Yamaha YM2400 Marimba For Sale

inglewoodschool — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:26:25 -0500

Yamaha YM2400 Marimba For Sale, $6,000. Contact inglewoodschool [at] me [dot] com

Trickster Theatre Residency Program - audition notice

David Chantler — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:59:16 -0500

We are looking for a few good artists for our 2010-11 season. The ideal candidates will have good acting,directing, producing and writing skills.

Our residency program takes place in schools, where we create an original show each week. Each actor/producer/director/writer will be responsible for the creation of 3 peices of work over the course of the week. This involves working with students and teachers, as well as collaborating overall with the rest of the Trickster team. Contracts are 1 week each and actors are able to propose which weeks of the year they would like to work. Trickster is a non-equity company paying higher than equity fees.

Come check us out and find out why most of our artists stay with Trickster for many years. We're flexible, we'll challenge you, we'll train you, and we'll treat you well.

Please submit resume and headshot to dc@trickstertheatre.com

No phone calls please.

www.trickstertheatre.com

Webinar: Community Investment & Nonprofit Workspace

Karen Ball — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:16:17 -0500

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 | 11:00 - 12:00p Pacific Time
Complimentary for Non-ProfitCentres Network Members | $40 for Nonmembers

Featuring Dace West, Co-Director, Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships
Stephen Kasierski, Fort Baker Real Estate Project Manager, US National Park Service
China Brotsky, ED, The NonprofitCentres Network & Senior Vice President, Tides

Today, nonprofits are becoming ever more important as demands for services are increasing and budgets in all sectors are dwindling. Some local and federal governments in the United States and Canada are employing the strategy of co-locating nonprofits under one roof in green nonprofit centers, where organizations can gain stability, save money in rent, and collaborate on shared back office services and programs. Hear from your colleagues who are building nonprofit centers in their districts as a strategy to revitalize blighted communities, stimulate economic activity, and provide services to their constituents in a more effective and efficient manner.

Goto www.nonprofitcentres.org for more information of to register

Contextural Summer Residency Call for Submissions

Julie Baratta — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:25:24 -0500

For the past two years, Contextural: a fibre arts cooperative has held a hugely successful summer residency program within the studios of the Alberta College of Art + Design, Fibre Department. We are now getting ready for our third residency and are currently inviting expressions of interest from fibre artists and students who are interested in working within a co-operative studio setting and are seeking affordable studio space with specialized dye and print equipment.

One month and three month residencies are available.
Dates for the one month residency are
May 30th - June 30th or July 25th - Aug 22nd
Dates for the three month residency are
May 30th - Aug 22nd

Submission requirements can be found on our Blog at http://www.contexturalfibrearts.blogspot.com/
Please visit - www.contextural.ca for more information on Contextural's vision statement, goals, and values.

Interested parties should send an application as directed in the package to: residency@contextural.ca with the subject: Summer Residency Application
Deadline for submissions is April 1st @ midnight.

NEW!!! This year Contextural is offering the Contextural Summer Residency Scholarship, consisting of studio fees for the three month summer residency ($250 value) and $250 for supplies. The scholarship will be awarded based on the quality and completeness of the application.

We look forward to your submission!

Contextural

Calgary International Film Festival is currently seeking a permanent full-time Sponsorship Manager....

christian@caglaryfilm.com — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:26:08 -0500

ABOUT THE JOB
The Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) is currently seeking a permanent full-time Sponsorship Manager to focus on sponsorship acquisition and relationship management. Interested candidates will have a proven track record of success in fundraising and/or sponsorship acquisition and/or experience in communications or marketing. Salary will be commensurate with experience. The position starts April 1st and will include a three-month probationary period.

Please submit CV to hr@calgaryfilm.com by March 17, 2010.

ABOUT CIFF AND SPONSORSHIP
As a registered, charitable, not-for-profit arts and cultural organization, CIFF is proud to be among Calgary's annually prominent, high profile cultural events, one of the top national film festivals, and globally recognized as one of the top 25 film festivals worth the entry fee by Movie Maker magazine.

The Festival connects Calgarians with the world’s many voices through the exhibition of current independent cinema and today’s brightest filmmaking talents. An artful and accessible program lineup features dynamic local and global stories from a multitude of countries over ten days in feature, short, and documentary categories. Our diverse program seeks to engage, enlighten, and entertain our audience while building creative bridges to proudly share our distinctly Calgarian experience with the visiting film community abroad. With growing participation and support from global brand leaders, public funders, filmmakers from around the world, local to international media, and an enthusiastic audience, CIFF has established itself as a Canadian cinematic event to watch for and a premiere event on Calgary’s social calendar.

CIFF’s success at generating extensive community awareness, local and national media coverage, and prominent and exciting brand visibility opportunities makes the Festival an effective marketing partner. CIFF offers its sponsors opportunities to create memorable and targeted marketing programs to both the festival-going audiences and Albertans. CIFF is committed to working with organizations to maximize visibility, provide brand alignment align, and achieve sponsorship marketing objectives. Mutually beneficial corporate, government, and community partnerships and philanthropic donations are the driving force behind CIFF’s sustainability and will continue to be integral to the success of this vibrant festival.

JOB TITLE: SPONSORSHIP MANAGER

REPORTS TO: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

PURPOSE:The Sponsorship Manager plays a key role in the sponsorship revenue generation and in-kind support of the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) and will provide overall leadership for and management of the department and others that may work within it. The Sponsorship Manager will have direct responsibility for fulfilling or overseeing the following roles and responsibilities dedicated to ensuring CIFF meets its sponsorship revenue targets and effectively manages sponsor relationships:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Sponsorship acquisition, retention and relationship management - The Sponsorship Manager will prospect, conduct discoveries, build custom packages, lead presentations and oversee sponsor stewardship, activation, fulfillment and measurement of effectiveness as well as ensure sponsorship agreements are renewed for ongoing benefit to both the sponsor and the property.

2. Sponsorship program development and management - The Sponsorship Manager will ensure that an up-to-date ongoing sponsorship inventory of assets and benefits is in place for the entire organization’s sponsorship program. This will include the updating and accuracy of the valuation of each benefit and actual hard cost to deliver each benefit offered and managing of the portfolio of stock packages for either presentation or customization.

3. Sponsorship program measurement and reporting - The Sponsorship Manager will develop and implement internal measurement and reporting tools that examine and ensure the efficacy of CIFF’s sponsorship program. In addition, the Sponsorship Manager will work with sponsors to implement measurement and reporting to ensure that sponsorship objectives are tracked, met and accurately communicated and reflected.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
1. Executive Support - As required, the Sponsorship Manager will support sponsorship related revenue development efforts undertaken by the Executive Director and Board of Directors. This assistance could include could include any or all aspects of prospecting, solicitation or stewardship.

2. Internal Reporting - The Sponsorship Manager will report progress against a set and agreed upon timeline and revenue-based target, weekly to the Executive Director and monthly to the Board of Directors.

3. Departmental Sponsorship Integration - As required, the Sponsorship Manager will assist in prospect development and work with staff members in other departments to ensure effective management and integration of sponsorship needs and programs across the organization.

ACCOUNTABILITY
1. Communications - The Sponsorship Manager will be the senior level point of communications all to sponsors to ensure commitment to sponsor program efficacy and sponsor satisfaction.

2. Expertise - Sponsorship Manager will fully understand CIFF, its history and future and needs, to be a wealth of knowledge as such, or knows where to access the available information.

3. Meeting objectives - The sponsorship Manager will be responsible for meeting revenue targets and timelines as set out by senior management team.

THE 2010 CALGARY INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Luhning — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:41:29 -0500

The Calgary International Children’s Festival (CICF), presented by Qualico Communities, is now accepting applications to fill various positions during the 2010 Festival (May 25-29). The Festival, North America’s third largest performing arts festival of its kind, is held at the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts and on Olympic Plaza.

The Festival requires a devoted force of approximately 600 volunteers to make this five-day event fun, safe and affordable. CICF is currently looking for youth volunteers, ages 14 and up, and adult volunteers to fill numerous day, evening and weekend shifts during the Festival (starting on May 24).

The 2010 Calgary International Children's Festival Volunteer Program is presented by TransCanada Pipelines.

Applications and a listing of available positions are accessible online at www.calgarychildfest.org or contact the CICF Volunteer Coordinator at 403-294-7414, Ext. 4 or volunteers@calgarychildfest.org.

About the Calgary International Children’s Festival
The Calgary International Children’s Festival (CICF), held annually in late May, is one of Canada’s foremost arts festivals. A not-for-profit organization founded in 1987, the CICF is a destination of choice for more than 50,000 young people, their families and teachers. The Festival offers a world-class performing arts experience that sparks imagination, inspires creative thought, encourages cultural understanding, and fosters a lifelong passion for the arts. For more information visit www.calgarychildfest.org.

Call for Submissions

TouchstonesNelson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:02:48 -0500

Touchstones Nelson is currently seeking proposals from artists working in all media for the 2011/ 2012 exhibition season!
Touchstones Nelson is located in downtown Nelson BC, and houses two contemporary art galleries as a well as a permanent historical exhibit. Our galleries feature solo and group exhibitions by regional, national and international artists.

For more detailed information, including submission guidelines and floorplans, please visit www.touchstonesnelson.ca/exhibitions

Deadline: March 31, 2010 – postmarked or received by March 31, 2010.

filling Station Volunteer Call 2010

meditor.fs@gmail.com — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:14:26 -0500

filling Station is a volunteer-run, nationally-distributed literary magazine created in Calgary by writers, for writers.

The filling Station Publication Society’s mandate is to publish the most original, cutting-edge work created in Canada, provide an exciting alternative to traditional journals, and facilitate dialogue between established and up-and-coming writers through their work.

filling Station seeks volunteers.

Opportunities are available to help choose material for publication, assist with events, and share ideas at monthly meetings that shape the magazine’s future and its role
in the Calgary literary community. Be part of an amazing Collective.

If you’re interested in joining filling Station,
email Managing Editor Laurie Fuhr
at meditor.fs@gmail.com

filling Station * 15 years & 50 issues in 2010 * fill up on inspiration

Get support from EMMEDIA for your next project!

EMMEDIA — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:51:56 -0500

EMMEDIA PRODUCTION ACCESS 2010
DEADLINE EXTENDED: MARCH 15, 2010

About Production Access:

Every year EMMEDIA supports artists in the community through our Production Access Programs. Support includes access to workshops, production equipment, post-production facilities, and professional mentorship through the production process of a media artwork. We encourage innovative and challenging work from a variety of artists working in various genres. Our support to media artists extends beyond those working in video to encompass diverse forms of time-based art including installation, documentary, narrative, animation, performance, new media, audio, and web-based projects.

Our goal is to support the growth and enable innovation in media arts production. We use each year as a benchmark for the quality and content we like to foster and see produced, continually raising the bar in our expectations of participants’ work at EMMEDIA.

Submission Theme:

Participants are encouraged to respond to the EMMEDIA 2010/2011 programming theme: Grain.

Emerging from the rubble of 2009’s CRASH! programming year, EMMEDIA’s upcoming programming thematic, Grain, assumes a generative focus. EMMEDIA takes this opportunity to critically reflect on its surroundings, moving through the fine grain of the city as a place, and from a regional, social and historical perspective. The United Nations has designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. In acknowledgement, EMMEDIA invites proposals that explore the implications of diversity and sustainability, in all its forms, from a regional perspective. Here, biodiversity is broadly understood, and extends also into explorations of biological / technological engagement, diversity of identities, media and representation.

In addition, we welcome considerations of other meanings of grain: grain of sand, grain of truth, going against the grain, whole grain, grain as a unit of measurement, the grain boundary, gold grains, fine grain sugar. Any interpretation of grain is welcome and creative interpretations are encouraged.

Scholarship / Bars ‘n’ Tone Programs

EMMEDIA has offered this program since 1984. The duration of these programs are roughly four months, running May 1 to September 15, 2010. There is no prerequisite for EMMEDIA production access programs. When developing your proposal, keep in mind that EMMEDIA will not select projects that require more than the four-month term to complete. Also, we only support projects with majority of the material produced through usage of our equipment and facility, and through direct work of the granted applicant. You can review details of EMMEDIA’s equipment and facility on our website: www.emmedia.ca

Scholarship Program:

Open to emerging artists that are creating productions in video, audio or new media for the first time. Scholarship Producers will receive three training workshops in production and post-production, as well as creative and artistic development, enabling them to create engaging and sophisticated first productions. Along with the three free workshops, successful applicants will receive a free one-year producer membership, up to $100 tape stock, up to $1500 in equipment rentals.

Bars ‘n’ Tone Program:

The Bars ‘n’ Tone Program is intended to support artists who have previously produced work and wish to continue their creative and technical development. The focus of the Bars ‘n’ Tone Program is on refining and enhancing existing skills. Successful applicants will receive a free one-year producer membership, up to $100 tape stock, up to $1750 in equipment rentals, and up to two free workshops.

Local Artist in Residence Program (AIR)

Each year, local artists are selected to create new works using EMMEDIA’s facilities. We encourage independent creative projects and research that explore the technologies of audio, video and new media. Applicants are asked to submit a proposal that includes a current CV, support material, project description and timeline, script, storyboard or treatment, formats to be used, detailed budget, and a description of a one-day workshop that the artist will facilitate. The Artist in Residence Program is open to more experienced artists and includes a free one year Producer membership, a $500 honorarium, as well as $300 in Tape Stock, with equipment and facility access up to $3000 value for one year. The Local Artist in Residence is expected to be available to the community throughout their term. An honorarium of $25/hour is paid for all workshops given as part of EMMEDIA programming.

Finishing Funds/Open Access Programs (ONGOING DEADLINE)

EMMEDIA will support artists with finishing projects with equipment access. One can apply at anytime. The number of projects supported is subject to funding and equipment availability.

Applicants must submit 4 copies of the following*:

• Project Description
• Project Work Plan
• CV
• Artist statement
• Support material

*Local Artist in Residence Program applicants are required to also submit a script, storyboard or treatment, formats to be used, detailed budget, and a description of a one-day workshop that the artist will facilitate.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Project Description: Please submit a Project Description with a maximum of 1000 words. The project description should give the jury an overall synopsis of what your project is about, how it will be presented, and the themes and dialogue being presented by the artist-producer. You should also state the medium it will be worked on (ie. video, audio, web-based etc.) because the medium should be based on what is currently supported at EMMEDIA. (Please refer to the production and post-production equipment list on our website.) We cannot accept works that uses copyrighted material, unless the applicant has already received permission and includes the waiver with the material. Applications that propose simple event documentation, or are commercial or discriminatory in nature, will not be considered.

Project Work Plan: Please include a preliminary work plan with a timeline so that we believe your project is feasible, and can be completed locally within the given period of time (May 1 – Sept 1, 2010).

Curriculum Vitae: Please send us your current CV.

Artist statement: Up to a maximum of 500 words, please reflect your vision, your values, your path, and your goals.

Support Material: (Accepted formats include: Mini DV/DVCam, CD, or DVD) Please include clips up to a maximum of 10 minutes. For work of longer durations, please be selective and choose segments that you feel best represents your work and ability. For Scholarship applicants, please provide examples of other completed work. Support material will not be returned without a self addressed and stamped envelope included in your application. Please do not send masters.

Please drop off or send submissions to:
ATTN: Production Access 2010
EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society
#203, 351 – 11 Ave. SW
Calgary, AB T2R 0C7

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: MARCH 15, 2010 (POSTMARKED)

We keep the accepted applicants’ materials unless otherwise specified by applicants. It is the responsibility of applicants to include a self-addressed and stamped envelope, and specify what items are to be returned. It is the responsibility of those that don’t have a self-addressed and stamped envelope to contact EMMEDIA to arrange a date and time to pick up materials. Any unclaimed applicant materials will be discarded by June 1, 2010.

An independent peer jury is selected from the community by EMMEDIA’s Production Committee to review applications. Letters of acceptance or rejection will be sent to all applicants before April 15, 2010. Jurors’ names are not made public.

EMMEDIA is not obligated to provide why an applicant was not qualified. The grant is given based on applicants’ individual merits and needs, the artistic merit of the project and ability to execute the project within EMMEDIA’s parameters.

In case of withdrawal or unfinished project by the deadline, granted applicant is responsible to pay back the value of the equipment, facility, and workshops to EMMEDIA.

If you have any questions about submissions or the program, please contact:

Eric Becker, Production Coordinator
production@emmedia.ca
403.263.2838

AGCcooks Request for Volunteers

ArtGalleryCalgary — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:52:38 -0500

Seeking Volunteers for AGCcooks – The Art of Cuisine, April 14, 2010

The Biggest and Yummiest Event of the Year!

What is AGCcooks?
AGCcooks is a tasty celebration showcasing some of Calgary and area’s top Chefs in a friendly culinary competition. The Art Gallery of Calgary (The AGC) will be transformed into a kitchen stadium on Wednesday April 14, 2010 for our annual fundraiser. Each Chef will create a four-course feast utilizing a secret ingredient chosen by Calgary food writer and CBC restaurant critic John Gilchrist. Guests will dine on one of these exceptional meals, with each course being accompanied by fine wines expertly paired by the restaurant’s sommelier. All proceeds from the event will support the AGC’s renowned public and education programming (K-12).

Volunteers will make it happen! We require:
April 13 (Set Up) 5pm-10pm – 10-12 volunteers needed
Duties may include:
-cleaning
-setting up tables, chairs, stanchions, etc.
-general set up and preparation for the big night

April 14 (Event) 3pm-12am – 4 volunteers needed
4pm-12am – 10-12 volunteers needed
Duties may include:
-registration (greeting, ticket taking)
-coat check
-floaters (checking washrooms, clearing glasses and garbage, extra hands to chefs, etc)
-bartenders (2-4)
-Maitre D (1)

If you would like to volunteer, please contact Terrah Jong tjong@artgallerycalgary.org with your name and the day(s) and position(s) you are interested in. Thank you.