Call for Submissions
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AM Qattan Foundation Young Artist of the Year Award
Deadline December 10
AM Qattan Foundation is now accepting submissions for theYoung Artist of the Year Award (YAYA). YAYA is a biennial program that encourages, supports and promotes young Palestinian artists. In addition, an open call is being made for a curator for YAYA 2014 to work with the finalist artist on the development of their works.
For more information and to submit, please click here.
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98weeks is accepting proposals for Curator in Residence, a new public programming initiative giving individuals, collectives or organizations the chance to develop a series of events focused on a chosen research theme. The curator in residence will develop workshops, talks, exhibitions and performances over a 3 to 6 month period.
For more information and to submit, please click here.
Deadline ongoing
Berwick Visual Arts is accepting applications for its annual residency opportunity in partnership with the Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival. The residency is an opportunity for an artist working with moving image to create a new piece of work in response to the 2014 festival's theme 'Border Crossing' and have the resulting work premiered at the festival.
For more information and to submit, please click here.
Deadline November 25
ArtsLink Independent Projects provides support to artists and arts managers who propose to undertake projects in the United States in collaboration with a US non-profit arts organization or individual artist. Support is provided to create new work and to establish mutually beneficial exchange of ideas and expertise between artists, arts organizations, and the community in the US.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Deadline December 3
Deadline November 20
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UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary Program for Artists at Dar-al Ma’mûn
Unesco-Aschberg bursaries for artists promote young artists' mobility and cultural exchange. The program consists of a worldwide network of partner institutions and offers two residencies: one in writing (creative writing or translation) and one in visual arts.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
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A Blade of Grass is now accepting applications for the Organizational Project Grant. Organizational Project Grants are one-time grants intended to help institutions work more directly and intentionally with socially engaged art, and to help artists realize their visions for social chance in partnership with organizational support.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Deadline December 2
The theater company and nonprofit organization Masrah Ensemble invites playwrights who write in Arabic to submit applications to a playwright residency program to take place in Beirut, Lebanon in spring 2014.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Deadline December 27
Sharjah Art Foundation is accepting submissions for production grants to artists working in a range of media including sculpture, installation, time-based media, artist's books and performance. Up to a total of $200,000 is available in this application cycle.
For more information and to submit, please click here.
Deadline January 31
Featured:
AFAC Creative Documentary Masterclass
The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) is pleased to launch a series of filmmaking workshops for filmmakers in Saudi Arabia. Over two days, you will have the chance to watch documentaries from across the world, take part in discussions about cinematography and storytelling, show your films and discuss the difficulties and challenges facing you as filmmakers, present your nascent projects and get tailored feedback from the visiting professionals.
For more information and to register, please click here.
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Maraya Art Centre hosts a Digital Calligraphy Workshop. Presented by digital calligrapher Nihad Nadam, the workshop will teach the basics of creating beautiful Arabic calligraphy digitally on your very own computer using a program called winsoft.
For more information and to register, please click here.
November 16
Pecha Kucha Nights at Mathaf are informal and fun gatherings where people get together and share their ideas, works, and thoughts in a simple presentation of 20 images shown for 20 seconds each. Everyone is welcome to attend and local artists, architects, designers and others with interesting ideas are welcome to apply to present their work.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
November 20
The third edition of the Ashkal Alwan Home Workspace Program is led jointly by Jalal Toufic and Anton Vidokle under the title “Creating and Dispersing Universes that Work without Working.” Registration is now open. Participants may register for the full year, or for individual chapters, seminars, or workshops.
For more informationand to register, please click here.
November 6 – July 2014
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ArteEast Editorial, Development, and Graphic & Web Design Internships
ArteEast is seeking an Editorial Intern, a Development Internand a Graphic and Web Design Intern.
Deadline December 9
The ArteEast internship program is structured to coordinate applicants' interests, backgrounds and schedules with the needs of the organization. All interns will have the opportunity to play an integral role in many facets of a non-profit arts organization, gain hands-on experience, and develop in-depth knowledge on the contemporary MENA art world.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
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Art Dubai is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Curator, Marker. The position will run from December 1 – March 31, 2014 and is ideal for a curator based in the Middle East or Asia looking to further his/her research and network within Central Asia of the Causasus.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Deadline ongoing
Ashkal Alwan is looking for a Library Coordinator to manage their multimedia library. This is a full-time role and requires someone who loves being around books and films, who is thorough and diligent, and who can develop programs around a fast-growing archive.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Deadline ongoing
Artellewa is accepting app
lications for the position of Program Director. The Program Director is a curatorial and administrative position. Successful candidates will be creative, self-motivated, and imaginative, with an excellent knowledge of Egyptian arts and cultural community as well as global contemporary arts practices.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Start date December 15
Featured:
Mohammed Kazem "Raw Data" at Maraya Art Centre
Maraya Art Centre is pleased to present "Raw Data [1999-2013]", a site commissioned project by leading Emirati artistMohammed Kazem, curated by Sara Raza. For his solo project, Kazem will present 14 years' worth of numerical coordinates from the vast array of GPS readings he has collected throughout his professional artistic career.
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Edge of Arabia and British Council are pleased to present Out of Kuwait, an exhibition bringing together the work of thirteen emerging Kuwaiti artists who have examined and reinterpreted the theme of landscape. The exhibition represents the artists' analysis of and response to their everyday surroundings and comments on social, political and physical landscapes of contemporary Kuwait.
For more information, please click here.
November 14 – November 28
Beirut Art Center is pleased to present Exposure 2013, an annual exhibition dedicated to emerging artists from Lebanon. For the sake of presenting an exhibition that is rich in content, fourteen artists were selected from a pool of a hundred applicants, making Exposure 2013 the largest edition to date.
For more information, please click here.
November 7 – January 11
The sixth edition of Middle East: What Cinema Can Do is set to unfold in the usual venue in Paris, continuing the biennials intent to inform, create awareness and stimulate dialogue. This year's ten-day programme consists of short, mid-length and feature fiction and documentary films from Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Libya, Palestine and Syria.
For more information, please click here.
November 29 – December 8
