Dance USA Conference Performance Opportunity

The 2013 Dance/USA Conference Performance Committee will be holding an open lottery to select three artists/companies to perform during the conference. Each artist/company will receive an honorarium of $300. The conference will take place in Philadelphia Wednesday, 6/12/13 throughSaturday, 6/15/13. There are opportunities in the following performances: Wednesday, June 12 Opening Night Reception at the Barnes Foundation (6:30-8:30pm); Thursday, June […]

Ladyfest Philly seeks art

Ladyfest Philly is a grassroots festival to showcase the artistic, organizational, and political work of women, trans, queer, intersex people, and their allies and build upon the existing Philadelphia community of artists, musicians, and activists. It will occur June 7-9, 2013. Ladyfest is currently organizing an art show in May to raise funds for and awareness about the […]

Gender Reel seeking film and performance pieces for 2013 festival

Gender Reel is currently seeking film and performance art pieces for its 2013 festival event. Gender Reel, is the first national festival of its kind dedicated to enhancing the visibility of gender non-conforming and transgender people, images and experiences. The Festival, which started off as a Philadelphia based event, now takes place in three cities across […]

Now Accepting Applications for First Person Arts RAW

Artists creating new work or works in progress that push the boundaries of traditional memoir and documentary art are encouraged to apply to be part of the 2013 First Person Arts Festival. First Person Arts RAW, a segment of the First Person Arts Festival, is dedicated to showcasing new work or works-in-progress that push the boundaries of traditional […]

Call for Proposals: Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site in Philadelphia is currently accepting proposals for its 2014 season of site-specific artist installations. Maximum funding is $7,500 per project. For guidelines, helpful hints, and FAQs, visit: Easternstate.org/art  Deadline: June 13

New Media Women Applications Open for women-led media projects

J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and the McCormick Foundation are seeking to fund four women-led media projects that show promise in creativity and sustainability. They will fund U.S.-based individuals who have original ideas to create new websites, mobile news services or other entrepreneurial initiatives that offer interactive opportunities to engage, inspire and improve news […]

Upcoming Events from PYMC!

From the Philadelphia Youth Media Collaborative (PYMC), mark your calendars for a Happy Hour Networking Event on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, from 5:30pm-8:00pm and a Youth Media Slam on Friday, January 18, 2013, from 6:00pm-9:00pm.  The Happy Hour Networking Event, an informal social space for mixing and mingling among folks with a working affinity, is for […]

ImageNation Internship Application Deadline

The ImageNation Internship Program offers students and recent graduates an opportunity to broaden their education and professional experience by learning and working at a non-profit media arts institution. Students will receive the unique and challenging experience of working in a smaller institution where departments overlap. Working in the areas of Event Programming, Fund Development and […]

New York Arts Practicum: call for applications Summer 2013

Applications are being accepted for the 2013 New York Arts Practicum, a summer arts institute for current students and recent graduates to learn experientially in order to bridge their lives as art students into lives as practicing artists. Participants complete apprenticeships with mentor artists, produce work for critique without access to their institutional facilities, and […]

Call for submissions: Documentary films by local filmmakers

ITVS Community Cinema, in partnership with WHYY, PhillyCAM and ReelBlack, will be presenting a free screening of The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight For Civil Rights on February 28th, 2013 at PhillyCAM’s downtown Philadelphia studio. The film tells the story of a national civil rights leader, Whitney Young, whose story is shared less often than other […]