IV Moscow International Biennale For Young Art, Open Call

IV Moscow International Biennale For Young Art
Call for artists and curators
deadline: 30 January 2014

А Time for Dreams | 26 June–10 August 2014
Artistic Director: David Elliott

David Elliott chose the title of the IV Moscow International Biennale for Young Art A Time for Dreams by rephrasing the famous "I have a dream" speech by Martin Luther King. With this title, the curator emphasizes the chronic instability of our time and the acute need for the young generation to have dreams, hopes and opportunities, to not blindly go with the flow but to invest their strength into the perfection of the world. A Time for Dreams will include the work of over a hundred artists under the age of 35 chosen from across the world. Focusing on both present and future, moving between concern with microcosms and universes, this exhibition will resound as a polyphony of individual perspectives interwoven by different aesthetic and cultural traditions. Just as in Martin Luther King's still unfulfilled dream, the dream of good art, however it is made and wherever it comes from, has to be rooted in truth, ethics and belief in life.

Works submitted to the Biennale may be those of Russian or foreign artists of the new generation, working in the field of contemporary art with the latest strategies, concepts, and techniques (individual, collective, or as part of curatorial projects). Artists of the new generation are defined as those whose age at the time of the opening of the Biennale does not exceed 35 years. The right to apply for participation in the Biennale is limited to the authors of projects (artists and curators in the case of a curatorial project). Applications for the strategic projects of the Biennale for curators (curator groups) are received regardless of financial means. The application process is free. Authors and curators will not receive payment. The artistic director of the biennale will consider all applications and compile a selection of participants in the Biennale.

Institutions are invited to collaborate and young artists and curators to participate.

see here the application rules: 

the application form is here:

practical info:

IV Moscow International Biennale For Young Art

А Time for Dreams

26 June–10 August 2014

Artistic Director: David Elliott

Main venue: 

Museum of Moscow, Russia, Moscow

Venues: 

National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), Moscow

Founders: 

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Department of Culture of the City of Moscow, National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA)

Organizers: 

National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) 

Co-organiser of the Main Project: The Museum of Moscow

http://www.youngart.ru

CCA Laznia 2 Residence Programme 2014

CCA Laznia 2 Residence Programme 2014 
deadline: 26th January 2014
 
In 2014 CCA ŁAŹNIA will invite 2 artists whose artistic practice will focus on the context of Gdansk, and / or its district New Port.CCA ŁAŹNIA is looking for artists who with the help of contemporary art practices undertake the discussion around places perceived in a certain, stereotype way. Artist is encouraged to reach out to the spaces in-between, out of the daily routine.

Currently New Port district is undergoing the process of revitalization including all its negative and positive aspects. We are therefore looking for works socially engaged and developed from a critical point of view. The aspect of reaching out to new audiences plays an important factor.

The entire 3rd floor of the newly rebuilt former bathhouse building in New Port district of Gdańsk is dedicated to artists. The building consists also of a cinema, library and workshop space, that can be all used by the artists according to their needs.  The living accommodation provides potential for many types of Art based activities to take place such as discussions, film screenings and social events. Artists Residency shall culminate in a form of a final work in the shape chosen by the artist.

Artists Residency is organised in 2 stages:
2 weeks research visit   + 2 months residency that follows

CCA ŁAŹNIA 2 will offer:
- a space to live and work
- artistic fee inclusive of travel allowance, costs of living, insurance: 2000 PLN / artist for the 2 weeks long research trip
- artistic fee inclusive of travel allowance, costs of living, insurance:  6000 PLN / artist for the 2 months long production  phase
- material costs allowance up to 2500PLN / artist (paid upon submission of receipts)
- assistant
- support of  CCA ŁAŹNIA team throughout the term in residence.

Application:
Application deadline 26th January 2014
Please email to rezydencje@laznia.pl the documentation mentioned below (pdf format in one zip file) with your name in the title:
- Artist’s statement mentioning main points of focus in your work (1500 words maximum)
- description of the work you plan to carry out during your stay at CCA ŁAŹNIA 2
- Artist’s CV
- 10 work samples (or links to your works / website)

notes:
- there are no limitations nor preferences in relation to such factors as country of origin, age, media, etc.
- applicants should be reasonably fluent in English (spoken and written).
- for further information please contact Aleksandra Księżopolska (rezydencje@laznia.pl)

contact:
CCA ŁAŹNIA 2
Strajku Dokerów 5 str.
Gdańsk – Nowy Port
Poland
www.laznia.pl

Mario Merz Prize 2014 | Italy

Mario Merz Prize 2014
Deadline: January 31, 2014

With the firm belief that art can represent freedom of thought without boundaries and promotes self-determination and the free circulation of culture and ideas, the Prize is dedicated to those who harbor the right will to pursue their research beyond the hardship determined by political, social or geographical conditions.

Given that the recent art processes focused greatly on historical, social, and political changes, while also considering the tragedies yet afflicting mankind, the Prize intends to base the selection criteria for its short list on the qualities of internationality, generosity of thought, social awareness, as well as innovative research traceable in the works and individual paths of the artists and composers selected.

To underline this idea of openness, the finalists of the Mario Merz Prize will present their works in a group exhibition and a concert to involve spectators in the final voting phase.

Among these finalists, the Jury will select the two winners, who will be commissioned new scores and projects.

The Art Prize is addressed to artists who have been already recognized for the quality of their work in their home country and are launching their career on an international level. A short list of five nominees will be selected through a nomination process. The winner will be selected by an international jury composed of Manuel Borja-Villel (Director, Museo Nacional Centro de arte Reina Sofía, Madrid), Lawrence Weiner (artist), Massimiliano Gioni (Head Curator, New Museum, New York/Art Director Fondazione Trussardi, Milan/Director of the 55 Venice Biennale) and Beatrice Merz.

Artists participating in the selection are to be nominated by curators, museum directors, art critics, gallerists or members of other cultural associations. Artists cannot nominate themselves. Each artist can receive multiple nominations. There are no restrictions with regard to age, nationality or artistic medium.

The Music Prize, which avails itself of the collaboration with the Associazione per la Musica De Sono in Turin and the Hochschule der Künste in Zurich, is dedicated to contemporary music. A short list of five nominees will be selected through a nomination process. The winner will be selected by an international jury composed of Thomas Demenga (cellist and composer), Dieter Ammann (composer), Alexander Lonquich (pianist) and Willy Merz.

Composers participating in the selection are to be nominated by music institutions, interpreters, music critics and experts. Composers cannot nominate themselves. Each composer can receive multiple nominations. There are no restrictions with regard to age, nationality or artistic medium.

Applications must be submitted online no later than January 31, 2014, completing the registration form on the Prize website: www.mariomerzprize.org.

Contacts
con.testi – Torino & Roma
Via Massena 91 – 10128, Torino
Phone +39.0115096036
Via Silla 35 – 00192, Roma
prize@fondazionemerz.org

Fondazione Merz
Via Limone 24 – 10141, Torino
Phone +39.01119719437
prize@fondazionemerz.org

Henry Moore Institute Research Fellowships 2014-15

Henry Moore Institute Research Fellowships 2014-15 
Historic and contemporary sculpture
deadline: 13 January 2014

Research Fellowships are intended for artists, scholars and curators working on historic and contemporary sculpture who can make particular use of the Institute's resources: our Research Library, Archive of sculptors' papers and the Leeds sculpture collections, which we manage in partnership with Leeds Museums and Galleries.
In 2014-15 up to four Research Fellows will be given the opportunity to spend a month in Leeds to develop their own research. In addition we will support up to two six-week Senior Fellowships, which are intended to give established scholars time and space to develop a research project free from usual work commitments. Up to two Senior Fellowships, for periods of between four to six weeks will be offered.
Both Fellowships provide accommodation, travel expenses and a per diem.

For application:
- 750-word research proposal, that also indicates how you will use the resources
- CV
and send it to : kirstie@henry-moore.org.

Application in detail: (click here)
More about it in: Henry Moore Institute Leeds

contacts:
The Henry Moore Foundation
Dane Tree House
Perry Green
Much Hadham
Herts SG10 6EE
01279843333

Sharjah Art Foundation 2014, Open call for artist grant

Sharjah Art Foundation 2014 Production Programme, Open call for artist grant
Deadline: January 31, 2014

Sharjah Art Foundation announces the 2014 Production Programme Open Call for grants to artists working in a range of media. Up to $200,000 is available in this application cycle.
The Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) Production Programme broadens the possibilities for the production of art in the MENASA region through a commitment to support innovation and excellence in artistic practice by encouraging risk and experimentation. This commitment places artists at the core of the Foundation’s mission by offering grants and professional support for the realisation of projects selected from an open call for proposals.

The past decade has seen an extraordinary rise in artistic activity throughout the Middle East, resulting in an increased visibility for artists both regionally and internationally. Within this context, the Foundation hopes to promote and encourage an environment of public and private patronage for the highest level of artistic endeavour. This programme focuses on supporting artists in their individual attempts to create work on a scale they have perhaps never imagined possible.

Arts practitioners are invited to propose imaginative, ambitious and inspirational projects that will transform our understanding of what art is and how it can be experienced. With this initiative we hope to engage and challenge the artists, our audiences and ourselves aesthetically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, politically or in ways new and unexpected.

In 2014 we are offering 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. The success of a proposal will be determined by merit rather than budget. To this end, projects with budgets that range from modest to ambitious scales will be considered. The submission deadline is 31 January 2014 and selections will be announced in March. The selected projects will be developed and produced by the artist and the Sharjah Art Foundation, with presentation of the completed project as agreed between the artist(s) and SAF.

The Production Programme was launched in 2008. Over 500 submissions have been received, 230 applications considered and 31 projects selected for production.

This document should give you all the information you need to know to apply for the 2014 Production Programme.
Please read it carefully before you complete the attached application form.
If you have any further questions, please direct them to productionprogramme@sharjahart.org.

more at: http://www.sharjahart.org/programmes/open-call-production-programme-2014

COAL PRIZE 2014 ,PARIS, Open Call

COAL PRIZE 2014 – PARIS
deadline : January 5th, 2014 at midnight

The COAL Prize Art and Environment shows the enormous wealth of responses by artists to current environmental issues. Every year, since 2010, the COAL Prize has publicly recognized ten projects linked to environmental issues, which are selected in the framework of an international call for entries in which hundreds of artists from all over the world participate. One of these artists is given the COAL Prize, with an award of 10,000 Euros, by a Jury of well-known specialists in art and ecology. In 2013 the COAL prize on the theme of Adaptation was awarded to Laurent Tixador for his project « Architecture transitoire ».
In 2014, the theme of the COAL Prize is PARIS. The French capital has a great many environmental and social issues: pollution, energy, urban sprawl, transport, land, erosion of biodiversity, adaptation to the climate change, etc. A creative approach to ecology is emerging in new social organisations, alternative production methods, and collaborative ways of living and working which promote user-friendliness as well as an appreciation of the simpler things in life. Having been for a long time the City of Light, the symbol of industrial modernity and progress, will Paris be able to shine again by embodying ecological post modernity?
In 2014, Paris, one of the major global capitals of culture and creation, is inviting artists to show together the central role that art can play in a sustainable and responsible city. Artists, mostly urban, heirs to the diversity embodied by Paris, are invited to shake up, rethink and reinvent the capital in a multipolar connected world in order to define a fairer and more radiant urban culture, in harmony with nature.
The 2014 COAL Prize will be awarded in Paris on 04th March 2014, at a ceremony attended by the ten selected artists and well-known specialists in art and sustainable development.
Launched in 2010 by the French organisation COAL, the Coalition for art and sustainable development, the COAL Prize is supported by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development, and the National Centre of Plastic Arts (CNAP).

Schedule
Application deadline : January 5th, 2014 at midnight.
The COAL Prize will be awarded on February 13th 2014.
The selection committee as the jury will be announced soon.

Selection of entries
Applicants will be judged on the following criteria: artistic value, relevance (understanding of the issues), originality (ability to introduce new approaches, themes, and points of view), pedagogy (ability to get a message across, to raise awareness), social and participative approaches (engagement, testimony, efficiency, societal dynamics), eco-design, feasibility.
Entries by finalists are displayed to promote networking with relevant bodies and authorities, which could facilitate their future realization. The COAL Prize aims to encourage innovative practices. Project proposals can take any form. They have to be new or still in process but not achieved. The COAL Prize award can be a part of a more important funding of the proposed project
Application package
The application should include the following documents, assembled in a single PDF file (the application must not exceed 20 pages):
-A summary and illustrated description of the entry, detailing its artistic aspects and its relevance to the environmental and rural issues ;
- 2 HQ pictures illustrating the project ;
-A note on the technical aspects of the entry, notably in terms of construction and means of production ;
-An estimated budget ;
-A Curriculum Vitae and a portfolio

Submission
All proposals should be submitted to Coal server before January  5th, 2014.
>>> Upload proposals here

Particular conditions
By entering this competition, applicants expressly authorize the Coal organization to publish, reproduce and display in public all or part of the elements of their entry, for any purpose linked with the promotion and communication of the Coal project, on all platforms, media, in all countries and for the LEGAL DURATION OF THE COPYRIGHT. Entries submitted but not selected will be held in the archives of the Coal organization. They will, however, remain the property of their authors.
Participation in this call entails the full acceptance of the conditions laid out above.

Contact
For any further requests please write to : contact(at)projetcoal.fr