Job: Common Weal seeks a Part-Tim Bookkeeper

COMMON WEAL COMMUNITY ARTS

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

PART-TIME BOOKKEEPER

Common Weal Community Arts is a non-profit arts organization that links professional artists with communities to promote cultural identity and social justice through collaboration and creative expression. We are currently seeking a mature, experienced Bookkeeper to work part-time in our Regina office to provide financial assistance to the organization’s financial operations.

This is an ongoing part-time position with the organization and requires working collaboratively with the staff in maintaining financial and reporting systems. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in the following:

• QuickBooks in a workplace setting, preferably in a non-profit setting;
• Accounts payable and receivable using QuickBooks;
• Payroll input;
• Bank and Mastercard monthly reconciliations;
• Assisting with year end closing;
• Must be detail oriented.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume outlining qualifications and experience, and references either by mail or email by AUGUST 1, 2008 to:

Common Weal Community Arts
2431 8th Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4R 5J7
Attention: Elwood Jimmy

E-mail: gm@commonweal-arts.com

WE THANK ALL APPLICANTS, HOWEVER ONLY THOSE UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.

Call: Ars Electronica open call for CyberArts

Dear friends of Ars Electronica!

The 22nd Prix Ars Electronica - International
Competition for CyberArts is open for entries.

>From its very inception in 1987, the Prix Ars
>Electronica has been conceived as an open
>platform for various disciplines at the
>intersection of art, technology, science and
>society. More than 3,300 submissions in 2007
>have further enhanced the Prix Ars Electronicaís
>reputation as an internationally representative
>competition honoring outstanding works in the
>cyberarts. The categories Digital Musics,
>Digital Communities and Hybrid Art are great
>indicators for this trend.
The aim of the competition is to continually keep
the Prix Ars Electronica updated in line with
leading-edge developments in the dynamic field of
cyberarts.
This year, six Golden Nicas, twelve Awards of
Distinction and approximately 70 Honorary
Mentions as well as a Media.Art.Research Award
are presented to participants. The 2008 winners
will receive a total of 115,000 euros in prize
money.

Prix Ars Electronica 2008
Online Submission Deadline: March 7, 2008
Contact: info@prixars.aec.at

Categories:
Computer Animation / Film / VFX
Digital Musics
Interactive Art
Hybrid Art
Digital Communities
Media.Art.Research Award
u19 - freestyle computing

More details about all categories and online
submission are available only online at:
http://prixars.aec.at

Please feel free to forward this to all interesting/ed parties.

With best regards,
Bianca Petscher on the behalf of the Prix Ars Electronica 2008 Team

Call: The 2nd Giga-Hertz-Award for electronic music is

Giga-Hertz-Award 2008

Sat Apr 19, 2008
(Eastern Time - Montreal)
www.giga-hertz-preis.de (map)
Calendar: Audio Calls

Giga-Hertz-Award 2008

Call for Application: The 2nd Giga-Hertz-Award for electronic music is
open for entries. Online Submission Deadline: April 19, 2008

In 2007, the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics and the
SWR-EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO in Freiburg inaugurated the annual
Giga-Hertz-Award for electronic music. This new international music
award with its future-oriented concept exists thanks to the initiative
and commitment of ZKM director Peter Weibel. The award is funded by the
city of Karlsruhe and the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
The Giga-Hertz-Award addresses composers working in the areas of
electronic and acousmatic music. Four Special Prizes are awarded once a
year by an international jury, and serve to initiate and support new
projects. Candidates are judged on the basis of a composition not more
than five years old and a proposal for a projected work.

The Special Prize consists of a project realization grant with which the
prizewinners realize their submitted proposal either at the ZKM |
Institute for Music and Acoustics in Karlsruhe or at the
SWR-EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO in Freiburg. This includes technical support and
guidance by the studio.
The four Special Prizes are endowed as follows:
2 x Euro 8,000 in form of a realization grant at the ZKM | Institute for
Music and Acoustics in Karlsruhe;
2 x Euro 8,000 in form of a realization grant at the
SWR-EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO in Freiburg.

To apply and for further information please visit www.giga-hertz-preis.de

Please feel free to forward this to all interested parties.

With best regards,
Ludger Bruemmer
Head of ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics


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ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Institute for Music and Acoustics
Giga-Hertz-Award
Lorenzstrasse 19
76135 Karlsruhe
E-mail: music@zkm.de
www.giga-hertz-preis.de

Call: Eyebeam Residency in New York

Eyebeam Residency New York

Mon Oct 1, 2007
(Eastern Time - Montreal)
http://eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=aircall (map)
Calendar: Audio Calls

Eyebeam is now accepting applications for Winter 2008 residencies. In addition to our preexistent residency program, this season we're very pleased to announce an additional opportunity for artist support: the inaugural Commission for Resident Artists, underwritten by Dewar's. Details about the commission, which will offer an additional subsidy to two residents a season, are detailed in a separate section below.

The application deadline for the Winter 2008 residency season (which will run from January-June) has been extended to October 1, 2007. All applicants will be informed of their status by November 2007.

Eyebeam residencies support the creative research, production and presentation of initiatives that query art, technology and culture. The residency is a period of concentration and immersion in artistic investigation, daring research or experimental production of visionary expression, applications and projects. Past initiatives have ranged from moving image, sound and physical computing works to technical prototypes, installations and public interventions.

The ideal resident will both contribute to and benefit from the collective environment at Eyebeam, and will embrace the spirit of openness shared across the organization: open source, open content and open distribution.

Residents are encouraged to participate in public events including workshops, demonstrations of research in progress, panel discussions, and on-line releases, in addition to regularly scheduled open studio events. Therefore, we do ask that artists include in their proposal examples of how they might like to contribute to Eyebeam's public programming.

The program term is from January to June with the potential for extension and/or re-application. Residents will be selected from an open call, based on the quality of the work or research being proposed, the availability of the necessary tools and skills to support the work, and in consideration of the overarching research themes and activities of the organization.

Eyebeam's research themes bring together creative practitioners and expert external participants to develop new research leading to possible public outcomes including seminars, public discussion and exhibition.
Research themes for 2008 include (though will not be limited to):

* Energy, Technology and Sustainability
* Urban research, urban interventions and media in public space

Artists and creative technologists interested in these research areas are particularly encouraged to apply for residencies.


Eyebeam Residency
Residencies include:

* $5,000 honorarium
* 24/7 access to Eyebeam's Chelsea facility in New York City, including equipment and technical expertise from Eyebeam staff and Fellows
* The potential for collaborative exchange with other residents and Eyebeam fellows, as well as support from interns

Residents are encouraged to work onsite at Eyebeam for as much of their residency as possible, in order to both contribute to and gain from the collective, collaborative context of the labs.

International applicants are welcome to apply, though Eyebeam will not cover additional travel or accommodation expenses. We are, however, happy to work with selected applicants, to help them to secure funds to cover these expenses. International residents are responsible for securing their own visas for the residency period. International applicants are encouraged to apply now for Summer 2008 residencies.

Up to three residencies will be offered in Winter 2008.


Commission for Resident Artists

Eyebeam is pleased to announce the inaugural Commission for Resident Artists, which is being underwritten by Dewar's.
The Commission for Resident Artists includes:

* $10,000 honorarium
* Additional stipend for travel, accommodation, and equipment expenses
* 24/7 access to Eyebeam's Chelsea facility in New York City, including equipment and technical expertise from Eyebeam staff and fellows
* The potential for collaborative exchange with other residents as well as support from interns

In exchange, the commissioned resident artists are asked to:

* Commit to presentation of the process of creating the commission through a website and regular blog posts
* Commit to presentation of the finished commissioned work at the end of the residency

Two commissions will be awarded in Winter 2008: one to a foreign artist and one to an American artist. We are particularly interested in commissions which focus on open source outcomes.
In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must:

* Be at least 25 years old
* State your interest in being considered for the commission in the standard online residency application

Additionally, you must send a letter of nomination from a mentor, employer, collaborator or curator to residencyinfo AT eyebeam DOT org by the October 1, 2007, 2007 application deadline.

Call: ArtCast has an open call out for sound art

ArtCast: open call for sound art

folly, a leading digital arts organisation working in Lancashire,
Cumbria and online, is developing ArtCast, an ongoing series of
podcasting programmes at www.folly.co.uk, as a platform for public
access to new and innovative sound art.

Building on the success of OWN [SOUND] ART (2007) at www.folly.co.uk/
soundnetwork, a series of podcasts specially commissioned in
partnership with SoundNetwork, folly intends to deliver a quarterly
series of podcasts exploring the possibilities of the medium, and
will launch the first in this series as part of VELOCITY, folly's
second Festival of Digital Culture:

VELOCITY Festival of Digital Culture - See the Bay differently
12th October - 3rd November 2007

VELOCITY is ground-breaking new arts festival where you can explore
digital art in the sublime context of the coastal rail route between
Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness. Presented in and around train
stations, online and for download at www.folly.co.uk

VELOCITY is folly's second annual Festival of Digital Culture and
builds on the success of the f.city festival held in Lancaster city
centre in 2006 which resulted in over 55,000 people engaging with new
media art practice.

VELOCITY will open up new ways of seeing life around Morecambe Bay,
engaging with the vibrant communities that line the coast and
furthering the role that the arts has in sustaining the spectacular
landscape of the South Lakes and North Lancashire.

VELOCITY... celebrating the role of creative technology in connecting
people to places.

folly is calling for open submissions of existing audio work, from
the broad spectrum of contemporary sound art practice. Submissions
should address themes and subjects broadly relating to the ethos of
VELOCITY, including but not limited to: travel, movement, landscape,
engagement with communities, rural sustainability.

VELOCITY will take place on and around the rail route from Lancaster
to Barrow-in-Furness in the North West of England, so folly is
looking for podcastable content which can be downloaded and
experienced on journeys through and around this area. As part of the
festival, folly is also keen to broadcast selected works via the loud
speaker systems at stations along the rail route.

Submissions are welcome from all artists working with sound,
experimental musicians and composers, writers and performance artists
etc, basically anyone who has created work which they consider to be
suitable for an audio podcast.

folly welcome submissions from international artists

The deadline for submissions is 14th September 2007

Sonic Arts Network, www.sonicartsnetwork.org, will join folly in the
selection of works in late September 2007

Successful submissions will be published as podcasts from 1st October
2007

Please note that there is no fee available for selected works

For more information contact Jennifer Stoddart, folly Programme
Coordinator on jennifer.stoddart@folly.co.uk or +44 (0)1524 388550

How to submit:
Files should be mp3s, no larger than 32MB. Submissions should be
accompanied by a submission form and equal opportunities monitoring
form, obtainable from jennifer.stoddart@folly.co.uk or phone +44 (0)
1524 388550

Please send your submissions by email to jennifer.stoddart@folly.co.uk
Or on CD by post to Jennifer Stoddart, Programme Coordinator
folly, 6.4.4 Alston House
White Cross
Lancaster UK
LA1 4XQ

folly is committed to Equal Opportunities in our employment,
programme and services

Call: Artengine seeks sport-themed art

SUPERFAN

Artengine
February/March 2008
Call for proposals
Deadline September 21st, 2007

Goals; runs; touchdowns; strokes; points; rank; wins; losses; world
records; time trials; points against; plus/minus; fumbles; strikeouts;
shut outs; power play goal percentage; total personal fouls; fourth
down conversions; intentional walks.

This short list shines only a small light on the statistical
landscape of sport. The generation of this detailed documentation of
competitive sports produces a vast and massive movement of numerical
information back and forth through newspapers, magazine, websites,
specialty channels and newscasts. Like an athletic stock market,
talent is commodified, codified and reduced to columns of percentage
points. With this call for new electronic artworks Artengine hopes to
bring a poetic perspective to this statistical landscape.

In Winter of 2008 Artengine will present Superfan, to be exhibited in
public locations in Ottawa's Elgin Street area, a popular night-life
district with many sports bars. The theme of the commissioned work is
to be centred around the statistical information generated from
professional and amateur sport.

Proposals from all disciplines will be considered however, some
preference will be given to art works with greater engagements with
the technological aspects of their production and presentation.

Artists are encouraged to keep in mind that the commissioned works
may be presented in the context of a sports bar or similar public
location, and so fragile or expensive interactive projects may be
difficult to secure.


Commissioned Artists will receive:

1$1000.00 commissioning fee for the creation and presentation of the work.
2$200.00 towards production materials.
3Producing membership for one year. This membership gives access to
Artengine facilities and equipment. (For those artists from outside
the Outouais region a On-line Membership will be awarded.) Please
check artengine.ca/html/newmember-e.php for more information on
Artengine memberships.

Proposals should include:

1Project Proposal (2 pages max.)
2Artist Statement (1 page max.)
3Current CV (3 pages max.)
4Supporting Materials (digital images; websites; video documentation
etc. Please do not send 35 mm Slides.)
5Self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage.

For further information and questions please contact Ryan Stec,
Artistic Director at artistic@artengine.ca.
Send submissions to:

Superfan Commissioning Project
c/o Artengine
2 Daly, Suite M70
Ottawa, ON
K1N 6E2

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SUPERFAN

Artengine
Février/mars 2008
Appel de projets
Date limite : le 21 septembre 2007

But ; course ; touché ; coup ; point ; rang ; victoire ; défaite ;
record mondial ; contre-la-montre ; point contre ; plus/moins ;
échappée ; retrait sur prises ; blanchissage ; pourcentage de buts
marqués en avantage numérique ; total de fautes personnelles ;
conversion de quatrième touchés ; but sur balles intentionnel.

Cette liste éclaire qu'une infime partie du paysage statistique des
sports. La documentation détaillée, voire obsessive des sports
compétitifs génère une masse imposante de données quantitatives. Telle
la Bourse, les résultats sont compilés dans les journaux, les
magazines, les sites Web, les canaux spécialisés et les téléjournaux.
Alors que les athlètes sont codifiés et transformés en commodités, la
performance risque-t-elle d'être réduite à des tables de points de
pourcentage ? Grâce à cet appel de nouveaux projets électroniques,
Artengine espère insuffler une nouvelle signification au paysage
statistique des sports..

L'exposition Superfan d'Artengine sera présentée dans différents
lieux publics sur la rue Elgin à Ottawa, un quartier populaire de vie
nocturne qui abrite plusieurs bars d'ambiance sportive. Les ?uvres
commandées aborderont le thème de l'information statistique produite
par le sport professionnel et amateur.

Artengine accordera une préférence aux projets qui feront preuve d'un
engagement important envers les aspects technologiques de la
production et de la présentation.

Les commandes seront présentées dans un bar d'ambiance sportive ou un
lieu public semblable. L'artiste doit ainsi tenir compte que les
équipements fragiles ou dispendieux pourraient être difficiles à
protéger.


Les artistes recevront :

1.un cachet de 1 000 $ pour la création et la présentation de la commande ;
2.une contribution de 200 $ à l'achat de matériaux de production ;
3.une adhésion de production pour un an, ce qui donne accès aux
équipements d'Artengine. (Pour les artistes à l'extérieur de la région
de l'Outaouais, Artengine leur accordera une adhésion en ligne.)
Veuillez consulter artengine.ca/html/newmember-e.php pour des
informations complètes sur l'adhésion et les différents statuts de
membre.

Les propositions devraient inclure :

1.une proposition de projet (2 pages max.) ;
2.un énoncé artistique (1 page max.) ;
3.un curriculum vitæ à jour (3 pages max.) ;
4.des documents à l'appui (images numériques, sites Web, documents
vidéo, etc. – s'il vous plaît, n'envoyez pas de diapositives 35 mm) ;
5.une enveloppe pré affranchie.

Pour plus d'information, veuillez contacter Ryan Stec, directeur
artistique à artistic@artengine.ca.

Veuillez envoyer les propositions à :

Projet de commandes Superfan
a/s Artengine
2 Daly, Bureau M70
Ottawa (Ontario) K1N 6E2 --


Ryan Stec
Artistic Director
Artengine
2 Daly Ave. Ottawa, ON
K2P 0G5 613.482.0119

Job: Common Weal seeks a General Manager

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
GENERAL MANAGER

Purpose:
Common Weal Community Arts Inc. is a provincial arts organization that links professional artists with communities to promote social justice and cultural identity through collaboration and creative expression. The position of General Manager contributes to this goal by leading the day-to-day operations of Common Weal Community Arts, Inc, and together with the Board of Directors, ensuring that the mandate and values of the organization are upheld.

Scope:
Reporting to the Board of Directors, this position provides leadership in a variety of areas including: strategic planning; human resource development, management and support; board support; policy development; fund development and financial management; partnership development; and internal/external communications.

Education and Experience:
• Bachelor of Fine Arts or a relevant area and a minimum of 3 years of related experience
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills in the not-for-profit sector
• Knowledge of community development processes and collaborative art
• Previous experience developing funding proposals, conducting evaluation and establishing organizational benchmarks
• Bookkeeping and accounting knowledge
• General understanding of Macintosh Environment and Office Software

Salary Range
• $35,000 to $40,000
• Benefit package provided after the compulsory probation period.

Interested Applicants please send a cover letter and curriculum vitae/resume by
July 13, 2007 to:

By Mail:
Lynn Acoose, General Manager
Common Weal Community Arts Inc.
2431 8th Avenue
Regina, SK S4R 5J7

By Email:
gm@commonweal-arts.com

A full job description is available at: www.commonweal-arts.com

Job: Or Gallery Director/Curator Position Available

Or Gallery Director/Curator Position Available

The Or Gallery is now accepting applications for the position of
Director/Curator.

Deadline: August 15, 2007.

The Director/Curator is responsible for all aspects of the gallery
administration as well as its exhibition programming. The position functions
independently of a Board of Directors but is accountable to them. Working
with the Director/Curator is a part time Assistant Director. The position
will be offered on a 2 or 3 year limited contract basis, and will begin on
September 15, 2007. The salary is $32,000 (CAN).

The tenure of the successful applicant will span the gallery's relocation to
a new space and neighbourhood, and responsibilities of the new
Director/Curator will include taking a major role in move-related
initiatives.

The Or Gallery is a leading non-profit organization and one of Canada's
foremost artist run centres. Established in 1983 by Laiwan, past curators
have included Michele Faguet, Sydney Hermant, Reid Shier, Ken Lum, Arni
Runar Haraldsson, Phillip McCrum, Nancy Shaw and Susan Schuppli. Over this
time the Or has continued to support and exhibit artists engaged in a
critical dialogue with local and international contemporary art practice.
The Or is recognized for its experimental, innovative and challenging
programming and for its commitment to Vancouver's local art community.

The applicant need not have prior curatorial experience but must demonstrate
a passion for and an extensive knowledge of contemporary art practices. They
must show strong discursive and fiscal management skills as well as
familiarity with non-profit organizations. Familiarity with Vancouver city
planning and arts capital organizations will be considered an asset.
Knowledge of artist run centres alongside critical and grant writing
experience would also be considered considerable assets.

Interested individuals are asked to submit: a current CV (max. 2 pages), a
list of three referees and their email addresses, and letter of interest to
the address below by August 15, 2007. The letter of interest should be no
more than one page in length, and should make mention of the applicant's
exhibition experience, curatorial vision and knowledge of contemporary art
and artist run centres.

We apologize that we cannot reply to all applicants, and only those asked
for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Hiring Committee

Or Gallery
103-480 Smithe Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 5E3 Canada

Or by email:

Attn: Hiring Committee
or@orgallery.org

Job: MacKenzie Art Gallery seeks an Admin Assistant and a Development Officer

Administrative Assistant

The MacKenzie Art Gallery is accepting applications for an Administrative
Assistant – Education & Communications. For more information, visit
http://www.saskculture.sk.ca/jobs/03-31-07_MAG.htm. Application deadline is
March 31, 2006.

Development Officer

The MacKenzie Art Gallery is accepting applications for a Development
Officer. For more information, visit
http://www.saskculture.sk.ca/jobs/03-31-07_MAG2.htm. Application deadline is
March 31, 2007.