Open Call for Art

chashama–giving artists the space to create

Since 1995, chashama has championed the movement to repurpose vacant
properties in New York City; recycling them into temporary artist studios
and gallery spaces, while simultaneously invigorating the surrounding
community landscape with an influx of culture, creativity and business.

chashama invites you to submit a exhibition proposal, for our 2010 Summer
season. All of chashama?s visual art exhibit spaces are on the ground floor
of a building, or are easily accessible from the street. Most of them were
former retail stores, some have large street facing windows. chashama
transforms these vacant spaces into temporary exhibit spaces; each one is
unique in its layout and overall aesthetic.

Deadline: Artists must submit their application by July 15th, 2010 by
5:00pm.

To apply to our Exhibit Program, visit
http://www.chashama.org/visual/chashama_exhibit2009-2010.pdf and follow the
instructions.

Mail Materials to:

chashama
ATTN: Exhibits
201 East 42nd Street, 32nd Floor
New York, NY  10017

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for more information contact:

Devin Mathis
Programming Associate
201 East 42nd Street
32nd floor
New York, NY 10017
212.391.8151 x24
www.chashama.org

*Exhibit Across from the MOMA*
chashama–giving artists the space to create

Since 1995, chashama has championed the movement to repurpose vacant
properties in New York City; recycling them into temporary artist studios
and gallery spaces, while simultaneously invigorating the surrounding
community landscape with an influx of culture, creativity and business.

chashama invites you to submit a proposal to our Windows at the Donnell
Library program, for the 2010-2011 season. The Donnell Library is located at
20 West 53rd St. across the street from iconic Museum of Modern Art. We are
interested in proposals large enough to fit all seven windows or as small as
one windowpane.

Deadline: Rolling.
We will consider applications in the order in which they are received.
However we only have 8 openings available.

Required Application Materials:
*Completed application form (pages *4 through 7 of this document).
*1-2 page project proposal.
*1 page (or less) technical requirements.
*Resume/short bios of key participants.
*Work sample ?slide list? or list of cue points with descriptions that
provide context for the images.

*Work sample (images of previous work, may be on CD)  note: paper CD/DVD
sleeves are preferred to cases.

To apply, visit http://www.chashama.org/downloads/donnell_rfp.pdf and follow
the instructions.

Mail Materials to:
chashama
ATTN: Donnell Windows
201 East 42nd Street, 32nd Floor
New York, NY  10017

What: LOVE, HAPPINESS AND HARMONY
A Photography Exhibition by Howard T. Cash
 
When: Exhibition Dates:  May 11 - June 6, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 6-8PM: Artist Talk: “Conversations”

 

Precious moments of reverent connection and community occur in small and large ways when people come together, sharing their humanity. Howard’s oeuvre perfectly captures these moments.

Cash is one of the featured artists in 100 NY Photographers edited by Cynthia Maris Dantzic.

Where: Gallery Address:
2611 Frederick Douglass Blvd., Studio 2N
bet. West 139th and West 140th Streets
New York, NY  10030
www.canvaspaperandstone.com
212.694.1747
Directions: http://www.canvaspaperandstone.com/directions.htm

Project Description:
The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) is seeking proposals
from artists for a mural project in the MidBlock Parking Garage located
at 89-35 163rd Street in Jamaica, NY. The goal of the mural project is
to enhance the pedestrian pathway that stretches from the entrance to
the garage on 162nd street to the entrance on 163rd street. The mural
design should be contemporary, colorful and appropriate for a wall 248′
in length and 12′ in height. The mural will seldom be seen front on. For
pedestrians viewing the mural, it will be a progressive experience as
they move along the pathway. In conjunction with the mural project, GJDC
will also be enhancing the pedestrian pathway with new lighting.

Guidelines:
The design should be picture-based, not word-based. Designs that include
logos, copyrighted or trademarked images, advertisements, or political,
commercial, religious, or sexual symbols, themes or messages will not be
accepted. Designs should be appropriate for a diverse, broad-based
audience of all ages.

The artist will develop and submit a preliminary visual concept for the
mural to be painted on the concrete wall surface. GJDC staff members
will review the conceptual design for the mural project and provide
feedback to the artist/s before design approval.

Proposals should include the amount of time necessary to complete the
mural and materials needed.

Timeline:
Weather permitting; the mural project will begin in July.
Deadlines:
Conceptual Design Proposals due: *June 15th, 2010*
Artist Selection:                            *June 21st, 2010*

Artist Compensation:
Compensation for the artists TBD. GJDC will pay for materials.
www.gjdc.org
Area: front entrance, 163rd Street Garage in Jamaica, Queens, NY
    side view, entrance, 163rd Street Garage in Jamaica, Queens, NY
interior, 163rd Street Garage in Jamaica, Queens, NY
    interior, 163rd Street Garage in Jamaica, Queens, NY

Contact:
Samantha Lewis
chashama Jamaica Studios
Curator & Outreach Coordinator
Samglewis@gmail.com < mailto:Samglewis@gmail.com>
914.260.7974

* + Times Square Alliance **Public Art Program ** * 

 * + Bring your work to Times Square in New York*

* *

*Open Call *

*All Art Organizations and Artists*

*All Art Forms*

* *

* + TIMESSQUAREARTS  *

*Request for Letters of Interest *

*Art Projects and Art Events in 2010-2012*

*Due on July 15, 2010 *

For Complete Details: *
****http://www.timessquarenyc.org/arts/opencall.htm

One of chashama’s network partners is looking for an experienced computer
illustrator for a paid project, which could lead to additional projects.

Please email darryl@chashama.org if you are interested.

Ten Revolutionary Works of Art Make Debut as Postage Stamps BUFFALO, NY — The U.S. Postal Service today honored the artistic innovations and achievements of a group of artists who moved the United States to the forefront of the international art scene with the release of the Abstract Expressionists commemorative postage stamps. The vibrant stamps feature works by Hans Hoffmann, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, Adolph Gottlieb, Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Joan Mitchell.

— The U.S. Postal Service today honored the artistic innovations and achievements of a group of artists who moved the United States to the forefront of the international art scene with the release of the Abstract Expressionists commemorative postage stamps. The vibrant stamps feature works by Hans Hoffmann, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, Adolph Gottlieb, Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Joan Mitchell.

Having been a bit of a philatelist as a child, here’s a new reason to start collecting again… art!

Go to I.heart.art blog to continue reading this story.

Conversations: Among Friends featuring artist Faith Ringgold and Lisa Farrington, author and Chair, Department of Art and Music, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY. Presented by the Friends as part of the series Conversations: Among Friends, this program is open to the public. Please feel free to share this invitation with friends, family, and colleagues. General public tickets ($35) may be purchased at the Museum information and film desks, online, or through the Friends of Education office.

7:00p.m., Wednesday, May 19, 2010

For more info, visit MoMA Events.

The Hip Hop Culture Center in Harlem (currently known as H2C2) and  two local businesses, Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery and The Winery, have come together to produce a special affair titled “Art, Rhyme & Wine”. This unique event will feature art exhibitions, spoken word, live music & performances, wine tasting, and networking. Come see some of the amazing artwork that is featured in the Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery.

To be unveiled - a custom piece made expressly for the Hip Hop Culture Center by Shirt King Phade. H2C2 will recognize Washington Koen Media for its work promoting success among youth through education and mentoring with the film Beyond the Bricks.

You must be 21+ to mingle.

Cost: $10.00 with a business card
$20.00 without a business card

The Hip Hop Culture Center In Harlem (map)
2309 Frederick Douglass Blvd.
(2nd Floor of Magic Johnson Theater)
New York, NY, USA 10027

DEADLINE: Friday, May 14, midnight
Art in Odd Places (AIOP) invites artists working across disciplines to propose projects for the festival’s sixth installment (October 1 – 10, 2010). Taking place along 14th Street from Avenue C to the Hudson River in New York City, we encourage proposals that explore this location’s rich history, configuration, and heterogeneous communities. The forthcoming edition of AiOP is informed by various interpretations of the term CHANCE, including proposition, luck, randomness, risk, and opportunity.
Se busca artistas para participar en el festival Art in Odd Places.  El tema del festival este año se trata de casualidad/oportunidad/posibilidad/riesgo.
Info: www.artinoddplaces.org

Workshop / Taller: Visa Application and Legal Issues for Immigrant Artists
Thursday, May 13, 6:30pm
This workshop will give an overview of the legal options for immigrant artists seeking to pursue an artistic career in the United States. It will cover basic immigration law and visa procedures in addition to unique legal options for artists.
Presented by Audrey Carr, Legal Services NYC and Charles Printz, Teplen and Associate.
Taller sobre las opciones legales para artistas inmigrantes queriendo trabajar como artista en los EEUU.
RSVP: http://visalegalissues.eventbrite.com/  
Info: i.outreach@nyfa.org
New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay St., 7th Floor • Brooklyn

ACP Associates is sponsoring a LOGO DESIGN CONTEST to brand TheHealMobile.com. You and artists you know have an opportunity to demonstrate your creativity and advertise your talent to one million holistic health practitioners, complementary and alternative medical doctors, organizations and members of the public.

For more details, please go to  HERE

The Grant Training Center

Professional Grant Development Workshop

Master the techniques of writing superior and winning proposals

Proposal Writing I:  May 5 - 7, 2010

Location:  City College of New York, Harlem, NY

New York, New York

Online at: Grant Training Center

This intensive three-day grant proposal workshop is geared for: 1) those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills and 2) beginners who wish to acquire and master the techniques of preparing, writing and winning proposals from various funding agencies.  The center of attention will be on how to effectively tell the story that leads to funding, be it for the researcher in the sciences and social sciences, educator and non-profit professional.

Participants Will Learn How To: 

•           Comprehend the diversity of the grant funding community

•           Research and identify potential funding sources

•           Create the right fit with the funding agency

•           Address the guidelines of proposals

•           Identify and effectively write the key elements of a proposal

•           Integrate each component of the grant into the final product

•           Develop focused and realistic budgets

•           Package professional grants submissions

Space is limited, and since this class fills-up quickly, it is on a first-come-first serve basis.

Workshop fee: $595.00  including tuition, materials, certificate of completion, and continental breakfast. Rebate of $50.00 per person is given for two or more registrants from the same organization.

To register please go to: Grant Training Center

To register by phone or for more information call (866)-704-7268

Current deadline for chashama Windows applications is April 23rd. Two locations: 266 West 37th Street & 112 West 44th Street. For more information click here.

Join us at Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery for these upcoming events:

Saturday, April 17: 2-4PM
Studio Talk with Al Johnson during Textures of Beauty.  What inspires him? What stories does he share?  How do viewers experience his art?  Read his profile and then come out and spend some time with him at the gallery.

The Gallery is located at 2611 Frederick Douglass Blvd, Studio 2N, bet. West 139th & 140th Streets in Harlem, NY.  Gallery Hours are Thursday through Saturday, 1-5PM and also by appointment. Closed Sundays.

Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is pleased to announce the Uptown Arts Stroll 2010 – the most anticipated annual visual and performing arts festival in Washington Heights and Inwood in June 2010.  We ask that you join us in celebrating the best art that northern Manhattan has to offer by participating in the various events scheduled during the Uptown Art Stroll and/or sharing information to include in the Uptown Arts Stroll festival calendar on where you may be exhibiting work or showcasing around the neighborhood.  The deadline for submitting information to include in the printed Uptown Arts Stroll Calendar is May 7, 2010 (information submitted after this date will be updated on the online calendar but will not appear in the printed calendar).  If you are looking for an opportunity to participate or to volunteer, please contact NoMAA:  212.568.4396 • info@nomaanyc.org.

Call for submissions: 2010 Uptown Arts Stroll Poster Contest
Deadline: Friday, April 16, 2010 - 5pm

Northern Manhattan’s annual arts festival returns this June!  The Uptown Arts Stroll invites neighborhood residents and visitors from the rest of the city to a month of art exhibitions and performances north of West 155th Street. 

NoMAA is calling for submissions for the 2010 Uptown Arts Stroll poster contest:

Specifications:

1.         Artist must be a resident of Washington Heights or Inwood.

2.         Artist may submit only one image for consideration.

3.         Image will be used for publications with the following dimensions:
- Poster: 11 X 17 in.
- Brochure: 6 X 10 ¾ in.
- Postcard: 5 ½ X 8 ½ in.
4.         Allow for full color and B&W reproduction.

5.         The selected image will be used in the poster that will represent and promote the 2010 Uptown Arts Stroll.  NoMAA will be responsible for the text that will be included on the poster, not the artist submitting the entry.

6.         A jury drawn from the local arts community will give extra consideration to eye-catching original and unpublished images that reflect the creativity of Northern Manhattan artists.

7.         Entry must include artist’s name, address, phone number, and email.

8.         Send digital submissions to info@nomaanyc.org (please submit JPEG files of 300 dpi only).

9.         Winning artist will receive a $500 honorarium.

10.       DEADLINE: Friday, April 16 by 5pm.

Questions: info@nomaanyc.org

About NoMAA:  The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is a non-profit arts service organization launched in 2007 under the incubation of the Hispanic Federation and with the financial support of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone.  NoMAA’s mission is to cultivate, support and promote the works of artists and arts organizations in Northern Manhattan. NoMAA has been serving the arts community in Washington Heights and Inwood, as well as developing partnerships with businesses and other institutions, to increase the visibility of this area of Manhattan.

Brooklyn Artists Gym is stepping up to the next level and looking for a Gallery Director who can give the BAG Gallery solid, fresh and fiscally fruitful direction.  We need someone with imagination, energy, excellent collaborative skills and terrific abilities in self-direction and follow-through.  We need someone who knows the New York art scene and can think outside that box.  We are open to new ideas and new ways of doing things.

As you know, The BAG Gallery has had huge successes since we opened, giving all sorts of artists opportunities to show their work and to give audiences (like you) a chance to see more art.  We’ve had more than 3 dozen shows over the last three years, both rentals and sponsored shows.

Here’s what we’re looking for in a Gallery Director:

•A vision and plan for the BAG Gallery.
•Execution of that plan.
•Working with artists both at BAG and elsewhere.
•Working with curators.
•Creating and implementing a marketing plan.
•Taking responsibility for the finances of the gallery.

Salary is by commission.  (Commission is very broadly defined.)

Applications are being accepted until we find the right match.   Please take a look at our new website to get an idea of who we are: www.brooklynartistsgym.com

•Email: peter@brooklynartistsgym.com. 

•Subject line: GALLERY DIRECTOR APPLICATION

•Include: Current resume; Statement of what you want to do; Three references.

Deadline: Friday, April 30, 2010, 5:00pm
Details: The complete RFP can be downloaded from www.harlemaa.org and www.125thstreetbid.com.

The BID ON CULTURE Project, a partnership of the 125th Street Business Improvement District (BID) and the Harlem Arts Alliance (HAA), is requesting design proposals for street banners which will be displayed along 125th Street beginning June 2010 as part of Black Music Month, in celebration of Harlem’s contribution to the history and development of music in America.  The Request for Design Proposal is open to professional visual artists at least 21 years of age, not matriculated in an educational institution, with an interest in Harlem. Special consideration will be given to artists currently living and working in Harlem.  The complete RFP can be downloaded from www.harlemaa.org and www.125thstreetbid.com.  The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 30, 2010 at 5:00pm via email to applications@harlemaa.org. For more information contact Michael Unthank, Executive Director, HAA, at (347) 735 4280.

Enhancing the streetscape of 125th Street through the BID ON CULTURE project involves 19 banners to be hung from street light poles along 125th Street from Morningside Avenue to 5th Avenue.  A total of 5 designs will be selected. Artist design submissions should effectively reflect Harlem as a center for musical expression and innovation. Submissions can depict well known individuals, venues and/or significant events or issues that reflect this general theme.  Designs may reflect varied musical genres, and can be cast in a historical or contemporary context.

BID ON CULTURE, which began in 2009, is a campaign to help build a community-based vision of Harlem’s heritage, its role as a vibrant cultural center, and to promote the continued revitalization of 125th Street as the commercial and artistic heart of Harlem.  In 2009, the first BID ON CULTURE banners were displayed as a Women’s History Month tribute and featured the artists Andrea Arroyo, Laura Gadson, Wilhelmina Obatola Grant, Sharon Lewis, and Shimoda.

The important role played by arts and culture in urban revitalization is well established, and is documented in the study, Creating a Cultural Destination, commissioned by the 125th Street BID in 2007, and available online at www.125thstreetbid.com.