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1. Grants for films on minority cultures From: National Geographic
2. Indian Arts Festival From: Native Treasures
3. Film Festival calls for entries From: Media That Matters
4. Film Project seeks documentaries From: The Economist
5. International one-day seminar: Mobility and Artistic development in From: RCF
6. International congress on cultural journalism From: SESC
7. ree Flow of Culture – asymmetricexpectations in Europe and in China? From: Allison Reekie
8. Grants for photojournalists working for social change From: Open Society
9. 10th Annual Art Auction Benefit From: Bill Lowe Gallery
10. Between Grace and Fear: The Role of the Arts in a Time of Change From: William Cleveland
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1. Grants for films on minority cultures
Posted by: "National Geographic" National Geographic art4development
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:28 am (PDT)
A National Geographic film project funds projects by or about indigenous and underrepresented minority cultures around the world.
The All Roads Film Project, sponsored by National Geographic, funds film projects year-round. The grants are open to both minority-culture filmmakers and those who can demonstrate that they have been designated by a minority community to tell their story.
Grants range from US$1,000 to US$10,000. Submission deadlines are the fifteenth of March, June, September and December.
Filmmakers who have completed a film related to this theme, either with or without the grant, can submit their entries to the All Roads Film Festival, held September 14 to 18, 2011.
The deadline for film festival submissions is May 2. To see past projects and read blog posts by participating filmmakers, click here.
For more information on the program and festival in English and Spanish, click here.http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/allroads/
http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/all-roads/film/
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2. Indian Arts Festival
Posted by: "Native Treasures" Native Treasures art4development
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:28 am (PDT)
Dear Friends,
Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival is only a few weeks away and we have several exciting new events planned for you.
In the week leading up to the Festival, there's an interesting new seminar series that includes a talk on pottery collecting and a breakfast with Roxanne Swentzell–our 2011 Living Treasure artist. And don't forget about our fabulous preview party on Friday night!
What's even better is that all of these events benefit the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe.
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Native Treasures Events
First Native Treasures Seminar:
Collecting Pottery
Learn about collecting Native pottery at the Native Treasures Seminar, Sunday, May 22, 10 a.m. at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, followed by lunch at the Museum Hill Cafe.
Panelists are Jane Buchsbaum and JoAnn Balzer, experienced collectors; Ardith Eicher, beginning collector; and Robert Nichols, pottery gallery owner.
They'll discuss collecting philosophies, up and coming artists, what sets a good pot apart from the rest and favorite pieces in their collections.
Click here <http://www.des07.com/t/17023401/667126837/54371718/0/?c4e129f6=bW5tZiA0LzI4LzIwMTEgNTozMDozMiBQTQ%3d%3d&x=78cf7128> for more info and here <http://www.des07.com/t/17023401/667126837/54397206/0/?c4e129f6=bW5tZiA0LzI4LzIwMTEgNTozMDozMiBQTQ%3d%3d&x=4d7f42fd> for tickets.
Come to "Breakfast with Roxanne"
Join us for a breakfast and presentation by Roxanne Swentzell, the 2011 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture's Living Treasure Award recipient, on Wednesday, May 25 at 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast will be at the Museum Hill Cafe, followed by a talk by Roxanne who will speak about her career and work.
Then Roxanne will walk us through a display of her work inside the museum, which represents her favorite pieces from over the years.
Click here <http://www.des07.com/t/17023401/667126837/54371718/0/?c4e129f6=bW5tZiA0LzI4LzIwMTEgNTozMDozMiBQTQ%3d%3d&x=78cf7128> for more info and here <http://www.des07.com/t/17023401/667126837/54397207/0/?c4e129f6=bW5tZiA0LzI4LzIwMTEgNTozMDozMiBQTQ%3d%3d&x=f4cd3516> for tickets.
You're Invited: Friday Night Preview Party
Get a sneak peek of the Festival at the preview party and pre-sale, Friday, May 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Santa Fe Convention Center.
This event offers you the first opportunity to purchase incredible pieces of art, meet the artists, mingle with other collectors, and enjoy delicious hors d'oeuvres and wine.
Tickets are $100, and include an Early Bird ticket for the show on Saturday. Purchase tickets at the Lensic Box Office or at ticketssantafe.org <http://www.des07.com/t/17023401/667126837/54397208/0/?c4e129f6=bW5tZiA0LzI4LzIwMTEgNTozMDozMiBQTQ%3d%3d&x=978d528d> .
Learn more here <http://www.des07.com/t/17023401/667126837/54369227/0/?c4e129f6=bW5tZiA0LzI4LzIwMTEgNTozMDozMiBQTQ%3d%3d&x=73b2abdf> .
Get Involved
Volunteer at Native Treasures
We need your help on Saturday and Sunday to aid with setting up, booth-sitting, staffing the hospitality room and many, many other jobs.
For more information and to volunteer, please email David at david@nativetreasuressantafe.org.
Become a Sponsor
Sponsors of Native Treasures help support programs at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. There are a variety of sponsorship levels, to suit individuals or businesses. We would be proud to have you join us!
Learn more here <http://www.des07.com/t/17023401/667126837/54397209/0/?c4e129f6=bW5tZiA0LzI4LzIwMTEgNTozMDozMiBQTQ%3d%3d&x=55f2a7a5> .
E-mail us at info@nativetreasuressantafe.org
Call us at 505.476.1250
Visit our website at www.nativetreasuressantafe.org
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3. Film Festival calls for entries
Posted by: "Media That Matters" Media That Matters art4development
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:28 am (PDT)
Filmmakers from around the world who focus on social issues can enter a contest.
The Media That Matters Film Festival highlights short films on the most important topics of the day for local, global, and online communities with the goal of engaging audiences and inspiring them to take action.
Now in its 11th edition, any and al
l issues will be considered. This year, however, organizers are particularly interested in films focusing on disability rights, interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance, bias-based bullying, gender equality and youth activism. The contest is open to documentaries, narratives, animations, music videos, public service announcements, dramas, comedies and other hybrid types of films. You can watch last year's winners here.
Entries should be no longer than 10 minutes; the ideal length is around eight minutes.
The judges select 12 finalists, who receive US$1,000 each to assist them in future filmmaking efforts.
For more information, click here.
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/news/call_for_entries_media_that_matters_11
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4. Film Project seeks documentaries
Posted by: "The Economist" The Economist art4development
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:28 am (PDT)
A new joint media project provides funds for documentary makers.
Until January 2012, The Economist and PBS NewsHour are funding short documentaries from Abu Dhabi to Albuquerque on a range of topics from astronomy to agriculture.
The aim of The Economist Film Project is to showcase the selected segments, films and filmmakers as broadly as possible.
The project seeks submissions of completed documentary films on a rolling basis continuing monthly through January 2012.
Both documentary shorts and feature-length films may be submitted. The Economist will provide filmmakers whose films are chosen with a grant of US$4,000 to produce six to eight minutes of footage from the film to air on PBS NewsHour.
The featured films will also be made available to a wider audience on The Economist's YouTube channel, Facebook fan page and the PBS NewsHour website, YouTube and Hulu channels.
For more information, click here.
http://film.economist.com/about.php
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5. International one-day seminar: Mobility and Artistic development in
Posted by: "RCF" The Roberto Cimetta Fund art4development
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:28 am (PDT)
« Mobility and artistic development in the Mediterranean »
The Roberto Cimetta Fund (RCF), is an international non-profit making organisation that was created in 1999 to respond rapidly and directly to artists and cultural managers who wish to travel in order to develop contemporary artistic cooperation projects in the Euro-Mediterranean region, and in particular throughout the Arab world and the Balkans.
RCF is organising with the support of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, an international seminar on the theme of "Mobility and Artistic development in the Mediterranean" which will take place on Friday 6th May 2011 from 9h30 to 17h30 in the premises of the Ministry of Culture, 182 rue St. Honoré in Paris. Indeed, the current uprising of civil society and the demand for freedom and democracy in the Arab world calls for a response from the EU and national institutions but also from the European civil society.
Key stakeholders, artists and institutional representatives from 14 countries (Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands) will be able to share information and expertise, opening up a space of dialogue and joint reflection in order to formulate strategic and pragmatic recommendations that will feed into the definition of a common action plan for artistic and cultural mobility as an essential tool for the implementation of the principles of cultural rights, cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue between Europe and its Mediterranean neighbours as formulated in a number of cultural policy agendas (Fribourg Declaration, UNESCO Convention on the promotion and protection of the diversity of cultural expressions, Agenda 21 for Culture, The European Agenda for Culture).
Three working sessions will focus on the current situation for artists and cultural operators in the South and East Mediterranean countries, the policies and programmes currently set up and the synergies that need to be developed to be effective and coherent. A rapporteur will take note of the different recommendations and suggest a first draft of an action plan at the end of the day. This action plan and a report will be published and made available through the Cimetta Fund website.
This meeting receives the support of the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and the French Embassies in Madrid and Rome
The Annual General Meeting of the Fund will take place on 7th May at the French Office of Artistic Distribution (ONDA) in Paris.
Contact : Ferdinand Richard, Chairman or Angie Cotte, Secretary General angie.cotte@cimettafund.org tel: 00 33 1 45 26 33 74 or 00 33 6 12 785 705.
Contact : Ferdinand Richard, Président ou Angie Cotte, Secrétaire Générale angie.cotte@cimettafund.org tel: 00 33 1 45 26 33 74 ou 00 33 6 12 785 705.
Fonds Roberto Cimetta
c/o ONDA – 13 bis rue Henri Monnier
75009 Paris – France
www.cimettafund.org
Tel. : + 33 1 45 26 33 74
Skype : cimettafund
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6. International congress on cultural journalism
Posted by: "SESC" SESC art4development
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:28 am (PDT)
Academics, journalists, writers and artists will gather in São Paulo, Brazil at the third International Congress on Cultural Journalism on May 17 to 20 in Sao Paulo.
Organized by the Social Service of Commerce, SESC, the event's goal is to reflect on the current state of culture journalism across various media platforms.
The program features international experts such as critical theorists Camille Paglia and Slavoj Zizek, film director Werner Herzog and novelist Enrique Vila-Matas.
Topics include artistic genres and journalism, press responsibility, the role of TV in culture, cultural journalism training and the importance of digital media, among others.
Registration costs between R$100 and R$400 (about US$65 and US$255) and can be done online at the SESC site.
For more information (in Portuguese), click here.
http://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/conferencias_new/subindex.cfm?Referencia=7042&ParamEnd=8
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7. ree Flow of Culture – asymmetricexpectations in Europe and in China?
Posted by: "Allison Reekie" Allison Reekie art4development
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:35 am (PDT)
Following a recent mission to China, KEA is pleased to present its 25th edition of « The Independent's Voice » April 2011.
This edition gives an insight into how China is now adapting its perception of Cultural and Creative Industries, how they are keen to get to know Europe better and to dialogue and cooperate, and what opportunities are now opening up for European companies in China.
Chinese versions of this article are also available on the KEA Blog and on the KEA website – newsletter section.
Take part in the debate on the KEA Blog : http://www.keablo
g.com/2011/04/free-flow-of-culture-asymmetric-expectations-in-europe-and-in-china.html
Download the newsletter : http://www.keanet.eu/news/independent%20voice%2025.pdf
Best regards,
Allison Reekie
KEA European Affairs
51 rue du Trône
1050 Brussels
www.keanet.eu
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8. Grants for photojournalists working for social change
Posted by: "Open Society" Open Society art4development
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:44 am (PDT)
Photojournalists working for social change can apply for a grant.
The Open Society Documentary Photography Project, sponsored by the Open Society Foundations, offers grants to encourage new ways of presenting documentary photography to the public.
Photographers will take an existing body of work on a social justice or human rights issue and devise an innovative way of using that work to create social change.
Projects should include a partnership between a photographer and an organization that combines expertise in documentary photography with experience working on the topic. Five to eight grants of US$5,000 to US$30,000 will be awarded.
For more information, click here.
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/news/call-for-proposals-audience-engagement-20110104
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9. 10th Annual Art Auction Benefit
Posted by: "Bill Lowe Gallery" Bill Lowe Gallery art4development
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:46 am (PDT)
Art Atlanta – A 10th Annual Art Auction Benefit & Celebration
Bill Lowe Gallery
1555 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-352-8114
7-11 p.m.
Hammonds House Museum's annual silent and live-juried art auction will bring together a diverse creative community of artists, galleries, art patrons and sponsors to benefit educational programming for youth of all ages. Art Atlanta is a celebration of bringing Art to Atlanta for 10 years. Join us as we celebrate with Live and Silent Auctions on Saturday, April 30, at the world renowned Bill Lowe Gallery in Midtown Atlanta. The multi-level Bill Lowe Gallery features architecturally provocative design elements including 18-foot high loft style cement ceilings, interior catwalks, mezzanines and bridges. Sure to take your art buying experience to the next level.
Purchase extraordinary artwork at prices designed to support a worthy cause. A spectacular evening of art, spirits, music, paired with culinary creations from top Atlanta restaurants.
•Join sophisticated art patrons and supporters of the arts
•100+ modern and contemporary art pieces for sale during an evening of live and silent auctions
•Music by one of Atlanta's top DJs – DJ 6five
•Community-minded sponsors and supportive media
•Atlanta's finest purveyors of food and drink
Become a part of Art Atlanta this spring. Let's Celebrate!
Buy your tickets today!
http://www.artatl.org/home/events/
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10. Between Grace and Fear: The Role of the Arts in a Time of Change
Posted by: "William Cleveland" William Cleveland
Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:54 am (PDT)
I hope you are warm and happy this spring.
My colleague Patricia Shifferd and I have a new book out that asks, what we think, is an important question:
What is the role of the arts in a time of change?
The book is called Between Grace and Fear. It includes commentary by 30 activist thinkers and creators working in the arts, science, religion, politics, education, philanthropy, human services, and community development. What they have to say is insightful, provocative, and yes, even humorous. We learned a lot putting it together. We hope you do too when you read it.
You can find out more about it at:
http://artsinsociety.com/2010/08/between-grace-and-fear-the-role-of-the-arts-in-a-time-of-change/
A description of the book is also attached
Here are a few quotes:
The role of an artist within society as provocateur & citizen as change agent has always existed; it just falls in & out of favor.
Judy Baca, muralist, educator, activist, founder, Social and Public Art Resource Center
To the extent that art becomes co-opted as in propaganda & advertising, it becomes the servant of Empire.
David Korten, Author, When Corporations Ruled the Earth, The Great Turning
The arts are very revolutionary & we artists do cause problems, because the arts expand awareness.
Nakai, 7 time Grammy nominated recording artist
But why not also talk about the prophetic role of art which calls into question hunger or war.
Wilson Yates, President Emeritus, United Theological Seminary,Author, Arts Theology, and the Church
Thanks
Bill Cleveland
Center for the Study
of Art & Community
4566 Tangleberry Lane
Bainbridge Is. WA 98110
P: 206-855-0977
E: bill@artandcommunity.com
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