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A R T A T T H E X National Juried Exhibition Xavier University Art Gallery September 26 - November 7, 2008 Open to artists over the age of 18 residing in North America. Entries must be original works not previously shown at Xavier University Art Gallery. All 2D and 3D art created in the last two years (2006-08) will be considered except video, performance and installation. Entries must not exceed 48x90 inches or 100 pounds. No entry that requires the artist to be present for moving or assembly will be accepted. entry fee of $25 for up to three entries. Entries must be postmarked no later than Friday, May 30, 2008. Click here for entry form ------- Juneteenth Legacy Theatre seeks youth performers and groups up to 21 years old for Juneteenth at Apollo, a competitive community talent showcase. Cash prizes of $100, $75, and $50, plus free workshops on auditioning and presentation skills. Performances are June 7th, 14th, and 21st. Entry fees are $5 for individuals and $10 for groups. Juneteenth also has roles for 45 actors and dancers of diverse ethnic and age ranges. Auditions are May 16th, 7 - 9:30 PM and May 17th, 4 - 7 PM at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Bring press release. For more information or to register for Juneteenth at Apollo, call 502- 636-4200. (Do not call ATL) ------- OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY ARTS PARTICIPATION NO PREVIOUS ART EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Artists Mary Yates and Joyce Ogden are overseeing the creation of a hand-made clay tile mural in the exit lobby of the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections Facility in downtown Louisville.Inmates and their loved ones have been contributing drawings which are being photographically transferred to flat ceramic tiles to become part of the mural. Yates and Ogden are looking for groups who can help make some of the artwork and tiles. Interested groups are invited to visit Spalding University’s campus and work with Joyce Ogden and her students in a workshop format on one or more of the following dates: May 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 and June 3, 5, 10 and 12 from 12:30-4:00 PM. Special arrangements may also be made for one or both artists to facilitate tile making workshops at other times either on or off campus. Anyone interested in participating should contact Joyce Ogden at (502) 585-9911 ext.2360 or jogden@spalding.edu. ------- via colori --- call for artists Bardstown---the first time in Kentucky---street painting festival.  Artists can participate at no cost--we supply the chalk. Must be over 18, no commercial messages in the art, and art is appropriate for viewers of all ages. Benefits from event will go to the Advocacy & Support Center (ASC); a private, nonprofit mental health agency providing services to victims of rape and sexual abuse. Click here for more info ------- Frieze Writer's Prize 2008 Frieze magazine writer's prize is an annual award to discover and promote new art critics. Entrants must submit one 700 word review of a recent contemporary art exhibition. Entries must be submitted in English, but it may be a translation (this must be acknowledged). Entrants must be over 18 years old. To qualify, entrants may only previously have had a maximum of three pieces of writing published in any national or regional newspaper or magazine. The winning entrant will be commissioned to write a review for the October issue of frieze and be awarded 2000 GBP. Two further awards of 500 GBP will be made for outstanding entries. Closing date is: 23rd June 2008 Click here for more info ------- A ROOM OF HER OWN FOUNDATION INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR 2009 LITERARY GIFT OF FREEDOM AWARD A Room Of Her Own Foundation is dedicated to helping women artists achieve the privacy and financial support necessary to pursue their art. The foundation annually provides an award of $50,000 to a woman writer.  The  foundation's 2009 Literary Gift of Freedom Award will be given to an American woman writer who is a U.S. citizen and will be living in the U.S. during the  grant period.  Acceptable genres for this grant are poetry, playwriting, creative nonfiction, and fiction.  The program requires a $35.00 application fee. Click here to visit the foundation's Web site for complete program guidelines. ------- ARTS ACROSS KENTUCKY SEEKS INFORMATION AND PHOTOS OF KENTUCKY ARTISTS AT WORK Kentucky artists are invited to send articles with “high quality images”  of their art as well as photos of themselves at work.  300 dpi (dots per inch) is the minimum necessary for print media and send them in large size. More information at www.artsacrossky.com -------- RESOURCE FOR ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS A.R.T. (Artist Resources and Tips) is available on the Kentucky Arts Council website artscouncil.ky.gov A.R.T. is published online every two months. If you are not on the arts council’s mailing list and wish to receive email announcements when new editions of A.R.T. are posted to the website, you must sign up for the arts council’s mailing list via the link on the front page of their website at artscouncil.ky.gov -------- The Arts & Democracy website sponsored by the National Center for Civic Participation www.ccp.org The site features: twelve profiles of exemplary work in arts, culture and democracy descriptions of more than 85 arts, culture and democracy projects along with contact information for these projects a resource list with articles, websites and publications a blog with highlights from the artist-activist gatherings

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Around the Globe LONDON/NEW YORK/ HONG KONG.-Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, today announced 2007 art sales totals of £3.1 billion/$6.3 billion, a 25% increase in £ and 36% increase in $ over 2006 sales. Read artdaily.org for more In The U.S. there will be something here eventually! Around Kentucky The Winter 2007/2008 issue of The New Southerner profiles the work of Kentucky artist Dobree Adams including her work to help stop the abuses from mountaintop removal coal mining. Online at newsoutherner.com At UK (the University of Kentucky, that is) The internationally renowned fiber artist and UK professor Arturo Alonzo Sandoval has been making headlines recently with his ever-compelling artwork. Sandoval's elaborate installation Memorial: 5191 examines his personal beliefs on life after death through the 49 victims of the ill-fated Comair flight. (Arturo Alonzo Sandoval) Arturo Alonzo Sandoval was also presented The Kentucky Star Award in November 2007. As a recognition of lifetime achievement, the award is given to a Kentuckian who has made a significant artistic contribution. Other awardees for 2007 include author and journalist David Dick, actor and director Warren Hammack, John Jacob Niles, and writer Robert Penn Warren - all of whom have UK ties. (Jim Campbell) Percussionist and UK professor Jim Campbell was recently featured in an impressive article about his contribution to the success of UK's School of Music and particularly its percussion studies program. The article "Jim Campbell: The Proof is in The Legacy" can be viewed online at www.yamaha.com Kim Edwards' The Memory Keepers Daughter remains on the New York Times bestsellers list more than a year after its release. Kudos to this talented UK writing instructor! Recognized for his work honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, ceramics associate professor, Bobby Scroggins, created a sculpture of Willa Beatrice Brown Chappell, the Kentucky woman who trained more than 200 of the airmen Associate professor of art history, Robert Jensen, was honored for Vollard and Cezanne: An Anatomy of a Relationship, the lead essay in the exhibition catalogue to Cezanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde showing at The Met in NYC, Art Institute of Chicago, and Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France