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