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.

David Starkey, host of the Santa Barbara Channel’s Creative Community and Santa Barbara’s Poet Laureate, sent me a link to a video from one of his new projects, “Poems for Santa Barbara”.  This blog focuses almost entirely on visual art, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to bring attention to some of the other great artistic output to be found in town.

Responding to challenges from local people, Starkey made a series of poems that highlight much of what makes Santa Barbara unique and special. The video takes you to a wide variety of Santa Barbara locales as Starkey reads the poems that resulted from his challenge. Enjoy.

Poems for Santa Barbara (HD) from The Santa Barbara Channels on Vimeo.

Next weekend The Arts Fund celebrates with a preview party for a group exhibit by the 2010 Individual Artist Award winners, Dug Uyesaka, Hilary Brace (nice website, Hilary!), and Linda Stewart-Oaten.

This event is a preview party and fundraiser for the exhibition. David Starkey will be handing out checks to the winners, SB writer Erin Graffy will be the Emcee and Justyna Kelley from LA will be the musical guest before she performs the following Tuesday at Soho.

This event benefits the IAA which benefits our local artists, so it is obviously worthy of your support, loyal readers. Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 at the door, so make sure to get your tickets in advance. They can be purchased by calling the Arts Fund at 965-7321 or going to our website at www.artsfundsb.org.

Calling all (b)artists!

This Saturday at Muddy Waters the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative will be holding the first of many “belly to belly” events. These events are designed to get people together to make connections and foster future resource sharing and collaborations… they are also supposed to be a blast.

I have been heavily involved with the planning of this event, so I can give my personal assurance that this will be a good time. It may also be an opportunity to get a very unique work of art by an artist whose work you’ve admired for years but couldn’t easily afford.

In the afternoon people are invited to come to Muddy Waters to work on their Bar Napkin masterpieces. Starting at 4pm the napkins will be put on display for a silent auction that will begin at 5:30 and end at 7:30. The proceeds from this auction will go to the SBAC’s direct-to-artist grant program.

There are already more than 100 people who have confirmed their attendance on the event’s Facebook page. I know that there are a wide range of artists (not all of whom are visual artists) that will be contributing napkins to the event, some of whom are very well known in town. However, we encourage everyone to take part.

I also happen to know that some extremely awesome SBAC t-shirts will make their world premiere at the event. These t-shirts will be sold for $20 (also to benefit the SBAC), so make sure to stop by an ATM before you come because Muddy Waters doesn’t take plastic.

We are also looking for any donations of supplies to help out with the event:

We are looking for white bar napkins, golf pencils, and art supplies for Saturday. We’d rather recycle or use what’s out there than buy more.

If you have access to any of these things please contact me at: nathan@sbartsblog.com

Also, if you would like to contribute to the event but can’t make it on Saturday, feel free to work on a napkin in advance and bring it (or have it delivered) to Muddy Waters on Saturday.

Here is a partial list of the artists whose napkins you can expect to see at the silent auction (I’ll update this list as more artists confirm).

Hugh Margerum                      http://www.hughmargerum.com/
Vanae Rivera                           http://www.maryandthemachine.com/
Bob DeBris                               http://www.bobdebris.com/
Jane Callister                           http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/faculty/janec/
Keith Puccinelli                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcHtBffHGqA
Penelope Gottlieb                    http://www.penelopegottlieb.com/
Dane Goodman                       http://www.sbcc.edu/art/website/index.php?page=faculty&contact=25
David Starkey                          http://www.vimeo.com/5294834
Bob Mask                                 http://www.west.net/~bobsart/
Elizabeth Folk                          http://www.elizabethfolk.com/
Jim Connolly                            http://www.jimconnollymusic.com/
Sheryl Schroeder                     http://www.schroederville.com/
Anna Abbey                              http://www.myspace.com/radannabbey
Clay Bodine                              http://fishbonsb.ning.com/
Dominique Reboul                  http://fishbonsb.ning.com/
Ben Anderson                          http://www.benjaminanderson.com/
Sean Anderson                        http://www.seananderson.com/
Jimmy Bell                               http://www.jimmybellart.com/

UPDATE:

Colin Gardner (Chair, UCSB Art Department)   http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/content/colin-gardner
Ann Diener                              http://www.anndienerart.com/
Jeff Shelton                              http://www.jeffsheltonarchitect.com/

UPDATE #2

Molly Hahn                              http://mollycules.com/
Kimberly Hahn                       http://www.kimberlyhahn.com
James Van Arsdale              http://www.jamesvanarsdale.com/
Ken Bortolazzo                      http://www.sullivangoss.com/bortolazzo_ken/
Joe LaCorte                            http://www.josephlacorte.com/
Robert Redfield                    http://www.redfieldpictures.com/

If you are an artist who wants people to know that you’ll be at the event, just post your name in a comment on this post.

At the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative meeting last night the most important issue we discussed is the upcoming mayoral candidate’s forum that will take place at the Marjorie Luke Theatre next Monday night at 7PM. This is a VERY big deal for those that care about the arts in Santa Barbara. With budget shortfalls and inevitable cuts to city programs, it is absolutely important for the art community to make sure that we get our voices heard. The SBAC will be hosting the event and it will be moderated by Santa Barbara’s Poet Laureate David Starkey.

I’ve listed the exact details below. Please help to get the word out to all your friends and art-loving cohorts by forwarding this post, emailing, or just by word of mouth.

I hope to see a huge crowd there on Monday.

ASK THE CANDIDATES:
Will they support the arts in Santa Barbara?

Date:  Monday, September 21, 2009
Time:  7PM – 9PM
Location:  Marjorie Luke Theatre
Address:  721 E. Cota Street

Ask the candidates for Santa Barbara City Council and Mayor: will they support the arts in SB? Do they attend arts events locally? Where do the candidates stand on local governmental arts funding?

The arts bring tourists and economic benefits to our community in addition to adding so much to the quality of life. Show the candidates how many people in Santa Barbara care about the arts! Moderated by David Starkey, SB’s Poet Laureate, all the candidates will have a chance to speak, answer questions, and to deliver their arts platforms. We’ll send out more details as soon as we have them, but mark your calendars for Monday the 21st, now!