This comes in from the great people at Artoconecto and Art Studio Miami. The work they do is so wonderful. Definitely check this out and see if you can help the kids.
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CALL FOR ENTRY
Requesting Artist Proposals for Art Camps
Benefiting Miami’s At Risk-Youth & Children in Foster.
Alexandra Rangel: artoconecto@gmail.com and
Rachel Hughes: Rachel@ArtStudioMiami.org
DVD for performance art or film, please send with the complete application to:
Artoconecto, Inc
941 NE 84th Street, Miami, Fl, 33138
Deadline is February 28th, 2011
The local arts advocacy organization Artoconecto, Inc, in conjunction with Art Studio Miami, Empowering Young Minds, are seeking local emerging visual artists, who have bold and exciting artistic ideas ready to be implemented at a series of arts camps for at-risk youth and children in foster care, at Art Studio’s location in Little Haiti. The camps are scheduled to start March 2011 and will run consecutively through May. Artists in all mediums are invited to participate. The goal is to select two emerging artists who are ready and enthusiastic about implementing their dream project and work with a group of children in need, on a volunteer basis in exchange for valuable Teaching Artist experience and training. In addition the chosen artist’s will have the opportunity to be eligible for a paid summer teaching artist position with Artoconecto’s KIDSART program and eligibility for artist-in-residency at Art Studio.
Artoconecto’s KIDSART program, in partnership with Art Studio, will provide selected artists with the tools, materials, population of at-risk youth, space, technical support and guidance necessary to successfully complete their art projects, therefore training them as teaching artists and adding a valuable set of skills to their CV/Resumes. Once selected for the volunteer Teaching Artist training, these artists will be recognized and participate with an honorarium in a paid position at the summer art camp of Artoconecto’s KIDSART program, making it a sustainable and rewarding experience for the artist who in the process becomes an agent of change. In addition, the artists will be eligible to become an artist-in-residence within Art Studio.
The vision of Art studio is to collaboratively advance the sponsorship and implementation of (creative-holistic) art integration programs in impoverished communities and schools. Art Studio’s current location in Little Haiti Miami has allowed the organization to mold a solid vision and consolidate on the importance of providing alternative methods of learning, teaching, healing and support that empower young minds by offering them the tools needed to lead better lives.
Artoconecto’s KIDSART program, was implemented in 2009 through a grant obtained from Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs in response to the severe budget cuts in arts education in the public schools in Miami. KIDSART was created to expose as many schoolchildren as possible to the vibrant arts community in the area, through Saturday morning studio visits and workshops conducted by working artists. During each summer camp, a relevant topic or theme is selected. Each summer for 5 weeks, a group of committed kids between the ages of 6 through 12 are assigned workshops where the artist and the kids are engaged in the hands-on creation of artwork that correlates to the theme. The artwork the kids create is curated into an exhibition within an art gallery.
Artoconecto is expanding the KIDSART project within Art Studio’s premises, where during two months and under the tutelage of one artist per month, a population of children in need in the area of Little Haiti, will receive an afterschool arts program (2pm-6pm weekdays) that will serve as a compliment to their primary education.
AT A GLANCE
Selected artists will receive:
· Materials and tools (artists will need to submit a complete budget and supply list)
· Teaching Artist training with guidance from arts professionals
· Space to work with the youth at the Art Studio location
· Participation in Artoconecto’s KIDSART program, summer camp with an honorarium
· Eligibility for a paid position in Artoconecto’s KIDSART program
· Eligibility to become an artist-in-residence at Art Studio
· Publicity on websites, press releases and local media
· The opportunity to make a difference in a child’s life
GUIDELINES – ARTISTS IN ALL MEDIUMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE.
Artoconecto’s KIDSART program, after-school art camp at Art Studio will start in March 2011 and will run consecutively through the month of May.
Three projects will be selected that meet all of the following criteria:
· Artistic Merit
· Relevancy
· Feasibility
· Time frame of one month (two days per week, four hours per day in the afternoons from 2-6pm)
· Project narrative. (Limit 500 words)
Answering the following questions:
a. How does this project relate to your personal artistic vision and your creative or professional goals?
(Limit 250 words)
b. What is your current knowledge about issues of at-risk youth?
Please note that no teaching experience is necessary to be selected. (Limit 250 words)
c. Are you currently attending an arts school in the area? If yes, please discuss your goals.
d. What materials, tools and budget are necessary to successfully execute your project?
e. Please include a sample outline of your project idea w/ a sample lesson plan(s)
Submit via email your resume/cv, bio and 6-9 images of artwork created in the past two years. If your medium is performance art or film, please send a DVD with a sample of your work.
Send work by EMAIL to:
Alexandra Rangel: artoconecto@gmail.com and
Rachel Hughes: Rachel@ArtStudioMiami.org
DVD for performance art or film, please send with the complete application to:
Artoconecto, Inc
941 NE 84th Street, Miami, Fl, 33138
Deadline is February 28th, 2011
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