Join the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center for a night with Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jesse Harris. In 2002, Jesse collaborated with Norah Jones on her breakthrough diamond album “Come Away With Me,” winning a Grammy for song of the year for his composition of “Don’t Know Why.” He and his band will guide YPLC through the art of songwriting and give an intimate live performance. An alum of Lincoln Center’s popular American Songbook series, Jesse has performed on the stage of the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and plays in popular New York venues such as Rockwood Music Hall and the Surf Lodge in Montauk. Don’t miss this star-studded highlight of the 2012 series!

Visit www.lincolncenter.org/songwriting101 for tickets

Free with new membership!

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Keyholder Residency Program

Lower East Side Printshop, New York, offers free year-long studio residencies for emerging artists. The application deadline is March 1, 2012 for residencies starting on April 1, 2012. The Keyholder Residency includes free 24/7 access to a large shared studio with printmaking facilities, $1,000 stipend, storage space and basic supplies, exhibition opportunities, educational programming, and support services. Artists from all disciplines are eligible: printmaking skills are recommended but not required, and basic instruction in printmaking is available at no cost. For more information about the residency, studio facilities, and application requirements, please visit http://printshop.org/web/Create/KeyholderResidences/index.html

Contact:
Christine Walia, Programs Director
Lower East Side Printshop, Inc.
306 West 37th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10018
212-673-5390
Christine@printshop.org

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The Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company announces a call for women performance artists to take part in our Women’s History Month programming on March 17, 2012.

We seek work which engages the idea of the “post-racial” in America. Share your performative responses to a popular question now circulating in news and social media—are we now living in a ‘post-racial’ American society? Are you a post-racial being?

Experimentation is encouraged and live action is required. Existing work can be submitted. The duration of the piece is limited to 30 minutes and can be less. This is a one-day event and stage managing/sound tech assistance will be available.

Interested artists should provide the following:

• one page description of the work, duration and production elements
• links to artist website and/or other relevant sites
• up to five photos and/or links to videos of previous performance work or the piece you wish to submit
• bio
• (optional) resume or CV

Deadline for submissions is February 21, 2012. Please email submissions and any questions to zconnor@moderndaygriot.org.

Modern-Day Griot Theatre Company is a fiscally sponsored project of The Field, an arts service organization which is not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501 (c) (3) organizations serving the New York City performing arts community. We are based in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn.

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Founded by Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser, the Fellowship at the DeVos Institute of Art Management is an immersive program in arts management strategy designed to prepare mid-career arts managers for executive positions in today’s complex arts environment. Hosted at one of the largest and most dynamic performing arts institutions, the Fellowship offers a structured blend of academic training, hands-on work experience, independent and collective learning opportunities, and personalized mentoring. Fellows develop close working relationship with Kennedy Center leadership, complete significant projects within the context of the Kennedy Center, and are connected to a vast network of DeVos Institute alumni throughout the United States and in 39 countries worldwide.

The Fellowship includes:

• Weekly courses taught by Kennedy Center senior staff in strategic planning, development, marketing, and finance
• Seminars in special topic areas including law, technology, programming, and education
• Practical rotations in three Kennedy Center departments
• Design and completion of independent projects in partnership with the DeVos Institute
• Participation in capacity building activities led by the DeVos Institute

The nine-month, full time program begins September 2012. Participants will receive a $20,000 living allowance, program materials, and reimbursement for health insurance coverage. Fellows also have the opportunity to receive tickets to performances at the Kennedy Center and relocation assistance.

For application and additional information click here.

Contact: Syrah Gunning at segunning@kennedy-center.org; 202-467-4600

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As part of the Campaigning for Culture seminar series, Advocates for Cultural Engagement (ACE) will host a dynamic discussion with four leading arts advocates of the One Percent for Culture campaign, including Norma Munn, Heather Woodfield, Richard Kessler, and Sheila Lewandowski.

DATE: Friday, February 24th
TIME: 6–7:30pm, Reception to follow
PLACE: NYU/ 34 Stuyvesant Street, New York (between 3rd & 2nd Avenues at 9th Street)

Free and open to the public (RSVP required)
RSVP: nyu.artsadvocates(at)gmail.com

One Percent for Culture is a non-partisan, grassroots, five-borough campaign whose mission is to demonstrate the value of culture to New York City. The campaign will generate support for an increase in the city’s financial commitment to the nonprofit cultural community, including artists of all disciplines, to a full one percent of the municipal expense budget.

Our panelists – who offer different perspectives within the arts field – will address the essential role culture plays in New York City, and the impact they hope their coalition will have through advocacy in increasing city funding for cultural organizations.

The panelists include Heather Woodfield, Executive Director of One Percent for Culture; and members of One Percent for Culture’s Steering Committee: Norma Munn, Chair, New York City Arts Coalition; Richard Kessler, Dean, Mannes College The New School for Music; and Sheila Lewandowski, Executive Director, The Chocolate Factory Theater. Munira Khapra, NYU Arts Administration student and grant writer for More Art, will moderate the conversation.

Find out more about the One Percent for Culture campaign at www.oneforculture.org

The Campaigning for Culture series provides an opportunity for arts and culture administrators and practitioners to directly engage arts advocates in New York City, address current challenges in the field, and connect with opportunities for engagement with legislators on a local, state, and federal level.

Presented by Advocates for Cultural Engagement (ACE), Steinhardt’s student advocacy group. Co-sponsored by NYU Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions and Graduate Student Organization.

ACE on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nyuace

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Check us out on Facebook: Mana Contemporary

www.manacontemporary.com

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NOOR THEATRE seeks two interns for the Spring term. These are part-time positions with an average of 10-15 hours during the week. They are unpaid, but academic credit is available. Please send a cover letter and resume to info (at) noortheatre.org.

MARKETING / OUTREACH INTERN will be joining our company at a very exciting time. This position will support our marketing and outreach efforts. Duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Working with Noor founders to strategize and execute an online marketing campaign for upcoming events. Experience using Facebook and twitter are required. Experience with YouTube, basic WordPress and social media management tools such as Hootsuite is a major bonus but not required.
- Helping with special fundraising and outreach events. Evenings and weekends may be required for these fun and entertaining events.
- Maintaining and populating our contact database.

LITERARY INTERN/ASSISTANT DRAMATURG will assist the Producing Artistic Director during the Spring semester. This is also an opportunity to earn a credit as an Assistant Dramaturg for our upcoming production of Food and Fadwa at New York Theatre Workshop. Responsibilities include the following:

Literary Management:
- Reading and Evaluating Script Submissions for our Fall HIGHLIGHT Reading Series and other programming;
- Tracking Script Submissions; assisting with correspondence.

Assistant Dramaturgy:
- Production Research including print, photography and cinematic resources;
- Assisting in post-show events during previews;
- Assisting with rehearsal room image board, actor packets, materials library and other considerations as needed.

The internship will begin in early February and run through May 25 (it can be extended throughout the summer if the intern is available). Candidates should have a working knowledge of theatre and a desire to experience the dramaturgical process. Must have excellent research, writing, and analytical skills, as well as strong computer and organizational skills.

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Noor Theatre is dedicated to supporting, developing and presenting the work of theatre artists of Middle Eastern descent. As a vital presence in the theatrical landscape, we aim to create exceptional work that transcends cultural boundaries and speaks to all people. Noor was founded in 2010 by NYC theatre makers Lameece Issaq, Maha Chehlaoui and Nancy Vitale and is currently a Company-in-Residence at New York Theatre Workshop. Noor, which means “light” in Arabic and Farsi, seeks to shed light on the stories, cultivate the artists and develop the audiences that will raise the cultural dialogue to a more intelligent and humane level. Through our readings, productions, and public speaking we hope to shift perceptions of Middle-Eastern people and affect real change.

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Spring Artist Lodge

HERE is currently accepting applications to our Spring Artist Lodge – this hybrid performance series offers bold artists space for up to one week for technical rehearsals and 4-5 performances. The Lodge will run from March 12-April 22 in our Dorothy B. Williams Theatre.

HERE provides space, equipment, box office services, and technical support. HERE will include the series on our website and in a weekly e-blast to our 16,000 subscribers.

Artists are responsible for production expenses, artist fees, marketing and any additional staff required for their show. Running time may not exceed 80 minutes.

Tickets are $15. The first 20 tickets go to HERE, followed by a 50% / 50% split of the box office between HERE and Artist.

Applications are due Monday, February 6. Artists will be notified by February 10.

Questions about the Series can be directed to programintern@here.org.

Visit http://www.here.org/programs/here-stay/ for more details and application.

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Since 1993, HERE Arts Center has been one of New York’s most prolific producing organizations, and today, it stands at the forefront of the city’s presenters of daring new hybrid art. HERE supports multidisciplinary work that does not fit into a conventional programming agenda. Our aesthetic represents the independent, the innovative, and the experimental. HERE supports the work of artists at all stages in their careers through fully-produced works, commissions and subsidized performance and rehearsal space. In addition, HERE’s staff provides marketing, technical and administrative support. All work at HERE is curated based on the strength and uniqueness of the artist’s vision.

One of our most vital services, the HEREstay Program, supports 250 guest independent artists and groups—such as New Georges, Vampire Cowboys, and ViBe Theater Experience (an educational arts group for underserved urban teen girls)—and their audiences each season.

This creative curated rental program has allowed many upstart companies and emerging artists to realize their full artistic vision on a small budget. The program provides subsidized performance and rehearsal space, technical assistance, and administrative support, including a fully staffed box office. HEREstay artists can also access equipment that is not typically available in venues our size such as video projectors, wireless microphones, color scrollers—all for free or at subsidized rates. We accept applications from artists all over the world for the opportunity to show work.

For more information, and to fill out an online application, please visit the HEREstay website at: http://here.org/programs/here-stay/

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OPEN: The New Jewish Theater Residency At the 14th Street Y
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

LABA: The National Laboratory for New Jewish Culture at the 14th Street Y and the Jewish Plays Project are seeking five collaborative teams of theater artists for a three-week pilot residency program. Modeled on the Space residency at Mabou Mines (and to some extend ART-NY’s Creative Spaces Grant), the residency is designed to give selected artists time, space and support to create vibrant new work that extends the Jewish conversation through cutting-edge theater forms and techniques.

Selected artists will also participate in the revolutionary artists’ Beit Midrash process developed at LABA, learning how ancient texts can inspire and inform their artistry.

IMPORTANT NOTE: THE CONTEST IS OPEN TO ARTISTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, DENOMINATIONS, FAITHS, CREEDS, RELIGIONS and other IDEALS. We believe that Jewish identity and culture are specific manifestations of universal human cravings for spiritual, ethical, moral and worldly joy. “Matrilineal descent” is neither important nor necessary.

The key to the residency is the collaborative team attached. LABA and the Project are not interested in single playwrights submitting work, actor’s with a vanity piece, or director’s with a single-minded concept. We want to gather thriving teams of multidisciplinary artists committed to their projects and to each other who are excited about gathering together with like-minded artists to seek a new, contemporary, cutting-edge direction for Jewish theater in New York City. In an ideal world, each team would have a performer, a visual or sound designer, and a key content artist (playwright, director or composer).

The Residency runs from June 11 – July 1, 2012 plus three meetings prior to the start of on-site rehearsals.

For full details on applying, visit www.jewishplaysproject.org/laba

For questions, call 347.878.5771

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