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Mumford Fine Art announces a call to artists for the Brazos National, held November 3, 2007 at the Seward Plantation in Independence, Texas. $10,000 in cash awards. Jurors: James L. Johnson, Catherine A. Hastedt, Patricia Burchfield. Open to all artists 18 years or older. Works must be completed within the last two years. Realism or Impressionistic works only. Paintings must not exceed 60' in either direction. Sculpture not to exceed 100 pounds. All works must be for sale. $35 for up to three entries. Deadline: August 30, 2007.

Deadline: Open. All Media. Exhibition screening of work that, according to its creator, 'crosses borders.' No fee. Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, 1 Union Fashion Center Ste B, El Pas TX 79901-1112 915-532-6707, davidrom@whc.net

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The Huntington Library has established a fellowship fund for graduate and postdoctoral scholars in British and American history, history of science, literature, and art. Special awards of three months or less are available for persons writing doctoral dissertations. Award holders are expected to be in continuous residence at the Huntington throughout their tenure. Applications are accepted from October 1 to December 15 of each year for awards within the 12-month period beginning on the following June 1; results are announced by April 1. Each fellowship will carry a stipend while the scholar is in residence at Huntington.

The British Animation Awards (BAA), held every two years, covers most aspects of the UK animation scene, from student work to commercials, children's entertainment, short and experimental art films, music videos, new technologies, script-writing and craftsmanship. Next Awards night is on March 13th, 2008. Entry Deadlines Student entry deadline: 31 October, 07 Other categories entry deadline: 30 November ’07 Pre-selection & Judging: November and December. Judging: December and January. Entrants whose work has been short-listed for judging will be notified. Each jury selects three finalists from each awards category, which are screened in extract on the Awards Night (March 13th) and the winner is announced. Public Choice: You get to vote! In February 2008, 3 programmes, each with a mix of films, music vids and commercials, selected from open entry, are screened at 20 cinemas across the UK, and audiences vote for their favourites.

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BRITISH ART 2011 An exhibition and sale of paintings by contemporary British artists. Features works by numerous British artists including pieces by : Lucien Freud, Geoff Bunn, Howard Hodgkin, Jenny Saville and Sylvia Molloy Exhibition and sale of work. Access restrictions apply.

The AIE program's goals and objectives include: exposing young people to performances, workshops and residencies that have artistic quality and educational merit; balancing exposure of the arts to young people in remote, rural and urban environments; establishing professional standards for arts practices and presentations in schools and expose BC's children and youth to professional quality arts programming; developing, maintaining and expanding the market for professional artists working with children and youth; facilitating communication between the arts and education communities by developing mutual awareness, respect and appreciation; and promoting the arts as an area of study and professional employment.

This program is intended to provide operating assistance to organizations whose primary objective is to serve the development of a specific artistic discipline or the arts and cultural communities in general on a province-wide basis. Applicants are judged on the merits of their entire operation from program content to administrative and financial management. Operating awards are made once each fiscal year for current or future operations. Eligibility in this category is reviewed on an annual basis. Organizations that have not previously received funding in this category are requested to establish their eligibility with the Cultural Services Branch (CSB) prior to filing an application. Areas eligible for assistance include performing arts, arts festivals, museums and galleries, arts training institutions, arts periodicals, and media information and deadlines. The March 15 deadline applies to theater, dance, music, and literary organizations; and the September 30 deadline applies to arts festivals, museums, galleries, and media arts organizations. Organizations that have not previously received funding for operating assistance are required to contact the office.

This program is intended to assist independent filmmakers, video artists, and new media artists with production of specific innovative, experimental, and nonindustrial works. Assistance is given to support a maximum of 50 percent of the budget of a project for production and/or postproduction expenses. Production expenses previously incurred cannot be used as matching funds in a request for postproduction assistance. Eligible development costs of a project cannot exceed 10 percent of the award. Level I provides funds to filmmakers, and video and new media artists towards a project. Level II provides funds to senior filmmakers, and video and new media artists towards a project. A senior artist should have a minimum of five years experience as a working media artist, should have contributed a significant body of work to the field, and should be recognized as a senior artist within the media arts community. Applicants are strongly advised to contact the coordinator to discuss program guidelines and criteria prior to applying.

Awards assist in the education of promising British Columbia students of the arts and stimulate the development of potential British Columbia artists in theater (acting, directing, technical), dance (performance, choreography), music (performance, composition), media arts, creative writing, arts administration, museological and conservation studies, and visual arts and crafts. Awards are intended to assist full-time winter studies in an accredited program. Junior awards are available for course work and study programs up to, and including, the second year of a university or community college program. Senior awards are for course work/programs following completion the second year of university undergraduate or professional diploma programs; or for a postgraduate program. Senior awards are available for a maximum of six years. Applications are evaluated on the basis of ability, achievements, personal objectives, nature and length of proposed program of study, relative caliber of work, and the quality of the application and supporting documentation. All applicants must contact the appropriate program coordinator prior to making application.

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Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) is celebrating over 40 years as a private, non-profit membership organization that is the official cultural agency of Bronx County. Recognized nationally as a leading arts service organization in providing cultural services and arts programs, BCA serves a multicultural constituency in excess of 1.2 million residents.

Bronx recognizes its own (BRIO) Individual Artists Grant offeres awards of $2500 each to artists who are at least 18 years old, not enrolled in art school, and live in the Bronx. The Bronx Council for the Arts. Telephone: 718-931-9500.

Bronx Council on the Arts, 1738 Hone Ave., Bronx, NY 10461. Offers grants, performances, exhibits, and residencies. Open to artists living in the Bronx only. (visual, literary, performing arts)

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Buffalo National River, AIR Program, PO Box 1173, Harrison, AR 72601 (870) 741-5443. 4 residencies per year of up to 3 weeks during March, July, and October in the Arkansas Ozarks. The National Park encompasses 135 miles of river and three designated wilderness areas. Towering, multi-colored bluffs, pastoral fields, prehistoric and historic cultural sites. Artist asked to contribute a piece of work and/or offer a public program. Accomodations in park housing with electricity and running water; housing may be shared. Open to professional visual and performing artists, writers, video/filmmakers, and composers

Buhl Foundation Grant. For photography of the American landscape. Write Buhl Foundation Attn. Grant Applications 114 Greene St. New York, NY 10012, call (212)274-0100.

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Building Arts Participation (BAP): Support is provided for projects that demonstrate a commitment to increasing the value and meaning of art to participants and enhancing its role in the community. BAP grants are provided for exemplary projects that work closely with a defined target population to identify barriers, compose compelling strategies to address barriers and measure outcomes with the goal of affecting both organizational change and arts participatory behavioral change through projects that focus on broadening, deepening and/or diversifying.

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A small grant program at the Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs, at the U.S. State Department, sends American Performing arts groups on cultural exchanges around the world as part of the nation's public diplomacy strategy. 'The Department's agreements support academic, cultural and professional exchange and training programs as a means of seeking mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries and to promote the free exchange of information and ideas.' For more information please visit http://exchanges.state.gov/education/citizens.

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Offers a BURSARY IN ART AS ENVIRONMENT Art as Environment: 2D into 3D An artist at the beginning of their career to work with schools and the community to investigate, interpret and produce artwork which embraces 2D design and painting as well as 3D forms using both urban and rural landscape environments as inspiration. To work with schools and the community for approximately 100 days – 80 days contact time with students and 20 days preliminary planning undertaken before the bursary begins. It is expected that the appointed artist will use this bursary experience also to develop their own artistic practice. Fee: in the region of £10,000 For further details please email info@ysp.co.uk or send a SAE to: The Feiweles Trust Yorkshire Sculpture Park Bretton Hall West Bretton Wakefield WF4 4LG Closing date for applications Friday 16th January 2009 Short-listing Interviews Wednesday 28th January 2009 Interviews will be held on Wednesday 18th March 2009 Bursary to start September 2009 The Feiweles Trust, established in 1989, supports artists at the beginning of their careers working in schools and the community. Visit www.ysp.co.uk education pages for more information on the Feiweles Trust.

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New Online Applications now available - applicants to the Bush Foundation’s 2009 Bush Artist Fellowships will be able to submit online applications for the first time. In addition, the Bush Artist Program will take applications beginning in March 2009, for grants under the Dakota Creative Connection (DCC) initiative for Dakotas-based artists, which is entering its second year. For 2009, artists may apply for a fellowship or DCC grant in five categories: literary arts, music composition, performance-based work, script works, and traditional and ethnic performing arts. Dakota Creative Connections, an initiative of the Bush Artist Program, combines project grants and professional development programs. To be eligible, artists must be at least 21 years of age and have resided in North or South Dakota for the past two years. Applications for DCC grants will be available in March 2009 at www.bushfoundation.org. Full-time students in degree-granting programs are not eligible. For more information, visit www.bushfoundation.org or contact the Bush Artist Program at 651-227-0891 / 800-605-7315 or artists@bushfoundation.org.

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Byrd Hoffman Foundation/The Watermill Center, 131 Varick St., Suite 908, New York, NY 10013 (212) 620-0220. Runs a multi-disciplinary center for studies in the arts and humanities on the south shore of Long Island, 'for artists, students, and individuals of all ages and backgrounds to explore the creative process.' Apprenticeship training with master artists. Hosts the Watermill Collection and study center for Asian and Tribal Arts.

Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, The Woodstock Guild, 34 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY 12498 (914) 679-2079. Fees; up to 16 week long residencies, average length 4 weeks, June through Sept.; residents make own meals; up to 10 artists at a time; fees charged, residents provide own meals.