Greene County Council on the Arts. Catskill, New York

Greene County Council On The Arts



398 Main Street
Catskill, NY 12414
518.943.3400
gcca@greenearts.org




July/August 2009

GCCA OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS


CALL FOR FINE CRAFTS:

The GCCA is looking for fine crafts to be sold at our Catskill/Mountaintop Gift Shops. Those interested should submit 4”x6” color photos of items they want to sell to the GCCA Visual Arts Director, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414. 518-943-3400.

 

There's a need for your special talents and skills on the volunteer roster at the Greene County Council on the Arts galleries and offices in Catskill and Windham.  There are immediate openings on the front desk and exhibit installation staffs, but many other opportunities exist - writing, photography, gallery maintenance, information distribution, and much, much more.  What are you interested in?  Chances are... we need you!  Volunteers can exchange time and efforts for a GCCA membership, network within the arts community, learn and teach valuable skills... and volunteering can be a lot of fun!  Call GCCA Catskill Offices, 518-943-3400.

 

Health Insurance Benefits... The Greene County Council on the Arts offers a variety of health insurance packages at group rates for members who function as a business. To receive information on health insurance coverage and other group rates benefits, please write to: Health Insurance, Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., P.O. Box 463, Catskill, NY 12414. Make sure to include your name, address, and phone number.  Note for second homeowners: your address should correspond with the address for which you will be requesting coverage.

 

Other Opportunities

Employment Opportunities… Seeking artists, educators to teach jewelry making, sewing, guitar, design, painting (acrylic, oil); mixed media, pastel drawing, photography, pottery, printmaking, crafting, mosaics, cartooning, decorative painting, card making business skill for artists. Arts Center of the Greater Hudson Valley, 7392 S. Broadway, Red Hook, NY 12401. 845-758-8708 info@theartscenterny.org  www.theartscenterny.org.   7/07

 

Volunteers...Greene County Community College, Elderhostel Institute Network affiliate programs: local art scene, artist slide lectures, instruction.  Class leadership is voluntary, offers wide exposure to interested audience. Adult Learning Institute, Box 1000, Hudson, NY 12453. 518-828-4181 x3431.

 

Volunteers… To help spread the news about Thomas Cole, father of American landscape painting and founder of the Hudson River School at his newly restored home, Cedar Grove, a National Historic Site in Catskill, NY. Sybil Tannenbaum 518-943-7465.  info@thomascole.org

 

Volunteers…Docents to lead tours of exhibitions & other museum volunteer opportunities. Christina Scott, Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12210. 518-463-4478. www.albanyinstitute.org.  7/07

 

Grants

 

Local Grants…Support for family friendly, soundly managed organizations that enhance the communities where the funder has a presence. Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation. PO Box 1074, Schenectady, NY 12301. Does not fund film & video projects or individuals. No deadline.   2/08

 

Ceramic Grants…awards from $200 -$5,000 for original research in ceramics history, be based on primary source materials.  The American Ceramic Circle, c/o Suzanne Findlen, PO Box 224, Williamsburg, VA 23187. www.amercercir.org   5/07 

 

Dance Grants…Administers a variety of grant making programs. Theodore S. Bartwink, Executive Dir., Harkness Foundation for Dance, 145 E. 48th St., Ste. 26C , New York, NY 10017  212-263-7300  www.med.ny.edu/hjd/harkness/   5/06

 

Disabled Artist Grants.  Grants for nonprofits which are led by or support adults with disabilities. $1,000- $5000.  Supports professional artists or professional creative environment. Does not support Art Therapy programs.  Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation,  www.ela.org/grants/grants.html  2/08

 

Grants  The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) offers Strategic Opportunity Grants (SOS Grants) for literary, media, visual, music and performing artists. SOS grants offer support ranging from $100 to $600 for specific, forthcoming opportunities that are distinct from work in progress. Grants are awarded throughout the year. For more information, visit nyfa.org or email NYFA Officer Catharine Kendall at ckendall@nyfa.org

 

Grants… Offering financial, administrative assistance to individual artists’ special projects, help develop collaborative projects, assist locating venues for presentation, sponsor for public presentations. Carol Parkinson, Dir., Harvestworks, 596 Broadway, Ste 602, New York, NY 10012 . 212-431-1130  www.harvestworks.org . Ongoing.  9/06

 

Grant… $1,000 to $2,500 for emerging artists: art, music, theater, dance, photography, literature, works, due to their genre and/or social philosophy, might be difficult being aired. Puffin Foundation, 20 East Oakdene Ave. Teaneck, NJ  07666-4111.  201-836-8923 www.puffinfoundation.org  10/06

 

*Grants… Communities, small/mid-sized, culturally-specific, community-based arts institutions. Programs showing issues, experiences of underrepresented social justice issues, community concerns of national or multi-state impact: residencies; new performing art, or visual art, cross cultural, multi state collaborations, dissemination of existing works affecting communities. Nathan Cummings Foundation, 475 Tenth Ave., 14th Fl., New York, NY 10018, 212-787-7300, 787-7377.  info@nathancummings.org www.nathancummings.org  10/06

 

Grants… Municipalities, non profits -$15,000. Public buildings; historic landscape or municipal parks, cultural resource of downtowns, residential neighborhoods. Emily Curtis, Program Coordinator, Preservation League of New York State, 44 Central Ave., Albany, NY 12206. 518-462-5658, f. 462-5684, info@preservenys.org, www.preservenys.org  10/06

 

Grants... $500 for age under 30 creating new project, continue existing project. Specific issue, show concrete action plan, budget, adequate supervision, accountability. Give weekly grants to young people in US, Canada. Do Something, 24-32 Union Square East, 4th Fl. South, New York, NY 10003  help@dosomething.org.   www.dosomething.org   8/07

 

Grant… Individuals in architecture, built environment, leading to public dissemination or ideas through publication, exhibition or educational programming. Average grants less than $10,000. Do not exceed $25,000. The Graham Foundation, 4 West Burton Place, Chicago, IL 60610.  www.grahamfoundation.org   info@grahamfoundation.org.   11/05

 

Grant Newman’s Own Charitable Giving Program. Areas of giving include: arts, education, children, elderly groups, environmental causes, affordable housing, disaster relief, hunger relief. Newman's Own Charitable Giving Program, 246 Post Road East, Westport, CT 06880. www.newmansown.com   10/06

 

Film/Video/Radio Grants…for pre-production & distribution of media focusing on political & social issues.  Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, administered by the Funding Exchange.  www.fex.org.   5/07

 

Film/Video & Theater Grants… Free updated bimonthly Funding Newsletters distributed via email by The Fund for Women Artists.  P.O. Box 1236, Northampton, MA 01061 413-585-5968 info@womenarts.org Also available on their Web site at www.WomenArts.org   9/06

 

Film, Video Grants... Average $25,000 to support international documentary films and videos: current, significant issues in human rights, expression, liberties, social justice. Diane Weyermann, Dir. of Soros Documentary Fund, Open Society Institute, 400 W. 59th St., New York NY, 10019. 212-548-0657, Fx 212-548-4679, email, sdf@sundance.org,   web site, www.soros.org/sdf. Ongoing.  10/06

 

Film, Video Grants... Seeking projects on contemporary issues of human rights, civil liberties, freedom of expression, social justice. Up to $15,000 production funds of up to $50,000. Sundance Documentary Fund, Sundance Institute, 8857 West Olympic Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. www.sundance.org . Ongoing. 9/06

 

Film, Video and Electronic  Grants… provides fees for independent media artists (film, video, new media, sonic arts) to appear in-person to exhibit work.  The Experimental Television Center, 109 Lower Fairfield Road, Oswego, NY 13811. 607-687-4341. www.experimentaltvcenter.org . Applications reviewed monthly. 4/07


Film Grants…  Eight grants yearly in many categories except commercial projects. SASE: Description, inspiration, source material, resume, approx. dates of use, experience, media.eMediaLoft, 55 Bethune St., A-628, New York, NY 10014. 212-924-4893, email abc@emedialoft.org website: www.emedialoft.org/ . Ongoing.  12/04

 

Film Grant... Independent documentary filmmakers may apply. Send brief description, one page budget. Cynthia Close, Exec. Dir., Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse St., Watertown, MA 02472. Fax - 617-926-9519, email docued@der.org web site www.dev.org/ 800-569-6621. Ongoing.  10/06

 

*International Artists…Trust for Mutual Understanding funds travel & per diem expenses of professional exchanges, visual & performing arts.  Collaborations, curatorial  research, performances, lectures.  Exchanges relating to Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic & Ukraine, limited funds for others. Funds individuals.  www.tmuny.org. Deadlines, August 1, Feb 1.

 

*Literary Grants... $1,000 plus 10 copies, interview in The Adirondack Review. No full-length book published before. US or Canada, No chapbooks or children’s books, inspirational, haiku, overly graphic, extensive end-rhyme. Accepting novels, short story collections, poetry; non-fiction: politics, modern culture and society, fresh ideas, original voices, political satire; intelligent commentary, analysis aimed at educated lay person. St. Lawrence Juried Book Award, Black Lawrence Press, PO Box 46, Watertown, NY 13601.   11/05

 

Literary Grants… Children’s Books. General Work-In-Progress grant. $1,500 through Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. All genres.  SCBWI, 8271 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048. www.scbwi.org     2/08

 

Literary Grant … $12,000 annually for women, editions of 125. Additional $1,000 for 500 copies of promotional brochure; $1,000 travel to Library Fellows’ annual meeting present completed. Collaborations allowed. New books only. Library Fellows Program, Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. www.nmwa.org 202-783-7365 Deadline: Annual Recurring January 31   9/06

 

Music Grants… Fostering of musical ideas, new projects promoting original programming & new performers, rather than supporting performances, tickets or tuition.. www.sparkplugfoundation.org. Sparkplug, 877-866-8285. Spring & Fall deadlines. 5/07

 

Music Grant… DeLucia Award for Innovation in Music Education in genres, instruments, methods, other aspects of music education that can be duplicated. The Mockingbird Foundation, c/o Lemery Greiser, LLC, Attn: Jack Leibowitz, Esq., 10 Railroad Place, Ste.1502, Saratoga Springs, NY  12866-3033. Ongoing

 

Music Grant... Supporting young composers of classical or chamber music. The BMI Foundation, Inc., Carlos Surinach Fund and Boudleaux Bryant Fund. 212-830-2520. info@bmifoundation.org   Ongoing.  10/06

 

Music Grant… Meet the Composer’s Commissioning Music/USA Program for not-for-profit performing and presenting organizations commissioning new works. Support composer, librettist fees, copying, range, support services. Rotating basis. www.meetthecomposer.org/programs/commissioning.html. Eddie Fiklin, Senior program Manager. 212-645-6949 x102. 75 Ninth Ave., 3R Suite C, New York, NY 10011.

 

Music Grant…Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ New York State Music Fund supports exemplary contemporary music, all genres created by today's composer, musicians in written compositions, jazz, around world based living classical, folk, experimental, noncommercial  popular music: alternative rock, country, hip hop, others.  Supports school, community educational programs. RPA to hold meets to explain process. www.rockpa.org/music. (212) 812-4337.  nysmf@rockpa.org.  8/07

 

*Music Grant…Music Alive with Meet the Composer supports residencies with professional youth orchestras. Short Term Residencies 2-8 weeks, one season; Extended Residencies multi-year, full-season-3 years. Available: composer fees, travel, musician fees, some related activities. $7,000-$28,000, Short Term, $30,000-$100,000 year.  www.meetthecomposer.org/musicalive/   10/06

 

Music Grant…Global Connections Program with Meet the Composer supports living composers in sharing their work with a global community.  For US based composers to travel to performance venues or to bring international artists to the US. Grants range from $500 - $5,000.  www.meetthecomposer.org   4/07

 

Performing Arts Production Fund… Program of Creative Capital, for original new work, all disciplines, traditions in live performing arts, to assist artist exploring, challenging dynamics. Special focus on projects bringing insight, critique to cultural difference in class, gender, generation, ethnicity or tradition.   Awards range from $10,000-$40,000. www.creative-capital.org.

 

Performing Arts Grants for developing and producing work in the musical theatre. Cheryl Kemper, Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation, Inc., 109 E. 64th St., NY, NY 10021. www.ggftheater.org  10/06

 

Performing Arts Grants… To individuals in theater arts, opera, theater stage, set and costume design projects are eligible.  Tobin Foundation, PO Box 91019, San Antonio, TX, 78209. 21-828-9736  tobinart@mindspring.com  10/06

 

Photography Grant…Alexia Foundation award for individual professional photographer to produce a substantial picture story that furthers the foundation’s goals of promoting world peace & cultural understanding.   Alexia Foundation, 116 Oceanport Ave., Little Silver, NJ 07739.   4/07

 

Photography Grant... Given annually to a U.S. photographer who aspires to perpetuate the spirit and dedication that characterized Smith's work. Grants for specific project. Add'l grants awarded. W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, International Center of Photography, 1130 5th Ave., NY, NY 10028. website: www.smithfund.org   10/06

 

Textile Grants...Awards for research, education, documentation & experimentation in the field of quilt making.  National Quilting Association, PO Box 12190, Columbus, OH 43212. www.nqaquilts.org   5/07

 

*Youth Grants… Focusing on arts and education. Strives to contribute to the ability of young people to explore their own identity, their relationship to creative process, with high-impact, long-term experience with accomplished professionals. Surdna Foundation, 330 Madison Ave, 3rd fl., New York, NY 10017. 212-557-10010,  . 212-557-0003, request@surdna.org, www.surdna.org/programs/arts.html. 

 Application deadlines vary by program.   10/07

 

*Youth Grants… Creative residencies for teens from writers, artist’s colonies, communities working with young people.  For developing summer retreat teens residing communities, be mentored by high standard professionals. Artist colony must be operating 5 years to be eligible. The Surdna Foundation 330 Madison Ave., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10017.   2/07

 

Visual Artist Grants…$25,000 annual award for early career (defined as having produced mature work for less than ten years) African American artist. Those working in painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, installation or new genres welcome. William Johnson Foundation for the Arts, 275 S. Beverly Dr, Suite 200, Beverly Hill, CA 90212. www.whjohnsongrant.org   10/07

 

Visual Artist Grants…Virginia A.Groot Foundation to ceramic and/or sculpture artists to devote a substantial period of time to the development of their work. Virginia A. Groot Foundation, P.O. Box 1050, Evanston, IL 60204-1050. website: www.virginiagrootfoundation.org   10/06

 

Visual Artist Grants… based on artistic merit, financial need for painters, sculptors, print-makers, and artists who work on paper are eligible. The Pollack-Krasner Foundation 863 Park Avenue, New York, NY  10021. Grants@pkf.org   www.pkf.org  Ongoing.   10/06

 

 

Relief Funds, Financial Assistance

Relief Fund... To help professional craft artists sustain their livelihood. Services include access to information, resources, business development support and emergency relief with loans, grants, and in-kind services. Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Box 838, Montpelier, VT 05601. 802-229-2306. website: www.craftemergency.org   10/06

 

Financial Assistance... Relief, fine artists grant for professional painters, graphic artists, sculptors and their families in times of emergency, disability, or bereavement. Artist Fellowship, Inc., 646-230-9833. www.artistsfellowship.com/    10/06

 

Financial Assistance… emergency grants to visual artists of color. Eligible are Native American, African American, Asian American, Latino 21+, living in tri-state greater New York City area to help meet urgent financial needs. The Wheeler Foundation, P.O. Box 300507, Brooklyn, NY 11230. 718-951-0581.   7/07

 

Financial Assistance... To provide artist emergency assistance to qualified artists whose needs are unforeseen, catastrophic incident, who lack resources to meet situation. One time for specific  emergency: fire, flood, medical. Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, 380 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013. Ongoing.

 

*Financial Assistance... Up to $5,000 grants for writers and playwrights with AIDS. Candidates must be published. Fund for Writers and Editors with AIDS, PEN American Center, 568 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. 212-334-1660. Email: info@salmagundi.org  Website: www.salmagundi.org 

 

Relief Fund... Funding artists experiencing serious illness, crisis, or bereavement. SASE: Artists Fellowship Inc., Emergency Aid, c/o Salmagundi Club, 47 5th Ave., NY, NY 10003.

 

Financial and Management Services... NYFA's new Works and Management Services offer assistance to individual artists and small arts groups. New York Foundation for the Arts, 155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013-1507. 212-366-6900 x 225 or 230. www.nyfa.org

 

Financial Assistance... For artists in need of emergency aid to avoid eviction, cover medical expenses, unpaid utility bills, other. Submit description, copies of bills or eviction notice, resume, two letters of recommendation: Change Inc., PO Box 705, Cooper Station, NY, NY 10276. 212-473-3742. Ongoing.

 

Photography... Critical Needs Fund for Photographers with AIDS. Initial requests by phone:  212-929-7190. Ongoing.

 

Internships

Internships.. Women’s Studio Workshop, PO Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472. 845-658-9133. wsworkshop.org   2/08

 

Internships... High school seniors, college students; Flex-time. Programs in publishing and literary presenting business. Marketing, database maintenance, Literary Curators  website, writing, sending press releases, Workshops for Kids program, poetry for radio shorts, video production. Bertha Rogers, Ex. Dir., Bright Hill Press, POB 193, Treadwell, NY 13846. 607-746-7306. wordthur@catskill.net . Ongoing.  3/06

 

Speakers, Professional Services, Mentoring

Speakers... Speakers in the Humanities, a program of New York State Council for the Humanities: for a nominal fee, non-profit NYS organizations may book distinguished scholars to lecture on a variety of topics. Applications eight weeks prior to proposed lecture. For catalog, application contact: New York Council for the Humanities, 150 Broadway, Ste. 1700, New York, NY 10038. 212-233-1131, nych@nyhumanities.org; www.nyhumanities.org

 

Scholarships & Residencies

Scholarships, apprenticeships & fellowships . Support for emerging artists in theater, dance, film in Performing Arts, Playwriting & Film.  Deadlines vary depending on program.  Princess Grace Awards. www.pgfusa.org.  212-757-6960.    2/08

 

Residencies & Fellowships.  Artist Book Residency, 8 - 10 consecutive weeks Residency Dates: January - March, 2009; May - June 2009   Art-in-Education Fellowship, 4 - 8 consecutive weeks.  Residency Dates: April 2010   Ceramic Internship, 2 months. Residency Dates: January - February 2009.  Deadline Nov. 15, 2008.  Women’s Studio Workshop, PO Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472. 845-658-9133. wsworkshop.org   2/08

 

Residencies.... One month for writers, visual artists and composers creating original work at country estate of poet Edna Vincent Millay. April-November program. Fee, $30/10 slides, tape or DVD for video artists/filmmakers; $50. international applicants. Submit: project proposal; relevant supporting materials etc.  The Millay Colony for the Arts, Box 3, Austerlitz, NY 12017 518-392-3103. apply@millaycolony.org., www.milllaycolony.org.  Deadline, October 1 each year for following year.   11/05

 

Residencies…. No application needed. Organization to preserve land, create space to recognized, emerging artists. 104 acres in Cazenovia. Sculpture strives to show relationship between humans and nature. Workspace, stipend, housing for professional sculptors. Artistic resume, 20 slides, proposal of intent.  SASE to return slides. Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, 3883 Stone Quarry Road, Box 251, Cazenovia, NY 13035.  SQHAP@aol.com. 315-655-5742. Ongoing.

 

*Residencies... For photographers or related media. One month, $2,000 stipend, apartment, private darkroom, 24-hour facility access. Send resume, artist statement, letter of intent, slides, proofs or prints of recent work. Light Work Artist-in-Residence Program, 316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244. info@lightwork.org, www.lightwork.org Ongoing.    10/06

 

Residencies... Self-directed for research, experimentation and production of   visual, television, new media arts. Banff Centre for the Arts, Office of Registrar, Box 1020, Stn. 28, 107 Tunnel Mtn. Dr., Banff, Alberta, Canada TOL OCO. 403-762-6114/6302. jon_tupper@banffcentre.ab.ca , jennifer_woodbury@banffcenter.ab.ca . Ongoing.  10/06

 

Residencies... Ranging from 2 weeks to 2 months for screenwriters and film/video makers October to May. Yaddo, Box 395, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-0395. www.yaddo.org 518-584-0746. Deadlines, August 1 and January 15 each year.   10/06

 

Residencies... Year-round, in photography, painting, ceramics, textiles, etc. Contact:  Nantucket Island School of Design and Arts. 508-228-9248. nisda@nantucket.net, www.nisda.org   10/06

 

Residencies... Two-month residencies year round for professional sculpture artists. Stipends available. SASE: Gina Murtagh, Sculpture Space, 12 Gates St., Utica, NY 13502. 315-724-8381. sculptur@borg.com. Ongoing.

 

Residencies... Offering 3-6 month residencies in Taos, NM to writers, painters, sculptors, composers and choreographers. Contact: Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, PO Box 545, Taos, NM 87571. 505-758-2413. email hwf@taosnet  Ongoing.   10/06

 

Residencies...Cooperative residencies/retreats for emerging or established artists in drawing, painting, sculpture, writing, poetry. Year-round. Private living space, modern art studio, reasonable fee includes some mentoring assistance. SASE #10 to High Studios, RR1 Box 108N, Bolton Landing, NY 12814. Ongoing.

 

Residence… Retreat, stipend $1,250 for writers in their work; $25 per diem, $500 travel. Gell Writers Center of the Finger Lakes, West Hollow Rd., Naples, NY 14512. 716-473-2590. Ongoing.   11/05

 

Residencies… Established and emerging artists of all disciplines may create, present, and exhibit experimental work involving sound and technology, with the option of integrating any combination of other disciplines including visual and/or performance art. Artists work with staff audio engineer. Jack Straw Media Gallery, www.jackstraw.org., Steve Peters, steve@jsckstraw.org.   11/05

 

Residencies… The Platt Clove program provides a retreat for artists from June through October.  Painters, sculptors, writers, and composers are invited to apply for residency.  Artist interested in applying should download the application from the Catskill Center website, www.catskillcenter.org   Inverna Lockpez, Director,   inverna@catskill.net. 

 

Residencies…

The National Park Service offers residency programs to artists working in various disciplines. Contact the specific site for further info: Amistad National Recreation Area in Texas, Badlands National Park in South Dakota, Bearlodge Writers’ Devils Tower Residencies in Wyoming,  Joshua Tree National, Klondike Gold Rush National Park in Alaska, Mammoth Cave National Park, Peters Valley Craft Education Center’s Delaware Water Gap Residencies in New Jersey, Saint Gaudens National Historic Site in New, Sapelo Barrier Island in Georgia, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Weir Farm National Historic Site.    4/06

 

Workshops, Seminars

 

Jurying for all media... For new members. Application, guidelines. SASE: The National Association of Women Artists, 80 Fifth Avenue, Ste. 14045, New York, NY 10011. 212-675-1616 www.nawanet.org . Deadlines, Sept. 15, March 15 yearly.

 

CALL FOR ENTRIES, ETC.

 
Arts & Crafts/Folk Arts
 

Crafts... Seeking glass objects for resale in store. Wholesale price list, resume, photos. The Bookstore, National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive, Station A., Ottawa, ON  K1N 9N4, Canada. 1-800-319-2787 info@gallery.ca Ongoing.   10/06

 

Indoor and Outdoor ArtUnison Arts Center in New Paltz seeks proposals from artists to exhibit their wall-hung artwork in our gallery at Unison and the Unison gallery at Water Street Market, and also from artists to exhibit their sculpture in our outdoor sculpture garden. Call Unison at 845-255-1559, email: stuart@unisonarts.org,   www.unisonarts.org

 

Arts & Crafts... Craftsmen and Artists Events Directory, CHOICES, The Yellow pages of Show Information, covers art and craft shows in CT, MA, NJ, NY & PA: fees, amenities, reviews, more, quarterly. Subscriptions only. Contact: Betty Chypre, Editor, Choices, POB 484, Rhinebeck, NY 12572-0484 845-876-2995; 1-888-918-1313; fax: 914-876-0900, smartfrogs@mylaptop.com, www.smartfrogs.com.     11/05

 

Literary, Folklore, Storytelling

Poets...  Seeking teen works for book. Love and affection, friendship, heartache, pressure, etc. as themes. SASE: June Cotner, Poems by Teens, Box 2765, Poulsbo, WA 98370. june@junecotner.com, www.junecotner.com .  10/06

 

Poetry... Monthly meetings of ad hoc group of poets, writers to read their work in group setting, with commentary. Family, friends who enjoy poetry also invited. Call for dates. Poetry Circle, Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534. 518-822-1438, fax 822-9003. www.hudsonoperahouse.org, joe@hudsonoperahouse.org .

 

Writers… I Love You Greene, a recently developed focus on local writers through the Greene County Council on the Arts, consists of a periodical writer’s literary salon at GCCA’s Catskill Gallery and writing section featuring author’s work and biographical inclusion in Arts Alive. Writers interested in submitting their work for consideration for this publication and/or reading in future salons, please email a writing sample with a brief biographical statement attached in a Word document to doreenperrine@netzero.net 10/07

 

Writers… nth position is a free online magazine/e-zine with politics & opinion, travel writing, fiction & poetry, reviews & interviews, and some high weirdness. http://www.nthposition.com/links.php offers listings for calls for submissions to writers. Free to subscribe.   10/06

 

Writers, Poets… $1,000 and publication plus 100 copies of the publication. Send 60-100 page MS of poetry, poetic plays, long poems or poetry in translation. SASE: Quarterly Review of Literature, Poetry Awards, 26 Haslet Ave., Princeton, NJ 08540. 609-921-6976.    10/06

 

Writers... Seeking entries for Very Short Fiction Award. $1,200 and publication of work less than 2,000 words. Glimmer Train Press, 1211 NW Glisan St., Suite 504, Portland, OR 97209. 503-221-0837. www.glimmertrain.com.   10/06

 

Writers... Lists of contests, grants, fellowships for fiction, poetry, drama/film, non-fiction, published bi-monthly. Awards for Writers, PO Box 437, Ithaca, NY 14851. www.ithaca.edu   10/06

 

Poets & Writers...  Literary Horizons, new program is dedicated to professional development of writers at all stages of their careers. Poets & Writers, 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012. 212-226-3586, fax 212-226-3963, www.pw.org.

 

Music

Music…Capital Area Flute Club for flutists of all abilities, wide variety of music played to expand opportunities for ensemble playing. Monthly meetings, Delmar NY. 518-383-6480 or 518-580-1206.   10/06

 

Music... Programming sought by Society for New Music, professional organization in Upstate New York dedicated to performing and commissioning the music of today’s composers. Fees range from $1000 to $4000 depending on the concert and number of performers. Society for New Music, 438 Brookford Rd., Syracuse, NY 13224. 315-446-5733, Npilgrim@aol.com www.snm@societyofnewmusic.org Ongoing.   10/06

 

Music... Information Hotline for grants, auditions, competitions, seminars, health, tax info and more. Contact: The American Guild of Musical Artists, 1430 Broadway, 14th Fl., New York, NY 10018, 212-247-0247 agma@musicalartists.org, www.musicalartists.org   10/06

 

Performing Arts

Performing Arts… Dance classes for children, teens, adults. The Hudson Valley Academy of Performing Arts features a distinguished faculty of professionally and academically accomplished instructors. HVAPA, 957 Route 82, West Taghkanic, NY  12502.  Call 518-851-5501.  www.HVAPA.com. 

 

Performing… Seeking from experienced directors of scripts for season 2007-08. Cite experience. Tom Detwiler, Ghent Playhouse, POB 64, Ghent, NY 12075. 518-392-6264. boxoffice@ghentplayhouse.org.

 

Performing Arts... Seeking actors for future performances and volunteers to help each production, throughout year in Columbia County. Auditions: Ghent Playhouse, Town Hall Rd, POB 64, Ghent, NY 12075. 518-392-6264, ghentplayhouse@aol.com, www.ghentplayhouse.org . Ongoing. 10/06

 

Performing and Visual Arts… Deep listening programs, and in the gallery, painting, sculpture and workshops. For schedule: The Pauline Oliveros Foundation, POB 1958, Kingston, NY 12402, 845-338-5984. Fax: 845-338-5958. www.artwire.org/pof, poof@deeplistening.org.

 

Visual Arts

General

VA… On-line art gallery NARtisticCreations.com. Funded by NAR Productions. Showcases work of Nick Roes and local artists. Will feature a Visiting Artist each quarter in separate room at no charge. Contact NancyBenett@NARtisicCreations.com.

 

VA… Seeking member artists, a few openings available for visual artists. Members staff the gallery, perform administrative duties. Art in all media welcome. Established mailing list of 1,300 asking to receive show notices. Interested? Susan Kotulak, New Member Coordinator, Tivoli Artists’ Co-op Gallery, 518-537-5888. kotulak@hotmail.com.

 

VA… Publications: The Artist Workspace: A Guide for Artists; and The Artist Workspace Residency: A Guide for Organizations. (845) 658-9133, info@nysawc.org, www.nysawc.org.    10/06

 

VA… Sunday Salons, Learn something new about Thomas Cole and the Hudson River School of art. Informal discussions once a month, $8. 2PM at Cedar Grove, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, POB 426, Catskill, NY 1. 518-943-7465. info@thomascole.org,  www.thomascole.org.    10/06

 

VA... Seeking proposals for exhibitions at Greenville branch, The Bank of Greene County. All Arts Matter, POB 513, Greenville NY 12083. 518-966-4038.

 

VA…  Seeking nature-oriented art work for exhibitions at the Agroforestry Resource Center (ARC) in Acra, NY. Original art work only. This will be a juried process.  For more information, please contact Marilyn Wyman at the ARC and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene County at 518-622-9820 ext/36.    6/08

 

VA... Paint outdoors in nature creating new statewide organization, NY Plein Air Painters Society. Will sponsor paint-outs, exhibitions around NYS. NYPAP, Ted Beardsley,

Johnsonville, NY 12094. 518-753-7606. ipapmail@yahoo.com, http://ipap.homestead.com/   10/06

 

All Media

Fellowships…. The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) provides support to artists as individuals through artist fellowships. Artists of all disciplines can apply for $7,000 unrestricted cash grants on an annual cycle with panel review. Applications for 2009 will be available on NYFA’s website in July 2009.  For more information visit nyfa.org or email Artists' Fellowships at fellowships@nyfa.org. 

 

All Media... Seeking admissions to slide viewing program. Possible inclusion in group exhibitions. Applications for membership and curated shows also considered. Slides, CV cover letter. The Painting Center, 51 Greene St., New York, NY 10013. 212-343-1060. Ongoing.

 

All Media… The Sugar Maples Center for Arts and Education. Historic church for gatherings, readings, small musical performances, art studio. Art study vacation, stay in hotel room, dorms on property. Two to four week residencies include retreat for performing arts groups. Ellie Cashman, Dir., Catskill Mountain Foundation, 7967 Main St., Rte. 23A, POB 924, Hunter, NY, 12442. 518-263-4908. www.catskillmtn.org. cmf@catskillmtn.org.   12/04

 

All Media... Art Licensing 101: Selling Reproduction Rights for Profit. 224-page book de-mystifies industry. Action plan in easy to read form. Author Michael Woodward has worked in industry for 25 years. Art Network, POB 1360, Nevada City, CA 95959. 800-383-0677. info@artmarketing.com , www.artmarketing.com .   11/02

 

All Media... Instruction, fine paints offered in all levels with quality and affordability. Terrence Di Pietro, POB 201, Palenville, NY 12463. 518-678-3325. tdpart@mhonline.net. Ongoing. 6/01

 

All Media... Info hotline sponsored by American Council for the Arts has referral service, provides information on a wide variety of programs and services. Call Mon.-Fri, 2-5PM EST: 1-800-232-2789.

 

All Media... Schoharie Arts Council seeks quality arts and crafts to sell at gallery shop.  Stop in with samples.  SCAC, 54 Main Street, Cobleskill, NY  12043, 518-234-7380.

 

Photography

 

Photography…Photography of your art offered by Daniel N. Marcus. From slides, flat art, 3 dimensional, medium format, to 35mm, more. Daniel N. Marcus, 75 Rossman Circle, Hudson, NY 12534.518-822-9770, dnmarcus@mhcable.com. 8/06

 

Photography… Nueva Luz, photographic journal of En Foco, Inc. ($45 membership) produces exhibitions, publications and events which support photographers of Latin/Am, African/Am, Asian, Pacific Islander and Native American heritage. View current issue before submitting portfolios of 20 unmounted prints or slides for consideration in future Nueva Luz. Subscription $30 USA. Membership, subscriptions, donations, all tax deductible. En Foco, Inc., 1738 Hone Ave, Bronx, NY 10461. 718-584-7718. 10/06

 

Photography… Salons monthly, preceded by a potluck meal, bring something to share. Conversations, sharing, seeing, discussions on photography. The Center for Photography at Woodstock, 59 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY 12498. 845-679-9957. info@cpw.org  www.cpw.org    10/06

 

Photography… Seeking contemporary and traditional work by Native artists. American Indian  Community House Gallery, 708 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. 212-598-0100. www.aich.org.   10/06

 

Photography… Seeking curators to present exhibition/publication programs focusing on aesthetic issues. Proposals should include names of possible artists, program summary, curator’s resume. Kathleen Kenyon, 59 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY 12498. 914-679-9957. CPWphoto@aol.com.

 

Photography… General public who take pictures for fun are invited to show 4x6s judged by everyone present. Ribbons awarded. Also, have workshops, speakers, competitions, discount supplies, processing, newsletter. Greene County Camera Club, POB 711, Greenville, NY 12083. 518-797-3466, 518-966-4411.

 

Sculpture

 

Sculpture… Call for sculptors living within 150-mile radius of Albany for large-scale works appropriate for high traffic terminal. Prospectus, info: Arts & Culture Program, Administration Building Ste. 200, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY 12211-1057. 518-242-2241 arts@albanyairport.com  10/06

 

Sculpture… Call for entries for The Fields Sculpture Park at Art Omi, an outdoor contemporary sculpture park. Send slides to: The Fields, 59 Letter S Road, Ghent, NY 12075.  Artists are given the opportunity to display their work at the park but works are not purchased or funded by Omi.  518-392-7656. thefields@artomi.org  Ongoing

 

 

Video/Electronics/Digital/Graphics

 

All Media... Now seeking art, photos, mp3, stories, for Internet exposure. Phyllis Kaplan, 98 Park Terrace E., New York, NY 10034. 646-252-4695. www.info@bubp.net Ongoing. 1/02

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

Art Supplies…Hudson Valley Materials Exchange Community Warehouse.  Non-profit resource for used/surplus Arts, Education & Building Materials rescued from the commercial waste stream. Now located on Clearwater Road in New Paltz, NY. 845-567-1445. web: http://www.hvme.com Email: hvme@optonline.net   6/08

 

New Website... The Whitney Museum of American Art has portal to Internet art and digital arts worldwide as an online gallery space. Details, scope: www.artport.whitney.org  

 

Weekly Electronic Digest...  New York Foundation for the Arts features news updates on social, economic, philosophical, political issues affecting arts and culture, job listings and opportunities for artists and organizations. Free on-line subscription: www.artswire.org  4/9/01

 

Rentals... Lighting and audio system packages. LSL Productions, Box 63 Windham, NY 12496-0063. 518-734-5117.

 

Art in Americaand other classic art magazines. GCCA Catskill Gallery 1st Fl. info center, Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill, NY. 12414. 518-943-3400.







 
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