In this issue

• Applications now open for Individual Artist Program
• Artist Opportunities

Upcoming Events

December 9, 2016

Commission Quarterly Business Meeting
9:00 (EST)
Hamilton County Visitor's Center
37 E. Main St.
Carmel, IN 46032

December 23 - 26, 2016

Christmas holiday
IAC office closed

January 2, 2017

New Year's Holiday
IAC office closed

January 16, 2016

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
IAC office closed

Job Openings

Indiana

Chief Operating Officer, Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Lafayette, IN

Teaching artists, Arts for Learning, Indianapolis, IN

Director of Sales & Marketing, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN

Business Manager, Big Car Cooperative, Indianapolis, IN

Director of Development, Indianapolis Opera, Indianapolis, IN

Other States

President and CEO, Harmony Foundation International, Nashville, TN

Executive Director, American Association of Community Theatre, Fort Worth, TX

Director of Marketing & Communications, Scottsdale Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

Director of Marketing & Communications, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

Marketing & Communications Associate, Miller Theatre at Columbia University, New York, NY

Development Director, California Symphony, San Francisco East Bay, CA

Applications now open for Individual Artist Program

The Indiana Arts Commission has grant money available for individual artists interested in career development.

Applications are now open for the Individual Artist Program (IAP). In this current grant cycle, the program provided grant support to Hoosier artists all all stages of their career development in the disciplines of dance, literary arts, music, and theatre. Folk arts and access applications are welcome in these disciplines as well.

Artists may request up to $2,000 for their project. The deadline for completing application is February 3, 2017.

The Arts Commission will also host an informational webinar December 5, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. (EST). Click here to register for this free session.

Dance

Film

Folk Arts

Issues

Literature

Media

Music

Visual Arts

Artist Opportunities

Fairs and Festivals

• Call for artist vendors, Broad Ripple Art Fair, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline January 22, 2017)
• Call for artist vendors, Christkindl Village Chirstmas Market, Indianapolis, IN
  
• Call for artist vendors / entertainers, Gem City Indoor Market, Frankfort, IN

Fellowships

• Rauschenberg Foundation Artist as Activist Fellowship, New York, NY (Deadline December 5, 2016)
• Leon Levy Biography Fellowships, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY (Deadline December 15, 2016)
  

Journalism & Literature

• Call for Youth Entries, 2017 Arts & Scholastic Writing Awards, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline December 16, 2016)
• Call for Original Plays by Woman Playwrights, DivaFest and IndyFringe, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline January 6, 2017)
  
• Youth Nature-Inspired Poetry Contest, The Nature Conservancy, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline January 27, 2017)
  
• Indy WordLab Meetups, Indianapolis, IN
  

Performing Arts

• Auditions, Tooth of Crime, Catalyst Repertory, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline December 3, 2016)
  
• Auditions, M*A*S*H, Buck Creek Players, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline December 13, 2016)
• Calling prospective directors for full-length play submissions, Epilogue Players, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline December 31, 2016)
  
• Auditions, You Can't Take it With You, CrazyLake Acting Co., Greenfield, IN (Deadline January 30, 2017)
  

Public Art

• Call for artists, outdoor sculpture exhibition, White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline December 30, 2016)
  
• Call for artist submissions, Public Art Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, SC (Deadline December 31, 2016)
  

Varied Disciplines

• Call for grant applications, Americans for the Arts and VANS Custom Culture Grants (Deadline December 9, 2016)
  
• 2017 Youth Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards, Butler Arts Center, Clowes Memorial Hall, Hoosier Writing Project at IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline December 16, 2016)
• Call to artists in all media, Stay Peculiar: a Tim Burton Fan Art & Tribute Show, Joy Factory Gallery / Cinema, Los Angeles, CA (Deadline December 28, 2016)
  
• Call for arts writers, poets, podcasters, and filmmakers, Sixty, Chicago, IL (Deadline December 31, 2016)
  
• Call for artist instructors, teaching artist residencies, Arts Place, Portland, IN (Deadline January 27, 2017)
• Call for female literary & visual artists, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund (Deadline January 31, 2017)
  

Visual Arts

• Call for entries, Infected by Art, 5th Annual Sci-Fi / Fantasy Competition (Deadline December 9, 2016)
• Call for entries, Wildlife Photography Competition, (Deadline December 15, 2016)
  
• Call for entries, Animal Behavior Photo Contest, (Deadline December 31, 2016)
• Call for entries, Heartland Artist Exhibition, Tim Murphy Art Gallery, Merriam, KS (Deadline January 10, 2016)
  
• Call for entries, Embracing our Differences, Sarasota, FL (Deadline January 10, 2017)
  
• Call for submissions, 2018 Multifaith Calendar, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Deadline January 31, 2017)
  
• Call for artist portfolios for solo and group shows, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, IN (Deadline March 13, 2017)
• Call for entries, 6x6 International Exhibition, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY (Deadline April 16, 2017)
  
• Call for artists entries, Second Friday Exhibitions, Indy Hostel, Indianapolis, IN
  

Volunteer Opportunities

• Costuming volunteers, Buck Creek Players, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline February 28, 2017)
  
• Call for volunteer musicians, Indianapolis Colts game day videos and social media
• Call for volunteers and docents, Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art, Lafayette, IN
  

Webinars & Workshops

• Grant Writing Workshop, Greenwood Police Dept. & Grant Writing USA, Greenwood, IN (December 5 - 6, 2016)
• One-day Writers Workshop, Geeky Press, Fishers, IN (December 10, 2016)
• Artist professional development videos, Winsor & Newton