Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A blog for crafts

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Providence, Rhode Island

Ristorante Pizzico
Contact: Jim and Steve Harris - owners
762 Hope St
Providence RI 02906

401-421-4114
401-421-4138(FAX)
Pizzico@PizzicoProvRI.com


Blaze East Side
Contact: Phyllis Arfa - owner
776 Hope St
Providence RI 02906

401-640-4095
http://www.blazeeastside.com

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

WATERTOWN/BELMONT MASSACHUSETTS OPEN STUDIOS - March 1, 2010

Artists living and/or working in Watertown or Belmont, Massachusetts are encouraged to participate in the First Annual Watertown and Belmont Open Studios on the weekend of April 24-25, 2010. This inaugural event has been organized by a committee comprised of artists from both communities, working in collaboration with representatives of the Arsenal Center for the Arts and the Belmont Gallery of Art. In addition to Watertown and Belmont Open Studio weekend, submitted works by artists without their own exhibit or studio space may be selected for display at Arsenal Center for the Arts April 15 - May 28, 2010, (Opening Reception: Thursday, April 22, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m) and The Belmont Gallery of Art April 1-30, 2010 (Reception: Friday, April 23, 2010, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m). Juried group exhibitions may also submit. Open Studios are a great opportunity for the public to meet local artists, see their artwork, learn about their creative processes, purchase work and perhaps even commission new work. Refundable entry fees apply.

For more information and to download an application:

http://watertownbelmontopenstudios.wordpress.com
openstudios@arsenalarts.org

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

NATIONAL PARK RESIDENCIES

Artist-In-Residence

The National Park Services offers opportunities
for two-dimensional visual artists, photographers, sculptors,
performers, writers, composers, and craft artists to live
and work in the parks. There are currently 29 parks participating
in the Artist-In-Residence program.


ACADIA NATIONAL PARK
, Maine

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, composers

Application deadline: November 1 to January 1 (received)

Residency period: May, early June, September, October

Number & length of residencies: Five to six of
three weeks each

Contact: Artist-In-Residence Coordinator at Acadia_Information@nps.gov
or call 207-288-3338, "O" for operator.

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Acadia National Park, PO Box 177, Eagle Lake Road,
Bar Harbor, Maine USA 04609



BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK
, South Dakota

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers,
composers

Application Deadline: For Fall residency - June 15
(received); for Spring residency - December 15 (received)

Residency period: (Fall) mid-September to October;
(Spring) March to mid-May

Number & length of residencies: Two of four to
six weeks each

Contact: Artist-In-Residence Coordinator, 605-433-5245
MST or badl_information@nps.gov


For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Badlands NP, PO Box 6, Interior, South Dakota USA 57750


BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER
, Arkansas

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers,
composers

Application deadline: January 31 (postmarked)

Residency period: March - November

Number & length of residencies: Four of up to three
weeks each

Contact: Artist-In-Residence Coordinator at 870-741-5443
CST or buff_information@nps.gov


Complete details and application form are available at www.nps.gov/buff


For additional information, write:
Artist-In-Residence
Program, Buffalo National River, 402 N. Walnut, Suite 136,
Harrison, Arkansas USA 72601



CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE
, Massachusetts

This national seashore hosts two individual residency
programs.

C-Scape Dune Shack

Residencies open to:
Two dimensional visual artists, photographers,
sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers

Application deadline: February 15, (postmarked)

Residency period: Year-round

Number & length of residencies: Number varies,
from one week to up to three months each

Contact: Tom Boland, Residency Coordinator, at tomboland@mediaone.net

For additional information, write: Provincetown Community
Compact, Inc., PO Box 819, Provincetown, Massachusetts USA
02657 (Include a 52-cent stamped self-addressed envelope)

The Margo-Gelb Shack

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, writers, video/filmmakers

Application deadline: February 1(received)

Residency period: Mid-May through mid-October

Number & length of residencies: Six of two weeks
each

Contact: Send a 52-cent self-addressed stamped envelope
to OCARC, 22 Nelson Avenue, Provincetown, Massachusetts USA
02657


CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Oregon

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, painters, dancers, cinematictographers, musicians, writers, composers, and other visual and performing artists.

Application deadline: April 27, 2009

Residency period: June - October

Number & length of residencies: Two artists; up to two weeks residency.

Contact: Linda Hilligoss, hilligol@sou.edu or 541-552-6340 or 541-482-3353.

For additional information, Complete details and application form are available at www.nps.gov/crla/air.htm



CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
, Ohio

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers,
composers, craft artists

Application deadline: (Spring) December 15; (Summer)
February 16

Residency period: (Spring) March through May; (Summer)
June through September

Number & length of residencies: Two of six to eight
weeks each

Contact: Mary Pat Doorley, Cultural Arts Program Manager,
at 440-546-5995 CST, or mary_pat_doorley@nps.gov
or Joni Starr, Summer Camp & Arts Director, Cuyahoga Valley
National Park Association, 330-657-2796 ext. 114 or jstarr@cvnpa.org

For additional information, call 800-642-3297 or write:
CVEEC Artist-In-Residence Program, 3675 Oak Hill Road, Peninsula,
Ohio USA 44264



DELAWARE WATER GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
, New Jersey

Peters Valley Craft Education Center

Residencies open to: Craft artists

Application deadline: Varies - call for information

Residency period: Year-round

Number & length of residencies: Varies - call for
information

Contact: Peters Valley at 973-948-5200 EST or pv@warwick.net


For additional information, write: Peters Valley Craft
Education Center, 19 Kuhn Road, Layton, New Jersey USA 07851



DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE
, Alaska

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
sculptors

Application deadline: October 31 (postmarked)


Application Form: Download the application form at arts.alaskageographic.org

Residency period: June through August

Number & length of residencies: up to three - 10
days each

Contact: Annie Duffy, Arts Coodinator, Alaska Geographic, 907-474-8133; aduffy@alaskageographic.org or address listed below

For additional information, write: Alaska Geographic, 208 7th Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701



DEVILS TOWER NATIONAL MONUMENT
, Wyoming

Residencies open to: Writers

Application deadline: April 1 (postmarked)

Residency period: Fall

Number & length of residencies: Two of one week
each

Contact: Christine Czazasty at 307-467-5283, ext.
224, MST or christine_czazasty@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Writers-In-Residence
Program, Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, Montana,
USA 82714 or Bearlodge Writers, PO Box 10, Devils Tower,
Wyoming USA 82714



EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
, Florida

Residencies open to: Visual Artists, photographers,
sculptors, writers, filmmakers, and composers.

Application deadline: October 1

Residency period: Year-round

Number & length of residencies: Six residents,
two-four weeks each

Contact: AIRIE Program Coordinator, 305-242-7750 EST or EVER_Interpretation@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence-In-Everglades,
Everglades National Park, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead,
FL 33034. AIRIE applications are available on-line at: http://www.nps.gov/ever/supportyourpark/artistinresidence.htm




GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
, Montana

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, writers, video/filmmakers, composers

Application deadline: February 15

Residency period: Summer

Number & length of residencies: Number varies,
four weeks each

Contact: Artist-In-Residence Coordinator at 406-888-7942
MST or matt_graves@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Glacier National Park, P.O. Box 128, West Glacier,
Montana USA 59936




GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
, California

Headlands Center for the Arts

Residencies open to: California, North
Carolina, New Jersey, and Ohio two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers,
composers (Each state has individual eligibility requirements)

Application deadline:
First Friday in June

Residency period:
Febraury through November

Number & length of residencies:
Thirty of one-eleven
months each

Contact:
Holly Blake at 415-331-2787, ext. 24,
PST or hblake@headlands.org


For additional information, write:
Holly Blake,
Residency Manager, Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort
Barry, Sausalito, California USA 94965



GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
, North Rim, Arizona

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, performing artists, writers,
musicians/composers

Application deadline: April 1, 2007

Residency period: Three week periods

Number & length of residencies: Five (5) residencies;
first begining in Spetember,
2007, the remaining four (4) from Spring 2008-August 2008.

Contact: Artist-In-Residence Coordinator at 928-638-7739

For additional information, write: Coordinator, Artist-In-Residence
Program, P.O. Box 129, Community Building, Grand Canyon, AZ
USA 86023




HERBERT HOOVER NATIONAL HISTORICAL SITE
, Iowa

Residencies open to: Writers, composers, and all visual
and performing artists

Application deadline: March 2, 2007

Residency period: May 1 through October 31

Number & length of residencies: Two (2) of two
to four weeks each

Please note: Housing may not be readily available for
upcoming resident artists.

Contact: Adam Prato at 319-643-7855 CST

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Herbert Hoover National Historical Site, 110 Parkside
Drive, PO Box 607, West Branch, Iowa USA 52358




HOMESTEAD NATIONAL MONUMENT OF AMERICA
, Nebraska

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers, composers.

Application deadline: June 15 (postmarked)

Residency period: July - September

Number & length of residencies:
Depending on type and number of applicants, residences can range in length from 2 weeks to three months.

Contact:
Call Artist-in-Residence Coordinator, 402-223-3514 or

email allison_la_duke@nps.gov

For additional information,
Complete details and application form are available at www.nps.gov/home or
write: Artist-in-Residence Program, Homestead National Monument of America, 8523 West State Hwy 4, Beatrice, NE 68310




HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK
, Arkansas

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, craft artists, video/filmakers,
performers, writers, poets, and composers.

Application deadline: February 1

Residency period: Call or write for details

Number & length of residencies: Several of two
to four weeks each

Contact: Jeff Heitzman at 501-620-6707 or
HOSP_Interpretation@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, attn: Volunteer Coordinator, Hot Springs National
Park, 101 Reserve Street, Hot Springs, AR USA 71901




INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
, Indiana

Residencies open to: Artist/Illustrator that can create
line art for publications in 2008

Application deadline: March 1 (postmarked)

Residency period: 2 - 4 weeks; June through August

Contact: Ted Winterfeld, 219-926-7561 ext. 228 CST
or indu_communications@nps.gov


For additional information, visit: Indiana
Dunes NL Artist-In-Residence page
or write Artist-In-Residence
Program, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1100 North Mineral
Springs Road, Porter, Indiana USA 46304-1299




ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK
, Michigan

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers,
composers

Application deadline: Febrary 16 (postmarked)

Residency period: June through early September

Number & length of residencies: Five two to three
weeks each

Contact: Greg Blust at 906-487-7152 EDT or greg_blust@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Isle Royale National Park, 800 East Lakeshore Drive,
Houghton, Michigan USA 49931-1895




JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
, California

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, writers, video/filmmakers

Application deadline: Accepted year-round

Residency period: October through May

Number & length of residencies: Four to six of
four weeks each

Contact:
Caryn Davidson at 760-367-3012 PST or caryn_davidson@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Joshua Tree National Park, 74485 National Park Drive,
Twenty-Nine Palms, California USA 92277




MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK
, Kentucky

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, video/filmmakers

Application deadline: Three months prior to requested
residency

Residency period: Year-round (Spring or Fall suggested)

Number & length of residencies: Number varies,
two to four weeks each

Contact: MaryAnne Davis at 270-785-2254 CST or maryanne_davis@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
USA 42259




MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL
, South Dakota

Residencies open to: Traditional sculptors working
in stone, stone carving instructors

Application deadline: For Summer residency watch for
announcement on www.usajobs.opm.gov; between December and
early February; Fall residency submit resume postmarked May
1

Residency period: Late May through early October

Number & length of residencies: Two total; Summer
residency is 12-16 weeks (paid), Fall residency is one week
(unpaid)

Contact: Rhonda Schier at 605-574-3182 MST or rhonda_schier@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 13000 Hwy. 244,
Bldg. 31, Suite 1, Keystone, South Dakota USA 57751




NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK
, Washington

Residencies open to: Practicing artists with
a portfolio of published, performed, or exhibited works. Applications
are accepted from visual artists, writers, musicians, and
other creative individuals.

Application deadline: February 1 for spring
residencies and July 1 for fall residencies.

Residency period: April/May and September/October.

Number & length of residencies: Two residencies
of 4-6 weeks each in two separate areas of the park, for a
total of four annual residencies.

Contact: Charles Beall at 360-856-5700 x.365, charles_beall@nps.gov,
810 State Route 20, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284

For additional information: Brochure

For application information: Application




PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK
, Arizona

Residencies open to: Two & Three dimensional visual
artists, photographers, painters, writers, sculptors,poets


Application deadline: March 15 (postmarked)

Residency period: May thru October

Number & Length of residencies: Number varies,
each residence up to three weeks

Contact: Scott Williams, Museum Curator at 928-524-6228
MST or scott_williams@nps.gov


For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Petrified Forest National Park, PO Box 2217, Petrified
Forest, Arizona USA 86028 or visit our Artist-In-Residence
web page
.





PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE
, Michigan

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers

Application deadline: December 31 (postmarked)

Residency period: September or October

Number & length of residencies: One of four weeks

Contact: Gregg Bruff at 906-387-2607 EST or gregg_bruff@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, PO Box 40, Munising,
Michigan USA 49862




ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
, Colorado

Residencies open to: Professional Two-dimensional visual
artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers,
composers

Application deadline: December 5, 2003 (postmarked
deadline on application for the 2004 season)

Residency period: Early June through late September

Number & length of residencies: Five to eight of
two weeks each

Contact: Artist-In-Residence Coordinator at 970-586-1206
MST

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, 1000 Highway 36, Estes Park, Colorado USA 80517




SAINT-GAUDENS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
, New Hampshire

Residencies open to: Sculptors

Application deadline: Varies, call for information

Residency period: June through October

Number & length of residencies: One of 12 to 24
weeks

Contact: Gregory Schwarz at 603-675-2175, ext. 107,
EST or gregory_c_schwarz@nps.gov


For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Saint Gaudens National Historic Site, RR 3, Box 73,
Cornish, New Hampshire USA 03603




SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
, Michigan

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors, writers, composers

Application deadline: April 15 (postmarked)

Residency period: September - October

Number & length of residencies: Two of three weeks
each

Contact: Lisa Myers at 231-326-5134 or lisa_myers@nps.gov

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 9922 Front
Street, Empire, Michigan USA 49630 or click here for
the brochure.




WEIR FARM NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
, Connecticut

Residencies open to: Visual artists (including printmakers
& painters), photographers, sculptors, video/filmmakers

Application deadline: January 15, July 15 (postmarked)

Residency period: Year-round

Number & length of residencies: One or two artists
at a time for residencies of two to four weeks.

Contact: Constance Evans or Amy Allen at 203-761-9945
EST

For additional information, write: Artist-In-Residence
Program, Weir Farm Trust, 735 Nod Hill Road, Wilton, Connecticut
USA 06897 (include a stamped, self-addressed envelope)



WHISKEYTOWN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, California

Residencies open to: 2010 AIR Residencies are limited to:  Painting, drawing, mixed media, and sculpture.

Application deadline: February 15, 2010, postmark.

2010 AIR Juror: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Arists Gallery Director, Maria Medua.

Residency period: March - October

Number & length of residencies: Two to four artists; one to four weeks.

Contact: Whiskeytown.Art@gmail.com

For additional information, write: AIR Coordinator, P.O. Box 188, Whiskeytown, CA 96095




YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
, California

Residencies open to: Two-dimensional visual artists,
photographers, sculptors

Application deadline: July 15 (received)

Residency period: Year-round

Number & length of residencies: Four to ten of
up to one month each

Contact: Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to
Yosemite Renaissance, PO Box 100, Yosemite National Park,
California USA 95389



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