Concurso Itamaraty de Arte Contemporânea

O Ministério das Relações Exteriores informa que estarão abertas, até o dia 25 de março de 2011, as inscrições para o “I Concurso Itamaraty de Arte Contemporânea”.

O Concurso Itamaraty de Arte Contemporânea, de periodicidade bianual, concederá prêmios nas áreas de pintura, escultura, fotografia e obras em papel. As obras selecionadas passarão a fazer parte do acervo do Ministério das Relações Exteriores, podendo ser expostas no Palácio Itamaraty e por toda a rede de Embaixadas e Consulados do Brasil no exterior.

O Concurso visa a incentivar a produção brasileira de arte contemporânea e a ampliar sua divulgação no exterior.

Poderão ser inscritas no Concurso quaisquer obras de artistas brasileiros. É vedada, no entanto, a participação no Concurso de membros da Comissão de Seleção e da Comissão Julgadora, bem como de servidores, cônjuges e parentes de primeiro grau de servidores do Ministério das Relações Exteriores.

Cada artista poderá inscrever apenas uma obra no certame. Para inscrevê-la, o interessado deverá enviar ao endereço eletrônico artecontemporanea@itamaraty.gov.br:

I.      ficha de inscrição assinada e digitalizada;
II.     curriculum vitae com texto descritivo e dez imagens (em baixa resolução) de    obras de sua autoria, produzidas nos últimos dois anos;
III.   imagem da obra inscrita, com resolução mínima de 300 dpi, em formato TIFF ou JPEG; e
IV.   declaração de autoria e propriedade da obra inscrita.

Os valores dos prêmios oferecidos para as áreas de pintura e escultura são:

a) Primeiro lugar: R$ 20.000,00 (vinte mil reais);
b) Segundo lugar: R$ 15.000,00 (quinze mil reais);
c) Terceiro lugar: R$ 10.000,00 (dez mil reais);
d) Quarto lugar: R$ 5.000,00 (cinco mil reais).

Os valores dos prêmios oferecidos para as áreas de fotografia e obras em papel são:

a) Primeiro lugar: R$ 10.000,00 (dez mil reais);
b) Segundo lugar: R$ 7.500,00 (sete mil e quinhentos reais);
c) Terceiro lugar: R$ 5.000,00 (cinco mil reais);
d) Quarto lugar: R$ 2.500,00 (dois mil e quinhentos reais).

O edital completo do Concurso está disponível no site www.dc.mre.gov.br – seção “Eventos e Concursos”.  Outras informações poderão ser solicitadas à Divisão de Operações de Difusão Cultural do Itamaraty -  dodc@itamaraty.gov.br.

A plataforma e editora britânica Arts Media Contacts anuncia a seleção dos 10 melhores blogs de arte, de acordo com seus critérios. Há coisas bem legais, mas quase todos estão na categoria-mãe “Blogs Comerciais” – o que não é exatamente um problemão.

Desta vez, o  artesquema.com não entrou na lista…

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The Arts Media Contacts Top Art Blog 2010 Awards

Contact  editorial@artsmediacontacts.co.uk
Jessica Wood
www.artsmediacontacts.co.uk

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1. VANDALOG
Top Art Blog of the Year
blog.vandalog.com

A perfect blog. Regular and interesting postings about street art across the world have created a genuine international community interested in this art form. To date there are just under 4000 followers, who are active in debating and posting and it is all very nicely brought together by its editor, RJ Rushmore. If you are looking to set up a blog to promote a specialist art form, then use this one as a model.

2. ARTS JOURNAL
Art News Blog of the Year
www.artsjournal.com

With its daily digest of the art news, seventeen highly qualified bloggers and a huge following, Arts Journal wins a top prize here. The sections are divided into clear sections such as: architecture, issues, art, music, culture, ideas, and the bloggers include leading figures in the academic and art world. The content is intelligent and the debate real. A guaranteed good read every day.

3. JONATHAN JONES ON ART
Art Blogger of the Year
www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog

Jonathan’s short blogs fuel your brain and tell you exactly what you should go and see. We particularly liked his recent piece ‘The streets have stolen a march on modern art’. Working for The Guardian, his brief must be to feature events of ‘national interest’, but he manages to weave into this an eclectic mix of shows across the country in all sorts of places and not just the big names and brands. Other journos on the nationals should follow suit. We had many votes for Jonathan sent in to us, and the number of daily comments on his site shows that he a serious community of followers.

4. THE ART NEWSPAPER – FAIRS
Art Magazine Blog of the Year
www.theartnewspaper.com/fairs

If you did not received The Art Newspaper’s Daily bulletins from this year’s art fairs then you have missed out. The well-designed and up-to-the-minute newsletters drop into your inbox feeding you with news, opinion and gossip on the daily events at Frieze and Miami. For a moment in your morning you too are under canvas rubbing shoulders with oligarchs and celebrity collectors.

5. CATHEDRAL OF SHIT
Art Polemic Blog of the Year
cathedralofshit.wordpress.com

If you like a bitter rant against the art establishment with lots of expletives, then this blog is for you. It is very active, with plenty of anonymous researchers on the ground picking holes in government policy and exposing in-fighting, hypocrisy and nepotism in the art world. Examples are favourable reviews by national art critics of work by their personal friends. The design is pretty basic but the comment notable.

6. 1000 WORDSPHOTOGRAPHY
Photography Blog of the Year
1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com

This photography blogs highlights a sensational array of photographers, many of whom are relatively unknown. The blog, written mostly by Tim Clark, offers a mixture of well-written book and exhibition reviews, advice to photographers and news of fairs and competitions. The organisation also runs events in places such as Fez. Truly international.

7. SELF SELECTOR
New Art Blogger of the Year
selfselector.co.uk

Absolutely loads of people put forward Lorena Muñoz-Alonso for art blogger of the year. She clearly has a passionate group of followers. Lorena reviews exhibitions in such a way that you feel that you have been there. She asks enough questions about the art to challenge it, but she is not deliberately controversial or egotistical. She draws together exhibitions from public, commercial and alternative spaces, in a thematic way that makes you look at wider cultural issues.

8. ARMAGHOCLOCK
Artist’s Blog of the Year
armaghoclock.wordpress.com

There are so many good artists’ blogs that this is very difficult to choose. We were very careful not to select any artist that we represent or know as we don’t want to be outed in ‘Cathedral of Shit’. We have a preference here for the artist blogs that simply bring you behind the scenes as we are not artists ourselves. This blog was put forward by a subscriber and is an excellent example of an artist writing a journal on the development of a project. It brings you into the making of the work over the course of a year with clever use of images and sound. Unpretentious, clearly written and interesting.

9. ART RABBIT
Art Listings Blog of the Year
www.artrabbit.com

So many listings sites let us down because the searches don’t work or give you too much information or the content is out-of-date. This one doesn’t. It is beautifully designed and works perfectly – commendations to the graphic and software designers as well as the editors. The opinion pieces are nicely-written and the email blogs give you exactly the information you want on your selection of exhibitions opening or closing across the globe. A big thank you to Art Rabbit for bringing so many visitors into galleries and museums this year.

10. ART FAG CITY
Urban Art Blog of the Year
www.artfagcity.comCurator, lecturer and journalist Paddy Johnson goes around New York’s galleries and events and reports on art in the city with a fair amount of gossip and news too.

Visit www.artsmediacontacts.co.uk to read an extended list of the Top Arts Blogs 2010

Estão abertas matrículas para programas de formação curatorial em diversos níveis pelo mundo.  Para os interessados um prato cheio, a começar pelo Rio de Janeiro:

Workshop de curadoria e crítica de arte com Daniela Labra, Felipe Scovino e Guilherme Bueno.

Local: EAV Parque Lage

Início dia 18 de abril.  Aulas às segundas e quartas das 19 às 21h

Informações na secretaria da escola ou pelo site http://www.eavparquelage.rj.gov.br/index.asp

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Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College: Call for Applications
Master of Arts in Curatorial
Studies Program
Application deadline: February 1, 2011
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson
NY 12504-5000

http://www.bard.edu/ccs/

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Curatorial studies at Node Center Berlin: Call for applications
Open application period: January 1st – January 30th 2011
Program dates: March 15th – June 7th 2011

Node Center for Curatorial Studies
Hedemannstr 25, 10969
Berlin, Germany
+49 152 2769 9078
info@nodecenter.org

http://www.nodecenter.org

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Roski School of Fine Arts
USC’s M.A. Art and Curatorial Practices in The Public Sphere: Call for Applications
Fall 2011

Application deadline for the
2011-2012 academic year:
February 1, 2011

http://roski.usc.edu/ma

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Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts in Collaboration with New York’s Danspace Project
Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance (ICPP): Call for Applications
Professional Certificate Program

Application Deadline: February 1, 2011

http://www.wesleyan.edu/icpp

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Apexart Unsolicited Proposal Program

Apexart’s Unsolicited Proposal Program asks for 600 word idea-based curatorial proposals for a group exhibition that will be evaluated by a large international jury. Submissions are reviewed solely on the strength of the idea; no previous curatorial experience necessary.

The two winning exhibitions will be presented in our 2011-2012 season.

We are accepting proposals at www.apexart.org/unsolicited.htm from January 14- February 14, 2011.

Please visit www.apexart.org for more information.

Fundación Telefónica convoca VIDA 13.0 Concurso Internacional Arte y Vida Artificial, que  durante los últimos doce años ha venido premiando proyectos artísticos desarrollados con medios tecnológicos que ofrecen planteamientos innovadores a la investigación de la vida artificial.

Puede tratarse de proyectos que se basen en sistemas que emulan, imitan o especulan sobre la noción de vida a través de las investigaciones y las tecnologías actuales. Estos sistemas pueden presentar atributos de agencia y autonomía, que muestren un comportamiento propio, que sean dinámicos, reaccionen a su entorno y evolucionen, y que cuestionen las fronteras entre lo vivo y lo no vivo, entre la vida sintética y la vida orgánica.

Como en años anteriores se convocan dos modalidades en las que se podrá concursar:
PROYECTOS FINALIZADOS

En esta modalidad, VIDA 13.0 premia proyectos artísticos de vida artificial desarrollados con posterioridad a septiembre de 2008. Se destinará un total de 40.000 euros para los tres proyectos seleccionados por el jurado: Primer Premio: 18.000 euros, Segundo Premio: 14.000 euros, Tercer Premio: 8.000 euros. Además se otorgarán siete menciones de honor a proyectos seleccionados por el jurado entre los finalistas.
INCENTIVOS A LA PRODUCCIÓN

En esta modalidad, VIDA 13.0 ayuda a financiar proyectos artísticos de vida artificial que aún no han sido realizados. Se destina a creadores que tengan la nacionalidad o residan en cualquiera de los países que comprendan Iberoamérica, España y Portugal. Esta modalidad tiene una dotación total de 40.000 euros, que se distribuirá entre  los proyectos seleccionados.

Los proyectos premiados se mostrarán posteriormente en la Galería VIDA, http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/arteytecnologia/galeriavida/. También podrán presentarse en las exposiciones organizadas o en las que participe Fundación Telefónica relacionadas con el arte y las nuevas tecnologías.
FECHAS

Plazo de entrega de proyectos: del 19 de julio al 7 de noviembre de 2010.

+ info em  Convocatoria VIDA 13.0

The UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists promote the mobility of young artists in order to enrich their personal perspectives, to enable them to engage in an intercultural dialogue and expose them to cultural diversity.

The Programme offers residencies to young artists (between 25 and 35 years old) worldwide. It shares many objectives of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005), which advocates cultural exchanges and highlights creativity and the need for artists to enrich their experience through contact with other cultures.

These residencies are catalysts for the development of artistic expression in all cultures of the world.

+ info  no Portal UNESCO

O Canal Contemporâneo lança, pela primeira vez, o “Prêmio Registros – vídeos sobre arte”, que premiará até quatro vídeos sobre arte contemporânea brasileira produzidos entre os anos 1990 e 2010, com prêmios no valor de R$ 5.000,00 (cinco mil reais) cada.

A convocatória do Prêmio Registros pretende mapear e estimular a produção de registros videográficos com ênfase no documental e ensaístico, priorizando especialmente a experimentação de linguagem e novos formatos. Os documentários e ensaios videográficos inscritos no “Prêmio Registros” devem ser norteados pela arte contemporânea brasileira e seus desdobramentos, em exposições, vernissages, visitas, entrevistas, ateliês e debates.

O “Prêmio Registros” foi concebido a partir da verificação de uma enorme lacuna no que diz respeito à realização de registros de arte contemporânea brasileira na atualidade, apesar da enorme facilidade que os meios digitais possibilitam à produção e divulgação de vídeos. O objetivo deste prêmio é chamar atenção para o tema e, com isso, incentivar a criação de parcerias para a produção de vídeos sobre arte que tragam potencial para a troca de ideias, a promoção de novas ações e o estímulo de discussões sobre arte contemporânea e seu circuito.

Todo o processo, desde a inscrição até a exibição dos vídeos selecionados, será feito pela internet, no sítio do Canal Contemporâneo e com o uso dos canais do YouTube,. Com a publicação dos vídeos na internet, o Canal Contemporâneo dá continuidade a um trabalho que vem desenvolvendo há dez anos junto à sua comunidade: a criação de uma memória coletiva da arte contemporânea brasileira. O uso da internet como suporte permite não apenas difundir e divulgar as criações apresentadas, mas, também, produzir referências para que outras possam surgir.

O “Prêmio Registros – vídeos sobre arte” é produzido com recursos do edital Conexão Artes Visuais MinC/Funarte/Petrobras 2010.

As inscrições iniciam em 10 de agosto de 2010 e serão encerradas às 23h59 de 10 de setembro de 2010.

Contato: premioregistros@gmail.com

Ficha de inscrição: www.canalcontemporaneo.art.br/registros

Realização: Canal Contemporâneo

Este prêmio é produzido com recursos do Conexão Artes Visuais MinC/Funarte/Petrobras 2010.

Ainda dá tempo e parece ótima esta iniciativa!

Programa Novos Curadores / Expomus – Inscrições e informações

A Expomus, em correalização com o Paço das Artes e com o patrocínio do Banco Santander, tem o prazer de apresentar o programa Novos Curadores. Trata-se de uma ação inovadora, de formação de curadores numa plataforma colaborativa, com intuito de dar oportunidades a novos talentos em curadoria e contribuir para sua formação teórica e prática.

Inscrições até 30 de junho de 2010

+ info em http://www.canalcontemporaneo.art.br/saloesepremios/archives/003089.html

About The Watermill Center

Watermill is a laboratory for performance founded by Robert Wilson as a unique environment for young and emerging artists from around the world to explore new ideas. Watermill draws inspiration from all the arts and cultures as well as from social, human, and natural sciences.

Watermill is a global community of artists. Living and working together among the extensive collection of art and artifacts lies at the heart of the Watermill experience.

Watermill is a haven for the next generation of artist, supporting their work among a network of international institutions and venues that embrace new interdisciplinary approaches.

+ info

http://watermillcenter.org/programs/residencies/guidelines

I. International Residence Scholarships at the Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral
Six residence scholarships will be awarded to international visual artists.

Each scholarship lasts 6 months. All of them begin in April 2011 and are endowed with 1,200 euros per month and include free accommodation at the Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral.

Eligible to apply for the International Residence Scholarships at the Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral are international artists of any age from the disciplines painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, printmaking, design, photography, video, new media and landscape art.

II. Project Scholarship
The project scholarship, which is not tied to any site, will be awarded to a visual artist. The project scholarship lasts for 6 months and begins in April 2011. It is endowed with 1,200 € per month.??Eligible are international applicants with permanent residence in the Federal Republic of Germany. The artistic project should be realized within the scholarship period of 6 months so that it can be shown at the annual exhibition of the scholarship holders in Bad Ems, Germany.

III. International Curator Scholarship at the Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral
To foster dialog between research and art, Balmoral awards a residence scholarship to a young scholar in the humanities (preferably art history) for a curatorial project to be developed by the scholarship holder and the Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral.

The scholarship lasts 6 months and begins in April 2011. It is endowed with 1,200 € per month and includes free accommodation at the Kunstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral.
Preconditions

The preconditions for all scholarships with the exception of the curator scholarship are a completed course of study in art (M.F.A.) and one to three years (depending on the respective scholarship) of continuous artistic work after the conclusion of the studies.
Applications are also possible for autodidacts distinguished by special artistic achievements, as documented by exhibitions and prizes.

The curator scholarship is awarded to persons who are no older than 35 or whose university degree (at least M.A., preferably Ph.D.) was completed no more than 5 years ago.

To foster artistic dialog and interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge of German, English or French is expected. For the Curator Scholarship, the mastery of the German language and good knowledge of English of French is essential.

Awarding of Scholarships

A jury of specialists will award all of the scholarships, taking into consideration the developmental potential of the applicant’s artistic or theoretical work. The names of the jurors will be published after the selection.

Additional information and PDF application forms will be available on our homepage http://www.balmoral.de from April 26, 2010 on.

Applications must be made with these application forms. Other applications will not be taken into consideration.

http://www.balmoral.de/english/index.php

La Fundación Marcelino Botín acaba de abrir la XVIII edición de las Becas de Artes Plásticas para 2010-2011. Son ayudas para formación, investigación o proyectos personales que se cierran con la organización de la exposición Itinerarios y la edición de un catálogo.

La convocatoria esta abierta a personas de cualquier nacionalidad con el único límite de tener entre 23 y 40 años para las becas de formación.

Las ayudas para cada beca son:

* sin cambio de residencia, 16.000 euros
* con traslado a otro país, distinto al de su residencia actual, 24.000 euros;
* y con traslado a Estados Unidos, 28.000 euros.

Estas ayudas comprenden viajes, alojamiento, manutención y alquiler de estudio. Se añadirán las tasas académicas del centro elegido para las becas de formación y el seguro médico siempre que haya desplazamiento.

Los artistas que consiguieron una beca de la Convocatoria XVII para el curso 2009-2010 son: Basma Alshafir (Kuwait, Kuwait, 1983), Erick Beltran (México DF, México, 1974), Felipe Cortes (Bogota, 1978), Nelsón Soriano (Florencia, Colombia, 1976), Marc Vives (Barcelona, 1978), Begoña Zubero (Bilbao, 1962), Javier Peñafiel (Zaragoza, 1964) y Xavier Salaberria (San Sebastián, 1969)

+ info

http://www.fundacionmbotin.org