Arts at Michigan
Callboard
The Calls and Auditions page is a list of opportunities aimed at students who want to share their artistic talents. Photo and design competitions, auditions, and calls for entry can be submitted for inclusion to arts@umich.edu.
AMERICA!
Call for artwork
Looking for submissions to AMERICA!, an exhibition about America’s obsession with itself.
In recent years, America, as a place, a culture, a concept, has increasingly become the material of artists. We see the repurposing by artists of all things American, including corporate brands and logos, music and fashion, flags, Presidents, taxidermied deer and bald eagles, American Indian motifs, and political advertisement references. This show will include works that address this broad concept with widely varying perspectives and agendas, including nationalistic pride, political and social commentary, and fascination with images and forms that are essentially American.
The show will be curated by Joe Levickas, and be on view July 27th, 2012 – August 24th, 2012 at The Work: Detroit Gallery.
Submit your work for consideration here:
http://art-design.umich.edu/exhibitions/open_calls
UMMA Student Programming and Advisory Council
Seeing applications
Want to get involved with UMMA?
Apply to serve on the STUDENT PROGRAMMING AND ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Student Programming and Advisory Council (SPAC) serves as a direct link between UM students and UMMA. It is dedicated to helping support UMMA’s mission of commitment to students and engagement with the arts. Check out our blog: http://annex.umma.umich.edu/
Graduate and undergraduate students are welcome. Applicants must be able to serve for three semesters. Please send a resume and letter of interest to SPACapplicants@umich.edu by Friday, March 16, 2012.
MPassioned Art
Call for design Submissions
MPassioned Art is a new and exciting arts project for the UofM community!
Center for Campus Involvement is holding a campus-wide search for ten talented student artists, who will be selected to customize a 4’x4’x6” wooden “M”. Completed “M”s will become part of a campus-wide art installation designed to showcase the talent and diversity that make the University of Michigan great. We welcome student submissions as individuals, student organizations, and campus departments. Show us your talent, and you could be one of the ten to leave your legacy on campus!
All submissions must have a completed application, including a sketch and description of your proposal. For more information, or to submit a completed application, please email mpassionedart@umich.edu
Submissions are due Monday, March 5th, 2012.
Fluxus Events at UMMA
Call for proposals
The UMMA Education Department and Student Programming and Advisory Council, in conjunction with the Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life exhibition at UMMA, invite UM students to host their own performances of Fluxus Event Scores throughout the month of March!
Event Scores involve simple actions, ideas, and objects from everyday life recontexualized as performance. Event Scores are texts that can be seen as proposal pieces or instructions for actions. The idea of the score suggests musicality. Like a musical score, Event Scores can be realized by artists other than the original creator and are open to variation and interpretation.
Submit a proposal to perform your Event Score at UMMA during a special Fluxus-themed Student Late Night event from 10pm to midnight on March 30, 2012.
The New Year
Open Call for Auditions
Casting principal and supporting roles for The New Year, a 15-minute, Super-
16mm, color film to be shot by University of Michigan students in March, 2012.
Audition Dates:
Saturday, February 18th from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Sunday, February 19th from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location:
ISS Media Center Demo Room
Room # 2001, Modern Languages Building
812 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
North Campus Photo Competition
Deadline March 5
Photo Competition Rules and Criteria Criteria for entries:
-must be a two dimensional image
-submitted as a jpeg, gif, or pdf file
-resolution must be at least 300 dpi.
Examples of entry: photograph, photograph/mixed media (2D), photoshop etc... image must depict or represent any or all parts of North Campus. Short description of the content and how it represents North Campus.
Submit entries to: NorthCampusPhoto@gmail.com
- attach as a jpeg, gif, or pdf file attachment
-include Submission Form with entry. Deadline for submission: March 5, 2012 by 11:59pm EST
-One entry per person. Up to 3 images per entry, they shall be judged together.
Judging Process: The winners shall be selected by a diverse panel of judges. The judges shall select “Honorable Mention” pieces first. Then, from the "Honorable Mention" pool, the judges will select first, second, and third place winners. Prizes will be as follows: First Place: $300, Second Place $150, Third Place $75, Honorable Mention will receive a small gift. Winners will be notified via email. All Honorable Mention Pieces will be up for display in the Duderstadt connector from March 12 - 16.
"Duvid" short film auditions
Casting Call
Auditions are Friday, Feb. 3rd from 2-6pm & Saturday, Feb. 4th from 11-4pm
The short film "Duvid" is auditioning several supporting roles for scenes
to be shot in late February and mid-March (schedules vary by role). See
roles and film summary descriptions below for more information about the
parts.
Audition dates are Friday, Feb. 3rd from 2-6pm and Saturday, Feb. 4th from
11-4pm. Auditions are by appointment and will be held on University of
Michigan's central campus. To schedule an audition and receive sides,
please send an email with resume and headshot to the producer Jackie Turner
at duvidfilm@gmail.com. Please include in the email which roles you are
interested in auditioning for and which day (Friday or Saturday) you would
like to audition.
THE FILM
In the world of Hasidic Judaism, a man is expected to be married with
children by the time he reaches his early twenties. As he reaches this age,
Duvid Stern begins to feel immense pressure from all sides to settle down
and find a wife. Sensing that perhaps this is not how Duvid wants to spend
the rest of his life, his best friend Yoli introduces him to the
underground world of Electronic Dance Music. It is here that he meets
Lindsay Miller, a fun-loving rave girl who is just as intrigued by his
strange customs and manner of dress as he is by her Technicolor hair and
party-hard attitude. However, as Duvid falls for Lindsay and the techno
rave lifestyle, he begins to sense that there is more to Toba, the quiet
girl from back home who everyone expects him to marry, than the typical
Hasidic housewife he first judged her as.
THE ROLES
ZALMAN:S male, can play Hasidic, early 20s. Yoli?s older brother. He has
left his ultra-orthodox community to live a party lifestyle in the city.
SHEINA REIZEL: female, can play Hasidic, early 20s. Zalman's wife. Had
major issues with the role of women in the Hasidic lifestyle, was integral
in Zalman's decision to leave.
CHAYA RIVKA: female, can play Hasidic, early 20s. Yoli's wife. Very
traditional, has a baby with another on the way. Her marriage with Yoli is
troubled.
DAN: male, early 20s, a secular hipster. Lives an openly gay lifestyle,
goes to university.
SHANA: female, can play Hasidic, 40s. Duvid's mother. Very traditional. She
loves her son very much and wants him to settle down and start a family so
that she can have grandchildren to love as well.
BORUCH: male, can play Hasidic, 40s. Duvid's father. Very stern and very
traditional. Wants Duvid to settle down with a family because that's what
men his age should do.
MENDEL: male, late 20s, Yoli's dealer. Makes a living selling drugs to
Hasidic Jews. Has experimented a bit too much with a bit too many
substances, has achieved a bit of a perma-high.
Any questions or concerns may be directed to duvidfilm@gmail.com
Love For Sale: You Know You Need It
Call for Artwork
Deadline for Submission: Friday, December 23rd, 2011
The title, after both the Cole Porter song and another by the Talking Heads, is meant as an ironic gesture signaling the paradox of selling created need; that is, to make consumers want what you tell them to love. LOVE FOR SALE, the exhibition, is meant to address the image as a means of selling, of creating need.
Art and commerce have long been linked. The notion of the art market, of art to be sold as commodity, stretches as far back into history as the moment when the production of an image was followed by the trading, selling or stealing of that image. The more valuable the image becomes, the more highly sought after it is. Often this translates into the image being constructed to fulfill or live up to the desires of the market; to become a signifier of wealth. However, images have also been used to sell things other than the images themselves, to serve as advertisement– as the vehicle of seduction for other ideas, other objects, other beliefs, other images. This advertising image is constructed with an innate understanding of how to connect with those who may be looking for something to want; those with a need to fill.
Get Your Photos Featured in the 2011-2012 Michigan Yearbook!
Call for Photos
Deadline for Submission: November 23rd, 2011
The Michiganensian Yearbook is calling out to all photographers seeking to get their work published in the ‘Student Photography’ feature section of the 2011-2012 Michigan Yearbook! Our staff invites YOU to help keep the memory of the University of Michigan alive for years to come by reflecting on your college years through photographs. The 20 finalists whose photos are selected for this year’s book will not only get their work published in one of the most successful publications on campus, but will also be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a FREE 2011-2012 YEARBOOK.
Curate a Group Exhibition
Call for Proposals
The University of Michigan School of Art & Design is SEEKING PROPOSALS for exhibitions for Fall 2012 through Winter 2013.
YOU (an individual or a group) can propose to curate a group exhibition based on an interest, theme, topic, method of working, concept, etc. for work•detroit
In your proposal, tell us about your ideas and what type of work you'd ask artists to submit. Submit your preliminary proposal to the University of Michigan School of Art & Design Exhibitions + Performances Committee by Monday, December 5, 2011
Michigan’s Best Dance Crew
Call for Auditions
Michigan's Best Dance Crew is calling out to all dance crews on campus that want to try out for this year's MBDC competition! Tryouts are Thursday November 10th in the UClub, from 7-10pm. RSVP to mibestdancecrew@umich.edu
City of Pieces: Street Interventions
Call for Street Art
Deadline: Submissions are due September 26, 2011
This is an open call to street artists and photographers working in and around Detroit to contribute images, videos, gallery maquettes and/ or installations of your work for the exhibit City of Pieces: Street Interventions, to be held at Work•Detroit Gallery in October/November 2011.
Student Songwriter Series: The Ark at UMMA
Call for musicians
The Ark seeks submissions for the Fall 2011 Student Songwriter Series, held at UMMA. This fall, “The Ark at UMMA” will invite student songwriters from University of Michigan, Eastern University and Washtenaw Community College to submit their original music demo in order to compete for a live performance showcase at UMMA and a chance to perform at The Ark.
The Ark at UMMA Student Songwriter Series will feature three performance showcases on Friday, October 7 at 8 p.m., Friday, October 21 at 8 p.m, and Friday, November 4 at 8 p.m. These showcases will feature the best of the student songwriters selected by the Ark staff from the contest submissions.
The Final performance on Friday, December 9 from 8 to 10 p.m. will feature all the performers from the October and November showcases performing in-the-round and will culminate in the announcement of the winner of the series. The winning singer-songwriter will booked for an opening performance at The Ark.
Fortnight Literary Press
Call for poetry, prose and art
Fortnight is a student-run literary magazine from the University of Michigan that publishes student work. They take submissions of prose, poetry, art, and anything else they deem interesting. They accept submissions year round:
It’s just a simple two step* program:
1. Write a good poem/short story/longer story that we could probably only excerpt
Or take an amazing picture/draw or paint something interesting/make a collage
2. Send it to us as an attachment at fortnight-sub@umich.edu
*Optional third step: await fame and fortune.
As I See It Photo Competition
Juried Photo Competition
Arts at Michigan believes there is an artist inside each of us. The As I See It Photo Competition is your opportunity to share your photographic genius! Competitions will be held periodically throughout the year, with different themes for each round. Submissions are narrowed down by staff, and then the finalists are voted on by the public in the Unions and by the U-M Community online. Winners get great prizes, so be sure you're signed up for Arts Info, our weekly newsletter, so you'll hear about our future contests and opportunities.
