review:

  • Completed Online Application Form.
  • Cover letter: Please introduce yourself, tell us why you are interested in the Root Division community, and how this fellowship would impact you as a curator / arts professional. Please add three references (contact name, email, phone) at the bottom of the letter.
  • Current resume/ CV (including name and contact info.)
  • Examples of past exhibition coordination, curatorial projects, or gallery work (5 images and/or video documentation) with a corresponding image list.
  • Statement about your practice supporting exhibitions as presented in submitted images. (500 word maximum)
  • Writing sample (2 page maximum). This could be academic or professional arts writing.

Application process includes submitting completed Fellowship Application Form and required materials. Finalists should be available between July 12-15 for interviewing with Root Division’s Staff.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Please submit all documents as PDFs and images as JPGs zipped into a file and email to: submissions@rootdivision.org
For any additional questions, please email Renée Rhodes, Art Programs Manager at submissions@rootdivision.org with any questions.

Call for Artists — Cardboard City

reDiscover Center seeks proposals from artists and makers working in the Los Angeles area for inclusion in Cardboard City, a 2 month temporary exhibition and creative arts space on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, to create cardboard-based art. There are two options for participating artists:

• Exhibiting Artworks
• 4 Day Artist Residency

Cardboard City seeks to inspire visiting families to participate in art making and explore the connections between creativity and sustainability. Artists whose work deals with themes related to reuse, environment, sustainability, and STEM are particularly encouraged to apply. Artists currently working in other media are welcome to apply and take on the challenge of using cardboard as a medium.

EXHIBITING ARTIST:
The cardboard-based work will be exhibited July 8-August 29, with an option to include in the art auction at the Cardboard City Gala on August 26. Artist is responsible to transport and, if unsold, pick up of work. In very limited circumstances, reDiscover can arrange for transportation, upon request.

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
Residency project will take place Thursday-Sunday during public hours, 12:00-6:00 PM. Multi-week residency proposals will be considered.

We seek artists who are interested in sharing their work for the public’s benefit, particularly inspiring diverse youth. This could include: sharing messages for social / environmental benefit, utilizing public contribution to work, or incorporating public feedback into an ongoing conversation among the artist, the artwork, and the public.

An honorarium of $500 and use of the facility for a final exhibit/presentation is offered to the successful applicants.

The artists will have access to the tools and cardboard at the Cardboard City space. Additional tools may be available (let us know what you have in mind!)

All resident artists working in Cardboard City during public hours are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the start of their residency. Upon acceptance, artists are required to enter into a signed program agreement and attend a safety training. Safety first.

Cardboard City offers artists:
• Visibility to as many as 100,000 visitors and potentially 1 million+ online and onlooker views
• Space for resident artists to work on site and access to a wide range of types of cardboard and various cardboard cutting and forming tools
• Convenient location. Located three blocks from the Expo line with easy alley access and adjacent parking.
• Volunteer assistants and potentially thousands of community members contributing to collective artworks

ELIGIBILITY and SELECTION PROCESS
The residency is open to all artists, artisans and makers who reside or exhibit in Los Angeles County. Artist teams will be considered; partnerships and groups should apply through one coordinating member. All forms of artistic production will be considered in application but the residency focus is cardboard.

All eligible applications are evaluated by a panel of arts professionals, which rates and selects the final awardees according the following criteria:

• Quality of previous work
• Exhibiting Artist: Applicants submission
• Resident Artist: Applicant’s proposed plan for the residency period
• Suitability of the artist’s practice for the space.

Notification of the selected resident will take place the week of June 14, 2021. Installation of exhibited artworks will take place between June 14 and July 7, 2021.

If you have a unique idea or project that can be realized with cardboard we want to hear from you!

Kolaj LIVE Milwaukee: Call for Papers, Artists & Projects

Call for Papers, Artists & Projects
Deadline 20 June 2021
Kolaj LIVE Milwaukee is a weekend festival and symposium July 30th to August 1st, 2021 at Saint Kate—The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Our mission is to create a platform that allows us to explore critical issues around collage: how it is curated and presented, its role in contemporary art, and the tensions between collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a movement. Our goal is to create an event that attracts a variety of people working in various capacities, such as art professionals at museums, galleries, and centers as well as academics, writers, and artists. Kolaj LIVE Milwaukee plays a key role in the work of Kolaj Magazine and Kolaj Institute, as it is a way for us to become familiar with a professional’s work. Presenters may be invited to participate in future projects. Responding to the Call is how you tell us that you would like to take on a presenting role at Kolaj LIVE Milwaukee.

The program at Kolaj LIVE Milwaukee will be a unique experience. Our aim is to break down hierarchy and foster dialogue among art professionals working in a variety of capacities. To that end, the editorial staff of the magazine works with presenters to craft a program.

A presenting role can mean many different things: presenting your topic or art practice on a panel, leading a discussion on a topic important to collage, or conducting a special project during the event.

Most presenters present short slide shows about a project or their practice followed by a Q&A with the audience. We are particularly interested in: historical perspective, art world economics, the role collage has played in an artist’s practice (particularly when their final work isn’t collage per se); mash up culture; the relationship between contemporary art and society; museum issues; surveys of how collage was presented in exhibition; collections where collage plays a central role; the role of collage in various art movements (Modernism, Surrealism, Pop Art, etc.); utopian and dystopian imagery in art; art’s role in the current political moment and, in particular, how art responds to sexism and racism; notions of power in the art world and its impact on collage. We are particularly interested in one’s experience as an artist: making art, showing art, selling art, identifying as an artist or a collagist, how the artist participates both in an art community and in society in general. We are interested in artists open to sharing how they navigate the art world. And we are interested in various approaches and strategies for collage making. This is by no means an exhaustive list.

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION: Only apply to be a presenter if you plan on attending Kolaj LIVE Milwaukee in person. If you answer No to the question, “If accepted, will you attend Kolaj LIVE Milwaukee, July 30th to August 1st, 2021?”, your submission will not be reviewed and will be rejected. Presenters are responsible for their own travel to, accommodations at, and registration for the event. Limited resources are available to assist those presenters in need and only after their presentation submission has been accepted. If you cannot attend Kolaj LIVE Milwaukee, consider submitting to Kolaj Magazine another way. MORE INFO

Note: Members of the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory will be able to simply refer to their listing in the directory.

EVENT WEBSITE | SUBMISSION FORM
The deadline to submit is 20 June 2021. Submissions will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We will notify Submitters via email no later than 30 June 2021.

Questions?
Please send an email to editor@kolajmagazine.com.

Small Works Exhibition 2021

The eighth annual national juried exhibition of small works (12 inches or smaller in any direction*) is open to artists working in all media. This exhibition is open to all U.S. residents. A total of $2,000 in cash awards, best in show receives $1,000! *Framing may extend to 16 inches.

Exhibition Dates:November 13, 2021 – December 23, 2021

Awards:
(1) Best in Show – $1,000
(2) Juror’s Choice – $300
(8) Honorable Mention – $50
 
Submission Details:
Entry Fee: $30–$35
Submission Deadline: September 18, 2021
Notifications to Artists: October 1, 2021
Accepted artwork due: October 30, 2021

Figurative 2021 | International Online Juried Painting Competition

Open to all artists 18 years and older.  All painting mediums allowed including drawing mediums and digital painting. (For this competition, digital and drawing mediums are categorized as a “painting”.)  Artwork must be representational and clearly depict a human art form as a real life image. The artwork may be any style, including abstracted shapes, however, a human form(s) must be present in the painting.  A “Full Body” image is not required, however, it should not be a portrait of just the face. We are sorry, we know quite a few “figurative pieces” are nudes, however, CB’s Policy is No Nudity – private parts must be covered.

This is a competition, only the award recipients will be in the online group exhibition. The selection of artwork will be chosen by Jury based on the number of entries, technical skill, quality of work, originality and the criteria for this event.  Please allow up to 3 weeks after the deadline for review and preparation for the online show.

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