Arts House EOI

Arts House are calling for Expressions of Interest for Season 1 2014 (January to June) with a presentation focus on live art and a CultureLAB development focus on dance. Support through our EOI usually consists of a contribution of up to $30,000 for presentations (including in-kind support) and $12,000 for CultureLAB’s (including in-kind venue support). …

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Proximity Festival – Perth 2013

Proximity Festival is the first platform in Australia dedicated to the creation and presentation of one-on-one intimate artworks. An artist run initiative led by co-curators James Berlyn and Sarah Rowbottam with provocateur Kelli Mccluskey, Proximity provides critical peer support, encouraging artists from all disciplines to experiment with new modes of practice in the creation of …

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ABR Ian Potter Foundation Fellowship

The editor of Australian Book Review, announced details of the second ABR Ian Potter Foundation Fellowship. The theme this time is the performing arts. ABR seeks proposals for a cogent, entertaining article on any aspect of the performing arts (music, theatre, dance) – either a profile of an individual or a discursive essay. The article …

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Performance, the Body and Time in the 21st century

CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PROPOSALS Performance, the Body and Time in the 21st century 26-27 June 2013 Hosted by: exist www.existenceperformanceart.wordpress.com Queensland College of Art http://www.griffith.edu.au/visual-creative-arts/queensland-college-art Venue: Queensland College of Art, Project Gallery Griffith University 226 Grey Street, South Bank Qld 4101 This two-day symposium will explore issues surrounding Performance, the Body and Time …

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International Performance Residency

Call outs are open to international artists for this London-based performance residency with Gasworks! Residency: 1 June 2013 – 1 September 2013 Open to any non-UK based artist Deadline for application: Monday 4 March 2013 “This new residency at Gasworks aims to support the development of art practices that might not normally thrive within existing …

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METRO ARTS applications due

Metro Arts in Brisbane have opened the call for applications for the second half of the year for the Performance Maker’s program. The reshaping of the Metro Arts program sees the organisation shifting to better frame hybrid and interstitial work; the Performance Maker’s program is not just about theatre work – it’s a framework for …

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Punctum Seedpod 2013 closes soon

Punctum’s Seedpod Initiative closes on the 18th of January, get in quick… Applications are invited from early career and confirmed artists and organisations working in any area of live arts, contemporary performance and installation for our Seedpod sponsorships worth $1,000 each plus up to $1,000 of in-kind technical and management support and one month’s free …

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Document your performance

  “Emergency INDEX is an annual print publication documenting new performance in the words of its creators. INDEX is now accepting descriptions of public performances made in 2012. There are no restrictions as to the genre, purpose, venue, or number of spectators of the performance. However, performances done prior to 2012 are not eligible. Fictional or hypothetical performances …

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Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship // A Conversation with Claire Bishop

Since the 1990s, critics and curators have broadly accepted the notion that participatory art is the ultimate political art: that by encouraging an audience to take part an artist can promote new emancipatory social relations. Artificial Hells is the first historical and theoretical overview of socially engaged participatory art, known in the US as “social practice.” …

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Callout for Tasmanian interdisciplinary artists – Salamanca Arts Centre

Salamanca Arts Centre is calling for expressions of interest from Tasmanian performance makers, visual artists, musicians and composers, collaborators, and live art explorers to join the HyPe Creative Community. The HyPe Program strives to enable work in which artists explore the live experience of artistic processes, pushing conventions of theatre, performance art and site-specific work. …

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Back To Nurture – Master Class facilitated by Adrian Howells

    This intensive three day master class facilitated by UK performer Adrian Howells will give participants an unprecedented opportunity to explore both personal and performative boundaries. Investigation will be facilitated via a series of sometimes challenging exercises around ideas of appropriate and intimate touch, communication and deep connection with self and others. Participants will be encouraged and supported to …

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Great Opportunities at Punctum

  In-Habit International applications for 2013 are now open and will close on Friday 18th January 2013. In-Habit International is an exciting arts research and cultural exchange program began in 2010 by Punctum. Each year over the next 3 years, Punctum will cover travel and accommodation costs with a combined worth of up to $4000 …

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Metro Arts call for proposals

From Metro Arts in Brisbane; Metro Arts is seeking performance-makers who are brave and curious, who aren’t asking ‘what now’ but ‘what next’. In a landscape that is shifting day-on-day, there is an understanding that to stay still is to be irrelevant and so we’re moving – fast. In 2013 Metro Arts is gathering – …

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Resonance

Resonance Project The Resonance Project encompasses a public forum and two weekend workshops led by UK-based writer Theron Schmidt, exploring how we write, respond and reflect on art and performance. It proposes that rather than just describing or evaluating finished work, critical writing can be thought of as a ‘resonant performance outcome’– part of an …

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Hopscotch Touring Initiative 2012

Hopscotch live art touring initiative Calling all Australian live art practitioners! If you have an innovative live art work ready to tour nationally or internationally in 2012, then this initiative is for you. The Hopscotch touring initiative aims to increase national and international touring opportunities for Australian artists to: – extend the life of Australian …

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The Rocks Pop-Up

The Rocks Pop-Up 2012 Call for creative partners and organisations The Rocks Pop-Up: an ever-changing mix of creative minds in unconventional and intimate spaces. Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority is inviting NSW based arts and creative organisations to submit proposals for The Rocks Pop-Up 2012. The Rocks Pop-Up activates temporarily vacant buildings by providing creative workers …

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Tiny Stadiums call out

CALL FOR LIVE ART WEEKEND SUBMISSIONS Groundwork and PACT invite applications from emerging artists for inclusion in the Tiny Stadiums Live Art Weekend. The Live Art Weekend will be presented on June 2-3, 2012, in Erskineville village and surrounds. Download the application form and more information HERE. Application deadline: Monday 13th Feb, 5pm. Late applications …

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