Public artist, arts administrator, and veterans consultant Jack Becker will be the keynote speaker at the Community Canvas Public Art Workshop Friday, June 29, 2018 at the Indianapolis Professional Firefighters Union in Indianapolis. Becker founded Forecast Public Art in 1978, and now serves as director of Forecast's Community Services Program. Available space for the workshop is limited. Register now.
Thirty-six Hoosier artists have been selected to participate in the Indiana Arts Commission's inaugural On-Ramp accelerator program for early career creative entrepreneurs. The three-day course workshop, led by Elaine Grogan Luttrul, will be May 18 - 20, 2018 in Madison, Indiana, and will focus on developing business skills, career goals, and community engagement learning. Learn more.
Columbus Area Arts Council to host Meet the Author event
The Columbus Area Arts Council will host Meet the Author and Public Talk with John Heminway, to be held at the Columbus Area Visitors Center, May 24, 2018. Heminway is an author and awards-winning filmmaker who has produced and written more than 200 documentaries on subjects as varied as travel, brain science, evolution, and natural history. He has won two Emmys, two Peabody Awards, and a duPont-Columbia Award. A meet the author reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by Heminway's talk at 6 p.m. and an audience Q & A session from 6:45 - 7:15 p.m. Learn more.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has announced an extraordinary gift from the White Oak Foundation (Sarah and John Lechleiter) - a philanthropic gift that will allow for artists with ties to Indiana to teach about their art to school groups and children and families visiting the world's largest children's museum. Learn more.
The Nashville Arts and Entertainment Commission recently announced changes to the Village Art Walk. The program is now under the support of the Arts Village Brown County Cultural District, and dates and times for the events have changed. The events will now be held every fourth Friday from 4 - 7 p.m.. Twelve downtown galleries are participating in the event. Learn more.
According to data collected by the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, based at Indiana University Bloomington, it has become increasingly common over recent decades for arts alumni to experience a prolonged job search after graduation or find initial employment in an unrelated field. The data was published in a recent issue of American Behavioral Scientist titled "Arts Graduates in a Changing Economy." Learn more.
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Artist Opportunities (more posted daily at arts.IN.gov)
Art Fairs & Festivals
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Call to vendors, 15th Annual Chalk Walk Festival, Jasper Community Arts Commission, Jasper, IN (June 2, 2018)
Fellowships, Grants Residencies & Scholarships
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Call for applicants, Individual Photographer's Fellowship, Aaron Suskind Foundation (Deadline May 18, 2018)
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Call for applicants, Arts Writers Grant Program, Creative Capital Andy Warhol Foundation, New York, NY (Deadline May 21, 2018)
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Call for applicants, Artist Residency, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NT (Deadline May 31,2018)
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Call for applicants, Beckmann Emerging Artist Fellowship, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline June 22, 2018)
Film
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Call for applications, European Filmmaking Experience, Indiana Filmmakers Network, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline June 1, 2018)
Jobs / Indiana
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Artistic Director / Conductor, La Porte County Symphony Orchestra, La Porte, IN (Deadline June 18, 2018)
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Assistant for Arts Makerspace, Hamilton East Public Library, Fishers, IN (Deadline May 6, 2018)
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Community Programs Assistant (part-time), Classical Music Indy, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 16, 2018)
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Donor Stewardship Associate / Manager, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
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Institutional Giving Manager, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
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Jewelry & Metalsmith Instructor (part-time), Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
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Membership Coordinator, American Institute of Architects, Indiana Chapter, Indianapolis, IN
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Night & Weekend Facilities Technician (part-time) Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
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Patron Experience Manager, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Lafayette, IN
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Public Events Coordinator, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
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Summer Camp Instructors (part-time), Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
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Summer Teaching Artists, Arts for Learning Indiana, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 28, 2018)
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Video Production Specialist (part-time), Fishhook, Indianapolis, IN
Jobs / other states
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Director of Marketing & Communications, Carolina Performing Arts, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (Deadline May 15, 2018)
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Executive Director, Artisan's Asylum, Boston, MA
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Executive Director, PDX Jazz, Portland, OR
Literary Arts
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Call for applications, Art Critic Mentoring Program, International Association of Art Critics (Deadline for Indiana writers May 26, 2018)
Performing Arts
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Call for performers / musicians, Mr. Blair's Open Mic Nights, Indianapolis, IN (May 12, 2018)
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Call for musicians for First Fridays program, Garfield Park Arts Center, Indianapolis (6 - 8 p.m. May 4, June 1, July 6, and August 3)
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Call to audition, Baby, the Musical, Ricks-Weil Theatre Company, Greenfield, IN (6:30 p.m. May 20 & 21, 2018)
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Call to audition, Indy Bard Fest, Indianapolis, IN (2 - 6 p.m. June 10 & 7 - 10 p.m. June 11, 2018)
Public Art
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Call for artists, Color for the County mural designs, Johnson County Community Foundation, Franklin, IN (Deadline May 11, 2018)
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Request for qualifications, Flora-Monroe Township Public Library 100th Anniversary, Tippecanoe Arts Federation (Deadline 4:30 p.m. EDT May 15, 2018)
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Call for artists, Sculpture of Pleistocene Mammoth, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (Deadline May 16, 2018)
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Call for artists / artist teams, Capitol Hill AIDS Memorial Art Project, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA (Deadline May 29, 2018)
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Call for entries, 23rd Annual Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Washburn University, Topeka, KS (Deadline May 31, 2018)
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Call for artists / public art on STEAM, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL (Deadline June 30, 2018)
Varied Disciplines
Visual Arts
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Call for entries, Hacked: Art About or Achieved Through Re-Use, Manifest Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH (Deadline May 9, 2018)
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Call for artists, Fruit Salad Exhibition, Fletcher Place Arts, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 11, 2018)
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Call for artists, The Hopper Prize, (Deadline May 15, 2018)
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Call for artists, Wish You Were Here 17 Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Deadline May 20, 2018)
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Call for artists, Figures of Speech, Anderson Museum of Art, Anderson, IN (Deadline May 22, 2018)
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Request for proposals, Graphic Design Services, Bloomington Entertainment & Arts District, Bloomington, IN (Deadline 4:30 p.m. ET May 25, 2018)
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Call for artists, Below the Surface Exhibition, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Deadline June 1, 2018)
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Call for artists, Wine Label Competition, Mallow Run Winery, Greenwood, IN (Deadline June 22, 2018)
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Call for artists, "Fit to Print" Exhibition, Nickel Plate Arts, Noblesville, IN (Deadline June 22, 2018)
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Call for female painters, The Bennett Prize, Pittsburgh Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA (Deadline September 28, 2018)
Volunteer Opportunities
Webinars & Workshops
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Art + Entrepreneurship Workshop, (1:30 - 4:30 p.m. May 10, 2018, Tube Factory artspace) Central Indiana Community Foundation, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline to register May 9, 2018)
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ReCrafting Math Workshop, Indiana Humanities, Indianapolis, IN (5:30 - 8 p.m. May 16, 2018)
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Call for artist applicants, Religion, Spirituality and the Arts Seminar, IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 31, 2018)
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Call for registration, Zines as (pre / post) Internet Publishing Workshop, (10 a.m. - 4 p.m. June 6 & 7, 2018), Columbus Area Arts Council, Columbus, IN
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Call for registration, Summer Workshops for the Developmentally Disabled, (various dates in June and July 2018), University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN (Deadline June 11, 2018)
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Call for registration, Summer Youth Art Camps, Arts for Lawrence, Lawrence, IN (June 11 - July 13, 2018)
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Call for registration, Summer Youth Art Camps, Anderson Museum of Art, Anderson, IN (June 18 - July 13, 2018)
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Call for registration, Youth Summer Opera Camp, Indianapolis Opera, Indianapolis, IN (June 18 - 22, 2018)
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Call for registration, Grant Writing Workshop, City of Lawrence Police Department & Grant Writing USA, Lawrence, IN (June 21 - 22, 2018)
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Call for applications, Summer Dance Intensive, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline July 2, 2018)
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Call for registration, Youth Summer Theatre Camp, Epilogue Players, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (July 23 - 28, 2018)
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