October 2009 Archives
Design ONE's Next Top T-Shirt
Right now, ONE has thousands of fair-trade certified, 100% organic African cotton, African-made T-shirts sitting in a warehouse just waiting for the perfect design to make them not only a symbol of our work to end global poverty and disease, but a must-have item this holiday season.
So we’re turning to you, ONE’s 2 million members, and asking you to submit a great T-shirt design and help us come up with “ONE’s Next Top T-shirt”. Not the designer type? That’s okay, you can still take a moment and forward this email to the people you know whose talents could bring attention to our cause.
To find out more about the challenge and submit a design, visit:
http://www.one.org/tshirt?id=
As a fashion consultant, former model, native of Nigeria, and passionate ONE member, I’m excited to announce this open challenge to find the design for ONE’s new T-shirt. ONE will accept designs for the next two weeks, until November 3 at 5:00pm EST, at which point I’ll join multi-platinum recording artist Daughtry, noted designer and “Top Design” judge Jonathan Adler, and a distinguished panel of fashion and design experts to pick the top three T-shirts designs. ONE members will then have a week to vote for their favorite of the final three designs, which will be printed and put on sale in late November.
The person submitting that winning design will have a huge impact on how ONE is seen globally. We look forward to adding their T-shirt to the line of creative ONE merchandise already available in the ONE Store, as well as celebrating her or his contribution as part of the new T-shirt’s launch to ONE members and the general public.
What we wear says a lot about who we are. The 25,000 plain T-shirts sitting in our warehouse already tell a story of commitment to helping countries in Africa and across the developing world trade their way to a better future. The right design has the power to go even further, and spark a global conversation. It starts with “I love your shirt, what does it mean?” and ends with greater awareness of the role we can all play in ending poverty and disease in some of the most vulnerable places on earth.
I hope you’ll help us create ONE’s Next Top T-shirt and prove that great design can make a difference:
http://www.one.org/tshirt?id=
Thank you and good luck,
Chalya Shagaya, ONE member
Money for Art Teachers
Surdna Foundation Arts Teachers Fellowship
Program Guidelines for the Surdna Foundation Arts Teachers Fellowship Program (SATF)The Surdna Foundation invites arts teachers from public arts high schools to apply for funding for artistic development through its Arts Teachers Fellowship Program (SATF). Eligible schools include specialized public arts high schools, as well as arts-focused, magnet and charter high schools. The program offers teachers the opportunity to immerse themselves in their own creative work, interact with other professional artists, and stay current with new practices.
Recognizing that such teachers often lack the time and resources to reconnect with the artistic processes they teach, the Arts Teachers Fellowship Program provides grants of up to $5,500 to enable selected teachers to make art with professionals in their disciplines and stay current with new practices and resources. A complementary grant of $1,500 is awarded to each Fellow's school to support related post-Fellowship activities.
Complete Program Information & Guidelines
Application Form
Descriptions of Current Fellowships
Resource List
(This list is to help applicants begin to research potential sites and to provide a sampling of Fellowship opportunities).
Intern at the Guggenheim
(The following contains information that might be relevant to the IAM community. It is not an IAM event or affiliated in any way.)
For students at the junior-year college level or above, graduate students, postgraduates, and mature professionals pursuing further experience in the arts, a Guggenheim internship is an exciting opportunity to gain practical museum experience. The Guggenheim Museum offers a variety of internships in many different departments.
In addition to our internships in New York, the Guggenheim offers internship opportunities at our European affiliates in Bilbao, Spain, and Venice, Italy. Find out more information on Guggenheim Internships in Europe.
Calling All Filmmakers: Need $1K?
Cloud Computing is gaining a lot of hype in the technology industry, with many claiming it will change the face of computing. But do people really know what it's all about? This is your chance to clear up the confusion about cloud computing, have a little fun doing it, and win up to $3,000 cash. Simply submit an original video to our YouTube group explaining what cloud computing is to the average Joe (or Joan).
Appirio (and your peers) will select the winners based on how creative, entertaining and informative it is. Grand Prize winner gets $3,000 cash. First runner up gets $1,000 and four honorable mentions get $250 each so go crazy. Don't skimp. And don't be too serious either. There's plenty of serious videos on the cloud already out there - sing us a song, tell us a nursery rhyme or a story about a Cloud Computing superhero. Get creative. And hurry. Contest ends on November 3.
A New Renaissance of the Arts Rising in Churches
(The following is not an IAM event, but we thought it might be relevant to members of the IAM Community.)
INDIANAPOLIS-- On Saturday November 21, 2009, churches and artists around the world will celebrate God’s renewal of the arts during “The New Renaissance Rising: Arts Renewal Celebration”.
In September the Vatican announced that the Pope will hold an arts summit on November 21, 2009, with 500 world-renowned artists meeting in the Sistine Chapel for the purpose of “rekindling the special historical relationship between faith and art." The guest list had not been released at this time of this writing, but Bono (U2) has acknowledged that he will attend. According to church officials, this is to be the first of many initiatives aimed at bridging the gap that has developed between spirituality and artistic expression.
The Vatican adds its voice to a growing number of churches and denominations seeking a New Renaissance of art in the Church and the culture.
In July, leaders from the Charismatic movement released powerful statements about God’s plans for the arts, and have begun using the arts as prophetic vehicles during their services and outreaches.
At the beginning of the year C.I.V.A. (Christians In the Visual Arts, artist’s organization) said that more evangelical and traditional churches than ever before added art galleries to their buildings in 2008, not to mention the explosion of electronic media, contemporary music and drama that has swept churches in the last two decades.
On Saturday November 21 -- the same day as the Sistine Chapel Art Summit—local artists, churches and organizations around the world will gather in churches and public venues to celebrate God’s movement to reestablish the arts as a conduit for His love and light. These “New Renaissance Rising: Arts Renewal Celebrations” may be as simple as a small half-hour prayer gathering or as large as…whatever God inspires! More information and resources are available to churches, organizations and individuals can be found, free of charge, here.It’s a movement that will bring refreshing vitality to the Church, and new hope to the world through the reintegration of inspired art (music, painting, dance, drama, sculpture, design, and more) into the church and an infusion of spiritually powerful art into the culture.
About The New Renaissance Rising:
It’s a movement that will bring refreshing vitality to the Church, and new hope to the world through the reintegration of inspired art (music, painting, dance, drama, sculpture, design, and more) into the church and an infusion of spiritually powerful art into the culture. The vision for The New Renaissance Rising is that churches and artists across the world would take this date (November 21) to start or intensify the faith/art groups, initiatives, projects and relationships in their circle of influence.
Media Contact: J. Scott McElroy,
(317) 442-3833
Mako Fujimura and Georges Rouault at Dillon Gallery
For Immediate Release
Makoto Fujimura Pays Homage to Georges Rouault
George Rouault & Makoto Fujimura: Soliloquies Exhibit
NEW YORK, NY (October 19, 2009) -- Painter Makoto Fujimura will pay homage to twentieth century Fauvist and Expressionist painter Georges Rouault in an exhibition of both artists' work this fall at Dillon Gallery, one of Chelsea's preeminent art galleries. The show will open with a reception on November 12 and will feature a collection of original works by the renowned Rouault, given exclusively by the Rouault Estate to Dillon Gallery, paired with Fujimura's paintings done in homage. The exhibition closes December 24.
A full-color 64-page book by Square Halo Press, featuring an essay by Dr. Thomas S. Hibbs of Baylor University, will be released on November 12th at the opening of the exhibit. The exhibit and the book were made possible with the support of The Rouault Foundation, Paris.
For his new series, “Soliloquies,” Fujimura meditated on Rouault's paintings and sketched ideas from various details, creating a series derived from Rouault but still essentially "Fujimura."
While Rouault, a contemporary of Matisse, Picasso, and Chagall, has been associated with many artistic movements, he remains in his own category. At the turn of the 20th century, when other artists were turning to Expressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism, he developed his own style that incorporated tradition and artistic progressiveness. Highly respected by his peers and called "a painter's painter" by Fujimura, Rouault was influenced by both stained glass and oil paintings, and he portrayed ordinary figures with grace and authenticity. This idiosyncratic style — dark, heavy and broken, as well as colorful and hopeful — makes Rouault difficult to categorize.
Fujimura is likewise is difficult to classify. His style is too contemporary to be traditional Nihonga, but too traditionally spiritual to be postmodern. For him, painting is a sacred experience; it is prayer. At the beginning of his career, when the word "beauty" was becoming unpopular in the art world, Fujimura continued to use gold leaf to depict the sacredness of the ordinary and speak of hope in an often dark and broken world. This devout view of ordinary life and creativity ideologically exiles Fujimura from his contemporaries.
Both Rouault and Fujimura bridge the past and the contemporary, taking inspiration from ancient beliefs and everyday life. Fujimura believes, as Rouault did, that art is more than an artist's personal expression: art can connect views, bridge aesthetic movements, cross cultural boundaries and offer a spiritual service to others.
Rouault's work continues to instruct and delight young artists, and his paintings possess a cross-cultural appeal. To wit, the largest collections of Rouault's pieces are in Japan. Fujimura, a Japanese-American, also reaches audiences from East to West. His work is in galleries and museums in Japan, China, and the United States.
"True influence is catalytic," says Fujimura. Rouault was instrumental in the Parisian Sacred Art Movement and influenced other painters, such as Picasso and Matisse. Similarly, Fujimura is leading the 21st century Neo-Nihonga movement, and he is the founder of International Arts Movement, a leading voice in wrestling with the deep issues of art, faith and humanity. Fujimura sees Rouault as "the first 21st century painter," ahead of his time. Rouault painted fallen subjects in a redemptive light and founded his movement on generosity and hope, with which current audiences identify. Fujimura also assumes this role, "using the language of a secular age to explain a sacred calling."
The Georges Rouault/Makoto Fujimura Exhibit at Dillon Gallery runs November 12-December 24. The gallery is located in Manhattan’s Chelsea District at 555 W. 25th Street. More information, including hours of operation, can be found at www.DillonGallery.com.
About Makoto Fujimura:
Japanese-American painter Makoto Fujimura fuses ancient Nihonga traditional techniques with modern influences. Known for his attention to and celebration of beauty, Fujimura’s work is represented by Valerie Dillon at Dillon Gallery (www.dillongallery.com). Former National Council on the Arts member (2003-2009), Fujimura founded the non-profit global arts organization International Arts Movement in 1991.
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