Opportunities
Search this page for a listing of opportunities and calls for art available to Advocates, Educators, Literary Artists, Performing Artists, and Visual Artists. Opportunities change frequently, so check back often.
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OHIO ARTS COUNCIL
View a Variety of Opportunities Available from the Ohio Arts Council
ADVOCATES
Information coming soon!
EDUCATORS
TEACHER INCENTIVE GRANTS
The Ohio Art Education Foundation invites applications for the Teacher Incentive Program. OAEF is an independent organization that provides support for a variety of art education programs. Foundation grants are made to OAEA members only and must be used for projects that enhance and further art education in the State of Ohio. Click on the link above for the online application and full guidelines.
OHIO'S 5th ANNUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Registration is open for Ohio's 5th Annual Special Education Leadership Conference scheduled for September 19-20, 2011 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The 2011 conference theme "Charting a Course for Improvement - Strategies That Work!" continues the tradition of quality professional development by presenting an outstanding program featuring local and national experts in the field of special education. A variety of sessions are available for Directors, Supervisors, Coordinators, other administrative professionals and Special Education Instructional personnel.
LEAD 2011 CONFERENCE and TRAINING, Louisville, KY
Housed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability network presents an annual conference that will give you the tools and information you need to make your facility and programs accessible to people with disabilities and older adults.The conference includes dozens of seminars, networking and idea sharing, performances and demonstrations. The schedule for this year's conference includes a Capacity Building Workshop (Audio-Description training, Aug 15-16) and pre-conference workshops (Aug 17-18); the full conference is August 18-20. Click the link about for a full listing of opportunities and to register.
CHAMPION CREATIVELY ALIVE CHILDREN GRANT PROGRAM,
Deadline July 8 - Strengthen arts education in your school with a 2011 grant to Champion Creatively Alive Children, a national program funded by Crayola and supported by NAESP's National Principals Resource Center. Crayola will award up to 20 grants to help educators explore the "what if" opportunities in arts education that lead to innovative best practices that can inspire other educators nationwide. The grants, which include a $2,500 monetary award and $500 worth of Crayola products, are specifically aimed at helping NAESP members implement and document innovative arts-education projects to share best practices and innovative approaches to nurturing creatively alive children.
LITERARY OPPORTUNITIES
Information coming soon!
PERFORMING ARTISTS
DRAMAKINTICS MOVEMENT CLASSES, Cincinnati, ongoing enrollment
Among other programs, Dramakinetics offers hour-long intensive classes in drama, music, and movement to engage individuals of all abilities to reach their full creative potential while experiencing, creating, and performing art. Goals are to foster independence, social skills, and empowerment. Ongoing enrollment is available for age-appropriate classes (from age 3 to 18+). Classes are held at 4222 Hamilton Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45223. For more information, call 513-389-1721 or click the link above for the website.
DANCER'S EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Dancing Wheels, Americas premier, professional, integrated dance company, is currently seeking sit-down (wheelchair dancers) for employment in the 2011-2012 season.
Dance position offers a full 52-week contract, compensation according to experience, paid vacation and an opportunity to travel throughout the country and abroad (with all expenses paid). Ballet, modern and strength training classes are offered throughout the week.
The company is seeking strong wheelists either with dance experience or the interest and ability to learn diverse choreography. Candidates for this position must be adept at daily wheelchair mobility and able to navigate well, be a team player and have the interest and ability to educate audiences about disability and dance. Dancers are required to work Monday-Friday 10-3 and travel on tour when necessary.
Auditions will be scheduled on an individual basis. Send resume, headshots and samples of work, if available. Please e-mail Mary Verdi-Fletcher at VFletcher1@aol.com to schedule an audition date.
Audition Location
3615 Euclid Ave., 3rd Floor
Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: 216-432-0306 Fax: 216-432-0308
www.dancingwheels.org
DANCING WHEELS SUMMER DANCE AND THEATRE WORKSHOPS
The School of Dancing Wheels offers fun and intensive summer workshops in dance and theatre geared for children and adults of all abilities and skill levels. Partial tuition scholarships are available based upon need.
OHIO ARTS PRESENTERS NETWORK'S YOUNG ARTIST INITIATIVE
September 2 Deadline -
With the addition of the Ohio Arts Presenters Network (OAPN) Young Artist Initiative (YAI), Ohio’s most promising young artists will be celebrated by and introduced to OAPN’s role in the development of Ohio’s arts communities. Categories include: Dance, Music, Young Audience and Theatre & Beyond. One entrant from each category will be chosen by an adjudication panel as a YAI Selected Artist. Of these four selected artists, one will be chosen as the YAI Featured Artist and will be invited to perform during the Opening Dinner/Awards Ceremony at the 2011 OAPN Annual Showcase Conference in Columbus, Ohio on Monday, October 24. This will give the artist an opportunity to be seen by presenters from all over the state of Ohio and allow an inside look at the business side of being a performing artist.
VISUAL ARTISTS
*Professional Development and Display Opportunities
VSA OHIO ARTIST REGISTRY
Join the VSA Ohio Artist Registry. Fill out an application to be listed on VSA Ohio's artist registry for artists with disabilities. Any further questions can be sent to registry@vsao.org or by phone to 614-241-5325.
ART PATRONS and ARTISTS
ArtLook is easy to Use Call 88 88 ArtLook (888-827-8566) Listen to the welcome message & follow easy prompts to find artists, galleries & art events near you. http://8888artlook.com/
SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS
Springboard for the Arts' mission is to cultivate a vibrant arts community by connecting artists with the skills, contacts, information and services they need to make a living and a life. http://www.springboardforthearts.org/
93rd ANNUAL TOLEDO AREA ARTISTS EXHIBITION
Fee: $30.00 (93rd Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition)
Entry Deadline: 6/6/11
MOMENTUM
VSA/Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Exhibition Program
VSA seeks entries for Momentum, a national juried exhibition for emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25.
Deadline: June 10, 2011
GOSLINGS + GARDENS: A KID MADE INSTALLATION
Location: Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
Dates: June 27 - August 25, 2011
DEADLINE: June 10, 2011
Seeking 2D or relief artwork that celebrates the community garden. This will be a fun-filled exhibition with a corresponding one-day event that provides an opportunity for kids to create prints and learn more about what it means to be involved with a local garden.
VISIONS REVEALED 2011 ART EXHIBIT
The 2011 Visions Revealed Art Exhibit will be held June 17 through July 15 at the Ernsthausen Performing Arts Center Gallery, at Norwalk High School, 350 Shady Lane Dr. Norwalk.
The annual collaborative show will feature works by over 40 artists from Artists' Open Studio, North Coast Cancer Care and local artists from throughout the area. The gallery will open at 1:00 pm for early viewing on June 17 and will remain open for a reception from 4-7 p.m. Visitors may also enjoy the display on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 9 a.m.- noon until the closing date.
A closing reception on July 15 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm will highlight an additional display of work from Drawing on Strengths, an art therapy program for Autism Spectrum Kids. The event will include a theater performance and dance recital sponsored by the Fisher-Titus Pediatric Therapy Team.
Visions Revealed is sponsored by the Artists' Open Studio; the North Coast Cancer Foundation; the Huron County Board of Developmental Disabilities/Christie Lane; Fisher-Titus Medical Center.
Contact: Lynda Stoneham
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP FOR ARTISTS
When: Saturday, June 18, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: OAL Gallery
Join Meghan Kwast, Tammy Bornemizsa, and Molly McCafferty of Time Tank Labs as they share the basic photographic techniques that will allow you to photograph 2D or 3D artwork, as well as the use of post-production editing software, and the best practices of image storage.
This workshop is free for OAL members. For non-members there is a fee of $10 per session, or $15 for both.
Visit our website for full details and to RSVP.
ART INFORMAL
When: Thursday, June 23, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Location: OAL Gallery
Art INFOrmal brings together artists and art lovers for a friendly discussion about the making of work and opportunities to be involved with in the art community. Formerly called Community Critiques, Art INFOrmal continues to provide a resource for artists looking for feedback on their work. Bringing work is not necessary to take part in the conversation.
More Information about Art INFOrmal available at www.oal.org/critiques.html.
ABSOLUTELY ABSURD
WHEN: Friday, July 15, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.
WHERE: THOUGHTco HQ 566 W. Rich Street Columbus, OH 43215
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: Thursday, June 23
The Ohio Art League is hosting our second annual ABSOLUTELY ABSURD bash where the guests become the art with a whacked out mash-up of unexpected outfits. In a city this creative, we know that the attendees will knock your socks off with their most innovative, preposterous and absurd costume designs.
The 7,000 square foot warehouse at 566 W. Rich Street, will be packed with performance and video art, a dance party, fire breathers, trapeze artists, cash bar and an eclectic crowd of artists, patrons and supporters of Ohio's rich cultural community. All proceeds benefit the Ohio Art League, working on behalf of artists for the past 100 years.
This year will be infused with even more of the unexpected because we're asking artists to submit proposals for a wild and wacky performance, video or installation. Collaborations are encouraged!
WHELAN GALLERIES & COTTAGE GALLERY - NIGHT OF A HUNDRED ANGELS Fee: $25.00 (Whelan Galleries - Night of a Hundred Angels)
Entry Deadline: 6/24/11
CALL FOR ART - ART ABILITY 2011 at BRYN MAWR REHAB HOSPITAL, Deadline June 27 Art Ability is an International Juried Exhibition of Art and Fine Crafts by Artists with Disabilities. The Annual Exhibition and Sale will be held November 5, 2011 - January 15, 2012 at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital in Malvern, PA. Deadline for entries: June 27, 2011. The Call for Entries is open to artists with physical, cognitive, visual and hearing disabilities. Click the link above to read the full call for art on CaFE.
59th COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL,
aka The Chris Awards Is accepting entries now through July 1 for its 2011 Festival. Entry form and instructions are available online.
REDLINE 2011 APPLICATION for ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
Fee: $30.00 (Redline 2011 Application for Artists-in-Residence Program)
Entry Deadline: 7/5/11
EN FOCO: NEW WORKS PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP AWARDS NO. 15
Entry Deadline: 7/28/11
SANTO FOUNDATION: INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS GRANTS 2011
Fee: $35.00 (Santo Foundation: Individual Artists Grants 2011)
Entry Deadline: 7/31/11
RECOVERY CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY:
We invite you to share your art at the Recovery Center of Hamilton County in a juried exhibit called Hope and Healing and Peace on Earth opening Friday, August 26, 2011
Submission deadline: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Sarah Gallant
Recovery Center of Hamilton County
2340 Auburn Ave
Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
sarahg@recoverycenterhc.org
COLUMBUS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY
An Exhibition of Art at the Rhodes State Office Tower
October, 2011
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Deadline August 31, 2011
With one year to go until Columbus' Bicentennial, the Bicentennial Arts Partnership invites Columbus area artists to create works which spotlight the city's tremendous diversity, past and present, of people and place.
OHIO ART LEAGUE BLOG
Want to know more about OAL's exhibiting artists, see pictures from our events, or post your own upcoming shows? Now you can on the Ohio Art League blog!
Visit it to find interviews with each of our Member Curated Exhibition artists and curators, and the artists featured at the Port Columbus Gateway to the Arts. Keep an eye out soon for images from our opening receptions and other events.
We want to know what you are doing!
OAL members are invited to send us information about their upcoming exhibitions and happenings. To have your show posted please send the following information to oal@oal.orgwith BLOG POST in the subject line:
- Event or exhibition title
- Reception date and time
- Show dates
- Location
- Your website if available
REGISTER AS AN OHIO ONLINE VISUAL ARTIST
Contact Information
Kathy Signorino
Ohio Arts Council
727 East Main Street
Columbus, OH 43205-1796
614-728-6140
Kathy.Signorino@oac.state.oh.us
OHIO PERCENT FOR ART PROGRAM
About the Program:
View the Percent for Art Guidelines
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Current Program Announcements
Search Completed Projects
Ken Emerick, Director,
Individual Artist Grant Programs and Services and Percent for Art
ken.emerick@oac.state.oh.us
THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR ARTISTS
The American Center for Artists is an electronic magazine that focuses on the biography and autobiography of famous and emerging writers, painters, sculptors, musicians, and other artists. It also presents new and reprinted works by these artists as well as articles about them.