Shanghai Artist Battle

Dyce Productions is bringing the Artist Battle (cousin of Rap Battle and Yo Momma Battle) to Shanghai.

The artist battle is a competition in which visual artists of any medium and genre are welcome to participate. Artists compete against one another by fabricating art in a live performance for cash prizes. The attending audience judges the competition by voting for their favorite artist(s).

Come get involved! Fine art as entertainment!
Artists will have three(3) hours –AND ONLY 3 HOURS!!!- to complete their entire piece of artwork.

The Battle will be on Friday October 22, 2010 from 8-11pm (artists should arrive at least an hour early to get set up) The winners will be announced at midnight.

Thirty local artists will “battle” for a ¥2000 grand prize. Each artist has 3 hours to complete an original piece of artwork to be judged by audience votes.

What kind of artwork? Any medium the artist chooses to use. Ice sculpture, junk sculpture, painting, culinary arts, body painting, folk art, and more! The possibilities are only limited by the artists’ creativity.

This unique event is the first time that programming of this sort has been done in Shanghai. The placement within an urban neighborhood will showcase the raw potential of both the artists, and the success of The Bund redevelopment. With a little ‘out of the box’ thinking ‘Artist Battle’ works to promote The Bund as a vibrant place for creativity, community, and culture.

1st place prize is ¥2000rmb, 2nd is ¥750, and 3rd place is ¥250.
The entry cost for artists is ¥100rmb. This is what constitutes the prize money.

When: October 22, 8 to 11pm

Where: House of Roosevelt at No.27 on The Bund

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ArtHub | Curatorial Presentations

Please join us for a low-key curatorial session in about a month in Shanghai, on Friday September 17, from 10.00 until approx. 15.00, during which the de Appel Curatorial Programme participants will present themselves and their past exhibition work from their respective contexts. If you want see and respond to their work and share your curatorial past, present or upcoming work or ideas, please do let us know. The presentations do not have to be more than 10–15 minutes.

Six of the participants are from India, Canada, France, Argentina, Australia and the Netherlands. They will be traveling to South Korea (Gwangju, Seoul and Busan), Taiwan (Taipei) as well as China (Shanghai and Beijing) for their research trip. For many of them, it’s the first time visiting any of these countries.

It is pretty DIY affair with space limited for participants. Lunch will be provided. Arthub Directors Defne Ayas and Davide Quadrio will be on site.

davide@arthubasia.org
defne@arthubasia.org

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Artist Residency near Shanghai | The Pottery Workshop

The Pottery Workshop welcomes international artists to experience life in Jingdezhen, one hour's flight from Shanghai. We’ll give you the chance to explore traditional Chinese methods of ceramics production in a comfortable studio with modern facilities.

The residential studio program includes:
* 24-hour access to our air-conditioned studio
* Excellent facilities, including a glaze laboratory, use of electric wheel, work table, tools, bats, and boards
* Studio assistants who help with introducing you to Jingdezhen, translating, and solving technical problems.
* Full room and board. Lunch and dinner are served every day except Sundays.
* Accommodation includes flush toilets, hot shower, air-conditioned rooms, regular cleaning service, and free wireless broadband Internet.

Fees and Other Costs

The cost of the residential studio program is Rmb2400/week. You should prepare for other costs such as firing fees and materials.

When to Come

The studio is busiest in the Spring and Fall, when the weather is fair. Summer is hot, but our air-conditioned studios are quite comfortable. Winter is our slowest season. Learn more about Jingdezhen’s average and current weather.

The studio is open all year except for one month during the Chinese New Year (around the month of February).

The Pottery Workshop
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9:00AM-5:00PM CST to answer your questions.
Telephone: (86798) 8440582 (86798) 8440628
Fax: (86798) 8440585
Email: infojdz@potteryworkshop.com.cn
Address: 139 East Xinchang Lu, Jingdezhen, China 333001

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Artist Residency in Shanghai | Andrew James Art & JIA Hotel

Basics of the Program

Application Age: Artists over 21 years of age.
Period of Stay: 4 Weeks

JIA Hotel Shanghai Provides: One hotel room and one studio (approx. 30sqm or 300sqf) free of charge.
Residency artist is provided with free breakfast, free afternoon tea and free wifi throughout the hotel.
Andrew James Art gallery provides local technical support to the artists.

Artists are responsible for the following expenses:
Any fee incurred outside the room charge, e.g. phone charge, mini bar and room service, etc.
Visa fees, air tickets and local travel expenses.
Artists’ living expenses and personal expenditures during the stay.
Material and other cost for production of the works.
Artists’ medical expenditure.
Any other expenses.

Residency Room

A suite room is provided, with a small kitchen (including stove and cooking utensils), TV, DVD, private bathroom and free wifi throughout the hotel.

Artist’s Studio

One unfurnished room in the hotel, approx. 30sqm (300sqf) with private toilet facility.

Andrew James Art
39 North Maoming Road, Shanghai
China 200041
Telephone: +86 21 5228 7550
Fax:+86 21 5228 6289
Opening Hours: Tue-Sun 11am-7pm; Other Times By Appointment
Email: andrew@andrewjamesart.com

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Artist Residency in Shanghai | island6

Applications

island6 is open for all applicants, there are no application deadlines.

Selection of Participants

The applicants are selected by island6 Arts Center.
All applications should be sent to contact@island6.org
Each application should include:
• CV of the applicant
• Project proposal
• Intended period of stay
• Digital portfolio

island6 Arts Center studio provides artists with following conveniences:
The studio covers a surface of 200 sqm.
The studio is self-contained with: phone, heating, Internet connection (you have to bring your own laptop), furnishings and kitchen.

island6 Arts Center helps you with translation, research and communication and will keep you in touch with events occurring in the art world of Shanghai.

island6 Arts Center provides occasional technical consultancy to help with the creation of the work and can potentially help you to find an appropriate collaborator from your field of work or complimentary field.

island6 Arts Center from participants of residence program expects:
• Professional attitude towards the space, facilities and people involved.
• Hard work - from 10 – 19.00; from the first day you arrive till the end of the residency.
• Collaboration with one or more local artist(s).
• Completion of at least one new artwork (of any media).

Accommodation

Fully furnished service apartment with Internet access.

island6 Arts Center
50 Moganshan Lu (near Changhua Lu and Xi Suzhou Lu, behind Aomen Lu)
六岛艺术中心, 莫干山路50号6号楼2楼 (近昌化路和西苏州路)
EXHIBITION HOURS: DAILY 10:00 TO 19:00 OR BY APPOINTMENT
Telephone: +86 (0)21 6227 7856
Email: contact@island6.org

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New Residency Program : Art Plant in Tokyo

Art Plant: Guidelines for Applicants
(artists from overseas)

PLACE

Sayama ‘green island’ (a nature protected park located in SAYAMA Hills, HIGASHIYAMATO city, Tokyo)

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TORIYAMA restaurant (Japanese Restaurant )

TERM

24th Sept. – 13th Oct. 2009

ORGANIZER

SOZO-engine(NPO)

PROGRAM

Art exhibition in the woods or in some buildings around Higashiyamato city.
Making artworks in the style of Workshop with resident around there, especially with children.

PURPOSE

Through the mixture of art and natural objects, we describe the importance of harmony in our daily lives.

Given the chance to create some art with a professional, foreign artist among children, parents, and young Japanese artists, we hope to bring to our neighborhood a new way to communicate with each other and bring new understandings into the lives of all the people involved in the project.

REQUIREMENTS

a) Be involved with contemporary art, or other art making.
b) Be able to produce one artwork during working period.

TO APPLY

a) be able to lead community life with the other invited artists.
b) be able communicate with the people living in this area.
c) be able to speak and understand either English or Japanese daily conversation.
d) be able to correspond to the schedule: the execution, the exchange events and so on.
e) be in good health.

NUMBER OF ARTISTS TO BE ACCEPTED

5 artists

OBLIGATIONS FOR ARTISTS

Travel expenses: Artist will pay the Airfare and transportation between Narita and Tamagawajosui St.(Seibu Shinjuku line)
We arrange the transportation between Tamagawajosui St. and the place where you stay.
Living allowance: The organizer will provide the accommodation, and local transportation during the stay. The meal will be provided for 10days (the days stated for work)
If Artist require something especially, he/she will pay it.
Material expenses: Artist will pay. (We will provide some bamboos, which grow in Sayama ‘green island’, if it is needed.)
Insurance: The artist should be covered by one’s own travel insurance (for injury and sickness) for the duration of residence. The organizer will have nothing to do with insurance for the Artist
　　　　　
About Working, Exhibition, and the Exchange program
a) Fire in the park is not permitted. If the process of your work involves fire, please consult with one of the organizers.
b) Artist must not give severe damage to the plants of Sayama ‘green island’.
c) Artist must not cover the walkways by your artwork.
d)Artists will have some co-working staffs to help you when you are making work.
(The residents will join and experience your work, so please explain clearly how they can help in your planning.)
e) Artist must not make the artwork which is against public order, standards of decency, and injures the audience.
f) Artist must not make the artwork remarkably political and religious.

HOW TO APPLY

1. Please send a mail to Office 339 at info@office339.com.
2. We will send you an application form and a planning form.

Closing Date: 2009/06/30