Current Local Artist Opportunities
The Artist Toolkit - A Six-Week Workshop
Starting Thursday May 15th, Tom Birmingham will be offering a comprehensive workshop on professional marketing practices for working artists, The Artist's Toolkit. Registration for this six week workshop costs $300 and includes all materials, resource guides, and online progress evaluations. Each session is 3 hours long and will be held at the Carriage House behind Perry Downer House in historic Monterey.
Register before May 8 and get a free one hour one-on-one consultation. Participation in this workshop is extremely limited, so reply by email to reserve your space. Or call Tom at 831 646-9000 for more information.
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While millions of dollars worth of fine art are sold in Monterey County each year, dozens of local artists with world-class skills struggle to find their audience and market. In my work with more than one hundred local artists through the Big Sur Arts Initiative and the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association, I have crafted a curriculum of outreach skills and habits that will help you find your audience, grow your patron base, and Sell More Work!
Carmel Valley Chamber of Commerce 4th Annual Art and Wine Celebration
Saturday, June 7th, 2008 11am-5pm Carmel Valley Village
Be a part of the celebration! Sign up today for a booth to showcase your art.
Deadline: May 15th, 2008
Contact: Randi Andrews, Avant Garden and Home,
14 Del Fino Place, Carmel Valley
831.659.9899
How to: Complete Artist Sign Up form found online at www.carmelvalleychamber.com
*Open to CVCC Members (Complimentary booth) and Non- Members ($100 cost of booth space). Space is limited.
California Visual Artists Invited To Apply For Visions From The New California Award
Contact: Carla V. Wahnon
401.351.4320 or aac@artistcommunities.org
The Alliance of Artists Communities invites artists throughout the state of California to apply for the 2009 Visions from the New California Award. Now in the second of a three year program, the third round of awardees will be selected from applicants from the call for artists in addition to the nomination process used in previous years of the project. The six selected artists will receive a one-month residency at one of the participating residency programs* and a $4000 stipend to use as they choose. Each artist's residency experience and creative results will be documented in a widely distributed publication designed to assist the careers of the award recipients as well as publicize artist residency opportunities available to all artists. The deadline for submitting materials is May 16, 2008. Application materials including submission requirements are available at www.artistcommunities.org.
Application and work samples will be reviewed by a prestigious panel of artists and art professionals from California as well as by representatives from each of the six artist residency programs. All applicants will be notified by August 1, 2008. Residencies will take place in 2009.
Call to Artists for Donations to Tiny Treasures 2008 Miniatures Show
Mark your calendars for our annual miniatures show fundraiser. Donations will be accepted until 5 pm on Saturday, May 17, 2008. Donations of artwork should be no larger than 7”x9” including frame, and not exceed 7” in depth. Each piece of art must be ready to hang on a wall, with hooks or wires already attached. Donors should complete a donation form and label, and attach the label to the back or bottom of each piece donated.
The opening reception for the Tiny Treasures exhibit will be held on Friday evening, May 30, 2008, from 7-9 pm. The exhibit will continue through Wednesday, July 9, when the drawing will take place. Each miniature will be displayed above a box in which patrons may deposit tickets. One ticket will be drawn from each box, and the holder of that ticket will receive the art piece. Tickets will be $3 each or 10 for $25. Donation forms are available at our website: www.pgartcenter.org or at the Art Center Office.
MBPAPA Pacific Grove Art Center Show - "The Painted Landscape"
The Monterey Bay Plein Air Painter's Association has released a call for entries for its all-member show, "The Painted Landscape" this summer. This show is only open to MBPAPA members in good standing, and the deadline to submit digital images of works for consideration is May 19, 2008.
Find out details at the MBPAPA website - www.mbpapa.org
Call for Entries – California Fine Art
California Fine Art, the juried art show of the California State Fair, seeks entries from California artists aged 18 and over. Entries must be contemporary, completed within 2 years prior to deadline.
Over $21,500 in prize money will be awarded.
Entry fee is $20.00 per artwork. Divisions and Classes in all 2-D and 3-D media as well as film, video, animation, digital art, and photography. Entry deadline is May 30, 2008.
Special theme division includes: Western & Equine Art, Recycled Art, The Art of Culture, Vino! The Art of Wine, and “Hooray for Hollywood.” Juried from digital images submitted on CD/DVD (do not send 35mm slides), see Handbook for details. Images must accompany entry form and fees. Prospectus, Rules Handbook and Entry Form available at www.bigfun.org (click on “Competitions” and scroll to “Fine Art” then click on the word “Handbook”).
Contact: California Fine Art (916) 263-3161
Call to Artists: Hidden Gardens Tour Plein Air Paint Out, Celebration and Wet Paint Reception
The Big Sur Arts Initiative invites all Plein Air painters to participate in this third annual event in Big Sur. Registration deadline June 6, 2008.
Click here for details and to register.
Investing in Artists Grant Program
The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) is pleased to announce that the Guidelines and Application Forms for Round III of the Investing in Artists grants program are now available for download at www.cciarts.org/funding. Applications for Round III are due in CCI's San Francisco office on June 6, 2008.
The Investing in Artists grants program is designed to enhance the working lives and creative environment for California artists by funding tools and market strategies that will allow them to create their best work more consistently and distribute that work more broadly to new audiences. To support those aims, Investing in Artists provides grants in two categories: 1) Artistic Equipment & Tools and 2) Presenting & Marketing Work. In this third round of funding, applications will only be accepted in the Artistic Equipment & Tools category and in the Presenting & Marketing Work Implementation category.
CCI is hosting a series of conference calls and information sessions to provide a general orientation to the Investing in Artists grants program. The current schedule is listed below. To register, please go to www.cciarts.org/workshops:
Information Session: Thursday, May 15, 2008 - BAY AREA
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: East Bay Community Foundation Conference Center, 353 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in the Dalziel Building, at the roundabout at the end of San Pablo Avenue.
Cost: There is no cost to attend this workshop, but registration is limited.
If you have any questions about the Center for Cultural Innovation or the Investing in Artists program, please contact Emily Sevier, Programs Manager, at 1(800) 418-1671 or by email at grants@cciarts.org.