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14th Annual Levka Ori Creative Encounters in Crete
info@levkaori.org
Deadline: July 15, 2009
You are kindly invited to 14TH LEVKA ORI CREATIVE ENCOUNTERS IN THE CRETAN MOUNTAINS, an interdisciplinary project blending art and technology, Paleochora August 22 - 27, 2009. THEME 2009: AEOLUS: A MATERIAL, A CONCEPT, A SOURCE OF ENERGY.
One of the strongest defining features of the sites on which we meet and work on crete is the wind ("anemos" in greek, "aeolus" in latin). It is gusty, strong, and ever present. We will work with the wind, as a material, as a theme, as a concept, as a source of energy. Three dimensional artists may want to build wind-powered kinetic sculptures; painters may want to "attempt to paint the color of the wind," as maxwell bodenheim described poetry; musicians may want to use it as a musical instrument; performance artists may want to dance with it; architects and engineers may want to design new wind turbines; photographers, video and sound artists may want to record its effects; writers may want it to blow
their words over the ink-blue sea; and you may want to interpret the theme in ways we have not imagined. whatever your discipline, whatever your creative impulse, whether physically realized or completely conceptual, the wind will be our driving force.
Interested? Registration online http://www.levkaori.org/register.php. Limit of participants: 15. End of registrations: july 15, 2009.
Location: Paleochora, Crete, Greece
Web link: http://www.levkaori.org/
Environmental Photographer of the Year
epoty@ciwem.org
Deadline: July 31, 2009
CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of the Year is one of the fastest growing photographic competitions in the world. It is open to all professional and amateur international photographers. Categories are OSF's Changing Climates; Black & Veatch's World of Difference; Quality of Life; The Natural World; and the Young Environmental Photographer of the Year (Under 21).
EPOTY is part of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management's Arts and Environment initiative, putting creativity into the heart of environmental thinking. Images will be judged on impact, creativity, composition, originality and technical abilities. The competition is open until 5pm on 31st July 2009.
Location: US
Web link: http://www.ciwem.org/arts/photographer/
aLIVe: a Low Impact Vehicle Exhibition
Posted by: Cheryl dos Remedios, cheryldosremedios@gmail.com
Deadline: August 7, 2009
A Low-Impact Vehicle exhibition (aLIVe) seeks artists, architects, designers, and inventors to create their vision of vehicles designed around the human body, streets designed for people, and communities built around the need for trees and unpaved spaces, clean air and clean water. The purpose of aLIVe is to present new ideas in various forms-prototypes, designs, works in progress, and metaphorical art-to stimulate a conversation that will help us change our culture, one mind at a time. Please join us for aLIVe on August 22, 2009 in Seattle, Washington. See website for complete information.
Location: Seward Park, 5902 Lake Washington Blvd. S, Seattle, WA 98118, US
Web link: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/56264
Call For Environmentally Aware Artists and Crafters
Posted by: Tina Santillo, earthsjourneyts@yahoo.com
www.earths-journey.com is a new online gallery for the Eco-Artist and Crafter. We are all about the environment and doing our share by creating amazing works of art from recycled, up-cycled and/or environmentally friendly materials.
Earth's Journey's fees are as follows: Our artists get 70%, Earth's Journey gets 20%, and 10% is donated to an environmental charity each year. There are no other fees associated with us. We want to make this as simple as possible for everyone involved and feel that our artists deserve the bulk of the profits. Just register with a paypal account, put up your own exhibit, add your own bio, price your artwork, and upload your pictures. Our only requirement for this is that you emphasize your environmental responsibility as an artist.
If you are an artist and do not use environmentally friendly materials, but have always wanted to, please contact us and we can point you in the direction of many resources, such as recycled canvas, or recycled wood for your framing. Even if only a small part of your work is done with eco-friendly materials, we absolutely consider you an eco-artist.
Location: We are Worldwide, with artists from Australia to India, and in our home, the United States
Web link: http://www.earths-journey.com/
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative 2009 Call for Residencies
Posted by: Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org
Elsewhere, an arts production site and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking artists, curators, writers, musicians, and cultural producers for residencies during the Spring, Summer, and Fall 2009 seasons. Set within a former thrift store housing a 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques, Elsewhere invites experimental creators to utilize the immense collection of objects to pursue site-specific material, conceptual, and/or technologically-based projects. Elsewhere's building - two storefronts on the ground floor, a 14-room boarding house on the second, and a warehouse on the third - provides dynamic architectures for the creation and installation of works.
Artists live and work within transforming installations; these interactive environments become platforms for re-conceptualizing the theory and practice of art-making as an ongoing process of exchange in community. Within a store where nothing is for sale, Elsewhere offers an unparalleled framework for creative practices, processes and productions outside the traditional gallery, museum, and residency systems. The complete call for artists and application deadlines are available at our website. Creators of all kinds and collaborative groups should email us for an application and brochure. We review applications at the end of each month.
Location: 606 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27406, US
Web link: http://www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/residencies.html
Outdoor Sculpture or Environmental Art Installations in Maine
Posted by: Margaret Hoffman, mhoffman@mainegardens.org
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens seeks artists to feature for its 2009 season and beyond. If you would like to use our 248 acre waterfront campus as a canvas for your outdoor sculpture or environmental installation(s) please send digital images of your work, artist statement, and a CV to mhoffman@mainegardens.org. Works must be for sale and a commission is expected to benefit the Gardens. Only work with natural themes will be considered.
Location: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, PO Box 234
, Boothbay, ME 04537, US
Web link: http://www.mainegardens.org/
The Morton Arboretum Outdoor Sculpture Exhibits
Anamari Golf, agolf@mortonarb.org
The Morton Arboretum, 25 miles west of Chicago, is seeking large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibits beginning in 2009. We encourage inquiries from artists whose work relates to our core themes--trees, shrubs, natural habitats, and the creatures that inhabit them in the upper Midwest.
Location: Lisle, IL