OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Residency opportunities (Nien Schwarz)

Fremantle Arts Centre is inviting individual artists and groups working across any discipline or medium to apply for the studio spaces at Fremantle Arts Centre, the Moores Studios, and the Residential Apartment. There are five variously sized non-residential studios available for projects with durations of 1 to 6 months. Please visit www.fac.org.au or contact Bevan Honey, Residencies Coordinator at Fremantle Arts Centre for more information or to discuss applications. Nien Schwarz

Francesca Mataraga at Factory 49, Sydney

Francesca Mataraga, Untitled preparation drawings, 2009, digital drawing, digital print on etching paper. Showing in Abstrakt painting from 18 November to 28 November. At Factory 49, Sydney. www.francescamataraga.net

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: The Cartier Award 2010

Entries to London’s Frieze Art Fair Cartier Award 2010 are now open. The Award is open to artists living outside of the UK, up to 5 years from graduating from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or under 30 years of age. The Cartier Award is organised by Frieze Projects, sponsored by Cartier and presented in collaboration with Gasworks. The recipient of the prize will have the unique opportunity to present their work at Frieze Art Fair 2010, guaranteeing a major international audience. Additionally the prize will cover production costs of up to £10,000, an artist’s fee, per diems, travel expenses and a studio residency at Gasworks in London from August to October 2010. Entry guidelines via www.suttonpr.com/lists/dl.php?id=266

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Sonic JOLT

JOLT Sonic & Visual Arts Inc. is a not-for-profit artist-run organisation initially formed ‘to provide opportunities for musicians and artists to contribute to the development of Australian culture through participation in high-calibre cutting edge sonic and visual arts performance based projects artistically directed by James Hullick’. JOLT has managed projects in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Cologne, Switzerland and New York; their latest project was THE NIS, a multimedia show which took place in Melbourne in March, and involved The Amplified Elephants, the Bolt chamber orchestra, and Stretch Integrate. For project management advice and updates, visit: www.joltarts.org

Ian Marr at Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney

Ian Marr, Hill End, 2009, oil on canvas. Ian Marr: Wayfarer, from 24 November to 20 December. At Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney. www.stelladownerfineart.com.au

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Linden Postcard show

Linden - Centre for Contemporary Arts annual Postcard Show is worth $12 000 in prizes. The Postcard Show is open to all Australian residents. Artists may enter up to 3 works with the only restriction being the works measure no more than 30 x 30 x 30 cm. Entries close 7 December 2009. Entry forms are available: t: 03 9209 6794 e: info@lindenarts.org web: www.lindenarts.org

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Lilla

The November launch of Lilla: International Women’s Network will be accompanied by an exhibition at Sydney’s Mori Gallery. Lilla is named after Lilla Watson, an Aboriginal activist and educator; the network exists to connect women working on issues of social justice in their communities, locally and internationally. The exhibition, Walking Together, culminates from a collaborative workshop held in the Blue Mountains in March which saw participation from film-makers, cartoonists, performance artists, painters and poets, responding to social issues and themes of social justice. Guest speakers at the launch include Lillian Holt, past director at the Centre for Indigenous Education, University of Melbourne, and academic/activist Paula Abood. Launch: 8 November, from 4pm, Mori Gallery, 168 Day St, Sydney (city); exhibition runs 8-15 November. www.lilla.org.au

Transitions at Flinders University City Gallery

Effy Alexakis, Deserted home interior II, Kastellorizo town, Kastellorizo, Greece, 1990. Personal Effects series, 2008, Lambda photographic print. Transitions: Aspects of European Island and Regional Cultures, was developed by Macquarie University Art Gallery and features artists Anglea Cavalieri, Nathalie Hartog-Gautier, Axel Poignant, Fernando Resendes, Claudia Terstappen, Jeremy Welsh and Salvatore Zofrea. Showing at Flinders University City Gallery, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, until 29 November. www.flinders.edu.au/artmuseum

OPPORTUNITIES: WRITING + STUDIOS

An Eye For An Eye

An opportunity to participate in a gesture of goodwill with Victoria’s Indian community, in the light of recently reported tensions, exists with the exhibition An Eye for Eye, featuring photography by Sudeep Lingamneni and painting and sculpture by Maitreyi Ray. Supported by Multicultural Arts Victoria, the Arts Centre and City of Melbourne, the exhibition reflects on the famous words of Mahatma Gandhi: ‘An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.’ Lingamneni hails from Eluru in India’s Andhra Pradesh, with a background in photography, music and graphic arts, while Ray’s work relates to her youth in Bengal. Exhibition runs at City Library, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 4 November to 29 November.

AMA Emerging Arts Writers’ Award

In its second year, the AMA Emerging Arts Writers’ Award asks budding voices to respond to the theme of Art + Community. The Award is open to Australian residents but you can write about work from any nation or era, even about your own work if relevant. Artists who work within, for and about community are all likely subjects, as is an article addressing the very notion or philosophy of community-minded practice. As 2009 Award judges Tamsin Kerr and Alan Dodge advised, ‘not only must [the article] have something interesting to say, but it needs to say it in an entertaining manner’. Open category prize: $2000 plus publication in a special Art + Community edition of AMA. Senior School Age category prize: $500, plus $500 in art supplies for their school. Entry guidelines via www.artmonthly.org.au, or contact the editor, art.monthly@anu.edu.au Entries close February 26, 2010.

Want a rent-free studio?

CAST is currently calling for applications for their 4 non-residential studios at 27 Tasma Street, North Hobart. These spaces are awarded for a year to emerging practitioners in the contemporary arts. Early-career makers, designers, curators and arts writers are all eligible. No rent or utility expenses, however bond and insurance fees apply. CAST’s aim is to support emerging practitioners. Applications due 6 November: http://www.castgallery.org/opportunities/studios

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Yarra public art commission

The City of Yarra is calling for expressions of interest for their environmental public art project, where artists and arts groups will create temporary or permanent artworks within the City of Yarra. 3 new commissions (with an artist fee of $15 000 each) will respond to the 6 key drivers of council’s environment strategy: Towards local sustainability 2008-2020. Expressions of interest are due 9 November. For more information: VISIT To register for the project brief visit www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/Council/Governance/Tendering.asp

Hans Kreiner at Prospect Gallery, Adelaide

Hans Kreiner, Epiphyte, 2008, laser cut brass shim, installed. Showing in Hans Kreiner: Glissando, from 1 to 22 November, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide. www.prospect.sa.gov.au/goto/prospectgallery 

Opportunity knocks PROPOSALS + FORUMS

Darwin calling

Proposals are now being accepted for the DVAA (Darwin Visual Arts Association Inc.) 2010 exhibition program. DVAA is one of the longest-running Artist-Run Initiatives in Australia. There are two exhibiting spaces: Woods Street Gallery and DEAF Space, exhibitions run for 3 weeks with 1-week installation time. Contact Lisa Wolfgramm for guidelines, e: info@dvaa.net.au / w: www.dvaa.net.au Applications close 2 December. Hayley West

Continuing yarns

Right Way: The Future of Indigenous Craft and Design is a new online forum inviting discussion around issues raised at the March 2009 conference Selling Yarns 2. The forum is only available until 20 November, contributions are welcome via w: http://carightway.ning.com HW

OPPORTUNITIES: Thanks, Janet

The Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant is designed to provide financial assistance to professional artists for the public presentation of their work. This funding is made possible through a generous donation from Mrs Janet Holmes à Court and the support of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council. This grant provides assistance towards the costs of public presentation of visual arts, craft and design (such as framing, media releases, media photographs, advertising, space rental, installation costs, promotional printing, mail outs, documentation, freight, travel, equipment rental, insurance, technical assistance and opening costs, etc.). Next deadline: 15 November.
www.visualarts.net.au/grantsprizes/vcags

Opportunity knocks: PRIZES + FESTIVALS

The Stanthorpe Art Festival

Showcasing contemporary Australian Visual Arts practice, The Stanthorpe Art Festival 2010 offers $10 000 for the winning entry and up to $20 000 in acquisition prizes. Deadline is 20 November, for more information e: director@srag.org.au www.srag.org.au

Brunswick Street Gallery

Artists are invited to enter BSG exhibition, with   $10 000 in prizes. 50 finalists will be selected to show with no size restriction or theme. Entries close 20 November. For details www.bsgart.com.au

Freedom art prize

TAP Gallery and Amnesty International Australia, have teamed up for the 14th year running to present the FREEDOM exhibition. The event aims to increase awareness about Amnesty International’s work in human rights protection and encourage support and donations. Applications to exhibit are due mid January and there is $10 000 in prizes. For more information: www.tapgallery.org.au

Kimberly Aboriginal Artsts at Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth

Lena Nyadbi, Daiwul and Jimbirla, 2009, natural ochres and pigments on canvas. Showing at Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth, WA, in KimberlyAboriginal Artsts: Sharing difference on common ground Mangkaja • Mowanjum • Waringarri • Warmun, until 29 November. www.holmesacourtgallery.com.au

STOP PRESS: Durrant distinction

Finally, congratulations to our very own Pacific Artnotes correspondent and occasional article contributor, Jacqui Durrant, who was Highly Commended in the 2009 MPC (Melbourne Press Club) Trawalla Arts Journalism Scholarship, which recognises writing on the visual/performing arts with a strong connection to Victoria. Jacqui’s submission included her article ‘Transcendence in Sam Jinks’s Still Life, Pietà’ for AMA (# 212, August 2008).

STOP PRESS: Digital Browns

Congratulations also to Brisbane artist Paul Brown who will be represented in the Victorian and Albert Museum, London’s upcoming international survey of digital art, Digital Pioneers. Brown was also represented in the recent V& A publication of the same name, and he co-edited a book on the subject, White Heat Cold Logic: British Computer Art, published earlier this year by MIT Press, Leonardo Print. The V&A recently acquired 14 of Brown’s prints to add to his 9 works already in their collection. Digital Pioneers runs December 2009 to April 2010, and is accompanied by Decode: Digital Design Sensations, which features work by Paul’s son, Daniel Brown.

STOP PRESS: Jesus a skateboarder?

Congratulations to wife and husband artist-duo Gillie and Marc Schattner whose contemporary blend of tragicomic chic earned them first prize for the Biennale of Chianciano, 13 to 27 September 2009, Tuscany, Italy, for their painting He’ll never be famous but he doesn’t give a damn, he’s a musician, which features a Dalmatian-headed figure playing guitar. This work was chosen above 150-plus pre-selected entries worldwide. The Schattners are not averse to incorporating dog-headed beings in their work. Their life-like silicon and fibreglass sculptural piece, The baby that shouldn’t be, bound for December’s Florence Biennale, portrays an oversized dog-headed naked baby (asking us to consider all the world’s unwanted, neglected, impoverished babies). And controversy lingers with their work, If Jesus was alive today he would be a skateboarder, which features in the inaugural 2009 Blake Prize Director’s Cut, an online exhibition which extends the Prize exhibition, 7 October to 7 November: www.blakeprize.com.au

STOP PRESS: Collective myopia

In October the Cultural Ministers Council advised that it will cease its funding of the Collections Council of Australia (CCA), which it had established in 2004 to bring the collection sector – archives, galleries, libraries and museums – together and to provide advice to ministers on the long-term sustainability of, and issues facing, the sector. While the future of any peak body representation for the sector remains unclear, CCA Chair Noel Turnbull decried the Council’s lack of vision: ‘In Australia the sad reality is that if you are part of the car, defence or financial industries you will get rewarded with billions of dollars for failure. In the arts your funding is more likely to be at a level which stifles success or causes failure.’ Turnbull cited comparisons with Norway, a smaller country whose equivalent organisation annually receives 23.5 million euros (to the CCA’s $500K) with a staff of 70 employees (to CCA’s 4). The CCA’s strong track record includes its recent model for sustainable collections (see National Artnotes) and the first National Standards document for the sector (September 2008).

STOP PRESS: Global memory

The State Library of Queensland (SLQ)’s historic collection of First Fleet Journals has been included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Program. The journal collection includes 9 of the 11 First Fleet journals known to exist, and provides eyewitness accounts of the voyage to Australia and early settlement from 1787 to the 1790s. Together the journals form an invaluable record of the foundations of Sydney and the beginnings of the Australian nation; of the Indigenous lifestyle at the time of British colonisation; and the genesis and development of relations between the British and Indigenous people in the Sydney region.

ERRATA

Apologies to Tom Polo, Jake Walker and Michael Lindeman, for a wrongly captioned image (p. 23) in John von Sturmer’s article (AMA #224) on the exhibition I’m Worse At What I Do Best (curated by Tom Polo, Parramatta Artists Studios, July-October 2009). The caption should have credited Michael Lindeman for his work BEAUTIFUL PAINTING “THE BATHERS�, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 173cm.