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
December 06, 2007
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
November 30, 2007
healing art awards
Society for the Arts in Healthcare Invites Applications for Healing Arts Awards
Deadline: January 21, 2008
The Blair L. Sadler International Healing Arts Awards recognize individuals or teams of individuals -- including both professionals and students -- for exemplary literary, visual, performing, multidisciplinary, or media arts projects that have had a measurable impact on the quality of the healthcare experience for patients, families, and/or caregivers. The program seeks to promote research-based "best practice" programs that can be spread throughout the world, and is presented in partnership with the Society for the Arts in Healthcare http://www.thesah.org
Awards will be given to both students and professionals in any of the following art forms: Literary Arts; Media Arts; Multi- disciplinary Arts; Performing Arts; and Visual Arts.
First-place professional winners will receive $1,000 each (per individual or team), while first-place student winners will receive $500 each (per individual or team). First-place winners also will receive a complimentary general conference registration (limited to two per team) for the 2008 Society for the Arts in Healthcare Conference, "Embracing Our Past, Shaping Our Future: 21st Century Innovations," April 16-19, 2008, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
All primary applicants must hold a current membership with the Society for the Arts in Healthcare. Non-members can join immedi- ately in order to become eligible. Applicants must have partnered with a healthcare organization to complete the project.
Complete program information is available at the Society for the Arts in Healthcare Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009985/thesah
Deadline: January 21, 2008
The Blair L. Sadler International Healing Arts Awards recognize individuals or teams of individuals -- including both professionals and students -- for exemplary literary, visual, performing, multidisciplinary, or media arts projects that have had a measurable impact on the quality of the healthcare experience for patients, families, and/or caregivers. The program seeks to promote research-based "best practice" programs that can be spread throughout the world, and is presented in partnership with the Society for the Arts in Healthcare http://www.thesah.org
Awards will be given to both students and professionals in any of the following art forms: Literary Arts; Media Arts; Multi- disciplinary Arts; Performing Arts; and Visual Arts.
First-place professional winners will receive $1,000 each (per individual or team), while first-place student winners will receive $500 each (per individual or team). First-place winners also will receive a complimentary general conference registration (limited to two per team) for the 2008 Society for the Arts in Healthcare Conference, "Embracing Our Past, Shaping Our Future: 21st Century Innovations," April 16-19, 2008, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
All primary applicants must hold a current membership with the Society for the Arts in Healthcare. Non-members can join immedi- ately in order to become eligible. Applicants must have partnered with a healthcare organization to complete the project.
Complete program information is available at the Society for the Arts in Healthcare Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009985/thesah
grant for native american artists
National Museum of the American Indian Accepting Applications Visual and Expressive Arts Grants
Deadline: January 15, 2008
The National Museum of the American Indian ( http://nmai.si.edu/ ) Visual and Expressive Arts Grants program offers support to a wide range of arts activities with the goal of increasing the knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of contemporary Native American arts. NMAI considers the recognition of living artists of the Western Hemisphere to be of primary importance and will direct support to projects that strengthen the scholarship in this underserved field and create opportunities for new and innovative work.
Applications are accepted in two program areas:
1) The Visual Arts Program provides funding in two areas: Ex- hibitions and Installations -- funding of exhibitions and/or installations (including installation art) of contemporary Native American art in the United States at not-for-profit venues; and Publications and Critical Writing -- funding of publications on contemporary Native art, including, but not limited to, exhibition catalogs, special editions of journals, etc. At least 50 percent of the proposed project artists/au- thors/curators must be Native American.
The amount of each award will be $7,500 to $15,000 per project. Grants will be awarded to nonprofit or education-based organizations such as community art centers, artist-run galleries, museums, arts organizations, and college or university galleries or museums.
2) The Expressive Arts Program provides funding to promote the creation and presentation of new works (or existing but never- before-performed works) by Native artists, with particular empha- sis on collaboration. Applications from two or more artists who wish to collaborate are strongly encouraged. Artists may create presentations that include (but are not limited to) music, dance, spoken word, electronic media, film/video, costume design, mask making, set design, performance art, photography, painting, and other forms of expressive culture.
Grants of up to $10,000 each will be awarded to selected artists. This call is open to all indigenous peoples who hold American citizenship. Tribal affili- ations are not required for non-Native collaborators, although the primary applying artist must be Native.
Complete program information is available at the NMAI Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009978/nmai
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
Deadline: January 15, 2008
The National Museum of the American Indian ( http://nmai.si.edu/ ) Visual and Expressive Arts Grants program offers support to a wide range of arts activities with the goal of increasing the knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of contemporary Native American arts. NMAI considers the recognition of living artists of the Western Hemisphere to be of primary importance and will direct support to projects that strengthen the scholarship in this underserved field and create opportunities for new and innovative work.
Applications are accepted in two program areas:
1) The Visual Arts Program provides funding in two areas: Ex- hibitions and Installations -- funding of exhibitions and/or installations (including installation art) of contemporary Native American art in the United States at not-for-profit venues; and Publications and Critical Writing -- funding of publications on contemporary Native art, including, but not limited to, exhibition catalogs, special editions of journals, etc. At least 50 percent of the proposed project artists/au- thors/curators must be Native American.
The amount of each award will be $7,500 to $15,000 per project. Grants will be awarded to nonprofit or education-based organizations such as community art centers, artist-run galleries, museums, arts organizations, and college or university galleries or museums.
2) The Expressive Arts Program provides funding to promote the creation and presentation of new works (or existing but never- before-performed works) by Native artists, with particular empha- sis on collaboration. Applications from two or more artists who wish to collaborate are strongly encouraged. Artists may create presentations that include (but are not limited to) music, dance, spoken word, electronic media, film/video, costume design, mask making, set design, performance art, photography, painting, and other forms of expressive culture.
Grants of up to $10,000 each will be awarded to selected artists. This call is open to all indigenous peoples who hold American citizenship. Tribal affili- ations are not required for non-Native collaborators, although the primary applying artist must be Native.
Complete program information is available at the NMAI Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009978/nmai
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
story fund grant in ca
California Council for the Humanities Announces Guidelines for Story Fund
Deadline: February 4, 2008
The California Story Fund is an ongoing grant program of the California Council for the Humanities ( http://www.calhum.org/ ). The council will award competitive grants to public humanities programs that bring to light compelling stories from California's diverse communities and provide opportunities for collective reflection and public discussion.
The Story Fund is intended to encourage Californians from many communities to share their stories, thus promoting greater understanding and appreciation of the richness and complexity of the state. The council is especially interested in projects that will engage California youth in interpreting and reflecting on their experience through humanities-based programming. Organizations serving youth are strongly encouraged to apply.
Projects should use grant funds to identify or collect stories from community members, present and communicate the stories to the general public, and foster public discussion of the meaning and significance of the stories. One or more of the following formats may be used to present and communicate these stories: photography and interpretive exhibit; radio documentary; digital media; dramatic presentation; inter- pretive artwork; poetry readings; storytelling events; film festivals; and community conferences. Other formats may also be eligible.
Projects must host a face-to-face community discussion component that engages people in discussion of the stories and their relevance to the community, and must involve at least one humanities expert (in addition to the project director) in the design and implementation of the project.
Program guidelines and descriptions of previously funded CSF projects are available at the CCH Web site. The online application will be available on the Web site beginning January 2, 2008. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009977/calhum
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
Deadline: February 4, 2008
The California Story Fund is an ongoing grant program of the California Council for the Humanities ( http://www.calhum.org/ ). The council will award competitive grants to public humanities programs that bring to light compelling stories from California's diverse communities and provide opportunities for collective reflection and public discussion.
The Story Fund is intended to encourage Californians from many communities to share their stories, thus promoting greater understanding and appreciation of the richness and complexity of the state. The council is especially interested in projects that will engage California youth in interpreting and reflecting on their experience through humanities-based programming. Organizations serving youth are strongly encouraged to apply.
Projects should use grant funds to identify or collect stories from community members, present and communicate the stories to the general public, and foster public discussion of the meaning and significance of the stories. One or more of the following formats may be used to present and communicate these stories: photography and interpretive exhibit; radio documentary; digital media; dramatic presentation; inter- pretive artwork; poetry readings; storytelling events; film festivals; and community conferences. Other formats may also be eligible.
Projects must host a face-to-face community discussion component that engages people in discussion of the stories and their relevance to the community, and must involve at least one humanities expert (in addition to the project director) in the design and implementation of the project.
Program guidelines and descriptions of previously funded CSF projects are available at the CCH Web site. The online application will be available on the Web site beginning January 2, 2008. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009977/calhum
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
how to write proposals
A STRONG PROPOSAL CAN SPELL SUCCESS.
Register now for the Foundation Center's acclaimed proposal writing courses, coming in December to New York, San Francisco, and Washington,
D.C. PROPOSAL WRITING SEMINAR is for every grantseeker who wants to write proposals geared to foundations.
PROPOSAL WRITING SEMINAR II is for more advanced proposal writers who want to tailor a basic proposal to appeal to particular funders.
PROPOSAL BUDGETING WORKSHOP is for everyone who wants to learn the nuts and bolts of budget preparation to support their project proposals.
View courses, cities, and dates and register now: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009990/pwseminar
Register now for the Foundation Center's acclaimed proposal writing courses, coming in December to New York, San Francisco, and Washington,
D.C. PROPOSAL WRITING SEMINAR is for every grantseeker who wants to write proposals geared to foundations.
PROPOSAL WRITING SEMINAR II is for more advanced proposal writers who want to tailor a basic proposal to appeal to particular funders.
PROPOSAL BUDGETING WORKSHOP is for everyone who wants to learn the nuts and bolts of budget preparation to support their project proposals.
View courses, cities, and dates and register now: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009990/pwseminar
Grant: Investing in Artists
The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) is pleased to announce that the Guidelines and Application Forms for Round II of the Investing in Artists grants program are now available for download at www.cciarts.org/funding
Applications for Round II must be received in CCI's San Francisco office on January 11, 2008.
The Investing in Artists grant program is designed to enhance the working lives and creative environment for California artists by funding tools and market strategies that will allow them to create their best work more consistently, and distribute that work more broadly to new audiences. To support those aims, Investing in Artists provides grants in two categories: 1) Artistic Equipment & Tools; and 2) Presenting & Marketing Work.
Response to Round I of the Investing in Artists grants program was extremely encouraging, but we know that there are still many artists in California that we have yet to reach. Please help us in spreading the word about this unique funding opportunity by forwarding this email to artists in your networks.
If you have any questions about the Center for Cultural Innovation or the Investing in Artists program, please contact Emily Sevier, Programs Manager, at (800) 418-1671 (toll-free number) or by email at grants@cciarts.org
Applications for Round II must be received in CCI's San Francisco office on January 11, 2008.
The Investing in Artists grant program is designed to enhance the working lives and creative environment for California artists by funding tools and market strategies that will allow them to create their best work more consistently, and distribute that work more broadly to new audiences. To support those aims, Investing in Artists provides grants in two categories: 1) Artistic Equipment & Tools; and 2) Presenting & Marketing Work.
Response to Round I of the Investing in Artists grants program was extremely encouraging, but we know that there are still many artists in California that we have yet to reach. Please help us in spreading the word about this unique funding opportunity by forwarding this email to artists in your networks.
If you have any questions about the Center for Cultural Innovation or the Investing in Artists program, please contact Emily Sevier, Programs Manager, at (800) 418-1671 (toll-free number) or by email at grants@cciarts.org
two playwriting opps
1) Second Generation is seeking submissions of one-act plays by writers of Asian-American descent for possible production next year.
Submission deadline: December 15, 2007
Selected manuscripts will receive full production in a proposed four-week run, dates and location to be determined, in the spring or summer of 2008. Authors will receive a stipend and other contractual payment in accordance with Equity Showcase Code (status pending).
Submissions should be original, unproduced, written specifically for the stage, and approximately 10 to 45 minutes long. Previously submitted plays and multiple submissions are welcome.
Scripts may be submitted by mail to:
Second Generation - New Play Submissions, 80-17 Bell Blvd., Hollis Hills, NY 11427
Submit by email to: casting@2g.org
For complete guidelines and rules, email: info@2g.org or call 212-334-4777.
2) Icicle Creek Theatre Festival in Leavenworth, Washington is seeking submissions for their 2008 Festival of new plays in August.
Submission deadline: February 15, 2008.
ICTF's support to playwrights includes providing professional actors, dramaturgs, rehearsal space, stage management, round-trip transportation, shared resort lodging, meals, and an honorarium of $500. All artists, including playwrights, reside in very large modern cabins. CTF is looking for plays that tell original and compelling stories, and we welcome communication from playwrights with unproduced projects.
For more information: www.iciclecreekact.com
Submission deadline: December 15, 2007
Selected manuscripts will receive full production in a proposed four-week run, dates and location to be determined, in the spring or summer of 2008. Authors will receive a stipend and other contractual payment in accordance with Equity Showcase Code (status pending).
Submissions should be original, unproduced, written specifically for the stage, and approximately 10 to 45 minutes long. Previously submitted plays and multiple submissions are welcome.
Scripts may be submitted by mail to:
Second Generation - New Play Submissions, 80-17 Bell Blvd., Hollis Hills, NY 11427
Submit by email to: casting@2g.org
For complete guidelines and rules, email: info@2g.org or call 212-334-4777.
2) Icicle Creek Theatre Festival in Leavenworth, Washington is seeking submissions for their 2008 Festival of new plays in August.
Submission deadline: February 15, 2008.
ICTF's support to playwrights includes providing professional actors, dramaturgs, rehearsal space, stage management, round-trip transportation, shared resort lodging, meals, and an honorarium of $500. All artists, including playwrights, reside in very large modern cabins. CTF is looking for plays that tell original and compelling stories, and we welcome communication from playwrights with unproduced projects.
For more information: www.iciclecreekact.com
November 29, 2007
teaching the arts
* Multiple Faculty Positions Troy University (Alabama) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535771-01&pg=e
* Assistant/Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Westmont College (California) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536658-01&pg=e
* Choral Conducting Yale University (Connecticut) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536831-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Jacksonville University (Florida) (date posted: 11/28/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537235-01&pg=e
* Multiple Open Faculty Positions Illinois College (Illinois) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535414-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Grand Valley State University (Michigan) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535247-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions: Art, Biology, Communication, English, Equine Science, Justice Systems, Mathematics, Music, Spanish, Theatre, Business, Education, Health Science, Exercise Sciences, Speech-Language Pathology Truman State University (Missouri) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535850-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Acting/Directing Nebraska Wesleyan University (Nebraska) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536858-01&pg=e
* Senior Directing Faculty Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535203-01&pg=e
* Theater Instructors Institute of Creative Arts (South Korea) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536701-01&pg=e
* Multiple Position Openings Lamar University (Texas) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535788-01&pg=e
* Professor of Violin and Coordinator of Strings Sam Houston State University (Texas) (date posted: 11/28/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537249-01&pg=e
* Director of Orchestral Studies Sam Houston State University (Texas) (date posted: 11/28/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537247-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor - Applied Violin University of Texas-Pan American (Texas) (date posted: 11/28/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537160-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre Emory & Henry College (Virginia) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536090-01&pg=e
* Assistant/Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Westmont College (California) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536658-01&pg=e
* Choral Conducting Yale University (Connecticut) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536831-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Jacksonville University (Florida) (date posted: 11/28/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537235-01&pg=e
* Multiple Open Faculty Positions Illinois College (Illinois) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535414-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Grand Valley State University (Michigan) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535247-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions: Art, Biology, Communication, English, Equine Science, Justice Systems, Mathematics, Music, Spanish, Theatre, Business, Education, Health Science, Exercise Sciences, Speech-Language Pathology Truman State University (Missouri) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535850-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Acting/Directing Nebraska Wesleyan University (Nebraska) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536858-01&pg=e
* Senior Directing Faculty Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535203-01&pg=e
* Theater Instructors Institute of Creative Arts (South Korea) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536701-01&pg=e
* Multiple Position Openings Lamar University (Texas) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535788-01&pg=e
* Professor of Violin and Coordinator of Strings Sam Houston State University (Texas) (date posted: 11/28/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537249-01&pg=e
* Director of Orchestral Studies Sam Houston State University (Texas) (date posted: 11/28/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537247-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor - Applied Violin University of Texas-Pan American (Texas) (date posted: 11/28/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000537160-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre Emory & Henry College (Virginia) (date posted: 11/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536090-01&pg=e
workshop in nyc: shakespeare as muse
Shakespeare as Muse: The Therapeutic Use of Shakespeare to Heal & Create
Facilitators: Lucy McLellan & John Rainer
Date: Saturday, December 8th
Time: 9:30am-5:30pm
CEU Hours: 7
Fee: $125 (Full time students: $65)
It's one week away! If you would like to register, please email Meredith Dean at dramatherapy@institutefordramatherapy.com
Further information can be found on our website, www.institutefordramatherapy.com
Facilitators: Lucy McLellan & John Rainer
Date: Saturday, December 8th
Time: 9:30am-5:30pm
CEU Hours: 7
Fee: $125 (Full time students: $65)
It's one week away! If you would like to register, please email Meredith Dean at dramatherapy@institutefordramatherapy.com
Further information can be found on our website, www.institutefordramatherapy.com
November 25, 2007
check out silver sparrow
Check out Daily Creator 2@#$ %$^&3 *&)9! (can't reveal a superhero's identity) Silver Sparrow series on either YouTube or at MySpace.
http://www.youtube.com/silversparrowtv
or
http://myspace.com/silversparrow
teaching the arts
* Music - Piano
California Baptist University (California)
(date posted: 11/20/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536409-01&pg=e
* Art Design /Illustration, Graphic and Digital Media Technical Theater
California Baptist University (California)
(date posted: 11/20/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536359-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor Positions
Spelman College (Georgia)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534552-01&pg=e
* Director - Center for Creative and Performing Arts
Wesleyan College (Georgia)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534486-01&pg=e
* Assistant/Associate Professor
DePaul University (Illinois)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534233-01&pg=e
* Theatre and Speech Communication - Tenure Track
Salem State College (Massachusetts)
(date posted: 11/16/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535562-01&pg=e
* Instructor of Dance
University of Southern Mississippi (Mississippi)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534467-01&pg=e
* Post Graduate Fellow in Dance
University of Southern Mississippi (Mississippi)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534474-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor Design for Theatre and Dance
State University of New York College at Potsdam (New York)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535924-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions
Kenyon College (Ohio)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534750-01&pg=e
* Director of the School of Theatre
Ohio University Main Campus (Ohio)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535049-01&pg=e
* Theatre-Scenic Designer / Technical Director
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535052-01&pg=e
* Director of Orchestral Activities
Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536114-01&pg=e
* Director of Bands/Instrumental Music Education Specialist
Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536112-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor - Soprano Mezzo-soprano, or Alto Voice
University of South Dakota (South Dakota)
(date posted: 11/16/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535537-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor - Tenor, Baritone, or Bass
University of South Dakota (South Dakota)
(date posted: 11/16/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535727-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor (or above) of Western Drama & Acting and Directing
National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534369-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre
Texas Christian University (Texas)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535956-01&pg=e
* Applied Voice, Assistant Professor
University of Texas at El Paso (Texas)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534990-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Openings
West Texas A&M University (Texas)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534481-01&pg=e
California Baptist University (California)
(date posted: 11/20/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536409-01&pg=e
* Art Design /Illustration, Graphic and Digital Media Technical Theater
California Baptist University (California)
(date posted: 11/20/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536359-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor Positions
Spelman College (Georgia)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534552-01&pg=e
* Director - Center for Creative and Performing Arts
Wesleyan College (Georgia)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534486-01&pg=e
* Assistant/Associate Professor
DePaul University (Illinois)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534233-01&pg=e
* Theatre and Speech Communication - Tenure Track
Salem State College (Massachusetts)
(date posted: 11/16/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535562-01&pg=e
* Instructor of Dance
University of Southern Mississippi (Mississippi)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534467-01&pg=e
* Post Graduate Fellow in Dance
University of Southern Mississippi (Mississippi)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534474-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor Design for Theatre and Dance
State University of New York College at Potsdam (New York)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535924-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions
Kenyon College (Ohio)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534750-01&pg=e
* Director of the School of Theatre
Ohio University Main Campus (Ohio)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535049-01&pg=e
* Theatre-Scenic Designer / Technical Director
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535052-01&pg=e
* Director of Orchestral Activities
Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536114-01&pg=e
* Director of Bands/Instrumental Music Education Specialist
Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000536112-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor - Soprano Mezzo-soprano, or Alto Voice
University of South Dakota (South Dakota)
(date posted: 11/16/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535537-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor - Tenor, Baritone, or Bass
University of South Dakota (South Dakota)
(date posted: 11/16/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535727-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor (or above) of Western Drama & Acting and Directing
National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534369-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre
Texas Christian University (Texas)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535956-01&pg=e
* Applied Voice, Assistant Professor
University of Texas at El Paso (Texas)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534990-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Openings
West Texas A&M University (Texas)
(date posted: 11/19/2007)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534481-01&pg=e
elizabeth johnson animated short
CHECK OUT DAILY CREATOR ELIZABETH JOHNSON'S ADORABLE ANIMATED SHORT - PERFECT TO WARM UP YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON!!!
November 20, 2007
Casting in NYC
CASTING
Performance Space 122 in association with Chez Bushwick, Movement Research and Instituto Cervantes are seeking dancers, actors, writers, directors, choreographers, and visual artists to participate in an exploratory workshop with Spanish choreographer Juan DomÃnguez.
From… to… in New York will be the fifth of six workshops that will happen in 2007 (Madrid, Beijing, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, New York and Vienna).
The workshop will take place in New York City December 17-21, five hours in the afternoon per day, final times and schedule TBA. This is a free workshop, no pay.
Juan DomÃnguez is performer and choreographer and studied ballet, contemporary dance and video in Spain and USA. He received several grants to study at Movement Research in New York, city where he also studies different techniques and yoga. Since 1987 he works as a performer and artistic assistant with different choreographers and companies in Europe. Since 1992 he develops his own work.
To apply: Please send a letter of interest and your resume to Shoshona Currier shoni@ps122.org
Performance Space 122 in association with Chez Bushwick, Movement Research and Instituto Cervantes are seeking dancers, actors, writers, directors, choreographers, and visual artists to participate in an exploratory workshop with Spanish choreographer Juan DomÃnguez.
From… to… in New York will be the fifth of six workshops that will happen in 2007 (Madrid, Beijing, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, New York and Vienna).
The workshop will take place in New York City December 17-21, five hours in the afternoon per day, final times and schedule TBA. This is a free workshop, no pay.
Juan DomÃnguez is performer and choreographer and studied ballet, contemporary dance and video in Spain and USA. He received several grants to study at Movement Research in New York, city where he also studies different techniques and yoga. Since 1987 he works as a performer and artistic assistant with different choreographers and companies in Europe. Since 1992 he develops his own work.
To apply: Please send a letter of interest and your resume to Shoshona Currier shoni@ps122.org
Casting in LA for female Othello
Announcing OPEN AUDITIONS
Monday November 26th, 2007
for Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company's
co-production of an all-female production of
OTHELLO
with The Theatre @ Boston Court
Directed by Lisa Wolpe
Starring Fran Bennett as Othello and Lisa Wolpe as Iago
opening February 23rd, 2008 at the Theatre @ Boston Court
Audition Schedule:
Monday, November 26, 2007 2pm - 5pm, 6pm - 8pm
Sign-up begins at 1:30pm on a first come, first served basis
Boston Court, 70 North Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106
This will be a 9-Actor, All-Female Production.
Monday November 26th, 2007
for Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company's
co-production of an all-female production of
OTHELLO
with The Theatre @ Boston Court
Directed by Lisa Wolpe
Starring Fran Bennett as Othello and Lisa Wolpe as Iago
opening February 23rd, 2008 at the Theatre @ Boston Court
Audition Schedule:
Monday, November 26, 2007 2pm - 5pm, 6pm - 8pm
Sign-up begins at 1:30pm on a first come, first served basis
Boston Court, 70 North Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106
This will be a 9-Actor, All-Female Production.
November 16, 2007
grants
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Accepting Applications For Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grants
Deadline: January 22, 2008
The Manhattan Community Arts Fund, an initiative of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council ( http://lmcc.net/grants/boroughwide/manncommartfund/index.html ), supports local arts organizations and artists that have little access to other government funding sources by providing small grants to local artists and arts projects serving the Manhattan community. Funds are intended to enable grant recipients to eventually leverage financial support from other sectors and to prepare applicants for the process of obtaining public funds. Through the fund, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will award a total of approximately $125,000 this cycle, with grants ranging from $500 to $2,000 each to individual artists or nonprofit organizations.
Last year, 69 grants were awarded. Applications will be accepted from Manhattan-based individual artists or nonprofit organizations. Nonprofits such as arts organizations, social service agencies, senior centers, faith- based organizations, folk societies, and cultural centers are eligible. However, they must have proof of nonprofit status and their projects must be implemented in Manhattan. Similarly, individual artists must live in Manhattan.
Applications may be submitted for ongoing or new projects in any discipline for which activities will take place between April 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008. Proposals may only be submitted by applicants who have not applied by the September 18, 2007, appli- cation deadline. In addition, first-time applicants are required to attend program information sessions.
Visit the LMCC Web site for complete program details, eligibility restrictions, and dates and locations of information sessions.
RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009820/lmcc
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NAMM Foundation Announces New Grant Initiatives for Music Makers and Researchers
Deadline: Various
The NAMM Foundation ( http://www.nammfoundation.org/ ), a non- profit organization dedicated to advancing active participation in music making by people of all ages, has announced its 2008 Request for Proposals initiative.
The foundation is accepting proposals for the following five initiatives:
Disney's High School Musical: The Music in You Grant Program will award ten public middle and high schools a grant of $5,000 each and license to put on their own school stage production of Disney's "High School Musical." (Deadline: November 30, 2007.)
The Sounds of Living: The Impact of Music Making initiative will support research that examines the role of active participation in music for children, youth, adults, and seniors. Research funded under the initiative explores the effects of music learning and music making outside of formal educational settings and ex- pands the understanding of the role of music making in health, wellness, socialization, and the inter-connections between mind, body, and spirit that contribute to wellness and overall quality of life. (Deadline: January 2, 2008.)
Program Grants support innovative music learning programs from nonprofit public service organizations that reach new audiences with new protocols, and that further the NAMM Foundation's mission of creating more active music makers of all ages. (Deadline: January 4, 2008.)
The Sounds of Learning: The Impact of Music Education initiative supports research that examines the role of music education in the lives of school-age children. (Deadline: January 15, 2008.)
Scientific Grants support leading researchers and research teams in the fields of music research, neuroscience, psychology, edu- cation, and/or health-related fields to explore the effects of hands-on music making. (Deadline: January 15, 2008.)
Applicants may only apply to one program. For detailed information about the programs, eligibility restrictions, and application procedures, visit the NAMM Foundation Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009821/nammfoundation
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
Deadline: January 22, 2008
The Manhattan Community Arts Fund, an initiative of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council ( http://lmcc.net/grants/boroughwide/manncommartfund/index.html ), supports local arts organizations and artists that have little access to other government funding sources by providing small grants to local artists and arts projects serving the Manhattan community. Funds are intended to enable grant recipients to eventually leverage financial support from other sectors and to prepare applicants for the process of obtaining public funds. Through the fund, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will award a total of approximately $125,000 this cycle, with grants ranging from $500 to $2,000 each to individual artists or nonprofit organizations.
Last year, 69 grants were awarded. Applications will be accepted from Manhattan-based individual artists or nonprofit organizations. Nonprofits such as arts organizations, social service agencies, senior centers, faith- based organizations, folk societies, and cultural centers are eligible. However, they must have proof of nonprofit status and their projects must be implemented in Manhattan. Similarly, individual artists must live in Manhattan.
Applications may be submitted for ongoing or new projects in any discipline for which activities will take place between April 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008. Proposals may only be submitted by applicants who have not applied by the September 18, 2007, appli- cation deadline. In addition, first-time applicants are required to attend program information sessions.
Visit the LMCC Web site for complete program details, eligibility restrictions, and dates and locations of information sessions.
RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009820/lmcc
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NAMM Foundation Announces New Grant Initiatives for Music Makers and Researchers
Deadline: Various
The NAMM Foundation ( http://www.nammfoundation.org/ ), a non- profit organization dedicated to advancing active participation in music making by people of all ages, has announced its 2008 Request for Proposals initiative.
The foundation is accepting proposals for the following five initiatives:
Disney's High School Musical: The Music in You Grant Program will award ten public middle and high schools a grant of $5,000 each and license to put on their own school stage production of Disney's "High School Musical." (Deadline: November 30, 2007.)
The Sounds of Living: The Impact of Music Making initiative will support research that examines the role of active participation in music for children, youth, adults, and seniors. Research funded under the initiative explores the effects of music learning and music making outside of formal educational settings and ex- pands the understanding of the role of music making in health, wellness, socialization, and the inter-connections between mind, body, and spirit that contribute to wellness and overall quality of life. (Deadline: January 2, 2008.)
Program Grants support innovative music learning programs from nonprofit public service organizations that reach new audiences with new protocols, and that further the NAMM Foundation's mission of creating more active music makers of all ages. (Deadline: January 4, 2008.)
The Sounds of Learning: The Impact of Music Education initiative supports research that examines the role of music education in the lives of school-age children. (Deadline: January 15, 2008.)
Scientific Grants support leading researchers and research teams in the fields of music research, neuroscience, psychology, edu- cation, and/or health-related fields to explore the effects of hands-on music making. (Deadline: January 15, 2008.)
Applicants may only apply to one program. For detailed information about the programs, eligibility restrictions, and application procedures, visit the NAMM Foundation Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009821/nammfoundation
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
cause & effect - plot exercise
I admit it, I'm swamped and as a result, I totally stink about keeping the Creativity exercises coming. I hope everyone can forgive me. The book is due mid-December and I promise, after that, I'll be a good little blogger.
Today, though, I do have a writing exercise for you. One to help with plot.
DAILY CREATIVITY EXERCISE:
Tear a sheet of paper into 12 even slips. On four of those slips, write the name of your character and an action they are taking such as:
Elizabeth tore up the envelope.
Elizabeth dumped her purse onto the bed.
Elizabeth answered the phone.
Elizabeth shot her sister.
They can be small actions. They can be grand actions. You can do four slips for the same character or you can mix it up and choose four different characters from the same piece.
THESE ARE YOUR "CAUSE" SLIPS. Set them aside.
Now, create your "EFFECT" slips. Take your remaining 8 slips of paper and write on them general things that happened. Don't include a character name. This is a general statement of something that happened such as:
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, flooding her childhood home.
The Bible was lost in the move.
The dinner was a disaster.
Her neighbor knocked on the door asking for milk.
Everything fell apart.
The toilet overflowed.
They reunited.
The camera stopped taking pictures.
Very, very general statements such as these. You can even flip through random books to pull sentences so you're not thinking too much.
Put your Cause slips in a bowl and your Effect slips in a bowl. Pick one from each.
Write for ten minutes and explain how your Characters Action in the Cause slip resulted in What Happened from your Effect slip.
Do this four times. Give yourself 10 minutes for each Cause/Effect. See what you learn.
Today, though, I do have a writing exercise for you. One to help with plot.
DAILY CREATIVITY EXERCISE:
Tear a sheet of paper into 12 even slips. On four of those slips, write the name of your character and an action they are taking such as:
Elizabeth tore up the envelope.
Elizabeth dumped her purse onto the bed.
Elizabeth answered the phone.
Elizabeth shot her sister.
They can be small actions. They can be grand actions. You can do four slips for the same character or you can mix it up and choose four different characters from the same piece.
THESE ARE YOUR "CAUSE" SLIPS. Set them aside.
Now, create your "EFFECT" slips. Take your remaining 8 slips of paper and write on them general things that happened. Don't include a character name. This is a general statement of something that happened such as:
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, flooding her childhood home.
The Bible was lost in the move.
The dinner was a disaster.
Her neighbor knocked on the door asking for milk.
Everything fell apart.
The toilet overflowed.
They reunited.
The camera stopped taking pictures.
Very, very general statements such as these. You can even flip through random books to pull sentences so you're not thinking too much.
Put your Cause slips in a bowl and your Effect slips in a bowl. Pick one from each.
Write for ten minutes and explain how your Characters Action in the Cause slip resulted in What Happened from your Effect slip.
Do this four times. Give yourself 10 minutes for each Cause/Effect. See what you learn.
November 15, 2007
teaching the arts
* Multiple Positions - Music Northern Arizona University (Arizona) (date posted: 11/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000533166-01&pg=e
* Faculty Position in Dance Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (Florida) (date posted: 11/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532934-01&pg=e
* Faculty, Dance Miami Dade College (Florida) (date posted: 11/9/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534496-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Drama Transylvania University (Kentucky) (date posted: 11/9/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534301-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Music and Entertainment Syracuse University (New York) (date posted: 11/14/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535099-01&pg=e
* Artist In Residence, Theatre Technology (Assistant Technical Director) Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma) (date posted: 11/13/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535061-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Penn State Berks (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 11/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000533473-01&pg=e
* Faculty Position in Dance Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (Florida) (date posted: 11/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532934-01&pg=e
* Faculty, Dance Miami Dade College (Florida) (date posted: 11/9/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534496-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Drama Transylvania University (Kentucky) (date posted: 11/9/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000534301-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Music and Entertainment Syracuse University (New York) (date posted: 11/14/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535099-01&pg=e
* Artist In Residence, Theatre Technology (Assistant Technical Director) Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma) (date posted: 11/13/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000535061-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Penn State Berks (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 11/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000533473-01&pg=e
November 13, 2007
With the holidays coming up, check out Daily Creator Sarah Avery's SAVERY line of handmade purses and dolls. Here's her official blurb:
Each Savery for delicious living is a handmade, one of a kind expression. There are no patterns, no forms, no reproductions. Truly. I design, crochet, stitch, assemble, name and label each bag in my Burbank home. A one-woman operation, there are no sweatshops; no farmed out assembly. I create each bag with my own two hands. Once completed, each bag is given a woman’s name. Perhaps the name of a woman who has inspired, moved, loved, encouraged, or impressed me; perhaps simply a name that suits my feeling about the bag. You will find the name of your Savery original stitched in the lining. These bags are more than an accessory. They’re personality, comfort, attitude, style. Savery handbags are season-less, timeless, ageless, and priceless.Visit SAVERY at: http://www.saverybags.com/
teaching the arts
* Assistant/Associate Professor of Music and Music Program Chair Huntingdon College (Alabama) (date posted: 11/7/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000533949-01&pg=e
* Associatei Professor (Adjunct)/Professor (Adjunct) in Acting Yale University (Connecticut) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531479-01&pg=e
* School of Music and School of Theatre Faculty Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Hong Kong) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532128-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532170-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions Westfield State College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531663-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Film Production St. Cloud State University (Minnesota) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532135-01&pg=e
* Director of Bands/Trumpet University of Montana at Missoula (Montana) (date posted: 11/7/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000533683-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Ithaca College (New York) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532397-01&pg=e
* Assistant or Associate Professor of Dramatic Literature and Dramaturgy State University of New York at Buffalo (New York) (date posted: 11/4/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532181-01&pg=e
* Director of the School of Theatre Ohio University (Ohio) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532107-01&pg=e
* Instructor/Costume Design Faculty Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532644-01&pg=e
* Instructor of Dance/Accompanist Winthrop University (South Carolina) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532096-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Tennessee) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532116-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor Cinema/Film Virginia Commonwealth University (Virginia) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532534-01&pg=e
* Associatei Professor (Adjunct)/Professor (Adjunct) in Acting Yale University (Connecticut) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531479-01&pg=e
* School of Music and School of Theatre Faculty Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Hong Kong) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532128-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532170-01&pg=e
* Faculty Positions Westfield State College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531663-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Film Production St. Cloud State University (Minnesota) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532135-01&pg=e
* Director of Bands/Trumpet University of Montana at Missoula (Montana) (date posted: 11/7/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000533683-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Ithaca College (New York) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532397-01&pg=e
* Assistant or Associate Professor of Dramatic Literature and Dramaturgy State University of New York at Buffalo (New York) (date posted: 11/4/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532181-01&pg=e
* Director of the School of Theatre Ohio University (Ohio) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532107-01&pg=e
* Instructor/Costume Design Faculty Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532644-01&pg=e
* Instructor of Dance/Accompanist Winthrop University (South Carolina) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532096-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Tennessee) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532116-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor Cinema/Film Virginia Commonwealth University (Virginia) (date posted: 11/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532534-01&pg=e
grants for docs, playwrights and painters
Independent Television Service Announces International Call
Deadline: February 1, 2008
The Independent Television Service ( http://www.itvs.org/ ) International Call enables independent producers from outside of the United States to create documentaries for U.S. tele- vision. The ITVS International Call seeks programs that bring international perspectives, ideas, events, and people to U.S. television; content that represents diverse communities and advances underrepresented points of view; content that explores globally significant themes and inspires public dialogue; single documentaries of standard broadcast-hour length; programs that have already begun production and can be realistically completed within one year of contract; and co-production projects with either international broadcast partner(s) or co-productions with producers from different countries.
Applicants must be "independent producers" who have artistic, budgetary, and editorial control of their project and the ability to grant ITVS the right to reversion for broadcast. The primary applicant must be a citizen of another country who does not reside in the U.S. Dual foreign/U.S. citizens are eligible if they do not reside in the U.S. American citizens may only participate as co-applicants in a co-production relationship with a non-U.S. primary applicant.
Applicants must have previous film or television production experience in a principal role (producer, co-producer, director or co-director). Students are not eligible. U.S. residents, regardless of citizenship, are not eligible to apply as a primary applicant. International Call funds must be used as production completion funds for the project. The range of production funds offered for each project will vary.
Visit the ITVS Web site for complete program information. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009734/itvs
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Pew Fellowships in the Arts Program Offers Support for Philadelphia-Area Artists
Deadline:
December 10, 2007 (Playwriting);
January 7, 2008 (Folk & Traditional Arts and Painting)
Pew Fellowships in the Arts ( http://www.pewarts.org/ ), a program of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage ( http://www.pcah.us/ ) established by the Pew Charitable Trusts ( http://www.pewtrusts.org/ ), awards grants to artists working in a wide variety of performing, visual, and literary disciplines. The grants provide financial support directly to the artists so that they may have the opportunity to dedicate themselves to creative pursuits exclusively. PFA makes awards to artists working in twelve different discipline categories, which rotate on a four-year cycle.
In 2008, applications are being accepted in the areas of folk & traditional arts, painting, and playwriting. Fellowships may be awarded to artists at any stage of their career development, from early to mature, and to artists work- ing in a wide range of aesthetics and traditions. Fellowship recipients are determined according to two primary criteria. First, and most important, applicants are judged on their artistic accomplishment and future promise. Second, panelists consider the impact that a fellowship will have on the applicant's career and artistic development.
Applicants must be practicing artists of demonstrated commitment and professional accomplishment, and must have resided in the five-county Philadelphia area (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery) for at least two continuous years at the time of application. Up to twelve fellowships are awarded annually. As of the 2008 award cycle, the fellowship amount has increased to $60,000 from $50,000.
Visit the PFA Web site for complete program information. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009735/pewarts
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
Deadline: February 1, 2008
The Independent Television Service ( http://www.itvs.org/ ) International Call enables independent producers from outside of the United States to create documentaries for U.S. tele- vision. The ITVS International Call seeks programs that bring international perspectives, ideas, events, and people to U.S. television; content that represents diverse communities and advances underrepresented points of view; content that explores globally significant themes and inspires public dialogue; single documentaries of standard broadcast-hour length; programs that have already begun production and can be realistically completed within one year of contract; and co-production projects with either international broadcast partner(s) or co-productions with producers from different countries.
Applicants must be "independent producers" who have artistic, budgetary, and editorial control of their project and the ability to grant ITVS the right to reversion for broadcast. The primary applicant must be a citizen of another country who does not reside in the U.S. Dual foreign/U.S. citizens are eligible if they do not reside in the U.S. American citizens may only participate as co-applicants in a co-production relationship with a non-U.S. primary applicant.
Applicants must have previous film or television production experience in a principal role (producer, co-producer, director or co-director). Students are not eligible. U.S. residents, regardless of citizenship, are not eligible to apply as a primary applicant. International Call funds must be used as production completion funds for the project. The range of production funds offered for each project will vary.
Visit the ITVS Web site for complete program information. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009734/itvs
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Pew Fellowships in the Arts Program Offers Support for Philadelphia-Area Artists
Deadline:
December 10, 2007 (Playwriting);
January 7, 2008 (Folk & Traditional Arts and Painting)
Pew Fellowships in the Arts ( http://www.pewarts.org/ ), a program of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage ( http://www.pcah.us/ ) established by the Pew Charitable Trusts ( http://www.pewtrusts.org/ ), awards grants to artists working in a wide variety of performing, visual, and literary disciplines. The grants provide financial support directly to the artists so that they may have the opportunity to dedicate themselves to creative pursuits exclusively. PFA makes awards to artists working in twelve different discipline categories, which rotate on a four-year cycle.
In 2008, applications are being accepted in the areas of folk & traditional arts, painting, and playwriting. Fellowships may be awarded to artists at any stage of their career development, from early to mature, and to artists work- ing in a wide range of aesthetics and traditions. Fellowship recipients are determined according to two primary criteria. First, and most important, applicants are judged on their artistic accomplishment and future promise. Second, panelists consider the impact that a fellowship will have on the applicant's career and artistic development.
Applicants must be practicing artists of demonstrated commitment and professional accomplishment, and must have resided in the five-county Philadelphia area (Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery) for at least two continuous years at the time of application. Up to twelve fellowships are awarded annually. As of the 2008 award cycle, the fellowship amount has increased to $60,000 from $50,000.
Visit the PFA Web site for complete program information. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009735/pewarts
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
November 07, 2007
strike info in LA
Daily Creator Esther Chae sends us this information about how to join the picket lines in Los Angeles.
Dear fellow Writers, Actors, Directors & Friends of the Creative Community.
I don't have anything free, except Free T-Shirts. That's right. Actually this is really about workers being compensated fairly for labor. So, the WGA is continuing our strike at all the major studios. Our new fight the power T-shirts are in, so come out and march. Grab a T-Shirt, a picket sign and march with us. It's still not too late to join us before the fun is over. I'm a strike captain over at Paramount Pictures so I'll be there Wednesday starting a 8:30 am for the morning shift that goes til 1pm. Second shift begins at 1 til 5 pm. But come anytime. Doesn't matter if you are late. The main gate at Melrose and Windsor is the party place.
We've had over 3000 WGA members picketing over 14 studios the each day the first two day. We were join by SAG, DGA, PGA, Teamsters, IATSE friends and supporters. Also there has been the world press and honking cars and trucks of supporters.
Click on the link below for other places you can show up and show your support.
http://wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2536
Big Picket Line: There will be one picket for all WGA members and our supporters at Fox on Friday November 9th at 10:00 am. Thousands at Fox on Friday.
Dear fellow Writers, Actors, Directors & Friends of the Creative Community.
I don't have anything free, except Free T-Shirts. That's right. Actually this is really about workers being compensated fairly for labor. So, the WGA is continuing our strike at all the major studios. Our new fight the power T-shirts are in, so come out and march. Grab a T-Shirt, a picket sign and march with us. It's still not too late to join us before the fun is over. I'm a strike captain over at Paramount Pictures so I'll be there Wednesday starting a 8:30 am for the morning shift that goes til 1pm. Second shift begins at 1 til 5 pm. But come anytime. Doesn't matter if you are late. The main gate at Melrose and Windsor is the party place.
We've had over 3000 WGA members picketing over 14 studios the each day the first two day. We were join by SAG, DGA, PGA, Teamsters, IATSE friends and supporters. Also there has been the world press and honking cars and trucks of supporters.
Click on the link below for other places you can show up and show your support.
http://wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2536
Big Picket Line: There will be one picket for all WGA members and our supporters at Fox on Friday November 9th at 10:00 am. Thousands at Fox on Friday.
November 05, 2007
request a tree in nyc
You can request that the Parks Department plant a tree on your street by following this link:
www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.a57f189830ce7553e333cd5701c789a0/index.jsp?subView =request_street_tree
As the Parks Department begins implementing Million Trees NYC, the agency is introducing a more systematic approach to tree planting on streets, parks and other public lands by targeting specific NYC neighborhoods. Neighborhoods are being selected for tree planting activities based upon high prevalence of asthma among residents coupled with cumulative tree planting opportunities identified by the 2006 Tree Census sponsored by the Parks Department. By focusing public resources on targeted neighborhoods, communities will experience a more dramatic change in their urban landscape-at the same time, public resources will be utilized more effectively and efficiently.In tandem with the agency's neighborhood tree planting strategy, the Parks Department will continue to fulfill individual street tree requests.
In order to have your street tree request considered for the spring planting season (March-May), your request must be received no later than December 1st. To have your street tree request considered for the fall planting season (October-December), your request must be received by July 1st. Due to timing and the number of request the Parks Department receives, your request may take longer that expected. Please be aware that underground utilities, low electrical wires, light posts and building entrances may prevent the Parks Department from being able to fulfill street tree requests. The Parks Department will let you know if your site is unsuitable for planting.New York City home and land owners also have the ability to plant a street tree by obtaining a Tree Planting Permit from the Parks Department and hiring a landscape contractor to plant an approved street tree.
To request a free permit to plant a street tree in front of your home or business, call 311.For one-stop street tree permitting and, planting the New York Tree Trust can assist in site and species selection, permitting and the planting process. For more details, contact the New York Tree Trust at 212-360-TREE.
www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.a57f189830ce7553e333cd5701c789a0/index.jsp?subView =request_street_tree
As the Parks Department begins implementing Million Trees NYC, the agency is introducing a more systematic approach to tree planting on streets, parks and other public lands by targeting specific NYC neighborhoods. Neighborhoods are being selected for tree planting activities based upon high prevalence of asthma among residents coupled with cumulative tree planting opportunities identified by the 2006 Tree Census sponsored by the Parks Department. By focusing public resources on targeted neighborhoods, communities will experience a more dramatic change in their urban landscape-at the same time, public resources will be utilized more effectively and efficiently.In tandem with the agency's neighborhood tree planting strategy, the Parks Department will continue to fulfill individual street tree requests.
In order to have your street tree request considered for the spring planting season (March-May), your request must be received no later than December 1st. To have your street tree request considered for the fall planting season (October-December), your request must be received by July 1st. Due to timing and the number of request the Parks Department receives, your request may take longer that expected. Please be aware that underground utilities, low electrical wires, light posts and building entrances may prevent the Parks Department from being able to fulfill street tree requests. The Parks Department will let you know if your site is unsuitable for planting.New York City home and land owners also have the ability to plant a street tree by obtaining a Tree Planting Permit from the Parks Department and hiring a landscape contractor to plant an approved street tree.
To request a free permit to plant a street tree in front of your home or business, call 311.For one-stop street tree permitting and, planting the New York Tree Trust can assist in site and species selection, permitting and the planting process. For more details, contact the New York Tree Trust at 212-360-TREE.
lark submissions
Are you a playwright searching for a supportive and rigorous environment in which to hone your craft? Have you heard fellow writers recounting their positive Lark experiences? Did you attend a roundtable, BareBones, or Playwrights' Workshop here and become interested in joining our growing community of artists?
The FIRST STEP towards having your play developed at the Lark is to submit your play for Playwrights' Week consideration. A submission to this annual festival is the ONLY way that the Lark is able to support unsolicited play submissions.
The Lark's annual Playwrights' Week Festival focuses exclusively on developing new and unheard voices for the theatre through targeted outreach efforts, growth opportunities for playwrights and theatre artists, and organized forums for community discussion. Playwrights selected for the festival are provided with creative teams, ten hours of rehearsal time, and a public presentation to address specific developmental goals.
For guidelines and an application: http://www.larktheatre.org/programs/submission.
The FIRST STEP towards having your play developed at the Lark is to submit your play for Playwrights' Week consideration. A submission to this annual festival is the ONLY way that the Lark is able to support unsolicited play submissions.
The Lark's annual Playwrights' Week Festival focuses exclusively on developing new and unheard voices for the theatre through targeted outreach efforts, growth opportunities for playwrights and theatre artists, and organized forums for community discussion. Playwrights selected for the festival are provided with creative teams, ten hours of rehearsal time, and a public presentation to address specific developmental goals.
For guidelines and an application: http://www.larktheatre.org/programs/submission.
office share in nyc
Office share to sublet:
Voice & Vision Theater is looking for a small organization or self-employed individual to share one half of our office suite in ART/New York’s Spaces at 520 Eighth Avenue. Share is 88 square feet, half of a bright, clean, large office with large window on 3rd floor of elevator building with 24 hour access and security. Rental includes built-in shelving and desk. Rent is $550, utilities included. Use of copier at cost is also available. Shared floor kitchen, plus rehearsal/conference rooms available to rent. Voice & Vision is a small theater company that develops and produces plays by women, with two part-time employees, plus occasional interns and freelance staff. Our hours are generally 10-6, Monday-Friday. Share available as of November 15.
Please call 212-268-3717 or email vandv@vandv.org if interested!
Voice & Vision Theater is looking for a small organization or self-employed individual to share one half of our office suite in ART/New York’s Spaces at 520 Eighth Avenue. Share is 88 square feet, half of a bright, clean, large office with large window on 3rd floor of elevator building with 24 hour access and security. Rental includes built-in shelving and desk. Rent is $550, utilities included. Use of copier at cost is also available. Shared floor kitchen, plus rehearsal/conference rooms available to rent. Voice & Vision is a small theater company that develops and produces plays by women, with two part-time employees, plus occasional interns and freelance staff. Our hours are generally 10-6, Monday-Friday. Share available as of November 15.
Please call 212-268-3717 or email vandv@vandv.org if interested!
November 04, 2007
congrats to daily creator sergio for ny times article!
CHECK OUT SERGIO - ARTICLE IN THE NY TIMES TODAY:
November 01, 2007
teaching the arts
* Faculty of Contemporary Technique and Choreography California Institute of the Arts (California) (date posted: 10/30/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532510-01&pg=e
* Theatre Department- Tenure Track Faculty Metropolitan State College of Denver (Colorado) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530954-01&pg=e
* Cox Family Visiting Scholar/Artist University of Colorado at Boulder (Colorado) (date posted: 11/1/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532700-01&pg=e
* Chair of Production Design Savannah College of Art and Design (Georgia) (date posted: 10/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531754-01&pg=e
* Professor of Movement and Combat Savannah College of Art and Design (Georgia) (date posted: 10/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531749-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance, Department of Theatre and Dance Ball State University (Indiana) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530133-01&pg=e
* Colllege of Arts and Letters Michigan State University (Michigan) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531292-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor - Performance Wayne State University (Michigan) (date posted: 10/31/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532692-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Ithaca College (New York) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531440-01&pg=e
* Teacher of Directing Actors New York University (New York) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530196-01&pg=e
* School Director, Professor in the School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration University of Akron (Ohio) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530636-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre Design Allegheny College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530424-01&pg=e
* Theatre/Communications Faculty Northampton County Area Community College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532148-01&pg=e
* Assistant or Associate Professor of Art/Art Education and Studio Seton Hill University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 11/1/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532582-01&pg=e
* Executive Director Black Hills Playhouse The University of South Dakota (South Dakota) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531282-01&pg=e
* Chair, Department of Fine and Performing Arts Texas A&M International University (Texas) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528736-01&pg=e
* APPLIED PIANO University of Houston Main Campus (Texas) (date posted: 10/30/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532284-01&pg=e
* OPERA COACH/CONDUCTOR University of Houston Main Campus (Texas) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532278-01&pg=e
* School of Arts Available Positions Virginia Commonwealth University (Virginia) (date posted: 10/30/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532518-01&pg=e
* School of the Arts Faculty Positions University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (West Virginia) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530364-01&pg=e
* Theatre Department- Tenure Track Faculty Metropolitan State College of Denver (Colorado) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530954-01&pg=e
* Cox Family Visiting Scholar/Artist University of Colorado at Boulder (Colorado) (date posted: 11/1/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532700-01&pg=e
* Chair of Production Design Savannah College of Art and Design (Georgia) (date posted: 10/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531754-01&pg=e
* Professor of Movement and Combat Savannah College of Art and Design (Georgia) (date posted: 10/26/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531749-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance, Department of Theatre and Dance Ball State University (Indiana) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530133-01&pg=e
* Colllege of Arts and Letters Michigan State University (Michigan) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531292-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor - Performance Wayne State University (Michigan) (date posted: 10/31/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532692-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Ithaca College (New York) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531440-01&pg=e
* Teacher of Directing Actors New York University (New York) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530196-01&pg=e
* School Director, Professor in the School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration University of Akron (Ohio) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530636-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre Design Allegheny College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530424-01&pg=e
* Theatre/Communications Faculty Northampton County Area Community College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532148-01&pg=e
* Assistant or Associate Professor of Art/Art Education and Studio Seton Hill University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 11/1/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532582-01&pg=e
* Executive Director Black Hills Playhouse The University of South Dakota (South Dakota) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531282-01&pg=e
* Chair, Department of Fine and Performing Arts Texas A&M International University (Texas) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528736-01&pg=e
* APPLIED PIANO University of Houston Main Campus (Texas) (date posted: 10/30/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532284-01&pg=e
* OPERA COACH/CONDUCTOR University of Houston Main Campus (Texas) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532278-01&pg=e
* School of Arts Available Positions Virginia Commonwealth University (Virginia) (date posted: 10/30/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000532518-01&pg=e
* School of the Arts Faculty Positions University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (West Virginia) (date posted: 10/29/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530364-01&pg=e
October 31, 2007
a thought about not thinking
THANKS TO DAILY CREATOR L.P. WHO SENDS US THIS REMINDER:
A . . . great distraction at times are so-called "running commentary" thoughts such as, "Now I am not thinking of anything," "Things are going very well now," "This is dreadful; my mind just won't stay still" and the like . . . . All such thoughts should simply be noted as "Thinking," and, as Huang Po says, just "dropped like a piece of rotten wood." "Dropped," notice, not thrown down.
A piece of rotten wood is not doing anything to irritate you, but is just of no use, so there is no point in hanging on to it. . . . Nor is there any need to try to retrace the links in a chain of associated thoughts, nor to try to ascertain what it was that first started the chain. Any such impulse should itself be noted simply as "Thinking," and the mind should revert to the breathing. However badly things have just been going, one should take up again at the only place one can--where one is--and go on from there.
- Bhikkhu Mangalo, The Practice of Recollection from Everyday Mind, edited by Jean Smith
A . . . great distraction at times are so-called "running commentary" thoughts such as, "Now I am not thinking of anything," "Things are going very well now," "This is dreadful; my mind just won't stay still" and the like . . . . All such thoughts should simply be noted as "Thinking," and, as Huang Po says, just "dropped like a piece of rotten wood." "Dropped," notice, not thrown down.
A piece of rotten wood is not doing anything to irritate you, but is just of no use, so there is no point in hanging on to it. . . . Nor is there any need to try to retrace the links in a chain of associated thoughts, nor to try to ascertain what it was that first started the chain. Any such impulse should itself be noted simply as "Thinking," and the mind should revert to the breathing. However badly things have just been going, one should take up again at the only place one can--where one is--and go on from there.
- Bhikkhu Mangalo, The Practice of Recollection from Everyday Mind, edited by Jean Smith
October 29, 2007
residency in canada
CEAD Announces New Playwrights' Residency in Montreal, Canada
Residency description: Studio or small apartment with phone and Internet access
Location: Plateau Mont-Royal / Downtown Montréal
Hosting periods: 3 periods (each period is a minimum of 3 weeks to a maximum of 1 month): January, February and March 2008.
Candidates: 1 author per period: 1 member of CEAD, 1 Canadian author and 1 author from abroad.
Financial help: transportation to Montreal (roundtrip), 400 $ contribution per week for subsistence.
Proposed services: access to the CEAD resource centre, services of playwriting consultants, access to plays, meetings with CEAD, playwrights and members of the local theatre community.
For applicant information: residences@cead.qc.c.
Deadline: October 30, 2007.
Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD) 261, rue du Saint-Sacrement, bureau 200, Montreal (Quebec) H2Y 3V2
Phone : 514 288 3384.
Fax : 514 288 7043
cead@cead.qc.ca.
www.cead.qc.ca
Residency description: Studio or small apartment with phone and Internet access
Location: Plateau Mont-Royal / Downtown Montréal
Hosting periods: 3 periods (each period is a minimum of 3 weeks to a maximum of 1 month): January, February and March 2008.
Candidates: 1 author per period: 1 member of CEAD, 1 Canadian author and 1 author from abroad.
Financial help: transportation to Montreal (roundtrip), 400 $ contribution per week for subsistence.
Proposed services: access to the CEAD resource centre, services of playwriting consultants, access to plays, meetings with CEAD, playwrights and members of the local theatre community.
For applicant information: residences@cead.qc.c.
Deadline: October 30, 2007.
Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD) 261, rue du Saint-Sacrement, bureau 200, Montreal (Quebec) H2Y 3V2
Phone : 514 288 3384.
Fax : 514 288 7043
cead@cead.qc.ca.
www.cead.qc.ca
biz of playwriting seminar in nyc
"The Business of Playwriting: Protecting Yourself and Your Work."
Led by Ralph Sevush, Executive Director of Business and Legal Affairs for the Dramatist's Guild.
Thursday, November 8th at 7pm
@ Lark Studio - 939 8th Avenue (be. 55th - 56th Streets)
RSVP - matt@larktheatre.org or call 212-246-2676 x24
Led by Ralph Sevush, Executive Director of Business and Legal Affairs for the Dramatist's Guild.
Thursday, November 8th at 7pm
@ Lark Studio - 939 8th Avenue (be. 55th - 56th Streets)
RSVP - matt@larktheatre.org or call 212-246-2676 x24
October 26, 2007
fellowship for cuban artists
Cintas Fellowships to Support Creative Artists of Cuban Lineage
Deadline: January 14, 2008
The Cintas Foundation ( http://www.cintasfoundation.org/ ) awards fellowships annually to creative artists of Cuban lineage who are currently residing outside of Cuba. For 2008, fellowships will be awarded in the categories of visual arts, music composition, and creative writing. The category of "visual arts" may include painting, installation art, sculpture, photography, video art, and filmmaking.
Eligibility is limited to artists of Cuban citizenship or direct descent (having a Cuban parent or grandparent). Cintas Fellows are free to pursue their artistic activities as they wish. The fellowships are not awarded for academic study or research, or to performing artists. Fellowships are awarded annually in the amount of $15,000 each.
Visit the Cintas Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009437/cintasfound
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
Deadline: January 14, 2008
The Cintas Foundation ( http://www.cintasfoundation.org/ ) awards fellowships annually to creative artists of Cuban lineage who are currently residing outside of Cuba. For 2008, fellowships will be awarded in the categories of visual arts, music composition, and creative writing. The category of "visual arts" may include painting, installation art, sculpture, photography, video art, and filmmaking.
Eligibility is limited to artists of Cuban citizenship or direct descent (having a Cuban parent or grandparent). Cintas Fellows are free to pursue their artistic activities as they wish. The fellowships are not awarded for academic study or research, or to performing artists. Fellowships are awarded annually in the amount of $15,000 each.
Visit the Cintas Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009437/cintasfound
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
October 25, 2007
teaching the arts
* Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Florida Southern College (Florida) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528673-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor in Voice University of South Florida (Florida) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530432-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Roosevelt University (Illinois) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529304-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Lighting Design/Theatre Technology Western Kentucky University (Kentucky) (date posted: 10/24/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531426-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Northwestern State University (Louisiana) (date posted: 10/25/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531495-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Clarinet/Music Education Winona State University (Minnesota) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530230-01&pg=e
* Vocal Coach/Accompanist University of Mississippi (Mississippi) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530472-01&pg=e
* Theater Studies Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530347-01&pg=e
* Associate Professor of Acting and Directing University of New Mexico (New Mexico) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529193-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor in Dance, Tenure-track Skidmore College (New York) (date posted: 10/24/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531305-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions State University of New York at Buffalo (New York) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529084-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Appalachian State University (North Carolina) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530463-01&pg=e
* Assistant Dean of Humanities and Performing Arts Roger Williams University (Rhode Island) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528272-01&pg=e
* Faculty - Voice Presbyterian College (South Carolina) (date posted: 10/23/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531018-01&pg=e
* Speech and Theatre and Director of Choral Activities Tennessee Wesleyan College (Tennessee) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527945-01&pg=e
* Musical Theatre/Acting Faculty Shenandoah University (Virginia) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530451-01&pg=e
* Faculty Vacancies 2008-2009 University of Wisconsin Colleges (Wisconsin) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527201-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor in Voice University of South Florida (Florida) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530432-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Roosevelt University (Illinois) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529304-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Lighting Design/Theatre Technology Western Kentucky University (Kentucky) (date posted: 10/24/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531426-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Northwestern State University (Louisiana) (date posted: 10/25/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531495-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Clarinet/Music Education Winona State University (Minnesota) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530230-01&pg=e
* Vocal Coach/Accompanist University of Mississippi (Mississippi) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530472-01&pg=e
* Theater Studies Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530347-01&pg=e
* Associate Professor of Acting and Directing University of New Mexico (New Mexico) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529193-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor in Dance, Tenure-track Skidmore College (New York) (date posted: 10/24/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531305-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions State University of New York at Buffalo (New York) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529084-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Appalachian State University (North Carolina) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530463-01&pg=e
* Assistant Dean of Humanities and Performing Arts Roger Williams University (Rhode Island) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528272-01&pg=e
* Faculty - Voice Presbyterian College (South Carolina) (date posted: 10/23/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000531018-01&pg=e
* Speech and Theatre and Director of Choral Activities Tennessee Wesleyan College (Tennessee) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527945-01&pg=e
* Musical Theatre/Acting Faculty Shenandoah University (Virginia) (date posted: 10/19/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000530451-01&pg=e
* Faculty Vacancies 2008-2009 University of Wisconsin Colleges (Wisconsin) (date posted: 10/22/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527201-01&pg=e
October 23, 2007
feng shui your creative space
We've been talking about ways to separate the Artist Hustle from your actual Creativity in your creative space. For those of you who would like to take it to another level, how about trying the principles of Feng Shui?
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese science of interior design developed to balance the energies in our living environment to assure health, love, wealth and good fortune.
TODAY'S CREATIVITY CHALLENGE:
Visit Stephanie McWilliams' website http://evolvingarts.com/ and her site on HGTV.com http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_hshui to learn more about Feng Shui and to determine if any of her tips or advice is applicable to your current creative space.
Thinking about painting your walls? Find the color that will bring financial success to your career. Need a boost of inspiration? Maybe the placement of your furniture is blocking the flow of energy through your space.
Open your mind, open up your room and see what happens.
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese science of interior design developed to balance the energies in our living environment to assure health, love, wealth and good fortune.
TODAY'S CREATIVITY CHALLENGE:
Visit Stephanie McWilliams' website http://evolvingarts.com/ and her site on HGTV.com http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_hshui to learn more about Feng Shui and to determine if any of her tips or advice is applicable to your current creative space.
Thinking about painting your walls? Find the color that will bring financial success to your career. Need a boost of inspiration? Maybe the placement of your furniture is blocking the flow of energy through your space.
Open your mind, open up your room and see what happens.
October 20, 2007
your creative space
I've been thinking about the separation of creativity from the work it takes to be creative. By this I mean, we artists spend a tremendous amount of time filling out grant applications, hustling to get our work seen, sending out resumes or samples of our work, schmoozing at events so we can meet the "deciders" of our fate, going on auditions, trying to lock down an agent or manager, applying for residency programs, etc.
And then, add on top of that that a big percentage of us still have to have a "safety job" as I like to call them - a job that might be completely unrelated to our creative work and where do you find the time to actually CREATE???
TODAY'S CREATIVITY CHALLENGE:
Look at your current creativity space. How much of the space is devoted to pure creativity and how much is devoted to "the hustle" of being an artist?
Do you have bills, applications, gym schedules, your "to-do" list, headshots, resumes, etc. stacked on top of that script you're trying to finish, that painting you just sketched out, that table that's supposed to be for collaging, designing, dreaming?
Do you have files of your past taxes, your car repair log, your press clippings hanging alongside your inspiration file, your notes on a character, your dream file? Do you even have a dream file???? A file that holds images of things you hope to one day do, see, be, own or create. Get one!
Is there a way to create a division between the two sides of your business as an artist?
Because we have two major goals: Create and Give The Creation To The World. That's it. That's all we're supposed to be doing.
Of course, we also have to eat and pay the rent so...we apply for grants, we fax press releases, we do the Artist Hustle.
Can we atleast use our physical surroundings to separate the two? Separate the Creative from the Hustle?
Look at your space. It can be a physical, visual, spiritual, mental separation - whatever works for you.
And then, add on top of that that a big percentage of us still have to have a "safety job" as I like to call them - a job that might be completely unrelated to our creative work and where do you find the time to actually CREATE???
TODAY'S CREATIVITY CHALLENGE:
Look at your current creativity space. How much of the space is devoted to pure creativity and how much is devoted to "the hustle" of being an artist?
Do you have bills, applications, gym schedules, your "to-do" list, headshots, resumes, etc. stacked on top of that script you're trying to finish, that painting you just sketched out, that table that's supposed to be for collaging, designing, dreaming?
Do you have files of your past taxes, your car repair log, your press clippings hanging alongside your inspiration file, your notes on a character, your dream file? Do you even have a dream file???? A file that holds images of things you hope to one day do, see, be, own or create. Get one!
Is there a way to create a division between the two sides of your business as an artist?
Because we have two major goals: Create and Give The Creation To The World. That's it. That's all we're supposed to be doing.
Of course, we also have to eat and pay the rent so...we apply for grants, we fax press releases, we do the Artist Hustle.
Can we atleast use our physical surroundings to separate the two? Separate the Creative from the Hustle?
Look at your space. It can be a physical, visual, spiritual, mental separation - whatever works for you.
grants for artists
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation to Support Artists & Communities Partnerships
Deadline: December 3, 2007
A program of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation ( http://maaf.org ), Artists & Communities provides opportunities for professional artists to partner with nonprofit organizations in projects that result in the creation of new work and involve active cultural participation by members of the host community. The program supports one- to six-month residencies by visiting artists from the District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania at organizations located in the region served by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia).
Creative artists (choreographers, composers, poets, writers, filmmakers, media, and visual artists of all kinds) will be supported in collaborative partnerships with arts and community organizations. Host organizations must be a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation, or a unit of government. College and university departments, school programs etc., are eligible to apply. However, Artists & Communities is not intended to be an arts-in- education program or intended to support existing, ongoing programs.
Complete program information is available at the foundation's Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009346/midatlanticarts
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National Endowment for the Humanities Invites Applications for We the People Bookshelf Program
Deadline: January 25, 2008
The National Endowment for the Humanities ( http://www.neh.gov/ ) in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office ( http://www.ala.org/ ) is accepting applications for the fifth We the People Bookshelf program. Each year, NEH identifies a theme important to the nation's her- itage and selects books that embody that theme to build the We the People Bookshelf. The theme for the 2007-08 Bookshelf is "Created Equal." The program will provide three thousand school (K-12) and public libraries across the United States with a set of classic books related to the "Created Equal" theme.
Any U.S. public library or K-12 school library in the United States and its territories is eligible to apply. School libraries include public, private, parochial, and charter schools. Librar- ies with collections that circulate to the general public and offer reading-based programs for the general public are eligible to apply. A library system or school district may apply on behalf of its member schools or branches. Each library will receive a collection of seventeen classic hard- cover books for young readers, all related to the Created Equal theme, and related resources and materials for programming.
Visit the NEH Web site for details about eligibility and instruc- tions for completing the online application. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009347/wethepeople
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Shubert Foundation Offers Funding for U.S. Professional Theaters
Deadline: December 3, 2007
The Shubert Foundation ( http://www.shubertfoundation.org/ ) annually awards unrestricted grants for general operating support to not-for-profit, professional resident theaters in the United States. Shubert Foundation grants are awarded exclusively to U.S. organi- zations, which must have current 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. The foundation provides grants only to organizations that have an established artistic and administrative track record, as well as a history of fiscal responsibility. Grants are awarded based on an assessment of each organization's operation and its contribution to the field. Artistic achieve- ment, administrative strength, and fiscal stability are factored into each evaluation, as is the company's development of new work and other significant contributions to the field of professional theater in the U.S. Criteria for children's theater correspond to those for theater companies.
The foundation does not make grants to individuals, nor does it provide funds for project support, audience development, direct subsidy of reduced-price admissions, conduit organizations, renovation projects, loans, or capital or endowment campaigns. Recent grants from the foundation range from $5,000 to $275,000 each; the larger grants are generally awarded to organizations that have been on the foundation roster for several years.
Visit the foundation's Web site for complete program information and application procedures. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009348/shubertfound
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
Deadline: December 3, 2007
A program of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation ( http://maaf.org ), Artists & Communities provides opportunities for professional artists to partner with nonprofit organizations in projects that result in the creation of new work and involve active cultural participation by members of the host community. The program supports one- to six-month residencies by visiting artists from the District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania at organizations located in the region served by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia).
Creative artists (choreographers, composers, poets, writers, filmmakers, media, and visual artists of all kinds) will be supported in collaborative partnerships with arts and community organizations. Host organizations must be a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation, or a unit of government. College and university departments, school programs etc., are eligible to apply. However, Artists & Communities is not intended to be an arts-in- education program or intended to support existing, ongoing programs.
Complete program information is available at the foundation's Web site. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009346/midatlanticarts
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National Endowment for the Humanities Invites Applications for We the People Bookshelf Program
Deadline: January 25, 2008
The National Endowment for the Humanities ( http://www.neh.gov/ ) in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office ( http://www.ala.org/ ) is accepting applications for the fifth We the People Bookshelf program. Each year, NEH identifies a theme important to the nation's her- itage and selects books that embody that theme to build the We the People Bookshelf. The theme for the 2007-08 Bookshelf is "Created Equal." The program will provide three thousand school (K-12) and public libraries across the United States with a set of classic books related to the "Created Equal" theme.
Any U.S. public library or K-12 school library in the United States and its territories is eligible to apply. School libraries include public, private, parochial, and charter schools. Librar- ies with collections that circulate to the general public and offer reading-based programs for the general public are eligible to apply. A library system or school district may apply on behalf of its member schools or branches. Each library will receive a collection of seventeen classic hard- cover books for young readers, all related to the Created Equal theme, and related resources and materials for programming.
Visit the NEH Web site for details about eligibility and instruc- tions for completing the online application. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009347/wethepeople
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Shubert Foundation Offers Funding for U.S. Professional Theaters
Deadline: December 3, 2007
The Shubert Foundation ( http://www.shubertfoundation.org/ ) annually awards unrestricted grants for general operating support to not-for-profit, professional resident theaters in the United States. Shubert Foundation grants are awarded exclusively to U.S. organi- zations, which must have current 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. The foundation provides grants only to organizations that have an established artistic and administrative track record, as well as a history of fiscal responsibility. Grants are awarded based on an assessment of each organization's operation and its contribution to the field. Artistic achieve- ment, administrative strength, and fiscal stability are factored into each evaluation, as is the company's development of new work and other significant contributions to the field of professional theater in the U.S. Criteria for children's theater correspond to those for theater companies.
The foundation does not make grants to individuals, nor does it provide funds for project support, audience development, direct subsidy of reduced-price admissions, conduit organizations, renovation projects, loans, or capital or endowment campaigns. Recent grants from the foundation range from $5,000 to $275,000 each; the larger grants are generally awarded to organizations that have been on the foundation roster for several years.
Visit the foundation's Web site for complete program information and application procedures. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009348/shubertfound
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
October 18, 2007
your creative space
Visually and energetically, what are the things in your creative space offering to you? Is your space cramped - is it dark - is it bright with light or is it overflowing with books? You've already taken a visual inventory of your space. Now it's time to make some changes.
TODAY'S CREATIVITY EXERCISE:
Clean up your work space. Clean the windows. Sweep the floors. Throw away the old piles of magazines or organize them for upcoming projects. Throw out pens that no longer write, books you never read and never wanted to, that basket of recycling that's just been sitting there.
Take one day to shake it up.
Change the photos that surround you. Change the art on the walls. Rearrange the furniture. Move the phone out of the room. Open the window or if you don't have a window, paint one on your wall.
Is there a way to separate your business work from your creative work? Can you do that visually or physically in your work space? Two different shelves? Two different filing cabinets? Split your bulletin board down the middle?
What do you really need? What can you let go?
TODAY'S CREATIVITY EXERCISE:
Clean up your work space. Clean the windows. Sweep the floors. Throw away the old piles of magazines or organize them for upcoming projects. Throw out pens that no longer write, books you never read and never wanted to, that basket of recycling that's just been sitting there.
Take one day to shake it up.
Change the photos that surround you. Change the art on the walls. Rearrange the furniture. Move the phone out of the room. Open the window or if you don't have a window, paint one on your wall.
Is there a way to separate your business work from your creative work? Can you do that visually or physically in your work space? Two different shelves? Two different filing cabinets? Split your bulletin board down the middle?
What do you really need? What can you let go?
teaching the arts
* Faculty Openings California State University at Northridge (California) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528288-01&pg=e
* Music and Theatre Faculty Positions Chapman University (California) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527022-01&pg=e
* Dean, Visual and Performing Arts Coast Community College District Administration Offices (California) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528152-01&pg=e
* Research Librarian for Performing Arts University of California at Irvine (California) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527232-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre, Theatre Department University of La Verne (California) (date posted: 10/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528840-01&pg=e
* Ethnomusicologist University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (Michigan) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526763-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor in Theatre Missouri Southern State University (Missouri) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527026-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Ballet/Modern Dance University of New Mexico (New Mexico) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527814-01&pg=e
* Director: Arts For Children Program, Associate Professor State University of New York College at Brockport (New York) (date posted: 10/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529019-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Performing Arts (Sound and Lighting Design) Elon University (North Carolina) (date posted: 10/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529824-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre History University of North Carolina at Greensboro (North Carolina) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527472-01&pg=e
* Multiple DeSales University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527233-01&pg=e
* Theatre Faculty, January 2008 Montgomery County Community College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527794-01&pg=e
* Faculty Theatre Director Mount Aloysius College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528776-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre Texas Christian University (Texas) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527788-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance University of North Texas (Texas) (date posted: 10/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529905-01&pg=e
* Music and Theatre Faculty Positions Chapman University (California) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527022-01&pg=e
* Dean, Visual and Performing Arts Coast Community College District Administration Offices (California) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528152-01&pg=e
* Research Librarian for Performing Arts University of California at Irvine (California) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527232-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre, Theatre Department University of La Verne (California) (date posted: 10/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528840-01&pg=e
* Ethnomusicologist University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (Michigan) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526763-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor in Theatre Missouri Southern State University (Missouri) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527026-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Ballet/Modern Dance University of New Mexico (New Mexico) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527814-01&pg=e
* Director: Arts For Children Program, Associate Professor State University of New York College at Brockport (New York) (date posted: 10/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529019-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Performing Arts (Sound and Lighting Design) Elon University (North Carolina) (date posted: 10/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529824-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre History University of North Carolina at Greensboro (North Carolina) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527472-01&pg=e
* Multiple DeSales University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527233-01&pg=e
* Theatre Faculty, January 2008 Montgomery County Community College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527794-01&pg=e
* Faculty Theatre Director Mount Aloysius College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/12/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000528776-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre Texas Christian University (Texas) (date posted: 10/15/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527788-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance University of North Texas (Texas) (date posted: 10/17/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000529905-01&pg=e
October 12, 2007
puffin grants
Applications Available for Puffin Foundation Artist Grant Awards
Deadline: December 30, 2007
The Puffin Foundation ( http://www.puffinfoundation.org/ ) makes grants to emerging artists in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, photography, and literature whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. Grants from the Puffin Foundation can only be awarded to permanent residents and citizens of the United States. U.S. citizens whose projects encompass work in other countries are still eligible to apply. The foundation does not have the means to fund large film/documentary proposals, grants for travel, continuing education, or the writing or publishing of books.
Average grant awards are $1,000 to $2,500 each.
Visit the foundation's Web site for information on requesting an application and for descriptions of funded projects. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009213/puffinfound
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
Deadline: December 30, 2007
The Puffin Foundation ( http://www.puffinfoundation.org/ ) makes grants to emerging artists in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, photography, and literature whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. Grants from the Puffin Foundation can only be awarded to permanent residents and citizens of the United States. U.S. citizens whose projects encompass work in other countries are still eligible to apply. The foundation does not have the means to fund large film/documentary proposals, grants for travel, continuing education, or the writing or publishing of books.
Average grant awards are $1,000 to $2,500 each.
Visit the foundation's Web site for information on requesting an application and for descriptions of funded projects. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10009213/puffinfound
For additional RFPs in Arts and Culture, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml
international conference for theatre
International Physical Theatre Laboratory
March 23 - 28, 2008
Malpils, Latvia
The Lab is open for performing artists from different countries inspired by Physical Theater as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to contemporary theater performance. Accommodation and meals for participants are provided.
For registration, please send your CV and a brief letter of motivation to info@iugte.com
http://www.iugte.com/projects/PhysicalTheatre.php
March 23 - 28, 2008
Malpils, Latvia
The Lab is open for performing artists from different countries inspired by Physical Theater as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to contemporary theater performance. Accommodation and meals for participants are provided.
For registration, please send your CV and a brief letter of motivation to info@iugte.com
http://www.iugte.com/projects/PhysicalTheatre.php
October 11, 2007
today's creativity exercise
Think about the space where you create.
Is it full of books? Cramped and dark? Beautiful and well-organized? Inspiring? Draining? Quiet? Busy? Do you have a comfortable chair, adequate room to move, storage, supplies handy?
Maybe you prefer to work in public? Write in a cafe? Dance in a studio? Paint in a class or a residency program?
Maybe you don't have a designated area where you work.
Maybe it's time to create one.
TODAY'S CREATIVITY EXERCISE:
Look around the space where you create - what can you change about it to make it more conducive to your creative process? What would you like to change? What do you wish you had?
If you don't have a space, think about what your ideal space would be - write it down, sketch it out, start asking people for it.
You don't have to make the changes today - just observe and think about what you would like to do.
Is it full of books? Cramped and dark? Beautiful and well-organized? Inspiring? Draining? Quiet? Busy? Do you have a comfortable chair, adequate room to move, storage, supplies handy?
Maybe you prefer to work in public? Write in a cafe? Dance in a studio? Paint in a class or a residency program?
Maybe you don't have a designated area where you work.
Maybe it's time to create one.
TODAY'S CREATIVITY EXERCISE:
Look around the space where you create - what can you change about it to make it more conducive to your creative process? What would you like to change? What do you wish you had?
If you don't have a space, think about what your ideal space would be - write it down, sketch it out, start asking people for it.
You don't have to make the changes today - just observe and think about what you would like to do.
check out the mantra trailer
The Mantra Trailer
Created out of a 1950’s camper, the Mantra Trailer invites people to chant, their mantras, prayers, creeds, aspirations and petitions for the transformation of self and society.
The interior of the trailer is a traveling meditation space and recording studio. It is a trance inducing, contemplative space, oriented toward the internal. The exterior serves as a vehicle for mysterious aural broadcast and visual presentation of the people’s mantras. The sides of the trailer host a changeable marquis, reminiscent of the church signboard. Mundane, playful and even bizarre personal mantras may take on unforeseen spiritual, cultural or political content to those who witness them. The exterior is equipped with a holosonic speaker that continuously broadcasts a mix of recorded mantras, which can only be heard within the focused range of the speaker’s path.
By-passers drawn to the Mantra Trailer are invited inside one at a time to voice and record their mantras in privacy. Meanwhile face-to-face dialogue occurs outside the trailer as people wait their turn.
What is a mantra?
The Sanskrit word mantra consists of the root man, “to think" (also in manas "mind") and the suffix -tra meaning, "tool", hence a literal translation would be "instrument of thought" or “mind tool”.
In eastern spiritual traditions a mantra is a sacred word, chant or sound that is repeated during mediation to facilitate the transformation of consciousness. In mass media a mantra is an expression or idea that is repeated, often without thinking about it, as a way of defining, simplifying and controlling complex realities. Consider how the Bush administration’s three word mantra, WAR ON TERROR, has undermined America. In pop culture the role of the personal mantra has gained significantly as an effective tool for centering, managing and self-actualization in a perpetually transitional world.
Record a mantra for this project.
At the intersection of imagination, evangelism and propaganda...
Walter Brueggemann, a contemporary Christian theologian describes evangelism as “an activity of transformed consciousness that results in an altered perception of world, neighbor and self, and an authorization to live differently in that world.” In his book The Prophetic Imagination he postulates, "The task of the prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us."
This is also the task of community engagement projects such as Learning-To-Love-You-More. Likewise, the Mantra Trailer provides an interface for the human voice within the enculturation of consumerism and globalization. It achieves this through an indigenous path, rooted in southern, American, bible-belt culture and the “new age.” Peddling a homeopathic remedy for the mass media slogans of the day, the Mantra Trailer focuses attention on the personal and spiritual mantras people live by, one neighborhood and voice at a time.
The Mantra Trailer deals with the terrain of landscape, globalization and isolation through the scale of the body. The physical trailer mirrors the body’s process of manifestation. It has an interior space for recording, meditation and authorship and an exterior place of broadcast, presentation, and dialogue. As voice and language pass through the operation of the trailer, the private monologue surprisingly reveals itself as social discourse.
Sherri's Bio
Sherri Lynn Wood is an improvisational quilt maker with a Master of Fine Art in Sculpture from Bard College and a Master of Theological Studies from Emory University. Most of her creative projects spring from her daily life experiences and quest for personal growth. She often invites others into the art making process as a way of sharing interior realities and exploring civic relationships that can lead to personal and social change. She has a private practice working with people in her studio, who are grieving or in transition, to make functional improvisational quilts from the clothing of the deceased and the intimate materials of life. She is based in Durham, North Carolina.
VISIT THE WEBSITE: http://www.mantratrailer.com/
teaching the arts
* Communication Science and Disorders; Mathematics; Psychology; Finance; Education/Special Education; Literacy Education; Art/Music/Theatre and Social Work University of Montevallo (Alabama) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526309-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance and Director of the Dance Program Agnes Scott College (Georgia) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527695-01&pg=e
* Dance Faculty Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525797-01&pg=e
* Chair, Department of Performing Arts Emerson College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525836-01&pg=e
* Associate Professor Directing Narrative Fiction Emerson College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526664-01&pg=e
* Assistant Profesoor Ballet University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Massachusetts) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526561-01&pg=e
* Director of Bands/Trumpet University of Montana at Missoula (Montana) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527556-01&pg=e
* Theatre Chair Barnard College (New York) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525352-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Positions St. Lawrence University (New York) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525888-01&pg=e
* Assistant or Associate Professor of Dramatic Literature and Dramaturgy State University of New York at Buffalo (New York) (date posted: 10/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527148-01&pg=e
* Chair, Artistic Leadership Appalachian State University (North Carolina) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527714-01&pg=e
* Dean College-Conservatory of Music at the U. of Cincinnati (Ohio) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526298-01&pg=e
* Accounting, Biology, Convergent Media and Arts Technology, Education (Reading Specialist), English, Communication, Chemistry, Equine Studies, Mathematics (Teacher Licensure), Organizational Behavior, Political Science, Sports Management, Theater Lake Erie College (Ohio) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525936-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor/Associate Director Arts Administration University of Cincinnati (Ohio) (date posted: 10/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527254-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Wright State University (Ohio) (date posted: 10/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527357-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Dickinson College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526040-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Moravian College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526539-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre, Costuming Susquehanna University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525375-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Department of Dance Temple University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/11/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527760-01&pg=e
* Drama Instructor and Economics Instructor Wharton County Junior College (Texas) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526282-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance and Director of the Dance Program Agnes Scott College (Georgia) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527695-01&pg=e
* Dance Faculty Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525797-01&pg=e
* Chair, Department of Performing Arts Emerson College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525836-01&pg=e
* Associate Professor Directing Narrative Fiction Emerson College (Massachusetts) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526664-01&pg=e
* Assistant Profesoor Ballet University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Massachusetts) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526561-01&pg=e
* Director of Bands/Trumpet University of Montana at Missoula (Montana) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527556-01&pg=e
* Theatre Chair Barnard College (New York) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525352-01&pg=e
* Multiple Faculty Positions St. Lawrence University (New York) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525888-01&pg=e
* Assistant or Associate Professor of Dramatic Literature and Dramaturgy State University of New York at Buffalo (New York) (date posted: 10/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527148-01&pg=e
* Chair, Artistic Leadership Appalachian State University (North Carolina) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527714-01&pg=e
* Dean College-Conservatory of Music at the U. of Cincinnati (Ohio) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526298-01&pg=e
* Accounting, Biology, Convergent Media and Arts Technology, Education (Reading Specialist), English, Communication, Chemistry, Equine Studies, Mathematics (Teacher Licensure), Organizational Behavior, Political Science, Sports Management, Theater Lake Erie College (Ohio) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525936-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor/Associate Director Arts Administration University of Cincinnati (Ohio) (date posted: 10/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527254-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Dance Wright State University (Ohio) (date posted: 10/5/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527357-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Dickinson College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526040-01&pg=e
* Multiple Positions Moravian College (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526539-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor of Theatre, Costuming Susquehanna University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000525375-01&pg=e
* Assistant Professor, Department of Dance Temple University (Pennsylvania) (date posted: 10/11/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000527760-01&pg=e
* Drama Instructor and Economics Instructor Wharton County Junior College (Texas) (date posted: 10/8/2007) http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000526282-01&pg=e
October 08, 2007
been sick - but i'm back now
Hello Creators -
Sorry about the massive postings today - I had lots to update on the site but I've been down with a bad case of food poisoning! Yuck.
Feeling much better - read below - lots of new information posted today.
SJ
Sorry about the massive postings today - I had lots to update on the site but I've been down with a bad case of food poisoning! Yuck.
Feeling much better - read below - lots of new information posted today.
SJ
International Conference
"Performing Arts Training Today"
April 14 - 17, 2008 Bovec, Slovenia
The conference is open to performers, performing arts educators and teachers from all over the world interested in the research of topical questions and processes in contemporary performing arts education and training.
At the moment the conference has been accepting applications for creative presentations.
Presentation format:• workshop/master class • work in progress• performance fragment (not requiring any special technical conditions) • reading/lecture• any other way of demonstration to the presenter's discretion.
Details: http://www.iugte.com/projects/Conference.php
April 14 - 17, 2008 Bovec, Slovenia
The conference is open to performers, performing arts educators and teachers from all over the world interested in the research of topical questions and processes in contemporary performing arts education and training.
At the moment the conference has been accepting applications for creative presentations.
Presentation format:• workshop/master class • work in progress• performance fragment (not requiring any special technical conditions) • reading/lecture• any other way of demonstration to the presenter's discretion.
Details: http://www.iugte.com/projects/Conference.php
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