Economic Stability

CSPA Quarterly Calls for Submissions

May 6, 2011newsCurrent Issue, Economic Stability, Holden, International Initiatives, Livelihood, Mendelson, Miranda, Natural Relationship, Nature Vs Nurture, Periodical, Project Case Studies, Public Policy, Roberta, Science Human, Shinji, Synthetic Environments, Urban Environments, Visible Art, World Forum, Yamamoto

The most recent issue of the CSPA Quarterly, which called for work related to International initiatives, is now available on MagCloud.com.Â The issue includes contributions from ARTPORT, Arts In The One World, Forum for the Future, Moe Beitiks, Roberta Holden, Emily Mendelson, and Shinji Turner-Yamamoto.Â Installation, public policy, photography, and theater are all represented in Issue Five.

Submissions are now being accepted for issues seven and eight.Â Topics for these issues are Art and Agriculture and Nature vs. Nurture.Â The sixth issue, to be released in June, will feature projects that make the invisible visible.

Art & Agriculture

Our livelihood depends on both, yet both seem to be endangered in the non-commercial realm.Â What happens when art and agriculture collide?Â This issue will feature projects that are related to todayâ€™s agriculture and will explore the connection between the two.

Art & Agriculture Deadline for Submission:Â June 1, 2011

Nature vs. Nurture

For this issue, we are interested projects and stories that match nature to nurture, art to science, human to machine.Â What defines nature in urban environments, and what is our natural relationship to it?Â What is happening to our sense of cultural sustainability in a digital age?Â Are societies impacted more by art or science?Â And, how are natural and synthetic environments interchangeable?

Nature vs. Nurture Deadline for Submission:Â July 1, 2011.

The CSPA Quarterly explores sustainable arts practices in all genres, and views sustainability in the arts through environmentalism, economic stability, and cultural infrastructure.Â The periodical provides a formal terrain for discussion, and seeks to elevate diverse points of view.

Please send your opinion articles, project case studies, researched essays, and photos to: Miranda@SustainablePractice.org.

To view past issues, along with our current issue on digital work, please visit:Â http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Magazine/38626

CSPA Quarterly: Calls for our next two issues

December 15, 2010news, Open Calls, QuarterlyAction Deadline, Art Projects, Cancun, Climate Change, Creative Industries, CSPA, Current Issue, Economic Stability, Global Dilemmas, Global Issues, Global Warming, Invisible Threats, Miranda, Out Of Sight, Periodical, Project Case Studies, Public Attention, Rising Sea Levels, sustainability, Visibility

We are now accepting submissions for our next two issues:Â The last of 2010 focusing on International Action, with a special section dedicated to COP16 Cancun, and the first issue of 2011 on art that makes the invisible visible.

International Action

Please share with us any work that creatively addresses global issues in sustainability.Â We are particularly interested in projects happening outside of the United States that pay attention to global dilemmas including global warming, rising sea levels, disappearing cultures, and economic divides.Â A special section will be dedicated to work at the UNâ€™s Conference of the Parties, summit on climate change in Cancun in December.

International Action Deadline for Submission:Â January 10, 2011

Invisible Visibility

For this issue, we are interested in art projects, installations, and performances that visualize invisible threats to our environmental, economic, or cultural sustainability.Â How can our creative industries call public attention to major issues that are easy to ignore because they are â€˜out of sight, out of mind?â€™

Invisible Visibility Deadline for Submission:Â February 1, 2011.

Please send your opinion articles, project case studies, researched essays, and photos to: Miranda@SustainablePractice.org.

To view past issues, along with our current issue on digital work, please visit:Â http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Magazine/38626

Call for CSPA Quarterly!

October 9, 2010newsCSPA, Economic Stability, Environmental Sustainability, Genres, Infrastructure, Miranda, Periodical, Photos, Project Case Studies, Social Equity, Submission

In response to the CSPA Convergence, our next Quarterly will revolve around work that somehow makes the invisible visible. Â We’re looking for work that calls attention to what cannot be seen, relative to environmental sustainability or social equity.

Please send your opinion articles, project case studies, researched essays, and photos to: Miranda@SustainablePractice.org. Â The deadline for submission is October 30, 2010.

The CSPAÂ QuarterlyÂ explores sustainable arts practices in all genres, and views sustainability in the arts through environmentalism, economic stability, and cultural infrastructure.Â The periodical provides a formal terrain for discussion, and seeks to elevate diverse points of view.

Deadline Extended! CSPA Quarterly calls for Digital Work

July 3, 2010Announcements, Open Calls, QuarterlyDigital Art, Earth, Economic Stability, Genres, Impact Performance, Infrastructure, Late August, Life Cycle, Lost, Media Impact, Miranda, Performance Art, Periodical, Photos, Project Case Studies, Submissions, sustainability, Technology Advances

The summer edition of the CSPA Quarterly is now open for submissions!Â The issue will go to print late August.Â

For this issue, weâ€™re interested in exploring the sustainability of digital work.Â What is the life-cycle of digital art?Â How can digital media impact performance?Â Is digital art-making â€œgreen?â€Â What is lost when work is in the digital realm?Â And, what is gained?Â What happens when technology advances?Â And, as always, what is being sustained (the earth, the artist, the community)?Â

Please send your opinion articles, project case studies, researched essays, and photos to:Â Miranda@SustainablePractice.org. Â The deadline for consideration is July 23, 2010.

CSPA QUARTERLY: Call for Submissions on Digital Work

June 10, 2010newsCall For Submissions, Digital Art, Earth, Economic Stability, Genres, Impact Performance, Infrastructure, Late August, Life Cycle, Lost, Media Impact, Miranda, Performance Art, Periodical, Photos, Project Case Studies, sustainability, Technology Advances

The summer edition of the CSPA Quarterly is now open for submissions!Â The issue will go to print late August.Â

Please send your opinion articles, project case studies, researched essays, and photos to: Miranda@SustainablePractice.org. Â The deadline for consideration is July 9, 2010.

CSPA Quarterly: Call for Spring Submissions

March 18, 2010newsApril, Chemical Adhesives, Economic Stability, Existing Materials, Genres, Infrastructure, Media Artists, Miranda, Musicians, Periodical, Photos, Spring Cleaning, Spring Issue, Spring Submissions, sustainability, Theater Artists

The third edition of the CSPA Quarterly is now open for submissions. This time around, we’re hoping to cover art made from found objects and existing materials. Spring cleaning for the spring issue, if you will! Many of you are working with existing materials to create work- let us know what you’ve been up to!

Questions to consider: What dictates the “sustainability” of the work? If the found objects are made of plastic, is the work green? If the materials are raw, but held together with chemical adhesives, is the work green? Musicians or media artists: how does using existing material affect the sustainability of culture, and fight against limitations of copyright? Performance and theater artists: are you making work with found objects, set pieces, or written material?

The CSPA Quarterly explores sustainable arts practices in all genres, and views sustainability in the arts through environmentalism, economic stability, and cultural infrastructure. The periodical provides a formal terrain for discussion, and seeks to elevate diverse points of view.

Please send your essays, photos, and articles to: Miranda@SustainablePractice.org
The deadline for consideration is April 9, 2010.

CSPA Quarterly Calls for International Submissions

November 29, 2009newsClimate Change, Copenhagen, Economic Stability, Focus, Genres, Infrastructure, Miranda, Music And Film, Periodical, Photos, Submissions, sustainability, Visual Art

The second edition of the CSPA Quarterly is now open for submissions. Â This issue will focus on international eco-policy, policy’s effect on the arts, and the arts’ effect on policy. Â The issue will feature news and events from COP15, the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen this December. Â Articles from all nations are welcome!

The publication will explore sustainable arts practices in all genres (performance, visual art & installation, music, and film/video), and will view sustainability in the arts through environmentalism, economic stability, and cultural infrastructure. The periodical will provide a formal terrain for discussion, and will evaluate diverse points of views.

Please send your essays, photos, and articles to:Â Â Miranda@SustainablePractice.org

The deadline for consideration is December 22, 2009.

The CSPA Calls for Submissions

July 30, 2009AnnouncementsCase Studies, Critical Responses, CSPA, Economic Stability, Electronic Newsletter, Final Approval, Inaugural Edition, Inception, Lifecycle, Miranda, Music And Film, Periodical, Perpetuity, Practical Solutions, Quarterly Publication, Quarterly Submissions, Research Papers, sustainability, Sustainable Practice, Visual Art

The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts will be publishing its first quarterly publication this fall.Â The publication will explore sustainable arts practices in all genres (performance, visual art & installation, music, and film/video), and will view sustainability in the arts through environmentalism, economic stability, and cultural infrastructure. The periodical will provide a formal terrain for discussion, and will evaluate diverse points of views.

The questions we hope to explore in the first issue are two questions weâ€™ve been asking ourselves since the inception of the organization:Â What does sustainable art really mean?Â And, What needs to be sustained?

What is the lifecycle of the arts?Â What is the lifecycle of certain works?Â How can artists and art-making organizations sustain themselves?Â When is it appropriate to be temporary, and unsustainable?Â What are we working so hard to sustain?Â What must go on in perpetuity?

We are looking for essays, research papers, reports and visual examples from photography to info-graphics that either identify practical solutions, or explore sustainable theory as it pertains to the arts. Send us your research on how to integrate sustainable thinking into arts practice, documented case studies of projects attempting to be more sustainable (with any degree of success) and critical responses to work being created.

We welcome all lengths and styles for this inaugural edition of the CSPA Quarterly. Submissions that are not used for this edition may be used in future issues, our electronic newsletter or appear on our main website. We hope to see as many and as varied submissions as you can throw at us.

Please send your essays, photos, and articles to:Â Miranda@SustainablePractice.org

Submissions will be edited for inclusion as needed subject to final approval of the writer.

The deadline for submission is August 25, 2009.