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Youth Leaders for Literacy Grants Available to Young Volunteers Who Inspire and Encourage Reading Deadline Extended: October 30, 2009
Youth Service America is partnering with the National Education Association to once again offer Youth Leaders for Literacy grants to children and youth, ages 5-25, who offer innovative ways to increase literacy skills and appreciation for reading among their peers. Youth Leaders for Literacy will award 30 young people from across the U.S. each with $500 grants and $500 in books from the Pearson Foundation. Youth can submit their applications through October 30, 2009.
Successful projects will be youth-led and address an established literacy need in the applicant’s school or community. The projects will follow the framework of YSA’s Semester of Service initiative, launching on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in January and culminating on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25. An activity should also occur during the NEA’s Read Across America Day on March 2. Begin the application by completing the eligibility quiz at: www.cybergrants.com/ysa/yll/quiz
Echo Theatre New Play Contest for Female Playwrights Deadline: September 30, 2009
Echo Theatre in Dallas, TX, is seeking full-length plays by female playwrights. The winning playwright receives $500 and a 2010 Workshop Presentation of her script by Echo Theatre. Selected finalists will be featured in a 2010 staged reading series. Playwrights must be female; entries must be in English and unpublished at time of submission. No restrictions on cast size or production requirements. No musicals or children’s shows. www.echotheatre.org/content/bigshoutout.php
Mind the Gap Productions Seeking Scripts Deadline: September 30, 2009
Mind the Gap Productions is a new theater company aiming to bridge the gap between the collegiate and professional theater community by supplying new artists an opportunity to hone their skills and make viable, long-lasting connections within the Chicago theater scene. It is seeking scripts for the first season, which will begin in February. No restrictions on play length, cast size, number of previous productions, or nationality of the playwright. All submissions will be considered for production and reading series. Plays with more manageable budgets will receive more consideration for production. Include resume and/or cover letter with submission. NOTE: E-mail submissions only: mindthegapproductions@gmail.com. http://mindthegapproductions.wordpress.com/
PlayPenn 2010 Looking for Playwrights Deadline: September 30, 2009
PlayPenn 2010 is seeking playwrights to participate in its conference in Philadelphia. Selected playwrights will have the opportunity to work with a director, dramaturge, and professional Philadelphia-based actors before and during the conference for a public staged reading at the end of the conference, which is intended to be part of the development process for selected plays. PlayPenn will provide travel for casting for both writer and director, travel to and from the conference, housing, per diem, and a stipend. Only one submission per playwright. www.playpenn.org
Columbia (MO) Public Art Project Deadline: October 1, 2009
The city of Columbia, MO, seeks an artist or artist team to create new site-specific, original, public artwork(s) for the Fifth and Walnut Streets parking garage. Works in a variety of durable media and forms will be considered. Artists should submit qualifications only, not a design proposal. Applications must be submitted electronically via CaFE (Call for Entry) at www.CallForEntry.org.
There is no charge to apply and use of the CaFE site is free. Applicants need only register at the site. www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=384
Charles Hamilton Houston Memorial Public Art Project in Virginia Deadline: October 1, 2009
The city of Alexandria, VA, seeks to commission public art for the new Charles Houston Recreation Center. The purpose of the project is to honor and memorialize Charles Houston and to recognize the historical importance of the former Parker-Gray High School, Alexandria’s first African-American high school. The project’s overarching theme is education and civil rights. Three finalists will be invited to submit proposals. http://alexandriava.gov/arts
Film Independent Accepting Applications for Directors Lab Deadline: October 5, 2009
Film Independent is accepting applications for its ninth Annual Directors Lab. Sponsored by Kodak, the Directors Lab is an intensive eight-week program designed to help directors who are prepping feature-length narrative films. The lab takes place in Los Angeles each winter. The primary focus of the lab is on learning to work with actors and the rehearsal process. Fellows go through a mini-production, learning how to break down a script into a shot list, collaborate with cinematographers, and construct a scene in the editing process. A secondary goal of the program is to help advance the careers of lab fellows by introducing them to established film professionals who can advise them on both the craft and business of directing. http://filmindependent.org/content/directors-lab
Public Art Project in Prince George’s County (MD) Library Deadline: October 9, 2009
The Art in Public Places Program is pleased to announce a national call for proposals for an interior public art installation in the South Bowie Branch Library in Prince George’s County, MD. Download the application and check out previously commissioned works at the link above. www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/Government/AgencyIndex/CentralServices/art.asp
Calls for Women Artists or Women/Men Collaborations Water/Eco Exhibit Deadline: November 2, 2009
The organization Women and Water Rights is searching for women and women/men collaborative teams for its upcoming exhibition, Women and Water Rights: Rivers of Regeneration. This unique and exciting project is scheduled to take place at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery of the University of Minnesota from February 23–March 25, 2010. There are calls for all media juried art and video and postcard art for placement on http://womenandwater.net.
in the news
Artist Mark Bradford, USC’s Elyn Saks Win MacArthur Grants A Los Angeles artist who specializes in incorporating found objects into his pieces and a USC law professor whose battle with schizophrenia has informed her advocacy for those with mental illness are among the 24 winners of this year’s “genius” grants from the MacArthur Foundation. Mark Bradford, Elyn Saks and 22 other winners will each receive $500,000 over the next five years to spend any way they please. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-macarthur22-2009sep22,0,7608103,full.story
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