Applications for 2010 Jack Straw artist residencies now available

THE JACK STRAW ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAMS offer established and emerging artists in diverse disciplines an opportunity to explore the creative use of sound in a professional atmosphere through residencies
in our recording studios and participation in our various presentation programs.  Artists may apply to only one program per year.

Deadline:
Friday, October 30, 2009
Applications must be postmarked or delivered by 5:00 pm on the due date

For more information visit: www.jackstraw.org/programs/asp/2010/2010_apps.shtml.

Cao Fei and the next season of Art 21

and more on her website RMB City.

Words Without Pictures: come to the program, hear artists talk, help us launch the book!

We are gearing up for another Projections program tomorrow, this one centered on current issues in contemporary photographic practice. We will hear from three fantastic Seattle artists — Margot Quan Knight, Vesna Pavlovic, and David Hartt — on their work before we head into discussion with visiting artist/curator Alex Klein. Klein edited the brand new compendium Words Without Pictures that compiles the essays, responses, and structured discussions from a year long series of online forums and live events at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Artists, scholars, critics, and curators all participated in the multi-faceted project.

Bring your credit cards, you might just want to take a copy home! Essays by Walead Beshty, Mark Wyse, George Baker, Charlotte Cotton, Alex Klein, and others. Conversations include the voices of Sarah Charlesworth, John Divola, James Welling, Sharon Lockhart, Amir Zaki, Allan McCollum, Amy Adler, Paul Graham, and many others. It’s certain to be a source book you’ll want on your shelf if you are interested in the latest developments around the medium of photography and the contemporary state of the photographic image.

Projections: Words Without Pictures is happening Thursday, June 18th, 6:30 in the Henry Auditorium. FREE for Henry members, $5 general admission.

See you there!

Nine Spaces, Nine Tacos

A lovely day for a taco truck run and a picnic in 9 Spaces, 9 Trees. Henry staff in action!

Doris Chase tribute exhibition

The Henry’s small memorial exhibition will be closing this weekend but Friesen Gallery downtown has put together a tribute show with small sculptures and works on paper. Open now through July 4.

Artists getting some money…

Thanks 4Culture! Their individual artist project grants have been announced.

Call for artists, exhibition opportunity in Portland

from TJ Norris:
The Grid
Open Call for Entries: http://tjnorris.net/images/the_grid.jpg

The Grid, curated by multidisciplinary artist TJ Norris, is a one-time group exhibition of contemporary small works by artists of all disciplines interpreting “the grid”. All work should be under 12” in all dimensions/orientations and be received with all traditional hardware or an artist-supplied/integrated apparatus for presentation purposes. Work may (in)directly respond to the title and/or be a ‘miniature’ of your own familiar work/format. The only requirements are that you stay within the stated space of the grid. Perhaps that poses some form of conundrum based on structure or sense of the containment? That’s where you come in. MP5³ is a project space located at Milepost 5 (milepostfive.com), the premiere “Community for Creatives” in Portland, OR. The space is in a lit, glass encased lobby space viewable 24 hours/day. The show will include up to 60 artists and will run from August 19 to October 17 with two public receptions
(8/22 + 10/17) and lots of guaranteed foot traffic with several other community projects happening simultaneously.

Yann Novak at Lawrimore Project… take a look and a listen

Congratulations to recent exhibiting artist Yann Novak on a fantastic new show open now at Lawrimore Project! You can read a review here, but might I suggest a look and listen first?

Lynn Hershman Leeson awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship

Former Henry exhibiting artist Lynn Hershman received a Guggenheim fellowship in support of her forthcoming documentary “Women Art Revolution: The Turbulent and (Formerly) Secret History of the Feminist Art Movement, 1968-2009″. Check out the trailer and more info here.

Eyebeam Residencies in New York City

Through May 15, Eyebeam has an open call for their residency program.

In their words: “You’ve got big ideas. You could use a little time and money, not to mention support and inspiration, to create a visionary project. Apply now for Eyebeam’s Summer/Fall 2009 Residency cycle. Residents are granted a $5,000 stipend and 24/7 access to Eyebeam’s state of the art digital design and fabrication studios at their Chelsea facility.”