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Zervigón Studios (formerly Silverman Studio)
3915 Baronne Street
Uptown near Napoleon Avenue one block from the once and future Martin’s Wine Cellar, two blocks from the St. Charles Avenue parade route. Four second-floor bright, airy individual studios with common full bath and utility sink. Early 20th Century with original wood floors and plaster walls. Unit 4 has ... read more →
Nominations must be submitted by May 31, 2012
A national fellowship award for American Indian artists
First Peoples Fund chooses its Community Spirit Honorees for their commitment to sustaining the cultural values of Native people. Artists are absolutely central to producing the tangible, visible forms of creation that help the people know who they are. They manifest ... read more →
The 4th annual Louisiana Studies Conference will be held September 21-22, 2012 at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Conference is co-sponsored by the NSU Department of Fine + Graphic Arts, the Folklife Society of Louisiana, the Louisiana Folklife Center, and the NSU College of Arts, Letters, Graduate Studies and Research.
The theme of this ... read more →
Own The Crescent program provides the tools to help get people into affordable houses that they will OWN. Call the number listed ANYTIME to get information.
It is a great time to buy a home in New Orleans and Own the Crescent is eager to connect you with more than 20 housing developers, lenders, counseling agencies ... read more →
Please play part in celebrating the arts by helping this great organization reach its goal of signing on 1 million arts advocates in time for the November 2012 elections. The Arts Action Fund is the only national organization in the country that mobilizes Americans in the fight for arts funding and arts education both in ... read more →
At Loyola each Monday, the Music Industry Program puts on forum, which consists of some major guests in the music business getting interviewed and sharing their advice and experiences. These Music Industry forums are held each Monday from 5pm-6pm in the Nunemaker Auditorium, Monroe Hall at Loyola University 6363 St. Charles. These forums ... read more →
Sweet Home New Orleans Presents: Adam Natale of Fractured Atlas “The Artists’ Survival Guide”
What: Free workshop on grant opportunities, insurance, professional development for visual artists, musicians, actors etc.
Date: May 21, 2012
Time: 1pm to 3pm
Location: Café Istanbul in the New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave, New Orleans LA 70117
The Artist’s Survival Guide:
Thousands of independent artists and bands ... read more →
Topic: International Trade
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Ever thought about expanding your business into international markets? Are you already exporting and need additional assistance?
The Louisiana Business & Technology Center, St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation, Committee of 100, and the Louisiana Office of Community Development – Disaster Recovery Unit have joined forces to ... read more →
The Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) is a federal act of congress which protects the rights of visual artists. Passed 20 years ago, VARA is often an opaque law whose protections are sometimes difficult to predict. Recently, the Arts Council presented a webinar on VARA with Ashlye Keaton, co-founder and supervising attorney of the ELLA Project,Running about 30 ... read more →
The internet, YouTube, Ebay, and Facebook are great ways for artists to share their artwork, but there is a downside also: increased piracy of your artwork. Recently, the Arts Council and attorney and ELLA Project pro bono volunteerJohn H. Norris presented our latest webinar, Protecting your Art Online. The webinar lasts about 30 minutes and ... read more →
Kentuck Festival of the Arts
Deadline June 1, 2012
Festival dates: October 20-21 2012
The Kentuck Festival in Northport, AL exists to nurture artistic expression by providing an opportunity for artists to share and sell their work; to educate the public about the creative efforts of artists; and to add to the cultural climate and quality of life ... read more →
Telfair Art Show, Savannah, GA
Application Deadline: June 1, 2012
Show Dates: November 10-11, 2012
The 18th Annual Telfair Art Fair will be held November 10th and 11th in the heart of historic downtown Savannah, Georgia. There will be an Opening Night Preview on Friday, November 9th. This popular southern open air art fair attracts thousands of high-end ... read more →
Cottonwood Art Festival
Application deadline June 22, 2012
Show Dates: October 6-7, 2012
Cottonwood Art Festival is located in Richardson, Texas. Sponsored by The City of Richardson, Cottonwood Art Festival is a showcase for a large variety of fine art and fine craft and provides our patrons with the opportunity to meet and talk with the artist who ... read more →
Application deadline May 31, 2012
Show Dates: October 20-21, 2012
Application fee: $35
Since 1984, this organization and its associated organizations have successfully presented the Mid South’s rich cultural diversity and talent for the public’s entertainment, education and enjoyment. The event, which is produced by Experience Art in Memphis and the South Main Association, is the Mid South’s ... read more →
In June 2012, the Gulf Coast Marketplace, an e-commerce solution for community recovery, will host its first live festival featuring the talents of Louisiana artists, craftsmen, authors, musicians and other micro-enterprises. The indoor festival will feature art, crafts, live music and food and will take place on June 23rd and June 24th at the Houma-Terrebonne ... read more →
The seventh annual Old Algiers RiverFest, celebrating the Mississippi River and the rich musical heritage of Old Algiers, will be presented on the first weekend in April… Saturday and Sunday, April 2 & 3, 2011.
You are invited to submit an application to participate as an art vendor for RiverFest 2011
The fee for participating as an ... read more →
Four six-week residencies which include a stipend and supply budget are to be offered between September 2012 and April 2013. The deadline for submissions is May 18, 2012.
To download the application, please click HERE. With questions or for more information please email applications@astudiointhewoods.org
Ebb & Flow is a 6-week residency based on the premise that Southern ... read more →
Stage Door Canteen at The National WWII Museum Hosts CITY-WIDE AUDITIONS:
An Open Call for both AEA and non-AEA actors, dancers and actor-musicians
New Orleans—The annual city-wide open auditions will be held at The NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM’s STAGE DOOR CANTEEN located at 945 Magazine Street. Parking is available on the street or in the Museum’s Magazine Street parking lot ... read more →
Dance Artist Teacher -Full Time Position, K-5 Lusher Charter School,
Requirements:
BFA Dance, MFA or MA in Dance Education
Minimum 3 years teaching experience in K-5 dance program
Performance and choreographic background experience with children’s dance companies.
Knowledge and background in Arts Integration across the curriculum.
Professional experience performing, choreographing and collaborating with musicians and other artists.
For more information, please email ... read more →
Crescent City Schools seeks Creative Art Teacher. The Creative Arts Teacher is responsible for:
• Promote the mission and values of the school through the teaching of dance, music, theater, or art
• Long-term unit planning and daily lesson planning
• Teaching guided reading and/or independent reading
• Collaborating with grade level and subject level teams and student support ... read more →
Are you a Louisiana musician who records original music? Are you looking for ways to get your music used in film and TV productions? Do you want more festival gigs? Then join the Jazz & Heritage Talent Exchange – a free service of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.
Now more than ever, movies and ... read more →
VSA, the international organization on arts and disability, is seeking outstanding visual and performing teaching artists with disabilities for the 2011-12 Teaching Artist Fellowship program.
The program recognizes the value teaching artists in integrating the arts into education, and seeks to enable artists with disabilities to serve as role models of diversity, expression, and inclusive ... read more →
Deadline: July 16, 2012
A program of the Foundation for Jewish Culture, the Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film provides grants for the completion of original documentary films that promote thoughtful consideration of Jewish history, life, culture, and identity. Since 1996, the fund has supported the completion of over eighty original documentaries that explore ... read more →
Deadline: June 1, 2012 (Registration)
Through its Basic Preservation Grants program, the National Film Preservation Foundation is accepting applications for lab work to preserve culturally and historically significant film materials.
Grants are available to public and 501(c)(3) nonprofit institutions in the United States that provide public access to their collections, including those that are part of federal, state, or ... read more →
Nominations must be submitted by May 31, 2012
A national fellowship award for American Indian artists
First Peoples Fund chooses its Community Spirit Honorees for their commitment to sustaining the cultural values of Native people. Artists are absolutely central to producing the tangible, visible forms of creation that help the people know who they are. They manifest ... read more →
Big Easy Entertainment Awards
Attention all parties interested in applying for a grant through the Foundation for Entertainment Development & Education.
Eligibilty
501 C-3 Organizations or Institutions with a project focusing on educational projects in theatre, music and dance.
Application
Submit a one to two page letter describing:
Your Organization
Resume(s) with contact info, including website, if applicable.
Previous Work
Have you received funds ... read more →
Funding for Photographers: Aaron Siskind
Deadline: Friday, May 18, 2012.
The Aaron Siskind Foundation is offering a limited number of fellowship grants for individual artists working in photography and photo-based art. Recipients are selected by a review panel on the basis of artistic excellence, accomplishment to date, and the promise of future achievement in the medium in ... read more →
Challenge America Fast-Track
Introduction
The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations — those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least ... read more →
Arts Writers Grant Program
2012 Grant Open for Submissions
Deadline: Wednesday, June 6, 2012
http://www.artswriters.org
The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program supports individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through grants ranging from 3,000 to 50,000 USD, issued directly to individual authors. The first program of its type, it was founded in recognition of ... read more →
Presenter Assistance
To strengthen program design and organizational capacity for presenters, funding up to $700 will support Planning Grants for artist residencies and Travel Grants for professional development. These grants are very limited and awarded on a first-come/first-served basis; so early submission is encouraged.
Deadline: Year-round, at least 60 days prior to activities.
In our continuing effort to build a ... read more →
Southern Fast Track
Southern Fast Track Touring grants are aimed at performing arts and literary arts presenters with annual operating budgets of $150,000 or less to support engagements by guest artists from outside the presenter’s state. Publicly accessible performances/readings and educational components which provide opportunities for people in underserved communities are eligible.
Deadline: Year-round, at least 60 ... read more →
Lake Charles, LA—The Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana are currently accepting applications for the 2013 Tourism Marketing Initiative Grant. This year the Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau appropriated $45,000 to distribute for special projects and events staged in Calcasieu Parish. The Tourism Marketing Initiative Grants Program works to initiate and sustain the ... read more →
Deadline: June 1, 2012 (Intent to Apply Form)
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is accepting Intent to Apply forms for the first round of the Doris Duke Artist Residencies. The program will support at least fifty residencies for artists at dance companies, theaters, presenting organizations, and/or select service organizations.
The residencies program is part three of the Doris Duke Performing ... read more →
Deadline: June 1, 2012
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced the Princess Grace JustFilms Documentary Awards program, made possible by the Ford Foundation‘s JustFilms program.
Through the new documentary film award program, PGF-USA seeks to identify and support voices that tell authentic and powerful stories from or about underrepresented communities. These funds will be awarded to help support social justice ... read more →
We want to make sure that any professional craft artist in Louisiana affected by the severe storms and tornadoes this past week is aware of the disaster relief assistance available from CERF+.
Members of the LCEF staff experienced some of the destruction first-hand. Our journey started at 7:30 am this past Monday as we hopped in ... read more →
LOI Deadline June 1, 2012
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Artist Residency Program is designed to support artists and organizations working together to pilot new ways of reaching the public and developing demand for the performing arts. The program will support at least 50 residencies for artists at dance companies, theaters, and/or presenting organizations with grants ... read more →
This message is going out to CERF+’s contacts in the Louisiana parishes recently hit by severe storms and ongoing flooding, as well as statewide arts organizations. We hope you and your loved ones have been able to avoid loss.
CERF+ would like to make sure that any professional craft artist seriously affected by the disaster is ... read more →
Various deadlines: Theatre March 21, Dance April 30, Film June 1
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced the availability of applications for the 2012 Princess Grace Awards in theater, playwriting, dance performance, choreography, and film.
Founded in 1982, the foundation identifies and assists emerging artists in theater, dance, and film, and has awarded more than $8.5 million ... read more →
Deadline: April 6, 2012
Chamber Music America‘s Classical Commissioning Program provides grants to United States-based presenters and professional contemporary classical and world music ensembles for the commissioning and performance of new works by American composers.
The program supports works scored for two to ten musicians performing one per part and composed in any of the musical styles ... read more →
Grants accepted quarterly.
Grants are available for any arts-related endeavors, but are particularly aimed at schools and educational institutes that are active in the performing arts, including music, drama, and dance, as well as related areas such as acting, directing, writing, and producing.
Most grants will fall in the range of $500 to $5,000 but other amounts ... read more →
Deadline June 1, 2012
Show opens July 13, 2012
Jury Fee: $35
The Art Melt is the largest multi-media, juried exhibit in the state of Louisiana. Now in its 9th year, the Art Melt strives to promote professional artists throughout the state of Louisiana while providing an opportunity for the public to experience the best of local fine ... read more →
Deadline June 4, 2012
Festival Dates: November 10-11, 2012
Application fee: $35
The Covington Three Rivers Art Festival invites you to apply to our 16th Annual juried festival. Attracting 50,000 visitors last year, the award-winning festival is dedicated to bringing the best of fine arts and fine crafts to historic downtown Covington, Louisiana, and providing the best in ... read more →
Deadline June 1, 2012
Festival dates: October 20-21 2012
Jury Fee: $35
The Kentuck Festival in Northport, AL exists to nurture artistic expression by providing an opportunity for artists to share and sell their work; to educate the public about the creative efforts of artists; and to add to the cultural climate and quality of life in the ... read more →
Call to Artists: Mixed Messages
Deadline May 28, 2012
CALL TO ARTISTS for “MIXED MESSAGES.2 – Multiracial Identity Past & Present.” The NEW ORLEANS LOVING FESTIVAL is seeking original artwork and films with themes concerning the multiracial experience for a June 9th group art show at the New Orleans Healing Center.
Please follow the guidelines below for consideration:
1. ... read more →
Public Art Call: Austin
Deadline May 21, 2012
The City of Austin Art in Public Places program of the Cultural Arts Division, Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office seeks to commission an experienced public artist to participate as part of the design team for the Consolidated Rental Car Facility Art in Public Places project at the Austin-Bergstrom ... read more →
‘Nique Gifts and Crafts is an up and coming gifts and crafts store in Kenner, on Williams Blvd. just off I-10. We are looking for unique handmade items from local artists, artisans, photographers and crafters who would like to sell their creations in our store on a consignment basis. We are looking to sell items ... read more →
Each month, the work of a Louisiana cultural worker appears on our banner as the featured image in our digital newsletter, CulturalConnections. You can see our featured image gallery here.
Are you a Louisiana cultural worker? Send us a picture that struts your stuff! All artistic disciplines are eligible! If you are a chef, maybe you ... read more →
Open House Music is pleased to announce a Call to Artists to participate in exhibitions and site specific installations over the next year. Open House Music is seeking up and coming artists in all mediums including painting, sculpture, glass, metal work, photography, video, mixed media and installation art. Exhibitions will be in conjunction with Open ... read more →
Open deadline
MSU Department of Art seeks early to mid-career artists showing nationally, preferably BFA/MFA with a solid body of work. No application fee. Send CD of 20 recent images, title, descriptions , resume, letter of interest and artist statement to:
MSU Galleries
Department of Art
P.O. Box 5182
Mississippi State, MS
39762
Questions: email to rring@caad.msstate.edu
Rolling Deadline
1911 Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center wants to provide exposure and a venue to exhibit art shows from artists throughout our community.
This will be an ongoing project with no deadline until further notice. Gallery space will be dedicated for local exhibitions. Each show will hang for a 6-8 week period. There is ... read more →
Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation
1540 Canal Street
Suite 201
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-895-2800
504-910-3001 (Fax)
info@culturaleconomy.org
http://culturaleconomy.org
Aimee Smallwood
CEO
aimee@culturaleconomy.org
Lisa Picone
Economic Opportunity Fund
Grant Program Director
lisa@culturaleconomy.org
Jackie Richard
Development Director
jackie@culturaleconomy.org
Kathy Richard
Healthcare Initiative Director
kathy@culturaleconomy.org
Dorian Rush Reardon
Special Projects Coordinator
dorian@culturaleconomy.org
Robert J. Wilson
Healthcare Initiative
Projects Coordinator
robert@culturaleconomy.org