FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 10, 2010
City of Asheville
Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Department
Contact:
Diane Ruggiero, Superintendent of Cultural Arts
Office: 828-259-5815
Email: druggerio@ashevillenc.gov
ARTIST REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
Instructors, Demonstrators, and Performers
Deadline: February 28, 2011
Asheville, NC – The Cultural Arts Division of City of Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department is seeking artist instructors, demonstrators, and performers for cultural arts programming throughout Asheville.
Artists are invited to submit portfolios of their current work along with a resume, letter of interest, and references. Artists may submit as individuals or as teams.
The application deadline is Monday, February 28, 2011. All application materials must be submitted online through CaFÉ™ at www.callforentry.org. There are no fees for artists to apply or to use the CaFÉ™ online application system.
The Cultural Arts Division works with instructors, demonstrators and performers to provide hands-on art classes, demonstrations or performances to children, teens, adults, and seniors throughout the community.
Art forms may include, but art not limited to, all two-dimensional art forms (including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, encaustic, etc.), all three dimensional art forms (including sculpture, metal working, woodworking, ceramics, furniture making, etc.), dance, music, theater, circus arts, new media, textile arts, folk art, paper arts, bookmaking, candle making, literary arts, etc. All art forms are welcome.
This call is open to all artists age 18 years and older who currently live or work in Buncombe, Madison, Yancey, McDowell, Rutherford, Henderson, Transylvania, and Haywood Counties. Visiting artists and performers are welcome to submit qualifications for times they are in town.
Opportunities are available to artists, demonstrators and performers to attend community meetings to ask questions about the process and CaFE™.
Current meeting dates are:
Wednesday, December 15 at 2pm At Fine Arts League
Saturday, December 18 at 11am at Recreation Park
Wednesday, January 12 at 2pm At Fine Arts League
Monday, January 31 at 6pm at Recreation Park
Thursday, February 10 at 6pm At Fine Arts League
Additional dates will be scheduled.
For detailed information and to submit online, visit www.callforentry.org or contact Diane Ruggiero, Superintendent of Cultural Arts at druggiero@ashevillenc.gov or 828-259-5815.
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