Living Room 2011 – An Auckland City Council Public Art Event

Call for a Curator

“Living Room” is a key annual public art event for Auckland City, which aims to bring high quality art to the streets of the CBD over a weeklong period.

Living Room has been running for four years and has evolved and grown over that time. The event takes place in variety of public spaces, and includes a range of visual and performing arts projects – both static and moving. The Living Room 2011 programme will have strong performative aspects, and include performances, performative installations, ephemeral art projects, and video programming.

We are currently seeking expressions of interest from curators to develop and curate the Living Room 2011 programme. Council also appoints a project manager as part of the Living Room team who will work closely with the curator, and will manage the delivery of the event.

Our ideal candidate for curator will have a proven track record of innovative curatorial practice, be Auckland based, and be able to work as part of a high performing team to deliver an outstanding event.

The deadline for expressions of interest is Friday 30 July 2010, 5pm

See the attached document for more information, and visit the Auckland City Council website http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/whatson/events/livingroom/default.asp

The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is now open for entries! Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all artists, writers and poets to submit their work into the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2010. Now in its third year, the Creative Works Competition is a highly regarded competition that celebrates and champions creative talent across three disciplines, identifying new artists and writers and bringing them to international attention. 

The Competition has three categories, Artwork, Poetry and Fiction. 
Winners and finalists are published in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual.
Winners of each category receive £500 prize money (apx. $1,080) plus other prizes.
Entry to the Creative Works Competition is £10 (apx. $21).
The entry fee allows the submission of 2 images, 2 poems or 2 short stories. 
The deadline for submissions is the 31st August 2010.
More guidelines on how to submit can be found online at http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm

This is an exciting opportunity to be associated with the provision of community arts in Manukau. The successful candidate will be working with local Pacific Art communities extracting creative ideas and translating them to relevant art experiences. The role exists to promote and provide advice to the Manukau Pacific Arts community for planning, management and co-ordination of programmes, exhibitions and local events ensuring strategic, high quality results are achieved within deadlines and funding budgets. The position holder will also be responsible for the management of Fresh Gallery Otara and associated staff.

The successful candidate will combine management experience and a commitment to the arts, with leadership and communication skills to work effectively in a diverse and co-operative environment. A sound financial management capability and understanding is also important, as is a creative but disciplined approach and the ability to build and manage relationships with key stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have a degree level arts related qualification, three to fives years working in the creative industries with a focus on events co-ordination and delivery, and demonstrated knowledge of the unique social context of Pacific people in Manukau and the wider Auckland region.

Deadline for applications is: Friday 2 July

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Creative New Zealand in association with Pasifika Festival presents ARTSpeak Pasifika – a two-day national fono for the Pacific arts industry.

Open to Pacific artists working in visual arts, performing arts, film and television, music, literature and heritage arts, the fono is an opportunity to share ideas and participate in panel discussions designed to provide inspiration and practical advice on making a successful career in the arts.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Anton Carter anton.carter@creativenz.co.nz or Makerita Urale pacific.arts.2010@gmail.com

Cost: a flat rate of $30 includes both days as well as lunch and morning and afternoon teas. A limited number of travel subsidies are available to assist participants from outside the Auckland region to attend.

SCAPE 2010 Christchurch Biennial of art in public space is providing scholarships for two emerging writers, interested in contemporary art writing to participate in a one day writing workshop alongside other established, early career contemporary art writers. The workshop will provide an opportunity for each participant to develop his/her writing practice, and gain further insight into the field of contemporary art writing.

The workshop will be facilitated by Vanessa Joan Mueller, Director of Düsseldorf Kunstverein and well-known curator of many contemporary art events and exhibitions, on Thursday 23 September 2010.  The workshop will be an intensive day long event and only serious applicants should apply.  Scholarship recipients will be expected to attend all events associated with the opening weekend of SCAPE, 24-26 September.  Scholarships will cover workshop related costs and the cost of travel and accommodation where recipients live outside ofChristchurch.  Scholarships are available to New Zealandresidents only.<!–[endif]–>

Application Process
Writers interested in applying are asked to submit two published (relevant) pieces of writing, of no more than 2,000 words, together with a CV and covering letter of no more than 100 words, outlining what they hope to gain from participating in the workshop.

Please note: as we are not able to return any material we recommend originals are not included.

Closing date: 5pm 9 July 2010 Late applications will not be accepted. Successful applicants will be notified by email no later than 23 July.

Letters of application, with attached documents, should be sent to:
Caraline Douglas, Critical Writing Workshop Co-ordinator
SCAPE 2010 Christchurch Biennial
C/- Art & Industry Biennial Trust
PO Box 763 , Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
or email to caraline@scapebiennial.org.nz

SCAPE 2010 is the 6th biennial organised by the Art & Industry Biennial Trust, New Zealand’s premier biennial for art in public space.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: ART & INDUSTRY BIENNIAL TRUST, PO BOX 763 | CHRISTCHURCH 8140 | NEW ZEALAND | +64 (03) 365 7990 |info@scapebiennial.org.nz | www.scapebiennial.org.nz

PRESENTED BY:

WITH SUPPORT FROM:
MAJOR FUNDERS: Perry Foundation, Lion Foundation. MAJOR SPONSORS: Adrienne, Lady Stewart, Christchurch City Council, Creative New Zealand – The Arts Council of New Zealand. SPONSORS: Anderson Lloyd Lawyers, Asia NZ, Australia Council for the Arts, Beca, Blueprint, Boffa Miskell, Canterbury Community Trust, Chambers PR, Chartwell Trust, Ernst & Young, Fletcher Construction, Goethe Instuit, Grant Thornton, Heritage Management Services, New Zealand Charitable Foundation, Shannon’s Way, SIFT, Solid Energy, Wrightmann Collection. SUPPORT SPONSORS: Artspace, Sydney; Arts Centre of Christchurch, Vbase, Website Results.

Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) is the largest event of its kind in the world – presenting contemporary work in a variety of performance design disciplines and genres. Every four years, since it’s establishment in 1967, the Prague Quadrennial has presented work from more then 70 countries, from five continents, in individual countries’ expositions in three competitive sections – the section of countries and regions, section of theatre architecture and student section. http://www.pq.cz/en

In preparation for the 2011 Prague Quadrennial the NZ Commissioner Sue Gallagher working in collaboration with Tracey Collins (NZ National Co-Curator), Stuart Foster (NZ Student Curator), and Amanda Yates (NZ Architecture Curator), and Dorita Hannah (Architecture Commissioner for PQ) would like to announce a two-week programme of performance events, workshops, panel sessions, and exhibition:

LIVE. REPEAT. PLAYBACK.

LIVE. REPEAT. PLAYBACK. exhibition/performance events will take place from 12-28 August at St Paul St Gallery, AUT University and will explore the emerging paradigms of performance and media arts through critical enquiry and innovative performative practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.

LIVE. REPEAT. PLAYBACK. aims to generate discussion, ideas, and directions for the three New Zealand Exhibitions: National, Student and Architecture, participating at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial: International Exhibition of Performance Design and Space (PQ11).

For full applcation forms visit http://www.colab.org.nz/node/472

Mash-up, warp, bend, twist … CoLab (AUT University’s interdisciplinary creative technology centre) and The Big Idea website (the online home of New Zealand’s creative community) are calling for applications from creative practitioners and artists interested in being The Big Idea’s first online artist-in-residence.

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Emerging and established artists and designers are invited to submit new works of object art. From the handmade to the highly designed, works in ceramics, glass, jewellery, wood, metalwork and textiles are welcomed. The entry should demonstrate this year’s whakatauaki (Maori proverb).

Selected works will feature in an exhibition at the brand new Mangere Arts Centre. The OBJECTive exhibition will also be part of the 2010 Manukau Festival of Arts.

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Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust: Part time position – Beginning immediately

Tautai is seeking an enthusiastic well organised energetic person to organise and run our secondary school workshop program for pacific heritage students.

Key Skills: Experience in planning and implementing events. Ability to engage with and motivate a range of people. Previous experience with funding applications an advantage. Copy of job description contact manager@tautai.org Closing date: 13 June 2010

ARTSpeak PASIFIKA 2010

Creative New Zealand in association with Pasifika Festival presents ARTSpeak Pasifika – a two-day national fono for the Pacific arts industry.

Open to Pasifika artists’ working in visual arts, performing arts, film and television, music, literature, music and heritage arts. The fono is an opportunity to share ideas and participate in panel discussions designed to provide inspiration and practical advice on making a successful career in the arts.

Venue: Reception Lounge, Level 2, Auckland Town Hall, Queen Street, Auckland

Date: Friday 25th June + Saturday 26th June 2010

Time: 9am – 5pm both days (with an evening function on Friday 6pm – 10pm)

Numbers: Limited to 150 people

Cost: a flat rate of $30 includes both days. Refreshments will be provided on both days. A limited number of travel subsidies are available to assist participants from outside the Auckland region to attend.

More details and registration details: http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/artspeak