The Sharjah Art Foundation announces the continuation of its prestigious Production Programme offering up to 200,000 USD in production grants to artists working in a wide range of media. The Foundation announces an Open Call for Submissions and invites applications for the funding of new work from artists working in a range of media including sculpture, installation, time-based media, artist publications, and performance. The aim of this programme is to encourage innovative and ambitious projects and to provide artists with a platform for experimentation. Selected projects will be developed and produced by the artist and Sharjah Art Foundation. The deadline for submission is February 24, 2012. All applications will be reviewed by a distinguished jury and selections will be announced in March during the Foundation's annual March Meeting (March 17–19, 2012)—a three-day symposium of artists, art professionals, and institutions from around the world who will gather in Sharjah to address this year's topic of artist residencies and commissions with a specific focus on the MENASA region.

Originally launched in 2008 in support of the Sharjah Biennial, the Sharjah Art Foundation later incorporated the Production Programme as one of its core initiatives in 2010. Recipients of the Foundation's 2012 Production Programme grants will join a list of distinguished artists whose work has been funded by the Foundation including Bani Abidi and CAMP, whose SAF commissioned projects will be first premiered at Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany in June 2012.

http://www.sharjahart.org/

Sharjah Art Foundation President Hoor Al-Qasimi stated, "The support of artists and art production is one of the most important missions of the Sharjah Art Foundation. We hope this initiative will contribute to the cultural landscape by providing opportunities for artists both locally and internationally. We look forward to receiving proposals from different parts of the world and working with the artists selected."

About the Production Programme
The Sharjah Art Foundation Production Programme broadens the possibilities for the production of art in the MENASA region through a commitment to support innovation and excellence in artistic practice by encouraging risk and experimentation. This commitment places artists at the core of the Foundation's mission by offering grants and professional support for the realisation of projects selected from an open call for proposals.

The past decade has seen an extraordinary rise in artistic activity throughout the Middle East, resulting in an increased visibility for artists both regionally and internationally. Within this context, the Foundation hopes to promote and encourage an environment of public and private patronage for the highest level of artistic endeavour.

Art practitioners are invited to propose imaginative, ambitious and inspirational projects that will transform our understanding of what art is and how it can be experienced. With this initiative Sharjah Art Foundation hopes to engage and challenge the artists and audiences aesthetically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, politically or in ways new and unexpected.

For further information and applications please visit the http://www.sharjahart.org/ or contact productionprogramme@sharjahart.org

About the Sharjah Art Foundation:
Sharjah Art Foundation supports the flourishing arts environment in the Gulf by nurturing artistic opportunities and actively pursuing both a regional and international programme of cultural collaboration and exchange.

Sharjah Art Foundation builds on the pioneering role the Emirate of Sharjah has played in the artistic and cultural development of the Gulf region. Inspired by the cross-fertilization and rich cultural diversity of the Emirates, the Foundation provides both national and international leadership in the production and presentation of contemporary visual arts. Recognising the central and distinctive contribution that art makes to society, the Sharjah Art Foundation cultivates a spirit of research, experimentation and excellence while acting as a catalyst for collaboration and exchange within the Middle East and beyond.

ALL ACCEPTED IMAGES WILL BE EXHIBITED IN OUR GALLERY AND ONLINE. The North Valley Art League’s 2012 International Juried Photography Show will be exhibited May 1 – June 2 at the Carter House Gallery in Redding, California. The gallery is adjacent to the Sacramento River and major recreation areas attracting local and tourist foot traffic. Best of Show is $1000. The show is open to all photographers. All forms of photographic expression are encouraged: from film-based to digital capture–black and white darkroom to digital manipulation and alternative processing–out-of-the-camera images to hand-colored photographs and montanges. We are pleased to have an exceptional juror, Jennifer L. Daly, MFA with Distinction-Photography, who has exhibited all over the country. Her Juror Statement reads: “Photography has always been a diverse art form with evolving and emerging technologies, ideas, and styles. As a juror, I look forward to seeing the breadth of the medium from ‘straight’ photography to photo-manipulation, digital, traditional and alternative process and everything in between in order to facilitate an exhibition of interpretation of photography today.”

For More Information: http://www.theartlist.com/art-calls/nval-2012-international-juried-photography-show

The University Art Gallery at Cal State East Bay presents an Emerging Artists Exhibition. This juried exhibition is FREE and open to current Bay Area college students, graduate and undergraduates, who work in a 2-dimensional format in any of the following art mediums: Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Mixed Media, Collage, and Alternative Process Photography.

This event is hosted by the University Art Gallery at CSUEB in Hayward.  Juror: Michelle Mansour, Executive Director of Root Division, San Francisco.

If you are interested in having your work considered for the exhibition, please email the following information to artgallery@csueastbay.edu by the deadline of February 5th, 2012, midnight (PST):
• Name, email, phone number, current school, major area of study, the title of each piece, dimensions, date created, and media used.
• Attach small jpegs, no more than 900 pixels in any direction, and label the file: lastname_firstname01.jpg    (For example: Smith_Robert01.jpg)
• Only one e-mail submission per student, however you can submit up to three works.

Prospectus: Emerging_Call

Website: http://class.csueastbay.edu/artgallery/Home_Page.php

Creative Capital is now accepting online Letters of Inquiry for grants in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts. The deadline for submitting inquiries is March 1 at 4:00pm EST.

Visit http://www.creative-capital.org/apply  to learn more about the application process, read the grant guidelines and access the Inquiry Form.

Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing innovative and adventurous projects. Acting as a catalyst for the development of exceptional and imaginative ideas, we support artists whose work is provocative, timely and relevant; who are deeply engaged with their art forms and demonstrate a rigorous commitment to their craft; who are boldly original and push the boundaries of their genre; and who create work that carries the potential to reshape the cultural landscape. Selected grantees receive up to 50,000 USD in direct support for their project and advisory services valued at more than 40,000 USD.

To be eligible to apply, an artist must be:
• A U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident
• At least 25 years old
• A working artist with at least five years of professional experience
• Not a full-time student

Applicants are invited to attend an in-person or online information session to learn more about the process.

Upcoming info sessions:
• Philadelphia, PA: Friday, February 3, 12:30pm, The Painted Bride, 230 Vine Street
• ONLINE: Thursday, February 9, 3:00–4:00pm EST
• Washington, D.C.: Friday, February 10, 12:30pm, Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, 1101 6th Street SW
• Baltimore, MD: Saturday, February 11, 12:00pm, MICA PLACE, 814 North Collington Avenue
• New York, NY: Thursday, February 16, 12:30pm, New York Live Arts, 219 W 19th Street
• ONLINE: Friday, February 24, 12:00–1:00pm EST

RSVP to grants@creative-capital.org requested for in-person sessions. Link to access online info sessions will be posted on our Info Sessions page on the morning of each session. Please note that we are planning additional sessions in Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco and Tucson for February. As new sessions are confirmed, details will be posted on our Info Sessions page.

Questions? Visit creative-capital.org/apply or email grants@creative-capital.org.
About Creative Capital
Creative Capital is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in five disciplines: Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Literature, Performing Arts and Visual Arts. Working in long-term partnership with artists, Creative Capital's pioneering approach to support combines funding, counsel and career development services to enable a project's success and foster sustainable practices for its grantees. Since its founding in 1999, Creative Capital has committed nearly 25 million USD in financial and advisory support to 372 projects representing 463 artists, and its Professional Development Program has reached more than 4,000 artists in 50 communities across the country. For more information, visit http://www.creative-capital.org/.

Creative Capital's core program receives support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Toby Devan Lewis, the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Booth Ferris Foundation, the Muriel Pollia Foundation, the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, Catharine and Jeffrey Soros, Paige West, and more than 150 other institutional and individual donors, in addition to support from the Kresge Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for the Professional Development Program.

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Vast and Undetectable
By Jo-Anne Green
January 27, 2012

The Wall Street Journal - Ideas Market
Bacteria Ponder the Heavens
By Rebecca Horne
January 26, 2012

Wired - Underwire
Microbial Academy of Sciences Turns Cyanobacteria Into Cosmonauts
By Scott Thill
January 19,2012

Content Precedes
Vast and Undetectable
By Ejedras
January 23, 2012

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January 20,2012

Now in its 8th year, the Art of Photography Show is an established and critical force in the world of contemporary photography. The show provides tangible benefits to artists trying to break into the public eye. This well thought out international exhibition provides value to artists at every turn, from first-rate viewing in the judging process to exhibition and publication opportunities, photo industry connections and monetary awards.

WEBSITE: www.artofphotographyshow.com

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
The online entry process is very easy, simply filling out a short registration form and then uploading your images as JPEG files. Images created via any form of photography will be accepted for consideration.

Julian Cox is the esteemed judge for the Art of Photography Show 2012. Mr. Cox is the Founding Curator of Photography and Chief Curator at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. After holding curatorial positions at the National Library of Wales and the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, England, for more than decade he worked with the photographs collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and then spent five years leading the photography program at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

THE PROSPECTUS and entry information is available here. Additional details are in the FAQ page here.

$10,000 IN AWARDS:
         $2,000  1st Place Award
$1,600  2nd Place Award
$1,200  3rd Place Award
$   800  4th Place Award
$   400  (11) Honorable Mention Awards

Check out a special PDF with information about the Art of Photography Show by clicking here.

ENTRY FEE:
$25 for the first entry, $10 for each additional entry. (And 25% OFF that, for all entries paid by February 14th!) Artists who entered work in any previous Art of Photography Show will receive a $15 discount towards the Art of Photography Show 2012. The entire registration, upload, and payment process can be done securely right on the website.

SHOW CATALOG:
We are producing a superb Show Catalog, which will feature every image in the Show and an artist statement about the work. Artists who are in the Show can obtain as many copies of the Show Catalog as they like for free, which can be used for promotion and marketing of their work.

MARKETING & PUBLICITY:
The Art of Photography Show will be pursuing an intensive marketing and publicity campaign to bring maximum media attention to the artists who are juried into the exhibition. Tens of thousands people are expected to view the Show during the Exhibition. So, the artists and their work will receive a tremendous amount of exposure by the media and the public.

SALES:
One of our key aims is to sell the work that is exhibited at the Art of Photography Show 2012. Our great love of this art form prompts us to 'pull out all of the stops' in order to showcase a truly excellent presentation of photographic art, to elevate and promote this art form, and to provide substantial benefits to the exhibiting artists.

TESTIMONIALS from artists and attendees of our recent shows can be viewed here.

For more information please contact the Producer, Steven Churchill:
Email: steven@artofphotographyshow.com
Phone: 1-619-825-5575

Luca Antonucci and Daniel Small, First Light, 2012

Vast and Undetectable Discovery Day
Saturday, February 25 1-4pm
Main Gallery, 401 Van Ness Avenue, @McAllister

An afternoon of science, art and activities. Free and open to visitors of all ages. 

The SFAC Gallery in partnership with Science@Cal is thrilled to host an afternoon of scientific discovery and activities in conjunction with the current exhibition, Vast and Undetectable.

Professor Pat Zambryski, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley; Steve Croft, astronomer at UC Berkeley and Nader Mirabolfathi, research physicist at UC Berkeley will be on hand to make short presentations about the scientific work they do and how it converges with the work in the exhibition.

After the presentations, many of the artists from Vast and Undetectable as well as our esteemed guest scientists will be open to questions and conversations about science and art. This casual and open-ended event will allow for all visitors to establish their own point of entry into the exhibition and the scientific concepts driving the work.

There will also be activity stations set up for children of all ages to create their own works of art based on scientific discoveries. Learn to make mandalas, explore the world through microscopes, draw your own version of galaxies the Hubble Telescope has yet to discover and much more!

Join us for this open house style of presentation and activities. The SFAC Gallery will provide snacks and drinks. This event is free and open the public.

Presentations will begin at 1:30 pm, but feel free to come by anytime to share in the activities and talk to the scientists and artists from the exhibition.

Bonus event! In addition to the festivities in the Gallery,
please also join us at 3pm for the Faux Floe Tour

The Faux Floe Tour will be a five minute excursion into the invasive synthetic rhizomatic world made visible by Reenie Charrière.  It will be available in both English and French.

The tour will take place at the SFAC Gallery window installation site at 155 Grove Street. Meet at the main Gallery to join this free adventure. The tour will take approximately 20 minutes.

 Click here for more information about Vast and Undetectable. 

About Science@Cal
In laboratories deep underground, observatories atop mountains, the open plains, ocean depths and dense rainforests, Cal scientists are exploring our natural world, finding answers that explain our past and inform the future. Through free public lectures and events, Science@Cal invites you to join these scientists on their journeys, explore their questions and share their discoveries!

For more information visit, http://scienceatcal.berkeley.edu/

Vast and Undetectable Panel Discussion: Visual Languages of Art and Science

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6-7:30pm,
Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 110B

Reception to follow at the SFAC Gallery from 7:30-8:30pm

Panelists
Dr. Peggy Hellweg Researcher, UC Berkeley Seismological Lab
Bernard Sadoulet, Professor of Physics, Director, UC Institute for Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Luca Antonucci, Vast and Undetectable exhibiting artist
Jonathon Keats,Vast and Undetectable exhibiting artist
Daniel Small, Vast and Undetectable exhibiting artist

The discussion will be held from 6-7:30pm with a reception in the SFAC Gallery to follow from 7:30-8:30.

 This event will be free and open to the public. Space is limited. Please RSVP to SFAC Gallery, 415.554.6080 or aimee.leduc@sfgov.org by March 16.

For more information about Vast and Undetectable, please click here.

The gallery invites all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field to send us your best interpretation of the theme “Landscapes” by depicting the natural world, outdoor scenery, geographical environments’ and any related landscape subjects.

A group exhibition of the top ten finalists will be held online at the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery during the month of March 2012. Awards will be for 1st through 5th places and in addition 5 artists will be recognized with Honorable Mention awards. Depending on the amount and the quality of the entries, these winning categories may be expanded with Special Recognition awards as well. The submission process and  the deadline ends on February 27, 2012.

Winners of the “Landscapes” Art Exhibition will receive extensive worldwide publicity in the form of email marketing, 70+ press release announcements posts, 65+ event announcements posts, social media marketing and increased website traffic in order to make the art world aware of the artist’s accomplishments. There will also be links back to the artist’s website as part of this achievement.

Interested artists should provide to us with your best landscape art now or before the deadline.   Apply Online Here:http://www.lightspacetime.com