New Warhol Re-granting program announced in Portland, OR
The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), http://www.pica.org/, is proud to announce The Precipice Fund, a major new granting initiative for Portland-based unincorporated visual art collectives, alternative spaces, and collaborative projects. Formed with the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Precipice Fund expands Warhol’s Regional Regranting Program to the Northwest, … Read more
Rocket Grants Cycle 4 now open!
You have between January 14, 2013 and March 25, 2013 to prepare your dream Rocket Grants project application. Check out all the information and resources available to you on the application page, including outreach sessions throughout the Kansas City region.
A Primer on Promotion and Media Relations for the KC Artist
Monday February 4th, 2013, 6.30 – 8 PM (doors open at 6) UMKC Innovation Center, 4747 Troost Ave., Room 114. Don’t miss this special opportunity to learn the basics and fine points of promoting your own artwork and public events. The workshop will share valuable insights from Gina Kaufmann, who has worked in many different … Read more
Upcoming deadlines, great opportunities
Apply for the Indy Island Residency by January 11, 2013. The image above shows the occupancy by last year’s resident and 2010 Rocket Grants recipient A. Bitterman. Submit work to the Museum of Arte Util by February 15, 2013. Submit proposals to apexart’s Unsolicited Proposal Program by February 15, 2013
POP! TRADING POST 9/20 & 9/27, 5 – 8 PM, UMKC
POP! A Series of Social Happenings Presents: LOCALITY AS RELIQUARY INSTALLATION SHRINE: 9/20/12-9/27/12 PUBLIC TRADING EVENTS: Thursday 9/20/12 & Thursday 9/27/12, from 5-8 pm University of Missouri Kansas City Gallery of Art in Fine Arts Building #203 located at 5100 Rockhill Road, KC, MO 64110 Everyone with a skill, service, or goods to trade … Read more
Creative Placemaking Initiatives Sweep the Nation; ArtPlace Announces $15.4 Million in Grants for 47 Projects Nationwide
The restoration of a Memphis bluesman’s home into an interactive music center… an art installation of aerial “nets” stretching across a Philadelphia pier where new development is happening… a venture to engage artists to creatively combat urban vacancy and foreclosure in Cleveland… these are just a few of the 47 projects awarded grants today from … Read more
On Our Radar
Creative Capital has launched a new online initiative, On Our Radar, featuring 380 artists’ projects from across the country. This is a searchable database featuring noteworthy Film/Video and Visual Arts projects that advanced to the second or third phase of their highly competitive grant round last year. Although the featured projects were not ultimately funded, … Read more
Art in Odd Places
OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS Deadline Sunday, April 15, 2012 midnight EST Art in Odd Places (AiOP) invites citizens from all walks of life and from anywhere in this world to propose projects for its eighth installment in New York City. Taking place from October 5–15, 2012, along 14th Street from Avenue C to the Hudson … Read more
Residency Opportunities at Ox-Bow
Ox-Bow is a school of art and artists’ residency located in Saugatuck, Michigan. It was founded in 1910 by artists from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who wanted to create a school and residency within a naturally beautiful environment that fostered an artist-run culture where the exchange of new ideas, the creation … Read more
We: Art Practical +the Rocket Grantees
During Art Practical‘s recent visit, all current and previous Rocket Grantees were invited to Plug Projects for a discussion about the effect of the Rocket Grant program, experimental programming, and dynamics behind the art ecology of Kansas City. Patricia Maloney pointed out that one of the things she had noticed in meeting one on one … Read more
