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Opportunities

A diverse range of opportunities are offered by the sector and include residencies, exhibitions, grants, professional development and commissions.

Janet Holmes à Court Artists' Grant  
Closing date: 15 February 2012
NAVA     National
This grant provides assistance towards the costs of public presentation of visual arts, craft and design. This can include, but is not limited to, framing, media releases, media photographs, advertising, space rental, installation costs, promotional printing, mail outs, documentation, freight, travel, equipment rental, insurance, technical assistance and opening costs.

Artist in Residence   call for applications
Closing date: 24 February 2012
Australian Tapestry Workshop     Melbourne
The artist- in- residence program invites Australian artists to immerse themselves in the unique studio environment of the Workshop. To be selected, artists need to demonstrate an element in their practice that relates to tapestry. The opportunity of a salon-style exhibition at the Workshop at the end of the residency is one of many benefits of the program. The Workshop is interested in receiving submissions from artists who would like to participate in its residency program.

Synapse residency program   call for applications
Closing date: 24 February 2012
The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT)     National
The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) is calling for applications from artists and science and research organisations for the 2012 Synapse Residency program. Now in its seventh round, the program is a core element of the Synapse initiative of the Australia Council for the Arts and ANAT, which supports collaboration between artists and scientists. The residencies are open to Australian artists with a demonstrated interest in science working in any discipline and/or medium. Australian-based residencies of 16 weeks' duration that take place during the 2012 calendar year will be supported.

Call to applicants for studio in Newtown, Sydney  
Closing date: 1 March 2012
SquarePeg Studios     Sydney
SquarePeg is a studio enterprise in a 200sq metre warehouse style space in Newtown being set up as a new creative hub for the Sydney jewellery community. We are currently calling for applications from contemporary jewellers interested in being part of this new studio.

World of Wearable Art (WOW)  
Closing date: 2 April 2012
World of Wearable Art     New Zealand
Application are now open for the annual WOW awards. WOW has seven section for entry these include The Magic 0f Books, American Express Open Section, Bizarre Bra Section and Bizarre Bra Section. WOW offers the opportunity for designers to experiment with materials and new methods, to push boundaries and think outside the square without commercial expectations or the limits of everyday fashion.

NAVA Curator Mentorship Initiative   Call for Applicants
Closing date: 12 April 2012
The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)     National
The Curator Mentorship Initiative (previously known as the Curator Development Initiative), supported by the Sidney Myer Fund, injects up to $60,000 annually into the visual arts, craft and design sector and supports the professional development of emerging and mid-career curators of exhibitions and collections in Australia. The Initiative provides the opportunity for emerging and mid-career curators to gain mentored placements within a gallery, art institution or university.

Petite Miniature Textiles   Call for Applications
Closing date: 20 April 2012
Wangaratta Regional Gallery     Wangaratta
The Wangaratta exhibitions Gallery holds a biennial Award for Contemporary Textile Art. Professional artists working in any style of textile media are invited to submit up to 3 entries for consideration within a competitive assessment process. Contact the Gallery for more details.

500 Teapots   call for submissions
Closing date: 20 April 2012
Lark Publishing     International
Lark is seeking images to publish in a juried collection of ceramic teapots publishing in August 2013. The juror for 500 Teapots will be Jim Lawton of Oyster Street Pottery. Pieces may be functional or purely decorative. You may submit up to four entries; there is no entry fee.

Signature Design Award 2012   call for entries
Closing date: 15 May 2012
Signature floors     National
The Signature Design Award 2012 is now open for entries and calling all designers to incorporate Signature Floocoverings' Custom Made Woven Carpet into their projects. Entrants go into the running to win a trip for 2 to the International Design & Art Fair in Beijing, visit Signature Floorcoverings' woven carpet manufacturing facilities and experience the architectural wonders of Shanghai.

Applications now open   Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists
Closing date: 5 June 2012
NAVA     National
The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists provides assistance towards travel and/or tuition costs for young people building a career in the visual arts broadly in the areas of painting, photography or sculpture. Overseas travel (preferably for the first time) to undertake formal study, a residency or a planned program with a professional artist or mentor will be considered, as will informal study for a planned research project.

Craft Australia craft+design enquiry   Call for papers Issue #5
Closing date: 30 June 2012
Craft Australia     International
Guest Editor, Suzie Attiwill is calling for papers on the theme of A World in Making: Cities Craft Design. On 12 March 1913, a naming ceremony took place in an empty paddock on a hill. This rural environment was to become a city, the capital city of Australia, the city of Canberra. The aspirations and the projections of the Griffins' winning design for Canberra are an example of a world-in-making involving the practices of design and craft. This issue of craft + design enquiry will be published in 2013 - 100 years after this event and when, for the first time in history, more than half the world's population live in cities.

American Tapestry Alliance Scholarship  
Closing date: 1 September 2012
American Tapestry Alliance     USA
The American Tapestry Alliance is pleased to announce a scholarship to pursue study in the field of tapesty weaving. The application may be for study in workshops, courses, study with individual tutors or institutions of higher learning. A Scholarship Committee will determine the number of awards granted and the amount of the awards. Only those who are members of American Tapestry Alliance may apply.

SOYA   Qantas spirit of youth awards
Closing date: 7 September 2012
SOYA     National
Each year the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA) offer creatives across a field of disciplines - from film and animation, photography and visual arts through to fashion, industrial and object design, music and visual communication - the chance to 'step up'. SOYA is open to designers and artists aged 30 and under, and offers the chance to win cash and flights and a coveted mentorship with a leading professional in their field.
Closing dates as follows: Fashion, 9 December 2011,- Craft and Object Design, 6 July 2012, - Architecture & Interior Design, 7 September 2012

La Macina di San Cresci Residency   call for applications
Closing date: 31 December 2012
La Macina di San Cresci     Italy
La Macina di San Cresci , established in 2001, is a place for creation, presentation and documentation of contemporary art in all its forms. The centre consists of gallery, studios and a residence for artists. This historic setting was restored with the intent of providing a setting to accommodate and imagine new forms of dialogue within the context of art and culture. Artist residency consist of sojourning from 7 to 90 days, with a possible time extension subject to availability.