Submit opportunities to qca@queenscouncilarts.org or submit to our Facebook page.
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center
Classes
www.brickhouseny.com/classes.html
Year round classes in wheel throwing, hand building, sculpture and glaze application for beginner, intermediate, unique programming and visiting artist workshops, High quality Instruction, access to a fully equipped ceramic studio that contains electric potter’s wheels, slab rollers, extruders, a separate glaze laboratory, a spray booth, storage and lockers. Associate Artist Studio for advanced level students and clay artists who wish to work independently.
Lessons by Anne Mironchik
Private Piano and Voice Instruction
www.annemironchik.com
Anne Mironchik is an experienced, supportive and trusted teacher with outstanding references and a conservatory degree in jazz. Lessons taught in her comfortable, home studio in Astoria/L.I.C. in Queens, or in your home with a quality piano. All ages and levels. Reservations being accepted for regular weekly lessons beginning in September. Affordable rates and discounts for monthly plans. Call or reply now to inquire. songs@annemironchik.com or (718) 306-2940
Kundiman
Writing Workshop
www.kundiman.org/
A nationally renowned Asian American poet will facilitate each writing workshop. Workshops will consist of writing exercises and group discussions on fellows’ poems. At each workshop, fellows will be expected to write and workshop new poems. Fellows will have the opportunity to take a workshop with every Faculty member. In order to help foster relationships between fellows themselves, each fellow will be assigned a home group, and will remain in that home group for the duration of the retreat.
Women’s Studio Workshop
Classes
www.wsworkshop.org/index.htm
Women’s Studio Workshop offers a variety of art classes for artists at any level of experience. Our Summer Arts Institute offers paper-making, printmaking, book arts, photography, and ceramics classes. Artists come from around the country to participate in two to five day intensive workshops. WSW also presents year-round ceramics courses (typically eight-weeks long) and private instruction in any one of our studio areas.
Art League of Long Island
Classes
www.artleagueli.org
We offer classes in Drawing & Painting, Watercolor, Printmaking, Pastel, Sculpture & Jewelry, Clay, Computer Graphics, Decorative Arts, as well as, Ongoing Open Studios and more for Adults, Teens, and Children. Our classes are conveniently offered in the morning, afternoon and evening and are available to all levels of experience: beginners through advanced. For more information call (631) 462-5400 or visit the website above.
Dance Entropy
Workshop/Classes
www.danceentropy.org/workshops.html
Dance Entropy is a professional modern dance company that abstracts the potential chaos of the body and creates order through expressive movement reflecting the world within which we live. The following classes are taught in New York City by Valerie Green and are also available for residencies, and other engagements: Contemporary Dance Technique, Adult Beginner Modern & Motivations for Choreography-ways to create outside the box.
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
Workshops
www.twc.org/workshops
Teachers & Writers Collaborative (T&W) provides school-based and after-school writing programs led by professional writers for K-12 students; professional development workshops for teachers and administrators; and writing workshops for young people and adults at community sites and T&W’s Center for Imaginative Writing.
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Inc., is a nonprofit literary arts organization founded in support of writers, literature and community. Visit the website above for upcoming workshops.
FELLOWSHIPS
Repertorio Español
4th Van Lier Directing Fellowship
Deadline: April 2, 2012
Website: www.repertorio.org/vanlier
An opportunity for emerging for emerging Latino directors working in the Spanish language. Three directors will be chosen to work on two productions each, one of their own choosing and one chosen in concert with the theatre.
Suggest Fellowship opportunities to QCA
FILM/VIDEO
Tribeca Film Institute
Submissions Are Now Open for TFI’s Grant Programs!
www.tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/taa/news/126866293.html
We’re now accepting applications for Tribeca All Access, the TFI Documentary Fund, the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund and the TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund. More than just grants, these programs include invaluable year-around support and industry contacts. Find out more.
Queens World Film Festival
www.queensworldfilmfestival.com
1) Queens World Film Festival: we are going to rely on our volunteers to make sure every selected film is seen in the best possible light with as many people present as we can get there. With three venues and over 100 films, that means that we need you now! Choose to help out year-round, just during the week of the festival…or both! It’s a terrific way to meet other film lovers, support the arts and see a little-known-gem-of-a-film.
Want to Volunteer? Contact Katha Cato at kcato@queensworldfilmfestival.com (917) 562-9648.
2) The Queens World Film Festival is looking for unappreciated & overlooked filmmakers. We are looking for documentaries, features, shorts, animation and films by young filmmakers. We even have the Going Rogue category for those films that are hard to describe. You can submit via our website: www.queensworldfilmfestival.com and there are discounted rates for Queens Filmmakers!
Questions? Contact Katha Cato at kcato@queensworldfilmfestival.com or (917) 562-9648.
3) QWFF Youth Filmmakers Program: The participating youth will attend the week-long workshop and create their own films, attend a panel featuring successful artists, filmmakers, actors and other industry professionals. The youth will get the opportunity to work at the festival, attend all red carpet events with their families and have their work shown at the festival award ceremony where they will also assist with the host duties.
Questions? Contact Katha Cato at kcato@queensworldfilmfestival.com or (917) 562-9648, or Don Cato at dcato@queensworldfilmfestival.com or (917) 755-6536.
GRANTS
Creative Capital
Grants in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2012
http://creative-capital.org/apply
Creative Capital is the only national grant-making and artist service organization for individual artists with an open application process. Our selection process includes three steps: inquiry, application and panel review. Creative Capital is currently accepting online Letters of Inquiry for grants in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts.>> Click here to register and access the online Letter of Inquiry form Prior to the grant deadline, our grant-making staff holds information sessions where artists can learn more about our application process.
Suggest Grant opportunities to QCA
LITERARY ARTS
Poetz
Poetz was founded in 1999, mostly as a way of letting local writers know about upcoming features at a new reading series at the Pink Pony Cafe on Ludlow Street. Poetz presently maintains calendars in seven locations: NYC, Hudson Valley, Long Island, Colorado, Connecticut, Vermont and Pittsburgh. Each calendar has its own Curator, a local poet who donates their time.
Jackson Heights Poetry Festival
The Jackson Heights Poetry Festival (JHPF) goal is to spread the joy of poetry and promote poetry as a means of representing and uniting communities. We organize an annual three-day poetry festival, a student poetry contest open to all middle and high school students in New York City, a series of critically-themed panel discussions and poetry workshops, a monthly open poetry reading, a monthly video interview series with noted poets and arts organizers, and maintain an active website.
Queens Poet Lore
Paolo Javier here, your Queens Borough Poet Laureate through 2013. Author of several books and chapbooks of poetry, as well as the publisher of a Queens-based tiny press, 2nd Avenue Poetry (2ndavepoetry.com). I’ll be posting QPL news, including upcoming readings, workshops, exhibitions, literacy outreach, writing project/s, festivals, and much more. Contact info: poetlaureate@queensbp.org. For QPL history, write to phyllis.cohen-stevens@qc.cuny.edu of Queens College Communications.
Ozone Park Journal
www.oneparkjournal.org
We accept electronic submissions in the categories of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, short plays and play excerpts, literary translation, and comics. All submissions to Ozone Park Journal must be original, previously unpublished work in English. We welcome simultaneous submissions with the understanding that you will immediately inform us if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Sullivan Street Press
Sullivan Street Press is in business to change the publishing paradigm.
We do this in the following ways:
* We only publish e-books–for environmental and financial reasons
* We seek out the stories we all need to read in order to fully participate in a rapidly changing world
* We provide community–by using a variety of distribution, social networking and new tools for writers.
Visit website for more information.
Creature Press
www.creaturepress.blogspot.com
Feel free to contact me via email with any queries, suggestions, or heads-ups.
Cy Gist Press
Publishers
www.cygistpress.blogspot.com
Cy Gist Press is a micro-press with a loose focus on ekphrastic poetry. The press was founded by editor Mark Lamoureux in 2005. All chapbooks are produced in-house by hand. Cy Gist Press is not currently accepting unsolicited submissions, and is not likely to do so in the near future. If you feel your work urgently belongs on Cy Gist Press, please speak to the editor in person.
2nd Avenue Poetry
Publisher
www.2ndavepoetry.com
People’s Poetry Gathering
NYC-based poetry organization with events in all five boroughs of NYC.
Boundless Tales Reading Series
www.boundlesstales.blogspot.com
Boundless Tales Reading Series is a new series in Astoria, NY that began in September 2011.
The goal of this series is to provide a venue for writers who are passionate about their writing, and who would like to share their work in a public forum. How to submit: Submissions are on a rolling basis. We are always looking for great writing! We are still looking for readers for February, March and the upcoming months. Submit your best writing (fiction/non-fiction, poetry, plays) to: boundlesstales@gmail.comNovel or play excerpts are also welcome Please submit the work you intend on reading and keep in mind that each reader is given 10-15 minutes to read their work.Choose work that will not go over the given time limit. Put: (genre – your name) in the subject heading. For example: Fiction submission – Sally Jones. Paste your submission in the body of the email. Include a brief third person bio, and include a website or blog address if you have one. Your bio will be read prior to your reading, and included in the evening’s program. Promote your reading! Make sure to tell your family and friends.
MISCELLANEOUS
Asian American Arts Alliance
Call for Artists & Spaces!
Deadline: February 20th, 2012
http://aaartsalliance.org/page/locating-the-sacred#ABOUT
“Locating the Sacred” is a twelve-day, twenty-event festival coordinated by the Asian American Arts Alliance (a4) that brings together artists and spaces in New York for creative explorations of the “sacred.” The artists will connect with host spaces—from museums to schools to churches—to create events together. The result of these collaborations will be presented for all New Yorkers to experience. The festival aims to promote artists as agents of change, demonstrating the power of art and culture to unleash imagination, break down barriers, and connect communities together for the greater good. Visit website for more information.
Queens Museum of Art
Made in Queens Open Call!
www.queensmuseum.org/visi/for-artists
Calling all Queens-based designers, artisans, jewelry makers, etc. Do you envision your creations being sold in a museum shop? The Queens Museum of Art is on a quest to display and sell the best items made by the talented people of our borough. To be considered for an opportunity to be featured in our shop, send a little something about yourself, images of your goods, and, if you have one, a link to your website, blog or whatever form of virtual display you use. or Email: museumshop@queensmuseum.org, or, if you prefer, send to: Made in Queens Open Call: Queens Museum of Art, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368.
MADE HERE
View the Videos, Join the Discussion, and Post Your Own Stories at MADE HERE- a new documentary series and interactive website dedicated to exploring the challenges and eclectic lives of NYC performing artists. Visit the website above for more information.
Artists Health Insurance Resource Center
Health Insurance for Artists
www.ahirc.org
The Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) website has helped artists everywhere get affordable, quality health insurance and health care. AHIRC is a carefully researched, constantly updated and revised database of annotated links that quickly connect you to the information and services you need. Our website is completely unbiased. We do not accept advertising or commercial endorsements. The only thing we promote is the healthy artists with full access to health care.
Asian American Arts Alliance
Asian American Arts Alliance recently launched a new interactive online platform called a4Hub, for artists and organizations in New York’s artistic community. We serve the Asian American community as our base and extend the invitation to all who are interested. It is a place to set-up profiles, add portfolios and events, and contact each other directly for booking and collaboration. Visit website above for more information.
New York Media Arts
New York Media Arts website has some exciting new features. Building on the dynamic features this resource offers, each participating organization now has an individual blog and a new ”about” page that has been re-designed to allow for greater options and functionality. The goal of these new features is to help organizations better promote their activities and stay aware of each others work. For more information Click Here.
Materials for the Arts
Materials for the Arts NYC helps artists realize their visions, provides students with a richer educational experience, and furnishes businesses with a simple and efficient way to enhance the cultural life of their city while promoting environmental awareness and reuse. If you are interested in becoming a materials recipient please click here to see if you qualify.
EntryThingy
Call for Entries
www.entrythingy.com
Receive and manage entries, host online and offline jurying and show galleries of your entries. On your organization’s website. Add a voting app to your Facebook fan page. Make your entrants, jurors and community smile. And you will too!
PERFORMANCE
USArtists International
USArtists International Grant Application
Deadline: April 20, 2012
www.midatlanticarts.org
USArtists International provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists invited to perform at significant international festivals or engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories. For links to the online eGrant system, program guidelines and application click here. Questions about USArtists International should be directed to Adam Bernstein, at adam@midatlanticarts.org.
The Secret Theater
Call for Artists
www.secrettheatre.com/sixth.html
Each year The Queens Players invite new writers to submit new one acts. Although a predominantly classical acting company like most actors the members of the QP encourages and supports the mounting of fresh, new plays every year. The festival takes place over 3 weeks in three stages. The program of plays in the first two weeks are selected by audience votes and the winning plays and casts go on to the final third week climaxing on the closing night with the winning play, playwright and cast being presented with a trophy followed by an after party.
Green Space
Choreographers- Call for work!
Deadline: Ongoing, first come, first served until the performance dates are full.
www.greenspacestudio.org/performance.html
Fertile Ground is a NON CURATED showcase for emerging or established artists produced with full production values. The evening consists of work shown by five choreographers, followed by a moderated discussion -over wine and cheese- that integrates the choreographers, dancers, and audience members. (Participation by choreographer is required) This series offers an excellent opportunity for participants to share new and developing work then receive informative feedback about it in a supportive environment. Application Form
Astoria Performing Arts Center
New play and musical submissions are welcome.
Please mail a hard copy of the material to:
Astoria Performing Arts Center
PO Box 195, 34-23 Steinway St. Astoria, NY 11101
ATTN: Tom Wojtunik
Please note: due to the high volume of submissions, materials cannot be returned. Email submissions are not being accepted at this time.
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL)
Artistic Partnerships
www.jcal.org/performing_arts/partnerships.html
The JCAL Performing Arts Department is always seeking new artistic partners for its programming. Interested parties are invited to submit theater, music or dance concepts and projects that are already a work-in-progress. Previously performed projects are not eligible unless they contain significant changes that equate to “a new work” status. info@jcal.org
Hip to Hip Theater
Volunteer your Talent
www.hiptohip.org/support.html
If you can act, sing or play an instrument, then we could use your talent on stage; if you can sew, paint, organize fundraisers or set up a tent, then we could use your talent behind the scenes. Email for more information: contact[@]hiptohip.org
RENTALS/SPACE
Chashama
Looking for artists to rent subsidized space in Long Island City!
www.chashama.org/rentals
There are a few different ways to gain access to any one of our current roster of chashama gallery spaces. You can rent a venue, which will expedite your process by bypassing submissions and meetings, or you can try for our free or subsidized opportunities by taking part in our application, interview and selection procedure. Each chashama gallery, studio, and rehearsal rental is competitively priced, and is usually one of the best deals on space in New York City! We also rent our equipment out, and it can be used in chashama venues and elsewhere. From lighting to trusses to ladders to sound equipment and projectors, we can provide the tools to help your installation and exhibition be a success. Click for more information LIC RFP
Creative Wellness
Space Rental
creativewellnessllc.com/default.aspx
Creative Wellness, LLC welcomes therapists, and other wellness practitioners to rent space to conduct sessions, workshops, small meetings, or seminars. Any interested parties should contact Candace Crawford at (718) 323-9181 or via e-mail at info.creativewellnessllc@gmail.com for details.
Greater Astoria Historical Society
Office Space Opportunity for non-profit group
www.astorialic.org
The Greater Astoria Historical Society’s gallery space is available to rent for standard events. All rental fees help to support the Society’s collections, services, and programs
- Furnished: Desks, chairs, cabinets included!
- Elevator and loading dock. – 1000 sq ft: $1,500/month
- Four blocks from N, R, M, Q service. – 15 minutes from mid-town.
- Near Museum of Moving Image and Astoria-Kaufman Studios.
- Shopping and dining on Broadway/Steinway Street at front door.
- Other cultural groups on floor.
- Meeting space and fully appointed AV 1,200 sq ft lecture hall for available for an extra fee.
Please email info@astorialic.org or call us at (718)278-0700 to inquire about availability.
Arts Cure Center
Studio Rental
www.dpsny.org/rental.html
The Arts Cure Center is available for studio rental for Dance Rehearsals, classes, auditions, workshops, ]seminars, meetings, conferences, photo shoots, receptions, etc. (In the case of events such as receptions that may possibly harm the floor or generate considerable garbage, please ask for rates.) Please contact us via Email to reserve studio and for further questions. artscure@dpsny.org
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Rent a Theater
www.lagcc.cuny.edu/lpac/rentals.aspx
Whether you are planning a concert, theater production, recital, graduation, conference, or fundraiser, our professional and courteous staff will help you organize a successful event. Located on the campus of LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is easily accessible by public transportation and only ten minutes from Manhattan. We offer state-of-the-art facilities for rental at reasonable rates.
Flushing Town Hall
Flushing Town Hall Theater
www.flushingtownhall.org/rentals/theater.php
Built in 1862, this magnificent historic building has garnered seven different awards for restoration and design over the past ten years. We have incredible spaces available for rental. Visit web for more information.
RESIDENCIES
Lower East Side Printshop, Inc.
Keyholder Residency Program
Deadline: March 1, 2012
www.printshop.org/web/Create/KeyholderResidences/index.html
The Keyholder Residency Program offers emerging artists free 24-hour access to printmaking facilities to develop new work and foster their artistic careers. Residencies are one year long, starting on April 1, 2012, and take place in the Printshop’s shared Artists’ Studio. Facilities are available for intaglio, relief, monoprint, waterbased silkscreen, digital processes, and other techniques that employ the tools at hand.
New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation
NARS Foundation International Artist Residency Season II 2012 Open Call
Deadline: April 6, 2012
http://www.narsfoundation.org/homepage.php
NARS International Artist Residency Program provides national and international artists with the opportunity to produce new work while engaging with the vibrant arts community in New York City. Artists-in-residence have access to an individual studio space and various professional development programs. Residents have an opportunity to share and present their work through artist talks, workshops, and lectures and receive studio visits by prominent New York City curators, critics and gallerists. The NARS Foundation seeks applications on two levels. The first level includes emerging and mid-career artists, for whom appointments as residents may make a significant impact on their careers. The second level consists of artists with established national and/or international reputations for whom a change of environment may offer refreshment and inspiration. Applications and submissions guidelines are available for download from our website: narsfoundation.org Applications must be delivered to the office by April 6, 2012. Please note that this is not a postmark date. All application and support materials must be submitted to the NARS office no later than 5pm. A non-refundable application fee of $35 (US) is required with each application.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Center
Workspace Residency
www.lmcc.net/space
Workspace: is a process-based studio residency program for visual artists and writers. Residents receive free studio space in Lower Manhattan for nine months, a modest one-time stipend, access to a community of peers, weekly Salon evenings with arts and literary professionals, and exposure to new audiences through open studios and other public programs.
VISUAL ART
3rd Ward
3rd Ward Winter 2012 Open Call
Deadline: February 29, 2012
http://www.3rdwardopencall.com/?f=adl1
To the Artists, the Visionaries, the Creators,Welcome to the next step in launching your creative career. You’re invited to join the 3rd Ward Winter 2012 Open Call, an international search for exciting, innovative, and compelling work in: Art // Photography // Furniture Design // Graphic Design, Every category winner will be awarded $500, a 3-month 3rd Ward work residency and inclusion in a Group Show in the 3rd Ward Gallery. One Grand Prize Winner, as determined by the public, will win a $5,000 cash grant, a 1-year 3rd Ward work residency, and inclusion in a Group Show at the 3rd Ward Gallery! For the past six years, 3rd Ward has been a leading resource for artists and creative professionals in New York City and around the world. You create inspired work. Now share it with the world.
New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation
Emerging Curator Open Call 2012
Deadline: March 2, 2012
http://www.narsfoundation.org/homepage.php
The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation is pleased to announce its second annual Emerging Curator Open Call. The Emerging Curator Program offers an opportunity for a young-in-career curator to present a group show at the NARS Foundation Gallery. The aim of the program is to encourage new dialogue and to create a platform for artists and curators to experiment and exchange ideas. The curator is provided with exhibition space and administrative support to present innovative ideas and artworks in a unique gallery surrounded by an artist community and studios. Submission guidelines and application forms are available for download from our website: www.narsfoundation.org. All applications must be delivered to the office by 5pm on March 2, 2012. A non-refundable application fee of $10 (US) is required with each application.
FIGMENT
Calls for Art!
Deadline:May 1, 2012
http://newyork.figmentproject.org/get-involved/submit-a-project/
Artists and creative spirits, start stretching your boundaries: FIGMENT is looking for works in every imaginable medium including sculpture, installation, performance, music, workshops, games, experiences, site-specific pieces, social experiments, and any combination thereof. We particularly encourage projects that encourage visitor participation and interactivity. The Calls for Art for our FIGMENT 2012 events in Jackson, MS, Boston, and New York City are now open. Submit your art project for these FIGMENT events today!
Yen Yen Woo
Creators/Intellectuals/Artists/New Media Producers Welcome!
www.meetup.com/The-Queens-Creative-Community-Group
I am a resident in Flushing, Queens and I have a start-up comics studio in Flushing producing a comics series inspired by Queens. I am looking for an illustrator to working on penciling, inking and coloring on the comics series and was wondering if your organization might be able to help me find this illustrator in Queens. This is a paid freelance gig and I would like to encourage artists of color to show us their portfolios. Since I am based in Queens, I have also started a meetup group called the Queens Creative Community to try and get the creative community to support each others work. Here’s the URL: http://www.meetup.com/The-Queens-Creative-Community-Group/ Email: wooyenyen@mac.com
5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc
5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc. is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, New York, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti Mecca,” where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building. Anyone who wants to paint is welcome at 5Pointz. For more information please contact MeresOne@aol.com
Jamaica Center for Arts Learning
Curatorial Submissions
www.jcal.org/visual/submissions.html
One of JCAL’s four major exhibitions is devoted to emerging curators. Guest curatorial proposals are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Proposals should include the following items: 1 page curatorial statement exploring the curatorial concept; Visual materials of the works included in the exhibition; List of artists and slide script; Resumes of curator and bios of artists; Projected exhibition budget; SASE.
Artist Submission and Slide Registry
www.jcal.org/visual/registry.html
The Visual Arts Department maintains a slide registry of artists that serves as a resource for our staff as well as for outside curators. Professional artists can make a proposal to JCAL for an exhibition opportunity on an ongoing basis. All proposals will be automatically included in the slide registry. The exhibition proposal should include: A maximum of 20 slides of work; a letter of intention; Artist resume and artist statement; SASE.
JOBS/INTERNSHIPS
Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre
POSITION: Intern
Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre, a non-for-profit dance company, is looking for a part time intern to help with basic office duties, and event support, for our upcoming festivals and performances. If you are interested, please contact: Janna Naylor – Program Director/ SLDT the Academy info@sldt.org 347-263-SLDT (7538). We are located at: 66-85 73rd place, Middle Village/ Queens, NY 11379
Chinese Theatre Works
POSITION: Internship Program
www.chinesetheatreworks.org
Interns at Chinese Theatre Works gain valuable hands-on experience in various aspects of running an award-winning theater company locates at Long Island City, Queens. Internships may focus on particular areas of operation, including: communications and marketing; office administration; theater production; and research and archive. It is a great opportunity for students to gain cross-cultural experience and workbehind the scene at a unique theater company. Arrangements can be made for school credit. For more information contact: chinese.theatre.works@gmail.com
Department of Cultural Affairs
POSITION: Percent for Art Internship Program
www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/about/employment.shtml
Program interns are responsible for maintaining the image registry and assisting with the artist selection process. Maintenance of the image registry includes answering requests and soliciting new artists, processing artists’ registration and assisting visitors who use the registry. Program interns are also responsible for assisting with the artist selection phase of new Percent for Art projects. This may include: writing community profiles, soliciting images from recommended artists, preparing image presentations, writing meeting minutes and preparing correspondence. For more information visit website above or call Percent for Art (212) 513-9300 Fax: (212) 442-6981.
POSITION: Arts Program Specialist: Percent for Art Fellow
www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/about/employment.shtml
The Percent for Art Fellow will assist in all aspects of project management including, but not limited to, review and selection of artists for eligible projects, coordinating with City Agency representatives and others on selection and implementation of art commissions from concept to installation; working with artists to help realize their projects; ongoing assistance in tracking the condition and maintenance of artworks in the Percent for Art collection; coordinating applications for Artist Certification (a law that pertains to live/work spaces in lower Manhattan); and general administrative assistance in program management including an artist image registry, project databases and archives.
Brooklyn Center for Media Education
POSITION: Media Teaching Artist
www.bricartsmedia.org/about/jobs-and-internships
The Brooklyn Center for Media Education, a program of BRIC Arts|Media|Bklyn, seeks seasoned Media Teaching Artists to teach in New York City public schools. Media Teaching Artists are contracted to provide a complete “residency” (educational program) at a public school. This will include:
*Meeting with school staff to determine their needs;
*Customizing media curriculum to mesh with the school’s program;
*Delivering classes to students and assisting with their final projects;
*Maintaining communication with the school and BRIC to report outcomes, make changes in program design, and assist with assessment;
*Obtaining and transporting materials & equipment needed for classes.
Qualifications
*Expertise in field production, digital video and non-linear editing;
*Experience teaching media to school-aged children;
*Experience developing curriculum and assessing educational outcomes;
*Able to work with a diverse group of students and maintain classroom control.
Schedule
School-based residencies are both during the school-day and after-school hours.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this teaching opportunity, please e-mail a brief cover letter, resume, and 3 references to jobs@bricartsmedia.org. Please write Media Teaching Artist in the subject line. No phone calls, please.
Teachers Writers Collaborative
Become a T&W Writer
www.twc.org/workshops
If you are a writer who wants to teach for Teachers & Writers Collaborative, download and fill out an Application Form and mail it with a copy of your résumé, a one- to five-page lesson plan, and a three- to five-page writing sample to: Workshops, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 520 Eighth Ave., Ste. 2020, New York, NY 10018. (Note: No résumés will be accepted without the completed application form. Applications will not be accepted via e-mail or fax.)
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