Call for proposals: The antiAtlas of borders

21.05.2013

Deadline for reception of the proposals: 30 June 2013

 

The antiAtlas of borders is a trandisciplinary event that will offer a new approach of the mutations of borders and on the way they are experienced by people in the 21st century.

The call for proposal is opened in order to select original productions for the exhibition that will take place at la Compagnie, from 13 december 2013 to 1st March 2014.

The curator and the artistic and scientific committee are looking for various artworks proposals (net.art, photo, video, testimonies, documentaires, video games) showing different ways to experience the borders. Proposals from migrants, professionals and artists are welcome.

 

Send the proposals as a PDF file, with a presentation of the project and some visuals at: antiatlas.contact@gmail.com

 

For more information: http://www.antiatlas.net/appel-a-projet/

Open Call: Residency Choregraphic Creation

13.05.2013

Deadline: 31 May 2013

 

The selected choreographer will create a work of 20 to 25 minutes for group of 10 dancers.

The residency takes place within the framework of a professional contemporary dance training program (DEC) « Danse-Interpretation ». The creation period is programmed into the school calendar for a total of 70 hours. At the end, a series of four shows will be presented in a professional theatre. The shows are an integral part of the students' evaluation.

 

For more information: http://www.emobility.pro/News/Open-call-residency-May-2013

P.A.C.2 LandscapeEnvironmentCreativity - Call for a selection of works (Inteatro VillaNappi Festival)

03.05.2013

Deadline: Monday, June 3rd,  2013

 

P.A.C. 2 Landscape Environment Creativity is a call for a selection of works (performances, installations, visual art) created to “inhabit” a portion of
Landscape – Villa Nappi park in Polverigi - in an event/walk that will take place on 29th June 2013 during the traditional InteatroFestival.

 

A maximum of 10 projects will be selected by a special comission. The work receiving the most votes will receive a monetary prize of 500€. To the selected projects will be given wide visibility in the festival program.

 

For more information:   http://www.inteatro.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Call-PAC-EN-2-edition.pdf

Contact: 

email: cea@inteatro.it
post: Inteatro – Villa Nappi, Via Marconi 77  – 60020 Polverigi (An) –
Italy.

EU Immigration Portal

30.04.2013

The EU Immigration Portal provides useful information on migration to and within the EU to migrants.

 

The information appears in English, French and Spanish and covers the following areas: admission of non-EU citizens to an EU country, risks and rights of an irregular stay, EU and national immigration policies and law, a stakeholder directory.

 

For more information:  http://ec.europa.eu/immigration/

Call for applications: French Cultural Institute-SafirLab 2013

30.04.2013

Deadline:  12th May 2013

 

The French Cultural Institute and Canal France International (CFI) are pleased to launch a call for applications for the 2013 edition of SafirLab program, whose goal is to support young people involved in the new social dynamics of the countries of the Deauville partnership (Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen).

The 2013 edition will take place in Paris from 28th September until 13th October 2013.

For more information: http://www.institutfrancais.com/fr/actualit%C3%A9s/safirlab-2013

 

French Institute of Morocco: call for application for artistic residencies

17.04.2013

Deadline: 26 April

 

The French Institute of Morocco launches a second call for applications for it’s artistic residencies program starting in January 2014. 11 sites are made available for young professionals of all artistic and intellectual disciplines.

 

This residency program aims to favour creation, professional encounters, circulation of artworks and knowledge.

 

For more informationwww.if-maroc.org


Performing Arts Management 2013 - Call for Presentations

16.04.2013

Retzhof Castle Educational Institute - Austria December 17 - 21, 2013

International conference open to practising performing arts academics and artists from various disciplines from over 20 different countries and practically from all continents.
 
The conference language is English.
You are welcome to take part in the conference as a Speaker, Presenter, Participant, Observer!

Present your research and demonstrate your method of work to the international audience!

Submission guidelines and registration details:
http://www.iugte.com/projects/performingartsmanagement


Call for applications Initiative for Internationalization in Dance 2013

15.04.2013

Deadline: April, 15th 2013

 

NPN International Guest Performance Fund for Dance

The NPN International Guest Performance Fund for Dance supports international programmers, when they invite productions that were created in Germany while offering certain minimal wages that are based on standard NPN rates. The ones eligible to apply are the invited companies/ invited artists based in Germany.

 

NPN Coproduction Fund for Dance

The NPN Coproduction Fund for Dance advances the creation of new dance productions. The production must take place in Germany to a substantial degree.
At least one of the coproducers must be from a different German federal state
or from foreign country.

All application forms and information are online at www.jointadventures.net/nationales-performance-netz

 

Open consultation - Improving procedures for obtaining short-stay ‘Schengen’ visas

02.04.2013

Make your voice heard before the 17 June 2013!

 

The Commission is reviewing the procedures for issuing these visas and would like to hear your views on your experience. The idea is to modernise the policy and your input via this public consultation will contribute to make the right changes.

 

The legislation ( Regulation No 810/2009 Visa Code ) on issuing short-stay visas for travel in the Schengen area (the ‘Visa Code’) has now been in force for three years.

Now the Commission wants to assess whether the legislation has achieved its objectives. Building on this evaluation, the Commission plans to propose amendments to revise the Visa Code and to further develop and modernise the common visa policy.

Among the aims of this review are to ensure that EU visa policy fosters economic growth and cultural exchange by facilitating the process for legitimate travellers to the EU, such as business people, tourists, students and young people, while ensuring a high level of security for the EU.

That is why the Commission wants to hear from the main ‘users’ of the common visa policy: individuals, interest groups, advocacy groups and professional organisations. We want to hear from as broad a range of users as possible, as it is important to get views and input from all stakeholders.

 

For more information about the online public consultation, please click here.

DOX BOX Syria Global Day 2013 now available online!

28.03.2013

Date: March 25 - April 1, 2013

 

In honor of DOX BOX’s Syria Global Day 2013ArteEast is collaborating with CPH:DOX and DocAlliance to bring the festival to a global audience online for one week.

 

Syria Global Day 2013 is comprised of two segments.The first is a series of six short films created by a new generation of Syrian filmmakers. Film synopses and links can be found here.

The festival’s second segment, A Citizen with a Movie Camera, features clips of footage shot on mobile phones and hand-held cameras, documenting everyday life. To read more about the thematic compilations and watch the videos, click here.

Manif d'art 7: Call for projects by Canadian Artists

22.03.2013

Deadline: May 1, 2013

 

Theme: Resistance - And Then, We Built New Forms

 

Manif d'art, major biennial of contemporary visual arts on the Canadian scene, presents in Quebec City the work of nearly 100 artists originating from every horizon. The event will begin by a recognition of the critical role played by visual and media arts in the documentation of conflicts and of manifestations of resistance. The curator will detail the theme by approaching the numerous tactics and strategies which shape radical contemporary practices.

 

For more information: http://www.manifdart.org/en/manif-dart-7-appel-de-dossiers-pour-artistes-canadiens/


Call for artists in Kuwait: In The Name of Peace

21.03.2013

Deadline: June 30, 2013

 

The Art Salon returns this year for another event that will raise awareness for peace throughout the world.

The event In the Name of Peace is an art exhibition whereby half the proceeds will go to a charity and will take place on the 15th of September 2013 at Contemporary Art Platform (CAP), Kuwait.

 

Art Categories: Visual Art & Digital Art, Painting & Drawing, Photography, Installation, Sculpture.

 

For more information, click here.

Call for participation: The Black Box Theater Workshop

20.03.2013

Deadline for application: March 28, 2013

 

The Black Box Theater Workshop by Bootworks at  Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival

 

Bootworks presents a four days professional workshop from April 1-4 2013 that will give a group of students/artists the opportunity to work with the directors of the company and with a range of methods and mediums to explore the making of theatre for small audiences.

The workshop will be held in English with Arabic translation at Hotel Viennoise, Downtown Cairo.

 

For application forms and more information: www.d-caf.org

 

Call for entries: Artist-In-Residence International Program 2013 at Buenos Aires

12.03.2013

Open Call Deadline: March 30th, 2013

 

La Fundación ´ace para el Arte Contemporáneo invites career as well as  emerging artists to apply for residencies within the frame of acePIRAR  Artist-in-Residence International Program.  Production, exploration,  urban intervention and networking are key words of this program Located  in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a cosmopolitan city with the perfect  combination of European and South America's roots soul, this modern  place for contemporary art production consist of 4 exhibition spaces,  painting studio, reading room, a well equipped workshop and printmaking  facilities oriented to artists, designers, performers and curators.


Guidelines, residency types, fees, application form and comprehensive FAQ, are available online at www.proyectoace.org/application

Support the Manifesto of the European Day of Artistic Creativity

11.03.2013

12 European cities and institutions, partaking in the “Network of Cities for Artistic Creation” have launched the“European Day of Artistic Creativity” initiative, which will take place on March 21, 2013.

The objective is to celebrate once a year, and at a European level, artistic creativity with open activities in museums, public and private cultural institutions, visual arts centres, art schools, galleries, educational centres, etc.

The “European Day of Artistic Creativity” will become the springboard for new, original and necessary ideas, aimed at the general public, professionals and institutions.

If you would like to support this project, please adhere to the manifesto on this website!

Atelier for Young Festival Managers BEIRUT 2013

08.03.2013

Application Deadline: 31 March 2013

 

The European Festivals Association (EFA) and the Beiteddine Art Festival are organising the sixth edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers BEIRUT 2013 –the first Atelier in the Arab world –from 5-12 October 2013 in Beirut, Lebanon.

The Atelier for Young Festival Managers is EFA’s 7-day training platform addressed at emerging artistic festival directors.

 

Find out all you need to know about the Atelier’s mission and format, Beirut and the Beiteddine Art Festival on www.atelierforyoungfestivalmanagers.eu

 

In case of further questions please contact atelier@efa-aef.eu or call +32 9241 8080.

IFPC Call for Proposals 2013

06.03.2013

Deadline for submissions: 2 May 2013 at midnight CET

 

If your project meets the criteria set out in the Operational Guidelines of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture (IFPC), you can submit your projects to benefit from the support of the Fund.
 
Priority will be given to young artists/creators (18-30 years) and to projects benefitting youth. Priority will also be given, as far as possible, to projects from or benefitting developing countries. Please note that funding can not be provided to projects that are already in receipt of funding provided by other UNESCO Funds or programmes.
 
To apply, please fill in the online application form in English or in French and send toifpc@unesco.org. Please ensure that the application form is filled in as completely and clearly as possible and that the budget breakdown is clearly stipulated.

For more information: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/creativity/international-fund-for-the-promotion-of-culture/

RCF: second 2013 open call for travel grants from 1st to 31st March 2013

01.03.2013

 

We are launching the second 2013 open call for travel grants from  1st to 31st March 2013. Artists and cultural operators living and working in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa can apply in Arabic, English or French. Priority is given to mobility from the South and East of these regions.

 

The General Fund is open to all requests for travel grants that respect the eligibility criteria of RCF, whatever the destination of travel, the artistic discipline or the direction of mobility. The General Fund functions on an annual basis which means that candidates can apply for the March session and to the other sessions in June and September depending on the funding available.

 

Some grants for travel from the South on the General Fund are provided by the European Union as part of the Istikshaf programme.

 

The Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône and Marseille-Provence 2013 provide funding on two specific funding lines. Details concerning these funding lines are provided on the Cimetta Fund website www.cimettafund.org.

 

The following general criteria of RCF apply to all of these funds.

1) The aim of your trip must directly or indirectly show potential for a constructive and long-term impact on the arts sector in the Mediterranean basin. This means that your travel must contribute to your own capacity building, which in turn can be shared in a “networking” fashion that will benefit connecting artists and operators in your own country or region so as to maintain, renew and develop contemporary arts.

2) New criteria: Your trip can take place as soon as the call opens but in this case you run the risk of buying your ticket without knowing if the application is successful or not.

3) Applicant’s profile

-     No nationality or age criteria: Applicant lives or works in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

-     Profession: performers, creators, teachers, cultural organisers, administrators, project leaders.

-     Financial means: applicants who are unable to find the financial resources themselves.

4) Applications must be made by individuals not organisations. Only 3 members of a group can apply for a grant concerning the same project. A grant holder can only reapply twice. Applicants must choose the cheapest form of transport and can only apply for one international return travel ticket and visa costs (local transport, per diems and accommodation costs are not reimbursed).

 

The results are announced as follows:

Second session: 1st June 2013 (Deadline for receiving applications: 31/03/2013)

Third session: 1st September 2013 (Deadline for receiving applications: 30/06/2013)

Fourth session: 1st December 2013 (Deadline for receiving applications: 30/09/2013)

 

If you want to apply, please visit the Roberto Cimetta Fund’s website and fill in the contact form on the website www.cimettafund.org. The office of the Fund will send you the link to the online form to fill out.



Call for Collaborators | Future Tools. Interactivos?'13 workshop on Libre Graphics

28.02.2013

Deadline: April 9, 2013.

Open call to collaborate in the project development workshop Interactivos?'13: Tools for a Read-Write World (April 15 - 27, 2013 in Madrid, Spain). Collaborators will participate in the production of selected projects, aimed at the creation of tools to design, edit, draw and write together. This edition focuses on (re)inventing a Libre Graphics workflow that supports collaboration and exchange Medialab-Prado offers free lodging to collaborators in a Youth Hostel during the workshop (limited seating).
 
This call is part of the Libre Graphics Research Unit project and is preceeded by the international event Libre Graphics Meeting (April 10-13, 2013). Collaborators can also take part in the meeting. Registration is required.

More information and submission form: http://medialab-prado.es/article/convocatoria_colaboradores_lgru

Anna Lindh Foundation: Call for Applications - Citizens Exchange Programme

27.02.2013

Deadline for receiving applications: 14 APRIL 2013 at 16:00 EGY time.

 

Are you a member of an organisation in one of the 42 Euro-Med countries?

 

Would you like to take part in a unique training opportunity in another Euro-Med country?


This is your chance. Apply now through your organisation!

In the framework of the “DAWRAK-Citizens for Dialogue”(2012-2014), the Foundation is launching the 2nd Call of Citizens Exchange Programme for Euro-med civil society exchanges, that will be taking place between the 1 July and 31 December 2013.

 

To apply for the traineeship you are kindly asked to use the online form available on http://www.dawrak.org/en/how-apply. Applications must be in English, French and Arabic. Applications sent to any of the ALF staff members email addresses are automatically excluded from the call.

In case you have questions please contact us cep.applications@bibalex.org

Publication of the summary of the exchange platform – مدارات – MADARAT*, 20 - 22 November 2012 Beirut, Lebanon

26.02.2013

The Roberto Cimetta Fund (RCF), is publishing the summary of the debates during the Madarat - platform for exchange on 21st November 2012 at the Institut français de Beyrouth. To read the summary, print or download it click here.

 

This meeting grouped together 55 artists, operators, journalists, institutional representatives, experts and Board members of RCF and regional members of the Istikshaf platform from 21 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey).

 

The report of the Istikshaf platform that took place on 20th November at the French Institute in Beirut will be published by the Arab Education Forum. You can already view photos of this meeting here and visit the facebook page of the Istikshaf Campaign.

 

Quote from a grantee : “mobility is an occasion to familiarize oneself with the art scenes of different countries, especially the independent spaces that might not be part of the international institutional network ».

Job Vacancies at the Arab Education Forum – Jordan

26.02.2013

Two job vacancies:

- Accountant/ Financial manager 
- Public Policy Advocacy campaign coordinator (Istikshaf) 

The main qualifications necessary to work with us, in addition to the technical knowledge and experience required for the specific job, and a good working knowledge of Arabic and English (writing and reading), you need to be able and willing to learn, volunteer and work cooperatively within a team, have a passion for reading and learning about inspiring ideas, and a sense of adventure and initiative to explore new experiences. 

If you are interested please send an email explaining why you wish to work with the AEF with a copy of your CV, preferable in Arabic, but we accept letters sent in English as well. 
Please send your email to: areej@almoultaqa.com

U40 Arabesque - Call for Applications

25.02.2013

Deadline to Apply: 2 March 2013

 

The inception meeting of U40 Arabesque will take place in the city of Alexandria during the period from 13 to 15 March 2013. The meeting will gather 5 participants from countries other than Egypt and 7 other participants from Egypt. A total of 12 participants will set the strategy and the plan for the future of the network and the methodologies of promoting the 2005 UNESCO Convention in the respective countries. It will also determine ways of communication among network members and the other U40 Networks.

 

How to Apply:


Send the following to u40arabesque@u40net.org
 - A motivation letter, illustrating your professional background, your networks, and your interest to join the network and promote the convention. The letter should also include a short paragraph about the cultural scene in your country.

 

According the procedures to joining the U40 Network:
• Did my country of origin (and/or current place of living) ratify the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and the Promotion for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions? If so, did the Government designate a national point of contact for the Convention (Art. 9) and/or did they assign some special (legal) structures for its implementation? You might want to contact this focal point, your National Commission for UNESCO or other relevant information sources.

• Does a Coalition for Cultural Diversity exist in my country? If so, who are the members? What are their activities? If not, which neighbouring country or other country in the target region does have a Coalition? What are their activities? Who are their members? If not, who could be adequate bodies /persons to group a Coalition?
• How can I contribute to improve the visibility and the understanding of the Convention in my country / region?
• Please describe your engagement for the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, your motivation for applying and a short description of what you intend to do as follow-up.
- Your Resume (2 pages max)

 

What is U40 Arabesque: To translate the 2005 UNESCO convention into action in the Arab region there is a need to initiate an extension of the U40 Network "Cultural Diversity 2030" in the Arab countries, namely U40 Arabesque. The regional network is concerned with the promotion of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in the respective Arab Countries aiming at coherent implementation of cultural policies in the region.

 

Call for applications: Thupelo Cape Town

22.02.2013

Deadline for applications: 12h00 on Tuesday 6 March

 

Great More Art, 18 to 28 March 2013: 20 artists, 10 days of focused work, interaction and skills sharing.

 

To apply please send a brief biography, 3 to 5 images of your work and a letter of motivation to info@greatmoreart.org or deliver to Zipho at 47 Greatmore Street, Woodstock, tel 021 4479699.

 

If you wish to be a funded participant please also motivate for that (funded participants get a daily free for materials, transport and catering).

New media art call: MADATAC International Essay Prize

21.02.2013

Deadline for the reception of originals: September 2, 2013.

 

MADATAC calls for a prize of essay eligible for all authors, regardless of their nationality, provided that the manuscript is written in Spanish or English language and fits the theme of the prize, be original, unpublished and has not previously been awarded in any other competition, or corresponds to a deceased author before submitting the work for the award. Collections of articles will not be accepted.

 

TOPIC: new media art, electronic audiovisual art, multimedia art, video art, cyberart, bioart, digital technologies and any creative symbiosis between art, science and technology.

 

For more information: www.madatac.es

 

1. In this first call works will be presented on digital format (PDF or Word) and must contain one or several literary essays grouped in an organic way to configure a single book, with an optional contribution of 8 to 16 images in colour and no limit for images in black and white. The works will have a minimum length of 120 pages, size DIN A4, printed single-sided with the title of the essay, the name and surname of the participant, the postal address, email, a contact telephone number and also the Curriculum Vitae of the author. The shipping shall also contain a signed statement that the work is not competing in any other prize and is free all rights of exploitation. Correspondence will not maintained with the participants nor any information relating to the follow-up of the works presented shall be provided.
2. Originals can be sent to info@madatac.es or by postal mail, with the documentation on a cd, dvd or pend drive, to MADATAC: Galeno 41, C.P. 28232, Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain, clearly indicating in the envelope MADATAC INTERNATIONAL ESSAY PRIZE. The organisers are not responsible for any losses or deterioration of the originals, or of any other circumstance attributable to emails or third parties which may affect the sending of works.
3. The receipt of original opens with the publication of this call and closes on September 2, 2013.
4. The prize may not be declared void. There will be a single winner, no finalists.
5. The jury will be composed by prominent members of the cultural world.
Its decision will be final and will be made public in a ceremony that will be held in December 2013 during the celebration of the MADATAC 05
Festival.
6. The unique Prize will consist on the publication of the  awarded work by the books publisher Editorial Casimiro  (http://www.casimirolibros.es) which will be distributed and sold in Spain and Latin America. Distribution in Europe will depend on arising co-edition partnerships.
7. The author of the winning work will sign a publishing contract by means of which 8% will be liquidated (to him or her) after one year in the paperback editions, calculated on the recommended retail price without VAT of every country. Editorial Casimiro and MADATAC reserve the right to hire any of the works submitted for the award.
 
8. The participants authorize the organizers to use their names and
image for advertising purposes as participants in the award. The winner
is also committed to  participate personally in promotional events of
the book that are considered suitable by the organizers of the prize.
9. Participation in the award implies automatically acceptance of these
conditions by the authors, as well as its commitment not to remove his
work once sent. For any differences that had to be settled through the
courts, parties, renouncing their own jurisdiction, expressly submit to the courts and courts of Spain.
10. Any situation not contemplated in this call will be resolved by the jury and the permanent Chairman of the award.

Open call for Artists-In-Residence Laboratory at the CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw

14.02.2013

Submission deadline: February 28 2013

The Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle and the City of Warsaw invite art professionals from eligible countries to apply for one-month long residencies in April, May and June 2013 within the frame of Artists-In-Residence Laboratory programme at
the CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw.


This open call is the first phase of the project, and will shortly  be followed by artistic residencies and small exhibitions.

For more information: www.csw.art.pl

 

The A-I-R Laboratory has been organizing an international  residency programme at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle  in Warsaw since 2002. The notion of 'RE-DIRECTING' refers here to a  need to facilitate collaborations with art initiatives from regions with  which the A-I-R Laboratory hasn't had an
opportunity to collaborate so  far.


Eligible countries:  Afghanistan,  Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,  Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Moldova,
Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria,  Tajikistan,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates,  Uzbekistan and Yemen.

Fellows should be prepared to:
- Give a speech providing an overview or insight into specific issues
relating to the current art scene in their country.
- Prepare a portfolio review of selected artists and art initiatives from
their homeland in Warsaw.
- Participate in the A-I-R Laboratory programme (seminars, meetings, study
visits).
- Collaborate with CCA curators on preparing the artistic residencies for
their respective locales.
 
Selection  will be based on the professional excellence of the applicant's
work  and his/her plans for sharing the benefits of the exchange with artists
and institutions in his/her home country. Applicants must have  sufficient knowledge of English to function independently and  communicate with A-I-R Laboratory staff and other residents.

ARCOmadrid 13 - 17 February 2013: Focus Turkey

12.02.2013

The 32nd edition of ARCOmadrid, will bring together a total of 202 galleries from 30 countries. 

One the main attractions of the fair will be Focus Turkey, a section which has benefited from the collaboration of the Turkish Embassy in Spain. The project, which will gather 10 galleries  with a wide selection of Turkish artists, will provide an opportunity to bring the contemporary artistic production of Turkey to collectors and the general public.

For more information: http://www.ifema.es/ferias/arco/default.html

Masterclass: Festival and Event Management

12.02.2013

Deadline: February 25 2013

 

The 2013 edition of the Festival and Event Management Masterclass will be held from 11-12 March in Brussels at the Centre International pour la Ville, l'Architecture et le Paysage (CIVA).

This is an intensive 2 day programme designed to inform and inspire anyone involved in the business of creating, managing and developing festivals and events.

 

For more information: http://www.encatc.org/pages/index.php?id=170

Mobility impact assessment RCF

08.02.2013

RCF is pleased to publish an assessment on the impact of mobility.

 

This assessment is a necessary follow-up, in the collaboration we have undertaken with regional and local partners, to define strategies for transnational artistic mobility. Our work aims to identify positive effects of travel and consequences in the nature and diversity of cultural and artistic products or offers.

The RCF decided  to send a questionnaire to the grantees of the Fund in order to identify the concrete output of their travel and their opinions on mobility in the euro- middle east- north african region.

The questionnaire was drafted together with Inga Farina Petzhold from the University of Hildeshiem in Germany and Matina Magkou, PhD student working with Cristina Ortega Nuere at the Institute of Leisure Studies, University of Bilbao, Spain.

The questionnaire was sent to all the grantees of the Fund in October (around 500 email addresses). We registered the reception of this questionnaire in 18 countries such as Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Portugal, Serbia, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Croatia, United Kingdom and Spain. The 108 answers were received in November and December 2012.

A majority of the respondents mentioned that their travel grant led to a better integration in the artistic and cultural field and to concrete realizations (exhibitions, screenings, concerts, performances, touring, publications). The main motive for travelling was to set up or continue artistic projects.

The impact of the travel grant is realised on a short term period as 57,5% of the respondents realised that their travel had had a positive impact on their work either during or right after their travel.

96% of the respondents are still in touch with their host and 67%  of them have returned or have concrete plans to return to the hosting countries for professional reasons. Finally, 45% of the respondents engage in mobility practices in the euro-middle east-north african region for professional reasons more than once a year.

 

This report does not seek to be an overall evaluation nor to reflect the opinions of all grantees. It is the first step of « a work in progress » that the RCF will continue in the next months.

Emobility, open call for 2 residencies: Map 2 Transcultures and M4m Paris

05.02.2013

Residency Map 2 Transcultures 2013 - Mons, Belgium

Deadline: 11 February 2013

 

Transcultures, Interdisciplinary Center for Sound and Electronic Cultures is an association born in 1996 in order to promote and develop crossings between contemporary artistics practices and arts/society/technology stakes; focusing on sound art and digital creation.

 

For more information and to apply click here.

 

M4m residency, Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes - Paris, France

Deadline: 15 february 2013

 

The Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes have been developing mobility, co-productions programs with more than 160 places of creation and diffusion.

Choreographer, artists, video directors, circassiens, performers are invited to apply for that residency.

 

Applicants should be residents of countries eligible under the European Commission’s Culture 2007-2013 Programme. French and foreigners living in France aren’t eligible for this residency.

 

For more informations on this residency click here.

Meeting of the network Zone Franche: visa issues for non EU artists

04.02.2013

The RCF participated in the meeting organized in December 2012 by the network by Zone Franche. The first part of the meeting was dedicated to the question of artistic and cultural mobility and a critical analysis of the visa issue was proposed.

La Scène, a French professional magazine for the performing arts sector, published an article following this meeting about visa issue for artists from non EU countries and the action of the Roberto Cimetta Fund was underlined.

To read the article click here.

Call for artistic curators - Matera European Capital of Culture 2019 - candidate city

23.05.2013

Deadline: 28th May 2013

 

In order to prepare and support the candidature of Matera for the European Capital of Culture title, the Matera 2019 Committee was set up in July 2011. The Matera 2019 Committee is looking for 3 cultural curators.

Their task will be to identify and develop key cultural projects based on European cooperation and/or co-production that will form the backbone of the cultural programme of the Matera 2019 application.

 

For more detailed information: click here

Open Call May 2013: Park in progress 7

13.05.2013

Deadline:  June 6th 2013

 

In the framework of the European Park in progress and the next edition of the International festival of sound art City Sonic, proposed in September 2013 Mons, Transcultures, Centre of digital and sound arts, launches a call for projects/residences for the realization of small forms/formats (performances, installations, concerts...) inter of multidisciplinary with a sound dimension.

 

For more information:

http://www.emobility.pro/News/Open-call-residency-May-2013

 

Artist Mobility Information for foreign artists and professionals in Austria

30.04.2013

The guide has been elaborated by the Federal ministry for Education, Arts and Culture in cooperation with other Austrian ministries and the Austrian Commission for UNESCO.

 

It provides useful information on applicable legal provisions and explains different procedures and conditions in practice for employement, entry and stay for a duration of up to 6 months or residence of more than 6 months.

 

For more information: http://www.artistmobility.at/home-english/further-information-and-useful-links.html

Touring Artists: information portal for internationally mobile artists

30.04.2013

This project was initiated by the German International Theatre Institute and the Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK).

 

The portal provides information about legal regulations and administrative procedures in Germany, for foreign artists who work temporarily in Germany and for German artists who live in Germany but work abroad for a limited time.

 

The following topics are examined: taxes, social insurance, visas, transport, copyright, support for international exchange projects.

 

For more information: http://www.touring-artists.info/home.html

Call for entries AIR 2014

15.04.2013

Deadline: 31 May 2013

 

In co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Ministry of
Education, the Arts and Culture makes available residencies in Vienna for the year 2014.

This call is open to artists, writers, composers, curators and art educators whose place of residence is outside of Austria.

 

The residencies are available for the following disciplines: visual arts, art photography, video and media art, design, composition, literature and literary translation, contemporary dance and choreography.

 

In addition, art educators and curators are also invited to apply.

 

More detailed information: http://www.kulturkontakt.or.at/en/artists/2014

Interartive Magazine: Call for texts and artistic projects: Art & Mobility

11.04.2013

Deadline: July, 15 2013

 

For the publication of issue #55, the digital journal InterArtive will publish in partnership with the Roberto Cimetta Fund a special issue dedicated to diverse aspects of the current discussion about Art & Mobility. We invite theorists, critics, curators and artists who work on the subject to participate.

 

Artistic practices and creativity are directly and closely linked to mobility. A great part of the art and architecture that we know would not have existed if it weren’t for the urge to travel, to discover, the need to go beyond the limits - territorial and intellectual - of the known.

 

To reflect on mobility today means to widen the perspective, to go beyond the concepts of travel, discovery and displacement; it calls for an analysis of the social, political, economic and cultural phenomena linked to it.

 

The practice of mobility can be thought of as a phenomenological experience where identity comes into contact with alterity, as a path of transformation where ideas, perceptions and preconceptions are questioned, as a value and as a conscious process of enrichment and of knowledge, and not just as a simple trip, or a simple displacement.

 

Mobility presents multiple facets: it is directly related to the issue of diversity, exchange, experience and intercultural dialogue. At the same time, it makes us reflect on migration, exile and the obstacles faced when crossing borders.

 

The objectives of this call are to reflect on a history of mobility, to go in depth in the processes of transformation of knowledge, culture and art in the practice of mobility and, above all, to think about mobility today, in a contemporary context.

 

Proposals that consider one or more of the following topics, among others, will be accepted:

   
  • Mobility, Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue

  • Migration, Exile and Diaspora

  • Obstacles to Mobility and Visa issues

  • Cultural Exchange, Artistic Residencies, Hospitality

  • Human interaction, Responsibilities, Eco-Mobility

  • Nomadic art practices

  • Translation and Language

  • Travel, Exploration and History of Mobility

  • Virtual mobility

 

Texts should be around 800 to 3000 words: Format Guidelines (pdf)

The works and art projects will be published in the form of Virtual Gallery (images and short text): Format Guidelines (pdf)

Proposals should be submitted up until July 15, 2013, by mail at: info@interartive.org

The 55th issue of Interartive will be published at the end of September 2013.

 

For more information: http://interartive.org/2013/03/art-mobility-en/

Call for Submissions: The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)

20.03.2013

Deadline for applications: April 1, 2013

The results will be announced on June 15th, 2013

 

The AFAC has issued a new open call for proposals in the categories of Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Literature.

Applications are open to Arab individuals living in the Arab region or in diaspora and to local, regional and international institutions whose projects are related to contemporary Arab culture.

 

For more information, click here.

Call for Submissions: 3rd Edition of the Animation Film Festival Beirut Animated

20.03.2013

Deadline: April 15, 2013

 

Beirut Animated, an Animation Film Festival, presents the 3Rd Edition of Beirut Animated, which will take place from the 14th to the 18th of June, 2013. Reruns will take place in Tunis, Cairo and Tangier in partnership with the cultural institutions Cinemadart, Cimatheque and la Cinematheque de Tanger respectively. This call for entries is open for Arab animation films produced between 2011 and 2013.

 

For more information, click here.

Call for Participation: Miniatures - A Month for Syria

12.03.2013

Deadline for submission is March 31, 2013

 

SHAMS, the Cooperative Association of Cultural Youth Theatre and Films, invites artists, designers and citizens of the world to participate in the scene open "Syria at the heart of the world ... Syria around the world", an event platform "Miniatures" organized by the Association Shams from April 1 to May 5, 2013.

 

For participation, kindly send your contribution – or downloadable links through this email: monthofsyria@shamslb.org

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to send us your request by email to info@shamslb.org.

Studio Emad Eddin: Call for Professional Dancers

12.03.2013

Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival will be holding auditions to find 2 professional Egyptian Dancers - one male and one female- to perform in a short contemporary dance duet. The piece will be performed on Sunday 28th of April 2013 during the closing night of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF).

 

Auditions will be held on Saturday 30th March, the rehearsals will take place regularly during the period of the 1st until the 27th of April.

 

Deadline: if you are interested please email your CV, a short cover letter and any links or videos of previous performances to workshops@d-caf.org by Thursday 28th March 2013.

Call for artworks and papers: Amber'13

11.03.2013

Deadline for applications: 20th of May 2013


AmberFestival is interested in interactive installations and papers that
explore its title with the subtitle of "Fool your smartness". We are suggesting several discussions around the theme from market-speak of todays sophisticated -so called- smart technologies to foolishnes, from the "drama" of being unconnected
to commedy of it.

The works selected among the applications to this international call, will
be exhibited at Amber'13 Art and Technology Festival. We also encourage outdoor interactive installations.


 

For more information: www.amberplatform.org
info@amberplatform.org

35th Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, 25 Oct.-2 Nov. 2013

08.03.2013

Dates of the 35th Cinemed: 25 October-2 November 2013.
 
Online submission of films to be selected for the different competition or panorama sections is available from 15 February to 31 August 2013 on our website www.cinemed.tm.fr.
 
Participation is open to films completed since 1 July 2012. The subject and handling of the films must contribute to the cinematic representation of the Mediterranean and the director must be from one of the states in the
Mediterranean Basin, the Black Sea states, Portugal or Armenia.
 
Deadlines for registration:
- Fiction features: 31 August 2013
- Fiction shorts: 15 July 2013
- Documentaries: 15 July 2013
- Experimental : 15 July 2013
- Development Grant: 15 July 2013

Publication of a paper on the role of young people in the promotion of intercultural and interfaith dialogue

08.03.2013

RCF is pleased to publish a research commissioned by the Euro-Med Youth Platform and conducted by Matina Magkou, a PhD student in Cultural Policy on the role of young people in intercultural and interfaith dialogue in the EuroMediterranean region.

 

This paper is can be a first step for reflection on a topic that is highly interesting and extremetely wide. If you would like to read it, click  here.

A.M.I is looking for an intern

06.03.2013

In the framework of the development of the platform economy of Culture "Dynamo" that implements la Friche Belle-de-Mai/Marseille, A.M.I
offers a five-month internship (March to July 2013) oriented towards administrative support and secretariat. According to results, possibility of post.

Please send your application (CV + cover letter) to Cecilia Jumez <admin@amicentre.biz>

Press release - Green mobility guide for the performing arts launched in 4 new languages

28.02.2013

The Green mobility guide for the performing arts English Edition, produced in 2011 by Julie’s Bicycle and On The Move shows directors, tour managers, light designers and other professionals from the performing arts how to “green” their touring practices.

The Guide is the result of a partnership between Julie’s Bicycle – a London
based not for profit organization working on sustainability within the creative industries - and On the Move - an NGO active since 2002 in the provision of information about the mobility of artists and cultural professionals of all fields and disciplines. All five versions of the guide are available for free download from On the Move’s website and Julie’s Bicycle website.

For more information, please contact Lucy Warin, Communications Manager, Julie’s Bicycle: Lucy@juliesbicycle.com

Charlotte Street Foundation: Seeking Applicants for Executive Director Position

26.02.2013

The Organization: 
Charlotte Street Foundation is a nationally leading, artist centered, non-profit organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, whose mission is to challenge, nurture, and empower artists of exceptional vision.

 

The Position: The Executive Director is a passionate advocate for the mission, vision, programs, and values of the Charlotte Street Foundation. The Executive Director provides dynamic, multi-dimensional organizational leadership for staff, supporters, and the artists' community it serves, and hands-on management of the organization's ongoing operations. The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors and works strategically with the Board and Director of Artistic Programs to successfully fulfill the organization's vision and outcomes.

 

For complete details about this position, including responsibilities and qualifications,visit www.charlottestreet.org/2013/02/executive-director-search/

Istikshaf presents: The Arab Travelers’ online Guide

26.02.2013

The mobility of artists and cultural activists is gaining increased importance following the pivotal events that have shaken the Arab world in the past two years.

 These developments has prompted Istikshaf to start working on a guide that compiles all the necessary information for travelers and explorers.


The “Istikshaf” website will be launched during the first half of 2013, containing an interactive space that allows users to contribute and share their experiences of places they visited or live in.
If you wish to share information about your city before the website is featured online, please contact areej@almoultaqa.com and request a form to fill.

Open Call: Materiais Diversos procura colaborador (produção executiva)

22.02.2013

A Materiais Diversos é uma associação cultural sem fins lucrativos com
direcção artística do coreógrafo Tiago Guedes. Organiza anualmente o Festival
Materiais Diversos nos concelhos de Alcanena, Torres Novas, Cartaxo e Lisboa;
promove uma programação regular de dança, serviço educativo e residências
artísticas e técnicas; desenvolve projectos de curadoria própria a nível nacional e internacional; produz e difunde  trabalhos de coreógrafos como Tiago Guedes, Filipa Francisco, Elizabete Francisca, Teresa Silva, Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz.

Para acompanhar  o alargamento da nossa actividade, procuramos integrar um colaborador para assumir responsabilidades de produção executiva de projetos artísticos em criação e difusão a partir de 1 de abril de 2013.

 

O candidato ideal tem no mínimo 3 anos de experiência profissional relevante.
Demonstra excelente capacidade de planeamento e organização, e sensibilidade para o acompanhamento de projetos artísticos. Tem sólidos conhecimentos do panorama artístico nacional e internacional na área da dança contemporânea.
Domina o inglês e o francês, falado e escrito. Está disponível para breves deslocações nacionais e internacionais e ainda uma estadia anual de cerca de dois meses em Minde, sede do Festival Materiais Diversos. Identifica-se com o
projecto da associação, do seu festival e dos artistas que apoia, e está motivado para se dedicar ao seu desenvolvimento.
 
Os interessados devem remeter uma curta carta de motivação e CV com indicação
de 2 referências profissionais para candidaturas@materiaisdiversos.com até 28 de fevereiro de 2013.
Os candidatos seleccionados para entrevista serão contactados no dia 4 de
março de 2013.
 
www.materiaisdiversos.com, prod@materiaisdiversos.com

Open call for artists - berlinerpool

12.02.2013

Submission deadline: February 22nd 2013

Berlinerpool invites artists working in Berlin or connected to Berlin to participate in a self-curated artists' archive.

 

To apply, complete an online application form and send 5 to 10 images of your latest work to application@berlinerpool.de.

 

Full text of the open call - http://www.berlinerpool.de/open_call.pdf
Online application form - http://goo.gl/n2IN8

 

Berlinerpool is an art project and a cooperative network of artists, curators and art spaces, since 2005. berlinerpool realizes exhibitions, opens discussions, offers consulting and research opportunities. 

The physical mobile artists' archive presents its collection in the context of galleries, museums, art spaces or art fairs. For today the archive contains portfolios and project documentations of around 180 artists and art collectives, selected by participating artists themselves.

Call for application: short film contest "MADE in MED"

12.02.2013

Apply before February 28 and give yourself a chance to participate in the International Cannes Film Festival 2013 and the Short Film Corner!

 

“MADE IN MED” is a short film contest organised by the Euromed Audiovisual III Programme of the European Union. The contest includes three different short film competitions around three subjects dear to the Mediterranean:

- Talking ‘bout (A)rab Revolution – The Arab Spring in Focus

- Euromed-itation – Tales from the Mediterranean

- Preserving the Med – Environmental heritage around the Mediterranean

 

For more information: http://euromedaudiovisuel.net/p.aspx?t=news&mid=21&cid=4&l=en&did=1163

Call for papers: Seismopolite Journal of Art and Politics

11.02.2013

Contributors  from diverse disciplinary backgrounds are invited to submit essays,  exhibition reviews or interviews that address the theme 'The politics of  African contemporary art' through a high variety of possible angles.

 

Please e-mail your proposal, CV and samples of earlier work to us within February 20, 2013.

Completed work will be due March 8, 2013.  

Contact: submissions@seismopolite.com

 

Seismopolite Journal of Art and Politics is a  bilingual English and Norwegian quarterly, which investigates the possibilities of artists and art scenes worldwide to reflect and  influence their local political situation.

Topics may include, but are not restricted to:
- The role of art and artists in the rewriting of (art) history and political geography.
-  The development of international contemporary art venues/ festivals/  biennials in African countries, and their impact on the societal  function and meaning of art in these contexts.
- The agency and potential of art to stimulate new future trajectories in precarious socio-political situations.
- Political activism and post-colonial consciousness in art and art communities under colonial rule.
-  The relationship between cultural politics/ geopolitics and  international contemporary art venues/ festivals/ biennials in African  countries.
- Changes to the role and the economy of the artist in African societies.
- Processes of translation in the global mediation of African contemporary art.
- Aesthetics and politics of art in 'African diaspora'

Call for participation - Third Festival of the Alexandrian Francophone Youth - 31 January 2013

04.02.2013

Deadline for applications: 15 February 2013.

The BA Francophone Library, in cooperation with the Institut Français à Alexandrie, holds the third Festival of the Alexandrian Francophone Youth, from 17 to 35 years old, on 8 and 9 March 2013.

The Festival includes singing, poetry, theater, dance, photography and art, in addition to a short story competition entitled “True Stories from Alexandria”, emerging from the project “True Stories from the Mediterranean” that was launched by Writer François Beaune within the activities of celebrating Marseille as the 2013 European Cultural Capital.

To participate in the Festival, please ask the registration form at francophones@bibalex.org.

Call for participation - 26th Alexandria Biennale 2013

30.01.2013

The 26th Alexandria Biennale 2013 for Mediterranean countries will take place in next November/December.

The theme of the biennale is: "the new presence...Bilateral demolition and construction".
If you are interested, please contact Moataz El Safty, Executive Commissaire at 26th Alexandria Biennale 2013
for Mediterranean Countries, at mmmoataz@hotmail.com.

Ethical Charter of RCF

03.12.2012

This charter asserts the values promoted by the Board, the Committee of funders, the Committee of experts and the staff. It was first drafted in Amman, Jordan in September 2012. If you would like to download the Charter, click here.

 

Applicants to the Fund are invited to read the charter before submitting their application. If they are selected they must agree with the values promoted in this charter.

The Roberto Cimetta Fund’s action is in line with the principles of the following cultural policy agendas which uphold the values defined hereafter: Fribourg Declaration of Cultural Rights, UNESCO Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of cultural expressions, Agenda 21 for Culture, European Agenda for Culture in a globalized world.

RCF values the freedom of artistic expression, the freedom of the individual and promotes an equal facility for artistic and cultural development in any corner of the globe.

RCF values genuine transnational meetings between individuals as a necessity for strong partnership building and promotes round-trip circulation of individuals.

RCF values transnational mobility as an essential element in the regular working life of an artist and a cultural operator and promotes the direct feedback effect that quality mobility has on local cultural development in the hosting and departing countries.

RCF values the role of artists and creators at local, regional, national and international levels and promotes their capacity building and interaction.

RCF values the contribution of public actors to cultural challenges and promotes funding mechanisms that support individual artists and cultural operators in addressing these challenges.

RCF values the dignity of producers and promotes their financial and decision-making autonomy.

RCF values cultural and artistic action and recognises its essential role in the development of democracy.

In regard to current global challenges RCF respects the self-determination of peoples and cultures and fights against the isolation of individuals and populations.

RCF asserts the need to strengthen artistic solidarity and addresses the artistic, geographical and directional imbalances that are characteristic of current cultural and artistic models of international partnerships.

RCF asserts the need to address the obstacles to international circulation for artistic practice particularly on the question of visas and promotes their rights to quality working and social conditions.

RCF asserts the need to safeguard the diversity of cultural expression and the transmission of values.

RCF aims to contribute to changing the unequal flows of arts productions between North and South.

RCF aims to contribute to changing the perception of transnational mobility as a learning process with positive benefits.

RCF aims to contribute to changing the perception of hospitality into a shared investment organising economies that prioritize the sustainability of artistic creation.

RCF agrees that culture and the arts are crucial in the emergence and resolution of conflicts.

RCF agrees that increasing round-trip mobility leads to peace-keeping.

RCF agrees that bio-diversity, cultural diversity, sustainable energy use/production and democratic pluralism are key to humanity’s shared global agenda.

 

Calls for application RCF 2013

03.12.2012

Timing of next sessions - 2013


In 2013 there will be four calls and four sessions:

 

First call for applications: from 1st to 31st January 2013

Funding lines open: RCF/Regione Puglia and RCF/Marseille-Provence 2013

Processing the applications: 1 to 15 February 2013

Evaluation of requests by experts: 15 February to 15 March 2013

Validation of final selection by Board: 15 to 31 March 2013

Response to candidates: 1st April 2013

 

Second call for applications: from 1st to 31st March 2013

Funding lines open: all funds

Processing the applications: 1 to 15 April 2013

Evaluation of requests by experts: 15 April to 15 May 2013

Validation of final selection by Board: 15 to 31 May 2013

Response to candidates: 1st June 2013

 

Third call for applications: from 1 to 30 June 2013

Funding lines open: all funds if funding still available

Processing the applications: 1 to 15 July 2013

Evaluation of requests by experts: 15 July to 15 August 2013

Validation of final selection by Board: 15 to 31 August 2013

Response to candidates: 1st September 2013

 

Fourth call for applications: from 1 to 30 September 2013

Funding lines open: all funds if funding still available

Processing the applications: 1 to 15 October 2013

Evaluation of requests by experts: 15 October to 15 November 2013

Validation of final selection by Board: 15 to 30 November  2013

Response to candidates : 1 December 2013

 

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