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The Long Night 02 - Call for Submissions

Classification - Marketing

The Long Night of Audio, Video and Live Art 02 is an event organised by the Umbrella Arts Group to celebrate the diversity of live art, video and audio art produced in Cardiff today. It takes place at the Canton Labour Club, Cardiff on 18/12/02 from 6 - 11pm.

Submissions must be either:
- Live art
- Video art on MINI DV, DVD, SVHS, VHS tape (short play) or CDR (PC compatible only) and be of no longer than 10 minutes in length.
- Audio art on CD or Audio Tape Cassette and be of no longer than 10 minutes in length.

Send
- Your submission
- A description of the artwork, its duration and any technical needs (one side of A4 only)
- Entry fee of 3, as cheque made payable to 'Umbrella'
- An SAE, if you are unable to collect your work in person.

Contact Info:
Umbrella, 21 Ivy Street, Canton, Cardiff CF5 1ER
tel: 029 2031 0866 email: umbrella_artsgroup@ureach.com

Deadline Date - 22nd November 2002
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Kettle's Yard Residency

Classification - Funding

Kettle's Yard in Cambridge is inviting applications from visual artists for residencies from Oct 2003 to June 2004. The residency has a bursary of 15,000 plus studio, accommodation and meals. The successful applicant is expected to be an artist in early to mid career who has already established a professional practice. For details send an SAE to the address below

Contact Info:
Artists Fellowship, Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ
website: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/pages/fellows/artist.html#apply

Deadline Date - 15th November 2002
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The Abbey Harris Mural Fund & The Abbey Awards

Classification - Funding

The Abbey Harris Mural Fund distributes 6,000 annually between two or more mural commissions. The funds are to create murals for public places or charitable institutions. The artists' requests for funds must be authorised by the institution in question. There are no restrictions on age or nationality and decisions are made throughout the year. Contact Abbey Awards for details on how to apply.

The Abbey Awards offer an annual scholarship and three fellowships in painting at the British School in Rome. The nine month Abbey Scholarship (October 2003 - June 2004) is usually given to an exceptionally promising emergent painter while the three month Abbey Fellowships (three months during the same period as the scholarship) are awarded to mid-career painters with an established record of achievement. There is no age limit. Open to UK and US citizens only. The deadline below refers to this scheme only.
Applications can be downloaded from the website or obtained by post by sending an SAE.

Contact Info:
The Administrator, Abbey Awards, 43 Carson Rd, London SE21 8HT
tel: 020 8761 7980 email: admin@abbey.org.uk
website: www.abbey.org.uk

Deadline Date - 15th January 2003
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The Rootstein Hopkins Foundation

Classification - Funding

This foundation is looking for recent strong and consistent work from artists who use the drawing process, as an end in itself, or as an integral part of other disciplines. The grants available are:
- Sabbatical grant - for artists who have taught in higher education for at least three and a half years.
- Mature student grant - to pay for fees for a BA or MA course
- Project grant
- Travel grant

Applicants must have at least a BA (except for those applying for the Mature student grant) and have at least three years' continual residence in Britain up to the date of the application.
The closing date to obtain an application form is 22/11/02.

Contact Info:
The Rootstein Hopkins Foundation, PO Box 14720, London W3 7ZG
tel/fax: 020 8746 2136

Deadline Date - 7th January 2003
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Portuguese Performing Arts Awards

Classification - Marketing

These awards provide UK performing arts organisations with the opportunity to work with Portuguese artists in order to develop mutually beneficial creative partnerships. The awards will fund UK residencies for Portuguese artists to come and work with UK counterparts. There are four awards available for up to 10,000 each for projects taking place between 01/04/02 and 31/03/04.
Residencies will last for up to eight weeks and the elements of professional development and public performance are central to the awards. Applicants will need to demonstrate the strength of their proposal in these areas.

For more information on eligibility, the residencies and how to apply, contact Nelson Fernandez, Head of Performing Arts & Training at Visiting Arts, or Miguel Santos, Programme Director at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Contact Info:
Nelson Fernandez - tel: 020 7389 3019 email: nelson.fernandez@britishcouncil.org
Miguel Santos - tel: 020 7908 7622 email: miguel.santos@gulbenkian.org.uk

Deadline Date - 29th November 2002
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Film and Video Art - Call for Submissions

Classification - Marketing

Filmbus, an artist-led organisation, are planning a touring film and video exhibition and are looking for both film and video art for screening in site specific outdoor locations around Wales. Artists of any experience who work in Wales or who are of Welsh origin are eligible to submit. The video art exhibitions are one aspect of a larger art project concerned with the connections between film and reminiscence. Therefore any community films or home-movies are also desired for use in conjunction with the art screenings.
Formats accepted; 16mm, Standard 8, Super-8 and VHS
For further information, contact Edward Adam at Filmbus, or send work to the gallery.

Contact Info:
Filmbus. C/o G39, Mill Lane, Cardiff CF10 1FH
email: Llewbach@aol.com

No Deadline
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Landmark Arts Centre - Annual Fairs

Classification - Marketing

Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington are calling for entries for their iN HOUSE - Design for Living fair, 10 - 11/05/03. They are looking for designers of furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, rugs and silversmiths in particular.
For an application pack, send an SAE

The centre also has coming up:
iN HOUSE - Crafts & Gourmet Food 01/12/02
Contemporary Textiles Fair - 08 - 09/03/03

Contact Info:
Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington TW11 9NN
tel: 020 8977 0495
website: www.landmarkartscentre.org

No Deadline
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DJ Training Course

Classification - Training

Coleg Glan Hafren will be offering a new DJ Training course in January 2003. The course will include 'An Introduction to the Music Industry Pack' as well as remixing, scratching and other DJ techniques. During the course, a Showcase Event will be held where students will be encouraged to demonstrate their new and innovative talents. Students will also be given an opportunity to network with music professionals currently working in the industry.

Contact Info:
Simon or Mark tel: 029 2025 0319

Deadline Date - 31st December 2002
Cultural Enterprise, Chapter, Market Road, Cardiff  
web site
: www.cultural-enterprise.com

e-mail: mail@cultural-enterprise.com
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