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What is ArtPrize?
ArtPrize has been created to reboot the conversation between artists and audiences on a grand scale. There is no single curator. You will submit your proposal on artprize.org and then negotiate for a space in one of many ArtPrize venues across the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. The top prize
is $250,000 and is awarded based on public vote.

During ArtPrize 2009, 1,262 artists showed work in 62 venues throughout a 3 square mile area of Grand Rapids. Over 100,000 people flooded the city during the two and half week event, casting 334,219 votes during two rounds of voting.

ArtPrize is an international competition. $449,000 is divided among the Top 10 finalists.

Sponsored by
© 2009 Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
41 Sheldon Blvd. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
http://uica.org

Admission: $10 (MF members, PITT + CMU Students FREE w/ ID)
7-9pm, Mattress Factory, North Side, Pgh

Before landscape painting, before religious painting, before history painting, there was the portrait. Human portrayal continues to occupy a central position in the history of art regardless of the change of their function and appearance. Today artists who wish to say something meaningful about portrayal are looking for strategies to coincide with the ever-evolving social and technological environment.

In this talk, LIKENESS curator Elaine A. King, Professor of Art History & Critical Theory at Carnegie Mellon, will create a framework of interpretation about the depiction of human likeness today. For decades the human face was an object, a thing, a stable affair. Today it is many things.

CALL FOR GLASS ARTISTS
GROUP EXHIBITION AT PGC IN 2010
“FROM THE EARTH TO THE FIRE AND BACK”

Application Deadline: Friday, January 8, 2010 - NO EXCEPTIONS

In honor of Pittsburgh being selected as the North American host city for World Environment Day 2010, Pittsburgh Glass Center is planning a juried group exhibition called “From the Earth to the Fire and Back” for March-June 2010. We invite you to submit an application for the exhibition.

We will be connecting the exhibition to the theme for World Environment Day, which is “Biodiversity - Reconnecting With Nature.” All of the artwork for the exhibition must use glass to address an environmental issue and participating artists must live within 150 miles of Pittsburgh. Artists can use the World Environment Day theme as inspiration for their work, use recycled glass or other elements, work with found objects or come up with another environmental theme of their choosing to qualify for the exhibition.

World Environment Day is designed to:

* give a human face to environmental issues;
* empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;
* promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and
* advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.

Artists submitting applications are encouraged, but not required, to take these goals into consideration when conceptualizing their work.

The jury will be looking for artwork that expresses an environmental concept or idea OR uses environmentally friendly materials and processes. Additional considerations include:

* Concept - Does the work start a compelling dialog about the environment?
* Creativity - Does the work use glass in a new way?
* Excellence in Execution - Is the artwork well-crafted and does it raise the standards of excellence in the field?

How to apply:

Send your completed application form which can be downloaded from the PGC Web site and also attach either an image representative of the work you plan to create or a detailed drawing of your proposed work by January 8, 2010 to:

Heather McElwee
Pittsburgh Glass Center
5472 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
heather@pittsburghglasscenter.org

No actual items will be accepted for review, only drawings or images. Deadlines will be strictly enforced. A jury composed of artists and curators from the greater Pittsburgh area will meet the following week to review proposals.

Notification of acceptance: Friday, January 15, 2010
Completed work due at PGC: Monday, February 22 to Sunday February 28, 2010
Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, March 5, 2010 6-9pm
Exhibition Closing: Sunday, June 13, 2010

If you have any questions please contact me at 412-365-2145 or via email. I look forward to seeing your ideas for the exhibition.

Deadline for first competition: December 15, 2009 at 11:59pm EST

Only one month left to submit to the inaugural Creative Divergents showcase and competition!
Some of the things Creative Divergents was founded on include an appreciation for people willing to push boundaries in creative ways, the desire to bring more attention to works that may not fit neatly into easily defined categories, and a belief in the significance of dialogue.

All subjects, styles, and media are welcome. Surrealism, minimalism, abstraction, documentary, social commentary, anime, graffiti, photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, metal, wood, plastic wrap, interventionist art, performance, video, drawing, participatory, net art, economic, erotic, conceptual, installation, design… Do what you do and share it.

The winning submission will receive a cash award and will be determined by creative vision, innovation, potential to engage an audience, presentation (i.e. quality of the images submitted), and overall impression.

Full details are available on the Creative Divergents website: http://creativedivergents.com

Mediamodes: A Graduate Student Conference on Critical Thinking at the Intersection of Art and Technology

Category: Conferences & Symposia [View all]
Posted by: School of Visual Arts
Deadline: 11/14/09

The School of Visual Arts Presents “Mediamodes: A Graduate Student
Conference on Critical Thinking at the Intersection of Art and Technology”
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Cosponsored by the MFA Computer Art and the MFA Art Criticism and Writing
Departments at SVA, MediaModes provides a critical forum for current
scholarship exploring the juncture of media, theory, criticism, and the
visual arts. Jonathan Crary, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Modern Art and
Theory at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote address, commenting
on the human and social consequences of
24/7 technological culture.

Keynote Address: 4:00-5:30pm, followed by book signing and reception
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street, New York

Conference Panels: 10:00 am-3:30 pm
133/141 West 21 Street, 10th floor, New York

All events are free and open to the public. See http://www.mediamodes.com
for more information.