Madrid Procesos 2010. International Call for Projects. Deadline: May 10, 2010

AVAM (Associated Visual Artists of Madrid) with the sponsorship of the Madrid Regional Government, announces an international call to select four artistic projects for inclusion in Madrid Procesos 10 Program.

This initiative is promoted by AVAM and backed by the Madrid Regional Government.

Objective: to improve the conditions experienced by plastic and visual artists when they are producing and creating work.
Deadline: May 10, 2010
More information and application procedures:

http://www.avam.net/madridprocesos10/madridprocesos10_english.htm

Medialab-Prado, Madrid - Interactivos?'10: Neighborhood Science Deadline April 19, 2010

Medialab-Prado announces a call for the presentation of projects and papers to be developed and presented during Interactivos?'10: Neighborhood Science Workshop to take place between June 7 - 23, 2010.

The workshop will include the participation of: Platoniq, Douglas Repetto, and the working team formed by Andrés Burbano, Alejandro Araque, Alejandro Duque and Alejandro Tamayo.

Deadline: April 19, 2010

List of selected proposals: April 28, 2010

More info.: http://medialab-prado.es/

Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria, Alava, Spain. Art & Research Grants. Deadline March 31, 2010

This cultural center, located in historic Vitoria, is housed in a 16th century Renaissance palace and an 1885 Water Tank connected by an underground corridor.

The Art and Research (max. 8) awards are aimed at facilitating the production, dissemination and exhibition of contemporary art projects.

Financial aid: for the production of contemporary art projects, curatorial work or the research and development of a film script. A minimum of one award is earmarked for researching the History of Feminist Art in Spain

Art Projects: max. 10,000 euros/project
Curatorial Projects: max. 21,000 euros/project
Research Projects: max. 9,000 euros/project

For more information, international call, application guidlines, etc.:
http://www.montehermoso.net/pagina.php?m1=28&m2=29&id_p=111

Matadero-Madrid Contemporary Creation Awards, 2010. Deadline February 16, 2010

The three following programs close their application period on February 16, 2010:

A. Existing Spaces and Independent Cultural Professionals Program: addressed to permanent existing spaces and cultural managers dedicated to contemporary art, its thought process, development and dissemination (max. 20.000 euros or max. 30.000 euros, respectively). Applicants must be actively dedicated to the programming, organization and promotion of contemporary art in the city of Madrid.

B. Program for Artist Creation: addressed to (Spanish or foreign, resident or non-resident) individual artists and art collectives with innovative projects and activities to be developed in the city of Madrid (max. 15.000 euros/project).

C. Matadero Madrid Program: addressed to projects and/or activities to be carried out by Spanish or foreign, resident or non-resident artists, artist collectives or non profit organizations in the spaces and institutions currently active in Matadero Madrid. Also open to the production of projects for the digital facade of Medialab-Prado, Plaza de las Letras, Madrid (max. 18.000 or 6.000 euros, respectively).

Grant announcement (Spanish version only), Matadero Madrid floor plans and application form available at:
http://www.mataderomadrid.com

Medialab-Prado International Call for Projects, Deadline February 15, 2010

Call for the presentation of projects to take part in Interactivos? When Process Becomes Paradigm, as part of the program for artists and creators of the LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial (Gijon, Spain).

A maximum of eight proposals will be selected to be collaboratively developed in the workshop that will take place prior to the opening of the exhibition When Process Becomes Paradigm, on April 23rd 2010.

The deadline for entries is February 15, 2010.

Dates of the workshop: April 8 through 20, 2010. The artists invited to lead the workshop will be Antoni Abad, Allison Kudla and Roman Kirscher.

For more info.: http://medialab-prado.es/article/convocatoria_interactivos_laboral

U.S. Artists International Deadline: January 8, 2010

The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's "U.S. Artists International" application for engagements taking place between March 1, 2010 and February 28, 2011 ends on January 8, 2010.

The program is committed to ensuring that the impressive range of expression and creativity of the performing arts in the United States is represented abroad. USArtists International provides support for American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists invited to perform at significant international festivals anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories.

For more information about USArtists International, including program guidelines and application:

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
http://www.midatlanticarts.org
Attention: Sara Nash, Program Associate, International at saran@midatlanticarts.org.

"Descubrimientos", PHotoEspaña Call, Deadline: Feb. 7, 2010

PHotoEspaña, Madrid’s International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, invites photographers of all nationalities and disciplines to present their work to Descubrimientos PHE.

"Descubrimientos" PHE is PHotoEspaña´s portfolio review that will take place from June 10 to 12, 2010. The portfolio review offers photographers the opportunity to show their work in individual sessions to eight curators and editors specialized in the field.

A jury will select seventy photographers to participate in the portfolio review, who will also present their work in a collective exhibition at the Complejo El Águila in the Official Section of the Festival and will opt for the Descubrimientos PHE Epson Award, which consists in an individual exhibition in PHotoEspaña 2011.

Some of the reviewers in 2010 are:

Ignacio Andreu Editor, C Photo Magazine, Madrid
Olivia Gideon Thomson Director, WE FOLK, London
Markus Hartmann International Publishing Director, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern
Alessandra Mauro Editorial director, Contrasto, Milan
Yossi Milo Director, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
James Reid Photography Editor, Wallpaper, London
Sandra Philips Senior Curator of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Kathy Ryan Picture Editor, New York Times Magazine
Agnès Sire Director, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris
Wim Van Senderen Curator, The Hague Museum of Photography, The Hague
Marta Ponsa Director of projects, Jeu de Paume, Paris
Inka Graeve Ingelmann, Head of the Department Photography and New Media, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

Deadline for entries: Sunday February 7, 2010

More info: www.phe.es/descubrimientos