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The Terry O’Neill Award is now accepting submissions for its photographic competition. The competition is opened to both established and upcoming photographers and gives them valuable exposure and the opportunity to promote their current work and practice.

The closing date for entries is 22nd October. The winners will be announced on 8th December 2010 and will be exhibited for one week at The HotShoe Gallery, London. Additionally, a selection of the top ten photographers’ work will be published in a special feature in The Sunday Times magazine.

Submit between 3-6 images as an exhibition series. Images must fall into the criteria of reportage, fashion, documentary, landscape, wildlife, portraiture, or fine art photography.

This award is open to both students and professional photographers over 18 years old.

For further information visit the Terry O’Neill Award site.

Art 42 Basel the world’s premier international art show for modern and contemporary works takes place on June 15^th – 19^th, 2011 and application forms are now available to download.

Over 300 of the leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa are selected to attend the event each year. More than 2,500 artists, including both established and emerging talents are represented in the show’s multiple sections. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs and video.

For more information see the Art 42 Basel site.

Dublin Culture Night will take place on Friday September 24th. It is a night when arts and cultural organisations and venues open their doors until late with hundreds of free tours, talks, performances and events.

This year over 132 venues will be taking part, including Christ Church Cathedral, the National Museum of Ireland, the Science Gallery Trinity College, The Guinness Storehouse, Dublin Castle State Apartments, The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, the Chester Beatty Library and many more.

Temple Bar Cultural Trust are looking for volunteers to help take part in this annual event.

The main tasks include:

 ·        Guides on the Culture Night buses
·         Assisting at Information Points
·         Assisting stewards with the outdoor events
·         Assisting at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre

If you would like to get involved please download an application form and forward to volunteer@templebar.ie

Culture Night is co-ordinated by Temple Bar Cultural Trust and supported by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism in partnership with the regional arts offices and local authorities.

Collective Contemporary Art: RDS

The Royal Dublin Society have launched a new project called Collective Contemporary Art: RDS. According to their website the project will showcase artists working professionally in Ireland and abroad who do not have continuous and exclusive gallery representation to collectors, galleries and those parties with an interest in the arts.

The project will consist of the exhibition and sale of contemporary art by selected artists directly to the public in a selected and curated exhibition. As well as the exhibition there will be a programme of talks and workshops.

The exhibition will take place in the Industries hall of the RDS, 5-7 November 2010.

For further information and an application form visit the RDS website.

This juried competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.

Chosen by a jury of leading design professionals, the selected entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Typography Annual and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

More information on submissions, fees & deadlines can be found at Communication Arts Typography Competition.

Craft Northern Ireland got in contact with us to let us know about two opportunities available to designer-makers this summer. Firstly, Garden Show Ireland takes place from the 21-23 May in Hillsborough Castle. The show attracts over 25,000 visitors each year. Craft NI is currently investigating the possibility of arranging a marquee at the event where 8 selected makers would exhibit sell and possibly demonstrate their work over the two and half days. Currently, the total cost per maker is £250+VAT. However depending on levels of uptake, Craft NI may be able to offer a subsidised rate to selected makers.

Expression of interests must be received by 4pm on Friday, 23 April 2010 by emailing info@craftni.org with “Garden Festival” in the subject line.

The second opportunity is for designer-makers living and working in Northern Ireland who wish to take part in two selected trade/craft fairs in the UK. Craft Northern Ireland are coordinating a group presence at the 100% Design, Earls Court, London 23-26 September 2010 (www.100percentdesign.co.uk) and the Great Northern Craft Fair, Springfields, Manchester 21-24 October 2010 (www.greatnorthernevents.co.uk). If you are a maker wishing to expand your business by reaching buyers, curators, interior designers, journalist and collectors you should email tradeshows@craftni.org for an application form and further information. All forms must be submitted by 4 May 2010.

The Picture Works is hosting its 2nd annual art competition. The competition is free to enter, and everybody may submit one entry. However, if you have ever had work printed with The Picture Works then you can submit up to 3 entries.

First prize is €1,000 as well as €25,000 worth of advertising media, comprising of a nationwide City Card campaign (30,000 postcards with the winning image on the front and the winner’s details on the reverse) and an i-site A1 poster campaign.

The winner of the second prize will be voted for by the public. A shortlist of 15 people will be selected by the jury and the public will be able to vote online for one week. Second prize, valued at €19,000 will be a nationwide City Card campaign and an i-site campaign.

There will also be Thames and Hudson prizes for selected entries.

More details can be found at The Picture Works.
Closing date is 5th May 2010

I came across this the other day. I realise the deadline has passed but there is a rolling recruitment so it may be of interest to some of our members and readers. The Wieden & Kennedy ad agency in London is opening up a creative school called Platform this September. They are looking for people from the arts, sciences and new technologies disciplines. Successful applicants will be paid to work on Wieden & Kennedy client projects. This on the job training will teach applicants to work to tight deadlines and budgets as well as generating creative ideas and working with a team to build on these ideas. More information on how to apply can be found at platform.wk.com