Alternating Current Exhibit: March 16th, 2008

Beyond/In Western New York 2010

Seeks Submissions for 2010 Biennial: Alternating Currents

Deadline: March 16th, 2009

BUFFALO, NY – Beyond/In Western New York 2010 seeks submissions for the upcoming biennial, “Alternating Currents.” Building on the resounding success of Beyond/In Western New York in 2005 and 2007, twelve local arts organizations will once again join forces for the 2010 exhibition. Beyond/In Western New York 2007 showcased the work of fifty artists in twelve regional art venues for a spectacular exhibition that attracted 60,000 visitors from 40 states and several countries. Beyond/In Western New York 2010 is slated to open in September 2010.

The call for submissions is open to emerging and established artists and art collectives in Western and Central New York, Southern Ontario, Northeastern Ohio, and Northwestern Pennsylvania. Artists working in all media – film, installation, multimedia, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, performance, and video – are encouraged to submit work.

Artists are asked to respond to the theme “Alternating Currents.” Under this thematic umbrella, and also new for 2010, will be a non-regional component consisting of invited artists from outside the established regional boundaries. While “Alternating Currents” is derived from conversations about the Buffalo/Niagara region’s storied past and its subsequent development, the reviewers welcome a broad range of interpretations and applications in response to the theme.

2010 partners include the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo Arts Studio, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Carnegie Art Center, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara university, CEPA Gallery, El Museo Francisco Oller Y Diego Rivera, Hallwalls Contemporary art Center, Squeaky wheel, University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery and University at Buffalo Art Gallery.

Deadline for submissions is March 16, 2009. For application and information, please visit www.beyondinwny.org. For additional information, contact project coordinator Brooke Fitzpatrick at 716-270-8238.

B/I WNY 2010 Biennial : CALL FOR ARTISTS!

Deadline March 16th, 2009

BEYOND/IN WESTERN NEW YORK 2010: Alternating Currents is open to submissions from emerging and established artists and art collectives in Western and Central New York, Southern Ontario, Northeastern Ohio, and Northwestern Pennsylvania. Artists working in all media – film, installation, multimedia, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, performance, and video – are encouraged to submit work. For submission application and information, please visit www.beyondinwny.org. The application deadline is March 16th, 2009.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1/16/09

CONTACT: Brooke Fitzpatrick 716-270-8238 bfitzpatrick@albrightknox.org

Jax Deluca

Program Assistant

Squeaky Wheel

712 Main St

Buffalo, NY 14202

716-884-7172

www.squeaky.org

office@squeaky.org

Raised Voices: 4/11

Zygote Press is currently looking for artists for an exhibition of artists’ books responding to the title: Raised Voices: artists’ books for troubled times. Please see the curators’ statement for more details.

Only fine art books and book based work will be accepted for consideration. Dimensions, media, and materials are all the choice of the artist. We are hoping that the books can be read and handled by viewers, but some vitrine space will be available for more fragile pieces.

The exhibition is being curated by Susan Vincent and Wendy Partridge. Susan Vincent is a printmaker and book artist. She received her BFA from Kent State University in printmaking and currently works at SPACES, an alternative contemporary art gallery in Cleveland. At SPACES Vincent manages the experimental project space, SPACELab and works as the Membership and Administrative Manager. In September 2008 Vincent spent five weeks in Germany on an international residency exchange program funded by Zygote Press, the Ohio Arts Council, and the City of Dresden. Wendy Partridge is a painter and printmaker. She studied art at San Francisco State University and the California College of Arts and Crafts. During that time she apprenticed with Peter Koch at his letterpress studio in Berkeley, California and at the Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. She has a graduate degree in art conservation from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and works as a paintings conservator at the Intermuseum Conservation Association in Cleveland, Ohio. She occasionally teaches workshops on the fundamentals of letterpress printing at Zygote Press.

The deadline for submission is Saturday April 11, 2009. Zygote Press will be open from 10-5 on April 11 for drop-offs. The exhibit opens Friday May 1st and runs through June 6th, 2009.

For more information or questions, contact the either curator via email
suevince@gmail.com or wpartridge@ica-artconservation.org

ENTRY PROCEDURE
For consideration, the artist must submit the actual piece to Zygote Press along with high res digital images of previous work for PR purposes.

No other supplemental materials will be taken into consideration during the jury process.

Unaccepted work and CDs will only be returned if accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope; otherwise unaccepted work will be available for pick-up at Zygote Press on April 15th and April 18th , 2009. CDs of selected artists will be retained for use in the promotion of Raised Voices: artists’ books for troubled times.

Complete application forms must accompany all submitted work. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please see following page for the application form.

UTC Grant: February 2nd

Summer Teaching Development Grants

Call For Proposals

The University Teaching Council believes in supporting excellence in education. The purpose of the Summer Teaching Development Grant (STDG) is to enhance student learning by providing financial support for faculty to engage in projects that will significantly improve teaching methods, develop curricula, or create innovative course materials.

Since the award aims to provide the greatest benefits to students, preference will be given to projects that will improve undergraduate learning either directly through enhancing undergraduate teaching or indirectly by improving graduate teaching that plays a significant role in the training of graduate teaching fellows.

The University Teaching Council will award Summer Teaching Development Grants in two amounts; $3,250. for a five-week period, and $6,500. for a ten-week period. The grants are intended to serve as a faculty salary, and recipients must agree not to accept any other teaching projects for the duration of the grant.

The grants are intended to fund the total cost of the proposed project. In cases of exceptional expense, the University Teaching Council may consider additional funds under the Teaching Conference or the Teaching Development Grants.

General Criteria
Advancing Teaching Excellence…The project should exceed normal course preparation, and it should either improve current pedagogical practices or introduce new pedagogical methods or materials that will significantly improve teaching and enhance student learning.

Applicability to Kent State University…Projects should relate to teaching within the University mission. Preference will be given to proposals that provide the greatest benefit, directly or indirectly, to students at Kent State University.

Interdisciplinary Course Development…The University Teaching Council is especially interested in reading proposals on interdisciplinary courses and hope that at least one award for summer 2009 will be for this target area of the Strategic Plan.

Eligibility
All full-time and part-time faculty members at any of the eight Kent State University campuses are eligible for a Summer Teaching Development Grant. Applicants working on collaborative projects must indicate whether they are splitting one award or requesting full awards for each collaborator, depending on the scope of the project. Last year’s recipients of a Summer Teaching Development Grant are not eligible to apply for a grant this year. Funds will be awarded to those activities which have a clear connection to the advancement of learning and educational excellence at Kent State University.

Grant Recipients

1. Grant recipients will report their results or progress in writing to the University Teaching Council at the duration of the summer term.
2. Grant recipients are expected to make a presentation at the annual College Teaching Conference in the fall.
3. Grant recipients will submit an assessment of the longer term impact of the project to the University Teaching Council.
4. Grant recipients may be asked to come together with other grant recipients during the summer to discuss their experiences.

Should an award produce materials that could be patented or copyrighted, these patents or copyrights, subject to legal considerations and traditions of Kent State University, may be shared jointly by the University and the individual faculty member. Taxes and STRS will be withheld from the stipend.

Grant Writing Workshop
The University Teaching Council strongly recommends that applicants attend a grant writing workshop either on Wednesday November 19, 2008 from 12-2 pm OR Thursday January 22, 2009 from 4-6 pm. Applicants are encouraged to bring a rough draft of their proposal to the workshop for feedback. Examples of successful proposals will be available for examination.

Procedure

Please use the cover sheet provided to list the required information about your project. The proposal must be no more than 5 single-spaced, typewritten pages, excluding the cover page. Number the pages. Remember that your proposal will be read and evaluated by colleagues outside your discipline.

Proposal should be submitted to Anne Morrison at amorriso@kent.edu by Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Proposals will be reviewed March 6, 2009, by the UTC, and awards will be announced March 20, 2009.

To be considered, proposals must follow the requirements above.

Proposals must also include the following parts:

Part I: Goals. Clearly state the goals of your project and define the audience to whom the project is addressed. Explain in detail how the project will enhance teaching excellence and student learning.

Part II: Significance. Explain if and how you view the project as innovative. State how the project relates to the University Strategic Plan and/or AQIP Action Project No1 (or unit Action Project).

Part III: Scope and Anticipated Impact. Explain who will be affected by the project and in what way. Describe its scope in terms of, for example, the number of students and /or units affected (program, department/school, college, campus).

Part IV: Procedure and Timeline: Provide a step-by-step plan for completing your project, including a timeline for the 5-week or 10-week grant period.

Part V: Evaluation. How will you evaluate the success of your project? Discuss specific plans and procedures for assessing the success of your project.

Part VI: Communication of the Results. Discuss ways you will communicate the results of your project to others in the university and to professional colleagues. Will publishable results be derived from this project? Will presentations at professional meetings result? Recipients of this award are expected to present their findings at the annual UTC conference in the fall.

Part VII: Vitae. Append your curriculum vitae to the proposal, highlighting items relevant to the project.

If additional equipment or funds are necessary to complete this project, how do you propose to obtain them? If you anticipate such additional funding needs, you may submit a Teaching Conference Grant request or a Teaching Development Grant request, in addition to this proposal. Any additional materials or funds required should be explained as thoroughly as possible in the proposal.

Gallery Consignment: January 31st

Hello Fellow Book Artists,
Looking for artist books, limited edition or unique, which have a primary
artist medium of photography. Any method of reproduction is fine. Text or no
text. Must be hand-bound. Have noticed quite a few customers from the world
of photography getting interested in artist books and would love to develop
some inventory. These books would be in the gallery on consignment.

If you make photographic artist books please reply to me off-list at
23sandygallery@gmail.com. Send a link to a web site or even a few JPGs. I'd
love to see what you have going.

Have a good day,

Laura

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Laura Russell
23 Sandy Gallery
623 NE 23rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 503-927-4409
Email: 23sandygallery@gmail.com
Web site: www.23Sandy.com

Summer Residency: March 6th

The Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts is offering one two-week residency in the summer of 2009. The residency is intended to provide time, facilities and assistance for specific projects. We are seeking emerging and mid-career artists who are experienced book artists, printers, or papermakers. Selected artists will receive studio space, an assistant, access to our state-of-the-art studios, living quarters, and an honorarium. One copy of the completed project will be donated to the Center's Resource Room. We also ask residents to document the process to accompany the final artwork.

AIGA: march 6, 2009

Want to see your work included in this year’s selections?

All you need to do is enter the competitions by March 6, 2009 to get a chance.

Submit any type of communication design work used in the marketplace during 2008. From posters to websites, annual reports to games, motion graphics to packaging, books to interactive kiosks—anything goes. If your work is selected, countless future designers and potential clients will have access to your creative legacy. This is your chance to live forever.

Register your entries now to get a shot at immortality!

GRANT: january 30th

The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, part of the
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University,
announces the availability of Mary Lily Research Grants for research
travel to our collections.

The Sallie Bingham Center documents the public and private lives of women
through a wide variety of published and unpublished sources. Collections
of personal papers, family papers, and organizational records complement
print sources such as books and periodicals. Particular strengths of the
Sallie Bingham Center are feminism in the U.S., women's prescriptive
literature from the 19th & 20th centuries, girls' literature, zines,
artist's books by women, gender & sexuality, and the history & culture of
women in the South.

Mary Lily Research Grants are for undergraduate and graduate students,
faculty, and independent scholars conducting research using collections
held by the Sallie Bingham Center. Grant money may be used for travel,
photocopying, and living expenses while pursuing research at the Rare
Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. Applicants must live
outside of a 50-mile radius from Durham, NC. The maximum award per
applicant is $1,000.

The deadline for application is January 30, 2009, and recipients will be
announced in March 2009. For more information and the application form,
please visit::
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/grants/index.html

Applicants are encouraged to contact the Center's research services
librarian before submitting:
Kelly Wooten
kelly.wooten@duke.edu
(919)660-5967
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/index.html

Interactive: March 18, 2009

INTERACTIVE

Entry Deadline: March 18, 2009

Exhibition dates: June 19 – July 23, 2009
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago

Long before “interactive” meant sitting in front of a computer, artists were making books, toys, games, installations and other work that invited participation from the viewer. For this exhibition Woman Made Gallery is seeking work that the viewer will handle, play with, modify, or physically interact with in some way.

Open to artwork in all media, except electronics, by women artists from the international community. (Computers may only be used as a tool in producing the physical work.)

Juror: Karen Hanmer

Online and downloadable entry forms available here: http://womanmade.org/entryform.html#callforart

For additional information contact: exhibits@womanmade.org

ABSTRACT: Traditional and emerging formats of artists’ books: Jan 31st

LAST CALL FOR PAPERS

“Traditional and emerging formats of artists’ books: Where do we go from here?”

9th and 10th July 2009 at the School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. 10am – 5pm each day.

We believe that content is paramount for any artist’s book, yet format is also part of its context. We are currently working on a 2-year AHRC funded project (www.ahrc.ac.uk) at the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England, UK: “What will be the canon for the artist’s book in the 21st Century?” Our aim is to create a manifesto for a canon of the 21st Century artist’s book, to be published in February 2010.

The study will consider the traditional publishing formats for artists’ books and assess their potential for future expansion within the field. We also aim to quantify how artists are using new technologies and screen-based media as publishing tools.

We are seeking papers and members for discussion panels for a two-day conference we will be hosting on 9th and 10th July 2009. We invite artists, academics, students, presses, publishers, curators, dealers and collectors to submit abstracts for papers and discussion topics, based upon the title of the conference: “Traditional and emerging formats of artists’ books: Where do we go from here?” There will be a total of twelve papers presented over the two days and two discussion sessions for which we are seeking the abstracts to be refereed.

Speakers who are selected by the referees will not be paid to present a paper so we encourage participants to apply for funding elsewhere. The funding from the AHRC will be used to subsidise the cost of attending the conference to allow as many to attend as possible. Attendance will cost £20 or £10 for students for both days. These fees will be waived for speakers/panel members. If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words and a copy of your current CV by 31st January 2009 to:

Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden
Centre for Fine Print Research
School of Creative Arts
University of the West of England
Kennel Lodge Road
Bristol
BS3 2JT
UK
Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk / Tom.Sowden@uwe.ac.uk
www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/canon.htm