Judith Staines
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Tokyo | House Vision exhibition explores urban living
A ground-breaking exhibition in Tokyo in April explored innovative possibilities for urban living. Graphic designer Kenya Hara brought together artists, designers and architects in House Vision. Japanese design icon Kenya Hara’s House Vision exhibition gathered some of the nation’s most creative thinkers in Tokyo to explore new possibilities for urban living. Read More
Lightship International Literary Prizes | various categories
Lightship Publishing is an independent publisher based in Kingston-upon-Hull, UK. The Lightship International Literary Prizes have the aim of discovering, mentoring, and publishing the best new writers (in English)… Read More
Artists’ mobility and visa issues | public online consultation
The European Commission–DG Home Affairs is revising the EU visa code and has opened a public online consultation to improve the procedures for obtaining short-stay Schengen visas. Artists and… Read More
Berlin | Asia-Pacific Weeks 2013
The 9th Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin in 2013 will focus on Smart Cities. Metropolises will continue to increase in global importance. The challenges in store for cities in the 21st… Read More
Toyota Foundation | International Grant Programme
The Toyota Foundation’s Asian Neighbours international grant programme targets Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It offers grants for one-year projects (starting November 2013) focused on thematic areas of… Read More
Asia-Pacific Creative Landing Pad Inflight Magazine
The April edition of Asia-Pacific Creative Landing Pad, a bi-monthly online creative industries research journal from Asian Creative Transformations in Australia, revisits the issue of how to measure a… Read More
France | antiAtlas of borders | call for artists’ proposals
The antiAtlas of borders is a transdisciplinary event that will take place in Southern France between September 30 2013 and March 1 2014. Call for artists proposals for… Read More
Barcelona | Chiharu Shiota exhibition
“Synchronising Threads and Rhizome” is the first exhibition by Chiharu Shiota (Osaka, 1972) in Barcelona, presented by Casa Asia. The show includes installations, drawings and videos, which are integrated… Read More
Bulgaria | Videoholica 2013 | call for entries
VIDEOHOLICA Video Art Festival in Varna, Bulgaria starts the new open call for video art submissions for its 6th edition. The 6th VIDEOHOLICA will take place between 1st and… Read More
The Poetry Project | start the week with a poem and artist video from Ireland
A poem for a Monday morning… What better way to start the week, wherever you are in the world? Every week we will be uploading a poem and accompanying… Read More
New Zealand Japan Exchange Programme | grants
The New Zealand Japan Exchange Programme (NZJEP) was jointly established by the New Zealand and Japanese Governments in the early seventies to create a deeper understanding between the two… Read More
Bangalore | residency at JAAGA for visiting German artists
Jaaga, based in Bangalore, India, seeks to nurture innovative endeavours by providing space, core infrastructure and a diverse social environment to artists, designers, geeks and activists. A Goethe-Institute funded… Read More
Art Basel in Hong Kong
From emerging talents to the Modern masters of both Asia and the West, the premiere edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong will trace twelve decades of art history… Read More
LOOP Barcelona | the place for artists’ video and film
Since its creation in 2003, LOOP in Barcelona has consolidated itself as the international meeting point specialised in moving image art. LOOP is an art fair: LOOP Fair, a… Read More
Russia-Europe | travel grants for performing arts professionals
A flexible travel grant scheme is offered by the Russian Theatre Union to advance cross-border projects between Russia and Europe. Available to performing arts professionals, the Scheme is a… Read More
Art + Mobility | call for texts and artistic projects
For the publication of issue #55, the digital journal InterArtive will publish a special issue dedicated to diverse aspects of the current discussion about Art & Mobility. We invite… Read More
Sydney Writers’ Festival
Stories lie at the heart of our lives. We need them to understand ourselves, to understand others, to make sense of the world around us. This year, Sydney Writers’… Read More
6th World Summit on Arts and Culture | travel bursaries available | Call for Papers
The 6th World Summit on Arts and Culture takes place in Santiago de Chile, January 13-16 2014. Some travel bursaries are available for delegates from developing countries (deadline 7… Read More
The Barcelona Kathak Project
For the first time in Barcelona and Spain, you can enjoy a show directed by an internationally famous master such as Fasih ur Rehman, National Dance Award Tamgha E… Read More
EU Report on Export and Internationalisation Strategies for the Cultural and Creative Industries
The European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) has published a new study of strategies and bodies in EU Member States that support the export and internationalisation of goods… Read More
(1)Japan | S-AIR Sapporo Artist in Residence opportunity
Residency Opportunity 2013 for international artists to apply for S-AIR Residency Programme – Frontier- June-August 2013, offering a 60 day programme between early June – mid Aug 2013. Apply… Read More
Design for Asia Award 2013
Design For Asia Award (DFAA) is an international awards scheme from the Hong Kong Design Centre, recognising good designs that are most influential within Asia. There are eight awards… Read More
Italy | call for PAC Landscape Environment and Creativity art submissions
P.A.C.2 Landscape Environment and Creativity is a call for artwork submissions (performances, installations, visual art) created to “inhabit” an area of Landscape – Villa Nappi park in Polverigi – in… Read More
Kuala Lumpur | Building Sustainability in Arts | conference
“Building Sustainability in Arts” is an arts conference for creative practitioners and arts leaders, taking place at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. It is organised by My Performing… Read More
London | Souzou : Outsider Art from Japan | exhibition
The Wellcome Collection in London presents more than 300 works for the first major display of Japanese Outsider Art in the UK. The 46 artists represented in the Souzou… Read More
Southeast Asian Photo Contest
‘Building a Shared Southeast Asian Identity’ is the theme of the photo contest organised by Seameo Innotech. It aims to promote awareness of a shared Southeast Asian identity and… Read More
Dublin Dance Festival
Dublin Dance Festival runs May 14-26 2013 featuring new works from Ireland, highlights from Europe and a BIG ISLAND / SMALL ISLAND programme bringing the hottest dance from Australia… Read More
Amsterdam | Dwarfing of Europe? | a dialogue
European Cultural Foundation, De Balie and Tilburg University will organise ‘Dwarfing of Europe?’ – a timely dialogue, with two days of exchange and discussion in Amsterdam (22-23 May) about… Read More
Japan | Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2015 | open call for proposals
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale Executive Committee announces the open call for proposals for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2015 to be held in summer 2015. Original, unique and innovative ideas are… Read More
China | Festival Croisements 2013
The Croisements festival celebrates its 8th year in 2013. Established in 2006 to pursue the cultural momentum initiated by what the Chinese called the ’Franco-Chinese cultural spring’, during the… Read More
