January 28
Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens’ Long Island City neighborhood offers artists who are New York State residents the opportunity to create large-scale sculpture projects and multimedia installations in an outdoor environment. The Emerging Artist Fellowship is a residency of between two and six months in an outdoor studio with access to facilities, materials, equipment, and technical assistance to create a work for public display in September. Recipients also receive a grant in the amount of $5,000. Socrates Sculpture Park also offers a Spring Exhibition and an Open Space program for all artists, both with a January 28 deadline. For full guidelines on how to apply, visit www.socratessculpturepark.org.
January 29
The Washington University College School of Architecture’s Steedman International Design Competition invites applicants to submit proposals for adaptive reuses of abandoned industrial buildings on the waterfront of the Mississippi River, just north of downtown St. Louis. A comprehensive and sustainable approach is required. The competition is only open to individuals, not groups or firms. There is an application fee of $75. The January 29 deadline is for registration only; the submission deadline is March 13. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.steedmancompetition.com.
January 31
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation’s Space Program awards studio space in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn for the period of one year to visual artists over the age of 21. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents and may not be in school. Artists who presently have a studio of larger than 400 square feet are ineligible. The studios offered are non-living spaces and are available beginning September 15. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.sharpeartfdn.org.
The Center for Documentary Studies’ Dorthea Lange/Paul Taylor Prize is a $20,000 award given to collaborative work by a writer and photographer in the formative or fieldwork stages of a documentary project. Collaboration is required, and while more than two may apply as a collaborative group, at least one member must be a writer and one must be a photographer. There is an application fee of $35. For complete information on how to apply, visit http://cds.aas.duke.edu.
The Amy Foundation’s Writing Awards are grants of up to $10,000 given to the author of creative articles that present a biblical position on issues affecting the world today in a sensitive and thoughtful manner. Submitted articles must have been previously published in a secular publication during the past calendar year and must contain at least one passage of scripture. For full information on how to apply and the requirement of the award, visit www.amyfound.org.
The David T.K. Wong Fellowship is a £26,000 British pound award allowing a fiction writer seeking to write about the far east to spend a year at the University of East Anglica in Norwich, England. Applicants are required to submit a writing sample of no more than 2,500 words. Applicants may be of any nationality. There is a £10 application fee. For complete information on how to apply, visit www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/hum/lit/awards/wong.
February 1
The American Music Center’s Composer Assistance Program makes project-based grants of up to $5,000 to help American composers realize performances and recordings. Composers must associate a specific work with their proposals. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.amc.net.
The Arrowmont School of Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN offers one-year residencies to American artists. Residents receive a private studio, accommodations and meals, a monthly stipend, access to workshops and professional development, teaching experience, and exhibition opportunities. There is a $25 application fee. For complete information on eligibility and how to apply, visit www.arrowmont.org.
The Common Counsel Foundation’s Mesa Refuge in Point Reyes, CA supports creative writing on the natural world. Projects should address the environment and economy. Nonfiction projects are generally preferred although novelists and filmmakers are also invited to apply. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.commoncounsel.org.
The Corning Museum of Glass’ Rakow Grants for Glass Research are awarded to scholars seeking to undertake projects that entail the use of the Corning Museum’s research library. Preference is given to projects that are able to be completed, as opposed to advanced, by the funding received. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.cmog.org.
The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies’ Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction by an American Woman is a $5,000 given to a book-length work of prose fiction by a woman writer and US citizen. All entries must be submitted by publishers and must have been published in 2007. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.rochester.edu/College/WST/SBAI/kafka.html.
February 5
NYFA’s Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS) program awards mini-grants to New York State artists of between $100-$600 for specific, forthcoming opportunities that are distinct from works in progress. SOS funding is available to all New York State artists except those who live in one of the five boroughs of New York City. Literary, media, visual, music, and performing artists are all eligible. For complete information on how to apply, visit www.nyfa.org/sos.
Ongoing
Schermerhorn House—a joint project of Common Ground and the Actor’s Fund—is a permanent housing residence in Downtown Brooklyn reserved for local actors and artists as well as various low income and special needs tenants. The gross annual income of applicants may not exceed $29,760 and may not be less than $18,500. Rentals start at $600 per month. For full eligibility requirements and information on how to apply, call 212.221.7300 x264.
January 23, 2008
a conversation with eric maisel
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting excerpts from an interview with author and artist advocate, Eric Maisel re: his book THE VAN GOGH BLUES. Check back weekly for more of our conversation.
WHAT ADVISE DO YOU GIVE TO ARTISTS TO HANDLE THE POST-CREATION BLUES? The blues that happen when a project is done and you've worn yourself out.
Meaning must be made at all times or else we start to get those existential blues. But that isn't to say that we can't frame a day by the beach or a week incubating a project as meaningful time. The art is in our self-talk, where we consciously address our meaning needs by announcing where we want to invest meaning today: in a good rest, in a visit to the bookstore, in a little office organization, in a visit with a friend, and so on. What we want to guard against is the experience of meaninglessness that follows the completion of a project, and this we do by investing meaning wisely even though we may not have a new big project wanting to launch.
HOW CAN ARTISTS BEST FILL THE TIME IN PERIODS OF DORMANCY?
The answer revolves around how long the period of dormancy is and what the quality of that period is. If you tend to take three years off between projects, there is something going on there that needs to be addressed and you need to do a better job of forcing life to mean. If we're taking about two weeks, that's a very different matter. If it's that shorter amount of time, then you can catch up on business matters (there is always something in that realm that needs doing), remind yourself why you love your art discipline by visiting a museum or reading a book, and passionately living your "parallel life," that life of relationships and other meanings not connected to your creative projects.
ARTISTS OFTEN FACE CRITICISM IN THE FORM OF NOTES OR REVIEWS. HOW CAN AN ARTIST KEEP THEIR "SPIRIT UP" AND "FAITH IN THE WORK" IN THE FACE OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK?
The first step is remember that everyone has an opinion, that great works have been roundly panned, and that you and you alone are the arbiter of meaning and quality in your life. If you don't buy that at a visceral level, you will block when criticism comes. You have to have more than an intellectual understanding that your opinion must count the most: you must feel it in your bones. Once you possess that absolute certainty, then you can examine the criticism to see if there's something there for you to learn, for often there is. The tricky dance is to reject all criticism while at the same time making use of feedback that serves you, a dance that no artist manages perfectly. Some err of the side of grandiosity and listen to no one; others, lacking in self-confidence, err in the direction of caving in and blocking.
SHOULD YOU FIGHT THE BLUES OR LET THEM COME?
It is my opinion that we should fight them, though not necessarily in the first five minutes or the first hour. Being in "that space" for a little while may be unavoidable and even necessary, but remaining in that painful place of inaction and despair has nothing really to recommend it. As soon as we can - and if we have gotten in the habit of disputing the blues, this will be sooner rather than later - we stand up tall, remind ourselves that we make the meaning in our life and that there is no meaning until we make it, and decide where we want to make our next meaning investment: in a new project, in the business of art, or in another sphere like relationships. If we can nip the blues in the bud before they even come by making that next meaning investment before meaninglessness even has a chance to rear its head, so much the better!
WHAT ADVISE DO YOU GIVE TO ARTISTS TO HANDLE THE POST-CREATION BLUES? The blues that happen when a project is done and you've worn yourself out.
Meaning must be made at all times or else we start to get those existential blues. But that isn't to say that we can't frame a day by the beach or a week incubating a project as meaningful time. The art is in our self-talk, where we consciously address our meaning needs by announcing where we want to invest meaning today: in a good rest, in a visit to the bookstore, in a little office organization, in a visit with a friend, and so on. What we want to guard against is the experience of meaninglessness that follows the completion of a project, and this we do by investing meaning wisely even though we may not have a new big project wanting to launch.
HOW CAN ARTISTS BEST FILL THE TIME IN PERIODS OF DORMANCY?
The answer revolves around how long the period of dormancy is and what the quality of that period is. If you tend to take three years off between projects, there is something going on there that needs to be addressed and you need to do a better job of forcing life to mean. If we're taking about two weeks, that's a very different matter. If it's that shorter amount of time, then you can catch up on business matters (there is always something in that realm that needs doing), remind yourself why you love your art discipline by visiting a museum or reading a book, and passionately living your "parallel life," that life of relationships and other meanings not connected to your creative projects.
ARTISTS OFTEN FACE CRITICISM IN THE FORM OF NOTES OR REVIEWS. HOW CAN AN ARTIST KEEP THEIR "SPIRIT UP" AND "FAITH IN THE WORK" IN THE FACE OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK?
The first step is remember that everyone has an opinion, that great works have been roundly panned, and that you and you alone are the arbiter of meaning and quality in your life. If you don't buy that at a visceral level, you will block when criticism comes. You have to have more than an intellectual understanding that your opinion must count the most: you must feel it in your bones. Once you possess that absolute certainty, then you can examine the criticism to see if there's something there for you to learn, for often there is. The tricky dance is to reject all criticism while at the same time making use of feedback that serves you, a dance that no artist manages perfectly. Some err of the side of grandiosity and listen to no one; others, lacking in self-confidence, err in the direction of caving in and blocking.
SHOULD YOU FIGHT THE BLUES OR LET THEM COME?
It is my opinion that we should fight them, though not necessarily in the first five minutes or the first hour. Being in "that space" for a little while may be unavoidable and even necessary, but remaining in that painful place of inaction and despair has nothing really to recommend it. As soon as we can - and if we have gotten in the habit of disputing the blues, this will be sooner rather than later - we stand up tall, remind ourselves that we make the meaning in our life and that there is no meaning until we make it, and decide where we want to make our next meaning investment: in a new project, in the business of art, or in another sphere like relationships. If we can nip the blues in the bud before they even come by making that next meaning investment before meaninglessness even has a chance to rear its head, so much the better!
January 15, 2008
congrats to misnomer dance company!
With a little help from their friends, Misnomer just won a $10K grant! They send us this news:
Thanks so much for this post! It really made a difference. with your help, we won the $10k!!! IdeaBlob announced it today.
You can check out the original post about the contest in my December 6th archive or you can look up Misnomer at http://www.misnomer.org/
Thanks so much for this post! It really made a difference. with your help, we won the $10k!!! IdeaBlob announced it today.
You can check out the original post about the contest in my December 6th archive or you can look up Misnomer at http://www.misnomer.org/
ARC grant
THE DURFEE FOUNDATION:
ARC: ARTISTS' RESOURCE for COMPLETION Grant
First Quarter Postmark Deadline is Tuesday, February 5, 2008.
ARC grants provide rapid, short-term assistance of up to $3,500 toindividual artists who live in Los Angeles County. Funds must be used to enhance work that is near completion and scheduled for presentation between March 18, 2008 and August 5, 2008.
Artists in any discipline may apply. Applicants must have a secure invitation from an established organization to present their work. There are four grant cycles per year.
For more information, application, or guidelines visithttp://www.durfee.org/programs/arc/index.html
ARC: ARTISTS' RESOURCE for COMPLETION Grant
First Quarter Postmark Deadline is Tuesday, February 5, 2008.
ARC grants provide rapid, short-term assistance of up to $3,500 toindividual artists who live in Los Angeles County. Funds must be used to enhance work that is near completion and scheduled for presentation between March 18, 2008 and August 5, 2008.
Artists in any discipline may apply. Applicants must have a secure invitation from an established organization to present their work. There are four grant cycles per year.
For more information, application, or guidelines visithttp://www.durfee.org/programs/arc/index.html
January 13, 2008
upcoming: interview with eric maisel
Watch this blog for upcoming excerpts of An Interview with Eric Maisel. For those of you unfamiliar with Eric, he's a licensed therapist whose focus turned toward the specifics issues faced by creatives. He's been working with artists for over twenty years to explore, understand and celebrate the unique challenges artists face as creators and people.His book, VAN GOGH BLUES, is out in paperback now and is part of thirty or so books Eric has written for artists.
You can learn more about Eric at his website: http://www.ericmaisel.com/
January 10, 2008
cooking as creativity
Check out the new blog MEN WHO LIKE TO COOK written by David Latt. David turned the stress of being a TV producer into something delicious. He posts recipes and food stories and it's a good reminder that life is a creative process - even when we eat!
Beyond the careers, beyond the deadlines, beyond the hustle, we can find creativity in every little moment of our day. A creativity that sustains us when the career aspects of our artistry seems to overwhelm.
Check out his site and restock your fridge: http://www.menwholiketocook.blogspot.com/
teaching the arts
* Assistant Professor of Theatre
Southern Arkansas University (Arkansas)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540952-01&pg=e
* Faculty and Administration Opportunities
College of the Canyons (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541255-01&pg=e
* Multiple Openings
College of the Desert (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539516-01&pg=e
* Administrative Positions and Faculty Full-time, Tenure-track Positions
San Jose/Evergreen Community College District (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541151-01&pg=e
* Multiple Employment Opportunities
Santa Rosa Junior College (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541111-01&pg=e
* Claire Trevor Endowed Chair (Distinguished Faculty Position)
University of California at Irvine (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539626-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor in Secondary Music Education
University of Saskatchewan Department of Music (Canada)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000542150-01&pg=e
* World Dance / Artist-in-Residence, Dance Department
Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541071-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor (Adjunct)/Associate Professor (Adjunct) in Sound Design at the Yale School of Drama; Director
Yale University (Connecticut)
(date posted: 1/8/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000542277-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions - Music School
Yale University (Connecticut)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540747-01&pg=e
* Theatre - Assistant to Associate Professor tenure track
University of Guam (Guam)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540218-01&pg=e
* Director of Costume Shop
Ball State University (Indiana)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540286-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Dance/Choreography
Wichita State University (Kansas)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540289-01&pg=e
* Assistant/Associate Professor, Program Director of Theatre
Wichita State University (Kansas)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540287-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Positions
Bowie State University (Maryland)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541333-01&pg=e
* Anticipated Fall 2008 Faculty Positions
Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541256-01&pg=e
* Full-time Faculty and Professional Positions
Harford Community College (Maryland)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540663-01&pg=e
* Film Studies - Production, Faculty
Keene State College (New Hampshire)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540716-01&pg=e
* Multiple Summer Staff Positions
French Woods Festival (New York)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540094-01&pg=e
* Assistant or Associate Professor (Dance Program/Music Department)
Hunter College of the City University of New York (New York)
(date posted: 1/4/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000542024-01&pg=e
Southern Arkansas University (Arkansas)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540952-01&pg=e
* Faculty and Administration Opportunities
College of the Canyons (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541255-01&pg=e
* Multiple Openings
College of the Desert (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539516-01&pg=e
* Administrative Positions and Faculty Full-time, Tenure-track Positions
San Jose/Evergreen Community College District (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541151-01&pg=e
* Multiple Employment Opportunities
Santa Rosa Junior College (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541111-01&pg=e
* Claire Trevor Endowed Chair (Distinguished Faculty Position)
University of California at Irvine (California)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539626-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor in Secondary Music Education
University of Saskatchewan Department of Music (Canada)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000542150-01&pg=e
* World Dance / Artist-in-Residence, Dance Department
Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541071-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor (Adjunct)/Associate Professor (Adjunct) in Sound Design at the Yale School of Drama; Director
Yale University (Connecticut)
(date posted: 1/8/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000542277-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions - Music School
Yale University (Connecticut)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540747-01&pg=e
* Theatre - Assistant to Associate Professor tenure track
University of Guam (Guam)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540218-01&pg=e
* Director of Costume Shop
Ball State University (Indiana)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540286-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Dance/Choreography
Wichita State University (Kansas)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540289-01&pg=e
* Assistant/Associate Professor, Program Director of Theatre
Wichita State University (Kansas)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540287-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Positions
Bowie State University (Maryland)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541333-01&pg=e
* Anticipated Fall 2008 Faculty Positions
Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000541256-01&pg=e
* Full-time Faculty and Professional Positions
Harford Community College (Maryland)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540663-01&pg=e
* Film Studies - Production, Faculty
Keene State College (New Hampshire)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540716-01&pg=e
* Multiple Summer Staff Positions
French Woods Festival (New York)
(date posted: 1/7/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540094-01&pg=e
* Assistant or Associate Professor (Dance Program/Music Department)
Hunter College of the City University of New York (New York)
(date posted: 1/4/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000542024-01&pg=e
January 07, 2008
January 06, 2008
patience, please
Sorry I've been so bad about posting. I received notes from the publisher on December 26th and have been banging out a new draft of the book. The new pages are due on January 16 and then it's off to Sundance!
So be patient with me during the month of January - this little blog suffers most when I'm swamped. I guess I need an iphone!
sj
So be patient with me during the month of January - this little blog suffers most when I'm swamped. I guess I need an iphone!
sj
cultural exchange grant for composers
French American Cultural Exchange Announces Deadline for Contemporary Music Fund
Deadline: March 1, 2008
Administered by the French American Cultural Exchange ( http://www.facecouncil.org/ ), the French American Fund for Contemporary Music supports contemporary music projects (commissions, residencies, performances, tours, and master classes) that foster cultural exchange between France and the United States.
The fund awards grants to nonprofit institutions celebrating the work of living composers in both countries. Collaborations com- bining new French and American works are especially encouraged. Only projects involving works by living composers or works composed during the last fifty years will be considered for funding.
The repertoire should fall within one of the following categories: contemporary music for classical instrumentation; computer-assist- ed composition and research with multimedia tools; and new forms of improvised and electronic music. Special consideration will be given to projects involving the commission of new works.
Only nonprofit institutions may submit applications. American institutions must provide proof of their 501(c)(3) status; French organizations must prove equivalent status for eligibility. Examples of eligible institutions include university-level music departments or conservatories; research studios; perform- ers, including orchestras, ensembles, soloists, and conductors; and artistic programmers, including festivals and concert halls or any organization favoring interdisciplinary collaborations with professionals in other fields, such as dance, theater, film, visual arts, or new media. The amount requested cannot exceed 50 percent of the project's total budget.
Visit the FACE Web site for complete program information. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010525/facecouncil
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
Deadline: March 1, 2008
Administered by the French American Cultural Exchange ( http://www.facecouncil.org/ ), the French American Fund for Contemporary Music supports contemporary music projects (commissions, residencies, performances, tours, and master classes) that foster cultural exchange between France and the United States.
The fund awards grants to nonprofit institutions celebrating the work of living composers in both countries. Collaborations com- bining new French and American works are especially encouraged. Only projects involving works by living composers or works composed during the last fifty years will be considered for funding.
The repertoire should fall within one of the following categories: contemporary music for classical instrumentation; computer-assist- ed composition and research with multimedia tools; and new forms of improvised and electronic music. Special consideration will be given to projects involving the commission of new works.
Only nonprofit institutions may submit applications. American institutions must provide proof of their 501(c)(3) status; French organizations must prove equivalent status for eligibility. Examples of eligible institutions include university-level music departments or conservatories; research studios; perform- ers, including orchestras, ensembles, soloists, and conductors; and artistic programmers, including festivals and concert halls or any organization favoring interdisciplinary collaborations with professionals in other fields, such as dance, theater, film, visual arts, or new media. The amount requested cannot exceed 50 percent of the project's total budget.
Visit the FACE Web site for complete program information. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010525/facecouncil
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
SO THE ARROW FLIES
SO THE ARROW FLIES
Saturday, JAN. 12
8pm
One night only
Fundraiser Event
Esther K. Chae's solo performance "SO THE ARROW FLIES"?
Directed by Casey Stangl
So the Arrow Flies is about double agent Catherine, a North Korean National Actor who is exiled to South Korea, becomes an intelligence asset for Seoul and the FBI, while all the while spying for North Korea. Korean American FBI Agent Park discovers and exposes Catherine's espionage scheme.
Originally developed at the Mark Taper Forum's Solo Performance Workshop under the direction of Roger Guenveur Smith, SO THE ARROW FLIES is a composite of real events: the recent arrest of a Chinese-American FBI asset on espionage charges, and exiled North Korean film star Soon-young Chu.
Amazing and beautiful show -- David Henry Hwang (Tony award winning playwright)
Wonderful- full of insight and feeling and complexity -- Charles Mee (Award winning playwright & Historian)
Esther K Chae's show So the Arrow Flies is a well-crafted, gripping piece of theatre. Her performance is truthful, and direct, and her characterizations are apt and fully embodied. Esther's sense of humor, and that of her characters, is present throughout, and lends a unique touch to this powerful spy story. -- Cheryl King, (Artistic Director, Stage Left Studio, NYC)
**Tickets $35
Buy on line at www.plays411.com/arrowflies
323-960-1053
**David Henry Hwang Theater and parking info East West Players
120 North Judge John Aiso Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
**Play info http://www.myspace.com/sothearrowflies
International Performing Arts Laboratory
Performer's Physicality: physical action, psychological gesture, biomechanics under the direction of Sergey Ostrenko
April 20 - 25, 2008Prague, Czech Republic
The Lab is focused on practical exploration of performer's psycho-physical instrument. The program includes intensive practical training, lectures and discussion club. Each day will begin from the morning warm-up based on the Biomechanics of Meyerhold. The Lab is open to performers from different creative genres, techniques and styles interested to enrich the professional arsenal with new practical methods and devices, to explore contemporary aesthetics in communication with a spectator and to reconsider cooperation principles in a creative group.
REGISTRATION. Candidates should send a CV and a brief letter of motivation to info@iugte.com stating the title, dates and location of the event. Places are limited, the registration will be closed once the group is full.
Participation fee: 490 EUR if payment is made before January 20th. The fee covers attendance of the programme, accommodation and meals. (550 EUR if payment is made before February 20th).
MORE DETAILS: http://www.iugte.com/projects/PAL.php
April 20 - 25, 2008Prague, Czech Republic
The Lab is focused on practical exploration of performer's psycho-physical instrument. The program includes intensive practical training, lectures and discussion club. Each day will begin from the morning warm-up based on the Biomechanics of Meyerhold. The Lab is open to performers from different creative genres, techniques and styles interested to enrich the professional arsenal with new practical methods and devices, to explore contemporary aesthetics in communication with a spectator and to reconsider cooperation principles in a creative group.
REGISTRATION. Candidates should send a CV and a brief letter of motivation to info@iugte.com stating the title, dates and location of the event. Places are limited, the registration will be closed once the group is full.
Participation fee: 490 EUR if payment is made before January 20th. The fee covers attendance of the programme, accommodation and meals. (550 EUR if payment is made before February 20th).
MORE DETAILS: http://www.iugte.com/projects/PAL.php
December 20, 2007
more teaching jobs
* Costumes or Sets in Alaska! University of Alaska at Fairbanks (Alaska) (date posted: 12/18/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540225-01&pg=e
* Multiple Tenure Track Pre-Tenure Track Faculty Positions Gallaudet University (D.C.) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539385-01&pg=e
* Mutliple Career Opportunities Savannah State University (Georgia) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539217-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre History/Theory University of Georgia (Georgia) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538198-01&pg=e
* Director of Instrumental Ensembles / Assistant Professor of Music Full Time Tenure Track Saint Xavier University (Illinois) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539909-01&pg=e
* Theatre and Speech Communication Faculty (Tenure-track) Salem State College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 12/16/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535562-01&pg=e
* Teacher of Viola Michigan State University (Michigan) (date posted: 12/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539864-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Dance Oakland University (Michigan) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539005-01&pg=e
* Associate Dean Wayne State University (Michigan) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539091-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professof or Voice/Movement and Acting, tenure-track St. Cloud State University (Minnesota) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538783-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Nebraska) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538886-01&pg=e
* Multiple Openings New Mexico Highlands University (New Mexico) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539336-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Music in Music Theatre Belmont University (Tennessee) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540006-01&pg=e
* Music Director, Opera University of Houston Main Campus (Texas) (date posted: 12/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538558-01&pg=e
* Modern Dance Faculty Evergreen State College (Washington) (date posted: 12/14/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539850-01&pg=e
* Faculty: Tenure-track positions available in Art, ESL, International Studies, Mathematics, Music, and Speech/Theatre Peninsula College (Washington) (date posted: 12/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540299-01&pg=e
* Multiple Tenure Track Pre-Tenure Track Faculty Positions Gallaudet University (D.C.) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539385-01&pg=e
* Mutliple Career Opportunities Savannah State University (Georgia) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539217-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre History/Theory University of Georgia (Georgia) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538198-01&pg=e
* Director of Instrumental Ensembles / Assistant Professor of Music Full Time Tenure Track Saint Xavier University (Illinois) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539909-01&pg=e
* Theatre and Speech Communication Faculty (Tenure-track) Salem State College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 12/16/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535562-01&pg=e
* Teacher of Viola Michigan State University (Michigan) (date posted: 12/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539864-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Dance Oakland University (Michigan) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539005-01&pg=e
* Associate Dean Wayne State University (Michigan) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539091-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professof or Voice/Movement and Acting, tenure-track St. Cloud State University (Minnesota) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538783-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Nebraska) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538886-01&pg=e
* Multiple Openings New Mexico Highlands University (New Mexico) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539336-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Music in Music Theatre Belmont University (Tennessee) (date posted: 12/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540006-01&pg=e
* Music Director, Opera University of Houston Main Campus (Texas) (date posted: 12/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538558-01&pg=e
* Modern Dance Faculty Evergreen State College (Washington) (date posted: 12/14/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539850-01&pg=e
* Faculty: Tenure-track positions available in Art, ESL, International Studies, Mathematics, Music, and Speech/Theatre Peninsula College (Washington) (date posted: 12/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000540299-01&pg=e
December 13, 2007
teaching the arts
* Open Faculty Positions California State University at Los Angeles (California) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538123-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Goucher College (Maryland) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537942-01&pg=e
* Director of Design and Technical Curriculum, Music and Theater Arts Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539124-01&pg=e
* Director of Choral Programs Music Center of South Central Michigan (Michigan) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538986-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Musicology Oakland University (Michigan) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537158-01&pg=e
* Head of School of Drama Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538096-01&pg=e
* Applied Piano University of Houston Main Campus (Texas) (date posted: 12/13/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538565-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre, Lighting and Scenic Design West Texas A&M University (Texas) (date posted: 12/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539589-01&pg=e
* Various Faculty Positions Open, School of Communication and the Arts Regent University (Virginia) (date posted: 12/7/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538856-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Goucher College (Maryland) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537942-01&pg=e
* Director of Design and Technical Curriculum, Music and Theater Arts Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539124-01&pg=e
* Director of Choral Programs Music Center of South Central Michigan (Michigan) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538986-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Musicology Oakland University (Michigan) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537158-01&pg=e
* Head of School of Drama Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 12/10/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538096-01&pg=e
* Applied Piano University of Houston Main Campus (Texas) (date posted: 12/13/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538565-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre, Lighting and Scenic Design West Texas A&M University (Texas) (date posted: 12/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000539589-01&pg=e
* Various Faculty Positions Open, School of Communication and the Arts Regent University (Virginia) (date posted: 12/7/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000538856-01&pg=e
December 07, 2007
holiday party for schmoozing
Columbia University EntertainmentInvites All NYU Grads to a Holiday Party
RSVP to Jim Latham: JRLatham@msn.com
Thursday, December 13th, starting at 7 pm at historic MEMPHIS
Come one, come all, and let's usher in the last of 2007 New York style! In lieu of a white Christmas, CUE is creating an East Coast vibe withour comrades from Tisch School of the Arts and any other NYU school.
We welcome those from the creative, technical, and business areas of the entertainment industry, as well as those interested in creating fraternity with fellow alumni and New York expats.
We'll gather at the historic bar/restaurant Memphis, one of the last residential buildings remaining on central Hollywood Blvd. Originally designed as a luxurious residence, Memphis became a private school for the children of silent-era movie stars. And now, for one night, it's ours!
Free Admission / Cash Bar / Guests Welcome
RSVP to Jim Latham: JRLatham@msn.com
MEMPHIS
6541 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Phone: 323-465-8600
www.memphishollywood.com
Valet parking, or DIY on nearby lots / streets
Special thanks to Jeff Gund and www.infolist.com
RSVP to Jim Latham: JRLatham@msn.com
Thursday, December 13th, starting at 7 pm at historic MEMPHIS
Come one, come all, and let's usher in the last of 2007 New York style! In lieu of a white Christmas, CUE is creating an East Coast vibe withour comrades from Tisch School of the Arts and any other NYU school.
We welcome those from the creative, technical, and business areas of the entertainment industry, as well as those interested in creating fraternity with fellow alumni and New York expats.
We'll gather at the historic bar/restaurant Memphis, one of the last residential buildings remaining on central Hollywood Blvd. Originally designed as a luxurious residence, Memphis became a private school for the children of silent-era movie stars. And now, for one night, it's ours!
Free Admission / Cash Bar / Guests Welcome
RSVP to Jim Latham: JRLatham@msn.com
MEMPHIS
6541 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Phone: 323-465-8600
www.memphishollywood.com
Valet parking, or DIY on nearby lots / streets
Special thanks to Jeff Gund and www.infolist.com
one more grant
Journalists Invited to Apply for Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism
Deadline: March 1, 2008
The Center for Environmental Journalism ( http://colorado.edu/journalism/cej/index.html ), an initiative of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Univer- sity of Colorado at Boulder, offers the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism to help provide professional journal- ists with the knowledge necessary to cover the environment more effectively and enrich the public's understanding of this subject.
During the nine-month program, Scripps fellows audit classes, conduct in-depth research, and reflect on critical questions without the pressure of deadlines. Through seminars and field trips, the program brings participants together with leading environmental specialists. The fellowships cover tuition and fees.
In addition, a $47,000 stipend will be paid for the 2008-09 academic year. Five Ted Scripps Fellowships are awarded each year. The program is open to all full-time U.S. print or broadcast journalists interested in deepening and broadening their knowledge of envi- ronmental issues. Prior experience in covering the environment is not required.
Complete program guidelines are available at the CEJ Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010116/colorado
For additional RFPs in Journalism/Media, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_journalism.jhtml
Deadline: March 1, 2008
The Center for Environmental Journalism ( http://colorado.edu/journalism/cej/index.html ), an initiative of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Univer- sity of Colorado at Boulder, offers the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism to help provide professional journal- ists with the knowledge necessary to cover the environment more effectively and enrich the public's understanding of this subject.
During the nine-month program, Scripps fellows audit classes, conduct in-depth research, and reflect on critical questions without the pressure of deadlines. Through seminars and field trips, the program brings participants together with leading environmental specialists. The fellowships cover tuition and fees.
In addition, a $47,000 stipend will be paid for the 2008-09 academic year. Five Ted Scripps Fellowships are awarded each year. The program is open to all full-time U.S. print or broadcast journalists interested in deepening and broadening their knowledge of envi- ronmental issues. Prior experience in covering the environment is not required.
Complete program guidelines are available at the CEJ Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010116/colorado
For additional RFPs in Journalism/Media, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_journalism.jhtml
grants
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation Invites Grant Proposals
Deadline: January 15, 2008
The Academy Foundation, the educational and preservation wing of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( http://oscars.org/ ), distributes through its Institutional Grants Program funding to film-related nonprofit organizations, schools, and colleges. Academy Institutional Grants are awarded only to nonprofit film organizations and to film programs within schools, colleges, uni- versities, and other institutions and nonprofit organizations.
Grants are not awarded to individuals or to for-profit companies or organizations. In 2007, the Institutional Grants Program distributed a total of $500,250 to fifty-six institutions. Typical award amounts range from $5,000 to $15,000 per institution. Please note that under this program, funds are not awarded directly to individuals engaged in the performing arts, or to cover the expenses of developing scripts, producing films, or funding educational expenses of any kind. Nor are funds awarded to film festivals. (The academy has a separate Festival Grants Program.)
Complete program information and examples of funded programs are available at the academy's Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010108/oscars
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American Philosophical Society Accepting Applications for Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
Deadline: February 15, 2008
The American Philosophical Society's ( http://www.amphilsoc.org/ ) Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Although applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, grants will not be restricted to these fields. Grants will be available to doctoral students. Postdoctoral fellows, master's degree candidates, and undergraduates are not eligible.
The competition is open to U.S. residents wishing to carry out research anywhere in the world. Foreign applicants must either be based at a U.S. institution or plan to carry out their work in the United States.
Grant amounts will depend on travel costs, but will ordinarily be in the range of several hundred dollars up to about $5,000 each. Grants are payable to the individual applicant. Budgets should be limited to travel and related expenses, including personal field equipment.
Visit the American Philosophical Society Web site for complete program guidelines. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010109/amphilsoc
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Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant Program Open to Artists in Minnesota and New York City
Deadline: February 13, 2008
The Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant Program awards grants to emerging creative artists in Minnesota and New York City. Funds support periods of travel for the purpose of study, exploration, and growth. The 2008 Travel and Study Grant Program will support artists working in literature, film/video, and dance. (In 2009, artists working in music, theater, and visual arts will be eligible to apply.)
In literature, writers of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and spoken word may apply. In film, film and video directors may apply. And in dance, choreographers may apply. Minnesota-based executive and program administrators working for nonprofit arts organizations in literature, film/video, or dance are also eligible to apply due to a specific contribution for that category. Applicants must live in Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City at the time of application and must have lived in that location at least one year prior to the application deadline.
Grants of up to $1,500 each will be awarded for short-term travel of three to six days. Grants of up to $5,000 each will be awarded for trips of one week or longer. The program is designed to support individuals rather than organizations. Multiple-person partnerships may apply on one application form if the monies requested do not exceed $5,000.
Visit the Jerome Foundation Web site for complete program information. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010110/jeromefdn
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
December 06, 2007
vote to help a dance company
Dear fellow NYU Alum, friends and advocates for the performing arts,
I hope you are well. I wanted to let you know about a new series of free web tools that we are developing to serve the performing arts and to ask for your help in getting the word out about an opportunity that we have to win $10,000 to help us create them. The contest runs for all of December, but the votes between now and Dec 7th are the most important so if you can help spread the word in the next few days that would be especially appreciated. I hope you will vote too!
Thank you for your consideration. I send my best wishes!
--Chris Elam, Misnomer Dance Theater, NYU Tisch MFA graduate 2001
In addition to creating dances, Misnomer Dance Theater has put together a proposal to build online tools for the dance world. Please take two minutes to vote for us on IdeaBlob to win $10,000 toward building these tools to share with dance and theater artists to help them increase bookings and revenue and give online audiences more engaging experiences. The web has created new opportunities for artists and we are asking you to help enable us to build these resources for the arts. This first round of voting ends December 7th, so we need you to support our idea on IdeaBlob today! With your vote and this $10k, we'll be creating exciting ways for people to discover arts online!
Vote here:
http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/906-Impact-the-arts-Enable-perform
What will Misnomer do if we win $10,000 for this idea?Your vote will help us:
1) BUILD web-streaming capabilities for rehearsals enabling audiences to "attend" live rehearsals online and interact directly with artists.
2) CREATE an online theater in which visitors can watch and direct performances from multiple perspectives including back stage views, and performers' point of view via body mounted cameras.
3) DEVELOP tools to request and display the geography of artist's online audiences. Venues in new cities can then have ready-made audience bases.
We hope these online tools will help transform artist's websites into sites of participation. We anticipate this will create great impact in the arts world!
VOTE FOR US on IdeaBlob (reg req'd)!
Or, heck, register your own idea!
http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/906-Impact-the-arts-Enable-perform
I hope you are well. I wanted to let you know about a new series of free web tools that we are developing to serve the performing arts and to ask for your help in getting the word out about an opportunity that we have to win $10,000 to help us create them. The contest runs for all of December, but the votes between now and Dec 7th are the most important so if you can help spread the word in the next few days that would be especially appreciated. I hope you will vote too!
Thank you for your consideration. I send my best wishes!
--Chris Elam, Misnomer Dance Theater, NYU Tisch MFA graduate 2001
In addition to creating dances, Misnomer Dance Theater has put together a proposal to build online tools for the dance world. Please take two minutes to vote for us on IdeaBlob to win $10,000 toward building these tools to share with dance and theater artists to help them increase bookings and revenue and give online audiences more engaging experiences. The web has created new opportunities for artists and we are asking you to help enable us to build these resources for the arts. This first round of voting ends December 7th, so we need you to support our idea on IdeaBlob today! With your vote and this $10k, we'll be creating exciting ways for people to discover arts online!
Vote here:
http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/906-Impact-the-arts-Enable-perform
What will Misnomer do if we win $10,000 for this idea?Your vote will help us:
1) BUILD web-streaming capabilities for rehearsals enabling audiences to "attend" live rehearsals online and interact directly with artists.
2) CREATE an online theater in which visitors can watch and direct performances from multiple perspectives including back stage views, and performers' point of view via body mounted cameras.
3) DEVELOP tools to request and display the geography of artist's online audiences. Venues in new cities can then have ready-made audience bases.
We hope these online tools will help transform artist's websites into sites of participation. We anticipate this will create great impact in the arts world!
VOTE FOR US on IdeaBlob (reg req'd)!
Or, heck, register your own idea!
http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/906-Impact-the-arts-Enable-perform
December 05, 2007
nick fellowship for tv writers
Call for Entries: The Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship
Nickelodeon is offering writing fellowships in live action and animated television to writers with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Participants will have hands-on interaction with executives writing spec scripts and pitching story ideas. The program, developed to broaden Nickelodeon's outreach efforts, provides a salaried position for up to one year.
The next submission period runs from January 2 - February 28, 2008.
Applications and submission guidelines are available on our website at www.nickwriting.com.
Information via phone: 818.736.3663
Information via email: info.writing@nick.com
Nickelodeon is offering writing fellowships in live action and animated television to writers with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Participants will have hands-on interaction with executives writing spec scripts and pitching story ideas. The program, developed to broaden Nickelodeon's outreach efforts, provides a salaried position for up to one year.
The next submission period runs from January 2 - February 28, 2008.
Applications and submission guidelines are available on our website at www.nickwriting.com.
Information via phone: 818.736.3663
Information via email: info.writing@nick.com
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