Calls for Artists!

All About Artists! CALL FOR ARTISTS "I use Open Studios to promote my work, broaden my audience, and make sales."  -2012 Open Studios Artist Ten Reasons YOU Should Register for OPEN STUDIOS: Expand Your Audience Prepare New Work for Sale   Connect to the largest Artist Network in the Bay Area Meet Curators, Arts Professionals and Patrons   Get Feedback on your Work  Exhibit Your Work at Pro Arts Be in the Directory of East Bay Arts    Send People to Your Website Through the Online Artist Gallery  Participate in Professional Development Workshops    Get Your Creative Practice Organized in 2013!    Deadline: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15    Sign Up for Open Studios online...   Open Studios Curious? Attend the FREE workshop 'East Bay Open Studios 101' on February 9 at 2pm at Pro Arts. More info on Open Studios workshops...        ARTIST SERVICES CALENDAR  Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 6pm  |  FREE  The New Hall Presents: 'Art Money Politics'  Learn from local artists and guest panelists Camille Utterback, Favianna Rodriguez, and Eduardo Pineda as they discuss how to support yourself as an artist.  This event is co-sponsored by Pro Arts. -- Friday, February 15, 2013, 11am  |  FREE Coffee with the Director  Drop-in to meet and share ideas with Margo Dunlap, Executive Director, at Cafe Teatro (300 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, across breezeway from Pro Arts). All welcome! --    Saturday, March 2, 2013, 11am  |  FREE  Artist Salon   Come to Pro Arts and network with other artists, and share questions, personal stories, advice and tips. Caffeine provided. RSVP -- Saturday, March 2, 2013, 1pm-4pm   Relax with Tax Workshop Discounted Tickets for Members (Contact Pro Arts for the coupon code!) Presented by Tom Andres, California Lawyers for the Arts, this workshop covers the essentials of income tax for artists. Topics will include record keeping, form 1040, Schedule C, and self-employment schedule, deductions, hobby losses, home offices and more. Register Online...     ARTIST RESOURCES   Check-out Pro Arts' new online artist resources:  Artist Call Calendar Professional Development Programs  Fiscal Sponsorship and Seeking Funds  Complete our Artist Services Survey and tell us how Pro Arts' Artist Services programming can support your practice.    MORE BAY AREA OPPORTUNITIES  Bank Heist Proposal Contest Entry Deadline: Thursday, January 31, 2013 Southern Exposure and The Center for Tactical Magic's 'Bank Heist Proposal Contest' is an opportunity for artists and instigators to stretch the possibilities of creative scheming. More info... -- Richmond Art Center: Innovations in Contemporary Crafts Entry Deadline: Sunday, February 17, 2013 Entry is now open for 'Innovations in Contemporary Crafts,' a juried exhibition exploring traditional craft mediums of ceramics, wood, glass, metal, fiber, enamel, paper and jewelry. More info... -- WritersCorps Poetry Projection Project Call for Entries Entry Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2013 The San Francisco Arts Commission WritersCorps calls on filmmakers and video artists of all ages to create work based on youth writing for the 3rd annual Poetry Projection Project. More info...    -- Alameda 2013 ARTSFUND Grants Program Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2013      The ARTSFUND Grants Program supports all types of arts programming such as dance, literature, media arts, music, theater, visual arts, and multidisciplinary arts programs presented in Alameda County by Alameda County nonprofit organizations. Standard grant awards are $1,000 each. More info...    -- Creative Work Fund: Grants for Traditional and Visual Artists  Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2013 The Creative Work Fund (CWF) invites artists and nonprofit organizations to apply for grants for collaborative projects featuring traditional or visual artists.  Up to $650,000 will be available for grants that may range in size from $10,000 to $40,000. More info...  --    More Calls for Entry  Local, national and international calls compliled in a sortable list by the California Arts Council.   View CAC Calls for Entry....    INTERNSHIPS    Pro Arts seeks interns with a passion for building community through the arts! The following internships are available: Gallery Management  Curatorial  Information Management  Images: Pro Arts' interns at the SF Fine Art Fair and assisting with gallery installation be pro arts        Amy Spencer Program Coordinator / Curator   In the gallery: TRANSPORT: Members' Exhibition Featured artwork: Barbara Maricle, Tentacle, 2012 Supporting the arts within communities by serving the ongoing needs of artists. Pro Arts provides critical access to contemporary art in the region and serves as a regional hub for arts activities, independent curated exhibitions, advocacy, arts education and capacity building artist services - fiscal sponsorship to artists and professional exhibition services matching artists with community partners. We produce 22 exhibitions annually, exhibit over 580 artists, and reach an annual audience over 72,000.