Postcards from the Edge Show

Visual AIDS invites you to donate a 4" x 6" original work of art for our next

Postcards From the Edge exhibition and benefit sale.

Hosted by Cheim & Read

Preview Party: Friday, January 6, 6-8 PM

Benefit Sale: January 7 - 8, 2012

Here’s how to participate:

1. Create an original artwork on any 4”x6” heavy weight paper. Drawings, photographs, paintings, printmaking, and mixed media are welcome.

ONE ENTRY per artist.

2. Sign and Print Name on BACK ONLY. Indicate the top with an arrow.

3. Complete Submission Forms for Collector and Visual AIDS. Download athttp://www.thebody.com/visualaids/current/postcards2012_artists.html

4. Carefully package artwork. Recommended: wrap artwork in wax paper and place between cardboard. Do not submit charcoal or pastel pieces without fixing them. Do not wrap wet or sticky artwork.

5. If you need confirmation that we received your artwork, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard.

6. If you would like your unsold work returned, please include a 6”x 9” self-addressed, stamped envelope with proper postage. Unsold artwork will NOT be returned unless an SASE is enclosed. Visual AIDS is not responsible for artwork lost or damaged in the mail.

7. Mail your artwork and forms to:

Visual AIDS

526 West 26th Street #510

New York, NY 10001

DEADLINE: Friday, December 9, 2011 (postmark date)

Postcards from the Edge is a unique benefit show and sale of original, postcard-size artworks on paper by established and emerging artists. All artwork is exhibited anonymously, and the identity of the artist is revealed only after the work is purchased. Details athttp://www.thebody.com/visualaids/current/postcards2012.html

Proceeds benefit Visual AIDS. Visual AIDS utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists and preserving the legacy – because AIDS IS NOT OVER. For examples of our work and more information, visit www.visualAIDS.org

Sketchbook Tour 2012

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Announcing our first round of 2012 Sketchbook Project tour dates! First 2012 tour dates confirmed! NYC, Boston, LA, SF, Chicago, Atlanta & Portland — many more coming soon It's official: We've just released our first batch of tour dates and we want you to be the first to know. We're working hard to make sure that the 2012 Sketchbook Project World Tour is the most exciting and engaging project we've ever organized — thanks to the support and participation of all of you! Check out our newly confirmed dates below and stay tuned for updates on all the remaining 2012 Tour cities. Not participating in the 2012 Sketchbook Project yet? Don't miss out! Sign up now, select your theme and get sketching! Brooklyn, NY April 14-30, 2012 Brooklyn Art Library 103A N. 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY This is our home! If you haven't visited us yet, we can't wait to show you our Williamsburg storefront. This reinvented industrial space houses all of your sketchbooks and provides access to artists, locals and visitors from across the globe. An archive of inspiration, a purveyor of art supplies to the neighborhood and a living library of sketchbooks — welcome to our Brooklyn HQ. Chicago, IL May 3-5, 2012 Hyde Park Art Center 5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL We're excited to be returning to the Hyde Park Art Center for another year. HPAC is the oldest alternative exhibition space in Chicago and a proud anchor of the city's vibrant cultural life. We're honored to join the Center's 70-year legacy of arts education and community outreach and we can't wait to bring the Sketchbook Project back to Hyde Park. Los Angeles, CA May 24-26, 2012 iam8bit Gallery 2147 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA iam8bit is an art space, production company and crack squad of creative professionals. With an emphasis on the intersection of physical and digital culture and an amazing warehouse space in the heart of Echo Park, we couldn't be happier with our new Sketchbook Project home base in LA. San Francisco, CA June 2-23, 2012 Sketchbook Project Pop-Up Shop Location TBD The Sketchbook Project community spoke and we listened: more time in the Bay Area! This year, we're creating a West Coast hub in San Francisco for the first three weeks of June. Expect special events, artist gatherings and a lot more time spent exploring sketchbooks — not waiting in line! We'll announce a location early in 2012... Greater Boston July 6-8, 2012 LynnArts 25 Exchange St., Lynn, MA LynnArts is another new venue that we're thrilled to welcome into the Sketchbook Project community. A driving force behind the resurgence of Lynn's historic downtown, LynnArts is a nonprofit dedicated to a mission of "building community through the arts." We hope to welcome visitors from across New England to this perfect spot on the North Shore. Portland, ME July 11-14, 2012 SPACE Gallery 538 Congress St., Portland, ME SPACE is a nonprofit contemporary art space, a beacon to artists from miles around and, just coincidentally, our venue for last year's tour, too. We love SPACE's role as Portland's artistic and cultural hub and we can't wait to share in that spirit again this year. Atlanta, GA Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2012 MASS collective 364 Nelson St. SW, Atlanta, GA MASS is a new community arts organization and shared workspace in the Castleberry Hill arts district. We're pleased to join forces and present the 2012 Project as part of MASS collective's inaugural year of exhibitions and events. In addition to these amazing exhibition spaces, we're getting ready to confirm our dates in Austin, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Toronto and Portland, OR. We're also working on a big announcement of our plans for London and Melbourne, Australia! Please note that all sketchbooks submitted to the 2012 Sketchbook Project will participate in the tour, although the London and Melbourne shows will be limited to books from Europe and Australia, respectively. All books will be exhibited at every North American tour stop. Stay tuned!  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2011 Art House Co-op, All rights reserved.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

Show your art downtown!

David Hayes, a local business owner in downtown Oneonta would like to have 2-D artwork to hang on the walls on a rotating basis.

If your interested in displaying your work in his shop email him at david@davidhayes.com

Get your photos & drawings Published!

Do You Have a Creative Mind?

Hartwick’s literary magazine

WORD OF MOUTH

Is now accepting submissions for its 2011 edition!


* Enter up to 3 stories, poems, photographs and/or drawings to be published in this year’s magazine!

* Submissions must be placed in the box (hard copy only!) at the Writing Center and should not be over 3000 words.

* Submissions must include a title page with your name, box #, phone # and email address. This information should be on the cover page only, and not on the pieces themselves.

* The deadline is March 25th.

* Contact oostermanc@hartwick.edu for more information.

Want to help build an 85% scale replica of a 17th century in Warsaw Poland? synagogue

Interested in helping rebuild the Gwozdziec Synagogue in Warsaw Poland this summer?

Beginning this summer, students and a team of experts, will be building an 85% scale replica of the timber roof structure and polychrome wooden ceiling of this 17th century synagogue for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.


Several three week sessions are open to students from mid to late summer. Two weeks on site and one week of travel / site seeing. This unique opportunity is open to all students at the cost of $3300 without credit, all expenses included. Credit can be obtained with an additional fee from the Massachusetts College of Art. See application for details.


For more information click on the FOR MORE INFORMATION AND AN APPLICATION in red at the bottom to the article on the left of the site (link to site). To the right there are also many details in a pdf file as well as the application. The deadline has been extended as they only just received final confirmation of this project from the Polish government.


This is an opportunity unlike any other. The Polish government has contracted a film maker who will be documenting this project which, when completed, is sure to bring international attention. Being a part of this project will be a opportunity of a lifetime for any student. All disciplines are welcome. We are looking to form a team of 8 or more students from Hartwick, Terry Slade would be the leader of the group.


Look on the website and Contact Terry Slade @ sladet@hartwick.edu if you are interested in this opportunity

Student Film Competition

AESTHETICA

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: AESTHETICA SHORT FILM COMPETITION

The Aesthetica Short Film Competition 2011 is now open for entries! It's a fantastic opportunity to get your work broadcast to a wider audience and Aesthetica are keen to see entries from both new and established filmmakers who are driving short film forward. The winning film receives a fantastic prize package including:

~ £500 prize money (apx. $805)

~ Screenings at film festivals across the UK, including Rushes Soho Shorts (London), Glasgow Film Festival (Glasgow) and Branchage (Jersey)

~ A weekend filmmaking course, courtesy of Raindance

~ 12 months membership to Shooting People, the international film network

~ Inclusion on a DVD that will be distributed to all Aesthetica readers (60,000 viewers)

The runner-up will also receive £250 (apx $402), as well as DVD publication. Films should be no longer than 25 minutes but can be any genre including artists' film, music videos, dance films, horror and comedy or anything you can think of!

Entry is £15 per film (apx. $24). No limit to the number of entries permitted. Please visit www.aestheticamagazine.com/shortfilm for more information and to submit. Deadline 31 April 2011.

T-Shirt Design Competition

Foldersnacks, is hosting a T-shirt design competition that
is open to all ages. There will be 12 winning artists who will benefit
significantly from having their work chosen. Winners will enjoy financial
compensation, as well as the satisfaction of having their artwork reach the
consciousness of many, many people.

We're reaching out to the visual art community because our music is not
complete without its visual counterpoint & we are confident that there are
artists out there who will be able to reveal the true shape of these sounds
in ways we cannot even begin to fathom. We are very excited about the
infinite possibilities that will inevitably result.

We'll be doing regular collaborative arts events in NYC featuring art shows,
live music, performance art, film, dance, etc., so being involved in this
particular competition could open up many other doors as well.

For info on awards, guidelines, and how to apply, please visit:

www.Foldersnacks.com and click on T-shirt Design Competition.

thanks,
Jesse Elder
www.Foldersnacks.com

Art Contest

LEAF, Inc is sponsoring a Fine Art Contest in Otsego County to help raise awareness of problem gambling issues. The prize money is considerable with a grand prize of $1000, two $500 first prizes, two $250 second prizes and two $100 third prizes. The contest is only being advertised in Otsego County and Delhi and there is an adult category as well as an under 18 category. Work can be in any medium, figurative or abstract, 2D or 3D as long as it is 100% original. The deadline is April 1, 2011 and the theme is “Gambling: A Risky Business”. We’re not looking for ‘poster art’ but rather striking visual images that we can use to draw attention to our promotional materials.

I’m looking for ways to promote the contest and would love the opportunity to briefly speak with you or your students about it. I have a degree in Fine Arts and before working with LEAF was the Artistic Director of Catskill Puppet Theater for 30 years. (We just restored the First Night Puppets that we made in workshops with students.)

Please let me know if you have any interest in the contest, I would really appreciate your input!

You can call me at: 607-432-0090 x 106 or e-mail carol.mandigo@leafinc.org . On facebook search: LEAF Art Contest.

Thanks so much,

Carol

Carol Mandigo

Community Educator

LEAF, Inc.

80 Water Street

Oneonta, NY 13820

carol.mandigo@leafinc.org

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This blog will be updated with creative based opportunities for Hartwick students. It will contain everything from freelance jobs to art shows. Check the blog frequently to be the first in line for what may be an awesome opportunity!