Friday, March 03, 2006
Hot off the brush - "Guardians in the Woods" was completed this past sunday!
In Phoenix, Arizona there was an Indian Tribe called
the Hohokam. There aren't Hohokam Indians now -
either the tribe went extinct because of prolonged
draught or merged with another local tribe or both.
This painting is in Honor of the Hohokam Indians as
their location was in the south Scottsdale/north
Tempe area of today's modern Phoenix metro city.
At first what meets the eye in the painting is that
it is a picture of trees/woods - but, of course, I
added the special touches! If you look (and perhaps
look again) there are indians moving and wild
animals in the painting - the Guardians in the
Woods.
A recent comment "I looked at it a long
time. First the animals showed up and then the shy
Indians came to life peering at me from the woods.
They are curious, aren't they?" G.A.
In Phoenix, Arizona there was an Indian Tribe called
the Hohokam. There aren't Hohokam Indians now -
either the tribe went extinct because of prolonged
draught or merged with another local tribe or both.
This painting is in Honor of the Hohokam Indians as
their location was in the south Scottsdale/north
Tempe area of today's modern Phoenix metro city.
At first what meets the eye in the painting is that
it is a picture of trees/woods - but, of course, I
added the special touches! If you look (and perhaps
look again) there are indians moving and wild
animals in the painting - the Guardians in the
Woods.
A recent comment "I looked at it a long
time. First the animals showed up and then the shy
Indians came to life peering at me from the woods.
They are curious, aren't they?" G.A.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Why enter the BlueCat Screenplay Competition?
*EVERY screenwriter receives written analysis on their entry
*Winner awarded $10,000 cash, finalists $1500 each
*2005 Winner signed by United Talent Agency (UTA)!
*Entry fee $35
*One finalist receives a staged reading at the High Falls Film Festival in New York
*Founded by produced writer-director Gordy Hoffman, Sundance winning screenwriter for LOVE LIZA
*Recommended by Creative Screenwriting Magazine
*Since 1998
DEADLINE: March 1st
Submit Your Script
Join Newsletter
Read Gordy Hoffman's screenwriting articles:
Discovering the Great Movie Idea for Your Next Screenplay
I am lucky. I have no problems coming up with very good ideas for movies. If I never had another idea for the rest of my life, I would not make a sizable dent in the ones I already have. Screenwriters who struggle with coming up with an idea tend to be visibly annoyed when I tell them this.
Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge
After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues.
How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall?
Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience challenges my trust in the work, the creative process of screenwriting.
Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!)
I've only finished so many screenplays in my life. Writing a script all the way to the very last page is always an extremely significant, personal achievement for me. A large part of its significance is the reality that I actually wrote an ending, or, at the very least, typed "THE END."
Rewriting your Screenplay: The Road to your Audience
The promise of the rewrite is very sweet. I have collected evidence that the more authentic the labor put into rewriting your screenplay, the greater the reward, and the reward is high, for whatever lovely, wonderful moments you might have discovered in the frightening process of plowing through the first draft...
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
www.bluecatscreenplay.com
info@bluecatscreenplay.com
*EVERY screenwriter receives written analysis on their entry
*Winner awarded $10,000 cash, finalists $1500 each
*2005 Winner signed by United Talent Agency (UTA)!
*Entry fee $35
*One finalist receives a staged reading at the High Falls Film Festival in New York
*Founded by produced writer-director Gordy Hoffman, Sundance winning screenwriter for LOVE LIZA
*Recommended by Creative Screenwriting Magazine
*Since 1998
DEADLINE: March 1st
Submit Your Script
Join Newsletter
Read Gordy Hoffman's screenwriting articles:
Discovering the Great Movie Idea for Your Next Screenplay
I am lucky. I have no problems coming up with very good ideas for movies. If I never had another idea for the rest of my life, I would not make a sizable dent in the ones I already have. Screenwriters who struggle with coming up with an idea tend to be visibly annoyed when I tell them this.
Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge
After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues.
How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall?
Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience challenges my trust in the work, the creative process of screenwriting.
Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!)
I've only finished so many screenplays in my life. Writing a script all the way to the very last page is always an extremely significant, personal achievement for me. A large part of its significance is the reality that I actually wrote an ending, or, at the very least, typed "THE END."
Rewriting your Screenplay: The Road to your Audience
The promise of the rewrite is very sweet. I have collected evidence that the more authentic the labor put into rewriting your screenplay, the greater the reward, and the reward is high, for whatever lovely, wonderful moments you might have discovered in the frightening process of plowing through the first draft...
BlueCat Screenplay Competition
www.bluecatscreenplay.com
info@bluecatscreenplay.com
Monday, February 27, 2006
American Masterpieces: Dance Program Funding Opportunities: American
Masterpieces' dance component of a major initiative of the National
Endowment for the Arts is designed to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural & artistic legacy. The AMD project celebrates the extraordinary & rich
evolution of dance & choreography in the United States. With its partners, the New
England Foundation for the Arts & Dance/USA, the NEA will sponsor select
performances, tours, & educational programs that reach large & small communities
throughout the United States. Support is available in the following categories:
AMD Reconstruction Grants: Funding for the reconstruction or restaging
of American dance works that are artistically, historically, & culturally
significant. AMD Reconstruction Grant projects must include educational
& interpretive components such as study guides, student performances, lectures, &
exhibitions.
Projects must also have a substantial performance/touring aspect to
ensure that the works reach the broadest possible audience. Because AMD views
touring as essential to the success of a project, Reconstruction Grants will be
awarded in conjunction with AMD Touring Grants. In selecting projects, AMD will
consider scale, geographic reach, & the representation of diverse
ethnicities & artistic forms, as well as the historic significance of the work(s).
Deadline: Wednesday, March 1.
AMD Touring Grants: Support for the presentation & distribution of the
work created by Reconstruction Grant recipients & a limited number of other
nominated tours each touring season. Dance companies may apply to
receive Reconstruction &/or Touring Grants, with a limit of one proposed
project in each category (although the project can consist of multiple works &/or
choreographers.) AMD College Component: AMD funding will also be available to colleges & universities, through a program administered by Dance/USA, to support
the restaging, performance, & documentation of significant dance choreography in order to provide dance students with access to the rich, but often inaccessible,
legacy of American dance history. (Deadline: April 3.) Visit the NEFA Web site
for access to program descriptions & application materials. Contact: Elissa
Glickman, Director of Marketing & Resource Development, Alex Theatre, 216 North
Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203. Phone: (818) 243-2611, ext. 14
http://www.nefa.org/grantprog/americanmasterpieces/index.html
Deadline: Wednesday, November 1.
Masterpieces' dance component of a major initiative of the National
Endowment for the Arts is designed to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural & artistic legacy. The AMD project celebrates the extraordinary & rich
evolution of dance & choreography in the United States. With its partners, the New
England Foundation for the Arts & Dance/USA, the NEA will sponsor select
performances, tours, & educational programs that reach large & small communities
throughout the United States. Support is available in the following categories:
AMD Reconstruction Grants: Funding for the reconstruction or restaging
of American dance works that are artistically, historically, & culturally
significant. AMD Reconstruction Grant projects must include educational
& interpretive components such as study guides, student performances, lectures, &
exhibitions.
Projects must also have a substantial performance/touring aspect to
ensure that the works reach the broadest possible audience. Because AMD views
touring as essential to the success of a project, Reconstruction Grants will be
awarded in conjunction with AMD Touring Grants. In selecting projects, AMD will
consider scale, geographic reach, & the representation of diverse
ethnicities & artistic forms, as well as the historic significance of the work(s).
Deadline: Wednesday, March 1.
AMD Touring Grants: Support for the presentation & distribution of the
work created by Reconstruction Grant recipients & a limited number of other
nominated tours each touring season. Dance companies may apply to
receive Reconstruction &/or Touring Grants, with a limit of one proposed
project in each category (although the project can consist of multiple works &/or
choreographers.) AMD College Component: AMD funding will also be available to colleges & universities, through a program administered by Dance/USA, to support
the restaging, performance, & documentation of significant dance choreography in order to provide dance students with access to the rich, but often inaccessible,
legacy of American dance history. (Deadline: April 3.) Visit the NEFA Web site
for access to program descriptions & application materials. Contact: Elissa
Glickman, Director of Marketing & Resource Development, Alex Theatre, 216 North
Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203. Phone: (818) 243-2611, ext. 14
http://www.nefa.org/grantprog/americanmasterpieces/index.html
Deadline: Wednesday, November 1.
Andy Warhol Funding for Arts: The Andy Warhol Foundation primarily
supports work of a challenging & often experimental nature to originate
innovative & scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. Projects may
include exhibitions, catalogues & other organizational activities directly
related to these areas. The foundation also supports the creation of new work through re-granting initiatives & artist-in-residence programs.
Funding ranges between $20,000 & $100,000.
The closing dates are Wednesday, March 1 & Friday, September 1.
See http://www.warholfoundation.org/guidelns.htm for additional
information.
supports work of a challenging & often experimental nature to originate
innovative & scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. Projects may
include exhibitions, catalogues & other organizational activities directly
related to these areas. The foundation also supports the creation of new work through re-granting initiatives & artist-in-residence programs.
Funding ranges between $20,000 & $100,000.
The closing dates are Wednesday, March 1 & Friday, September 1.
See http://www.warholfoundation.org/guidelns.htm for additional
information.
LACAC seeks presenter applications for Free Concerts in Public Sites:
Attention Arts & Community Organizations: The LA County Arts
Commission seeks presenter applications for Free Concerts in Public Sites that take
place from May 1, 2006 through October 31, 2006. Eligible organizations include LA
County-based parks, libraries, hospitals, juvenile halls, probation
camps, arts organizations, civic centers, senior citizen centers & other non-profit
performance venues. Applicants must be willing to coordinate all logistics,
production & marketing of their proposed concert to be considered.
The deadline to apply is Wednesday, March 1.
Since 1968 the LA County Arts Commission has been sponsoring free
concerts at community venues throughout LA County to provide access to quality
music programming representing the diversity of County residents. The Arts
Commission & the Music Performance Fund provide funds for the program. The Arts
Commission contracts the musicians & along with the Professional Musicians Union,
Local 47 administers musician payments a performance fee at rates established
by the Musicians Union.
Performances must be free & open to the general public. For more information
about eligibility, the application process & selection criteria, please
visit www.lacountyarts.org/free.html & read the RESENTER GUIDELINES.
Patti McGuire, Managing Director of Productions, LA County Arts
Commission, pmcguire@lacountyarts.org www.lacountyarts.org
Attention Arts & Community Organizations: The LA County Arts
Commission seeks presenter applications for Free Concerts in Public Sites that take
place from May 1, 2006 through October 31, 2006. Eligible organizations include LA
County-based parks, libraries, hospitals, juvenile halls, probation
camps, arts organizations, civic centers, senior citizen centers & other non-profit
performance venues. Applicants must be willing to coordinate all logistics,
production & marketing of their proposed concert to be considered.
The deadline to apply is Wednesday, March 1.
Since 1968 the LA County Arts Commission has been sponsoring free
concerts at community venues throughout LA County to provide access to quality
music programming representing the diversity of County residents. The Arts
Commission & the Music Performance Fund provide funds for the program. The Arts
Commission contracts the musicians & along with the Professional Musicians Union,
Local 47 administers musician payments a performance fee at rates established
by the Musicians Union.
Performances must be free & open to the general public. For more information
about eligibility, the application process & selection criteria, please
visit www.lacountyarts.org/free.html & read the RESENTER GUIDELINES.
Patti McGuire, Managing Director of Productions, LA County Arts
Commission, pmcguire@lacountyarts.org www.lacountyarts.org
Call for Artists: City of Beverly Hills Affaire In the Gardens Art
Show: The
City of Beverly Hills, 501 Doheny Road, Beverly Hills, CA 90210,
310.550.4796 kmclean@beverlyhills.org http://www.beverlyhills.org is
seeking artists to
exhibit & sell art. The show is more than 30 years old & expected to
attract
approximately 40,000 patrons.
The deadline to submit an application is Wednesday, March 1.
Affaire in the Gardens Art Show: Saturday, May 20 & Sunday, May 21,
Beverly
Gardens Park in Beverly Hills.
P.S. The "breakdown policy" has been relaxed! Artists may now set up
their
art & their equipment on Friday & leave it up until Sunday evening.
Artists' work must be in one of the categories: Painting, Sculpture,
Drawings &/or Traditional Printmaking, Ceramics, Glass, Jewelry, Mixed
Media (hard &
soft), New Media (digital or partly digital art), Photography
To receive an application, call us or log on to our website at
http://www.beverlyhills.org. In the shortcuts box, click on "Affaire
In The Gardens Art
Show."
Show: The
City of Beverly Hills, 501 Doheny Road, Beverly Hills, CA 90210,
310.550.4796 kmclean@beverlyhills.org http://www.beverlyhills.org is
seeking artists to
exhibit & sell art. The show is more than 30 years old & expected to
attract
approximately 40,000 patrons.
The deadline to submit an application is Wednesday, March 1.
Affaire in the Gardens Art Show: Saturday, May 20 & Sunday, May 21,
Beverly
Gardens Park in Beverly Hills.
P.S. The "breakdown policy" has been relaxed! Artists may now set up
their
art & their equipment on Friday & leave it up until Sunday evening.
Artists' work must be in one of the categories: Painting, Sculpture,
Drawings &/or Traditional Printmaking, Ceramics, Glass, Jewelry, Mixed
Media (hard &
soft), New Media (digital or partly digital art), Photography
To receive an application, call us or log on to our website at
http://www.beverlyhills.org. In the shortcuts box, click on "Affaire
In The Gardens Art
Show."
Free Arts Tune Up: for individual artists & small budget organizations
Saturday, March 11, 10a - 1p
Claremont Graduate University, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, 251 E
10th St,
Claremont, CA SNGarcia@lacountyarts.org
This free event is designed to put you in contact with arts
consultants,
working artists & administrators who can provide information & answer
questions on
a variety of topics, including fundraising, how to market & publicize
your
art, information on new loan fund programs for artists & organizations,
benefit
opportunities for artists, training programs for artists &
organizations,
board development for arts organizations, arts education resources &
much more.
The Arts Tune Up is free, but you do need to REGISTER through
SurveyMonkey by
clicking on this link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?A=109398450E39077
The Arts Tune Up is sponsored by the LA County Arts Commission &
Claremont
Graduate University in collaboration with the Center for Cultural
Innovation.
Andrew Campbell, Director of Organizational Development, LA County Arts
Commission, 500 W Temple St Rm 374, LA, CA 90012; 213/974-1343
acampbell@lacountyarts.org www.lacountyarts.org
Saturday, March 11, 10a - 1p
Claremont Graduate University, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, 251 E
10th St,
Claremont, CA SNGarcia@lacountyarts.org
This free event is designed to put you in contact with arts
consultants,
working artists & administrators who can provide information & answer
questions on
a variety of topics, including fundraising, how to market & publicize
your
art, information on new loan fund programs for artists & organizations,
benefit
opportunities for artists, training programs for artists &
organizations,
board development for arts organizations, arts education resources &
much more.
The Arts Tune Up is free, but you do need to REGISTER through
SurveyMonkey by
clicking on this link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?A=109398450E39077
The Arts Tune Up is sponsored by the LA County Arts Commission &
Claremont
Graduate University in collaboration with the Center for Cultural
Innovation.
Andrew Campbell, Director of Organizational Development, LA County Arts
Commission, 500 W Temple St Rm 374, LA, CA 90012; 213/974-1343
acampbell@lacountyarts.org www.lacountyarts.org
