Community
News for February 2005
Contents:
1. GOOD
news web sites
2. Read
about the New director for the California Arts Council, Muriel Johnson.
3. Randall Museum
is currently seeking experienced teachers in visual arts, dance, theater, or
woodshop art for their summer Art and Science camp.
4. GOTOUR
ROAD SHOW CONTEST for independent performing Artists, Application deadline
March 1st
5. Calpoly
seeks Painting Professor, tenure track, for September 2005.
6. Call for
entries for 4th Lessedra Mini Print 2005! Deadline March.
7. SF
Studio Sublease available
8. NYC Room
to Time Share
9. San Francisco Schools Need Artist Volunteers
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1. Lizz, ArtSeed friend shares links
to GOOD news web sites!
http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/happy-news.php
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
http://www.positivenews.net/news.html
2. The Governor has appointed a new
director for the California Arts Council.
Her name is Muriel Johnson. An
article about her:
http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/story/12005897p-12876276c.html
3. The Randall Museum is currently seeking experienced teachers:
The Randall Museum is currently seeking art instructors for
our Art and Science summer camp
program. The Randall Museum is an Art and Science children's museum
located in San Francisco. We run a very popular Summer Camp for 6-12 year olds.
We are looking for experienced teachers in visual arts,
dance, theater, or woodshop.
This summer, we are planning three 2-week sessions and one
1-week session beginning the week of June 20th and ending August 19. Art instructors may work one or more sessions,
with preference given to those qualified applicants who are willing to work
more than one session.
Each summer camp day is divided into 2 class periods. Class times are 10am-12noon and
1pm-3pm. Art instructors can opt to
teach one or two classes a day; that is, either just the morning or just the
afternoon or both. Most instructors
teach one subject morning and afternoon, adjusting the activities to the
different age groups. In this manner,
they get more hours and make more money.
Pay is $40 per contact hour.
Each class is 20 hours.
Each group of campers comes with a counselor who greets them
and signs them in each morning and signs them out at the end of the day. Except during counselor break times, there
will be a counselor in class with the campers to assist instructors. The camps are grouped by ages: 6-8 and
9-12. Maximum number of campers per
group is 17.
Each group of campers attends a morning class and an
afternoon class. We try to match science and art classes that can relate to
each other, e.g., Marine Science and a Ceramics class making a marine tile
mural.
Minimum qualifications: At least two years experience
teaching art education to elementary-school-aged children. BA/BS in art or related field or equivalent
experience. Desired qualities include
skills in a broad array of fun art programming, experience in summer camp or
other informal ed settings, enthusiasm, flexibility, and ability to work well
with others.
Contact Julie Dodd Tetzlaff, Summer Camp Director, Randall Museum,
at 415-554-9603 as soon as possible if interested. Absolute deadline February
8, 2005
4. GOTOUR ROAD SHOW CONTEST for independent
performing Artists:
Produced by The Field, the GoTour Road Show gives
independent performing artists working in dance, theater, music, text,
performance art and mixed disciplines a chance to perform in New York City in
May 2005. By ''independent'' we mean artists--sometimes also called individual
or emerging artists--who don't have institutional support such as consistent
funding, touring, or production opportunities.
Ten national and five New York-based Road Show winners will
participate in a shared weekend performance event, which also includes a
transportation stipend, a press junket, opening night reception, and the
opportunity to meet other artists and presenters from New York City and around
the country.
HOW TO ENTER:
To enter the contest, first log on to www.gotour.org and
check out the site. Then, in 500 words or fewer, tell us what it means to be an
independent artist and why you want to tour your work. Winners will be chosen
by you! All applicants will have the opportunity to read the applicant essays
and nominate the ones which capture best the spirit of independent artists and
touring.
Email your entry to info@gotour.org
by March 1, 2005.
Please include the following in the body of your email:
1) Your name
2) Daytime phone number
3) Your essay
You will receive a confirmation email when your entry is
received. Entries must be received by midnight, March 1st. Winners will be
notified by March 31st. For more information, visit The Field's home page at www.thefield.org or call (212) 691-6969.
5.
Calpoly seeks Painting Professor:
From: "SUSAN J. SAUERBRUN" <sjsart@earthlink.net>
>To: Leslie Lowinger <leslow@hotmail.com>
>Subject: FYI or pass it on
>Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:58:42 -0500
>
>Jan 05, 2005 SEEKING PAINTING PROFESSOR Starts September
>2005. Assistant professor, tenure track. Primary
teaching duties in
>upper and lower division instruction in painting as well
as studio
>foundation courses. MFA with concentration in painting
required. Must
>be a practicing exhibiting artist. Teaching experience
in color
>theory, construction of space and composition,
foundation level
>painting and drawing, and applied conceptual theory
preferred. To
>apply, complete online application and submit cover
letter, CV, 3
>current letters of reference, 1 page artist statement,
teaching
>philosophy on teaching painting, 20 examples of recent
professional
>work, 20 examples of student work (basic and advanced),
and SASE to:
>Studio Search Committee, Dept of Art and Design,
California
>Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo CA 93407
OR 805-756-6069
>OR http://www.calpolyjobs.org
OR artdesign@calpoly.edu
6. Call for entries for 4th Lessedra Mini Print 2005
Thanking once again for your interest. I would like to
invite you kindly to participate in the next 4th Lessedra Mini Print 2005!
Herewith the link to the general information
http://www.lessedra.com/annual_2004.htm
and also to the conditions for participation
http://www.lessedra.com/4_conditions.htm
Please don`t hesitate to contact me with your questions,
comments and suggestions.
Looking forward to our good cooperation. With my best wishes
from Sofia.
Yours Georgi
Lessedra.
http://www.lessedra.com/
7. From: Amy Trachtenberg
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005
To: amytrachtenberg@comcast.net
Subject: studio SF
I am looking to sublet my studio while teaching in Greece
600sq. ft. --$600- mo. (utilities included) located at 12th and Folsom mid-Feb.
to mid-June, non live-in.
Please let me know if you know anyone potentially
interested.
8. NYC Room to Time Share
Friends:
As some of you may already know, I've become increasingly
bicoastal in the past few years. I'm still based in San Francisco, but I have
been renting shared space in New York as well.
Amy X Neuburg and I are currently looking for a third person to
time-share our lovely (and very inexpensive!) apartment in Brooklyn. This
should be someone who lives outside New York but would like to spend time there
often enough to need an occasional place. I use the place an average of one
week per month, Amy uses it less often but in longer chunks -- that sort of
thing. (Sometimes we overlap, which works fine because we have the same
sleeping and drinking habits.)
If you've been looking for a situation something like this,
or if you know someone who would want to have a part-time NY pied a terre, here
are the details:
The rent would be $229/month (The room is $685 and we'd
split that 3 ways)
- This 2-bedroom apartment belongs to Matt Moran-- a charming,
busy musician whom we like very much. He has one bedroom, the rest of us
time-share the other.
- Recently renovated, nice wood floors, new modern kitchen
(dishwasher etc.)
- Small living room and dining room areas, cozy and
inviting, and Matt has put a lot of work into the decor.
- Our bedroom is large-ish (for a NY Apt) with lots of
light, closets. Very quiet.
- Ground floor of a secure1940s? Apartment building. (Easy
schlep!)
- Located in the Kensington neighborhood. It's safe, clean,
lots of little restaurants (Bangladeshi, Italian, Asian, Albanian, Russian).
It's not a trendy or hip 'hood, but it's 2 train stops from upscale Park
Slope.)
- 2 short blocks from the F Train. (Church Ave. Station) --
F is a great line for getting into Manhattan, runs often. Stops on lower east
side, SoHo, and West Village. And goes
up near MoMa in MidTown etc.
It's a little much for Amy and I to keep splitting only 2
ways so we need to find a third person as soon as possible. (We'd like to find
someone by the first week of Feb if possible.)
Female roomate is probably best.
We'll need to share the room any time our NY time overlaps. (Just like back in the dorm days...)
So if you or anyone you know is interested, please contact
me by email or phone:
415.861.3277
cell 415.572.6352
pamelaz@pamelaz.com
Feel free to pass this on to anyone you know who might be
interested.
Pamela Z
Composer/Performer
pamelaz@pamelaz.com
http://www.pamelaz.com
Pamela Z Productions
540 Alabama Street Studio 213
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
ph: 415.861.EARS (415.861.3277)
cell: 415.5PAMELA (415.572.6352)
FAX: 415.861.FAKS (415.861.3257)
shipping address (for packages too large for a mail slot):
Pamela Z 2440
Sixteenth Street PMB #171, San
Francisco, CA 94103, USA
9. Calling all Bay
Area Artists!
If you have an interest in teaching in music, painting,
dance, creative
writing, photography or drama, San Francisco public school
students could
use your help. Volunteer for as little as one hour a week,
and encourage
all children to grow in the arts.
Call (415) 749-3700 or visit www.sfsv.org. We look forward
to hearing from you!
Glenn Davis
Recruitment & Training Coordinator
San Francisco School Volunteers
601 McAllister Street
San Francisco Ca. 94102
415 -749-3700 ext. 3026
415-749-3780 (FAX)
For 40 years, achieving success, one child at a time.