From sgerson at nature.berkeley.edu Sun Nov 4 22:11:53 2007 From: sgerson at nature.berkeley.edu (Stephanie Gerson) Date: Sun Nov 4 22:12:01 2007 Subject: [Pollinator] dancers. Message-ID: <51270.69.232.228.96.1194243113.squirrel@nature.berkeley.edu> howdy. is anybody out there a bellydancer, flamenco dancer, or tap dancer? or know of any? I'm looking for them for a performance. thanks! bzzzzzz *Stephanie -- Stephanie Gerson MS Candidate Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California, Berkeley sgerson@nature.berkeley.edu From joshua at artsandmedia.net Mon Nov 5 08:19:46 2007 From: joshua at artsandmedia.net (josh wilson) Date: Mon Nov 5 08:20:01 2007 Subject: [Pollinator] Fwd: Call For Artists: Soundwave>Series ((3)) Message-ID: Alan's project is terrific. Please send this along to any sound artists you know. jw >Subject: Call For Artists: Soundwave>Series ((3)) >From: Alan So >Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:08:53 -0800 >List-Subscribe: >, > > > >Apologies for cross-posts, please help spread the word >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Call For Artists: Soundwave>Series ((3)) >MOVE>SOUND > >ME'D1.ATE is seeking artists and musicians for >the third season of the Soundwave>Series, the >innovative Bay Area multi-venue event series >exploring imaginations in sound. Scheduled for >the Summer of 2008 in San Francisco USA, this >season's theme is titled MOVE>SOUND, where >artists and musicians explore the intersection >of motion and sound, in its production, >collaboration, performance and interaction, and >how this engages, inspires, and challenges >audiences and performers with a new, bold and >intense aural experience. > >Important Dates >----------------------- >Call Opens: November 5 2007 >Call Closes: December 17 2007 >Invitations: February 4 2008 >Performance Development: March-June 2008 >Performance Dates: July/August 2008 > >The theme tries to reinterpret how we see, feel >and experience our auditory senses, how this >moves us physically, emotively, intellectually >and spiritually. It investigates new and >innovative ways to experience sounds relation to >movement and explore how these connections >invigorate and inspire new directions in sound >making. > >ME'D1.ATE seeks proposals from sound artists, >experimental musicians, vocalists, bands, >classical/traditional musicians, orchestras, >composers, performance artists, dancers, >installation artists, media artists, filmmakers, >animators, spoken word artists, visual artists >and other artistic organizations and individuals >that involve an exploration between sound and >movement. Performers are encouraged to explore >new and innovative ideas of getting audiences >closer to their own sound/music using forms and >concepts of movement. Possible ideas may include >motion sensors, dance collaborations, film >collaborations, theatrics, moving vehicles, >visual cues, sound generating mechanisms, >installations, audience movement, and any other >ideas conjured by your imagination) > >---------------------------------------------- >Proposals must include: > >* Project Brief (describing what you are >interested in doing, how it involves the theme >of movement, and what you are hoping to achieve >with the audience. Provide in proposal >equipment/instruments/collaborations being used, >including what equipment is needed for >performance (clearly identify all >equipment/collaborators the artist(s) cannot >provide) (250 words) > >* Brief Biography (100 words) and Bio photo > >* Website and relevant links to previous >sound/music works (DO NOT attach sound or movie >files, only links to these files) > >(Brief and Bio must be sent via email, but >supporting materials may be sent to MEDIATE >NETWORK, P.O. Box 170305, San Francisco, CA >94117-0305 if necessary) > >Submit to: submissions@me-di-ate.net >Inquiries and Questions: connect@me-di-ate.net >Project Website: www.projectsoundwave.com >Organization Website: www.me-di-ate.net >---------------------------------------------- > >Most performances are limited to approx 20 >minutes long. Please indicate in your brief if >your piece needs to be longer or shorter. After >proposal acceptance, some productions may >require development time and learning of new >technologies to be fully realized. ME'D1.ATE can >help explore possibilities with you in terms of >collaborators, equipment and feasibility needs >but the artist is fully responsible for the >final work and its requirements for performance. > >ME'D1.ATE encourages all to apply however we are >unable to provide travel or housing costs for >those outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. >Performances are paid (per performance- >regardless of amount of performers) and is TBD >based on funding awards currently in process. As >ME'D1.ATE is actively seeking grant support, >opportunities to this funding may be available >to artists who respond before November 15 to >this call. > > >About Soundwave>Series > >Soundwave>Series is Project>Soundwave's biennial >event series recently named Best Sound >Sculptures - Future Classic by San Francisco >Magazine's BEST of 2007 issue. Each season >investigates a new idea in sound and invites >diverse multidisciplinary artists and musicians >to explore the season's theme in new and >innovative directions. It challenges and >inspires artists and audiences to look deeper >into the sound medium and discover new >connections to sound making and experience. The >Soundwave>Series has completed two successful >seasons, Season 2's SURROUND>SOUND in 2006 and >Season 1's FREE>SOUND in 2004, and is currently >developing Season 3's MOVE>SOUND set to launch >in 2008. Project>Soundwave, launched in 2004, >explores the boundaries of how we see sound, >language and music. It is a project dedicated to >explore innovative sound work and present >intriguing artists in sound and music through >the production of CDs, exhibitions and live >events. Its mission is to explore the creation >of sound; attempt to understand and shape the >aural landscapes in everyday life; and finding >innovative ways to engage the listener using >sound as language, music, environment or a >vehicle for human connection and interaction. > >"The Soundwave Series has sought to make >irrelevant the typical distinctions between >artist, musician, audience, stage, and venue... >idiosyncratic performances that are challenging, >charming, magical, assaultive, and (as is always >the case with really sweet sound art) deeply >personal for everyone present." -SF Weekly > >"It's an artisitic and exploratory experience >for your senses that will open your eyes and >your mind." - Nitevibe > >"The result is a breathtaking assortment of >experimental sounds, noises and rhythms? that >approach sound from a uniquely artistic >perspective...testing the limits of sound's raw >emotional capability." -- SF Examiner > > >About ME'D1.ATE Network > >Based in San Francisco, USA, ME'D1.ATE produces >innovative exhibitions in visual and sound arts >with diverse emerging and established local and >international artists and musicians. It connects >these works to new and diverse audiences through >the initiation of exhibitions, products and live >events, which include the online art exhibition, >The.ME.Project (www.meproject.com) launched in >2002 and the CD and event series, >Project>Soundwave (www.projectsoundwave.com) >released in 2004. >ME'D1.ATE's projects challenge perspectives to >inspire new and unique experiences within >ourselves and the world around us. Our goal is >for audiences to look beyond the surface, and >look deep into ideas and works critically, >imaginatively and without limitation. > >Founded in 1998 in Vancouver, Canada, ME'D1.ATE >Network was born to fulfill the need for an >innovative forum for artists and a voice for >progressive ideas to be seen, heard and explored. > > > > > >Alan So, Director, ME'D1.ATE Network >****************************************** >network: www.me-di-ate.net >artlog: mediateart.blogspot.com >studio: www.alansostudio.com >sound: www.projectsoundwave.com >series: www.projectsoundwave.com/series >exhibit: www.meproject.com >store: www.me-di-ate.net/store.html > > >_______________________________________________ >ME'D1.ATE Mail List >www.me-di-ate.net >To Unsubscribe: unsubscribe@me-di-ate.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://gdc.groupd.com/pipermail/pollinator/attachments/20071105/7248968b/attachment-0001.html From joshua at artsandmedia.net Fri Nov 16 14:53:35 2007 From: joshua at artsandmedia.net (Josh Wilson) Date: Fri Nov 16 14:53:50 2007 Subject: [Pollinator] Fwd: Community Arts and Education Fellowship: Application Deadline is December 14th, 2007 (Please forward) Message-ID: Folks -- check this out. Artist fellowships through hostelling international. Next week I'll send this to the main list for the Expo for the Artist & Musician ... but wanted to give you Pollinators a heads-up on before that. jw Begin forwarded message: > From: "Michael Yoshioka" > Date: November 16, 2007 2:46:06 PM PST > To: > Subject: Community Arts and Education Fellowship: Application Deadline > is December 14th, 2007 (Please forward) > > Mike Yoshioka > Educational Programs Coordinator > Hostelling International USA, Golden Gate Council > 425 Divisadero Street, Suite 307 > San Francisco, CA 94117 > 415-863-1444, xt 310 > fax: 415-863-3865 > www.hosteladventures.org > HI-USA mission: "To help all, especially the young, gain a greater > understanding of the world and its people through hostelling." > ? > Community Arts and Education Fellowship > ? > Program Description: > Community Walls is a fun and educational component of the Golden Gate > Council of Hostelling International?s Educational Programs that asks > youth ?What is it like to live in your community?? > Community Walls teaches youth to gain cultural understanding, define > their community, build pride in their culture, and artistically > express what it is like to live in their neighborhood.? Completed art > is displayed at Golden Gate Council Hostels in order to give world > travelers a unique perspective of life in Northern California. > The Community Walls project consists of four 2-hour sessions led by > San Francisco artists. Participants are students and youth from > community based organizations across the city. The curriculum design > is the result of a collaborative effort by educators of Hostelling > International USA, Hostelling International Washington DC, Hostelling > International Chicago, and the Golden Gate Council of Hostelling > International. > The Community Walls project is organized and administrated by > education staff at Hostelling International?s Golden Gate Council. > Artists are trained to deliver the program and work directly with the > classroom or youth group through to completion of their Community > Walls artwork > ? > Position: > There are two Community Arts and Education Fellowship positions. Each > position requires 60-80 hours over a six month time period. Each > Fellow is granted a $2,500 stipend. All supplies are provided by > Hostelling International, Golden Gate Council. This is a great > opportunity for local artists to develop the skills to cultivate and > sustain a productive relationship between their art and local youth > development. > Fellows will: > ??????? Establish and maintain relationships with three local youth > groups > ??????? Facilitate four meetings with participating youth and use the > Community Walls curriculum to teach about hostelling, cultural > understanding, and art production > ??????? Mentor youth through the creation community artwork > ??????? Work in collaboration with the Educational Programs > Coordinator, teachers, and community based organization leaders > ??????? Attend and contribute to the planning of the Annual Community > Walls Art Exhibit at a Golden Gate Council Hostel > ? > Qualifications: > ? Local working artist > ? Experience working with children is preferred. > ? Able to make a six month commitment > ? > If interested please submit a resume, sample of works or portfolio, > references and cover letter by December 14, 2007 to: Educational > Programs, 425 Divisadero Street Suite 307 San Francisco, CA 94117 > ? > The Community Arts and Education Fellowship is supported by a grant > from the San Francisco Arts Commission COMMUNITY ARTS AND EDUCATION > PROGRAM > ? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Community Arts and Education Fellowship position.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 126986 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://gdc.groupd.com/pipermail/pollinator/attachments/20071116/d2787c4c/CommunityArtsandEducationFellowshipposition-0001.pdf