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INVITATION 3rd World Community Arts Day 2009 17 Feb Please pass on

World Community Arts Day 17/02/09

"ART AS A CATALYST FOR CARING AND SHARING"
http://www.communiversity.org.uk/worldcommunityartsday.htm

"We can either react in fear or anger to the state of our world thus
becoming part of the problem or respond creatively and become part of the
solution."

To create a World Festival Society for a day.

After the initial success of WCAD 2007 and 2008, it is hoped that you can
join us in 2008 and be creative to raise an important issue you believe in.
The first years have seen events from as far as Brazil, Slovenia, Scotland,
Australia, USA, Ireland, Mexico and many more. All we ask of you on that day

Partnership Building Activity on Youth, Culture & Arts in Bosnia

Dear friends, partners and colleagues,

our partner organisation Youth Center KOSMOS from Kljuc (BiH) is looking for partners from programme countries & countries from partner countries from South East Europe (please see below for details) for the following project proposal. For further information please contact them directly via kosmoskljuc@yahoo.com

Thank you for your attention,

Regards

Youth Center KOSMOS
Azra Kujundzic
Head of Board
Branilaca BiH bb, Zgrada Doma kulture bb
79280 Kljuc
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Phone: +387 61 71 83 37
Fax: +387 37 661 357
Email: kosmoskljuc@yahoo.com

Dear colleagues, partners and friends,

Call for Entries for UK's Largest Arts Prize

Call for Entries for UK's Largest Arts Prize - The Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries 2009

LONDON.- The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries is intended to
recognise and celebrate originality and excellence in museums and
galleries and increase public appreciation and enjoyment of all they
have to offer. The coveted annual award is open to all museums and
galleries in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. This is
the second year that The Art Fund – the UK's leading independent art
charity - has sponsored this major arts prize.

The Prize criteria remain broadly-drawn, enabling the judges to
consider a wide range of project size and type. The winner will be
the entry that, in the opinion of the judges:

International Kids Art Contest

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist
once he/she grows up" -Pablo Picasso-

View Flyer:
http://www.turkishfestival.org/Files/InternationalArtContestFlyer.pdf

Web Page:
http://www.turkishfestival.org/art.htm

Theme: "Paint the place where you would like to live"

(The Place could be your home, your community, your relationship with
others…etc)

Deadline: September 27, 2008

Eligibility: Children from 5-13 years old This contest is open to all
kids 5-13 years of age. Entries may be submitted in one of 3
categories;

Category 1 includes age groups 5-7. Category 2 is for 8-10. Category
3 covers ages 11-13.

Awards:
The First Place Winners in each category will receive:

Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme 2009

Call for applications

As an implementation instrument of the Convention on the Protection
and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the Programme
promotes the mobility of young artists through sojourns in art
residencies abroad so as to foster creativity and cultural diversity.
It recognizes the important contribution of artists in the creative
process and their central role in nurturing the diversity of cultural
expressions.

Artist-in-residence bursaries are being offered in institutions
around the world in the following three fields: visual arts, creative
writing and music.

To consult the list of bursaries being offered for 2009 please visit

CIRCA Puerto Rico 09
April 17-20, 2009

Call for Applications

For application contact: info@circapr.com

http://www.circapr.com

CIRCA Puerto Rico 09
The First International Art Fair
in the Caribbean
San Juan, Puerto Rico (Fourth Edition)

DEADLINE for all applications Circa Puerto Rico 09: November 10, 2008

We are pleased to announce CIRCA PR 09, fourth edition of the premier international art fair in the Caribbean and Central America, which will be held from April 17 - April 20, 2009 at the new Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan.

THE CONCEPT FOR A CHALLENGING ART FAIR
In such a competitive world of art fairs, what makes CIRCA PR different?

Unlikely 2.0 is calling for submissions of art.

Send something to Jeff ... 9 pieces per submission.

http://www.unlikelystories.org/biospahrsummers.shtml