IAC announces 2019 On-Ramp participants

The Indiana Arts Commission recently announced 35 Hoosier artists have been selected to participate in the second annual On-Ramp accelerator program for early career creative entrepreneurs.

The IAC received more than 85 applications to participate in the accelerator program. The 35 participants are preparing to expand their creative work with an entrepreneurial approach.

A three-day course workshop, led by Elaine Grogan Luttrull, will be held May 10 - 12, 2019 in Nashville, Indiana focusing on developing business skills, career goals, and community engagement learning. Those completing the course are eligible for the On-Ramp Fellowship, which includes up to $2,000 of artist career fellowship funding.

The creative entrepreneurs chosen for the 2019 On-Ramp program represent all corners of the state and a variety of creative disciplines. Learn more.

Adrian Matejka to receive major fellowship

Indiana State Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka is among 13 poets who have been named Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellows from the Academy of American Poets. The recipients will receive more than $1 million, made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, in recognition of their literary excellence and to help support their civic projects.

Matejka will receive a $100,000 fellowship award to grow "Poetry for Indy" workshops in Indiana cities with underserved, culturally and economically diverse communities. He also plans to launch a digital archive serving both as a historical documentation of poetry in Indiana and as a resource for teachers. Learn more.

TAI announces recipients of new Indiana Heritage Fellowships

Traditional Arts Indiana (TAI) recently announced two master traditional artists have been awarded inaugural Indiana Heritage Fellowships in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their artistic traditions and to their Hoosier communities. Debra Bolanos, a ballet folklorico dancer and instructor in East Chicago, Indiana, and Harold Klosterkemper, a fiddle player from Decatur County, Indiana were honored April 27, 2019 for their lifetime achievement as artists whose work is rooted in community life in Indiana. Learn more.

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Artist Opportunities (more posted daily at arts.IN.gov)

Art Fairs & Festivals

• Call for artist vendors, Penrod Art Fair, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 3, 2019)
• Call to artists, Public Art Summer Solstice Art Festival, Port Angeles, WA (Deadline May 10, 2019)
• Call for artists and arts vendors, 61st Annual Chesterton Arts Fair, Chesterton, IN (Deadline May 15, 2019)
• Call for artist s and artisan vendors, Ethos Celebration, Discover Downtown Franklin, Franklin, IN (Deadline May 15, 2019)
• Call for artist vendor applications, Sixth Annual Art in the Street Festival, Heartland Artists, (June 22, 2019) Plymouth, IN (artist vendor deadline is June 1, 2019)
• Call for artists, performers, poets & artisans, Art & Culture Festival, Street Ball Center, Indianapolis, IN (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. June 8, 2019)

Craft Arts

• Call for artists, Sydney Lynch Juried Jewelry Show, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Deadline May 1, 2019)
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Conferences, Webinars & Workshops

• Call for registration, Veteran Writing Workshop: Write to Perform, Missouri Humanities Council, Kansas City, MO (May 4, 11, & 18, 2019)
• Call for registration, Assistive Technology 101 Workshop, Easter Seals Crossroads, Indianapolis, IN (May 17, 2019)
• Call for registration, Professional Grant Development Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (June 6 - 7, 2019)
• Call for registration, Indiana Potters Conference (Oct. 3 - 5, 2019), Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN (Deadline September 3, 2019)
• Art teacher workshops, Butler Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN (various dates in 2019)

Fellowships, Grants, Residencies & Scholarships

• Call for scholarship applications, Percussive Arts Society, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline April 29, 2019)
• Call for applications, Arts, Culture, and Transportation Fellowship, Transportation for America, Washington, D.C. (Deadline May 1, 2019)
• Call for registration, Midwest Writers Workshop, L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (May 10 & 11, 2019)
• Call for applications, artist residencies, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE (Deadline May 17, 2019)
• Call for applications, I-Park Foundation 2019 Autumn Residencies, East Haddem, CT (Deadline May 20, 2019)
• Call for grant applicants for arts writers, Creative Capital, New York, NY (Deadline May 20, 2019)
• Call for grant applications, The Hopper Prize for visual artists, (Deadline May 21, 2019)
• Call for applications, DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 31, 2019)
• Call for grant applications, The Studio Potters Grants for Apprenticeships Program, (Deadline June 1, 2019)
• Call for grant applications, SCI Artist - Innovator Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA (Deadline June 12, 2019)
• Call for applications, 10-week summer paid internship, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN

Film

• Call for submissions, 36th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago, IL (Discount Deadline May 1, 2019)
• Call for applications, Learn Filmmaking in Europe, Indiana Filmmakers Network, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 1, 2019)

Jobs / Indiana

• Accountant, Arts for Learning Indiana, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline April 30, 2019)
• Annual Fund Manager, Music for All, Indianapolis, IN
• Arts Instructors (part-time) World Changers School of the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
• Arts Instructors (part-time) Garfield Park Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
• Art Instructors, Mooresville Arts Partnership, Mooresville, IN
• Artistic Director (part-time), Lotus Education & Arts Foundations, Bloomington, IN
• Corporate Events Assistant (part-time) Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
• Corporate Sponsorship and Events Intern, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
• Director of Development, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis, IN
• Gift Officer, The Great American Songbook Foundation, Carmel, IN
• High School / Middle School Art Teacher, Midwest Academy, Carmel, IN
• Internship (paid) with artist and art center, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
• Marketing & Communications Manager, The Cabaret, Indianapolis, IN
• Operations Manager, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Lafayette, IN
• Performing Arts Instructors / Coaches, Aspirations Studio, Greenwood, IN
• Photography Intern, Project Lead the Way, Indianapolis, IN
• Production Specialist, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis, IN
• Special Events Intern, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
• Studio Assistant (part-time), Ignite Studio Makerspace, Fishers, IN
• Summer Art Camp Instructor, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
• Summer Art Camp Assistants, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
• Videographer, Project Lead the Way, Indianapolis, IN
• Video Producer / Filmmaker / Graphics Animator, MediaFuel, Fishers, IN
• Youth Voice Instructor, Theatre School, Fishers, IN

Jobs / Other States

• Assistant Director of Communications, The Colburn School
• Director of Dance, Harkness Dance Center, New York, NY
• Director of Development, Chrysler Museum or Art, Norfolk, VA
• Director of Marketing & Communications, Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN
• Director of Marketing & Communications, Society of the Performing Arts, Houston, TX
• Executive Director, Performance Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
• Program Coordinator, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
• Vocal Instructor, Clerity Educational Group, Los Angeles, CA

Literary Arts

• Call for Indianapolis area poets, Indianapolis Review, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline October 1, 2019)

Performing Arts

• Call for applications, Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. (Deadline midnight April 30, 2019)
• Call to audition, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Footlite Musicals, Indianapolis, IN (10 a.m. - 12 p.m. May 11, and 1 - 5 p.m. May 12, 2019)
• Call to audition, The Laramie Project, Center Stage Community Theatre, Lebanon, IN (7 p.m. May 13 & 14, 2019)
• Call to audition, Macbeth, Noblesville Cultural Arts Commission, Noblesville, IN (7 - 9 p.m. May 19 & 20, 2019)
• Call for applications, The Olga Kern International Piano Competition, Albuquerque, NM (Deadline June 1, 2019)
• Call for applicants to audition, Principal Cello, IndyBaroque Music, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline June 15, 2019)
• Call to audition, Q2: A New Musical, New Harmony Project, Indianapolis, IN (auditions by appointment June 5 - 15, 2019)
• Call for musicians (dog friendly), Picasso Puppies, Garfield Park Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN (August 17, 2019)
• Call for musical acts featuring women, Play-at-MidWay, MidWay Music Speaks, Bloomington, IN
• Call for artist statements, performed stories of marginalized communities, Spirit & Place Festival, Indianapolis, IN
• Call for voice-over talent, Vibenomics, Fishers, IN
• Call for male actors, Camelot, Indianapolis Opera, Indianapolis, IN

Photography

• Call for entries, Monovisions Photography Awards, (Deadline May 12, 2019)
• Call for entries, San Francisco Bay International Photo Awards & Exhibition, Bay Month of Photography, San Francisco, CA (Deadline May 15, 2019)
• Call for entries, Zeiss Photography Awards, (Deadline May 31, 2019)

Public Art

• Call for submissions, Art on the Trail 2019-2021, Greenwood Parks & Recreation, Greenwood, IN (Deadline May 1, 2019)
• Call for muralist, Greater Virginia Avenue Economic Improvement District, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 8, 2019)
• Call for mural designs, Johnson County Community Foundation, Franklin, IN (Deadline May 10, 2019)
• Call for artists, LexArts, Lexington, KY (Deadline May 10, 2019)
• Call for artists, Sightlines, 2019-2021, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN (Deadline May 12, 2019)
• Call for artists, Mural Commission, City of Bloomington, Bloomington, IN (Deadline May 17, 2019)
• Call for sculpture for temporary display, Public Art League, Champaign-Urbana, IL (Deadline May 31, 2019)
• Call for video art proposals, Indianapolis International Airport and the Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN (rolling application reviews)

Visual Arts

• Call for entries, 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Barn Indiana, Valparaiso, IN (Deadline May 1, 2019)
• Call for artists, Blue: A Color Exhibition, Garfield Park Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 18, 2019)
• Call for artists, Patterns of Influence, The Painting Center, New York, NY (Deadline May 25, 2019)
• Call for artists, Clotheshorse Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline May 29, 2019)
• Call for artists, Alaska Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, (Deadline June 1, 2019)
• Call for artists, Art & Soul of Bloomington, The Venue, Bloomington, IN (Deadline June 12, 2019)
• Call for entries, 26th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Jasper Community Arts, Jasper, IN (Deadline June 28, 2019)
• Call for collaborative work, Frankfort Community Library, Frankfort, IN (Deadline June 30, 2019)
• Call for submissions, Opulent Mobility, Dora Stern Gallery and Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ (Deadline June 30, 2019)
• Call for artists, Paddles Aweigh, Friends of the River, Fort Wayne, IN (Deadline July 1, 2019)
• Call for artists, SALI National Abstract Art Exhibition, Southside Art League, Greenwood, IN (Deadline July 13, 2019)
• Call to artists, Sea to Shining Sea - What Unites Us, Marin Society of Arts, San Rafael, CA (Deadline July 22, 2019)
• Call for Indianapolis area artists, Indianapolis Review, Indianapolis, IN (Deadline October 1, 2019)
• Private offices for 2D makers, RUCKUS Makerspace, Indianapolis, IN
• Three Private Studio Spaces for makers, RUCKUS Makerspace, Indianapolis, IN

Volunteer Opportunities

• Call for volunteers, Virginia Avenue Music Fest, Indianapolis, IN (May 8 - 12, 2019)
• Call for photo retouching volunteers, The Indiana Album, Indianapolis, IN
• Call for volunteers, Art Bank, Indianapolis, IN
• Call for volunteers, Spirit & Place Festival, Indianapolis, IN

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