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AZ CREATIVE AGING TEACHING ARTIST INSTITUTE
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is seeking up to 10 professional teaching artists throughout Maricopa County who have a serious, committed interest in working with older adults in community and care settings for the inaugural, five-month AZ Creative Aging Teaching Artist Institute.
Deadline: December 1, 2015

2016 NATIONAL ARTS & HUMANITIES YOUTH PROGRAM AWARDS
he President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is accepting applications for the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards The twelve award-winning programs this year will each receive $10,000 and an invitation to accept their award from the President's Committee's Honorary Chairman, First Lady Michelle Obama, at a ceremony at the White House.
Deadline: February 2, 2016

U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) offered an amendment to integrate the arts into the nation's STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs. Rep. Bonamici, a co-chair of the Congressional STEAM Caucus, has tried to offer similar amendments in previous legislative efforts. Rep. Bonamici's amendment to integrate the arts into STEM and promote a well-rounded education was approved unanimously. Read more >>

2016 ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDS
Fractured Atlas is thrilled to honor the innovators and risk-takers who embody the spirit of entrepreneurship and bring the same extraordinary creativity to the office as they do to the studio. Five winners will be chosen who can serve as models and inspiration for artists everywhere. They're looking for nominees who have developed new approaches to age-old challenges in the arts by experimenting and challenging conventional wisdom
Deadline: December 21, 2015

The Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Program is an opportunity for Canadian and American artists to be inspired by the natural beauty and the human history of the Chilkoot Trail. In its sixth consecutive year, this program is a unique wilderness backpacking trip, across an international border, passing through Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (Alaska) and Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site (northern British Columbia). The program is a partnership between the Yukon Arts Centre, Parks Canada and the US National Park Service.
Deadline: February 1, 2016

SUPPORT FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS FOR ARTISTS
SURDNA FOUNDATION: ARTISTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Surdna Foundation seeks to foster just and sustainable communities throughout the United States. The Foundation's Thriving Cultures program is based on a belief that communities with robust arts and culture are more cohesive and prosperous, and benefit from the diversity of their residents.

MILL HILL VISITING SOCIAL PRACTICE ARTIST RESIDENCY
Mill Hill: East Macon Arts Village is a creative placemaking initiative of the Macon Arts Alliance in partnership with the Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority, the residents of East Macon's Fort Hawkins Neighborhood, and many local stakeholders. The Mill Hill Visiting Social Practice Artist Residency is a three-to-nine-month residency that brings together social practice artists from around the US to work in partnership with residents and local artists as part of an asset mapping and neighborhood cultural planning process. 
Deadline: December 31, 2015

Montana's Cultural Treasures invites you to participate in the 2016 issue! 
Connect with tourists inserted in the arts and sign up today.
Deadline: December 4, 2015

On October 23, Governor Steve Bullock appointed Michael Earl Craig as Montana's next Poet Laureate. The Montana Poet Laureate is a two-year honorary position created by the state legislature in 2005 and administered by the Montana Arts Council. Craig takes over from outgoing Poet Laureate Tami Haaland. He will serve through August 1, 2017. 

Metalsmith David Bacharach and jeweler Valerie Hector are compiling a book, "Craftspeople In Their Own Words." This book will be all about you-the community of artists working in craft disciplines who make their living working in their studios and selling their work at craft shows. Bacharach and Hector are generously giving any money generated from book sales back to the community as a donation to CERF+.
  
CREATIVE CAPITAL 
Supports innovative and adventurous artists across the country through funding, counsel and career development services. For more information, click here.

FoodForThoughtFood for Thought

EMAIL IS THE BEST WAY TO REACH MILLENNIALS
With $200 billion in annual buying power by 2017, Millennials have become every brand's coveted customer. But what's the best way to reach them? The answer is email. Read more >>

THE NEW STARTUP MUST HAVE: AN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Tech companies are bringing visual artists to work alongside technologists and seeing significant benefits. Read more >>

USE INBOUND MARKETING TO INCREASE YOUR SOCIAL REACH
Most artists will agree that customers are necessary for them to continue their practice. But where do they come from? These days, building a social following online can greatly contribute to lead generation. Read more >>

INCREASE YOUR ART SALES BY MAKING AN EMOTIONAL CONNECTION
Sell more of your work by talking about what matters most to your customer. Read more >>
WebinarsWebinars and Workshops

Web Best Practices & Review with Matthew Deleget
Matthew Deleget shares best practices for websites, email communications, and social media presence. Topics covered include search engine optimization, design, work samples, email and social media integration.
December 8, 6:15-9:15 | Sign up

Social Media - How to be Everywhere All the Time with Bard Stephenson
Led by Brad Stephenson, this 90-minute webinar covers all aspects of using social media to communicate about your work and ideas; expand your audience, peer and professional network; and create a deeper connection with the general public.
December 14, 7:00-8:30 | Sign up

Values-Based Goal Setting with Susan Koblin Schear
Artists of all disciplines have long struggled with obstacles of business. There are many reasons that these challenges may exist within your practice including, lack of goal setting, planning and implementation; absence of purpose, values and vision; feeble marketing and messaging; frequent isolation and limited networking; inadequate budgeting, recordkeeping and fiscal responsibility; and more.
January 4, 7:00-8:30 | Sign up

Career Coaching for Artists
Creative Capital is thrilled to announce their individual coaching program for artists! Artists of all disciplines and career stages now have the opportunity to get personal attention from Creative Capital Professional Development Program Leaders.
 
Fall 2015 schedule of six-week workshops including Advanced Memoir, Beginning Memoir and Promptly: Generative Writing From Evocative Prompts. 

 
CREATIVE CAPITAL WEBINARS are $25 each. All webinars are interactive and allow time for participants to ask questions. Interested but can't attend? All registered participants will receive access to a recording of that webinar. Webinars available here.

ResourcesResources

TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON PAINTS:
  • Golden Paints and their newsletter published by Golden Artist Colors, Inc.
ART CALLS:
  • Arizona Arts Commission for Digital Media Arts, Literary Arts, Multidisciplinary Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts and General Opportunities
LITERARY MAGAZINES AND RESOURCES:
THE NATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM at http://www.nationalartsprogram.org. 
ART DAILY at www.artdaily.org.
BORED PANDA at www.panda.com is full of the most unusual artistic ideas.
 

JobOpportunitiesJob Opportunities
 
Find jobs in arts administration, performing and visual arts, and more. Post an anonymous resume, or create an alert to be notified of new vacancies.
VisualCallsCalls for Visual Artists

CHAOS: NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION 2016
Categories: sculpture, painting, drawing, photo, printmaking, ceramics, assemblage, collage, mixed media, fiber art, artist book. A juror's award of $250 will be presented to each of the three works that express the most imaginative interpretation of the theme of Chaos.
Deadline: February 21, 2015

BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM BIENNIAL 2016: METALMORPHOSIS
Bellevue Arts Museum is seeking artists, craftsmen, and makers in the Northwest (AK, BC, ID, MT, OR & WA) working in the medium of metal to apply to the BAM Biennial 2016: Metalmorphosis (September 2, 2016 - late January, 2017).
Deadline: December 15, 2015

LATINO/A AMERICANS 500 YEARS
The Idaho State University Department of Art seeks artists interested in exploring the construction of the contemporary Latino voice in the United States. Artists working with all mediums are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: December 1, 2015

SFAI WATER RIGHTS
he Sante Fe Arts Institute announces search for new artist residents for the 2016 season. Applicants are asked to focus on ways to address inherent inequalities relating to water rights.
Deadline: December 18, 2015

DAVE BOWN PROJECTS
11th Semiannual Competition

BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL: BIG SKY PITCH!
The Big Sky Pitch is on! Come pitch your documentary work-in-progress to some of the top commissioning editors and funders for documentary film in North America. 
Deadline: January 8, 2016

INTERMOUNTAIN OPERA BOZEMAN 4TH ANNUAL POSTER CONTEST
Intermountain Opera Bozeman is now accepting entries for our 4th Annual Poster Contest, presented in conjunction with the upcoming spring production of Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Deadline: January 22, 2016
Click here for more information. 

ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE
The Italian Cultural Association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art), in collaboration with Arte Laguna Studio, organizes the 10th Edition of the International Arte Laguna Prize, aimed at promoting and enhancing Contemporary Art.
Deadline: December 12, 2015

VENDORS WANTED
Sweet Grass Arts and Crafts Spring Fling
Saturday, April 30th 9:00-3:00 at the Big Timber Civic Center
Contact becky@voyafa.com or call 930-1880

48TH ANNUAL SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL POSTER CONTEST
The winning poster will be used to promote the Festival, and be used in marketing materials including the Summer Arts Festival website, festival materials, collateral, press releases and signage. This gives an artist incredible exposure! 
Deadline: February 6, 2016

12TH ANNUAL: SNAP TO GRID
Show your work in our un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography at the twelfth anniversary exhibit of this very popular program. All entries will be printed (8.5"x11" on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid.
Deadline: November 30, 2015
 
SPRING 2016 FIGURATIVE PAINTING ARTIST RESIDENCY & EXHIBITION
Dacia Gallery invites artists to participate in an exciting figure painting Artist Residency program in New York City. Dacia's Artist Residency provides an academic program to inspire, refine and redefine the creative direction of artists in a painting intensive two-week program. 
Residency Dates: February 28 - March 12, 2016

LET THE DOODLING BEGIN
Students can create a doodle that tells the world "What makes me...me." Kids have all kinds of things that make them unique, so they can use all kinds of materials to create their doodles, from crayons, to clay, to graphic design, even food and video games.
Deadline: December 7, 2015

19TH ANNUAL ART AUCTION
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art invites artists to submit their art work for consideration in our 19th annual Art Auction to be held on the evening of Saturday, April 9, 2016. 
Deadline: February 5, 2016
 
Art Projects Addressing Contemporary Issues Funded
The Puffin Foundation seeks to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to art organizations and artists throughout the country who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their genre or social philosophy.
Deadline: December 4, 2015

BLUE MARBLE: NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Blue Marble refers to the spectacular color image of planet Earth taken with NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer.  The theme for this exhibition welcomes artists who delve into subjects, themes, and motifs that have to do with our planet.
Deadline: March 19, 2016
 
Embracing Our Differences is accepting submissions for its 13th annual outdoor juried art exhibit celebrating diversity and inclusion to be displayed spring 2016 in Sarasota, FL USA.
Deadline: January 4, 2016
 
PerformerCallsCalls for Performing Artists

SOUTHERN EXPOSURE: PERFORMING ARTS OF LATIN AMERICA PRESENTER FUNDING
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, is pleased to announce thatSouthern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America will continue providing fee subsidies of up to 40% of eligible expenses to nonprofit presenters nationwide who book Latin American artists from the curated Southern Exposure roster.

USArtists International supports performances by American artists at important cultural festivals and performing arts marketplaces worldwide. The program supports performances by American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists invited to perform at important cultural festivals and arts marketplaces anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories.
Deadline: December 4, 2015

DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
The Fund for National Projects, an initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, supports projects that strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting, or theatre fields. In addition, the Fund works to improve conditions for the national community of performing artists in the targeted fields.
Deadline: February 26, 2016

International Workshop & Conference
For Choreographers, Movement Directors & Directors of Physical Theatre
The training is designed as a multidisciplinary intensive lab with participation and practice together with performers from different techniques and countries.
December 13-21, 2015


WriterCallsCalls for Writers

NOWHERE MAGAZINE TRAVEL WRITING CONTEST
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Nowhere Magazine  is given for a short story or essay that "possesses a powerful sense of place." Submit a story or essay of 800 to 5,000 words.
Deadline: December 15, 2015

LETTERPRESS POETRY CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
A prize of $500, a weeklong residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts, and letterpress publication by the Center for Book Arts is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Submit a manuscript of up to 21 pages.
Deadline: December 16, 2015

LASCAUX REVIEW PRIZE IN SHORT FICTION
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Lascaux Review  is given annually for a short story of up to 10,000 words.
Deadline: December 31, 2015
Click here for more information.

BEFORE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS
Awards are given annually for books published in the United States during the previous year that contribute to American multicultural literature. Submit two copies of a book or galley published in 2015 by December 31. 

MANY VOICES PRESS: POEMS ACROSS THE BIG SKY (2)
Poems will be selected by a panel of judges. All subject matter and types of poetry will be considered. We are looking for originality and mastery.
For questions, contact ljaeger@fvcc.edu
Deadline: March 15, 2016

Considering the number of steps it takes for writers to turn their work into a published book, it's no wonder that the literary world is partitioned into so many components: workshops for writers to hone their craft, literary magazines for emerging writers to share their first pieces, and both indie and mainstream presses for new and established authors to publish their books.  Catapult , a new literary venture launched in September and led by a team of industry veterans -- with significant financial backing -- offers all of the above.

What Poets Are Like: Up and Down With the Writing Life  (Sasquatch Books, 2013) by Gary Soto

Today's authors, whether  self-published  or published through a traditional house, must do the bulk of their own marketing and promotion if they want their book to sell. While self-published authors know this all too well, many traditionally published authors are surprised to find that their publishers aren't going to take care of everything when it comes to marketing their books.

You may think the most important parts of self-publishing your book are the writing and the actual process of creating a book. But you would only be half right-the part of self-publishing that is vital to the success of your book is still ahead: self-promotion.
 

Writers Classifieds are filled with great publishing leads for you.

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