Festival Entry: Late Deadline January 23, 2009

The application for our 12 festivals in 2009 is now available at: www.amdurproductions.com. The deadline is January 12, 2009 and the late deadline is January 23, 2009. From January 13 on, all applications will have an additional special handling late fee of $25 per festival. We urge you to apply on or before January 12 to avoid the special handling fees. ALL JURY AND SPACE FEES ARE AT OR BELOW LAST YEAR'S PRICES.

1. Overview: As we celebrate our 26th year as art festival producers, we invite you to be part of our first-ever digital jury! Attached please find overviews of our 12 Chicago area festivals for the 2009 summer art festival season. Follow the instructions at www.amdurproductions.com to apply online. Jury will be the week of January 26. A jury of national museum and art professionals will review the digital submissions. Notifications on your festival status will be emailed February 9, 2009.


2. Chicago Eastside Millennium Art Festival: In addition to our well known festivals like the Gold Coast Art Fair (July 31, August 1 and 2) and the Port Clinton Art Festival (August 29 and 30), we are bringing back the Chicago Eastside Millennium Art Festival (previously named New East Side Artworks) June 5-7, located on famous Michigan Avenue just one block from Millennium Park, known to be a top selling show to many such as jeweler Harry Mackie. "A great location, great crowds, and great sales, I'm glad to see this show come back" says Mackie.


3. Economy: With consideration and in response to the current economic climate, we will wrap up the 2009 summer art festival season with two shows marketed to the public as places to find great art at great prices: the Joliet Last Call Art Fair, September 26 and 27, space fee $185 and the Highwood Last Call Art Fair, October 17 and 18, space fee $215. All art will be discounted at the artists' discretion. Both of these locations are on the fringes of the Chicago market area so as not to compete with our regular festivals featuring art at full prices. Both shows will be a great place to sell remaining inventory from the summer: the odd piece, the slightly bruised piece, the piece in the scratched frame. Jury fees for both shows are only $10 each


4. North Shore Festival of Art: July is a great art month in the Chicago area highlighted by our North Shore Festival of Art July 25 and 26. This festival continues a long tradition of this art fair at the much loved Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie, Illinois. Amdur Productions took this show over in 2008. More info is at www.amdurproductions.com


5. Jury Review: Those artists wishing to receive feedback on their submitted jury images may opt for a 'Jury Review' to be done by Amy Amdur in the fall of 2009. The review includes constructive comments on body of work, individual images and booth image. Cost is $50. Go to www.amdurproductions.com and hit apply now to order this service.


6. If you have any questions on the jury process , our festivals, or related topics, please contact us at 847-926-4300 or email info@amdurproductions.com. Lennette, Alana and I are ready to take your calls Monday through Friday between 9 am and 5 pm central time.


7. If you are already in process of applying, click on this link www.juriedartservices.com to log in. Your user name is clairan ferrono. If you need your password please go to the home page to request it be sent to you.

Wishing you a wonderful new year, looking forward to seeing you soon.

Amy Amdur
Amdur Productions Inc.
www.amdurproductions.com
847-926-4300

Open Calls

CLEVELAND, OHIO ARTIST REGISTRY
Cleveland Public Art is seeking artists’ portfolios to be considered for public art projects throughout Cleveland, OH. Cleveland Public Art, 1951 W. 26th Street, #101, Cleveland, OH 44113-3440, 216-621-5330, http://www.clevelandpublicart.org.

ARTISTS WHO TEACH
Open to artists worldwide who teach and have taught in the past are eligible. Free listing at www.artistswhoteach.org. Artist must have a web site. No fee to join. Contact Leighann Foster for portfolio review and acceptance: foster3@gvtc.com.

SPACELAB in Cleveland, Ohio
SPACELab provides an environment for emerging and student artists to present work that challenges their aesthetics and interacts physically and socially with the public. Two SPACELab projects are exhibited for three weeks. Site-specific work is encouraged. Artists will receive a small honorarium for their exhibition.

Print an application form at www.SpacesGallery.org/labform.html, and mail along with a one-page proposal and at least 10 images or a video, to: SPACELab Committee, SPACES, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, OH, 44113.

MINNESOTA PERCENT FOR ART ARTIST REGISTRY
Open to all professional visual artists 18+. Resource for selecting artists for state building projects. Information is sometimes shared with architects, designers, and public or private organizations at their request for use in identifying and locating artists to create works of art. Create an artist profile at http://www.percentforart.us/.

Skokie's (IL) Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC) is seeking art in a wide variety of media and styles. All sculptures must be durable and suitable for outdoor placement. Only professional sculptors and artists who have worked on large scale format should apply. Details: www.skokie.org and complete an artist application form.

International Museum of Surgical Science is seeking submissions in any media with medical themes for quarterly exhibitions. Fee: $25. Submit proposal, statement, 10 - 15 images, resume, SASE to: Anatomy in the Gallery, International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60610.

March Deadlines

DEADLINE: Fri, March 13, 2009
JASPER ARTS CENTER

Public art gallery reviewing portfolios for solo and group shows, 2010. All media. No fees. Professional, non-student artists only. Artwork must be presented in a professional manner. Gallery provides invitations, press releases, honorarium, insurance coverage on-site, and reception where needed. Artist is responsible for framing, shipping and/or delivery. 30% commission. Send 10 slides minimum for solo show, more for group show, artist statement, curricula vitae. Or digital images on CD(preferred), less than 1MB each. No online submissions. Paid opportunities for workshops/gallery talks in conjunction with exhibit. Deadline March 13,2009.

Mail materials along with SASE to:
Amy Laakman, Visual Arts Coordinator
Jasper Arts Center
951 College Ave.
Jasper, IN 47546

Info: www.jasperarts.org

February Deadlines

DEADLINE: Sun, February 15, 2009
DUNE SHACK RESIDENCIES; Deadline Feb 15

The Provincetown Community Compact announces its 2009 residency program for C-Scape & Fowler Dune Shacks. This program in the Cape Cod National Seashore offers one and three week residencies for artists and the general public; $500 fellowship and a three-week summer residency will be offered to one visual artist, and two one-week residencies for writers. No fee.

Contact: Jay Critchley, www.thecompact.org
E-mail: thecompact@comcast.net

January Deadlines

DEADLINE: Sat, January 31, 2009
Blue Sky Project Artist-in-Residence Program

Seeking proposals from artists, artists/activists and creative professionals. Visual artists, filmmakers, writers, dancers, musicians, performance artists and people working in other creative media are encouraged to apply. Innovative summer arts community in Dayton, Ohio. Committed to producing significant works of contemporary art by linking young people aged 14 to 18 from throughout the community with professional artists from around the world to pursue project proposed by the artists. Your project must be achievable in eight weeks, within a $1,000 budget (not including final presentation expenses); artists may supplement through personal funds or other grants. Pays a stipend of $7,000 for 8.5 weeks (8 program and .5 orientation). Monday through Thursday activities take place at the University of Dayton. Facilities include ceramic studio, photography lab, computer lab, drawing and painting studios. Studio space accessible 7 days a week. Takes place June 10 through August 11. Artists-in-Residence live together in housing provided on the University of Dayton campus; artists are responsible for own meals, and travel to and from the Blue Sky Project.

For RFP, visit http://www.blueskydayton.org/, or write to Blue Sky Project, P.O. Box 10506, Dayton, OH 45402-7506, 847-287-6702. Contact: Blue Sky Project at 847-287-6702

December Deadlines

DEADLINE: December 15, 2008

"1+1", March 21 - April 23, 2009 Juried from digital. Fee: $25/3 entries. Deadline: Dec. 15. Details: Terra Incognito Studios, 246 Chicago Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302, 708.383-6228, dtoan@ameritech.net, www.terraincognitostudios.com.

DEADLINE: Wed, December 31, 2008

Call for solo/collaborative installation artist proposals. Deadline: Dec. 31. Details: Craft Alliance, Attn: Exhibitions Coordinator, 6640 Delmar Blvd., St.Louis, IL 63130, 314.725-1177, ext. 323, exhibitions@craftalliance.org, www.craftalliance.org.

DEADLINE: Wed, December 31, 2008
WOMEN, POWER AND POLITICS

Submit your original political artwork, essays, film shorts, poetry, photography and cartoons for an online exhibition at I.M.O.W. From March 8 to December 31, 2008. The show focuses on a provocative new topic each month and uses community-submitted work to start a dialogue on the issues. Work can be submitted directly online in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. Contact: Tess-Marie White; Women, Power and Politics; International Museum of Women, Box 190038, San Francisco, CA 94119.

Contact: International Museum of Women, http://www.imow.org/submissions

DEADLINE: Wed, December 31, 2008
MARYSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Ohio

Open to Ohio artists only who would be interested in presenting one-person exhibits at their main library. 2-D works only. Busy location with 25,000 active users and more than 1,000 visitors a day. The Library has a new exhibit wall approximately 70 feet long. Exhibits will last one month and contain 15-30 pieces of work. Submit contact information, artist’s statement, brief bio and sample of work to Dbirkhoff@marysvillelib.org. Reviewing and selecting artists annually.

Contact:
Marysville Public Library
937-642-1876 x 26
www.marysvillelib.org
Dbirkhoff@marysvillelib.org

WCA Informational Meeting, 11/22, 10am - noon

Please join us for Next WCA meeting NOV 22nd- (a week earlier so as to not be on Thanksgiving weekend)

This will be an informational/ exhibit planning meeting, Saturday at MCAD, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 10am - noon, in classroom 410. Meeting will be focused on the Women and Water Rights, Ripples of Regeneration Exhibit at the Nash Gallery, U of MN, 2010.

Contact: Liz Dodson, lizartist@me.com

About the exhibit:
Women and Water Rights, Ripples of Regeneration is a regional and international art exhibition scheduled to be shown from February 23 to March 25, 2010, in the Nash Gallery on the Twin City campus of the University of Minnesota. By showcasing invited international artists from many parts of the world, a global mail art/postcard show, as well as a juried selection (women or women/men collaboration) from the State of Minnesota, the exhibit will examine the centuries-old intimate connectedness between women and water in its daily use, in cultural traditions and in the spiritual realm. At the same time, through accompanying programs featuring lectures, panel discussions, videos and interactive activities the exhibit intends to draw public attention to the current and future global water crises as seen from a gender perspective.