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

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

2010 Exhibition Call for Artist and Curator Proposals

Box13 Artspace is currently accepting proposals for the 2010 calendar year (January, May, July, September, November 2010) for exhibitions in its two downstairs galleries (~1000 sf each), the window box gallery, and an upstairs gallery. Media artists interested in the Green BOX should contact Michael Henderson at michael@box13artspace.com. Artists and curators are invited to submit recent (or proposed) experimental works not previously shown in Houston.

Exhibition and performance proposals will be reviewed and selections made by a committee of artist resident members of BOX 13 and potentially guest curator(s) for exhibitions/performances.

BOX 13 will accept proposals twice per year to discuss and make programming decisions for the BOX for no more than 18 months into the future from the meeting date. The next upcoming submission deadline for review is October 16, 2009. This is a postmark date.

BOX exhibition/performance space floor plans can be viewed and downloaded as pdf.

All proposals must be submitted in digital format on CDs and DVDs only. Additionally all requested material may be posted to a single page on a website and the link may be submitted. No paper materials will be reviewed. The BOX is committed to the reducing our environmental impact when possible and streamlining the application and review process.

For more information, to make an appointment to view the galleries or to inquire about proposal drop off please email Elaine Bradford , our exhibition coordinator.

Submission Criteria

1. Letter of intent or exhibition proposal in a Word document or PDF file. In 500 words or less. Please be sure to include:
a. Contact information
b. Title and description, concept and physical details
c. Requested gallery space and any requests for equipment or special installation requirements*
d. Any budgetary concerns*
*BOX 13 does not have a budget for assisting artists with expenses at this time..
2. Resumé(s) or CV(s) for all proposed participating artists each in its own Word document or PDF file.
3. Images. NO MORE THAN 15 digital images in jpg format. Numbers should be used in the file names beginning with 01.jpg. Each image must be 1MB or SMALLER. Any files not meeting these requirements may not be viewed when considering your proposal.
4. Video. Video samples may be submitted on DVD or CD. Videos must be ready to play on a computer using Windows Media Player or Quick Time.
5. Corresponding numbered list of submitted images and/or videos in a Word document or PDF file.

Submissions may be mailed to:
BOX 13 ArtSpace
Attn. Exhibition Proposal
6700 Harrisburg Blvd
Houston, TX 77011

BOX 13 Artspace
Address: 6700 Harrisburg Blvd, Houston, TX 77009
Website: http://box13artspace.com/
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 1-5pm, and by appointment

Here is a grant opportunity that Texas artists might like to know about:

Calling All Artists - Deadline October 30, 2009

The Idea Fund provides cash awards to Texas-based, artist-generated or artist-centered projects that exemplify the unconventional, interventionist, conceptual, entrepreneurial, participatory, or guerrilla artistic practices that occur outside of the traditional frameworks of support. The Idea Fund will accept proposals from artists/curators focusing on the visual arts, performance, film, video, new media, social practice, and interdisciplinary projects. Grants are awarded for up to $4000. The 2010 deadline is October 30, 2009. For guidelines/applications and more information, visit www.theideafund.org.

(many thanks to Aura Picture Show for sharing this information!)

labotanica maps intersections of creative and social transformation. labotanica uses flexible, open-ended formats to engage the community to examine progressive cultural and social practices.

- labotanica announces grants program for creative projects [DUE July 15]

- low lives call for artists [DUE June 30]

- labotanica seeks home in houston, texas

- labotanica magazine #1: classifieds, call for entries [DUE July 15]”

complete details at BS Houston blog, linked below

via B.S. Houston Art Blog: Diana-Sofia’s Got the Scoop.

Not in Houston, but close enough.

“The Bone House was Dan’s baby, the 12th house to embody his Phoenix Commotion’s wild mix of art, ecoconsciousness and serious attention to affordability — all in Huntsville. Dan and his crew had fashioned the strangely beautiful house out of things destined for the dump: scrap lumber, old signs, old T-shirts. Bottle caps covered one floor, wine corks another. Mosaics made of broken mirrors and old CDs glinted from the walls of the studio in back…

The “Phoenix” part used to be purely a metaphor about rebirth and reuse, he said. Now they had actual ashes to rise from.”

via Can the Bone House rise from the ashes? | Fine Arts | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle.

“The 22nd Art Car Parade is May 9…If you don’t have an art car, they’re also looking for 300 volunteers to help with everything from parade logistics and planning to t-shirt sales and artist hospitality.”

via Glasstire: Texas visual art online - Art Car Deadline.

“Local Coca-Cola Bottler and Wal-Mart sponsors announced a call for entries in this year’s Art of Harmony — Eco-Project.

Artists in high schools throughout the Greater Houston and southeast Texas areas can vie for the opportunity to have their creations displayed on a tour.

The competition encourages and rewards the talent of students in grades nine through 12.

…

Entry kits were mailed to high schools in the area.

Students also can call 1-800-556-6754.

Entry deadline is [March 31].”

via Deadline nears for Art of Harmony — Eco-Project | East End/Third Ward News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle.