Super8 Oberlin Showcase call for entries

The Super8 Oberlin Showcase (S.O.S.) will be returning to Oberlin on April 23rd. A presentation of the One Take Super 8 Event, S.O.S. is a non-competitive festival of one-take films made on Super 8, unique in that none of the films will be viewed, even by the filmmakers, before the festival. Festival organizer Alex Rogalski, the Oberlin Film Co-op, and INCITE! Journal of Experimental Media & Radical Aesthetics are sponsoring the event after its one-year hiatus, and invite the public to create and submit new works. Registration is free and now open. For more information on the festival and how to participate, contact the Oberlin Film Co-op at ofc@oberlin.edu or at their office in Wilder 326.

 

Valley Humanities Review call for papers

The Valley Humanities Review is looking for high quality humanities essays and poetry written by undergraduates to publish in their Spring 2010 Issue.  They seek “essays of high quality, intellectual rigor and originality that challenge or contribute substantially to ongoing conversations in the humanities. Topics may include but are not limited to: literature, history, religion, philosophy, art, art history and foreign languages. VHR is also currently seeking poetry submissions; students may submit up to three poems.”

Due to their desire to encourage undergraduate scholarship, the Review will only accept submissions from currently attending or recently graduated undergraduate students.  Essays must be 3,000-6,000 words in length, be free from errors, follow the Chicago style of formatting, footnoting and bibliography, and the essay must have an original title.  All submissions are due by December 15th.    Please send essays and poetry to: submissions-vhr@lvc.edu .    Visit www.lvc.edu/vhr for more information.

 

2010 AICUO Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts

Heads up all sculptors and artists interested in designing an award for AICUO’s (Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio) yearly honor. What they’re looking for, from the horse’s mouth:

1) The AICUO Award: Given to the Grand Award winner only. It should be the largest award.
2)The finalists’ award: Given to the five finalists. This should be smaller. It should be a variation of the AICUO Award.
3) The People’s Choice Award: Should be different from the other two designs, but a cohesive piece to the awards as a whole.
How it works: You design three awards, submit sketches/drawings, and if your design is chosen we will have it created by a local artist. Your signature will be on the awards as well as us highlighting that it is your design during the awards reception.
Who can enter: Any student! Not just Seniors!
All entries must be submitted by January 12, 2010 and can be sent via email to cmartin@aicuo.edu with the subject “AICUO Design Competition” or via mail to:

Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio

C/O Afton Gladman, Art Awards Coordinator

41 S. High St., Suite 2720

Columbus, OH 43215

Please call 614-228-2196 for additional information.

 

Oberlin Film Festival: Call for Submissions

Just a reminder:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO OBERLIN’S FIRST FILM FESTIVAL

ALL LEGNTHS. ALL FORMATS. ALL SUBJECTS.
(a chance for you to show the work that doesn’t have a venue to be screened in, this can be work you’ve made a while ago, or work for a class that won’t be shown publically)

SUBMISSIONS DUE APRIL 25TH IN WILDER BOX 11

FESTIVAL TO BE HELD APRIL 30TH OR MAY 1ST IN WEST LECTURE HALL

THERE WILL BE PRIZES!!!!

brought to you by the Oberlin Film Co-op and the Oberlin Film Series

 

Make the Solar System in Tappan

The Astronomy club and Physics department are looking for student artists who would like to help build a scale model of the Solar system. These to-scale models will be set up on Tappan Square during Commencement Week. If you’re interested in helping build representations of the planets, Sun, and moon (no word yet on Pluto), contact Henry McCaslin. The Astronomy Club will partially reimburse materials costs, and your name as designer/artist will accompany this display.

Models are due by May 18, so start thinking today! (Maybe incorporate it into your Big Parade float?)

 

New Oberlin Film Festival

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO OBERLIN’S FIRST FILM FESTIVAL

All lengths. All subjects. All formats.
(a chance for you to show the work that doesn’t have a venue to be screened in)

SUBMISSIONS DUE APRIL 25TH IN WILDER BOX 11

Festival to be held May 1st in West Lecture Hall.
There will be prizes!

-This announcement brought to you by the Oberlin Film Co-op and the Oberlin Film Series

 

Tuesday Tea Submission Deadline this Tuesday!

Just a reminder that the submission deadline for the AMAM’s Tuesday Tea Call for Papers is this Tuesday, March 3, by 5pm. Submissions can be emailed to Jason Trimmer, Curator of Education, or dropped off at the front security desk of the museum. See our previous post for more detailed information.

 

Design a poster and brochure for Left Forum 2009

Left Forum, which “convenes the largest gathering in North America of the US and international Left,” is looking for a design for its 2009 conference, happening April 17-19 in New York City. The Forum’s theme this year is “Turning Points,” and the winning design will be printed on the brochures and posters announcing the final details about the conference. Want to see your work featured in event posters, media ads, brochures, etc seen by over 20,000 people? Then please get in touch with Nigar.Hacizade (at) oberlin (dot) edu, who works for Left Forum. She is looking for “nothing too complicated, but something that gets the point across and looks neat.” To see last year’s design, go to http://leftforum.org/?q=2008.

 

Bowling Green Symposium

CALL FOR PAPERS
NEW PERSPECTIVES IN VISUAL CULTURE:
3RD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM IN ART HISTORY

APRIL 18, 2008
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY

We invite undergraduate students to submit paper abstracts on original research topics in the field of art history for presentation at the 3rd Annual Symposium in Art History, entitled New Perspectives in Visual Culture. The symposium is organized by the Art History Association at Bowling Green State University, which aims to support critical scholarship of the arts at the undergraduate level and to allow for the professional development of young scholars intending to pursue a career in art history. Papers may address any geographical or temporal epoch, although scholarship that engages contemporary theory and issues of audience reception are particularly encouraged. The symposium will take place within the School of Art at Bowling Green State University, located in northwest Ohio. BGSU is recognized as a Center of Excellence of the Arts in the Ohio University system, and is committed to the promotion of critical scholarship in the arts. Key Note speaker: Lawrence Nichols, Curator of European Painting and Sculpture Before 1900 at the Toledo Museum of Art. For more information on art history at BGSU, visit: http://digitalarts.bgsu.edu/art/degrees/undergraduate/description.cfm?m=arthistory

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: FEBRUARY 15, 2009
Send a 300-word (max.) abstract of paper, a current CV and cover letter by February 15, 2008 to: zmark@bgsu.edu. Abstracts should include, in addition to the subject and content of the intended paper, an indication of the theoretical and methodological approaches that inform the author’s research. Accepted papers will be notified by March 1st. Please contact Ruthy Light with any questions at: ruthy@bgsu.edu

-This courtesy of Erik Inglis.

 

Want to display your art on our blog?

We are currently accepting submissions for our Work of the Week section! If you want us to display your art, send us at least three images of your work along with a brief artist statement. You don’t need to be a studio art major to send us your work! Just email it to art.help[AT]oberlin.edu.