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Missing Person Alert: Terry Costa, Founding Artistic Director of UNI Theatre
During the past few months, the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has been considering how to better incorporate technology services with its other programs for individual artists and for organizations which serve artists. As a result, on July 1, 2001, we will be discontinuing Arts Wire membership, including webhosting, email, on-line conferencing, and related services for artists and arts organizations. Details of the Arts Wire membership transition are available at http://www.artswire.org/webhost
We will, however, be continuing the unique and valuable weekly online Arts Wire Current, including jobs and opportunities listings, as well as NYFA's nationally recognized training activities, Spiderschool and the Knowledge in Technology Project.
We are happy to announce that in 2002, we will be launching a new portal site which will amalgamate NYFA's considerable resources with information about resources on (and off) line offered by service organizations across the country. As a first step, NYFA is integrating information on the artswire.org and nyfa.org sites -- to provide artists and arts organizations with more complete and easier access to what NYFA has to offer them.
We look forward to seeing you at http://www.nyfa.org
The many State Art Agency (SAA) supported programs which benefit artists range from the Louisiana Arts Council's Crafts Marketing Program; to Art in Public Places Programs, such in North Carolina, where the North Carolina Arts Council's web site features a map and images of art works created through the Artworks for State Buildings program; to the Southeastern Media Institute, a South Carolina Arts Commission Media Arts Center program which offers seminars and workshops in many areas of film and video production.
In New York, funding categories in many New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) programs support artist residencies, commissions and special project opportunities. For instance, the New Music Technology program supports institutions which provide musicians with residencies, studio time, technical instruction and access to equipment, as well as project completion funds to professional musicians of significant expertise.
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts provides opportunities to exhibit the work of Rhode Island artists at The Atrium Gallery in the State Capitol Complex. The Delaware Division of the Arts hosts one-person exhibitions of Delaware artists at the Mezzanine Gallery in the Carvel State Office Building in Wilmington. Featured in the gallery in June are the works of Joe Rasemas, an illustrator working in pencil and watercolor.
In Idaho, the Idaho Commission on the Arts' Writer-in-residence, Jim Irons from Twin Falls, travels throughout the state providing communities with readings and workshops.
In Utah, the Utah Arts Council's Individual Artist Grants program awards up to $1,200 for Utah residents, funded by interest drawn from the Individual Artists' Endowment, made possible by a 1991 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Challenge Grant.
In Massachusetts, in addition to the Massachusetts's Cultural Council's (MCC) $12,500 fellowship grants to individual artists fellowships, the MCC's Local Cultural Council Program offers project grants to artists to work in schools and other community settings. Local cultural councils receive an annual distribution from the MCC, then decide how to re-grant these funds in their own communities.
In South Dakota in FY01, The South Dakota Arts Council's Artists-in-Schools program grants approved funding for 224 weeks of residencies conducted by professional artists at schools and other educational institutions throughout the state.
In Iowa, the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and IMAGINE IOWA 2001: A CULTURAL VISION are asking the arts community and the public: "What if Iowa...was a national center for rural culture?... had a cultural trust?...had a cultural tourism program? ...had initiatives to assist emerging artists with business skills? ...had a ______ in your community? (You fill in the blank!)"
SAA programs which directly support individual artists include artists fellowships in many states -- such as New Jersey, where the New Jersey State Council on the Arts co-sponsors a Fellowship Program for New Jersey artists with the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation; Virginia, where the Virginia Commission for the Arts awards fellowships to writers and visual artists; Arkansas, where the Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowships program recognizes individual artistic accomplishments and enables artists to set aside time for creating their art and improving skill levels; and Oregon where the Oregon Arts Commission recognizes the achievements of Oregon artists and the contributions they make to the cultural health of the state through its annual Artist Fellowship grants.
According to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, (NASAA) the state arts agencies received nearly $447 million in legislative appropriations in fiscal year 2001. With an appropriations increase of 11.8% from the previous year, this marks the seventh time in ten years. However, there is some concern that the current economic downtown could begin to impact State Arts Councils. For instance, in California, where, as reported in this issue of Arts Wire Current, a sizeable augmentation for the California Arts Council is in jeopardy.
As mandated by Congress, state arts councils also receive substantial block grants from the National Endowment for the NEA. NEA funding awarded to SAAs this year is documented at http://www.arts.gov/learn/01grants/Partnerships.html
This issue of Arts Wire Current looks at funding issues and new programs at state arts agencies in California, Nebraska, and Texas. In the workshop section, information is provided about IT CAN BE DONE - BUILDING AUDIENCES THROUGH UNIVERSAL PLANNING AND ACCESSIBILITY, a series of NYSCA and New York Foundation on the Arts (NYFA) workshops throughout New York State which facilitate universally accessible environments.
Also highlighted are a conference on WORKING ARTISTS: ENERGIZING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE ARTS, co-sponsored by Connecticut Commission on the Arts; the Kentucky Poet Laureate, whose selection is coordinated by the Kentucky Arts Council; a series of exhibitions for artists fellowship winners hosted by the Ohio Arts Council; Colorado Council on the Arts web pages which spotlight artists fellowship recipients; and the last "Open Home" in Arts Wire Current -- for long time Arts Wire supporter, the Illinois Arts Council.
To find out more about your State Arts Agency and what programs it has available for artists and arts organizations, visit the NASAA map of SAA's across the US, available at http://www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/aoa/saaweb.shtml
The NEA also details state and regional arts agencies at http://www.arts.gov/artforms/RAO_SAAs.html
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES (NASAA) WEB SITE http://www.nasaa-arts.org
"If that seems like a big cut to you, bear in mind we were fully prepared to have the entire $26 million cut," CAC Director Barry Hessenius writes in the CAC WEEKLY UPDATE. "The proposed additional (new money) $3 million (more) for Arts Education, $1.5 million (more) for Organizational Support, $1 million for a new Cities Program, $500,000 for Public Art and $6 million for a Facilities fund ALL remain. The total $12 million (plus operations) augmentation would raise the CAC budget next year (IF APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE) to about $45 million. None of this new money is one-time funding. It's ongoing, meaning it would be in our budget every year. That means Governor Davis, even at this time of extremely hard choices, has increased support for the arts by $25 million in two years - more than doubling the funding."
The fate of the funding increase now hangs on what happens in the State Legislature -- which has indicated in subcommittee reports that more money will be cut from the augmentation.
"The governor and the first lady recognize the strength of arts and we are hopeful," a CAC spokesperson told Arts Wire Current. "The arts are a vital part of what makes up the rich cultural fabric of California, and they contribute greatly to our economic and education base. The arts are not a subsidy they are an investment!"
This week, arts leaders from all over the state will gather in Sacramento for a JOINT CONGRESS OF THE ARTS -- bringing leaders from every arts field and discipline in California together in one place at the same time to provide opportunities for networking and discussion of ways to collaborate and cooperate between arts groups that normally don't have the opportunity to interface and brainstorm.
On June 7, a rally for arts funding will be held on the North Steps of the State Capitol -- featuring the Cal Aggie Marching Band from UC Davis, with the Sacramento Taiko Dan drumming, celebrity speakers, and more. The rally is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
"This just might end up an historic event signaling a shift in the fortunes of the arts," CAC Director Barry Hessenius writes in an email alert. "A point in time people will talk about a decade from now. I hope you can somehow be there too. Your voice needs to be heard. You need to be a part of this."
A Parade leaves from the Sheraton Grand Hotel at 1:45, arriving at the Capital at 2:00. The rally is scheduled to run from 2:00 to 3:00 PM. Speakers include: State Senator Jack Scott, Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Arts,; Assemblymember Marco Antonio Firebaugh; State Senator Dede Alpert; Lavonne McBroom, President, California State Parent Teacher Association; and Jacqueline Antee, State President, AARP -- plus actor Joe Pantoliano; (MEMENTO, THE MATRIX, THE FUGITIVE, and HBO'S THE SOPRANOS) actor Delroy Lindo; (CIDER HOUSE RULES, GET SHORTY, A LIFE LESS ORDINARY) actor Chris Lawford (THIRTEEN DAYS, THE DOORS) and actress Frances Fisher. (TITANIC)
"The Legislature needs to appreciate that there is an enormous grassroots army out there for whom funding and support for the arts is the highest priority, and that this army supports the Governor's budget, and that it is an army on the move....The message that the arts are an investment, not a subsidy; that the arts are not a frill needs to be made over and over and over. If you don't send that message, who will?" CAC Director Hessenius states.
He adds: "No matter what finally happens, I hope this effort is just the beginning of the arts coming of age. And when it's all over, please take the time to thank the Governor - the arts community owes him a lot."
Sources/resources:
CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL HOME PAGE --
http://www.cac.ca.gov/
Adam Gottlieb, Communications Director
Email:
AGottlieb@caartscouncil.com
tel: 916-322-6588
Note that the Joint Congress is filled but the Rally is open and
free. For more information contact the CALIFORNIA ARTS ADVOCATES
at: 619-239-8678 Email:
SLucal@calartsadvocates.org
In a new program, the NAC has recently entered into a partnership with the Nebraska-based Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation to renovate a small apartment complex into an artist residency center in historic Nebraska City, located in the southeast corner of the state.
"The residency program is in development, but plans are to open the facility to artists in all disciplines for 9 week residencies that will include a stipend in addition to living and studio space," the NAC told Arts Wire. The studio area may also contain a sprung wood dance floor suitable for choreographers.
Eligibility will be for artists in the Mid-America region, including Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas, and for states contiguous to Nebraska, including Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado.
The Nebraska Arts Council provides monetary awards to Nebraska artists in various disciplines as well as basic support for Nebraska arts organizations. NAC'S WEBSITE -- which features a Calendar of Arts and Cultural Events for the State of Nebraska as well a directory of artists who have been approved for participation in the NAC's Artists-in-Schools/Communities and Nebraska Touring Programs -- is located at http://www.nebraskaartscouncil.org
For more information, contact Christine Basque Malloy, Public Information and Touring Program Coordinator at email cmalloy@nebraskaartscouncil.org
The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is the state agency charged with the development of a receptive climate for the arts in Texas.
Among many TCA programs, The Young Masters Program, a new program intended to support excellence in the arts, will provide scholarships for advanced study in specific artistic disciplines for 8th through 12th grade Texas students. Young Masters will provide scholarships of up to $2,500 per year to promising young school aged children engaged in arts study including the visual arts, literature, music, theatre, and dance.
Students may be enrolled in a school-based program, summer institute, specialized course of study, or be receiving private lessons from a qualified professional instructor, and it is expected that a mentoring relationship will be established between the student and the instructor, explains TCA Director of Marketing Gaye Greever McElwain.
For more information, visit the TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS
WEBSITE at
http://www.arts.state.tx.us
Gaye Greever McElwain, TCA Director of Marketing
can be contacted at Email:
gmcelwain@arts3.arts.state.tx.us
IT CAN BE DONE - BUILDING AUDIENCES THROUGH UNIVERSAL PLANNING AND ACCESSIBILITY
"A universal environment is one that is usable by everyone. It is an environment in which the design of your space, programs, and communication systems enhances everyone's ability to use your programs and services. A universal environment does not end with accessibility but reaches beyond it to usability. Accessibility and usability are an organizational asset and not a response to an individual's 'special' request." -- The New York State Council on the Arts, A UNIVERSAL ENVIRONMENT: BEYOND ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY -- http://www.nysca.org/UniversalPlanning.html
54 million Americans report some level of disability -- 15% of the population. It is estimated that there are 2 million people with disabilities in New York -- 11% of the population.
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) considers usability an opportunity and believes that making facilities, programs, and information usable by all people -- with and without disabilities and people of all ages -- creates opportunities for audience building and better constituency services. NYSCA is encouraging all organizations to consider accessibility/usability in the early stages of project and program development, including design of physical facilities, programming and communications systems.
In addition to NYSCA's A UNIVERSAL ENVIRONMENT: BEYOND ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY website, in 2001 and 2002, across New York State, a series of workshops on accessibility/usability topics will be offered across New York. The accessibility workshop series is a project of the New York Foundation for the Arts in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts and in cooperation with New York regional arts councils.
June workshops in Hicksville, Huntington, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Buffalo are listed below.
HICKSVILLE, NY
June 5, 2001 - 10:00 AM 1:00 PM
Hicksville Public Library, 169 Jerusalem Avenue
Co-Sponsor: Long Island Arts Council at Freeport
Reservation: 516-223-2522
HUNTINGTON, NY
June 6, 2001- 10 AM - 1 PM
Town Hall Board Room, 100 Main Street
Co-Sponsor: Huntington Arts Council
Reservations: 631-271-8423
BRONX, NY
June 14, 2001 - 1:30-4:30 or 5:30-8:30 PM (repeat sessions)
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bedford Park Boulevard
West and Goulden Avenue
Co-Sponsor: Bronx Council on the Arts
Reservations: 718-931-9500
BROOKLYN, NY
June 21, 2001 - 2:00 -5:00 PM
KeySpan, 1 MetroTech Center
Co-Sponsor: Brooklyn Arts Council
Reservations: 718-625-0080
BUFFALO, NY
June 28, 2001 - 1 PM - 4 PM
Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted, MD Center for the Visually
Impaired, 1170 Main Street
Co-Sponsor: Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County
Reservations: 716-856-7520
A complete listings of other workshop's and locations -- including Staten Island, Norwich, Corning, Rochester, Syracuse, Saratoga Springs, New York, and Lake Placid -- is available at http://www.artswire.org/current/access.html
For directions to the site, please call the co-sponsor at the phone number given. NYSCA encourages participants to bring administration, board members, staff, and volunteers to the workshops. They also note that the workshops are being held in accessible facilities and they ask for notification 3 weeks before the date of a workshop if there are accommodations they can provide to facilitate participation in the workshop. Because many people have chemical sensitivities to scented products, they ask all participants to keep rooms smoke and scent free.
For further about the workshops, contact arts4all@nysca.org. Call the number listed for phone reservations or email arts4all@nysca.org
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) -- http://www.nysca.org -- is a state funding agency that provides support for the activities of nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in New York State and helps to bring artistic programs of high quality to the citizens of New York State.
NYFA WEBSITE -- http://www.nyfa.org
WORKING ARTISTS: ENERGIZING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE ARTS
The Connecticut Commission on the Arts Urban Artists Initiative, in partnership with the Institute for Community Research, will present WORKING ARTISTS: ENERGIZING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE ARTS from June 29-30. Conference activities will take place at the historic Garde Arts Center, as well as New London's scenic waterfront, art galleries and other venues in the downtown arts district.
Working Artists is a participatory conference for artists, arts organizations, community based organizations, educators, funders, social, healthcare and human services professionals, tourism professionals, students and anyone with an interest in the arts. The conference offers an opportunity for attendees to come together to learn how they can contribute to their communities through the arts in ways that impact them culturally, socially and economically.
More than 50 nationally recognized presenters and artists will lead skill-building workshops, conduct tracks and convene engaging panels. Experts will share strategies for addressing common concerns regarding arts programming, arts-related careers, partnership building and much more.
Keynote Speakers are:
HOWARDENA PINDELL, a NY-based painter, critic, curator, art professor and author. A collection of her writings and paintings, entitled THE HEART OF THE QUESTION, has just been published.
violinist and studio musician STEVE SIGEL, whose career embodies a unique mix of community development, theatre production and administration.
A Panel on LIVING YOUR DREAM will feature:
A few of the many Conference sessions are:
Plus a Track on Creative Arts Therapies including sessions on Poetry Therapy, Drama Therapy; Visual Art Therapy and Musical Playwriting as well a track on Community-based Arts Administration.
Featured Guest Performers are Chorus Angelicus; Fripp, Brown & Berryman Trio; storyteller Lot Therrio and director, producer, playwright, actress, poet and educator Peggy Bennett Hume.
The Connecticut Commission on the Arts and The Institute for Community Research developed the Urban Artists Initiative in 1992 with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. UAI provides artists and organizations with the tools to thrive and to enrich the cultural life of their communities. Program participants expand their web of resources with professional development, mentoring, network building, and grant opportunities. This innovative program has served over 150 artists and 45 organizations in 8 Connecticut cities.
Cost to attend is $50 for two days; $30 for one day.
the registration deadline is June 22.
The complete conference brochure, including a registration form
(deadline June 22) is available on the CONNECTICUT COMMISSION ON
THE ARTS WEB SITE at
http://www.CtArts.org/uaiconf.htm
In 1978-79 the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) began awarding Individual Artist Fellowships. The goal of the program is to support artists contributions to building Ohio's communities. Since that time, the OAC's support for artists has grown to include arts in education and international residencies, artist projects and public art commissions.
At the beginning of this new millennium, the Ohio Arts Council celebrates the work of Ohio artists work by proclaiming 2001-2002 the YEAR OF THE ARTIST.
A series of four exhibitions at the OAC's Riffe Gallery will highlight the contributions of artists recognized by the fellowship program, and artists working in the arts in education and international residency programs.
The four exhibitions in the Year of the Artist are
PAPER ROUTES 2000
August 9 - October 7, 2001
Sara Johnson, Southern Ohio Museum, Curator
COMING OF AGE OHIO ARTS COUNCIL FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
October 25, 2001 - January 6, 2002
Betty Talbott and Kay Koeninger, Curators
SHARED INSPIRATION WORK BY ARTISTS IN EDUCATION
January 24 - April 7, 2002
Dominique Vasseur, Curator
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES ART SPEAKS MANY LANGUAGES
April 25 - July 7, 2002
Susan Channing, Curator
In 2001, the OAC awarded 90 Individual Artist Fellowships, totaling $530,000. The Individual Artist Program offers fellowships of $5,000 or $10,000 to artists of exceptional talent based on the quality of their work. The program also facilitates residence opportunities at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California and Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. (for fellowship recipients) Artists working in choreography, contemporary and traditional crafts, criticism, design arts, fiction and nonfiction writing, interdisciplinary and performance art, media arts, music composition, photography, playwriting, poetry and visual arts are eligible for OAC Individual Artist Fellowships.
Visit the Ohio Arts Council's web site at http://www.oac.state.oh.us/ to find out more about the OAC, including information about Appalachian Arts Program which works to strengthen, promote and celebrate the rich cultural and artistic traditions of Appalachian Ohio; and the Ohio River Border Initiative, which in partnership with the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, works to dissolve physical barriers and provide support for communities in the 21 counties on both sides of the Ohio River.
In collaboration with Concert Artists Guild, the Cary Trust is offering a program to provide support for music commissioning projects initiated by nonprofit professional performance institutions based in New York City. Commissioning projects may be proposed for chamber, jazz, choral, orchestral, opera and music theater works.
The objectives of the Commissioning Program are to help performance institutions undertake new music projects; to compensate composers and librettists for their creative work and assist with music copying costs; to build the musical repertoire with new work composed in a variety of forms and styles; and to increase the audience for new music in a variety of performance venues.
The performing artists and ensembles involved in the commissions should be New York City-based; however, the composers and librettists to be commissioned need not be U.S. citizens or residents of New York City.
Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals for projects involving less recognized composers for whom the commissions would be meaningful in advancing their careers.
The postmark deadline for applications is July 1, 2001.
Complete information is available at http://www.carytrust.org/mfc_pages/2001Commissioning.html Or contact Gayle Morgan, Music Program Director Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, 122 East 42nd Street, Room 3505, New York, NY 10168 tel: 212-953-7705 Email: gmorgan@carytrust.org
SAINT PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DOYLESTOWN, PA IS LOOKING FOR CHOIRS, ORCHESTRAS, SOLOISTS, AND PERIOD ENSEMBLES FOR A WEEKLY SERIES OF VESPER SERVICES
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Doylestown, PA has a weekly series of Vesper services which run from September through May at 7:00 on Sunday evenings. The services feature various choirs, orchestras, soloists, and period ensembles.
"Vespers is very similar to Anglican Evensong except our version has even more music," explains Richard Spotts, one of the directors of music.
This year they are looking forward to hosting the American Boy Choir, the Schola Cantorum from Westminster Choir College, the Satori Chamber Orchestra, the Cambiata Renaissance Ensemble, the Choral Scholars from Princeton, NJ, Antioch from Trinity Wall Street, and the Anonymous 4. They are also looking for college choirs, soloists, chamber orchestras, period ensembles, chamber choirs, and "basically anything you can imagine" to fill up the thirty-six weeks.
The program is entirely funded through donations by the parishioners, "so we do not sell tickets," Spotts notes. "Although we take an offering, it is our principle that the offering go to the charitable work of the church and not to the funding of the program. It is a very amazing concept especially when you consider the decline of sacred music in the church at large. This past year was our first try with this program and it was a success. This coming year we want to augment this program and expand it to the wider community. "
For more information, contact Rich Spotts, Saint Paul's Lutheran Church 301 North Main & Spruce Streets, Doylestown, PA 18901 tel: 215-348-4004 Email: stpauls@voicenet.com
The U.S. Department of State and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have joined forces to develop the PERFORMING ARTS CALENDAR, an Internet-based calendar listing of tours abroad by outstanding performing artists from the United States. The Calendar provides information on professional U.S. artists and companies who perform abroad to U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world. Artists are invited to participate in the initiative and expand the reach of their performances abroad. This service is being offered at no cost to the artists.
The database is organized by artistic discipline and geographical region. Particular interest will be placed on artists and companies scheduled to perform in areas of the world where U.S. work is less well-known, such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Individual artists or companies who have negotiated international appearances can apply to participate in the initiative.
For details, visit: http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/pac/
Details about these and other opportunities are available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/calls.html To submit "calls" for either artists or organizations, send email to artswire@artswire.org
Deadline: June 8, 2001, film or video, SACRAMENTO FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL, SACRAMENTO, CA
Deadline: June 15, 2001, (extended) innovative research, media art practice and theory, CAST01, GERMANY, SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2001
Deadline: July 1, 2001, traditional ("classical realism") painters and sculptors - students, STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, THE ARC MUSEUM
Deadline: August 1, 2001, music composition - chamber orchestra, HECKSCHER COMPOSITION PRIZE, ITHACA COLLEGE, ITHACA, NY
Deadline: August 13, 2001, Polaroid transfer self- portraits, POLAROID SELF PORTRAIT SHOW, ROBERT CANAGA GALLERY, EUGENE, OR
Deadline: October 18, 2001, artwork, poetry, STICKS & STONES, VENUS ATTACKS! ROOTS OF THE HEARTLAND, DIG-FACTORY.COM
Deadline: ongoing, autobiographical and biographical texts designed for the Web, BEYONDWRITING.COM WEBLIOGRAPHY
Deadline: Ongoing, visual artists, stage designers, mixed media artists and other artists, SURREAL ESTATES, INK, LIVE/WORK COMMUNITY IN SACRAMENTO, CA
Details about these and other jobs are available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/jobs.html To submit jobs to ARTS WIRE CURRENT JOBS, send email to joblist@artswire.org
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Sonoma County Museum, (Santa Rosa, CA)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Individual Artists of Oklahoma, (Oklahoma City, OK)
MANAGING DIRECTOR, Music at the Anthology (MATA) (New York City, NY)
COORDINATOR, INSTITUTE FOR ARTS & CULTURE, C. W. Post Institute for Arts & Culture, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts (Greenvale, NY)
ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR, (reopened) Los Angeles County Arts Commission, (Los Angeles, CA)
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, The Regional Performing Arts Center, (Philadelphia, PA)
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER, The Regional Performing Arts Center, (Philadelphia, PA)
FINE ARTS SPECIALIST, Ohio Arts Council, (Columbus, OH)
HEAD OF EXHIBITION DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN SERVICES, The New-York Historical Society, (New York City, NY)
ASSOCIATE REGISTRAR, The New-York Historical Society, (New York City, NY)
CONFERENCE DIRECTOR, Associated Writing Programs, (*Fairfax, Virginia*)
MANAGER OF COMMUNICATIONS, The High Museum of Art, (Atlanta, GA)
ADMISSIONS COORDINATOR, The MacDowell Colony, (Peterborough, NH)
GALLERY MANAGER/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, (Staten Island, NY)
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, San Francisco Opera, (San Francisco, CA)
DEC ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, (New York City, NY)
PROGRAM ASSISTANT, The Arts & Business Council of Chicago, (Chicago, IL)
TECHNICAL EDITOR/EQUIPMENT TESTER, (video technology), York Publishing, (Chico, CA)
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, The American Federation of Arts, (New York City, NY)
TECH WRITER, Production Designer, (New York City, NY)
PRINT GRAPHIC ARTIST, Harlem Overheard, (Harlem, NY)
GRAPHIC/EXHIBIT DESIGNER, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, (Austin, TX)
MARKETING COORDINATOR, San Francisco Symphony, (San Francisco, CA)
BOOKING MANAGER, Metro Theater Company, (St. Louis, MO)
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, Booking Dept; (performing arts organization) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO SENIOR VP, (performing arts organization) (New York City, NY)
ARTS ADMINISTRATION INTERN, TADA! (New York City, NY)
A growing list of links to job resources for artists and arts administrators is available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/jobres.html
The Colorado Council on the Arts' (CCA) COLORADO SPOTLIGHT -- http://www.coloarts.state.co.us/spotlight.htm -- highlights winners of CCA's 2001 Artists Fellowship Awards in a website catalog with text and images.
For instance Denver-based sculptor Elizabeth Faulhaber, whose work addresses how objects and materials can stand as metaphor, is represented by images of SPILL (steel, salt water,silk, psyllium seed, sieve, silk thread) and WITNESS; (embroidered stainless steel, waxed basin, evaporated salt solution) and the site includes information about choreography fellowship recipient David Capps, whose David Capps/Dances is comprised of dancers from both Colorado and New York who share a common bond in that they are all current or former dance BFA students from the dance program at CU-Boulder.
Other 2001 CCA fellowship recipients are:
Visual Arts: Martha Daniels, Lynne Hull, Pamela Joseph, Diane Kenney, Chris Nitsche, Daniel Raffin, Martha Russo, Jude Silva, and Gail Wagner.
Music Composition: Robert Gillis, Grace Brock
Literature/ Fiction: Naomi Horii, Pamela Houston, Kent Nelson
Literature/ Non Fiction: Craig Childs, B. K. Loren, Michael O'Hanlon, Gail Waldstein
Visit the site to find out more about their work.
Other CCA programs highlighted on the Colorado Spotlight website are the 2001 Governor's Art Awards and 2001 Art in Public Places.
The Colorado Council on the Arts (CCA) -- http://www.coloarts.state.co.us -- stimulates arts development in the state, assists and encourages artists and arts organizations, and help makes the arts more accessible to the people of Colorado.
Arts Wire's website at http://www.artswire.org is a central place to visit the cyberhomes of the diverse artists and art organizations who are Arts Wire members. This week CURRENT invites readers to visit the home page of the Illinois Arts Council.
The ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL (IAC) -- http://www.state.il.us/agency/iac/ -- recognizes and supports not-for-profit arts organizations, community programs, schools, universities and individual creative artists through grant programs, technical assistance, workshops and special initiatives every year.
IAC Program grants are available to provide general operating support or support for specific projects of high artistic merit to not-for-profit organizations in the areas of Arts-in-Education, Dance, Ethnic and Folk Arts, Literature, Local Arts Agencies, Media Arts, Multi-Disciplinary Arts, Music, Presenters Development, Theater and Visual Arts.
In IAC's Artists Fellowship Award program, non-matching fellowships in fixed amounts of $7,000 are awarded to Illinois artists in recognition of their outstanding work and commitment within the arts. In current rounds, 40 Illinois artists in the four categories of crafts, ethnic and folk arts, playwriting/screenwriting and visual arts are receiving Fellowships totaling $280,000, and finalist awards of $700 have been awarded to 22 Illinois artists in these four disciplines for a total of $15,400. 52 Illinois artists in the seven categories of choreography, interdisciplinary/performance art, media arts, music composition, photography, poetry and prose are receiving Fellowships totaling $364,000, and finalist awards of $700 have also been awarded to 29 Illinois artists in these seven disciplines for a total of $20,300.
Other IAC programs include Short Term Artists Residencies; (which provide support for interaction between professional Illinois artists and the public through workshops, classes, demonstrations and lectures sponsored by not-for-profit Illinois organizations) Arts-in-Education Residencies; (which provide support for Illinois artists residencies in schools and communities statewide) and ArtsResource. (which provides support for schools/school districts to work with artists as project consultants for new teacher training initiatives, curriculum development or student assessment)
This year the IAC has invited the community -- concerned individuals, artists, members of arts organizations, community organizations or educational institutions -- to take part in helping to create a plan that continues to make artistic excellence available to all Illinoisans by making a five minute oral presentation and/or submitting written testimony at a public hearing before members of the Illinois Arts Council Strategic Plan Task Force.
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The Poet Laureate Selection Committee coordinated by the Kentucky Arts Council has chosen University of Kentucky professor of English James Baker Hall to succeed Richard Taylor as the new Poet Laureate for Kentucky. The Poet Laureate program, established by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1991, highlights the accomplishments of a published Kentucky author who has received critical acclaim and whose work has been informed by living in Kentucky.
In an interview with publisher Sarabande Books, he said about his work: "....What I've got at the end of this ten-year forced march is an exhibition of photographs called "Orphan in the Attic" and a book by the same name published by the UK Art Museum; a book-length prose memoir entitled Within the Missing Body of the Fox; and the Sarabande book of poems, The Mother on the Other Side of the World. The autobiographical poems here are pieces from the memoir that refused to be day-timed. That's the long and the short of it, if you want to pretend that things like this can be sized up. The mystery of them comes, I guess you could say, partly from the job of work they were performing in my psyche, digging down to where the light gave out, and then pushing back the darkness, testing each new-found step; and partly from the great mystery at the core of what was revealed. Such originality as the poems have comes from their steadfast pursuit of my origins...."
Sources/resources:
KENTUCKY ARTS COUNCIL WEB SITE -- http://www.kyarts.org
"Interview with James Baker Hall"
SARABANDE BOOKS --
http://www.sarabandebooks.org/sie/students/SBhallq2.html
MISSING PERSON ALERT: TERRY COSTA, FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF UNI THEATRE
Terry Costa, (Toronto, Canada) has been missing since May 17, according to email from family and friends who believe by that he was attending an arts conference on Staten Island, NY.
Costa is founding artistic director of his own theatre company, UNI Theatre. "His theatre company is his passion. His disappearance is completely out of character. His family, friends and employees at the theatre are all deeply worried," writes friend Lloyd MacNeil.
Terry Costa is 26 years old, 5'9", 150 lbs, blue eyes, light
brown hair, with a 2mm scar below his right eye. Anyone with any
knowledge of Terry's whereabouts is asked to contact
Constable Cheung, Peel Regional Police Department, 11 Division, at (905)
453-3311, ext. 1138. Please quote case #01085946
or
Detective Joe Fiorello, New York Police, Staten Island Precinct 122, at
(718) 667-2231.
for more information, visit http://www.mispers.org/costa.html
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