1. FADO NEWS
2. Fado presents Vassya Vassileva IN SEARCH OF FRIEDRICH NICHTMARGEN / FROM UNCREATIVE TRAVEL BOOK XXIII [SURFACE AREA 510,100,934 KM2 196.950.168 MILES2 ]
3. Fado presents Aiyyana Maracle's ndn wars are alive, and ... well?
4. Fado presents Glyn Davies-Marshall SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WAKEFIELD AND WICHITA
5. 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art : October 19 - 29, 2006
6. WORKSHOPS: "Feel invisible things" & "Breaking the Barriers of Discipline " 7a*11d
October 15 & October 23 - 25, 2006; Source: 7a*11d
7. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "VISUALEYEZ 2007" Latitude 53 (Edmonton)
Deadline: October 20, 2006; Source: Latitude 53
8. CALL FOR ARTISTS: "Artist in Residence Program" The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation & Community Centre Associations (Vancouver)
Deadline:October 31, 2006; Source: publicart-online
9. CALL FOR RESIDENCY PROPOSALS: 18th Street Arts Center (USA)
Deadline: November 7, 2006; Source: 18th Street Arts Center
10. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "Of other spaces..." UrbanFestival (June 2007) (Croatia)
Deadline: November 13, 2006; Source: UrbanFestival
11. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "WASTE" CESTA (Czech Republic)
Deadline: November 15, 2006; Source: Franklin Furnace
12. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "HOME / AWAY "IDENSITAT 07 (Spain)
Deadline: November 15, 2006; Source: ARTSERVIS #215
13. JOB POSTING: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA)
Deadline:November 15, 2006; Source: SMFA
14. WORKSHOP: "The Improvising Citizen" with Keith Hennessy
Dates: November 18-19, 2006; Source: the RED Letter
15. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "SENSITIVE SKIN 2007" Future Factory (UK)
Deadline: November 20, 2007; Source:Matt Hawthorn
16. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "The 2nd RED Festival"
Deadline: December 1, 2006; Source: The RED Letter
17. JOB POSTING: Visual Arts Department, University of California, San Diego (USA)
Deadline: December 15, 2006; Source: publicart-online
18. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "THE BOOK OF INVITATIONS" (Montréal)
Deadline: January 15, 2007; Source: Akimbo
19. ARTIST PROJECT: "The Department of Network Performance" (USA)
Deadline: not given; Source: Cary Peppermint
20. CALL FOR NETWORK: What is an Environment?
Deadline: not given; Source: Ryan Kamstra
21. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "Deep Structure: Deep Play" Neutral Ground (Regina)
Deadline: not given; Source: Neutral Ground E-Missive#14, vol. 4
22. NEWS: agora8 Contemporary Art magazine (online)
Source: Kenny McBride
23. CALL FOR NETWORK: bluelab (USA)
Deadline: not given; Source: Jeff Hogue
24. ARTIST PROJECT: "Perfect Speech" (Germany)
Deadline: not given; Source: Der Erste Stock
25. NEWS: New website - Diane Borsato
Source: Diane Borsato
26. ARTIST PROJECT: "have you ever wanted to change?" (online)
Source: Megan Wilson
27. EVENT: "Neutrinos They Are Very Small" (Kingston)
Date: October 15, 2006; Source: Sally McKay
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1. FADO NEWS
Fall is in full swing, and Toronto is hungry for performance art events, as evidenced by the massively successful Nuit Blanche programming that took place in various downtown zones at the end of September. Various Fado alumni, including Tanya Mars, Louise Liliefeldt, Shannon Cochrane and Jess Dobkin were among the artists featured in a dusk-to-dawn art extravaganza. For those whose appetite has been whetted, Fado packs three new IDea projects into October's programming schedule. These projects are presented in conjunction with Toronto's performance art biennial, the 6th 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art. While all of these projects deal with different aspects of identity, they are linked by a common concern for aspects of geography. Bulgarian artist Vassya Vassileva takes her cue from geographical measurement as a way of interrogating the notion of presence. First Nations artist Aiyyana Maracle reminds us that we are living on land that is contested territory. UK artist Glyn Davies-Marshall searches for a place that can reconcile a real but often unspoken or unacknowledged geography with one that lingers in both the popular and personal imaginary. Take in these and other works at this year's 7a*11d.
We would also like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to our summer intern, Gale Allen, a candidate in the University of Toronto's Master of Visual Studies program. Gale has been working as an editorial assistant for the upcoming publication on Tanya Mars, the second installment in our Canadian Performance Art Legends series. Watch for details of the launch later in the programming year.
On a more sombre note, we note the recent death of our beloved colleague, Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew, rapporteur for Fado's After the Facts online discussion project.. On September 26, 2006, Ahasiw passed away, survived by his partner Alain Malo, three brothers and many friends and colleagues. Paul Couillard writes, "Ahasiw stands as one of the most powerful performance artists of my generation. Although he stopped performing some time ago, saying that the place he had to go to make that work took too much out of him, his Vancouver performances of the early 1990s have acquired the status of legend. His brilliant contributions as an organizer, curator, writer, and media artist have continued to enrich Canada's cultural fabric. I will miss his footsteps on this earth."
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2. Fado presents Vassya Vassileva IN SEARCH OF FRIEDRICH NICHTMARGEN / FROM UNCREATIVE TRAVEL BOOK XXIII [SURFACE AREA 510,100,934 KM2 196.950.168 MILES2 ]
October 19 - 28, 2006
Fado presents (in our ongoing IDea series)
IN SEARCH OF FRIEDRICH NICHTMARGEN /
FROM UNCREATIVE TRAVEL BOOK XXIII
[SURFACE AREA 510,100,934 KM2 196.950.168 MILES2 ]
Vassya Vassileva
Presented in conjunction with the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art; Co-sponsored by the Toronto Free Gallery
October 19, 8 pm: Performance
XPACE (303 Augusta Ave., Toronto ) PWYC, suggested donation $5
October 20 - 28, 5 pm: Performance
Toronto Free Gallery (660 Queen St. E., Toronto) Free
October 25 - 27, 11 am - 6 pm; October 28 12 - 6 pm: Installation
Toronto Free Gallery (660 Queen St. E., Toronto) Free
Fado is pleased to announce that from October 19 - 28, 2006 it will host a Toronto research visit by the Bulgarian artist Vassya Vassileva. Presented in conjunction with the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, and co-sponsored by the Toronto Free Gallery, IN SEARCH OF FRIEDRICH NICHTMARGEN / FROM UNCREATIVE TRAVEL BOOK XXIII [SURFACE AREA 510,100,934 KM2 196.950.168 MILES2 ] (short title: IN SEARCH OF FRIEDRICH NICHTMARGEN) will unfold as a series of talks (public and personal), actions, lectures and installations situated around the city, and a presence that aims to establish an ontological framework for the IDea of Friedrich Nichtmargen. The artist invites Toronto audiences to meet with her at 5 pm each day from October 20 - 28 at the Toronto Free Gallery. At that time she will share the daily results of her research through conversations, displays of the evidence she uncovers, and field trips to various local sites of interest.
Vassya Vassileva has been in search of the artist Friedrich Nichtmargen since Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:42:37 -0800 (PST). Upon losing him, Vassileva cancelled her engagements in order to search for all vestiges of evidence of his existence. According to Friedrich Nichtmargen, every declared identity is misleading, unhelpful and irrelevant – a pure diagnosis. In explaining her reasons for believing she might find traces of Friedrich in Toronto, Ms. Vassileva sent this fragmentary message:
“I was informed by the artist Hermann Hessler that Friedrich intended to go to the Canadian woods in relation to the ‘indispensability of measuring the distance between certain kinds of trees.’ I decided at once that the next geographical locality of my quest shall be Canada. During my stay in Toronto I will search for Friedrich Nichtmargen. In order to prefigure his local appearance, I shall strictly follow his own rules of mathematical formalization while scrutinizing geographical twists and measuring the distance by my own…” = Message truncated =
To learn more about Ms Vassileva's persistent search, and to share in the narrative of her ongoing journey, come join her at the Toronto Free Gallery.
About the artist
Vassya Vassileva is an artist and lecturer who is currently working on her PhD in the Semiotics of Art at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia. Since October 2004 she has been searching for the artist Friedrich Nichtmargen. She works as a full-time researcher at the Institutum Fridericianum.
For more complete details, visit the Fado website.
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3. Fado presents Aiyyana Maracle's ndn wars are alive, and ... well?
October 22, 2006
Fado presents (in our ongoing IDea series)
ndn wars are alive, and ... well?
Aiyyana Maracle
Presented in conjunction with the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art
Trinity Bellwoods Park (in the ravine)
FREE
Fado in cooperation with the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art is pleased to feature the world premiere of a new performance by award-winning artist Aiyyana Maracle. Join us in the ravine of Trinity Bellwoods Park on Sunday, October 22 when Maracle presents ndn wars are alive, and ... well?, a multimedia performance with video projections. Inventive, passionate and multi-talented, Maracle is known for her eloquent actions that assert the ongoing struggle for aboriginal presence and title in this country, particularly in her ongoing "peace piece" series. She is also recognized as a key contributor to Vancouver's vibrant First Nations performance art scene.
Maracle provides this pointed commentary about her new work:
"The ndn wars: Canada’s Indigenous people remain resistant to the perpetuation of an unjust colonial relationship with ‘the Crown,’ and within Canadian society. The Crown, by its own actions and inactions more so than its words, continues to show its resistance to entering into a new era of an equitable, respectful, peaceful relationship between our cultures and peoples. Canada the meek; Canada, the world’s peacekeeper. Can there be peace in this world while this country remains so willing to, yet again, engage in violent repression of the Indigenous people of this land?"
About the artist
Aiyyana Maracle is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist who has recently re-located to Montréal to take-up a Visiting Scholar position at McGill University. Amidst her research work, she will be traveling to Essen, Germany in November to present a new performance work.
For more complete details, visit the Fado website.
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4. Fado presents Glyn Davies-Marshall SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WAKEFIELD AND WICHITA
October 24 - 26, 2006
Fado presents
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WAKEFIELD AND WICHITA
Glyn Davies-Marshall
Presented in conjunction with the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art; Co-sponsored by the Toronto Free Gallery
Part 1: Palomino - October 24, 2006, 6 - 10 pm
Part 2: Number 33 - October 25, 2006 , 4 - 10 pm
Part 3: The Wichita Line Man Is Still on the Line - October 26, 6 - 10 pm
Toronto Free Gallery (660 Queen St. E., Toronto) PWYC
Fado is pleased to announce the North American debut of Glyn Davies-Marshall, hailed as " one of the great undiscovered voices of British performance art" by Andre Stitt. Davies-Marshall's durational performance trilogy Somewhere Between Wakefield and Wichita is presented in conjunction with the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, and co-sponsored by the Toronto Free Gallery between October 24 - 26, 2006.
Somewhere Between Wakefield and Wichita is an epic three-day journey through a complex terrain of personal history, private mythology, and post-colonial politics. Developing three distinct durational performance environments, Davies-Marshall will attempt to fashion his own "multi-faceted, self-sufficient promised land," situated somewhere between the bleak reality of rural Britain in the second half of the Twentieth Century and a mythologized North American cowboy frontier fueled by the plaintive songs of Glenn Campbell.
"From the early 1990s my work has dealt with my own symbolic order, colloquialisms, the words of my father, the stigma of a Northern upbringing and a persistent habit of perceiving situations in an overly romantic fashion. There have been developments and issues that have subconsciously infiltrated my practice and train of thought that have now become fundamental facets within my work. These include colonialism, dictatorship, the plight of those who are seeking asylum and a recollection of a place that I once called home."
About the artist
Glyn Davies-Marshall is a performance and installation artist whose work has been presented throughout the UK as well as in Germany and Russia. He currently works as a Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts and Stafford College. Andre Stitt describes him this way: “An artist who combines a unique understanding of process combined with the manipulation of objects and materials to create strange and secretive juxtapositions of reality. His work resonates with humour and gut wrenching pathos.”
For more complete details, visit the Fado website.
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5. 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art : October 19 - 29, 2006
Experience provocative performance art from local favourites, national treasures and international visiting artists at the 6th 7a*11d Festival.
For nearly 10 years, 7a*11d has been bringing to Toronto the famous, the not-so-famous and the soon to be renowned of the performance art scene including Daniel Barrow, New York’s activist preacher Reverend Billy, Esther Ferrer, Will Kwan, James Luna, William Pope.L, Clive Robertson, Melati Suryodarmo (APG group), Black Market’s Roi Vaara and many more. Since our first festival in 1997, 7a*11d has been host to over 250 performance artists from here at home and around the world.
The 6th 7a*11d Festival of Performance Art brings to Toronto over 20 established and emerging contemporary performance artists from across Canada as well as Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, the UK and the US.
New performance works from over 20 international and home-grown artists including Tejpal S. Ajji (Toronto), Racquel de Loyola (the Philippines), Dariusz Fodczuk (Poland), Rose Hill (US), Ed Johnson (Toronto), Leena Kela (Finland), Nahed Mansour (Toronto), Kenny McBride (UK), Rita McKeough (NS), Oraf Oraffson (BC) Lee Wen (Singapore), Willem Wilhelmus (Finland), Herma Wittstock (Germany) and Yoyoyogasmana (Indonesia).
Co-presentations with Fado Performance Inc. include Vassya Vassileva (Bulgaria), Glyn Davies-Marshall (UK) and Aiyyana Miracle (Montreal).
- Exciting and unusual day and evening performance events
- d2d = direct to documentation video screenings (October 21 + 28)
- Do Me! performance instruction offerings from the likes of Joey Skaggs, Critical Art Ensemble, Ann Hamilton, Geoffrey Hendricks, Aernout Mik, Martin Creed and Linda Montano, Carolee Schneemann and Martha Wilson which will be performed by local artists and students from OCAD, the University of Toronto and York University (check the website for times and locations)
- Panel discussions, artist talks and workshops, outdoor and off-site performances and much more…
Festival catalogues are available at 401 Richmond Street West and festival Venues (Xpace, OCAD and Toronto Free Gallery).
PDF of the 2006 Festival catalogue now available at www.7a-11d.ca
Join us on Thursday October 19 at 8pm for OPENING NIGHT featuring:
Québec sensation collective Les Fermières Obsédées, anti-cool (Japan), performance and video installation from Claudia Bernal (Québec) and Vassya Vassileva (Bulgaria) co-presented by Fado Performance Inc.
10 PM Opening Night party
All events PWYC. Suggested donation for evening programs & Opening Night Party is $5.
7a*11d main festival venue: Xpace (303 Augusta Ave. in Kensington Market)
Plus day events + programming at Toronto Free Gallery, OCAD & Trinity Bellwoods Park.
http://www.7a-11d.ca
email: performancefestival@hotmail.com
FESTIVAL HOTLINE (from October 13): 416-822-3219
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6. WORKSHOPS: "Feel invisible things" & "Breaking the Barriers of Discipline " 7a*11d
October 15 & October 23 - 25, 2006; Source: 7a*11d
This year 7a*11d takes advantage of the presence of our visiting international artists to present two FREE workshops.
anti-cool (Japan)
-Feel invisible things-
Gendai Gallery at the Japanese-Canadian Cultural Centre
October 15, 1:00-6:00 pm
To register, email Kerri Sakamoto: unbidden@sympatico.ca; maximum 10 participants
"I would like to go through a process in which participants can experience unexpected feelings and ways of thinking by joining my workshop. Through this form of interaction and communication the participants will be able to reflect upon themselves, and the relationships between the participants and their surroundings." - anti-cool
Performance and installation artist, anti-cool (Tomoko Takahashi) was born in Kanagawa, Japan. Her works explore ways of conquering the boundaries and rules with which people surround themselves. Through communication with those present, she tries to find solutions in order to break through people’s self-imposed limits. She has exhibited in more than ten countries in the last six years. Recent group shows include Visions in the Nunnery, London, UK; Cultural Studies Wien at Museum Quarter 21, and Platform Kunst for Japan-EU year, Vienna, Austria.
Racquel de Loyola (Philippines)
Breaking the Barriers of Discipline
October 23, 24 and 25, 6:00-8:00 pm
Toronto Free Gallery, 660 Queen St. East
To register, email 7a*11d: performancefestival@hotmail.com; maximum 6 participants
An investigative journey into cross-disciplinary practices. Live art is classified as a paradoxical conjunction of established disciplines, and this workshop will seek out ways to negotiate the links – and missing links – between different media. After presenting a selection of performance documentation, the workshop will draw from each participant’s personal history, artistic background and media experience. By utilizing material-based explorations, the workshop will intensify as well as amalgamate everyone’s strongest capabilities.
Racquel de Loyola’s work addresses the issues of women, colonization, identity, migration, displacement, capitalism and globalization. Loyola is currently a convener of New World Disorder. She has recently presented performances at the Currency Festival of Performance (New York, 2005), the 7th ASIATOPIA (Bangkok, 2005), Asia Meet Asia (Tokyo, 2006), and the Laokoon Art Festival (Germany, 2004).
http://www.7a-11d.ca
email: performancefestival@hotmail.com
FESTIVAL HOTLINE (from October 13): 416-822-3219
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7. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "VISUALEYEZ 2007" Latitude 53 (Edmonton)
Deadline: October 20, 2006; Source: Latitude 53
The eight annual festival of performance art taking place from May 17-29, 2007 in the downtown core of Edmonton, Alberta. Visualeyez 2006 will focus on the curatorial theme of the city.
Throughout North America and many developed countries there is a concentration of people, resources and networks within urban centres and super cities. Visualeyez 2007 will explore this phenomenon through work that focuses upon performance art as a basis for commentaries and analyses upon how systems of cities attempt to work and how the individual and/or groups navigate these systems. Utilizing systems and density of resources as a departure point, Visualeyez is seeking submissions from artists and collectives that explore relationships between the city and spaces created for friction, individuality, creativity, intimacy, and security.
Visualeyez happens over a period of ten days and all invited artists should be prepared to attend for the entire length of the festival. Artists experience the work of other artists, engage in discussion groups, panels and other activities that enhance the work of individual artists and the performance art community within Canada and beyond.
Proposals should include:
- a CV and artist statement;
- a detailed description of the work you wish to present, or explore;
- support material (that can include slides, video, print or digital documentation of your work, catalogues, and press).
If you would like your materials returned to you, please also include a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage.
Artists shall be contacted by late November regarding the status of their proposals.
Proposals can be sent by mail to:
Todd Janes, Executive Director
Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture
10248 106 Street
Edmonton, Alberta Canada T5J 1H5
Alternatively, proposals can be emailed to visualeyez@latitude53.org and a cc to todd.janes@latitude53.org Please be courteous of image size and materials that you are sending.
The deadline for Visualeyez 2007 submission is Friday, October 20, 2006.
Visualeyez is supported, in part by Canadian Heritage, the Inter Arts Office of Canada Council for the Arts, Imperial Tobacco Canada Arts Council, The City of Edmonton and Latitude 53.
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8. CALL FOR ARTISTS: "Artist in Residence Program" The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation & Community Centre Associations (Vancouver)
Deadline:October 31, 2006; Source: publicart-online
The Artist in Residence Program is based on principles of community cultural development. Its purpose is to support artists working with communities on issues of joint interest or concern. The Artist in Residence Program encourages the development of a wide variety of interactions between artists and community members. The term 'residence' in this program refers not to where the artist lives, but to their commitment to, and consideration of, the peoples, places and issues located in the participating communities.
Artists from all disciplines, including writers, composers, visual artists, dancers, musicians, poets, choreographers, theatre artists, celebration artists, video artists, and performance artists, are invited to submit proposals. After September 18th , application packages will be available (for pick-up only) at each of the participating Community Centres listed below, at the Roundhouse Community Centre (Davie and Pacific) and at the Park Board Office, 2099 Beach Avenue.
Information is also available on our website at: http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/arts/air.htm
The residencies provide:
- an artist's fee of $8,000,
- artist-intern fee of $2,000
- and a materials budget of up to $2,000.
After artists are selected, an intern is engaged to assist in each residency. Projects may take place at any time of year as long as they are completed within 2007.
Participating Centres in 2007
Britannia Community Services Centre - 1661 Napier Street, contact Brenda Racanelli, 604-718-5825
Mount Pleasant Community Centre - 3161 Ontario Street, contact Harvey Eng, 604-713-1884
After reading the information available in the packages, if you have further questions about the specific communities please call the contact people at the centres. For information about the program please call jil p. weaving at 604-257-8496.
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9. CALL FOR RESIDENCY PROPOSALS: 18th Street Arts Center (USA)
Deadline: November 7, 2006; Source: 18th Street Arts Center
18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica, CA is accepting applications to its Residency Program for four non-live-in and two live-work artist residencies beginning in mid-January and April 2007 for emerging to mid-career artists and arts organizations in all media.
LIVE-WORK STUDIOS: Studio #1 is a 670sf studio with a bedroom and loft. Studio #2 is a 2,300sf studio with two smal rooms and three large workrooms. Both studios are equipped with full kitchen and bathroom facilities, high ceilings and built-in storage space. Artists who have occupied these spaces previously include painters, dancers, writers, performance artists, and graphic artists. Studio #1 is $930 month including utilities. Studio #2 is $2,100 month including utilities.
DAY STUDIOS: Mixed-use spaces useable as artist studios, workspaces, and/ or offices. Studio #3 is 385sf with a loft and high ceilings - $481 w/out utilities. Studio #4 is 540sf with high ceilings, work sink, and good natural light - $675 w/out utilities. Studio #5 is 414sf with high ceilings and good natural light - $517 w/out utilities. Studio #6 is 380sf with high ceilings and good natural light - $475 w/out utilities.
Parking is free. Leases are renewed annually for a maximum of three years.
OUT-OF-TOWN APPLICANTS: While applicants outside of the greater Los Angeles area are eligible, all finalists will be interviewed in-person or by online video. All artists and arts organizations of 18th Street Arts Center must be Los Angeles County residents while in the Residency Program.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: 18th Street Arts Center&Mac226;s Residency Program provides subsidized (i.e. below market rate) studio rentals and shared facility use to emerging and mid-career artists and arts organizations in order to act as an incubator for work and career development. Residents are also required to contribute a community project each year. (Community projects are individualized acoording to each resient artist or organization.)
18th Street Arts Center is a leading international residential arts center that supports emerging to mid-career artists and arts organizations dedicated to issues of community and diversity in contemporary society. Our programs include a professional gallery, free art-nights for the public, an international artist exchange, and artist teaching residencies in public schools. 18th Street promotes our artists-in- residence to the public and funders through regular mailings, multiple events and our website. We also provide access to free and low-cost services to artists, such as shared marketing, shared office equipment, professional development and legal consultation. For more about 18th Street, visit our website at http://www.18thstreet.org/.
To apply, please send an application form (available on our website at www/18thstreet.org/residency_application.pdf), CV, work samples (10 slides/digital images, 10 minutes of video/DVD or 10 minutes of audio CD), and a one page statement about how you will use this residency to further your artistic goals. Couples or groups should submit joint applications with separate resumes, work samples and statements. We accept proposals year round. However, to be considered for these six openings, applications must be received by 5:00pm on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Late applications will not be considered. Selections will be made by the first week of December.
Mail or hand-deliver applications to: 18th Street Art Center, 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Attn: Residency Program
Michael Sakamoto
18th Street Arts Center
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