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Lan Nguyen Hoan, Boxbots: Paper Face, Crispy & Boxton McFoldinberg, 2007, paper, drafting film, stainless steel, aluminium, silk. On show in the Crucible showcase at Craft ACT : Craft and Design Centre, Canberra as part of the Emerging Artist Award Scheme (EASS). Until 20 December. Photo: Johannes Kuhnen. www.craftact.org.au

Opportunities AMA TEAM

Contact: artnotes@anu.edu.au

Southern ocean star

Fancy a fully-furnished studio cottage and Albany’s magnificent granite coastline? The 2009 City of Albany Art Prize offers artists a chance to win up to 4 weeks studio time, with $2500 for expenses, in addition to the major cash prize of $25 000. Entries for pre-selection close 12 December, 2008. www.albanyartprize.com.au

Opportunities-are-us

Submissions are being sought for the 2009 Darwin Festival (13 to 30 August 2009) from NT artists, particularly for projects involving collaboration with artists in various art forms such as Indigenous arts and youth projects. For more information and application details, contact Sarah Novinetz, e: contact@darwinfestival.org.au. Applications close 6 March. This is a rare opportunity that has not been presented to NT artists in the recent history of the Darwin Festival; the new Artistic Director Jo Duffy must be listening.

Online spaces

Freshlybakedgallery.com promises to be a new kind of exhibition space, challenging the format and ideology of traditional galleries, with a series of group shows planned for its inauguration. Contact Tim Brady for more information tim@freshlybakedgallery.com.

www.talentseekers.net, intended for professionals of art, culture and the media, building an international network of cultural, artistic and media professionals who can help each other with their respective projects, as well as work together to discover and promote new talent. Information available at www.talentseekers.net/

www.artistcareer.com brings together information about professional and business development for visual artists, craft and design practitioners. www.artistcareer.com.au. A joint initiative of the Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) and the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) and part of AbaF’s Artist Business Program.

Pecha Kucha

Pecha Kucha, which originated in Tokyo, is a unique, rapid-fire format in which each speaker shows 20 images, each for 20 seconds. With each presentation lasting just 6 minutes and 40 seconds, the audience experiences an exhilarating variety of ideas and projects. Pecha Kucha Night is non profit and is now running in 142 cities globally, find a location and join the conversation. Contact: curators@pechakucha.co.nz. www.pechakucha.co.nz www.pecha-kucha.org/

The Churchie

The Churchie - National Emerging Art Exhibition has now opened for 2009 entries. Closing date is 31 March 2009. Winning prize $10 000. Contact: enquiries@churchieemergingart.com
www.churchieemergingart.com

South Western Times Survey

The Bunbury Regional Art Galleries invites all interested artists residing in South West Australia to enter this regional showcase exhibition. The traditional street festival opening for the South Western Times Survey will coincide with Valentine’s Day on Saturday 14 February 2009. The street festival is sure to provide a fantastic evening’s entertainment for all in the community. Contact Bunbury Regional Art Galleries for an entry form lbrede@brag.org.au.

Public Art Commission: Williamstown Botanic Gardens

Expressions of interest are invited for the creation of two new entrance gates for the Williamstown Botanic Gardens. Contact Ilona Rayson irayson@hobsonsbay.viv.gov.au for the project brief. Submissions are due 28 January 2009.

Artist in residence

The Baldessin Press, St Andrews, Victoria, is inviting interested artists to apply for a position as Artist-in-Residence for a period of 3 weeks in the first half of 2009. Includes subsidies, accommodation and 24 hour studio access to the printmaking facilities. To apply or find out more contact info@baldessinpress.com.

Kickstart

Kickstart is Next Wave’s major artist development program, and artists under 30 are invited to apply. Projects should respond to the theme: No risk too great. Download an application pack from www.nextwave.org.au and send in before 15 December. Contact nextwave@nextwave.org.au.

CCAS

Canberra Contemporary Art Space is now calling for proposals for the 2009 exhibition program in their Manuka space. Proposals must be received by December 19. For any questions please contact Yolande on 6247 0188 or yolande@ccas.com.au www.ccas.com.au

Garden path

The Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Garden event held in the wonderful Auckland Botanic Gardens has put out a call for submissions for sculptural works. Proposals are due by 28 February 2009. www.aucklandbotanicgardens.co.nz

Art fits Report

The Griffith University – Tony Fitzgerald Lecture and Scholarship Program is seeking artists whose work relates to the Fitzgerald Report, a ‘watershed in Queensland and Australia’s political history’. To mark the 20th anniversary in 2009 of the report’s release, a lecture, scholarship program and numerous public events including an art exhibition will take place. A collaborative venture between Queensland College of Art and the Museum of Brisbane, the exhibition aims to source cartoons, court drawings, and other less documentary but no less relevant artworks related to the Fitzgerald Report. Initial enquires to Jenny Wilson via: jenny.wilson@griffith.edu.au

Wednesday’s child

Melbourne’s newest contemporary art space, Guildford Lane Gallery, is seeking artists/curators/designers for a series of artist-run evenings every Wednesday. Known as The Wednesday Project, the evening is a chance for artists to push the boundaries of genre and medium, and to allow the audience to witness the process over a period of time, i.e., applicants must commit to a series of up to 4 Wednesdays per project. Potentially, it could involve insight or commentary into the artistic process, workshops, critical lectures/discussions, screenings, or performance. Publicity and venue are provided free of charge. For gallery dimensions and spaces available, check out the website: www.guildfordlanegallery.org/apply

The Australian Video Art Archive (AVAA) …

.. is the first research collection and online archive of its type in Australia which is already becoming an important site for the cultural and research sectors. It contains video and performance art works from the early 1970s to the present. Part of Monash University’s Faculty of Art & Design, the AVAA is now seeking video and performance art work on video to add to its research collection and online archive. AVAA is interested in photographs, videos, taped interviews or seminars or any other ephemera that may be available. Artists enter into a contract with the archive and if their work is borrowed they receive fees which are distributed annually. The archive’s primary researchers are Anne Marsh, Matthew Perkins and Elena Galimberti.
For enquiries on how to contribute, please contact e: info@videoartchive.org.au,
or t: (03) 9903 2290; (03) 9903 2255. www.videoartchive.org.au

10, 9, 8 …

Festival goers who like to plan ahead will no doubt be on top of Tasmania’s Ten Days on the Island Festival which launched its (March/April) 2009 program in Hobart late last month. Australia’s only statewide international Arts Festival and Tasmania’s premier cultural event, this biennial festival boasts some impressive figures: a multi-art program with over 730 artists from 20 countries; 62 Festival projects in 99 venues in 52 locations across the State; 5 world and 17 Australian premieres. One program highlight includes the Australian premiere of Metamorphosis, the theatre production based on Franz Kafka’s work, by Iceland’s Theatre Vesturport and London’s Lyric Hammersmith. To receive the 2009 Ten Days on the Island brochure, register at www.tendaysontheisland.com Festival dates: March 27 to April 5 2009.

Clarification

Art Monthly apologises to the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) for any negative perceptions as a result of an item
published in National Artnotes, November 2008. By way of clarification, work on the Indigenous Australian Art Commercial
Code of Conduct continues under a new industry/government co-operative development model which sees NAVA working with a broad alliance of industry partners and the Australia Council in consultation with DEWHA and the ACCC. The draft Code Rules will be finalised for consultation by December 2008 with the administrative
arrangements decided early in 2009. (Ed.)

Apologies

Apologies to Chawla Mehra Jignasha for miscrediting her work to Jignasha Doshi (AMA #215 p 51.) The correct title of the work is Purge, 2008, mixed media on canvas.
Apologies to Judy Darragh, her work is called Un Title, (AMA #215 p 53.)

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