Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Shunpike, seeks up to 12 artists to develop temporary installations for 12 vacant storefronts in Seattle’s Pioneer Square and Chinatown/International District neighborhoods. The installation project, titled Storefronts Seattle, will be on display from September to November 2010. Artwork may be in any two-dimensional, three-dimensional or new media. The installation project is part of a series of opportunities that include artist residencies using storefronts, where visual and performing artist can create work, rehearse and/or perform. For more information or to apply for an artist residency visit Shunpike’s website.
PIONEER SQUARE ARTISTS: APPLY FOR GARBOIL GRANT
Artist Trust
The Garboil Grant is a yearly, non-restricted award of $3,000 for Seattle Artists who have a connection to the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Artist awardees will have demonstrated a profound ability to challenge the limits of conductive creative discourse and its effects on our society, pushing the creative act beyond the accepted limits, definitions, or purposes of art while engaging audiences outside the aesthetic industrial complex. This grant is open to Seattle artists with a significant connection to Pioneer Square, and is open to artists working in any media or discipline, including performers, writers, musicians, and even mimes. For more information follow the link. Deadline to apply is June 7.
SUBMIT CELL PHONE FILM TO THREE MINUTE MASTERPIECE
Seattle Times
The Seattle Times and Seattle International Film Festival invite you to shoot a short film on your phone. The best reader-submitted movies (as selected by our panel of judges) will see their entries shown at SIFF in May. Use your cell phone to make a film on any subject you like, as long as it’s suitable for a family-newspaper audience. (No sex, violence or bad language, please.) It must be 3 minutes or less. Very important: If you use music, you must have permission. Filmmakers under 18 are eligible for the J. Michael Rima award for young directors. When you submit your video, make sure you include your name, phone number, age (if under 18) and movie title. Winners will be shown on The Seattle Times Web site and at the Seattle International Film Festival. The grand-prize winner will get one full series pass to this year’s festival, which begins May 20 (www.siff.net). The winner of the J. Michael Award for directors under 18 will get screened as part of the FutureWave short. Entries must be e-mailed to us by 11:59 p.m. April 26. For more information follow the above link.
CALL FOR ENTRIES: CINEMA ME SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Artist Trust
Each year, hundreds of filmmakers from around the Asian Diaspora submit their short films to Asian American film festivals. They have given us stories of immigration and assimilation, adversity and triumph, motivation and inspiration of all genres: narrative, documentary, experimental, animation, music video.Non-professional, aspiring filmmakers… tell us your Asian American Story! Submit a short film completed between the periods of November 9, 2009 and April 30, 2010 for an opportunity to win a Grand Prize of $3,000 sponsored by Toyota. Top ten Finalists will have a chance for screening at the 33rd Asian American International Film Festival, July 15 – 24, 2010. For more information about applying follow the above link. Deadline to apply is April 30, 2010.
CREATE YOUR OWN GO DADDY COMMERCIAL & WIN $100,000
Go Daddy
Go Daddy is inviting you to produce your own Go Daddy commercial for huge cash prizes! Year after year, Go Daddy has entertained Super Bowl viewers with its fun, edgy and slightly inappropriate TV ads. The polarizing commercials often attract criticism, but have been wildly successful with the public. They’ve played a major part in making Go Daddy.com a household name as well as the world’s largest domain registrar. The top prize is $100,000 in cash, with second and third place winners of $50,000 and $25,000 respectively. Other prizes include a Dell Alienware Area 51 desktop and the highly anticipated M11X laptops, provided by Dell, along with camcorders, software and other items. Contest commercials don’t need to be professionally produced, but ad professionals are eligible. Ads must be between 15 and 30 seconds in length. Creativity is encouraged, so get out your camcorder, recruit your friends, have some fun and show us what you’ve got. Deadline to apply is April 23 Follow the above link for more information and to apply.
ARTSWES SEEKS SUBMISSIONS FROM NEW MEDIA ARTISTS
ArtsWest
ArtsWest Playhouse & Gallery, a gallery and theater located in West Seattle, is now accepting submissions from new media artists to exhibit in our [Alternative Media Platform] AMP at ArtsWest. Artists must reside in the Pacific Northwest to be considered for inclusion in 1 of 12 exhibitions. New media works that include light, sound and/or video-based art and site responsive installations will be featured in monthly exhibits beginning as soon as March, 2010 through August, 2011. Submission deadline is February 27, 2010. Follow the above link to download the entry form and learn more about submission requirements.
MUSICIANS AND SOUND ARTISTS APPLY FOR 4CULTURE AND KING COUNTY METRO TRANSIT PUBLIC ART PROJECT
4Culture
4Culture & King County Metro Transit seek an artist to create audio work that will explore and enhance the experience along a new rapid transit bus corridor. The selected artist/artist team will survey the first route of King County’s new rapid transit service, the RapidRide A Line which will span Pacific Highway South from Tukwila to Federal Way, and create a route-specific soundscape. Intended to create a sonic sightseeing experience that will daylight stories of place, the artist-created soundscape may include route-sourced and route-inspired words, found sounds, and/or digitally created sound and music. A variety of approaches are possible; anchoring in place will be central. The soundscape will be accessible as downloadable audio files through the 4Culture website – while onboard WiFi-enabled RapidRide buses and through broad internet access – and through Listen4Culture, an audio cell phone program. This is a great opportunity for an artist with experience and continued interest in creating audio work, and for self-selecting inter-disciplinary teams including sound artists, literary artists, spoken word artists, and musicians to collaborate with one another and with community members to reflect varied interests and expertise in a layered, audio-exploration of place. Open to professional artists and artist teams with a primary member living in WA, OR & BC. The deadline to apply is March 22. For more information, follow the above link.
