Opportunities

Artist Opportunities

CORK PRINTMAKERS: CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS

Cork Printmakers is currently welcoming applications from artists for Full and Associate Membership. Full Members have 24/7 access to the workshop while Associate Members may use the workshop under techniciansí supervision from 9.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. Other benefits include up to 6 images of work and biography on the workshop website, submission to exhibitions, quarterly newsletter, discount on course fees and free Masterclasses (funding pending). Full Membership: €400 per annum and Associate Membership: €60 per annum plus daily charge.

Potential applicants must be capable of demonstrating excellent knowledge of a minimum of one print process. A 3rd level qualification in fine art printmaking is preferable, but other qualifications and experience are also considered.

Please go online for more information about the workshop facilities, equipment and to download a membership application form. Complete and return forms with a minimum of six samples of your work in either CD, DVD, slide, photograph, catalogue or portfolio format. For further information contact Clare Hennessy at:
Cork Printmakers, Wandesford Quay, Clarke's Bridge, Cork
T: 021 4322422
E: clare@corkprintmakers.ie
www.corkprintmakers.ie
Deadline for submission: 5pm, 20 November 2009

HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL CURATORIAL PROGRAMME

Helsinki International Curatorial Programme offers residencies in Helsinki for international visual arts curators. The programme is a collaboration between HIAP (Helsinki International Artist-in-residence Programme) and FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange). The aim of the programme is to provide curators with an opportunity to carry out research on Finnish fine art, to build contacts with Finnish art practitioners and cultural organisations and to develop international curatorial projects involving practitioners based in Finland.

The programme is open to curators worldwide with professional experience in organising visual arts projects. Curatorial residencies include the cost of travel to and from Helsinki with a grant for living expenses provided by FRAME, studio accommodation and residency services provided by HIAP and administrative support and practical assistance provided jointly by FRAME and HIAP. A small public event (workshop, lecture, open meeting, etc) will also be organised during the residency.

The length of the curatorial residency is usually one calendar month. Applications should include presentation materials of the applicant's previous projects, a curriculum vitae, a working plan for the residency period and a proposal for a public event to be organised during the residency. Please note that all electronic material should be compatible with both Mac and PC computers and readable by common office software.

Applications should be sent by post to:
Curatorial Residencies, FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Tallberginkatu 1 C 96, FIN-00150 Helsinki, Finland

For further information, please contact Henna Harri at FRAME or Jaakko Rustanius at HIAP at:
E: henna.harri@frame-fund.fi or jaakko@hiap.fi
www.frame-fund.fi
www.hiap.fi
Deadline for submissions: 1 November 2009

VAI CALLS FOR CONSULTATION ON ARTISTS' CHARTER PROJECT

Most not for profit publicly funded galleries and many private ones put on exhibitions solely for the purpose of making the work of an artist or group of artists available for public view. These form a ëonce offí arrangement whereby the gallery and the artist work together with the gallery as the exhibition organiser and in some cases as a commissioner. Although 'once-off' exhibitions are common, agreeing their detailed arrangements is not a simple matter and misunderstandings between gallery and artist often occur, particularly when a written agreement is not used - which is usually the case. This can be detrimental and costly to the gallery, the artist and the public, and needs to be avoided.

It is therefore a goal of this project to prepare a charter document that sets a number of points of reference that not for profit publicly funded arts organisations will work towards so as to develop a common code of practice to work to.

We are calling on interested parties to register their interest with us to take part in a public consultation on the contents of this document, and to support its implementation across the country. To register your interest please contact Visual Artists Ireland at:
E: info@visualartists.ie

VAI PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING – FACILITATORS PANEL

Visual Artists Ireland seeks expressions of interest from Artists, Curators, Cultural Workers and Visual Art Educators with a view to forming a panel of facilitators who may be called upon to contribute to our ongoing programme of Professional Development Training for Visual Artists in 2009 and beyond.  

This programme of training is developed and delivered in conjunction with regional training partners who currently include; The National Sculpture Factory, Cork; Belfast Exposed and in 2009 Limerick City Gallery; Galway Arts Centre; ArtLInks and Clare County Council Arts Office.  The programme includes business skills training and practical issues for visual artists, peer critique and more specialist workshops aimed and mid career artists.  

For further information on the recent Dublin & Cork Professional Development Training Programme in partnership with the National Sculpture Factory see:
www.visualartists.ie/sfr_current_prog.html

Applicants should have previous experience or knowledge in one or more of the following areas and contexts:

• A career history of work both in Ireland and abroad as either Artist, Curator, Critic, Cultural Worker and/or Educator
• Tutoring or teaching experience at third level or facilitation skills in formal / informal settings
• A high level of awareness of the career pathways of visual artists working in Ireland and awareness and or experience of working internationally in the visual arts
• Awareness of the Professional Development Training needs of visual artists working in Ireland
• An awareness of the discourse surrounding contemporary arts practices
• Openness and sensitivity to the needs of visual artists at all career stages from recent graduates to those who are more established
  
  Expertise in any of the following areas are also particularly welcome:
  
• Curatorial or cultural administration experience in any of the following contexts; commercial and/or public gallery settings; public art commissioning or self-initiated curatorial projects
  
• Experience of engaged practice as a visual artist either, self initiated, in conjunction with art institutions, public bodies or with artist-led organisations

• A strong exhibition record of ten years or more as an visual artist and strong technical skills in one or more media such as; painting, sculpture and installation (including public art), photography and lens based media, new media and digital technologies including sound, film, video, web site design (this list is not definitive and other areas of expertise and suggested topics are welcome)
• Strong visual art writing skills either practical or creative i.e. grant and proposal writing or creative and critical writing, a record of visual art publications is desirable

To Apply:
For inclusion in the 2009 panel please forward: Current CV, images of recent work 6-8 jpegs on CD and two or more writing samples from visual art writers.
Deadline:
There is no specific deadline as the panel may be joined on an ongoing basis however applicants who submit by Monday 2 February will be considered for the 2009 education
programme.
For information and to submit:
Monica Flynn / Education Officer, Visual Artists Ireland, 37 Nth Great George’s St, Dublin 1 T: 01 872 2296
E: monica@visualartists.ie

VAN: 'ART IN PUBLIC' ROUND UP - CALL FOR INFO

If you have recently undertaken in a public commission, a percent for art project, socially engaged practice or any other form of ‘art outside the gallery’ we would like you to email a short text (no more than around 300 words) in the following format – along with a couple of images (around 2-3mb in size each) to:
E: jason@visualartists.ie:

Artist name:
Title of work:
Materials:
Location:
Commissioning body:
Date commission Advertised:

Dates when the project was sited / completed / carried out.
The project budget (NB – artwork budget / site work breakdown.)
What type of commission was is? (e.g. direct invitation, open competition,
limited competition, did you have to prepare a submission at a short-listing
stage?)
Who were the main partners for the project? (e.g. did you work with a local
authority arts officer, community representatives, architects, engineers, project managers?)
Brief description of the work.

VISUAL ARTISTS IRELAND: CALL TO ARTIST PUBLISHERS

The Visual Artists News Sheet is piloting an initiative to assist artists in promoting their publications. It is hoped that this will increase awareness of artist’s monographs currently available.

If you are an artist and have recently produced (in the last 12 months) a monograph your publication will qualify to be considered for inclusion in a new regular listing section.

Date of publication, title, dimensions, number of page, format ( spiral, stitched perfect bound - hard-back / soft-back etc.), list of contributors, ISBN number (if relevant). Short description (two or three lines).

Please send the following details to:
E: jason@visualartists.ie