2011 IAA Call For Entries Is Now Available!

Categories: 2-D FIGURATIVE WORKS, PRINTMAKING, MUSIC: SOLO VOCAL Deadline: Saturday June 11, 2011, 5 p.m. Questions? info@artsfundsb.org or (805) 965-7321 Application: Available online www.artsfundsb.org or at the Arts Fund Gallery - 205C Santa Barbara Street at Yanonali

The Arts Fund is pleased to announce that the 2011 Individual Artist Awards (IAA) application is now available on our website, www.artsfundsb.org.  Artists can also receive applications and additional information by calling (805) 965-7321, or e-mailing info@artsfundsb.org.

The Individual Artist Awards Program is open to Santa Barbara County visual, literary, and performing artists over 18 years of age who have resided in the county since August 1, 2010 and have not previously won an Individual Artist Awards from The Arts Fund. The deadline for receiving applications is Tuesday June 11, 2011.

The Arts Fund’s Individual Artist Awards Program identifies and rewards artistic excellence in Santa Barbara County.  Now in its 22nd year, this celebrated program has awarded over $160,000 in cash prizes and showcased the work of 129 of our best artists in the visual, performing and literary arts. Funded entirely through private donations, the IAA is a vital component in sustaining theartistic vitality of our community.

2011 Individual Artist Awards will be offered in 2-D Figurative Works, Printmaking, and Music: Solo Vocal. Winners in each category will receive a $2,000 cash prize. Visual arts winners are given a solo-exhibition in The Arts Fund Gallery. The 2011 Solo Vocal winner will give a public performance  in Santa Barbara. All IAA winners and honorable mention recipients will be invited to participate in a group exhibition and award ceremony sponsored by The Arts Fund on September 10, 2011.

Jurors for the 2011 Individual Artist Award Program include John Nava, Pamela Kendall Schiffer, Ruth Price, Melanie Lancon, Nicholas Price, and Molly Concannon. Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the 2011 IAA, for more information on the 2011 Individual Artist Awards, or other Arts Fund programs, please call The Arts Fund at (805) 965-7321.

Here is a great opportunity to do some cross-pollination of your artistic output. Nectar is a very active organization with an abundance of creative energy. Past events by Nectar have been mediations on little topics like birth, war, sex, and transformation. If you are an artist who is looking for new inspiration or just want to shake things up a bit, this is a great opportunity.

CALL TO ARTISTS:

NECTAR; “SHIFT”
(ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CYBIL GILBERTSON)
SEPTEMBER 11, 2010
8-10 pm
@ YOGA SOUP

PLEASE SUBMIT WORKS TO CYBIL NO LATER THAN AUGUST 1; cybilleo75@hotmail.com
DANCE, THEATRE, POETRY, INSTALLATION ART, FILM, PERFORMANCE ART ETC…REFLECTING ON THE IDEAS OF:

SHIFT AND PERSONAL POWER OF INTENTION INTO ACTION. ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, ARTISTS ARE ASKED TO EXPLORE AND REFLECT ON HOW THEY HAVE BEEN INSPIRED TO SHIFT PERSONALLY AND COLLECTIVELY TO; ALIGN WITH TRUTH, SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT, MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM TO INSPIRE PEACE AND MINDFULNESS. “SHIFT” IS OPEN TO INTERPRETATION AND IS INTENDED TO PROVOKE THOUGHT, PROCESS AND QUESTIONING. WHAT MOVES YOU? PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO AN ARTIST WHO MAY BE INTERESTED!

“NECTAR is…a professional level artists’ forum highlighting relevant social issues through the arts and education.”

BLESSINGS,
CYBIL
cybilleo75@hotmail.com
www.cybilgilbertson.com
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One of this country’s best and most well-respected artist residencies at the Anderson Ranch near Aspen, Colorado is currently taking applications for its Fall 2010 residency. The organization takes approximately 14 artists for each 10 week term in a variety of artistic media. The deadline for residency is February 1st.

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For information on applications and deadlines, click here.

To all you Sculptors….

Santa Barbara Sculptors Guild announces that the ingathering for the Winter 2009 Sculpture in Winter show will be held from 10am to noon on Sunday, Feb 1 at the Faulkner Gallery in the Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 E Anapanu St., Santa Barbara. The show will be juried by Gordon Punt. The show is open to Guild members – membership is available at the ingathering. For more information, visit or call Mary Thompson,(805-965-9995).