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Autograph ABP Photography Portfolio Review

– Book Now! An opportunity for emerging photographers to get informal advice from Autograph ABP's curatorial and archive team. Photographers will be able to book a place to present their work to individual members of staff in 20 minute slots, a maximum of 2 slots per photographer. There is no charge, but appointments must be booked. 11 - 5pm, Monday 1 June 2009, Rivington Place, London. The reviewers are - Renee Mussai, Archive Project Manager Indra Khanna, Curator David A Bailey, Senior Curator Senayt Samuel, Archivist For more details and to book, please email indra@autograph-abp.co.uk VENUE Rivington Place London EC2A 3BA

Lumeo Handbag Sale

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SUNDAY 3RD MAY 2009 VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE VIEW

CINÉPHILIA MID-LENGTH FILM JAM

Vibe Live, Brick Lane Sunday 26th April 1.00pm-11.15pm £10 for a day ticket What happens to all those films, made consistently throughout the history of cinema, which run to a length of 30-65 minutes, outside the usual parameters of comfortable screening as 'short' films or as 'feature-length'? This unique and innovative event will showcase just some of the many excellent contemporary films that fall within this supposedly 'problem length', and interrogate the question of duration from the perspective of filmmakers and viewers, festival selectors and cinema programmers. In doing so it will illuminate the industrial constraints, from funding and commissioning to distribution and exhibition, that have marginalised films that simply take what time they need to achieve their ambitions and also asks how the changing nature of film festival activity and alternative forms of dissemination of audio-visual material is allowing more filmmakers to produce works of various

HIAP PRODUCTION RESIDENCIES: Call for Applications

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The deadline for applications is 1st July 2009 (postmark). HIAP Production Residencies provide professional visual artists with an opportunity to concentrate on developing new concepts and / or producing new works in Helsinki. Production support is offered for the whole production process from the first idea until the finished piece. The lenght of the residency, the amount of the production budget and other practical issues will be negotiated with the selected artist according to the specific circumstances of their production proposal. HIAP Producton Residencies include: - travel grant - per-diem grant for living costs in Helsinki - accommodation and workspace - production support, including moderate production budget HIAP is looking for proposals that demonstrate an original and imaginative approach to visual art production, emotional and psychological insight, personal dedication and depth of artistic reasoning. There are no limitations on the medium or method of the proposed product

Opportunities and Residencies

PROGRAM OF RESIDENCE - ITALY Deadline: May 23rd, 2009. A group of Italian artists is promoting an international program of exhibition, open to italian and foreign artists. The selected artist will be hosted in a small housing unit or Bivouac , built in an “interstitial” area of the city, that will be the artist’s living and working environment. The Bivouac is assembled from left over materials and is equipped with a survival kit made up of a solar panel, heating and cooking kit, and portable toilet. This should not be seen as an experiment in extreme survival, but rather as the desire to relate to the city, our “natural” habitat, in search of the essential. The competition is open to all artists currently working in the specific sector of visual arts, without restrictions of approach or medium. The residence will be hosted by the city of Torino between September 21 and November 7 2009, for a period of 3 to 6 weeks according to the needs of the selected artist. During the residence peri

Short Circuit

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A Festival of Electronica Thu 14—Sun 17 May As well as performances in the Main Space, there'll be screenings, talks, workshops, installations and collaborations all dedicated to the appreciation and exploration of electronica. Plus performances from some of the young cutting edge ensemble groups currently working at the Roundhouse. For more info visit: www.roundhouse.org.uk

Africa on My Mind: Contemporary Art, Home and Abroad

The Savannah College of Art and Design will host its third biennial Art History Symposium, Africa on My Mind: Contemporary Art, Home and Abroad, Feb. 26-27, 2010 . The goal of this symposium is to encourage representation by a variety of media and scholarship regarding cultural and geographical areas in Africa and the African Diaspora. Possible topics could include: the role of contemporary African and African Diaspora art in shaping regional, ethnic and individual identity the gendered responses to the colonization of the body and mind contributions of technology and international art fairs to shaping identity and careers questions of interpreting and exhibiting contemporary work pedagogic theories and methods addressing African and African Diaspora art the vitality of African traditions in coastal South Carolina and Georgia The call for papers is open to scholars and graduate students. The editors of Critical Interventions: Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture have agree

SHORT DEADLINE! Transart Institute: Ten Scholarships in International MFA Program

Transart Institute: Ten Scholarships in International MFA Program SCHOLARSHIPS Transart Institute announced today that six scholarships of USD 12,000 each have become available to students from Eastern Europe and developing countries and four scholarships of 3,000 USD each to students from anywhere to participate in Transart Institute's international MFA program. An application form to the program is online: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/ApplicationForm.html Scholarships are given on the basis of artistic merit and financial need to artists of all media and genres. Scholarship applications are accepted online: http://friendsoftransartinstitute.org/Pages/MFA-Application.html PROGRAM OVERVIEW Transart Institute is a student-centered, self-directed MFA program, uniquely located in Europe offering an accredited two year low-residency course for working artists, teachers and all professionals in related fields who are seeking advancement in visual arts and new media. The inn

VISUAL ART COMPETITION NIGERIA

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My blog actually clocked One this month I cant believe it, I hope it's still useful!?! I rememeber when I started it, I really didnt think it would last this long, but it has defo impacted on me and I hope it has done so for my readers! Thanks

New Media Nigeria

Please find my full post at: http://artsadminartsblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-media-nigeria.html Dreams (Smeard) Smeared by Jude Anogwih from CCA Lagos on Vimeo . Dreams [Smaerd] Smeared By Jude Anogwih The work investigates the anticipations expectations, hopes, aspirations, ambitions of an individual and his/her dreams in the society. The elements interactively aid in determining the realization of these dreams, or the sometimes disappointments. Dreams are imaginary. They are threads that link the real and the imagined (illusive). They are imaginary lines of possibilities influenced by thinking or from bygone activities. More Videos @: http://vimeo.com/ccalagos

Re/Positionierung - Critical Whiteness/Perspectives of Color

In the course of the last 100 years, various liberation movements have fundamentally reshaped the self-perception of marginalized groups, the position of diasporas in Western societies and the relationship of the Occident to the Tricont. Feminisms in the metropolises, anti-colonialist movements in the occupied South and the Civil Rights Movement have managed to initiate radical change. One of the most crucial achievements of these multi-faceted movements was the insight that categories of identity, such as gender, ethnic affiliation, nationality and/or class are not essential. Until very recently, classifications of this kind have been used not only in order to produce social hierarchies within certain groups, but in order to ascribe physical and mental characteristics, as well. Even though efforts are being made to reverse the negative consequences of these categorisations and to deconstruct identity ascriptions through current social discourse and UN-policy oriented laws, the fantasy

AMP in Africa: The Lagos Session

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1st May 2009 8pm- late Bambudha This is something I can personally recommend attending! I remember Amplified at Market Place (London) on a Sunday night, good times!

CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY IN CANNING TOWN

Currently there are nine Council-owned vacant sites across Canning Town & Custom House (CTCH): four are available for 2-5 years, five are available for at least a year. The sites are vacant following demolition and pending redevelopment of Canning Town with new housing and mixed-use developments; they vary in size from 374sqm to 5861sqm and are each contained within blue hoardings. The Council priority is to generate income from the sites, recognising however that this may not be possible in all cases. Whilst they remain vacant, the sites are potentially vulnerable to vandalism or anti-social behaviour activities which everyone is keen to avoid; the Council would prefer the sites to be used rather than remain empty, even if this means the designated use generates a low or zero income. Initial discussions with Sarah Braithwaite (CTCH Regeneration Team) indicate that the Council will consider a range of temporary uses on the vacant sites, particularly where these can generate genera

OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM IN THE GRAND HALL OF BAC AS PART OF BURST 2009

BAC has three exciting opportunities to be part of Burst 2009. We have three performance artists creating pieces that will be performed in the Grand Hall and would love you to be involved. Be part of the Running Ensemble! The Running Ensemble was founded by Amy Feneck, who is developing a running and singing performance at BAC. We are looking for more people to join the Ensemble so if you are a runner, are available on 27th May, and fancy a new challenge please get in touch for more info. You can follow the progress of the Running Ensemble at http://runningensemble.blogspot.com/ Celebrate the female form Calling all London Women! Young or old/tall or short/athletic or curvy! Nic Green’s performance Trilogy returns to BAC. The performance in short, is a celebration of the female form, and of what it means to be an individual, dynamic woman. The first part of the Trilogy (the performance) ends with a high energy, ensemble naked dance. It is a powerful and emotive moment, presenting th

Work of Art Threatens to Bring Down Kenya's Coalition Govern

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The Kenyan Newspaper the Daily Nation reports that the one year old coalition government is on the brink of collapse after a discovery of a 17th century work of art worth billions of shillings in State House, Nairobi, Kenya. The art is attributed to the Dutch master Van Rentyal. The Kenyan Head of State, Mwai Kibaki is said to have ordered the valuable work of art to be stored under armed guard in his official residence’s armoury. Different factions of his government are divided as to what should be done with the art work with some saying that it should be sold to feed the hungry and help build roads or fund other social welfare projects around the country. Another group demands that the work of art be restored and put on show as part of the nation’s heritage.

Sanlam Fashion Week 2009

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Check out my post on Sanlam fashion Week at: http://www.fashionafrica.com/blog/sanlam-fashion-week/

Strength from Adversity

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A Contemporary Japanese Cinema and Art Festival - 15-17 April 2009 The National Gallery is pleased to be hosting this celebration of contemporary Japanese cinema. The festival has been organised by Japan Care for the Elderly. April 15 Wednesday, 3-3.45pm Talk The Influence of Japanese Art on Western Artists Free Sainsbury Wing Theatre 15 Wednesday, 4-4.50pm Documentary Portrait of Artistic Genius: Katsushika Hokusai Free Sainsbury Wing Theatre 16 Thursday, 12.30pm Film Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen) Keiji Nakazawa, 1983 16 Thursday, 3pm Film Fudeko: Sono Ai - Tenshi no Piano (Fudeko and the Angel’s Piano) Hisako Yamada, 2006 Followed by discussion with the director 17 Friday, 1.30pm Film Kikujiro no natsu Takeshi Kitano, 1999 17 Friday, 5.30pm Film Okuribito (Departures) Yojiro Takita, 2008 Fully booked http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/what/film/japanesefilmfestival/default.htm

Joburg Art Fair

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Pinar Yolacan Bahia Maria Berry Bickle The White Library Sokari Douglas Camp (CBE) Red Paisley King and Queen Monique Pelser Bystander series (In View) Bongi Bengu Speaking from Both Sides of the mouth A and B, Sokari douglas Camp (CBE) Yoruba Ladies, Helga Kohl Kolmaskopp. Sokari Douglas Camp (CBE) Stars and Moon Ladies Sorry I have not updated recently but I thought that the last few posts would keep you going while I was away. If you keep up to date with my blog you will know that I was in Johannesburg for the second annual Art Fair. The fair held at the Sandton Convention Centre from the 3rd- 5th April 2009 and featured both local (South African) and International galleries, Mine (Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos) was the only African gallery not based in SA. Nontsikelelo 'lolo' Veleko, Bisi Silva, Oyinda Fakeye Oyinda Fakeye and Sokari Douglas Camp (CBE) Berry Bickle

joburg Art Fair

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