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I was just turned onto the Uniform Project by Sheena Matheiken. It’s a pretty cool sustainable fashion concept. It reminds me of one of my favorite artists, Andrea Zittel’s Seasonal Uniform project. Check these artful fashions out!

Sheena Matheiken

Andrea Zittel on Art:21

Some Like It... Red Hot Red Dot

Don’t miss your chance to collect some of the best contemporary art being created today by more than 200 artists for $500 or less. On Thursday, September 17th, we’ll open our doors for an evening of art, spectacle, and a magnificent silent auction.

You can purchase tickets online at Women & Their Work

Women & Their Work awarded NEA Stimulus grant!

We are very proud to receive this American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the NEA. This one time grant will be used to continue our current Education Programs. Congratulations Erika Shamaly at Motion Media and to the other grant writers. Thanks Vincent Kitsch for this nice mention in the COA AIPP Newsletter today…

Greetings,

I want to begin with an important announcement regarding the Cultural Funding Program. We have been notified by the NEA that the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division will not receive any American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. Therefore, we will not be able to distribute any sub-granting funds for special salary support as we had hoped.
 
I do have some good news to report, though; four cultural contractors have been awarded stimulus grants from the NEA: Center for Women and Their Work, Motion Media Arts, Rude Mechanicals, and Texas Folklife Resources. To those groups I offer congratulations, and we are glad you were able to take advantage of this one-time federal funding!
 
I would also like to extend congratulations to the Art in Public Places Program. Last month, two Austin AIPP projects were recognized for excellence at the Americans for the Arts Convention by the Public Art Network. Grotto Wall at Sparky Park by Berthold Haas and Letterscape by Jimmy Luu were chosen out of more than 300 entries from across the country. You may or may not know that Austin was the first city in Texas to establish a public art ordinance over 20 years ago, and we are still leading the way with innovative and exemplary public art works.
 
Sincerely,
Vincent E. Kitch
Cultural Arts Program Manager
City of Austin

The Medicine Show: Lizzy Wetzel- Video of the Opening Night Performance

Alamo Rec Center Kids at The Medicine Show

This group of kids came the gallery and we discussed Lizzy Wetzel’s art. They were super fun. They said the bone on the ground was a dinosaur bone in the desert. A couple of them were scared in the Dark Dome. How old were you when you first saw blacklights? They were happily amazed that their headbands and clothes glowed. Does UT still have laser bowling?

Art Making at the Medicine Show

You wanna be on top?

Repost: from animalnewyork.com

Bravo Casting For Sarah Jessica Parker’s Art Reality Show

Have you ever wondered how to go from being a “struggling, emerging or even semi-established artist to selling a complete show for $198 million?” Bravo says they might be able to help you with their new artist-based reality competition to win a “gallery show, a cash prize and a sponsored national tour,” whatever that means.

Created by Sarah Jessica Parker’s Pretty Matches Productions with Magical Elves, the producers of “Project Runway” and “Top Chef,” The Untitled Art Project is looking for 13 “contemporary artists” who “believe in their art and want the world to know.” Casting begins next month in Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, and New York at White Columns on July 18th and 19th. But first you have to fill out the 23-page application and contract which asks among other things:

Have a girlfriend?

Have a boyfriend?

Do you have any rules you live by?

What are your feelings about the relationship between the commercial and art worlds? For instance, what if a branded corporation wanted to use your art in their advertising; discuss your perspective.

Describe your most embarrassing moment… (And/or describe what you wish were your most embarrassing moment.)

What makes you nervous?

Were you ever the subject of any disciplinary proceedings or actions in the military?

Have you ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor?

Have you ever had a temporary restraining order issued against you or has anyone ever attempted to obtain a temporary restraining order against you?

Have you ever been convicted of any crime of reckless or drunk driving?

Have you ever done or been involved in anything that would cause the Program producer and/or the cable network and affiliates that may exhibit the Program any embarrassment or monetary loss if you are chosen to participate in the Program?

Have you ever created a website or posted any materials on any website (e.g., MySpace, Facebook, etc.)?

All these questions are crucial for determining whether artist applicants have the skills and personal drama to make the show commercially viable. Don’t forget the part where you sign over all rights to the artwork in your application either.

by Will Sherman on June 30, 2009

More info from Art Fag City
or
www.BravoTV.com.