Deadline November 30, 2009

The application for the Community Arts Award is now available online through the Arts Council of New Orleans website artscouncilofneworleans.org. The annual award recognizes living individuals, organizations and corporations which have made outstanding contributions to the arts in New Orleans.

Traditionally, six recipients are chosen for the artistic excellence, sustained contributions, unique achievements, perseverance and a deep commitment to the arts and the community. Last year’s award recipients included: drummer and community activist Luther Gray, musician Deacon John Moore, visual artist Auselkis Ozols, designer/artist Mario Villa, the volunteer classical music organization Symphony Chorus of New Orleans and WWOZ 90.7 radio. Additionally, the Chairman’s Award was awarded to the Joan Mitchell Foundation for the Art in Public Places project and to Prospect. 1 Curator Dan Cameron.

Applications may be submitted electronically through the Arts Council’s website by clicking here.  

Requests for Qualifications

The Public Art Program of the Arts Council of New Orleans announces a Percent For Art commission for site-responsive artwork. Supported through funds generated by 1% of City of New Orleans’ eligible municipal capital bonds, the Percent For Art Program has evolved over the past 20 years into one that includes commissioned work, purchase of existing artwork, community outreach and education initiatives.

Eligibility: Must reside or have gallery representation in Orleans Parish
Budget: $30,000
Application Deadline: 4pm, November 23rd, 2009
There will be an informational meeting for interested artists at Coliseum Square, Camp and Melpomene St. entrance, Saturday, November 7, 2009, 3pm. Please RSVP your attendance to mking@artscouncilofneworleans.org.
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Is the recession over for you, or still going strong? LINC wants to make sure the conditions artists are facing in the current economic climate are being heard and addressed.

LINC, in partnership with Helicon Collaborative, has developed the Artists and the Economic Recession Survey to invite artists to share their current experience. This survey will provide hard data for all of us who believe that arts and culture are important so that we can achieve the changes in policy, funding, and information dissemination necessary to improve the working lives of artists nationwide.

This survey is being conducted by LINC and supervised by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Completing the survey takes about 15 minutes and is offered in both English and Spanish. Participants can remain anonymous.

 

Arts Council of New Orleans Interim President and CEO Mary Len Costa has been selected as a 2009 New Orleans CityBusiness “Woman of the Year”. The annual awards program honors women whose professional success and contributions to the community play a significant role in building the future of New Orleans.

Costa will be recognized along with other honorees at an awards luncheon Tuesday, Nov. 3rd at the Sheraton hotel on Canal Street. A special “Women of the Year” insert will run in the Nov. 9 issue of New Orleans CityBusiness.

Costa began with the Arts Council in 1998 as Director of Public Art, working with established and emerging artists to place works of art in the public venue. Most recently she worked with the Joan Mitchell Foundation to place 19 sculptures within New Orleans neighborhoods to celebrate the resilience of our local community and support new, large-scale public artwork from local artists.

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arts+gardens+new orleans, sponsored by the Botanical Garden of New Orleans at City Park in cooperation with the Contemporary Visual Arts Association of New Orleans (CVAANO), Arts Council of New Orleans and others is a two-month tour de force of the best arts and garden destinations and events in the city. This fall festival includes the launch of the “Heart of the Gardens” campaign and a new garden-based tour of the city including Longue Vue House and Gardens, Bayou St. John, Esplanade Ridge and Treme neighborhoods. Special exhibitions are being presented at area museums and art centers. Self-guided tours will bring visitors and residents to see unheralded public art works, gardens and markets throughout New Orleans neighborhoods.

Click here for the complete event program including city-wide public sculpture map and calendar of events,

Event Sponsors Include: Arts Council of New Orleans, City Park, Find Art Nola, Gray Line New Orleans, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Longue Vue, New Orleans Museum of Art, Sculpture for New Orleans  

“Art in Public Places"
Documentary DVD

Check out this film by Tungsten Monkey Productions! “Art in Public Places" documents the project that recently placed 19 public artworks throughout New Orleans’ neighborhoods. Commissioned by the Arts Council of New Orleans and the Joan Mitchell Foundation to support the unique work of our local artists, the opportunity allowed them to create large-scale artworks which benefit both the artists’ careers and the city’s blossoming recovery. Copies of the DVD are available for purchase.

The cost of the DVD is $10.00. Select whether you'd like to pick up your DVD , or have it mailed to the address on your credit card ($2.50 s/h fee):

Art in Public Places DVD
(Picked up at the Arts Council Office):

Art in Public Places DVD
Mailed (add $2.50 S/H):

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You can now stream the Arts Council's Copyright webinar for free over your computer. Presented by ELLA Project Supervising Attorney Ashlye Keaton, this webinar is approximately 25 minutes and addresses:

• What is and what is not copyrightable.
• The importance of registering for copyright.
• The difference between copyright and trademark.
• The new online Copyright Registration system.
• Much more!

To view this webinar, please click here

This workshop is funded with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation  

You can now stream the Arts Council's Trademark webinar for free over your computer. Presented by ELLA Project Supervising Attorney Ashlye Keaton, this webinar is approximately 25 minutes and addresses:

• The difference between copyright and trademark
• Reasons for securing your trademark
• The difference between State and Federal Trademarks
• The Trademark registration process
• Trademark Infringement, and the legal remedies

To view this webinar, please click here

This workshop is funded with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation