Know a child or teen who loves to dance? Enrollment for the Rice Summer Dance Camp for Kids is now open!

Summer Dance Camp (Ages 9 - 11)

The Rice Summer Dance Camp is a week of dancing and creative arts for ages 9-11.  Take classes in ballet, modern, jazz and hip hop dance technique.  Explore different styles of movement and creative dance.  Express your artistic side and learn how to make your own dances while working with experienced instructors.  Showcase your new moves during an in-studio performance on the final day of class.  Other activities include dance history, yoga, rhythm games and dance movie screenings.  Beginning to experienced level dancers welcome.

• July 12 - 16, 2010
• 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Summer Dance Workshop for Teens (Ages 12 - 16)

This workshop is designed for teens with a passion for dance.  Take classes in ballet, modern, contemporary jazz and hip hop dance techniques.  Put your ideas into motion as you learn how to make dances and express your creativity with improvisation.  The week culminates with an in-studio performance showcasing your choreography and performance.  Other workshop activities include dance history, journaling, yoga and dance movie screenings.  Beginning to experienced level dancers welcome.

• July 19 - 23, 2010
• 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

To register and for more information please visit the website.

There’s still time to submit to Aurora Picture Show’s annual Extremely Shorts Festival

Entrants may submit up to three titles. Each title must run three minutes or shorter including titles and credits. NO exceptions. All genres accepted and considered: experimental, animation, documentary, music video and narrative.

Guidelines for Entries:

Early deadline postmarked by April 30, 2010.

**Late deadline postmarked by May 10, 2010.**

Please read all the submission guidelines.

* Submissions must be postmarked by the specified deadline date.
* Entry fee is $15 per title for early deadline and **$20 per title for late deadline**. Aurora Picture Show members receive a voucher for one free entry.
* We give out cash awards for Audience Choice 1st ($200), 2nd ($150), and 3rd ($75) place. Awards are given on the 2nd night of the festival.
* All entries must include an Extremely Shorts Submission Form.

ALSO

AURORA BOOT CAMP: A Summer Filmmaking Experience for Kids

Each Summer, Aurora hosts filmmaking boot camps where youth can learn about film and video at Aurora Picture Show. As part of our Popcorn Kids programming, Aurora Boot Camps teach hands-on narrative and experimental techniques using digital video from professional filmmakers. Campers use the Aurora office and Menil neighborhood to develop, produce and edit their own short films. Working collaboratively on digital video projects, students are not only exposed to filmmaking techniques but also explore less traditional film and video.
Aurora offers three need-based scholarships to each camp.  For details and an application, please check out the Aurora Boot Camp Scholarship Fund. The Summer Boot Camps are made possible with support from Kinder Morgan Foundation and The Brown Foundation.

boot camp details…

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APPLICATION INFORMATION SESSION
Monday, May 10, 2010
5:30–6:30 PM

This workshop will introduce the Lawndale Artist Studio Program to prospective applicants, including a short presentation about the program and application guidelines, followed by a tour of the studio spaces and introduction to the current studio program participants. The workshop is optional for program applicants.

-via Lawndale email list

“The latest round of NEA grants for Access to Artistic Excellence, American Masterpieces, Arts on Radio and Television, Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth and Partnerships is out, and Texas visual arts orgs have got their share.”

..among the recipients are the following Houston Area organizations:

The Galveston Historical Foundation got $12,000 to support a symposium on the preservation of cast-iron storefronts.
The Houston Arts Alliance got $50,000 to identify, document, and present the varied folklife found in Houston.
Rice University, Houston, got $15,000 to support Explosion: East Asia Architecture Today.
Houston’s Spacetaker got $10,000 for its Artist Resource Center

Congratulations to everyone!
full article here

“An exciting fellowship is being offered in the summer of 2010 for Rice Undergraduates of any discipline. The program, The Engineering and Design for Art and Artifact Conservation Program, provides an opportunity to spend the summer working in a multi-disciplinary team applying the design process to a pressing problem in the art world. This program is a collaboration between the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities, the Center for Civic Engagement, Rice Center for Engineering Leadership, Rice Alliance and the Museum of Fine Arts – Houston.”

further details at Engineering Design for Art and Artifact Conservation

Houston Fringe Festival Call for Entries

The Houston Fringe Festival is a four weekend event in which both emerging and established performers and companies from any city or country present artistic work at Frenetic Theater in Houston. The annual festival includes over 100 performers each year. Artists are paid for participation, and compete for the ‘Audience Favorite’ prize decided by audience votes for each program.

All proposed pieces should adhere to the mission of the Houston Fringe Festival:
To present daring and conceptually challenging performances that fit outside the mainstream of theatre, music, film or dance performed in the Houston area.

Entries Open: Thursday, February 25, 2010

Deadline for Applications: All applications must be received by Saturday May 1, 2010 at 5:00pm
Required Materials: Application, support materials, and $25 application fee

Mailing Address: Frenetic Theater, 5102 Navigation Blvd, Houston TX 77011

Notification of Acceptance: Saturday, May 15, 2010

For more information, please email info@freneticore.net or call 832.426.4624.

Lawndale Artist Studio Program
2010-2011

ABOUT
Lawndale Art Center develops local contemporary artists and the audience for their art.

The Lawndale Artist Studio Program is part of Lawndale’s ongoing commitment to support the creation of contemporary art by Gulf Coast area artists. With an emphasis on emerging practices, the program will provide three artists with studio space on the third floor of Lawndale Art Center at 4912 Main Street in the heart of Houston’s Museum District.

Artists have full access to their studios 24 hours a day, seven days a week; access to visiting artists, writers and curators; and will receive
a $500 monthly stipend for the duration of the program together with an initial $1500 materials budget. If accepted, artists are expected to present a workshop or presentation to the general public and the local arts community to share their practice or explore a related topic.

Works produced during the program will be exhibited at Lawndale Art Center in May 2011. Lawndale Art Center will work with resident artists to create additional exhibition opportunities during the residency.

TERM
The term of the studio residency program will be nine months beginning September 1, 2010 and ending May 31, 2011. Residents are expected to work a minimum of 16 hours each week in their studios.

ELIGIBILITY
Artists working in all media are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be 18 years or older and not enrolled in any degree program. The residency is open to all artists, with an emphasis on artists from the Gulf Coast region. Lawndale welcomes applications from artists in all stages of their careers. Former residents, Lawndale staff, current members of the Lawndale Board of Directors and those who have served in the past year, as well as artists currently scheduled to exhibit at Lawndale are not eligible to apply.

**Application Deadline: May 28, 2010 by 4PM**

APPLICATION FEE
A non-refundable application fee of $15 is due with the application and is payable by check or money order.

NOTIFICATION
Successful applicants will be notified no later than July 15, 2010.
-from Lawndale mailing list

“ONLINE APPLICATIONS CLOSE MARCH 1, 2010. APPLY NOW!

Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is currently accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2010
Houston from all visual artists living and working in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Individual artists
and collaboratives working in all media and at any point in their career are strongly encouraged to
apply. Awardees will be selected in the spring of 2010 through Artadia’s two-tiered jury process. This is
Artadia’s fifth awards cycle in Houston.

For eligibility requirements and to access the web-based application, please visit:

artadia.org

Application deadline: March 1, 2010 at 11:59pm (CST)

HELP US SPREAD THE WORD BY FORWARDING THIS MESSAGE.

Artadia’s mission is to encourage innovative practice and meaningful dialogue across the United
States by providing visual artists in specific communities with unrestricted awards and a national
network of support. Founded in 1997 as the Art Council, Inc., Artadia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization. Artadia Awards are determined through a jury process that employs nationally prominent
curators, artists, and critics. Since its founding, Artadia has awarded over $2.0 million to more than
200 artists in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Most recently
Artadia launched a residency program, which brings Artadia Awardees from each of its program cities
to New York for a three-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP).

Visionary support for Artadia in Houston is provided by the Houston Endowment, Inc., and many
generous individuals.

-from the Artadia email announcement

All theatre artists are encouraged to submit proposals for random acts of theatre that they would like to stage around [Austin] as a part of the World Theatre Day SPECT[ACTOR] event. Why not dance on the blurry line between reality and performance and give the gift of theatre to someone who doesn’t expect it? The Exchange Artists and The Greater Austin Creative Alliance are not obtaining legal rights or protection for performances in public places, so thoughtful and respectful planning is required. Proposals are due by email to exchangeartists by January 11th, 2010.

Proposals should include:

- Name of organizer

- Name of theatre company or group (if relevant)

- Number of organized participants

- Location of random act of theatre

- Description of proposed random act of theatre

- Time of day requirements

- Contact information

more informaiont about the event can be found here and on Facebook.

Central Gallery (on the campus of San Jacinto College Central Campus) is currently soliciting Houston area artists to submit proposals for exhibitions in their new space. email Mark Myers if you are interested in submitting a proposal.