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  • June 2010
    PhDArts, an international, high-level doctoral programme in visual arts and design, carried out in collaboration between the Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, the Netherlands, aims to stimulate and facilitate artist-researchers and to provide a suitable research environment. Application deadline is 1 October 2010 or 1 April 2011. (full details)
  • June 2010
    HEAD, the Geneva University of Art and Design, Switzerland calls for applications to its two majors of the Master of Arts HES-SO in Design–Spaces and Communication, and Media Design. The deadline for applications is 20 August 2010. (full details)
  • June 2010
    In the academic year 2010-2011, the Sint Lucas Higher Institute of the Arts Antwerp, Belgium, will organize a one-year postgraduate research program, Master of Research in Art and Design, composed of both practical and theoretical seminars and masterclasses, focusing on research in the visual arts. Submission deadline is 27 August 2010. (full details)
  • June 2010
    Aiming to contribute to international understanding, in particular between Europe and Japan, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Research Fellowships annually, awarded to highly qualified European and Japanese researchers in all fields for periods between three months and one year. Applications are welcome by 15 September 2010. (full details)
  • June 2010
    The Baltic Art Center (BAC) in Visby, Sweden, The Factory of Art and Design (FFKD) in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the Hordaland Art Centre in Bergen, Norway jointly invite professionals within the field of visual art to apply to its new Collaborative Research Residency. Application deadline is 1 August 2010 for a one-month residency in the period between 1 October and 31 December 2010. (full details)
  • June 2010
    The University of Arts in Belgrade offers a one-year, full-time MA in Cultural Policy and Management, accredited by the University Lyon 2 and supported by other partner universities, professional organizations and guest experts from all over Europe. (full details)
  • June 2010
    As part of its range of activities, the newly established Tokyo-based arts centre 3331 Arts Chiyoda launched an artist in residence programme, open to artists, curators and creative practitioners internationally. (full details)
  • May 2010
    HISK / Higher Institute for Fine Arts calls for applications to its Advanced Studies and Practice-based Research in Visual Arts programme. The deadline for the submission of applications for work years 2011-2012 is 15 June 2010. (full details)
  • May 2010
    Having published a number of reports evaluating the effects of Liverpool hosting the 2008 European Capital of Culture (ECoC), the Impacts 08 research team continues to develop the project aiming to adapt the its research framework into an international model capable of assessing the impact of major cultural initiatives. (full details)
  • May 2010
    Coalición de Artistas de Puerto Rico / Puerto Rican Visual Artists Coalition is the only art cultural network in Puerto Rico with over 300 members, including historians of art, restaurateurs, educators, curators, artists and other professionals of the plastic arts. With 4,000 works of art and about 100 videos registered, it has become the main centre of registration, reference, education and cyber documentation on Puerto Rican art on the Internet for schools, universities, libraries, scholars, researchers, teachers, students, artists, critical art, educators, museums, galleries, art, magazines collectors, restaurateurs, cultural managers. Visit artistasdepuertorico.ning.com or contact Edwin Velazquez at velazquezestudio@yahoo.com.
  • April 2010
    The 2010 call for applications to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity is now open, to support projects and activities that aim to foster the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector in developing countries. It is intended to facilitate the introduction of cultural policies that protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions and strengthen the corresponding institutional infrastructure. Funding requests are to be submitted through National Commissions for UNESCO or other designated official channels. Application deadlines are variable for each country on the national level, and 30 June 2010 to the Convention Secretariat. Information and applications are available at www.unesco.org/culture/fr/diversity/convention.
  • April 2010
    The Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris calls for applications for the Fine Arts Postgraduate Programme of its Research Program La Seine, starting in October 2010. Deadline for applications is 7 June 2010. (full details)
  • April 2010
    Transart Institute calls for applications to its MFA Creative Practice, an international masters program for working artists with summer residencies in Berlin, winter residencies in New York and one-on-one advisement during two academic years. Application deadline is 1 June 2010. (full details)
  • April 2010
    The Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG), Germany, offers diploma and doctoral (undergraduate/graduate) courses in Media Art, Exhibition Design and Scenography, Art Research and Media Theory, Product Design, and Communication Design. Deadline for applications is 15 April - 31 May 2010. (full details)
  • April 2010
    Roski School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, announces the extension of its application deadline to the Master of Public Art Studies Program at USC: Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere to 10 May 2010. (full details)
  • April 2010
    Based in Grenoble, L'Ecole du Magasin (Centre national d'art contemporain) is a ten-month international curatorial training programme that specializes in the coordination of artistic and exhibition-related projects. Applications are accepted between 1 April 2010 and 30 June 2010. (full details)
  • April 2010
    The UCLG Committee on Culture announces a call for proposals based on the Agenda 21 for culture, aimed at countries in Africa, Ibero-America and the Mediterranean, for cities and local governments which are direct or indirect members of United Cities and Local Governments - UCLG. The deadline for projects to be submitted is 22 June 2010. (full details)
  • April 2010
    The Saint–Petersburg Children's Foundation "Assistance", working in the field of children's art and creativity programmes for 20 years, is seeking a partner /co-producer for its forthcoming long-term Multidisciplinary Children (Family) Cultural, Entertainment / Festival project. (full details)
  • April 2010
    As part of UNESCO initiatives to promote the culture and development agenda, the Organization is currently seeking consultants to support the project Capacity-Building for Culture in Development: Using New UNESCO Policy/Programming Tools, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. (full details)
  • April 2010
    The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin is organising a seminar called Europe meets Russia, discussing the European-Russian relationship in the coming decade. The next EMR Weeklong Seminar will take place from 11-16 April 2010. (full details)
  • March 2010
    The new two-year part-time programme of the Master of Advanced Studies in Scenography (MAS) at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) Institute for Design and Technology begins in September 2010. Application deadline is 30 June 2010. (full details)
  • March 2010
    The Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, Sweden, in conjunction with the National Artistic Research School in Sweden, announces a doctoral studentship in fine art. Application deadline is 20 April 2010. (full details)
  • March 2010
    In its fifth edition, the project Methods, investigating the methodologies applied in creative processes for the socially responsible transformation, is opening its workshop, to be held in Biella, Italy on 20-24 May 2010, to a new and wider phase: the extension of research about methods of disciplines that go beyond the artistic context. Application deadline is 9 April 2010. (full details)
  • March 2010
    The Berlin University of the Arts UdK Award for Interdisciplinary Art and Science aims to give the impetus and opportunity to artists (fine art, media, architecture, design, music, theatre, visual communication etc.) and scientists to work between the priorities of the arts or between the arts and science. Entry deadline is 31 May 2010. (full details)
  • February 2010
    Culture and Local Governance, a peer-reviewed online journal publishing original work, both theoretical and empirical, on the relation between culture and local governance, calls for papers for its Special Issue on Culture and Sustainable Communities. Deadline for submission of papers is 1 May 2010. (full details)
  • February 2010
    Papers are invited for publication in a collected volume entitled The Other City: Emergent Urban Cultures. Eds. Steven T&omul;t&omul;sy de Zepetnek, Tutun Mukherjee, Christopher Larkosh, Agata Anna Lisiak, and Asuncón López-Varela Azcaráte. Deadline for submission is 31 May 2010. (full details)
  • February 2010
    The Department for Image Science of the Danube University Krems calls for applications to the First International Master of Media.Art.Histories, to be submitted by 26 April 2010. (full details)
  • February 2010
    Artists, designers and theoreticians are invited to submit research and production proposals to become a researcher at the Jan van Eyck Academie. The application deadline is 15 April 2010. (full details)
  • February 2010
    The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts of the University of Gothenburg announces eight vacant places on its doctoral (third cycle) programme to start on 1 September 2010. Application deadline is 5 April 2010. (full details)
  • February 2010
    The Core Program awards artist and critical studies residencies to highly motivated, emerging visual artists and critical writers who have completed their academic training but have not yet fully developed a professional career. Deadline for applications is 1 April 2010. (full details)
  • February 2010
    L'Ecole des Beaux Arts de Bordeaux, specialized in art & media and design, involves young artists and designers in a personalized teaching programme. Application deadline for entrance exam and special admissions commission is 31 March 2010. (full details)
  • February 2010
    The Berlin University of the Arts calls for applications to the Art in Context MA Programme, directed at those who seek to position their artistic work in the context of society. Application deadline is 15 March 2010. (full details)
  • February 2010
    The Management Department of the University of Antwerp is organising a Summer School on Cultural Management, to be held on 1-7 July 2010, focusing on Museums and Cultural Diversity. It will be open to both students and professionals, and will cover topics such as the role of the museum in a multicultural society, HRM and cultural governance, collection mobility and collection management. More information is available at www.ua.ac.be/asu.
  • February 2010

    Artistay is a free service for visual artists, writers and creators in other disciplines like design, fashion, architecture, looking for 2-weeks to 4-months residency programmes in France in order to realize a personal artistic project. Residencies are run by professionals with a background in the art world (artist, professor, art historian), able and willing to help their guests in practical, personal or professional matters. Applicants are given the opportunity to take advantage of the professional facilities and support in order to work efficiently and realize their self-defined project of residency. The selection is carried out by the residencies and the applicants are responsible for the funding. Contact: Catherine Cordelle and Christophe Le Guennec; e-mail: apply@artistay.org; www.artistay.com.

  • February 2010
    In order to create new career prospects for artists, Camac and Fondation Ténot offer each year a residency bursary to one visual artist, one writer and one musician or composer. Application deadline is 15 March 2010. (full details)
  • January 2010
    The Künstlerhaus Buchsenhausen is calling visual and media artists, art critics, theorists, and curators for applications to its International Fellowship Programme for Art and Theory 2010-2011. The closing date for submissions is 29 January 2010 (postmark). (full details)
  • January 2010
    The Maine College of Art in Portland, USA, now accepts applications for its academic programmes Bachelor of Fine Arts, Post-Baccalaureate in Art Education and Pre-College. Application deadlines are 1 February, 1 March and 19 April 2010 respectively. (full details)
  • January 2010
    The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts admits new students to postgraduate studies starting in September 2010 and leading to a Doctorate in Fine Arts. Application period is 1 December 2009 to 1 March 2010. (full details)
  • January 2010
    The University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK), Germany calls for applications for its degree programmes of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts, as well as its teacher education programmes of Bachelor of Arts/Science, Master of Education, Dr. phil. in art. Application deadline for the 2010/2011 winter semester is 5 March 2010. (full details)
  • January 2010
    Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) debuts an innovative MFA Program entitled the Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts: New Projects. The programme's application deadline is 15 April 2010, with classes commencing in fall 2010. (full details)
  • January 2010
    PhDArts, a collaboration between the Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, offers an international, high-level doctoral programme in visual arts and design, aiming to stimulate and facilitate artist-researchers and to provide a suitable research environment. Application deadlines are 30 April 2010 or 31 October 2010. (full details)
  • January 2010
    The Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design (maHKU) calls for applications to its Master of Arts in Fine Art and the Master of Arts in Design, pathways: Editorial Design, Fashion Communication Design, Interior Design, Public Space Design. Application deadline is 30 April 2010. (full details)
  • January 2010
    The Robert Bosch Stiftung invites selected German speaking fellows from Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe to Germany for a thirteen-month course qualifying them in international cultural management. The aim of the program is to familiarize a German audience with the cultural variety of these countries, to strengthen network structures for workable cooperative ventures between Germany and its eastern neighbours, and to qualify the next generation of managers for international cultural exchange. The programme is carried out by MitOst e.V.. Application deadline is 14 March 2010. Details are available from dora.schneider@moe-kulturmanager.de or at www.moe-kulturmanager.de/jetzt-bewerben/.
  • January 2010
    Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 artists in residency programme at La Macina di San Cresci, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy. The programme provides the ideal combination of living and working in a setting of truly inspirational beauty. Artist residencies consist of 7- to 90-day stays, with a possible time extension subject to availability. This period covers a programme based on a personal project proposal. Artists with specially interesting projects will hold a public event that offers a venue to test their ideas in a dialog with other artists, and the general public. Help will be provided by La Macina di San Cresci staff to organize a local exhibition on a theme related to the residency project. Residencies are available between 1 January and 31 December 2010. Please see www.chianticom.com for details and an application form.
  • November 2009
    Having established a campus in Abu Dhabi, New York University is recruiting faculty of international distinction in Film & Media History, Theory, and Criticism, as well as in Film & Television Production, committed to active research and finest teaching, aiming to build a pioneering global institution and forging an international community of scholars and students. Deadline for applications is 15 December 2009. (full details)
  • November 2009
    The MFA Program of the School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a three-year course of study committed to training artists and designers at the highest professional levels, offering an MFA degree with specializations in Painting, Sculpture, Photography, New Media, Ceramics, Metal, Graphic Design, and Industrial Design. Application deadline is 5 January 2010. (full details)
  • November 2009
    The Meadows School of the Arts at SMU seeks an arts law professor to join a dynamic faculty in a graduate MA/MBA Arts Administration programme in the Fall 2010. The position is a tenure track Assistant Professor. Application deadline is 1 January 2010. (full details)
  • November 2009
    The two-year Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice at California College of the Arts offers an expanded perspective on curating contemporary art and culture, providing practical training in curating and organizing exhibitions as well as rigorous study in the history of the discipline, modern and contemporary art history, theory, and criticism. Applications deadline for the fall 2010 incoming class is 5 January 2010. (full details)
  • November 2009
    Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis offers graduate programmes in art as well as architecture and urban design, with application deadlines on 5 JAnuary and 1 February 2010 respectively. (full details)
  • November 2009
    The School of Visual Arts in New York City invites applications for the Fall 2010 incoming class of MFA in Art Criticism & Writing by 15 January 2010. (full details)
  • November 2009
    The Moore College of Art & Design offers residency programmes in MA in Art Education, MFA in Studio Art, MFA in Interior Design. Application deadline is 1 February 2010. (full details)
  • November 2009
    The Film & Digital Media Department of the University of California Santa Cruz welcomes applications for admission to the inaugural 2010 class of its program for the Ph.D. in Critical Practice of Film & Digital Media. Application deadline is 15 January 2010. (full details)
  • November 2009
    The Marc de Montalembert Foundation and the National Institute of Art History award each year the Marc de Montalembert Prize of 8000 Euro to support the realization of a six- to nine-month project contributing to the knowledge of art history and heritageof the Mediterranean region. The prize is offered to young professionals of a Mediterranean nationality or origin. Application deadline is 30 November 2009. For details see www.fondationmdm.com.
  • November 2009
    Three new social virtual networks have been established in order to enhance and facilitate existing communication, cooperation and visibility aspects of the culture and arts scene at the European level: Artcitizens.net, Artacademia.net and Citizensofculture.net. (full details)
  • Ocober 2009
    The Hungarian Multicultural Center invites interested visual artists, writers, performers to submit applications for its residency programme in Budapest, Hungary, offering participants the opportunity to interact with other artists representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds. (full details)
  • Ocober 2009
    Alongside Essen, Germany, and Pécs, Hungary, Istanbul will be one of three European Capitals of Culture in 2010. In this context the European Commission has launched a grant scheme programme entitled Civil Society Dialogue – Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture. The programme will distribute grants to non-governmental organizations active in the area of culture and arts, carrying out projects with partners from the European Union, aiming to demonstrate Istanbul's cultural legacy and capacity. The deadline for submitting proposals is 2 December 2009. For details, see www.en.istanbul2010.org/proje/GP_536516.
  • September 2009
    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, tenure track position, with an emerging international reputation and significant experience, knowledge and accomplishments in the fields of techno-aesthetic and/or techno-cultural art practice, especially in the areas of New Media and/or Media Performance. (full details)
  • September 2009
    The postgraduate programme MediaArtHistories at the Department for Image Science, Danube University Krems offers a two-year low residency course of study leading to an M.A. degree. Applications for the next course will be accepted until 26 October 2009 (rolling admissions). (full details)
  • September 2009
    TCT-Workspace announces its International Performing Arts Residency 2009 (GAWP'09) in India for interested actors, dancers, musicians and other performing artists. The residency will be held in a township in Vijaynagar, South India from 15 December 2009 to 15 March 2010. Deadline for application is 30 September 2009. (full details)
  • September 2009
    The University Library in Bratislava has launched an English-Slovak cultural portal, dubbed Cultural Profile of Slovakia. This portal includes not only articles about particular cultural fields but also a wide database of cultural subjects. This database had been prepared either by our authors or through a direct contact with the subject and details had also been acquired from publicly available sources. Contact: Editors, Portal Cultural Profile of Slovakia, Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave (The University Library in Bratislava), Michalská 1, 814 01 Bratislava, Slovakia; e-mail: profil@ulib.sk; www.slovakia.culturalprofiles.net/, www.ulib.sk/
  • July 2009
    Marking its 20th anniversary this year, the Culturelink Network is organizing the Third World Culturelink Conference under the title Networks – The Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century, to be held from 13 to 15 November 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia. (full details)
    An overview of Culturelink's history of activities and achievements is available here.
  • July 2009
    PhDArts, a collaboration between the Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, offers an international, high-level doctorate in visual arts and design. Application deadline is 31 October 2009 or 30 April 2010. (full details)
  • July 2009
    The Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) calls for participation in its Independent Studies Programme (PEI), to take place between 14 January 2010 and December 2011, aiming to explore the field of artistic practices that link art to the human sciences and to critical-social intervention, and seeking to enhance students' capacity to participate in professional activities and their ability to articulate a critical position in regards to art and culture. The deadline for applications is 2 October 2009. (full details)
  • July 2009
    Expanding its programme, the Hungarian Multicultural Center (HMC) invites interested visual artists, writers and musicians to submit application for its AIR-HMC International Artists Residencies programme to be held in Budapest, Hungary, on 28 December 2009 to 11 January 2010. The deadline for applications is 6 September 2009. (full details)
  • July 2009
    The Foundation Ortega y Gasset Argentina invites participation in its course on Public Cultural Policy Management in American and European Countries, to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 24 and 28 August 2009. The deadline for application is 14 August 2009. (full details)
  • June 2009
    The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation awards two research grants for the research and/or execution of preservation-related projects in historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, architectural history and the decorative arts. Applications deadline is 16 September 2009. (full details)
  • June 2009
    The Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Research Fellowships annually to highly qualified European and Japanese researchers in all fields. The European Fellowship holders pursue a period of between three months and a year of research in Japan whereas the Japanese Fellows do their research at host institutions in Europe. The deadline for the year 2010 is 15 September 2009. (full details)
  • June 2009
    At their recent meeting, the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina was named the World Book Capital 2011 by the selection committee, composed of representatives of the three main professional associations in the book industry and UNESCO. (full details)
  • June 2009
    Creating Worlds, a multi-annual research project that investigates the relationship between art production and knowledge production in the context of the transformations and crises of contemporary capitalism, will be developed in the years 2009 to 2012, involving research, publication and artistic projects. (full details)
  • May 2009
    HIAP – the Helsinki International Artist-in-Residence Programme invites international visual artists to submit applications for HIAP Production Residencies for the period of 2009/10. The deadline for submissions is 1 July 2009. (full details)
  • May 2009
    The Research Programme La Seine is to provide students with the means to develop their artistic and research in an academic environment that is oriented to prepare them for the demands of the professional context of contemporary and post contemporary art. Applications deadline is 8 June 2009. (full details)
  • May 2009
    The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program supports individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through grants ranging from 3,000 to 50,000 USD. Application deadline is 8 June 2009. Writers who meet the program's eligibility requirements are invited to apply in the following categories: articles, blogs, books, new and alternative media, and short-form writing. For details, please visit www.artswriters.org.
  • May 2009
    The deadline for applications to the International Artist in Residence Program that will take place in Estación Forestal, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, from 14-26 September 2009, is 3 June 2009. The call is open to artists of different disciplines: drama and performing arts, dance, fine arts and visual arts (video, cinema, photography), literature, music and sound research, landscape creation and others. Individual artists or groups can apply. Every artist carries out a creative project that can be either ad hoc generated or part of a work in progress. For details, visit www.centroruraldearte.org.ar/site/index.php?lang=en_US.
  • May 2009
    The 40th anniversary of the second Pan-African Cultural Festival will be held in Algeria from 5-20 July 2009 with the participation of nearly 8000 representatives of the continent and the African Diaspora. Algeria, commissioned by the African Union (AU) to organize this festival under the banner of "African Renaissance", has already received confirmation of participation from 44 countries on the 53 AU members. Algeria has established a special fund of 5 billion 140 million dinars for the festival. For details please visit www.panafalger2009.dz.
  • May 2009
    The World Festival of Black Arts will be held in Dakar, Senegal from 1-14 December 2009. At the initiative of Senegal's President, Maître Abdoulaye Wade, the principal African Heads of State, from South Africa to Libya have taken patronage of The World Festival of Black Arts, FESMAN 2009. The artistic organization has been entrusted to major art figures in Africa, America, and Europe, who are in charge of selecting, orienting, and coordinating events. More information is available at www.fesman2009.com/en/fesman/The-FESMAN-2009.html.
  • May 2009
    The Spier Contemporary 2010 is inviting all artists living in South Africa to reflect their experiences, aspirations and visions through new work submitted to this competition/exhibition. The deadline for submissions is 30 October 2009. The Spier Contemporary was born in 2007/08, immediately becoming the largest biennale art competition and exhibition in South Africa. The inaugural exhibition received over 2,500 submissions from around the country, exhibited 95 artists in Cape Town and Johannesburg, hosted 25,000 visitors and awarded R1,000,000 in prize money. More information is available at www.spiercontemporary.co.za.
  • April 2009
    Konstfack (University College of Arts, Crafts and Design) announces an opening for a PhD position in the research field of artistic processes. Deadline for applications is 30 April 2009. (full details)
  • April 2009
    FUTUREtakes, an independent publication providing futurist thought and education to World Future Society announces a call for papers for the upcoming thematic issue on International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Future. Deadline for paper submissions is 31 May 2009. (full details)
  • April 2009
    Under the leadership of curator, critic, and theorist Joshua Decter, in conjunction with a faculty of curators, art historians, organizers, critics and artists, the Master of Public Art Studies Program (MPAS) at the University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts in Los Angeles functions as a hub for critically rethinking the role of art in the public sphere, and analyzing art's complex interconnection with social space. Deadline for applications is 1 May 2009. (full details)
  • April 2009
    Pacific Northwest College of Art's Intermedia department is currently accepting applications for Boundary Crossings: An Institute in Animated Arts. Rolling admissions run through May 2009. (full details)
  • March 2009
    Artists, designers and theoreticians are invited to submit proposals for new individual or collective research and/or production projects for a one-year or two-year research period in the departments of Fine Art, Design and Theory of the Jan van Eyck Academie. The application deadline is 15 April 2009. (full details)
  • March 2009
    The Geneva University of Art and Design offers three Master HES-SO in Fine Arts majors: CCC - Critical Curatorial Cybermedia, Trans–Art Education, and Work.Master Contemporary Artistic Practices. Deadline for applications is 15 May 2009. (full details)
  • March 2009
    The MediaArtHistories postgraduate programme at the Department for Image Science of the Danube University Krems offers a two-year low residency course of study leading to an M.A. degree. It conveys the most important developments of contemporary art through a network of renowned international theorists, artists, curators and many others. Deadline for application is 1 May 2009. (full details)
  • March 2009
    Curating Art is a full time Master programme offered by the Department of Art History in collaboration with the School of Business and the Department of Law at Stockholm University. Deadline for applications is 15 April 2009. (full details)
  • March 2009
    After the success of their previous Summer Schools, the Faculty of Economics and Jean Monnet Chair of the University of Rijeka are organizing the Fifth International Summer School entitled International Environment and European Integration, which will be held in Rijeka, Croatia, from 6 to 18 July 2009. (full details)
  • March 2009
    For the "Cultural Event" Label for 2009 the Council of Europe is launching a call for cultural and artistic projects which through their work convey strong messages related to the Council of Europe's mission and values and address key challenges of the European societies of today. The call is open to all disciplines of contemporary art: visual and video arts, music, dance, theatre, literature, poetry, cooking, etc. Deadline for submission is 30 June 2009. Details at http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/Aware/Events/default_en.asp#TopOfPage.
  • March 2009
    One way in which the Anna Lindh Foundation fulfils its mission is by providing grants to civil society organisations, through an annual Call for Proposals to select the best initiatives for intercultural dialogue. The Call is focused on thematic issues in line with each year's priorities. Deadline for proposals is 30 April 2009 for short-term projects and 30 May 2009 for long-term projects. (full details)
  • March 2009
    The European Entrepreneurship Video Award 2009 builds a unique bridge between two worlds, cinema and business. The challenge is to make creative and original short videos (between one and three minutes) in the categories The Entrepreneurial Spirit, Innovative Entrepreneurship and Responsible Entrepreneurship. Deadline for entries is 31 March 2009. (full details)
  • March 2009
    Slovo, the Inter-Disciplinary Journal of Russian, Eurasian, Central and East European Affairs, published by postgraduates of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, accepts submissions for the Autumn 2009 issue from the following fields: anthropology, economics, film, geography, history, international studies, linguistics, literature, media, music, politics and sociology. Deadline for submissions is 14 March 2009. (full details)
  • March 2009
    The Core Program of the Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA, awards visual artists and critical studies residencies to highly motivated, emerging visual artists and critical writers who have completed their academic training but have not yet fully developed a professional career. Deadline for applications is 1 April 2009. (full details)
  • March 2009
    askanexpert.culture.info is an interactive service allowing people working or interested in arts and culture to directly engage with experts from across the globe in a particular cultural area or theme. (full details)
  • March 2009
    Artistay is a service for artists, writers, architects, academics, art teachers and curators looking for a residency programme in France in order to realize a personal artistic project. Residencies are run by professionals with a background in the art world (artist, professor, art historian), able and willing to help their guests in practical, personal or professional matters. Applicants are given the opportunity to take advantage of the professional facilities and support in order to work efficiently and realize their self-defined project of residency. The selection is carried out by the residencies and the applicants are responsible for the funding. Details at www.artistay.com.
  • February 2009
    The Government of Botswana is in the process of ratifying the 2003 Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, having held consultative workshops around the country from 10-27 November 2008 to sensitise key stake-holders on the Convention and encourage them to take part in the ratification and implementation processes. Furthermore, consultative workshops on the convention have been held around Botswana. For more information contact: tbolokoe@gov.bw
  • February 2009
    The Pacific Arts Alliance (PaCaa) focuses on being a vehicle to provide information and create networks, aiming to provide better access to opportunities through helping to stimulate cross-cultural arts activity throughout the Pacific, and to connect and enhance the visibility of Pacific artists worldwide. (full details)
  • February 2009
    The Regional Unit for Culture in Asia and the Pacific of UNESCO Bangkok Office announces the acceptance of entries for the 2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. The deadline for entries is 31 March 2009. (full details)
  • February 2009
    PhDArts, a PhD course collaboration between the Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, invites applications by 30 April 2009. (full details)
  • January 2009
    Pioneering work in artistic research and postgraduate studies, the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts admits new students to postgraduate studies leading to a Doctorate in Fine Arts. The deadline for applications is 27 February 2009. (full details)
  • January 2009
    The Digital Arts and New Media MFA Program at University of California (UC) Santa Cruz announces the initiation of new collaborative research projects in the context of the programme's ongoing research. The deadline for applications is 15 February 2009. (full details)
  • January 2009
    The Banff Centre, Canada invites applications for a variety of self-directed residencies and thematic programmes on painting, literature and architecture in 2009. The deadlines for applications are set separately for each programme. (full details)
  • January 2009
    The International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (IJSA) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that will be published monthly by Academic Journals. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. (full details)
  • December 2008
    The International Federation for Choral Music announces two new training opportunities for young event and arts managers in the field of choral music. Deadline for applications are 15 December 2008 (International Study Tour for Arts Managers) and 15 March 2009 (Youth Event Management Programme). (full details)
  • December 2008
    The Central European Foundation (CEF) announces its third call for proposals to support projects in arts and culture in Slovakia (SR) and the Central European (CE) region. The goal of the programme is to support projects that focus on developing artistic works, events and performances, and presenting them to the widest possible audience. Deadline for proposals is 15 December 2008. (full details)
  • November 2008
    The MFA at Cornell is for thinking and inquiring artists who seek to arbitrate the centrifugal opportunities of a small artistic community of students and faculty members with the centripetal outreach of a research-based university. Applications deadline is 15 January 2009. (full details)
  • November 2008
    The Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego invites applications to the Art Practice concentration in the Ph.D. programme in Art and Media History, Theory, and Criticism. Deadline for applications is 2 January 2009. (full details)
  • November 2008
    The MIT Visual Arts Program (VAP) seeks committed, curious and creative students for the 2009-2010 academic year. Positioned within the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, the Masters of Science programme offers a wealth of exploration and research opportunities in transdisciplinary relationships with programmes and labs in the MIT community. Deadline for applications is 15 December 2008. (full details)
  • November 2008
    The Meadows School of the Arts at the Dallas Southern Methodist University (SMU) seeks an arts marketing and development professor for a tenure track Assistant Professor position. The deadline fo application is 1 January 2009. (full details)
  • October 2008
    Newcastle University recently launched a new post-graduate programme – the Masters of Research in Digital Media is a cutting edge programme, building on the interdisciplinary, practice-led creative research at the University's Culture Lab. (full details)
  • October 2008
    Applications are now being accepted for the fall 2009 incoming class of a two-year master's degree programme at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, offering an expanded perspective on curating contemporary art and culture. Application deadline is 15 January 2009. (full details)
  • October 2008
    The two-year Digital Arts and New Media MFA programme at the University of California, Santa Cruz is now accepting applications for Fall 2009. Artists are encouraged to apply by 15 February 2009. (full details)
  • October 2008
    NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano is looking for talented young creatives for its 2009 postgraduate programmes in Digital Environment Design, Interior Design, Landscape Design, Multimedia Communication Design, Photography and Visual Design, Textile and New Materials Design, and Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies. Application deadline is 31 October 2008. (full details)
  • October 2008
    CIDEAL, the Centre for Research and Cooperation for Development, a Spanish non-profit organization participating in European consortia for the provision of short-term technical assistance services to the European Commission in developing countries, seeks experts in the field of cultural development with experience in cultural issues and cultural cooperation programmes in Africa and Latin America. (full details)
  • October 2008
    The academic journal Slovo, which publishes articles on Russian, Eurasian, and East European affairs, is accepting submissions for its Spring 2009 issue (Volume 21.1). Contributions, including research articles, book and film reviews, and review articles are welcome from all research students and academics. The maximum length for consideration of an article is 6,000 – 7,000 words, and 700 words for a review. The deadline for submissions is 27 October 2008. Submissions to the Board of Editors may be sent to slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk. All research articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and adhere to the MHRA Style guide.
  • October 2008
    Set up in 2008, Artistay aims to enable artists from all over the world and with different cultural backgrounds, who are engaged in a professional process of research and creation, to find a residency in France that is ideally suited to their individual requirements, through a personalized study of every application and a partnership with a network of professional residencies. Working with artists in all media, art professionals (critics, curators, agents, etc.) and other creators (architects, designers, writers), Artistay's service is free of charge for applicants until the reservation is confirmed. Contact: Artistay, 5, rue de la République, F-09600 Montbel, France; tel.: +33(0)6 76 36 64 21; e-mail: apply@artistay.com; www.artistay.com
  • September 2008
    The Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for tenure-track appointments at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level in International/Global and/or Intercultural Communication, Quantitative Communication Research Methodologies, Qualitative Communication Research Methodologies, Journalism Studies, Journalism, News and Society. (full details)
  • September 2008
    The Emily Carr University of Art and Design invites applications and nominations for the position of Vice-President, Academic & Provost, as the current incumbent is retiring in 2009. Applications will be reviewed starting 1 November 2008 until the position is filled. (full details)

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