Opportunities for artists

[Mona Youssef]

Hell dear All,

The following might be of interest to you and hope that you will find it as a good opportunity. You are always encouraged to read carefully and make your own decisions.

C.F.A. ART OPPORTUNITIES NEWSLETTER

OPEN CALL FOR AN EXHIBITION IN MANHATTAN
Deadline: 06 September 2009

The show will be based on artists interpreting the theme 'Urban Legends'. The images, modern myths and stories, viral morality and horror tales that have come to own the meaning of the term, are part of the defining experience of modern life. Works submitted for the exhibition are free to define the term and interpret it in a manner that can vary from playful, to literal, apocryphal, or symbolic. The plan is that 20 winning pieces will be placed on signs and displayed publicly on the streets of Manhattan New York.The pieces will be also be displayed in a gallery in Manhattan for the length of the show.

The two-dimensional pieces can be in any artistic media but should be printed on vinyl or painted on canvas. There is a small entry fee and free membership to cultureinside, a artist run and based networking site.

The organization is seeking artists to submit works on this theme and to submit any two-dimensional artworks to the contests. The show will take place from October 10 - November 1, 2009 in streets of Manhattan, NYV.

For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

IV PAINTING COMPETITION - SPAIN
Deadline: October 09 2009
Artists of any nationality can participate to this painting competition. The technique and the theme will be of free choice. The works will have to be of dimensions not inferior to 65 cms., neither superior to 130 cms., in any side. Every author can introduce a maximum of 2 works. An exhibition will be organized with a selection of the works introduced to the contest. The exhibition will take place in a town of Spain in the days from the 30 of October to the 11 of November 2009.

It is offered only one prize of 3.000 Euro and commemorative plate. The winning work will pass to belong to the cultural patrimony of the organization. The delivery of the prize will coincide with the opening of the exhibition. For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

NEW MEDIA AWARD – BELGIUM
Deadline: 01 Novembre 2009
This international competition is open to all age groups and to all nationalities. At the occasion of the Update III exhibition that is organised as a Biennial event from March to June 2010 at the Zebrastraat Gent, the organizing Foundation will award for the second time, a work by a living artist distinguishing himself or herself in the field of digital art. This award will consist of Euro 5000 euro and a showcase in the Update IV to be held in 2012. The upcoming exhibition, Update III (in 2010), will be held in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, under the artistic direction of the exhibition's commissioner Christine Van Assche. At the same time, the 10 works selected for the award will be exhibited and integrated into the publication accompanying the exhibition.

Update's mission is to expand the scope of contemporary artistic creations and traditional media with works dedicated to employing contemporary and new technologies in an original and intelligent way: treatment of sounds and light, use of new media, application of innovative evolutions in communications, telecommunications and broadcasting, centred on the world of information, communication, and computers and interaction.

For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

VII PAINTING PRIZE - SPAIN
Deadline: September 18 th 2009
A Municipality in Spain, announces the VII Painting Prize.
Artists of any nationality, without limit of age, can participate in this prize, with an original work for author that has not been winning in any other contest or competition.

The technique and the theme will be of free choice with measures non inferior to 97 cms., neither superior to 162 cms., in any side.
The exhibition of the selected works will take place from the 1 to the 31 of October 2009.

They are offered a first prize of Euro 4.000, a second prize of Euro of 3.000 and 2 mentions of recognition.

The works winning the 1º and 2º Prize will remain property of the organization.
For detailed information on how to participate ( integral announcement with required documentation and contact address), please visit the web site: www.callforart.com at the section "Opportunities”

Best wishes

Mona