Call for Student Artists: Poster Contest 2012 Chicago Jazz Festival

Bay Area Art Grind has posted a new item, 'Call for student artists, Poster
Contest: 2012 Chicago Jazz Festival'

Design the Official Poster for the 2012 Chicago Jazz Festival!
The Chicago International Poster Biennial Association (CIPBA) is currently
calling for poster designs from students around the world, for the 2012 Chicago
International Poster Biennial (CIPB) Student Poster Competition.

The theme for this competition draws upon the rich history of music in Chicago.
The best poster will [...]

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The Right to Vote

That's right ladies, you have the right to vote! So utilize that right and vote Amanda Moyer for Challenge Detroit. Moyer is a member of the Young Women's Caucus and the Michigan Chapter of the WCA. With a passion for creative reuse, Moyer is looking to Detroit as the ultimate reuse opportunity. Watch Moyer's 60 sec application video and vote Amanda Moyer for Challenge Detroit at: http://on.fb.me/vote_for_amanda

For more information on Challenge Detroit visit www.challengedetroit.org

Opportunity: Etsy Hacker School

 as an attempt to find, hire, and promote more female engineers into management roles.
Etsy is giving $5k grants for 10 women to live in NYC while attending their 3 month hacker school:

http://www.etsy.com/blog/news/2012/etsy-hacker-grants-supporting-women-in-technology/:

"Today, in conjunction with Hacker School, Etsy is announcing a new scholarship and sponsorship program for women in technology: we’ll be hosting the summer 2012 session of Hacker School in the Etsy headquarters, and we’re providing ten Etsy Hacker Grants of $5,000 each — a total of $50,000 — to women who want to join but need financial support to do so. Our goal is to bring 20 women to New York to participate, and we hope this will be the first of many steps to encourage more women into engineering at Etsy and across the industry."

Opportunity for Current MFA Candidates

Bay Area Art Grind has posted a new item, 'Call for Artists, Masters of Fine
Arts (MFA) National Competition, First Street Gallery, NYC'

Call for Artists, Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) National Competition, First Street
Gallery, NYC

Eligibility: Open to artists enrolled in an MFA program during the 2012 calendar
year in the United States.

Juror: John Yau, renowned New York art critic, poet, educator and author of
books on Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. Recipient of prestigious awards including
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http://bayareaartgrind.com/2012/04/06/call-for-artists-masters-of-fine-arts-mfa-national-competition-first-street-gallery-nyc/

Benefit for Survivors of Human Trafficking (featuring the Ragdoll Project): Art, Film, & Music

Part of the Women's Caucus for Art Outreach: A Benefit for Survivors of Human Trafficking

The Philadelphia WCA presents an evening of art, film and music as part of The Ragdoll Project, an ongoing project that educates the public on human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation and supports survivors and at risk women and children. Proceeds will be donated to Dawn's Place, a local shelter for rescued victims of trafficking.

Music by: Suzi Brown, Jurassic Shark, Ghetto Songbird, and Early Riser

Early Riser (NYC) is the solo project of Kiri Oliver from the Brooklyn bands Delta Hotel, Amy Klein & the Blue Star Band, and Claire's Diary. Her songs tell richly detailed, relatable stories full of hooks and hope.
Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Early-Riser/166405090133007
http://www.soundcloud.com/earlyriserrr

Suzi Brown is a unique singer/songwriter. She has worked in Thailand and China especially with centers rehabilitating women from prostitution and cheap labor jobs, and she has done outreach with children's centers in Thailand.
http://www.suzibrownmusic.com/

Ghetto Songbird
The fathomless flow within the lyrical vistas of Ghetto Songbird’s vocals breathe aroma into the souls of her listeners. Her 60’s & 70’s rock style mixes with the flair of modern day modes, expressing a tonal offering to captures genders, social backgrounds, & generations from 8 to 80.
http://ghettosongbird.com/

Jurassic Shark formed at Girls Rock Philly in August 2011. They have four members and a combined age of 59. Their band name and song titles come from what they believe to be rejected/knockoff children's books that they found in a classroom while at camp.
http://facebook.com/jurassicsharkphilly

Films by: Women's Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter, Sara Suleman, Loretta Paraguassu, Menaka Gopalan, Bonnie MacAllister w/ Lora Bloom, Rachel Udell, and Krochet Kitty

Sara Suleman has exhibited in numerous exhibitions including the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, the Erasing Borders Exhibition at the Queens Museum, and Aicon Gallery, New York City. Her film "Converge" is inspired by birds in Karachi, Pakistan.

Loretta Paraguassu is an artist/filmmaker/writer, VP of WCAGA. She is an exhibitor in WCA's Stop Slavery Now: A Conversation About Human Trafficking at F&N Gallery. Her video, "Color, Curves and Motion," combines photos, paintings, and live dancers.

Menaka Gopalan was born in Singapore. In revealing and commenting, archiving and documenting, destroying and constructing, her viewer is confronted simultaneously with place and no place, self and no self, an in-between state of existence.

Bonnie MacAllister presents a collaborative video, "Girl Gangs" featuring fiber artwork by Rachel Blythe Udell and Krochet Kitty and a soundtrack composed with Lora Bloom. She is an exhibitor in "Stop Slavery Now," and she is the Performance Chair of the Young Women's Caucus and a Past President of the Philadelphia Chapter.

Artwork by: Women's Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter
Featuring The Ragdoll Project

Tabling for Educational Information on Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Presented by: The Women's Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter, Young Women's Caucus, and Permanent Wave Philly

Bake Sale

$5 donation

And please don't miss our April exhibition "Stop Slavery Now: a Conversation about Human Trafficking": https://www.facebook.com/events/230983807000792/

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http://youngwc.weebly.com/
http://www.facebook.com/permanentwavephilly
www.theragdollproject.org
RSVP here on Facebook.

Future Generation Art Prize

Call for Applicants, Victor Pinchuk Foundation: Future Generation Art Prize

Second edition of the global art prize of $100,000
Open to all artists up to the age of 35

The Future Generation Art Prize established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation is a worldwide contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. The Prize will be a major contribution to the open participation of younger artists in the dynamic cultural development of societies in global transition.

The Prize is an innovative new international award for artists up to 35 years of age, investing in the artistic development and new production of works. Awarded through a competition, judged by a distinguished jury, the Prize is founded on the idea of generosity, a network of outstanding patron artists and institutional partners, and a highly democratic application procedure.

Deadline: May 6th, 2012

Website link: http://www.futuregenerationartprize.org/

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Imagine a Global Embroidery Project

Peace by Piece is a global embroidery project which aims to connect different cultures through a simple embroidered phrase based on the word "Imagine". Embroidery your own 12"x 12" to represent your culture. Read more by clicking HERE.