Visual Activism Symposium (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)

Call for Proposals

The International Association of Visual Culture (IAVC) invites proposals for its third biennial symposium in San Francisco on March 14 - 16, 2014.

The symposium will be an international gathering centered on the concept of visual activism. It will explore the relationships between visual culture and activist practices across a wide range of contexts. Through varied and diverse modes of image-making, artists and designers may create and manipulate tools of social change. Likewise, political activists may utilize visual strategies and objects in order to confront and address social and political issues. Art can take the form of political and social activism, and activism often takes on specific, and sometimes surprising, visual forms that are not always aligned with or recognizable by art-world frameworks. During the convening, artists, cultural producers, scholars, students, critics, organizers, activists, and citizens will engage with and offer perspectives on the many questions that arise: to what degree do forms of visual activism travel? In what ways are they necessarily grounded in geographically specific spaces and locally specific knowledge? How can theorists, scholars, and practitioners engage in conversations about abstract or oblique visual activism, such as those produced in conditions of extreme censorship? How can the complexity of governmental or commercial visual activism be approached to better address hegemonies of visual culture? How does the past become a form of visual activism in the present?

Proposals should respond to these questions or related topics and may take the form of papers (20 minutes), artist talks (20 minutes), short performances (five to 30 minutes), or lighting-round interventions (five minutes). Limited funds are available to support travel. Proposals should include a 400-word abstract, links to websites with additional publications or relevant images and information, and a CV. Please send proposals to edu@sfmoma.org (with” Visual Activism” as the subject line) no later than October 1, 2013.

Free and open to the public, the conference comprises various modes of engagement: short and long-form presentations, small-group discussions, screenings, and performances. It will also be paired with Bearing Witness, the second of three SFMOMA symposia made possible by the Fraenkel Gallery Fund for New Studies in Photography.

For further information, visit: iavc.org.uk and www.sfmoma.org

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ART BUZZ, The 2014 Collection

Call for Submissions

ART BUZZ is accepting submissions for the 2014 juried Fine Art Search for Exposure & Recognition which is open to emerging and mid-career visual artists, worldwide, who work in any visual art media (must be 18 or older). 

Award winners will be featured in the international, hardcover publication: Art Buzz, The 2014 Collection. Art Buzz Publishing was founded in 2007 and offers an alternative to mainstream art publications and a way for lesser known and undiscovered visual artists to showcase their work to an international audience.
 
Deadline: September 30, 2013
For more details, visit: http://www.artbuzz.org/competition.html
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Artist-in-Residence Programs At The Banff Centre (Alberta, Canada)

Call for Applications

Film & Media Artist-in-Residence
Fall: November 18–December 6, 2013
Winter: February 10–March 21, 2014Apply by: September 6, 2013www.banffcentre.ca/film-media/programs
The Banff Centre's Film & Media Artist-in-Residence program provides a well-supported environment for professional development for artists in digital film and media, audio, research, and photography. Residencies are ideal for individuals and teams who want time and space to create new works, research innovative ideas, and experiment with different techniques and modes of production. Projects in all stages, from experimentation to production and post-production, are welcome. Audio, video, interactive, and research facilities are available to help participants develop all aspects of pre- and post-production for their project. A private studio accessible 24 hours a day, and/or collaborative working spaces are provided. Requests for use of specific Film & Media facilities, including editing stations, digital effects lab, recording studios, music huts, television studios, and research labs will be considered at the time of application. On-campus accommodations and requests for specific room types are subject to availability.

Banff Artist in Residence (BAIR) Program
March 3–28, 2014Apply by: October 25, 2013www.banffcentre.ca
The Banff Artist in Residence (BAIR) program in Visual Arts provides time and space for individuals and groups to create new works, research innovative ideas, and experiment with different techniques and modes of production. Participants are provided with an individual studio accessible 24 hours a day, as well as use of Visual Arts facilities including printmaking, papermaking, ceramics, sculpture, and photography. Residency length can vary within the prescribed program dates. All residencies last for a minimum of 12 days. On-campus accommodations and requests for specific room types are subject to availability.
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