Dear Partners in the Arts and Social Change,

ArtCorps offers unique and exciting opportunities for your friends, colleagues and students. Please share the notice below:

Attention actors, painters, musicians, sculptors, dancers and all types of creative artists!
Join ArtCorps and volunteer your creative talents to strengthen sustainable development in Central America in 2010.  Through community arts projects, artists educate and inspire people to participate actively in improving the environmental, health, and social conditions in their communities. Every ArtCorps artist works directly with a local non-governmental organization that is an expert in its field.  Artists strengthen dialogue between community members and the organization, improve community education and empower local leadership. 

Artists will:
  * Work as a volunteer and live in his or her host community from January 2010 through December 2010.  Artists have the option to extend their stay for a second year if agreed upon by the host organization.
  * Receive airfare, room and board, medical insurance and a small personal stipend.
  * Receive training and technical assistance from ArtCorps staff in the region in order to integrate ArtCorps methodology into the host organization.
  * Uphold the mission and values of ArtCorps as the sole ArtCorps artist in the host community.
  * Communicate fluently in Spanish.

Apply now for opportunities in Guatemala , El Salvador and Honduras !  For info and initial application, visit http://www.artcorp.org/artist_placements.html.  Full applications are accepted in three rounds, and the deadlines are May 1, June 5 and July 3, 2009.  Contact Suzanne at or +1 978-927-2404 x4 for more info.

Dear Partners in the Arts and Social Change,

ArtCorps offers unique and exciting opportunities for your friends, colleagues and students. Please share the notice below:

Attention actors, painters, musicians, sculptors, dancers and all types of creative artists!

Join ArtCorps and volunteer your creative talents to strengthen sustainable development in Central America in 2010.  Through community arts projects, artists educate and inspire people to participate actively in improving the environmental, health, and social conditions in their communities. Every ArtCorps artist works directly with a local non-governmental organization that is an expert in its field.  Artists strengthen dialogue between community members and the organization, improve community education and empower local leadership. 

Artists will:
  * Work as a volunteer and live in his or her host community from January 2010 through December 2010.  Artists have the option to extend their stay for a second year if agreed upon by the host organization.
* Receive airfare, room and board, medical insurance and a small personal stipend.
* Receive training and technical assistance from ArtCorps staff in the region in order to integrate ArtCorps methodology into the host organization.
* Uphold the mission and values of ArtCorps as the sole ArtCorps artist in the host community.
* Communicate fluently in Spanish.

Apply now for opportunities in Guatemala , El Salvador and Honduras !  For info and initial application, visit http://www.artcorp.org/artist_placements.html.  Full applications are accepted in three rounds, and the deadlines are May 1, June 5 and July 3, 2009.  Contact Suzanne at or +1 978-927-2404 x4 for more info.

“Art in Progress” is an on-line service for current and emerging artists. The address is: http://studentartgallery.com/

Under the ‘About’ tab, you can enjoy a brief tour of our gallery.  In addition, the ‘Artist FAQ’ tab contains answers to most questions you and your students may have.  We look forward to hearing from you and to your future participation.

Thanks,

Jeffrey Skoglind
President and Founder, Art In Progress, LLC

EM Space, book arts co-op is having an open house this Saturday the 18th from 6-10 to celebrate moving into our new space.  Wewere previously in a 425 square foot space in the Olympic Mills Commerce Center and now we have moved into a 2,000 square foot space located at 407 SE Ivon   Street.  The building itself can be a little hard to find so I would suggest looking it up on google.  We are near OMSI and the end of the Spring Water corridor trail.

We will have a DJ, food and beverages, a silent auction, raffle, and a show of EM Space members work.  I hope you can all come by and check outour new space.  Feel free to invite friends and forward this email to anyone you think might be interested.  We are also seeking new members so if you know of anyone who is interested in letterpress printing or bookbinding please encourage them to come to our open house.  For $100 a month you get access to printing & binding equipment as well as being part of a really amazing group of people.  If anyone can’t make it but is interested in becoming a studio member you can email . You can also check out our new website, which we hope to add more to very soon, at http://www.em-space.org.

And if anyone can contribute anything to our silent auction or raffle please let me know.  Items could be anything from a piece of your own artwork to a gift certificate to New Seasons to an overnight stay at a hotel or small bed & breakfast.  If you have anything to contribute please let me know.  We are trying to get items listed on the website ASAP.  We would like all items to be at the space this coming Thursday so we can start getting things set up but if you have an item to contribute and can’t get it to me (or EM Space) by Thursday we will still accept it Friday or Saturday.

We are expecting a good turn out and I hope to see you there.

Alisa

Oswego Lake House, a restaurant nestled on the Lake at Lake Oswego will be participating in the Wine & Cheese Festival and will be displaying local art’s work. We are seeking Painters and Photographers to display their art during the festival.  The date will be throughout the summer months. Additionally, there are two contests involved with this: Painting – “Capture the experience on the Lake” and Photography – “Fun in the Sun at Oswego Lake House.”  The winners recieve dinner for two at the Oswego Lake House and their work will be displayed for a period up to 3 months. Please contact me for further information:

Laura Alexander
Robert Gray Partners, Inc.
P.O. Box 1000
Sherwood, Oregon 97140
Tel.: 503-692-4675
Fax: 503-692-9292
Email:

It’s time to mark your calendars in permanent marker on May 16th with the words “Volunteer for Art Hop!“

We have lots of responsibilities that we’ll be needing help with. Please let me know what shift you are available to staff. Mark your preferences by number (1-3 with 1 being most favorable).

Road Closure, Vendor Set-Up & Stage Set-Up
__ 7:30AM - 11:30AM

Daytime Operations
__ 8:00AM - 12:00PM
__ 11:30AM - 3:30PM
__ 3:00PM - 7:00PM

Parade Crew
__ 2:00PM - 3:30PM

Kids’ Zone
__ 10:30AM - 2:30PM
__ 2:00PM - 6:30PM

Breakdown & Clean-Up (and hang w/ the AoA Board after the big day!)
__ 6:00PM - 9:00PM

Ready to sign up, or have questions?  Email them to .  As always, THANK YOU for all of your help, energy, enthusiasm and support! We couldn’t do this without you.

—Sincerely,
Kristin Shiga
Treasurer
Art On Alberta

Hi!
My name is Kat Martin and along with Mike and Kathy Jay we direct a summer camp for girls in Northern Minnesota.  We are looking for college-aged+ staff who can teach in our Art Village (arts & crafts, painting & drawing, ceramics and/or photography) to girls ages 7-15.

We are including some preliminary information about the Art Village positions available (including attached job descriptions for instructor and director positions) for the summer of 2009.  We are
hopeful that you might, as in years past, forward this message onto your students who are art majors or minors who, could in turn, contact usdirectly.

Here goes:

Northern Minnesota Residential Summer Camp for Girls is Seeking Seasonal Art Instructors for the Summer of 2009.

Looking for experienced people in the Art field (Arts&Crafts, Painting&Drawing Ceramics and/or Photography) to teach at Camp Kamaji beginning no later than June 9, 2009 with an end date of August 12,
2009.  We teach about 60-80 campers in Art (with four one-hour periods a day) every day. Instructors are teaching 7-15 year olds in the same period so the challenge is teaching projects that are fun, creative, challenging and achievable for each camper.

In addition to competitive salary including travel allowance, the possibility for internship credits, board and room ~ what’s in it for you??
(1)  Working with children makes you feel good about yourself.
(2)  Camp is a great place to find out if you would enjoy a career working with kids.
(3)  Camp provides a setting to develop skills - including leadership, teamwork, cooperation, motivation and organization.
(4)  Camp staff form deep and long-lasting friendships with other staff members and campers.
(5)  Working in the out-of-doors, in a beautiful setting, is a great change from school or work in the city.
(6)  Camp is FUN.

For more information please contact Kat by email

OR visit us at http://www.kamaji.com. where you can link onto the Staff Info page to read more and, if interested, complete and submit the on-line staff application.

Much appreciated if you can help out!  Thanks!
Kat, Kathy & Mike
—
Kat Martin
Camp Kamaji
Assistant Director
Chicago Office: 773-857-3378
St. Louis Office: 800-752-6254
Email:
http://www.kamaji.com
Online Enrollment form: http://www.kamaji.com/registration/index.php
Read Kamaji’s blog: http://www.kamaji.com/blog/