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The Mayor’s Community Arts Grants Program has been designed to support the community by providing financial, marketing and technical assistance for arts and cultural related programs, projects and events which occur in New Haven neighborhoods.

Individuals who are presenting, teaching or practicing artists and non-profit arts organizations working with neighborhood-based community and/or youth or senior groups in the City of New Haven. Eligible activities include: festivals, parades, exhibitions, murals/public art, children’s activities, inter-generational programs, arts education, film, public performances, neighborhood collaborations and apprenticeships.

The application deadline is June 4, 2008. A total of $25,000 will be awarded through grants up to $2,000. The grant application package is available for download on the City’s website, visit this website. For more information about the program, please contact Kim Futrell at (203) 946-7172 or kfutrell@newhavenct.net.

Press release here.

French architect Jean Nouvel is the 2008 Pritzker Architecutre Prize Laureate. Recent project by Nouvel include the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minn. and an extension to the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, Spain. He recently released a design for a 75 story residential skyscraper in New York City as well.

NYT slide-show of his work here.

Posted by: Ian

‘Images 2008’ exhibition includes works by three Yale staff members Yale Bulletin February 15, 2008|Volume 36, Number 18

“The Yale affiliates and their works that are being showcased this year are Terry M. Dagradi, image specialist in Information Technology Services-Medical Media Group, ‘Low Light, Alexandria, Virginia’; Michael Marsland, University photographer, ‘Broken Horse, New Mexico’; and Joy Sherman, a coordinator in the Grants and Contracts Department, ‘Julianne.’”

According to the Shoreline Arts “Images” website, “This annual, juried photography competition is open to all residents of Connecticut and is highly regarded for excellence statewide.” Keep an eye on their website for “Call for Entry Guidelines” for 2009.

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Addition: Sharon Hirsch, associate manager of the Costume Shop and a lecturer at the Yale School of Drama, is also in the exhibition for: “Overlook at the Edge of the World.” Make That Four February 22, 2008|Volume 36, Number 19 Yale Bulletin

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8.5″ x 11″ Project

The 8.5″ x 11″ Project is a non-juried exhibition of original works that will fit within 8.5″ x 11″ clear plastic sleeves oriented horizontally. Works may be realistic or abstract, composed of any medium or combination of media, purely visual or combining visual and literary art. The exhibition will be shown in three phases. In Phase I, all works will be displayed in a site-specific installation at ALL. In Phase II, works will be organized and displayed in binders for up to one year. In Phase III, ALL will seek opportunities to exhibit the works at other venues.

Black + White is a juried exhibition of black and white photography that reveals the truth that exists between two extremes through the medium’s unique ability to capture subtleties and nuances. Works can be film or digital photography, and may explore the theme through internal and personal experiences, human relationships and conditions, political or social issues, the environment, abstraction or other interpretations.

Posted by: Tanya

Ready, Set, Design: Work as a Contest
ROBIN POGREBIN New York Times August 19, 2007

Article on Architectural Competitions.

“…Relatively few architects can afford to opt out. ‘There are blue-chip architects who get work without competing, on their name alone,’ Mr. [Peter] Eisenman said. ‘We don’t get jobs just given to us.’

“’Ninety percent of our work comes from winning competitions — and losing competitions,’ he added.”

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Calling All Artists: The Greenwich Workshop’s First Annual SmallWorks North America Exhibition and Competition

Creative Arts Workshop: 2007 Installation Proposals: CAW’s Gallery Committee will accept submissions for the 2007 August Installation artist(s) beginning in Fall 2006.

Artist in Residence: The Milford Fine Arts Council’s Firehouse Art Gallery is now accepting applications for its Artist in Residence.

Find more Calls for CT Artists, Architects, and Theater People at Link To The Arts.

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Via the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC): “iiSBE [International Initiative for Sustainable Built Environment] invites all those with experience in designing, building or operating high performance buildings to take part in the Sustainable Building Challenge 2007-2008.

The SBC08 process will result in the selection of a broad range of high-performance buildings from around the world to be assessed by the proponents and then presented and discussed at the World Sustainable Building Conference in Melbourne, Australia in September, 2008. The process is open to any broad-scope assessment system, including LEED.”

Check out the official press release here. And read more about LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) here. Call for Expressions of Interest closes on 29 June, 2007.

Irish writer’s play about Siamese twins wins Yale Drama Series award May 11, 2007|Volume 35, Number 28 Yale Bulletin

“‘The Boys from Siam,’ a play by Irish writer John Austin Connolly, has been chosen as the first winner of the Yale Drama Series competition.

“Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee chose the winning play from more than 500 submissions…The Yale Drama Series competition is a major new annual award for emerging playwrights in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

“…Submissions for the 2008 Yale Drama Series competition must be postmarked no earlier than July 15, 2007 and no later than Aug. 15, 2007.”

Competition Rules

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Tired of overly academic/jargon-filled writing about architecture, theater, and art history? The Arts Club of Washington has begun a national contest to encourage better writing in the arts.  According to their webpage,

“The Award of $15,000, the only one of its kind the country, is given annually in recognition of excellence in writing about the arts for a broad audience.”

In their press release, they write:

“’Too much writing about the arts is academic or filled with jargon,’ says Sarah Browning, coordinator of the prize. ‘But we believe the arts are for everyone. We want to recognize writing that creates a strong connection with arts and artists.’ The Award celebrates prose that is ‘lucid, luminous, clear, and inspiring.’”

Books in all of the arts–including the ones covered by this blog– are considered.

The inaugural prize has gone to Scott Reynolds Nelson, author of Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, The Untold Story of an American Legend.

Barnes & Noble

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