What's on in Sydney this month?

Yuri here!

So, having become thoroughly addicted to adding new pages to this site (and pissing the Director of VPoff :P) I decided it was about time I began uploading links of up and coming shows and competions. Here will be links and info about how to enter such shows and ultimately build up your artist cv (which we all know is very important, seriously!). The bigger your CV is, the more likely you are to get paid work in the arts industry. This page should be regularly updated by either myself or any one of the VP team that has something to add. As I've been inspired by just how easy it is to be productive (thanks to the VP sketch a day challange) I think it's time we all got of our a$$es and started trying to get our art seen by people we don't know, not just our friends and mothers :P

International Comps!

Yuri here again. Living here in Europe as a practicing artist is very different to living in Oz, it's easier! With so many competitions around it's easy to get your work around. International submissions are allowed so what looks better than having your work in a show in oz? Have your work shown internationally ofcourse!

W00H00!

This website is awesome and has many funky things for all kinds of artists! <3

http://www.artsconnect.com.au/callforartists/index.htm

artsConnect regularly publishes calls for artists and information on exhibition opportunities, galleries seeking new artists to exhibit, art competitions, artist grants, film festivals, audition calls, writing competitions and other opportunities.

   
Call for Artists, Designers & Architects : Taide & Design Magazine
First Deadline: 3 April 2009, FInland
Taide & Design is a new Finnish magazine that focuses on a broad spectrum of international creation around Art and Design. We are calling for Artists to submit work featured on their website for a possible inclusion to Taide & Design website ...more
   

Call for Video Artists : PERCEPT VideoBox 1.0
Deadline: Open Call - Brussels, Europe
Under the PERCEPT project, FAR association is calling for proposals for the creation of short video (4 to 6 minutes) presented in the "Box" of PERCEPT project. Videobox is one of autonomous installation of PERCEPT Project in Brussels Europe. ...more

   

Call for Artists : Masterworks in the Vineyard 2009
Deadline: 24 July 2009
MASTERWORKS In the Vineyard is a bi-ennial invitational exhibition showcasing emerging and established contemporary artists working in a diverse range of media. Artists are invited to submit works for the 2009 exhibition to be launched Oct 09. ...more

   

Call for Illustrators : $10,000 Monster Illustration Prize
Deadline: 27 March 2009
Independent publishers Murdoch Books is hunting for a new illustrator whose work has not yet been published in commercially released book form, to create the images for our forthcoming children’s title, The Monster Maintenance Manual ...more

   

Call for Video Artists : Videoholica International Video Art Festival 2009
Deadline: 20 June 2009, Bulgaria
The 2nd edition of the VIDEOHOLICA FESTIVAL 2009 will take place in Varna Bulgaria from 7 until 17 of August 2009. Video artists are invited to submit works for consideration - there is no submission fee. ...more

   

Call for Artists : Residency Programs for Artists
Deadline: Open Call, France
France – residency programs for artists – art retreats, residencies etc. Artistay is a service for artists, writers, architects, academics, art teachers and curators looking for a residency program in France in order to realise a personal artistic project. ...more

   

Open Invitation : Artists Studios to Rent
Deadline: Open Call, Adelaide SA
Raynart Studio Gallery in Adelaide has 6-7 affordable studio spaces available for rent on a 6, 9 & 12 month basis. Space sizes are approximately 9m2 (3m X 3m). Bathroom and kitchen facilities are available. ...more

   

Call for Musicians : JB Seed - An Arts Grant Fund
Deadline: 27 April 2009
The JB Seed is officially five years old! And to celebrate, this years grants will offer greater diversity and make the program more accessible for artists across a wider range of disciplines. ...more

   

Call for Sculptors : Swell Sculpture 2009
Deadline: 24 March 2009, Gold Coast QLD
Swell Sculpture Festival is calling for entries to exhibit in the seventh outdoor sculpture exhibition held along Queensland’s Currumbin Beach ocean walkway from the 11th – 20th September 2009. ...more

   

Call for Designers : Greenpeace Design Awards 2009
Deadline: 15 June 2009
The Greenpeace Design Awards 2009 are now open. The awardswere created to help raise awareness of environmental issues through innovation and creativity.  The brief is to design a poster that delivers the message ‘Be a Part of the Action’. ...more

   

Call for Artists : Electrofringe Festival 2009
TWO Deadlines: 31 Mar 2009 & 31 May 2009, Newcastle NSW
Electrofringe is calling for proposals for the 2009 festival. We're looking for creative expressions from artists, sound artists, performers, media makers, digital filmmakers, cross-artform practitioners, curators, producers, writers, experimenters etc. ...more

   

Call for Young Artists : Coaster Design Competition
Deadline: 20 March 2009, Sydney NSW
A new art competition aimed at young artists aged from 14-16yrs. Create an artwork that educates people about the impact of problem gambling on families. Do you have the creative skills to create a life-changing artwork that is just 95mm x 95mm? ...more

   

Call for Textile Artists : Textile Art Festival 2009
Deadline: 24 April 2009
Transform trash into treasure! Textile artists will be challenged by ‘The Art of Recycling’ in a new competition for the upcoming Textile Art Festival in Brisbane, May 09. The competition has two categories: ‘Wearable art’ and ‘Textile Art to Live With’. ...more

   
Call for Artists : Tidy Contemporary Arts Space
Deadline: Open Call, Brisbane QLD
Tidy Contemporary Arts Space is a new gallery located in Brisbane. We're on the look out for new artists to exhibit, particularly street art and photography. Proposals are sought for both our hired space and free rotational space. ...more
   
Call for Artists : Suitcase Series @ TotalKunst Gallery
Deadline: Ongoing Call, Edinburgh Scotland UK
TotalKunst is a artist-run gallery in the heart of Edinburgh UK. We're inviting proposals for our ongoing gallery project “Suitcase Series” that plays with notions of distance, space, location, interpretation and interaction. Open to international artists. ...more
   
Call for Film, Graphic Design & Creative Writers : PNAN Youth Arts Festival
Deadline: 31 July 2009, Sydney NSW
The hot issue concerning young people in NSW right now is the role of drugs and alcohol in society. In response to these concerns the PNAN Youth Arts Festival is on the lookout for the hottest young and emerging talent in film, design & writing ...more
   

Call for Filmmakers : $20,000 Short Film Competition
Deadline: 9 March 2009, Sydney NSW
Have you got an idea for a short film? For the second year, John Jameson Productions is giving aspiring creative minds like you the opportunity to get your ideas made. All you need is a brilliant idea for a short film with an unexpected ending. ...more

   

Call for Artists : Recycled Art - Little Black Pearl
Deadline: 13 March 2009 Chicago USA
Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center in Chicago will host an exhibition entitled "T.A.W.G.A. Recycled Art, Throw Away Don't Go Away". Artists are invited to submit works for consideration. ...more

   

Call for Artists : Gallery Aloft Call for Submissions
Deadlines : Open Call, Rozelle NSW
Gallery Aloft is situated on Darling Street, Rozelle amidst the artistic hub that is quickly defining the area as Sydney’s newest gallery district. Artists are invited to submit proposals for the 2008 / 2009 exhibition program. ...more

   
Call for Artists : Breathing Colours Art Gallery
Deadline: Open Call, Balmain NSW
Now seeking proposals for their 2009 exhibition program, Breathing Colours welcomes submissions for both group and solo shows in a variety of different mediums. ...more
   

Call for Performing Artists : Creative Dissent
Deadline: Open Call, Sydney NSW
Creative Dissent is a monthly community performance night attempting to network communities both political and artistic. Each month Creative Dissent provides a space for 3 preorganised acts and extensive open mic / stage. ...more

Call for Artists : Percolator Gallery 2009 Exhibitions
Deadline: Open Call, Brisbane QLD
Percolator Gallery in Brisbane is now taking bookings for 2009 Exhibition Calendar. Situated in the heart of the Paddington Gallery Precinct, Brisbane, Percolator Gallery showcases contemporary art work by emerging and established artists. ...more

   

Call for Artists : Design Original Art Gallery
Deadline: Open Call, Melbourne VIC
Design Original Art, based in Melbourne Australia, is an exciting art space selling original pieces of art. that suits modern lifestyles including offices, resorts and homes. We welcome submissions from contemporary artists across Australia ...more

   

Call for Artists : MS USE Sex & Text
Deadline: Open Call
The new magazine MS.USE is looking for artworks dealing with sex. The magazine will be distributed around Tel-Aviv and at the website www.msuse.com. Artists are invited to submit creations in any media (textual or visual) ...more

Call for Artists : Artist in Residency Program
Deadline: Open Call, Tuscany Italy
La Macina di San Cresci  is an independent non-profit association based in Greve in Chianti (Florence) Italy. They are offering an Artist-in-Residency program, open to international artists, writers, poets, actors and other art professionals. ...more

   

Call for Artists : The Mess @ Candy's Apartment
Deadline: Open Call, Sydney NSW
The Mess is a growing club night at Candy's Apartment, one of the most respected music venues in Sydney. With a slogan of "Art Meets Art" we are trying to promote nights for both musical and visual artists, where the two can come go together ...more

   
 

 

 

More film comps!

Call for Video Artists : Videoholica International Video Art Festival 2009
Deadline: 20 June 2009, Bulgaria

The 2nd edition of the VIDEOHOLICA FESTIVAL 2009 will take place in Varna Bulgaria from 7 until 17 of August 2009. Video artists are invited to submit works for consideration - there is no submission fee.

VIDEOHOLICA 2009 will present a series of video art projections and exhibitions as well as discussions and workshops concerning video art topics in traditional gallery spaces in Varna and also in nontraditional outdoor public spaces, virgin for contemporary art environment, or where it is less known.

The 2nd festival edition will pass under the PEKING DUCK OR VIDEO IN TIME OF CRISIS motto.  We believe this title corresponds with the core aims of VIDEOHOLICA FESTIVAL and also it is definitely provoking, actual, and gives opportunity to stimulate original visual art proposals covering very wide sphere of problems and meanings. Nowadays, in time of global financial crisis, the motto in question focuses on two contrast models that control the world - luxury and poverty - in the broad sense of the meaning. The motto also corresponds with the concept of “high” art and the video art as one of the most popular contemporary media, which nowadays is becoming more and more accessible for the artists around the world. In the frames of the PEKING DUCK OR VIDEO IN TIME OF CRISIS motto, this year’s festival edition gives certain directions for approach and development of the idea of international collaboration and partnership, concerning video art phenomenon with its complicated meaning and sense.

The decisions will be made by the 5-member jury. All the applicants, who observe the rules and the deadline, will have admission to the jury, which will take place in the early July 2009. The final results will be announced and sent to the applicants by e-mail approximately by the middle of July 2009. The jury will make representative selection of 20 movies. There is no submission fee.

VIDEOHOLICA 2009 open call will run until 20 of June 2009 and all applications are very welcome!

For contacts, terms and conditions & application form, please visit www.videoholica.org

Art Comps - March 2009

Call for Video Artists : PERCEPT VideoBox 1.0
Deadline: Open Call - Brussels, Europe

Under the PERCEPT project, FAR association is calling for proposal for the creation of short video (4 to 6 minutes) presented in the "Box" of PERCEPT project. Videobox is one of autonomous installation of PERCEPT Project.

Videobox will be presented at various festivals, either in addition to the project or view is independently. Several contacts have already been taken with digital arts festivals, videos or centers cultural/events in several European countries.

Details of PERCEPT project

Percept 2.0 was created and introduced last October for the Nuit Blanche Paris 2008 (co-production festival Transnumériques - Center Wallonia Brussels Paris). It also received the support of the French Community of Belgium and its new version 2.1 will be created for the Festival des Bains Numérique d'Enghien 2009 (June - France).

The project will be in the near future and for a perido of 3-months in residency at the "Centre BRASS" (Brussels) with this work.

Détails of the installation VideoBox

The "Box" is a box of 1 m by 2 m with the lid is a projection screen. The viewer is alone, lying down and watching the screen therefore is above him (in less than a meter). The sound system surrounds the viewer with a box below low as Box.

It is for this format and in these conditions of viewing that particular video will be projected deductions.

The format is 2 / 1 in the vertical direction.

We invite you to see the web site for more informations and download (call, entry form and conditions)

www.projet-percept.be

Yarra Bi! 2009

Call for Artists : Masterworks in the Vineyard 2009
Deadline: 24 July 2009

MASTERWORKS In the Vineyard is a bi-ennial invitational exhibition showcasing emerging and established contemporary artists working in a diverse range of media. Over the past 20 years MASTERWORKS has achieved an increasing reputation as an exceptional visual art exhibition, a true reflection of the calibre of the artists and works represented and ELTHAM College of Education’s steadfast commitment to the arts.

Deadline for Preselection is July 24, 2009 Entry free is $60 per artist.
For more information and entry forms please go to www.masterworks.com.au.

2009 MASTERWORKS IN THE VINEYARD.
17 to 30 October 2009
Swipers Gully Vineyard and Restaurant
Kangaroo Ground
On the edge of the Yarra Valley,  VIC

Want to enter comps but don't have the art?

Not a problem! Below are places to go and hang out, create art or just find your inner groove. In today's day and age it's hard to juggle your art, work and personal life. Now there's no reason to give up your social life to work on you art. Make a fun night out of seeking inspiration with your mates! If going here doesn't get you to create art nothing will :P A great place to start is ofcourse our very own ArtHouse Hotel! Which isn't really a hotel at all but a very funky bar ^^  http://www.thearthousehotel.com.au

Dr Sketchy's : Anti-Art school

Dr Sketchys anti-art school comes to Sydney
Where Cabaret meets Art

Attic Bar - Every Fortnight on Tuesdays from 6.30pm ($17 door, $18 online)
Dr Sketchys will be held on the following dates:

Featuring live Burlesque & Dr Sketchy models.

Dr Sketchy's is what happens when cabaret meets art school.
It was the little Brooklyn (USA) event that became a movement.
Started by artists Molly Crabapple and A.V Phibes.
It is now a 16 country community, with Dr Sketchy's
opening somewhere in the world every week.

At our Dr Sketchy events, you will be able to enjoy a drink,
draw / paint, or just sit back and enjoy the live Burlesque
entertainment.

Bookings can be made by going to www.drsketchy.com.au 

Dr Sketchys will resume 3rd February 2009. We look forward to seeing you then.

 

Life Drawing

Art lovers of all ages can enjoy a relaxed life drawing session in an architectually inspiring space and maybe even the odd glass of wine. All welcome...

See below for models

Dome Restaurant & Gallery Bar

Mondays 6:00pm - 8.30pm

Cost: $3 per person (Please pay at the front door until 6.30pm. Artists arriving after this time will be expected to honour the system and pay at the bar.)

Bar food and $6 drinks specials available from 5pm

You must be over 18 years old to attend this class

January sessions:

5th - Monika
12th - Jaquie & Catherine
19th - Liliana & Bernadette
26th - Closed – Aus Day

Shots

Photography Workshops
For all skill levels. Whether you have a basic point-and-shoot,an SLR or for those who are just interested in photography, ‘Shots’ is the perfect workshop for you.


Created by multi award winning Master Photographer Daniel Linnet (www.linnetfoto.com) and professional Photographer and tutor, Michael Good from Sydney Photographic Workshops.
www.spw.net.au

‘Shots’ is held fortnightly on Tuesday’s in the Attic Bar Level 2
Doors open at 6.00pm and the workshop commences at 6.30pm until 9.30pm. The bar is open all night so there is plenty of time to enjoy a delicious cocktail or three!
The Bar Menu is also available throughout the night.

Feb 10th - Creative Composition
and Light

Feb 24th - Working with Movement
- creative shutter and exposure
basics

Mar 10th - Compact Craft -
getting the most out of your
digital compact

Mar 24th - Capture the Moment -
photographing people

Apr 7th - Flash Dance - creative
flash techniques

Apr 21st - The Main Event -
Bringing life into event coverage

May 5th - Interiors and Still Life

May 19th - Capture to Print -
workflow fundamentals

SLR’s are not essential for the February sessions but to take full advantage of the night, any camera will do!
$25 per session and bookings are highly recommended
e: events@thearthousehotel.com.au
or t: 02 9284 1228

 

Artists' Salon

As we all know networking is a huge part of being an working artist. They say the average working artist spends 70% of their time networking and only 19% creating the actual artwork. The Arthouse Hotel offers this awesome event to help artists network!

A monthly education & inspiration event
for the purpose of bringing artists of all
descriptions together to share knowledge
& network with other artistic people.

When: First Monday of every month, starting Feb 2nd
From: 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Where: Attic Bar - Level 2
Cost: Adults only $18 Concession $15
WEEK 1 – Special Guest Speakers
Daniel Rosenbaum Ice Sculptor and Designer of Ice
Hotel in Sweden.
Daniel will be showing a slideshow of his work at the Ice
Hotel as well as talking about the creation of sacred
spaces.
www.rosenbaumdesign.com.au
&
James Winter of Queen Street Studio
Co-founder of Queen Street Studio in Chippendale and
creator of Peep Show.
www.queenstreetstudio.com

Email Liz to pre-book tickets or purchase at the door.
To take part in Artists’ Salon as a speaker or performer,
please submit your proposal to
lizpage@yahoo.com

 

Jazz Pitt

Rhia, this one's for you! I think you should try to be apart of the line up, I just know you'll become the star attraction the second you open your mouth and blow them all away with your fantastic voice ^^

Dome Restaurant & Lounge

Fridays in the Dome Restaurant from 6.15pm

Dinner bookings call (02) 9284 1230.

Drinks reservations call (02) 9284 1250.


A changing line up each week of some of the best Jazz musicians and DJs in Sydney, within the relaxed atmosphere of the Dome Lounge. Artists include Lindsay Page, Tim Rollinson, Virna Sanzone, Lilly Dior, Jo Fabro, Bobby Gebert, Stuart Hunter.

Jazz Pitt will be returning in February 2009 cooler and steamier than ever.

FEBRUARY

6th - Lady Belle Trio

13th - Jo Fabro

20th - Virna Sanzone

27th - John Leigh Calder Band