Call for California Visual Artists
April 19, 2011 by Nursha
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The Alliance of Artists Communities is accepting applications through May 23, 2011 for the 2012 Visions from the New California awards. The Awards celebrate, support, and promote California visual artists from diverse communities – artists whose work may still be unfamiliar but whose compelling visions will define California in its next decades.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications will be accepted from artists in all visual media who:
(1) are permanent residents of California;
(2) are not currently students, will not be students in 2011, and will not be students in 2012; and
(3) have not participated in an artist residency previously.
Artists selected for the 2012 Visions from the New California awards will receive a one-month residency, a $4000 grant, promotion through an internationally-distributed publication, and inclusion in an exhibition/performance.
Application Deadline: May 23, 2011
For more information and to apply, visit Visions from the New California
Questions may also be directed to Adam Short at grants@artistcommunities.org
Visions from the New California is a partnership between the Alliance of Artists Communities and six California artist residency programs, and is fully funded by The James Irvine Foundation.
For information and to apply, visit: www.visionsfromthenewcalifornia.org
Participating Programs
18th Street Arts Center (Santa Monica) 
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
(Woodside)
Headlands Center for the Arts
(Sausalito)
Exploratorium (San Francisco)
The Sally & Don Lucas Artists Programs at Montalvo Arts Center (Saratoga)
Kala Art Institute (Berkeley)
Apply now at www.visionsfromthenewcalifornia.org
Join NPA Micia Mosely at Marga’s Funny Mondays
April 19, 2011 by Nursha
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Come celebrate the start of the week with Marga Gomez at Marga’s Funny Mondays!
EVENT DETAILS 
Monday May 9th, 2011 @8pm
Special Guest: Micia Mosely
2120 Allston Way Berkeley, CA
Tickets: $10
For more information, click here . Stay tuned for more details!
For Third Year, Nursha Co-Curates Event to Empower Young Women
April 8, 2011 by Nursha
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For the third year, Nursha Project co-curates annual Young Women’s Health Leadership Summit at the University of California, San Francisco. Nursha Collaborators, Infin8 Sync and Mona Webb, were featured in the day’s events. To view images or learn more about this YWHLS, click here . 
Queer Art Impact Co-founders Debate at The Field!
April 3, 2011 by Nursha
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Join Queer Art Impact co-founders, Mathew Heggem and Shalonda Ingram as they share their offerings on The Field and the Abrons Art Center’s panel discussions on the performing arts community! The first of some fiery and critical discussions, the Next Gen Debate Series will be held in a structured debate format facilitated by a moderator.
EVENT DETAILS 
Hypermedia Marketing: Alienating or Inviting?
Monday, April 11th, 2011; 7pm
Abrons Art Center in the Underground Theater
466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street)
New York City
Twitter, Facebook, blogs, websites, apps etc.: What do these do to an already tense and widening generational gap? How can one stay afloat and keep tabs on every stream? How do you decide what level of engagement is right for you? Is this an opportunity or an obstacle for the performing arts community? This debate will investigate the myriad ways this “flood of material” is (mis)used, consumed and disseminated.
Debaters include Brian McCormick, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Mathew Heggem, Sarah A.O. Rosner, and Wendy Perron!
“Starving Artist” vs. Entrepreneur: Is the language we use around the arts helping or hurting?
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011; 7pm
Abrons Art Center in the Underground Theater
466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street)
New York City
Do you pay yourself a living wage to make your work? Do you value your work as something that needs to happen? Does “non-profit” equal art-as-charity, a luxury commodity, a non-necessity? Does it support entrepreneurship? How does this language help art-makers to be seen, fund raise and be recognized as important and critical?
Debaters include Morgan von Prelle Pecelli, Jean Ann Douglass, Catherine Peila and Shalonda Ingram!
Queer Art Impact Collaborator Charlie Demos ‘Sharpens the DAGGER for Public Access’
April 3, 2011 by Nursha
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Queer Art Impact Collaborator, Charlie Demos was recently interviewed by NEXT Magazine to discuss his 
new initiative, “The Dagger.” The singer/songwriter/multimedia artist and now producer, embarked on this creative journey in hopes of creating a queer public access show that would provide the community with an edgier alternative to the mainstream. To read the interview in its entirety, click here . The 28-minute episodes of “The Dagger” airs Fridays at 1am on MNN 2 Channel 56 Manhattan Public Access Television . The show will also stream live on the MNN website in case you miss it!
Charlie also sat down with Queer Art Impact co-founders, Mathew Heggem and Shalonda Ingram for 365 4 5 on the topic, ” Queer Ecology and Promoting Selflessness. ” To watch the interview, click below!
Queer Ecology: Promoting Selflessness from Mathew Heggem on Vimeo .
