Montehermoso, Vitoria, Spain - Call for Projects

The Montehermoso Cultural Center, located in Vitoria, northern province of Alava, Spain, is located in a 16th century renaissance palace.

It announces grants for production, curatorial projects and research.

Number of grants for artistic creation: maximum of 8 projects currently in preproduction or production, to pr esent then within Montehermoso's annual program (second quarter of 2010). Benefits: maximum of 10,000 euros/project

Grant for a curatorial project: Benefits not to exceed 21.000 euros.

Grants for research: maximum of 3 research projects, one of which will be related to the History of Feminist Art in Spain. Each research project will be awarded a maximum of 9.000 euros.

For more information and application procedures: www.montehermoso.net



Deadline: March 13, 2009

Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship Awards

The Vermont Studio Center, located in Johnson, Vermont, is an international residency program open to all artists and writers.

Activity: Year-round (2-12 week residencies) 50 artists and writers/month.

Benefits: individual studio, private room, and all meals.

VSC Full Fellowships and a variety of special fellowships will be awarded at the February 17th, 2009 deadline, including:

• VSC Fellowships (16): Open to all artists and writers

• In 2009 the Pollock-Krasner Foundation/VSC Fellowship Program for visual artists of outstanding talent will support three 4-week residencies for domestic artists and one 8-week residency for an international artist.

• Zoland Poetry Fellowships (2): Open to writers of original English-language poetry and poetry translators.

• Golden Award (1): Open to all painters, merit-based

• Brown Foundation (3) Fellowships will be awarded to artists and writers living in Texas.

• Dedalus Foundation (6) fellowships will be awarded to painters whose work is an extension of the modernist tradition as embodied in the work of Robert Motherwell.

• John Pavlis Fellowship Fund (3) fellowships for African-American artists. Renowned painter Katherine Porter will provide two visual artists and one writer a one-month residency in 2009.

• Wheels for Wheels Award (1): Open to an artist or writer who uses a wheelchair and/or has a spinal cord injury.

• Kay Evans Award (1): open to all poets, merit-based; award created in honor of Maine poet Kay Evans by her friends and family.

For application and guidelines: www.vermontstudiocenter.org

Djerassi Artist-in-Residency Program, 2010

Location: spectacular rural setting in the Santa Cruz Mountains over-looking the Pacific Ocean

Program: designed as a retreat experience to pursue personal creative work and share in collegial interaction within a small community of artists.

Residencies: awarded competitively, at no cost, to national and international artists in the disciplines of choreography, literature, music composition, visual arts, and media arts/new genres.

Addressed to: emerging and mid-career artists, for whom appointments as resident artists may make a significant difference to their careers, as well as from established artists with national and/or international reputations.

Benefits: living and studio space for 4-5 week sessions, plus meals

Period: mid-March through mid-November.

Artists' Barn: contains 3 visual art studios, a large dance studio, a darkroom, and a music composition studio with a baby grand and electric piano.

Deadline: February 15, 2009

More information and application instructions: www.djerassi.org

Purificación García Photography Competition

Addressed to photographers who are older the 18 and permanent residents of Spain or Portugal, regardless of country of origin.

First Prize: 12.000 euros
Second Prize: 10.000 euros
Third Prize: 8.000 euros

Application Period: February 2 - 20, 2009

Application Procedure: http://www.purificaciongarcia.com

Ayudas a la Movilidad Internacional de Creadores Matadero Madrid 2009

Matadero Madrid convoca ayudas a la movilidad internacional de creadores para la ampliación de estudios, la investigación y la realización, producción y desarrollo de proyectos de creación en el exterior.

Objetivo:

- brindar a los creadores y profesionales de la cultura de Madrid la oportunidad de enriquecer su trabajo mediante su integración en otros contextos, contribuir al intercambio cultural y favorecer la proyección internacional de la creación madrileña en todos sus ámbitos.

- facilitar la movilidad para la organización y participación en proyectos de formación artística y humanística en instituciones especializadas internacionales; producción de proyectos de creación contemporáneo en instituciones especializadas internacionales; promoción y difusión de los creadores y la creación madrileña en eventos, acciones, iniciativas y redes internacionales.

Dotación: máximo por beneficiario: 12.000 euros

Fin período de disfrute: 31 de diciembre, 2009

Bases y formularios de solicitud disponibles en:
www.munimadrid.es
www.mataderomadrid.com

Recepción de solicitudes: hasta el 24 de febrero de 2009

Medialab Prado, Madrid -Garage Science Workshop - Call for Collaborators

Collaborators interested in joining this advanced project development workshop that will select proposals using open hardware, software and biology. Leading tutors:

Critical Art Ensemble: collective of five artists of various specializations dedicated to exploring the intersections between art, technology, radical politics, and critical theory. http://www.critical-art.net

Julian Bleeker: designer, technologist and researcher at the Design Strategic Projects studio at Nokia Design in Los Angeles and co-founder with Nicolas Nova of the Near Future Laboratory, their design-to-think studio. http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/about/julian-bio/

Natalie Jeremijenko: artist and engineer, is an Associate Professor at NYU in the Visual Art Dept., and has affiliated faculty appointments in Computer Science and Envrionmental Studies. Her projects—which explore socio-technical change—have been exhibited by several museums and galleries, including the MASSMoCA, the Whitney Museum, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt.

Deadline for submissions: January 25, 2009 For more information about Medialab Prado and application forms: http://medialab-prado.es

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - Swing Space Project-Based Residencies

LMCC makes Swing Spaces available to artists, art groups, curators and arts organizations for the development and presentation of new projects in the visual and performing arts.

Residency period: 2 to 4 months, from May through October 2009.

Application deadline: January 31, 2009

Application instructions: http://lmcc.net/art/swingspace/overview/2009/apply.html

(*) Kria Brekkan performs as part of HERE:
Energies and Shadows at the Swing Space
at 210 Front Street