Monthly Archives: December 2016

Opportunity: Climate Project Grant – Invoking the Pause

Open Calls
Initial Grant: Invoking the Pause

ITP provides for a “creative pause” – a reflective retreat for a team to take time away in a place of beauty of their choice.

•”Pause” Purpose: to engage in collaborative conversations and develop ideas and/or strategies about how to craft a meaningful response to climate challenge issues.
•Grant Size: Up to $10,000 is available for selected projects, to cover expenses directly related to the project as outlined in the grant proposal budget.

Eligibility
Preference is given to a team of individuals who bring different yet complementary skills to the effort. To be considered for a grant, applicants must each have:

Three or more years of experience working in the particular field of interest;
Some familiarity and/or experience in working with the other team members;
The ability to complete your project within five months of receiving the grant.
Application Details For 2017 Grants:

Please submit no more than 6 proposal pages (plus additional *3 maximum attachments*) with the following information:

-Name and contact information for each collaborator with short resume/bio for each – please identify key contact person, email and physical mailing address
-Synopsis of the proposed project idea, its desired impact and how your particular collaboration may leverage action on some climate challenge issue
-Reveal how you heard about Invoking the Pause and explain what draws you to this opportunity
-Brief description of previous collaboration, if applicable
-Logistics: location, time frame, structure and creative elements
-Proposed budget of expenses directly related to your “pause”
-Up to *3 attachments: PDF’s, media files, links etc., that further illustrate your ideas
For collaborations not part of a recognized nonprofit, federal grant-making law requires that you obtain a fiscal sponsor. Please provide a letter of support from this organization with your application.

Please submit your application BY JANUARY 31, 2017 to Arlene Hilliard: arlene@invokingthepause.org

Applicants will be notified by March 30, 2017

Second Phase Grant Opportunities will be available later in 2017 after the annual Grant Partner Gathering. Please see the Existing Grant Partner Application Process page of this website for more information.

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Job Opportunity: Brown University, Theatre Arts and Performance Studies

Job Posting, Open Calls
Visiting Design Lecturer in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Deadline January 15, 2017
Date Posted November 29, 2016
Type Non tenure track
Salary Competitive
Employment Type Full-time

Position Description:

The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University invites applications for a three-year full time residency as a Visiting Lecturer in Scene Design beginning July 2017. We are looking for a committed, fundamentally collaborative colleague to spearhead the expanding role of design in a Liberal Arts context. This forward-thinking individual will join a vibrant and dynamic community of artists, scholars, students and staff in a department that is committed to excellence in practice, design as research, and encourages diversity of thought, aesthetic expression, and pedagogy as a matter of course.

Responsibilities include Scenic Design, scenic art and properties design of the department’s main stage season; supervision/mentoring of undergraduate student designers and artisans, MFA directors; and a hands-on approach to realizing the demands of an active production season.

Qualifications:
Applicants will have an MFA in Scenic Design, professional scenic design experience, and a minimum of 3-5 years of university teaching experience. Candidates with a working knowledge of computer aided design, digital media, projection design and emerging design technologies such as Civic Practice, and/or Green Theater are of particular interest.

Brown University is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic global community; as an EEO/AA employer, Brown considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, gender, race, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Application Materials and Deadlines:

Please send a cover letter, CV, design portfolio and three letters of recommendation to Kym Moore, Associate Professor/ Search Committee Chair via Interfolio.

For fullest consideration, candidates will submit applications by January 15, 2017, though applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the search is closed. The term of employment will begin July 1, 2017. Candidates should expect to begin their full-time residency at the university by that date.

Apply via Interfolio here: http://apply.interfolio.com/39508

– See more at: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000344807-01?cid=ja#sthash.sNw37CRY.dpuf

Open Call: VIFA International Photography Exhibition 2017

Open Calls
International Photography Exhibition

VIFA is back with one of the most happening events of the festival – Worldwide Climate Change Photography Exhibition. Climate is a major concern globally. As to support the central theme of VIFA, this section is open to anybody to contribute and raise his/her voice for climatic concerns.

This year the theme of the exhibition is “CLIMATE CHANGE & TRAVELING”.

If you have seeking eyes and fingertip palpitations; you are one step in to participate. Click an image that speaks for climate concern through traveling. Think, and write something about your concerns to the climate change. Now you’re ready. Finish the formalities and be a part of the global community.

Read the instructions to send your entries.

Terms & Conditions

-Like on facebook.com/vihaan & facebook.com/vifaindia is mandatory
-Upload a Jpeg image on both facebook.com/vihaan & facebook.com/vifaindia
-Upload your photos with following hash tags – #VIFA, ‪#vifa2017, ‪#‎vihaanindia‬, #vifaindia #vifaphotography #traveling ‪#‎climatechange #theatrewithoutborder‬
-Entries without ‪#‎tags‬ will not be accepted
-Add a note with your click, concerning climate change
-Number of likes on your photograph & a panel of expert will choose winners
-You can share as many number of photographs, though the conditions will remain same for uploading
-If your image is selected for exhibition, we will contact you for a higher resolution image
-Best 30 photographs will be exhibited at VIFA 2017
-Best 3 photos will be published in souvenir of VIFA 2017
-Selections will be announced online.

Good Luck!

SUBMIT ENTRY

 

Open Call: 2017 Land Art Competition

Open Calls

Nka Foundation invites submissions from creative practitioners and organizations dedicated to community placemaking to participate in its 2017 Land Art Competition. The competition is open to landscape architects, artists, curators, designers, architects, urban planners, structural engineers, university students and others from around the world to submit ideas for large-scale and site-specific public art installations based on site in rural Ghana. The submitted entries can be functional or nonfunctional works but must aim at creating a truly unique experience that becomes emblematic of what an arts village is and how it needs to function as a PLACE. Forty of the submitted proposals will be selected for creation on site and to be exhibited as site-specific public art installations that will altogether become a part of the Abetenim Arts Village in Ghana. The arts village is designed as a learning center to provide relational spaces for creative people from the region and other countries to live, work, learn and create.

IMPORTANT DATES
Registration: October 3, 2016-January 31, 2017
Submission of Entries: February 10-15, 2017
Selection of Projects by Jury: March 31-April 17, 2017
Press Release on the Winning Projects: April 30, 2017
Building Workshops to Realize the Top 40 Design Entries: September 2017 to March 2019.

Submissions must be received by the competition organizers no later than February 15, 2017. The construction site will be Abetenim Arts Village, near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Total costs of constructing the design entry must not exceed $3,000 (USD) for materials and local labor. The entry fee is $40 for individual entry and $50 for team entry. Jurors will award prizes for 1st: $1,000; 2nd: $700; and 3rd: $400. Honourable Mentions Certificates will be awarded by the jury to 7 of the Top 40 Entries. Here is where to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/27345887285 and submit your design entry via the competition discussion board: http://nkaprojects.boards.net/thread/62/2017-land-art-competition.

Contact: info@nkafoundation.org  or http://www.nkafoundation.org

Open Call: 100 Colours of Culture -Tampere, Finland

Open Calls
100 Colours of Culture

Tampere, Finland

2017 August 17 – 20

Accessible Arts and Culture International is growing, international arts and culture movement that presents diversity in a new light. It is an international network build since 2009 and covers all continents. ACCAC Festival & Congress promotes the use of art and cultural participation to enhance wellbeing and focuses on improving the inclusion of people with disabilities in arts and culture.The second

The second full size ACCAC Festival & Congress next year in Tampere Finland is part of the official program for the centenary of Finland’s independence in 2017 and official program in Tampere City.

ACCAC Festival & Congress includes professional congress, art fair and official program. The congress highlights and issues are selected from the local environment; what are the main targets to develop in society. The art fair as a carnival brings together various culture programs and associations and offers a platform to easy access ongoing small performances. It is a forum for the childrens activities as well as seniors and programs with people with disabilities. The official program highlights professional artist groups internationally, integrated groups from theatre, music, visual arts, dance and circus.

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100 Colours of Culture

ACCAC Festival & Congress is looking for unique and innovative artists and speakers, remarkable practices and experiences to develop the diversity in society and best practices on how the quality of services can improve social inclusion.

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Open call is now available

The application form is found in ACCAC website. The deadline for applications is until December 15th. The selected performers and speakers will be announced soon after the deadline.

Apply on Website Now!

Sustaining Great Art: Arts Council England Environmental Report 2015/16

Julie's Bicycle

Arts and culture sector acting on climate change

Arts and culture engagement with environmental sustainability is the highest it has ever been, according to a report released today by Julie’s Bicycle, a leading charity that supports the creative community to act on climate change and environmental sustainability.

Julie’s Bicycle has been working in partnership with Arts Council England since 2012 to inspire environmental action across the arts and culture sector, with a focus on National Portfolio Organisations. This report demonstrates the success of the programme in supporting the sector to act on national and international climate targets.

Key report findings include:

• The sector continues to reduce its environmental impacts; notably greenhouse gas emissions from energy use decreased by 17% between 2014/15 and 2015/16 despite a growth in cultural activity.

• Environmental action is making the sector more resilient, avoiding £5.1 million in energy costs during 2015/16 (compared to taking no action), and improving staff wellbeing in 71% of reporting organisations.

• The sector is taking action in multiple ways, engaging audiences and other stakeholders in the process. 37% of organisations have produced, programmed or curated work on environmental themes, with a further 28% planning to do so or exploring possibilities.

• People are increasingly working together to address environmental issues, with 45% of reporting organisations having found their environmental action plans useful for developing new partnerships.

• The sector’s work is having an international impact, with more knowledge-sharing taking place between cultural organisations internationally, and other funding bodies considering policy interventions inspired by Arts Council England.

“As the first national council in the world to introduce environmental reporting for its regularly funded organisations, the Arts Council has been a major driver for unlocking the sector’s contribution to environmental responsibility. This report demonstrates the response taking place, and the sector’s potential to engage the public, design solutions and initiate a shift in cultural values to support a more sustainable future.” – Alison Tickell, CEO, Julie’s Bicycle

“We see sustainability as being intrinsic to resilience. It’s not only environmentally responsible but it makes economic sense. Our collaboration with Julie’s Bicycle is introducing us all to new ways of working. Our funding supports not only the mechanics of compliance – the environmental reporting tools, help and support but also thought-leadership. We all believe that art and culture can make the world a better place; this programme shows how our actions can make a real difference.” – Darren Henley, Chief Executive, Arts Council England

“This important partnership is a beacon of international best practice and shows how our arts organisations are leading the way in building a more environmentally responsible industry. The report demonstrates that a sustainable sector can also have a positive financial impact and improve staff wellbeing.” – Matt Hancock, Minister of State for Digital and Culture

Read the full report here.

Call for Artists / Joya: arte + ecología International Residency, Spain

Open Calls

Joya: AiR 2017 / January-March

Joya: arte + ecología’s Artist in Residence program has hosted over 500 international artists since it opened in 2009. Joya: AiR provides a creative environment free from distraction in one of Spain’s most beautiful and remote regions. Joya: AiR is an interdisciplinary residency at Los Gázquez, five old restored farmhouses, now an ecologically minded ‘off-grid’ location in the heart of the Parque Natural Sierra María-Los Vélez, in the sun-filled region of Andalucía, Spain.

Selected artists are given studio space and are encouraged to expand into the surrounding environment of over 20 hectares of land.

For the first quarter of 2017 we seek dedicated contemporary artists looking for a distinct change of pace, and a platform to create work away from the pressures of everyday life. We encourage both emerging and established artists to apply; our selections are based upon the integrity of work presented. The deadline for AiR applications is Friday, December 9th for residencies in the period January-March 2017.

Click Here to Apply: http://www.joyaarteyecologia.org/apply/

Disciplines and media:

Visual Art / Sculpture / Ceramics (enquire before applying) / Dance / Theatre / Performing Arts / Music / New Media / Curatorial / Film Making

Type of organisation:

Independent international not-profit artist and writers’ residency

Application:

Joya: AiR is currently accepting applications in Spanish and English

Residency duration:

Between 1-4 weeks (negotiable)

Application deadline:

Friday, 9th December 2016

Residency period:

1st January – 31st March 2017

Fees & Conditions:

The Joya: AiR residency has a subsidised fee of €300 per week + tax (10%). This covers the cost of accommodation, wood for heating, water and all meals. It also includes collection from our nearest transport hub, Vélez Rubio. There is no application fee for the residency.

Friends and family:

Accompanying friends and family are welcome subject to the contribution of the same outgoing fees as the resident artist (above).

Superhero Clubhouse Solstice Celebration 2016

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Speyer Hall, University Settlement
New York , NY

Dec 18, 2016 – 4:00 PM

A light party for dark days.

Radiant tunes and projections by…DJ/VJs The Hogstad Brothers
Heartwarming food from…Pil Pil Spanish Tapas, Lombardi’s Pizza, Brooklyn Whiskers, and more.
Beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery
Natural wine from Jenny and Francois Selections

An original, climate-inspired performance by our 2016 Science and Stage Fellows, a select ensemble of environmental experts and theater artists.

Your ticket guarantees you a seat at the performance, unlimited food, and a complimentary sunset cocktail.

Eat, be merry, and play our new Surprise Spheres prize game– you could win goodies ranging from from free rehearsal space at IATI to artisan crafts to top-shelf tequila.

As night falls, we’ll lift our glasses for a sunset toast to a better world.

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2719958

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If you are unable to attend, consider making a tax-deductible donation of any amount to support our work in 2017!

Learn more about us: www.superheroclubhouse.org/support
Donate here: https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=4188

Apply now for Creative Climate Leadership Training

Julie's Bicycle, Open Calls

Julie’s Bicycle is launching Creative Climate Leadership, a new leadership development programme.

Creative Climate Leadership is a pan-European programme for artists, creative professionals and policymakers to explore the cultural dimensions of climate change, and take action with impact, creativity and resilience.

Through a series of events, policy labs, flagship training courses and an alumni network, the programme will put culture at the heart of the international response to climate change.

Find out more

The first Creative Climate Leadership Training Course will take place 27 – 31 March 2017 in Wales, UK.

This five-day intensive course is for artists and creative professionals who want to take a lead on tackling climate change.

The week will:

  • Explore the role of culture and creativity in responding to climate change and environmental challenges;
  • Bring together a range of expert guest speakers to share case studies, research, approaches and practical solutions for achieving environmental sustainability in the cultural sector;
  • Enable each participant to develop their leadership and ideas;
  • Prepare participants to apply their learning and new skills when they return home, and support ongoing learning and exchange through an alumni network.

The course is facilitated by Julie’s Bicycle (UK) and PiNA (Slovenia), two pioneering organisations in the fields of culture, climate change and sustainable development in Europe. It will take place at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth, Wales, an education centre demonstrating practical solutions for sustainability.

Applications will be considered from all creative disciplines and art forms. We will also consider applicants from organisations that work directly with the cultural sector, such as networks, associations, funding bodies and policymakers.

The course will be conducted in English, and costs are £1,000 for UK applicants and €1,200 for international applicants. A limited number of bursaries are available for freelance applicants.

Apply

For more information and application guidelines visit: www.creativeclimateleadership.com/apply

The deadline for applications is 10am (GMT) Monday 16th January 2017.

Join our Twitter Q&A

Want to learn more and talk to the course facilitators?

Join CCL programme partners for a Twitter Q&A Live from 11.00 – 13.00 (GMT) on Thurs 1st December via @JuliesBicycle #ccleaders

Spread the word

Share this programme with your networks to help us grow the creative climate movement!

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