Calls for Artists

Performing Artists
Visual Artists

The Asian Arts Initiative is pleased to issue a call for Guest Producers, a program to provide exhibition opportunities for performing artists and organizers exploring community issues and concerns through dance, music, spoken word, theater, performance art, and/or multi-disciplinary work.

A “Guest Producer” can be an individual artist, a professional producer or curator, and/or a community representative or team who has an idea for a performance-based event that they would like to make happen at the Asian Arts Initiative. The program is intended to allow for flexibility and responsiveness in the Asian Arts Initiative’s programming, and to maximize the utilization of the Asian Arts Initiative’s black box-style performance space at 1219 Vine Street in Philadelphia’s Chinatown North neighborhood.

We hope the program will foster inspiration and dialogue among our diverse audiences – of emerging and professional artists, youth and elders, Asian Americans and non-Asians – through exposure to a wide array of artists, artwork, creative processes, and community issues. In particular, we are interested in performance-based work that address themes or issues that are timely and relevant to the Asian American community in Philadelphia; and/or that engage with the local Chinatown neighborhood.

Guest Producers Program call for artists (full version) - download

Deadline: November 18, 2009

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THE PROJECT

The Asian Arts Initiative is pleased to invite applications from performance-based artists to participate in our 2010 Artists Exchange exploring the theme of Home, far and near. The Artists Exchange includes three major components:

1. A weekend mini-festival featuring participants' existing solo work (full pieces or excerpts up to 30 minutes each). The work will be presented "festival-style" with tech rehearsal time limited to 2 hours per participant. Each participant will be presented on at least one shared program / night, though some artists may be asked to perform multiple nights. (March 25 - 28)
2. A week-long creative workshop (tentatively, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday) where participants will develop new ensemble work facilitated and directed by Los Angeles-based performance artist Dan Kwong. The workshop will include generative exercises as well as presentations and guest speakers exploring stories of immigration as well as issues of gentrification or displacement in the neighborhoods where many of us live or work. (March 29 - April 2)
3. A public performance of the new ensemble workshop piece-in-progress. (April 2 and/or April 3)

Artists Exchange Festival call for applications (full version) - download

Application Deadline: November 18, 2009

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Call for Exhibition Proposals

 
Asian Arts Initiative is pleased to issue a call for Community Curators, a new program to provide exhibition opportunities for visual artists, curators, and organizers exploring community issues and concerns.  

A “Community Curator” can be an individual artist, a professional curator, and/or a community representative who has an idea for an exhibition that they would like to make happen in the Asian Arts Initiative’s main gallery. The program is intended to allow for flexibility and responsiveness in the Asian Arts Initiative’s programming, and to maximize the utilization of the Asian Arts Initiative’s gallery at 1219 Vine Street in Philadelphia’s Chinatown North neighborhood.  

We hope the program will foster inspiration and dialogue among our diverse audiences – of emerging and professional artists, youth and elders, Asian Americans and non-Asians – through exposure to a wide array of artists, artwork, creative processes, and community issues. In particular, we are interested in exhibition projects that address themes or issues that are timely and relevant to the Asian American community in Philadelphia; and/or that engage with the local Chinatown neighborhood.  

Community Curators Program call for artists (full version) - download
Community Curators Program application - download

Deadline: Rolling

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Asian Arts Initiative and Yvonne Lung issue a
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Carrying Across Exhibition
March - April 2010

Carrying Across is an exhibition that will address the notion of translation/interpretation.

The Asian Arts Initiative and Yvonne Lung invite submissions of artwork for the Carrying Across exhibition. We are accepting existing or new work. This call for artists is open to all artists including but not limited to Asian Americans.

Carrying Across Exhibition call for artists (full version) - download

Submission deadline: November 2, 2009


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Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215)557-0455
www.asianartsinitiative.org

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