Braziers International Artists Workshop UK

Vibha Galhotra 2006

Braziers International Artists Workshop UK
workshop dates: 3 – 19 August 2008

Closing date for applications: Monday 25 February 2008

Established in 1995, Braziers International Artists Workshop (BIAW) is recognised as a unique and highly valued opportunity for artists wishing to examine their practice in critically engaged and global contexts.

Though Braziers provides a highly successful artistic model for creative enquiry, the success of the workshop has sometimes lead to artists creating extensions of their existing practice and the focus has often moved away from artistic risk-taking. Braziers 2008 seeks to redress these imbalances by inviting artists to work collaboratively,
to move away from their practice in terms of materials and style and to show a genuine willingness to place themselves and their practice into question; truly exploring areas of artistic and cultural uncertainty and seeking creative solutions through the collaboration, exchange and cultural/artistic dialogue that is the hallmark of the Workshop.

Braziers 2008 will ask for a high level of commitment from its members and it is recommended that potential applicants think carefully about their own expectations and willingness to take risks before they apply for this workshop experience. The structure of the workshop will be determined by the selection panel’s choice of applicants.

Further information is available on application or from the website.

braziers international artists workshop UK
www.braziersworkshop.org
max@braziersworkshop.org

Triangle Workshop, Dumbo Brooklyn

Triangle Workshop is an international two-week workshop held in Dumbo, Brooklyn. 30 inventive artists from all over the world are selected to make art in an open studio setting, a setting that stimulates vigorous exchange and dialogue among the participants. Artists are housed and fed and excellent studio space is provided. Throughout the two weeks, two panel discussions and critical dialogues are held and prominent critics and artists visit the studios and make themselves available to the participants for conversation or critiques.

The two week Triangle Workshop is an intense, high-energy experience with artists renewing critical perspectives and stimulating their practice in the company of their peers from the world over. The Workshop concludes with a festive open-studio celebration which draws hundreds of visitors each year.

A limited number of travel grants can be arranged for foreign participants. 2008 workshop dates have not been solidified but IT will take place in the month of September. Application deadline is February 15th, 2008. Contact Sarah Walko at the address and phone number below for any additional questions.

Triangle is currently located in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Sarah Walko
Executive Director
Triangle Arts Association

20 Jay Street, Suite 318
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 858 1260
www.triangleworkshop.org

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Triangle France residency (Marseille)

From April to July 2008 inclusive (4 months)
Submissions deadline February 8th, 2008

THE PROGRAM

Conditions :
- Free studio of around 100m2 with DSL in Marseille, 10mn walk from the railstation and city center
- Accommodation for 100 euros/ month/ artist (shared apartment with the other two residents).
- Production grant of 1000 euros (on presentation of receipts)
- Logistical support (productionassistance, access to computers, sound and videoequipment, assistance in research of materials, techniques, partnerships...list of available equipment provided on request)

The association is not able to cover travel costs.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Send your portfolio in PDF format on CD or by email if the PDF is less than 5 MB (subject : residency application 2008)

The portfolio must be composed of:

- images of your work (maximum 15 pages)
- text about your work
- full resumé (CV)
- motivation letter (Proposal of a specific project is not necessary)
- a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of mailed portfolios if required
(French postage or international reply coupons only- see below)

+ videos on DVD if the artist makes videos (no Quicktime format accepted)

CAUTION:

- Applications which do not fit those technical specifications WILL NOT BE PROCESSED
-Applications without envelopes correctly stamped for their return will be discarded. Foreign candidates are invited to order french stamps on www.laposte.net.

SELECTION SCHEDULE

Submissions deadline February 8th, 2008

The committee will meet on February 13th, 2008.
Its composition will be on our website current December.

For further information, please contact us.

Triangle France
Friche la Belle de Mai
41 rue Jobin,
13003 Marseille
France

T: +33 (0)4 95 04 96 11
F: +33 (0)4 95 04 96 13
info@trianglefrance.org

Inter-provincial project: Open Studio

THE BAG FACTORY

Invites you to

The Inter-provincial Project: Open Studios

Sipiwe Zulu (KwaZulu Natal)

Sibusiso Duma (KwaZulu Natal)

Jan Tshinkutla (Venda)

Lukas Thobejane (Limpopo)

Linga Diko (Eastern Cape)

Saki Seoka (Limpopo)

Dumisani Mahlangu (Mpumalanga)

Fikile Skosana (Mpumalanga)

Linda Shongwe (Mpumalanga)

Kimatha Mayeza (Northern Cape)

Jane Mokwena-Shangwina (Northern Cape)

Bangikaya Mokokwa (Western Cape)

Date: Saturday 8 December 2007 from 11am to 2pm

Venue: The Bag Factory (Fordsburg Artists Studios),
10 Mahlatini Street,
Fordsburg, Johannesburg

Contact: +27 11 834 9181
info@bagfactoryart.org.za

This event is a brief expose on the artists who participated on the Bag Factory's Inter-provincial project. The inter-provincial project invited 12 developing and mid-career artists from other parts of South Africa to Johannesburg. The project was based at the Bag Factory in Newtown, and gave participants the opportunity to experience the Johannesburg art scene and offered them the facilities to be creative together and enhance their art and their careers. The project consisted of informal talks/discussions by art personalities, drawing workshops, presentations by participants and Johannesburg artists, and an open creative workshop.

Filter: An Evening of Video at The Bag

The Bag Factory presents FILTER, the results of a one-night exhibition of video art works by young South African artists including:

Lawrence Lemoana, Mary Sibanda, Shane De Lange, Jan-Henri Booyens, Lerato Shadi, Rob Steenpoorte, Rika La Grange, Eric Rantisi, Bongi Bengu & Nadine Hutton.

This event showcases the outcomes of an extensive introductory workshop in Video Art co-presented by Garreth Fradgley and Johan Thom, at the Bag Factory during November 2007.

Date: 18h00, Saturday, 1 December 2007
Venue: Bag Factory Gallery, 10 Mahlatini Street, Fordsburg Johannesburg
Contact: +27 (0)11 834 9181
Web: www.bagfactoryart.org.za
A cash bar will be available

The Bag Factory gratefully acknowledges the kind support of the Ford Foundation, The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, and
Digitalfilm (Jhb) for making the workshop and the exhibition possible.

Artist Award: 10 years on the Greenwich peninsula

Closing date for proposals – Monday 3 December 2007
Applications available from the website

This new Award initiated by English Partnerships celebrates the first ten years of regeneration on Greenwich peninsula.

The peninsula was once a derelict brownfield site, and is now one of London's largest regeneration projects; a place in the making. The peninsula has been transformed over the past decade and the next ten years will see even more dramatic changes. This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an artist to create work which responds to this transformation.

The brief is to create an art work in response to the art in the public realm curatorial strategy and the concept of transformation. The art work may be temporary or permanent however there must be an outcome to present to an identified audience on the peninsula which marks a moment in the context of the ten year milestone.

Artists must submit...
-A brief proposal outlining the initial ideas and approach (no more than 2 sides A4);
-An initial outline budget including artist fees, materials, production and presentation/installation;
-Timeline;
- An up-to-date CV;
-Up to 6 images of previous work;

Three to four proposals will be short-listed and those artists invited for interview on the 13th December 2007. The interview panel will include representatives from the client group, visual arts sector and local community. There will be a fee of £175.00 payable to each of the short -listed artists.
The final art work should be completed by June 30th 2008. A presentation of work in progress is required to coincide with a community festival in May 2007. The overall budget for the project, to cover all costs including artist fees, client liaison, community engagement, materials, fabrication/production, and presentation/installation, will not exceed £24,000. VAT inclusive if applicable.

Registration for Market Photo Workshop Closes this Month