Opportunity

AVAM (Associated Visual Artists of Madrid) invites proposals for a competition to select eight artistic projects to be developed during the second half of 2008.
Recipients will be awarded a maximum amount of 6.000 euros for the production of the art project, plus 3.000 euros as honorarium to cover the
making of the work and the author's rights.
Artists of any nationality may participate, regardless of age. Participants must present an original and unpublished project (It may
currently be in some phase of production) to be partially, or totally completed during the duration of the grant.For details write to madridprocesos@avam.net or click here

The Bengaluru Artist Residency Programme group (bar1) invites applications for an interdisciplinary artist residency in Bangalore City from the 1st of July to the 30th of September 2008.

Application deadline: May 20th ,2008.
For further inquiries please contact bar1studio@gmail.com or click here

This one semester course in ideas and concepts, deals with visual theory and visual art production in the various spheres of our cultural life, through the disciplines of art, photography and architecture. The course will run for 14 – 16 weeks every year.
It will commence on August 26, 2008, and run on every Tuesday and Thursday between 6:00 and 8:30 pm.It will be conducted in the premises of Jnanapravaha (Mumbai) at Queens Mansion, 3rd Floor, A. K. Nayak Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400 001.
Fee and Admissions:
The total fee for the course, including reading material and library reference fee, will be Rs. 10,000/- per participant.
The admissions to the course for this year will close on July 7, 2008.
The course is open to graduates from any discipline.
All correspondence, including the application has to be conducted via emails at to.jnanapravaha@gmail.com

The workshop is process oriented, supports experimentation in all media and is targeted at emerging to mid career artists in all fields; encouraging contemporary work in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, video, performance and sound. This workshop is part of the Triangle Arts Network of workshops currently active in 20 countries.

Applications must be received by May 15^th, 2008.

For more information please contact by e-mail at:

aiwaworkshop@gmail.com

Topic of the competition is "Woman's and Men's Legs in the Art of the Beginning of the Third Millennium".Works should be obligatorily painted in oil (on canvas or any other material); the dimensions are starting from 80 x 100 cm or more (of any shape as you desire – a rectangular shape, a circle, etc.). Artist's works should be dated and signed. A brief biography attached to the canvas is desirable. Each work should be original: copies are not accepted.Details here.

The annual prize provides the exciting opportunity for creative collaboration between international curators and artists from the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia (MENASA) region. Offering one of the world’s most substantial art competition endowments worth a total of US$ $600,000, the Abraaj Capital Art Prize is designed to create a viable global platform for artists from the MENASA region.Deadline:15 June2008.The winning art projects will be showcased at Art Dubai 2009 next March.For details click here

WaddenSeaFestival, Denmark, August 2008
 
10 artists work along a part of the coastline in Denmark with materials provided by nature
 
Call for artists, deadline 1 may 2008
 
a project of foundation waddenart, www.waddenart.eu
 
see the website, look under activities
contact waddenart for information and participation

 African Community of Arts Educators (AfriCOAE) is inviting
 applications for its 2-week workshop residency for art educators and
 teaching artists at a suburb of Accra in Ghana, from the 17th until
 the 31st of July 2008. The program is organised in a number of special
 laboratory sessions for Environmental Immersion, breakout-team and
 independent practice to explore for ecological materials and test
 their effectiveness in art making. Registration is still open. To
 participate, send your CV and a letter of interest to africoae@gmail.com.

 Participant Cost is 570.246 Euros, includes all workshop activities and

 accommodation with 2 meals/day. For additional information, see

Project Web Site: http://afropoets.tripod.com/eta 

We would like to announce the Sovereign Asian Art Prize deadline has been extended to the 31st May 2008.

Please note that artists can now submit online directly through the Rules and Entry form page at www.sovereignartfoundation.com/submissionForm.php

If you have any queries with your application please do not hesitate to contact us at art@SovereignArtFoundation.com.

Intended for scholars /arts practitioner / groups interested in looking critically at the notion of cultural traditions+ seeking to explore new methodologies for making sense of contemporary arts practice.

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