Artist Opportunities (Posted May 22, 2008)

Please note: these listings are taken mainly from submissions to Currents: A Cultural Quarterly publication. For the most comprehensive listings of artist opportunities, check out www.artisttrust.org  or write for the newsletter to Artist Trust, 1835 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. 206.467.8374.

To subscribe to the monthly Opportunities for Artists eNewsletter published by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, or to send out a call to artists on Bainbridge and beyond, please email admin@artshum.org.

IN THE CULTURAL LIMELIGHT

Bainbridge artist Gregory Glynn's wood and mixed media sculpture are exhibited in a solo show at Catherine Person Gallery, 319 Third Ave South, Seattle, through June 28. Glynn's work will also appear in the Outdoor Sculpture Invitational at Maryhill Museum in Goldendale, WA, May 10 to Oct. 31, 2008.

Bainbridge poet Janet Norman Knox won the Red Hen Press/Los Angeles Review Ruskin Prize of $1000 plus a trip to Los Angeles to read with Carolyn Forche and Paul Muldoon (New Yorker).

The Six Day Bicycle Races, a film by Bainbridge Islander Jeff Groman, owner of Classic Cycle, is touring eight cities around the world as part of the 2008 Bicycle Film Festival.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

The 2008 Bainbridge Island Art Expo and Music Fest, August 1-3, seeks artists and musicians to exhibit and perform. The annual trade show & art sale features regional and local arts organizations as well as individual artists. This year, event includes vendor spaces for musicians and music organizations, artist and musician demos, with showcase musicians throughout the event. Handicapped and elderly artists encouraged to apply. For prospectus, please visit www.ArtExpoBI.com, or call Elizabeth Gadbois, Event Coordinator at 206.842.3700 or 206.819.3618 (cell).

Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowships. Artist Trust seeks applications from individual generative artists for the 2008 Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship Program. Artists in the following categories are invited to apply: Emerging Fields, Cross-Disciplinary Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Traditional & Folk Arts (artists in the following categories can apply in June 2009: Music Arts, Media Arts, Literary Arts and Craft Arts.) Info: www.artisttrust.org or 206.467.8734. Ddl: 6/20.

The 15th annual Christmas in the Country arts & crafts event will be held this December 5, 6 & 7. Artists, authors, musicians, and culinary crafters interested in being considered for jury, please contact director, Sharon Soames, at sharonrs@aol.com or 206.842.6883. Also looking for host venues of historic significance or special interest. Registration begins July 15. Early deadline: August 30. www.christmasinthecountry.info.

Arts Business Opportunity. Acquire a well-loved, long-established, and successful community arts event that also showcases Bainbridge Island. Become the owner/director of a tour-styled arts & crafts event that supports and promotes home-based businesses, artists & musicians, and non-profit organizations. Inquiries: 206.842.6883.

Artists, cultural organizations, arts businesses: sign up on BIAHC's online Artist Database. www.artshum.org.    

VISUAL

Studio Space Sought. College students Nick Mann and Alex Fermanis are looking for artist studio space on Bainbridge or nearby to rent from June 1-Aug. 30. Contact: astmann@comcast.net or 206.842.7632.

Washington State Arts Commission is accepting applications for its Public Artist Roster of professional visual artists eligible for commissions of new work through the Art in Public Places Program. Selected artists will be qualified for state percent-for-art projects with budgets from $25,000-$300,000. Competition is open to artists in the Western U.S. Apply online at www.arts.wa.gov. Ddl: 6/16.

Bainbridge Island Winter Studio Tour. Applications for 2008 Winter Studio Tour, which takes place December 5 - 7, are available July 1 and are due July 31. All mediums are considered for this popular and well-attended art show, now celebrating 25 years! Download application form from www.bistudiotour.com ("For Artists" page). Applications also available at BI Chamber of Commerce. Info: Dinah Satterwhite, 206.842.0504.  

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Call for New Artists. Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, a 60-year-old nonprofit gallery and arts organization, holds open juries for artists who interested in showing and selling their work in the BAC Gallery. BAC looks for Northwest artists whose work displays mastery of medium, contemporary style, and professional presentation. Please visit the BAC website at www.bacart.org or the Gallery in person before jurying. Remaining 2008 jury dates: 6/18, 9/17, 10/15. Pick up jury application forms at the Gallery, 151 Winslow Way E., or download them from the website.

The BIAHC Public Art Committee is accepting resumes for potential temporary, part-time work involving the public art component of the Winslow Way Streetscape. Preferred experience includes a knowledge of public art selection process and project management experience with capital or public art projects. Send a resume and letter of interest to Public Art Program Manager Janice Shaw at janices@artshum.org. Info: 206.842.7901.

Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse in Poulsbo seeks artwork for exhibits in upcoming months. Call 360.779.9199. www.poulsbohemian.com.

Two-dimensional artwork sought for exhibitions at the Harbour Public House and Pegasus Cafe. Harbour Public House: photography and paintings. Pegasus Café: photography, drawings, and paintings. Contact: parfitt.way@gmail.com or 206.337.2180.

Bainbridge Island Art Gallery Seeks Artists. "A is for Artists Gallery" is a not-for-profit artist-owned/artists-run gallery located in the heart of Winslow in elegant new retail space designed specifically to showcase high-end fine, fun, and functional artwork. Info: 206.842.2434. www.AisforArtistsGallery.com.

MUSIC/THEATRE

Auditions: Bainbridge Performing Arts production of Macbeth. 6/9 & 10. Includes 20 - 25 parts for men, women and youth, ages 14 and up. Runs 10/16 - 26. Email dmccollom@BainbridgePerformingArts.org or call 206.842.8569 for an audition appointment.

Music Community Resources sponsors Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening live concerts and Sunday evening open mic events at Pegasus Cafe. To sign up for a slot or for more information, go to www.musiccommunityresources.com or call Norm Johnson at 206.842.5485.

LITERARY

Field's End Writing Workshops and Roundtables:  www.fieldsend.org.

Exhibition: A Journal of Visual & Literary Art, seeks visual images plus poetry, short fiction, essays, and memoirs for its fall 2008 issue. The theme is The Senses. We invite you to submit both literary and visual art that relates to sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste: the sound of birds in the garden or the ambulance on the highway; the smell of rain or asphalt; the feel of the cat in your lap or the keyboard under your fingers. Info: www.artshum.org (publications) or call BIAHC at 206.842.7901. Ddl. 7/31.

Washington Poets Association seeks poetry submissions for their new online collection.
online whispers & [Shouts]. This is an ongoing project without deadline. No fees. For full guidelines, rules, and other information, please see the online whispers & [Shouts] web site at: http://washingtonpoets.org/owas.

Origami Condom, a new online poetry journal, seeks submissions. Edited by local poet Carrie Gilstrap-Nettle. Info and submission guidelines are at www.origamicondom.org.

Poulsbo Armchair Poetry Readings, every first Saturday evening. Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse, 360.779.9199. Writers Workshop every Monday 7-9pm.

Jewel Box Poets Sunday Reading Series. Typically third Sunday of the month at 3pm at Jewel Box Theatre in Poulsbo. Featured poets followed by open mic. 360.779.9688 or jewelboxpoets@comcast.net.

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FILM

The Sustainability Stories Project: A Sustainable Bainbridge Community Project. Help Sustainable Bainbridge bring stories alive through film about the interesting things community members are doing in their own lives to live more sustainably. Contact Van Calvez (Board Member, Sustainable Bainbridge): vcalvez@gmail.com or 206.780.2706 (evenings).

Northwest Film Forum seeks submissions to the 11th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival. The festival is a showcase of current narrative, documentary, and experimental film by Northwest artists. No entry fee. Info: www.localsightings.org. Ddl: 7/1.

The Celluloid Bainbridge Filmmakers Finishing Fund, administered by the Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council, assists local filmmakers who have completed the principal photography on a project with funding for postproduction expenses. Contact BIAHC at 206.842.7901or admin@artshum.org for more information.

LOCAL CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Bainbridge Gardens Summer Workshops. 6/15, 1pm: Cisco Morris -"Incredible Plants that Will Make Your Side of the Garden Look Better than Your Partner's." Free (call for ticket). 6/21, 11am: Northwest Newcomers. $5. 6/22, 1pm: Drip Irrigation. Free. 6/29, noon-3pm: Whitney Farms - "Organically Driven." Free. 7/19, 1pm: Greg Atkinson - "Cooking from the Garden." Free (call for ticket). Info: www.bainbridgegardens.com or 206.842.5888.

Global Source Education Summer Workshops for Educators. The Sustainable Schools Project: A Professional Development Program on Transforming our School Ecologies. 7/15-17, Breidablik Elementary School, Poulsbo; Food Farming, Culture & Education. 7/28-31, Day Road Farms, Bainbridge Island. To register and for additional summer programs on Tibet, Bearing Witness, and  Social Studies CBAs: www.GlobalSourceNetwork.org or 206.780.5797.

West Sound Conservatory, a community division of West Sound Academy, offers quality courses in visual arts, music, theater, and dance as well as providing academic tutoring, SAT preparation and comprehensive college counseling. Info: 360-598-5954 or visit www.westsoundacademy.org.

ARTS & CRAFTS

Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Summer Art Education: "Out and About Drawing," every Wednesday, 2-4pm; "Blooming Art," 6/26, 4-5:30pm; "One Big Day of Glass" (Museum of Glass, Tacoma), 7/31; "On the Trail at the Bloedel Reserve," 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 1-4pm. Details & Registration: 206.842.3132 or www.bacart.org.

Bainbridge Metro Park & Recreation District Summer Art Classes. Summer Evening Art Classes for Adults & Teens, with Sally Prangley. 6/30, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 6:30-9pm. $35 class fee + $15 materials. Beyond Still Photography Basics, with Emily Groff. Tues., 7/8-29, 7-9pm. $45 class fee (materials not included). Art Studio Camps for Youth (ages 6 - 13), with Marcia Millican. Mon. - Fri., 6/30-7/31. Morning & Afternoon sessions. $85 - $120. Outdoor Watercolor Class, with Beth Moga. Mon., 6/23-7/21, 9:30am-Noon. $85 (materials not included). Info & Reg. 206.842.2306 x 16; www.biparks.org.

Art Blast 2008. Workshops 7/18 & 19, 9am-4pm. Northwest College of Art, Poulsbo. $195 for 4 workshops & materials plus lunch. Info: 360.697.9993 or www.nca.edu.  

Batik with Nia Fliam & Agus Ismoyo. All supplies and equipment provided for this
two-day hands-on intensive. $350. Free public presentation, 7/10, 7-9pm. Workshop: 7/12-13, 10am-4pm. Bainbridge Island Creativity Center, 9338 Business Park Ln. 1.800.884.2168. www.BainbridgeIslandCreativityCenter.org.

Creativity Center Summer Workshops. 6/21: Photo Etching; 7/19 & 20: Watercolor On-the-Go. www.BainbridgeIslandCreativityCenter.org.  

Pioneer Square Gallery Tours. Led by Victoria Josslin, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Education Director. Second Thursday of the month, May - September. 206.842.3132. www.bacart.org.

Painting Classes for Adults. Individual instruction and support for painters in a small group setting. Amy Williams instructs and coaches students in her Bainbridge Island studio. All levels. Mondays, 9:30am-12:30pm. Ongoing. 206.914.3201. amy@artconspiracy.net.

Arts Studio continuing series of beginning to advanced photography workshops. Emphasis on picture meaning. Digital and film technology discussed and demonstrated as needed. Group and one-to-one sessions available. Contact: Art Grice, 206.842.1294 or adgrice@earthlink.net.

Learn the art of Stained Glass on Bainbridge Island at Island Spectrum Design. Morning and evening classes. Tuition for the 6 week session is $85. Tools and materials are not included, but available for purchase. Call: Julie Hews-Everett, Island Spectrum Design, 206.780.0837.

Mosaic Classes with Raquel Stanek. Ongoing workshops Sat & Sun. 10:30am-2:30pm at Bainbridge studio. 206.715.0666. www.pondballs.com.

Glass Blowing on Bainbridge Island. Small, intimate classes. Beginners welcome. Kuy Hepburn, 206.780.0700.

LITERARY

Field's End Winter Writers' Roundtables. 6/17: Sheila Rabe - "What makes a book funny?" 7/15: Panel - "What's the best way to get your words on the page?" 8/19: Carol Cassella - "How do we find time to write?" Free. 7-8:30pm at Bainbridge Public Library. Details: www.fieldsend.org.  
 
Journeys with Words - Workshops for Writers: poetry, fiction, non-fiction. Ongoing, join any time. Any age, experience level. Nancy Rekow, 206.842.4855. Also: editing, tutoring, college essay help, publishing help.

MUSIC & PERFORMANCE

Bainbridge Chorale Young Singers Summer Vocal Camp. 7/21-25, for students entering grades 2 - 8 in fall. Info & registration: www.bainbridgechorale.org or 206.780.2647.

Bainbridge Performing Arts offers year-round theatre classes for children and adults. www.BainbridgePerformingArts.org. 206.842.8578.

Island Music Guild Summer Music Camps include KinderMusik (6/23-27); Intensive Piano Camp (7/7-11); Chamber Music Camp (8/4-8); and Rock Camp (8/11-15).IMG also offers ongoing individual and group music lessons and opportunities, plus Island Community Music Academy, a series of evening music classes for all skill levels. Info: www.islandmusic.org or 206.780.6911.

MEDIA & VIDEO

Bainbridge Island Television Video Production Courses. For details, prerequisites, and orientation call 206.780.2980 or visit www.bitv.org. 

Volunteer Opportunities

Cherry Fair Productions, a new Bainbridge Island theatre, is currently looking for committed, enthusiastic volunteers in a variety of capacities for its August 2008 production of Adam Bede. Info: info@cherryfairproductions.com or 360.440.3445.

The July 11-13 Bainbridge in Bloom Garden Tour offers a host of fun opportunities for spirited volunteers. Info & registration: www.gardentour.info or call BIAHC at 206.842.7901.

Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge seeks enthusiastic volunteers. Email info@ovationmtb.com or call 206.842.0472.

Volunteer at the Bainbridge Island Historical Society & Museum, 206.842.2773 or www.bainbridgehistory.org.   

Field's End, a writers' community affiliated with the nonprofit Bainbridge Public Library, needs volunteers for marketing, grant writing, data entry, scrap booking, and more. Queries: info@fieldsend.org, attention Volunteer Coordinator.

Be a Part of the Arts! Bainbridge Performing Arts volunteers are integral to its success. Those volunteering for specific productions may attend the corresponding event for FREE! Interested? Call 206.842.8578 or email Volunteers@BainbridgePerformingArts.com.  

Volunteer at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Gallery. 206.842.3132 or www.bacart.org.
 

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