**Thanks for your interest in the 20th annual Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival!**

  
GIRAF is a celebration of independent animation, a showcase of the best of what's being created here in Canada and around the world. Each year, we scour the globe for the most astounding, inventive, beautiful, mind-altering and unexpected animated films out there. For our 2023 festival, we brought 60+ shorts and features to animation fans across Alberta on our online platform and in cinema from Nov 17 -20.

In 2022 we were happy continue the festival in cinema with in-person screenings, however we learned over the pandemic that GIRAF serves an online audience as well. Screening a festival through secure online platforms does make these films accessible to communities of people that might not be able to make it to the cinema. So in 2022-23, GIRAF was offered in a hybrid (online and in-person) festival format for the first time in it's 18 year history. We are hoping to keep this mix of in-person and online format for GIRAF 20!

  
**We pay every filmmaker we show!**

Submit to GIRAF20 Festival of Independent Animation

**Applications now open for 2024**

  
February 2024 Residency: 13th-27th

2 Weeks

Deadline: 13th Jan

  
May 2024 Residency: 3rd-24th

3 Weeks

Deadline: 3rd April

  
July 2024 Residency: 8th-22nd

2 Weeks

Deadline: 8th June

  
September 2024 Residency: 2nd-30th

4 Weeks

Deadline: 2nd August

  

Once you arrive at the Foundation, everything is covered for your stay: Available Equipment accommodation, work/project area, local transportation, food, drink etc. We only ask that you purchase your flights and organise transfers from the airport in Naples yourself. Please follow the fact sheets, all the questions you have can be answered there. We often have a mix of up to 4 creatives at once (artists, writers, sculptors , photographers, musicians etc.) The Frenkiel and Ponti Foundation is a self-led residency programme, simply offering you the time, an inspiring environment, facilities, conversation and community that enables you to create something you chose. We don’t expect payment and we don’t expect anything in return. 

2024 artist residencies 

Posterheroes is an international competition that invites the creative community to express themselves on socio-environmental issues through a poster-manifesto.

  
The thirteenth edition, 'Making Mistakes', invites participants to recognise mistakes as an essential part of human existence and to be captivated by the charm of imperfections.

  
40 winning posters

Two special mentions: €2500 / €1500

  

40 winning posters displayed in exhibitions and incluted in publications.

  
Two special mentions: €2500/€1500

  

Posterheroes: Making Mistakes

**StART** has received requests from artists interested in doing more projects in support of Black Lives Matter, justice for Indigenous Peoples and social justice issues in support of equity deserving groups. In response, this fourth annual “Just Us” Art Call is for concepts for mural projects that recognize and create awareness of social injustice, and support equity, race relations and community engagement related to Black lives and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and equity deserving groups.

This call invites concepts from street, mural and graffiti artists and artist collectives committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and inspiring positive change through who they are and the work they create. Project proposals should speak to historic and current social issues and movements within Black and Indigenous communities and social justice issues in support of equity deserving groups and the importance, benefits and opportunities to build a better future through inclusion, collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Mural projects must be exposed to and visible from a city street. Submissions must include written authorization from the property owner granting the artist or collective permission to paint their concept on the wall. **All projects must be located in Toronto.**

The goal of this Art Call is to establish a roster of projects eligible to participate in the **StART “Just Us” Art Project**. An Advisory Panel will select up to 10 projects from the roster to receive **up to** $5,000 toward the creation of their project.

**Overview of Artist Selection Process:**

Submissions will be reviewed by an Advisory Panel with an arts and community equity and inclusion background and one StART staff who will select up to 10 concepts to receive funding toward the installation of their mural.

Participants will receive up to $5,000 toward the creation of their project.

"Just Us" Art Call 2024

Are you interested in a residency at Artica Svalbard?

  
One of Norway’s leading not-for-profit residency foundations. Based in Longyearbyen, Svalbard is a place for thinking slowly in a fast changing world. Founded on the 8th of November 2016, the purpose of the foundation is to facilitate artistic and cultural activities on Svalbard, and to support the development of Norwegian and international art and culture.

  
The Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) is a key partner of Artica Svalbard, one of Norway’s leading not-for-profit residency foundations. As key partner the OCA is responsible for nominating artists for their residency programme and supporting them curatorially, as well as playing an active role in other projects as part of Artica Svalbard’s vision. In 2019, OCA co-curated Artica Listens.

  
Artica Svalbard’s values are to think, challenge and inspire:

  
* _Working with Svalbard’s natural cycle from the midnight sun to the polar night, we place great emphasis on deep thinking around some of the most pressing issues of our time. Challenging the perspectives of the polar regions and welcoming knowledge we don’t have, in order to inspire change._

Artica Svalbard provides **accommodation**, **travel** and a **per diem plus access to a studio space, print workshop and introductions to the local community**. Residents are nominated based on invitation by OCA with a **minimum stay of six-weeks**. Annual selections are made in August for residencies the following year.

Artica Svalbard

For The Love Of Music Productions @fortheloveofmusicproductions is now looking to work with NYC event coordinators who would be interested in having their musical, comedic, performing arts, and/or miscellaneous event on a Thursday night in 2024 at The Delancey (www.thedelancey.com) in the live performance room downstairs where a sound man, a door person, and a full back line with a projector is provided. Events of all kinds can range anywhere between 2 hours to 5 hours long, and one-off events and reoccurring events are both welcome. 

  
Please contact info@fortheloveofmusic.net if you are interested in checking out dates and details, and thanks so much!

 Events of all kinds can range anywhere between 2 hours to 5 hours long, and one-off events and reoccurring events are both welcome.

  

Host Your Event At The Delancey NYC

With the Artists' Contacts programme, the ifa supports the international cooperation of cultural actors. Artists and cultural practitioners from Germany and from transformation or developing countries receive valuable support for projects in contemporary visual arts, architecture, photography, media art and design. Applicants thereby receive the chance to network internationally and to advance the intercultural discourse between Germany and the global South.

  
There are two deadlines for funding rounds in 2024! Application deadlines:

  
* **31 January 2024 for projects from June 2024**
* **15 August 2024 for projects from January 2025**

  
The date of postmark is applicable. Applications sent after the filing deadline will not be considered. All applicants will receive written confirmation or rejection within about three months of the submission of their application. Recourse to legal action is out of question. If funding is granted to the applicant, ifa will reimburse all applicable and recoverable costs upon receiving the original invoices.

Financial contributions are made for:

  
* Travel and subsistence expenses, such as flight, travel and accommodation costs as well as credit card fees and per diem costs according to the Bundesreisekostengesetz (BRKG).

  
* Travel and work stays from transition and developing countries to or in Germany, e.g. Exhibitions, performances, artist-in-residence programs, workshops, preparatory and research trips, international events such as symposia, conferences and lectures.

  
* German cultural workers or cultural workers who have been living in Germany for at least five years can apply for travel and work stays years within or into transition and developing countries for holding events such as performances, artist-in-residence programs, workshops, preparatory or research trips, international events such as symposia, conferences or lectures.

  
* Cultural workers who come from a transition or developing country can also apply for travel costs for exhibitions in Germany.

  
* If a public exhibition is the focus of artist-in-residence stays abroad, an application can be made to implement the exhibition funding programme.

Artists' Contacts Funding Program

**Supporting Contemporary Artists Abroad**

  
ifa understands contemporary art as an important medium for intercultural dialogue.

The exhibition funding programme supports German artists and artists who have resided in Germany for a minimum of five years to exhibit their work internationally in non-commercial museums, galleries and institutions.

  
Twice a year, they have the opportunity to apply for a specific exhibition project abroad. 

  
Grants for travel and accommodation expenses, art transport and rental expenses for technical equipment incurred for the realization of the exhibition can be covered within the framework of the funding program, provided that an application is submitted within the submission deadlines and a positive decision is made.

  
For applications to biennials or group exhibitions, an overall application of all German and German-based artists is recommended.

  
There are two deadlines in 2024:

* **31 January 2024 for projects from June 2024**
* **15 August 2024 for projects from January 2025.**

Grants can be applied for expenses in the areas of travel and accommodation, transport of the artworks, as well as the rental of technical equipment. You can also apply for a daily allowance for food and drink. If you receive funding, you may be approved for a daily allowance of up to a maximum of 14 days. Additional funding is available for materials, printing, and production costs.

Funding for Germany-based Artists Exhibiting Internationally

**Entries for The Pacific States Biennial North American printmaking exhibition is now open! This premier Hawai’i biennial exhibition is hosted in conjunction with the Campus Center Gallery with support from the Student Activities Council.**

**Juror:**

Laura Crehuet Berman is a native of Barcelona, Spain, where her love for pattern, design and bold colors originated. She has exhibited in over 150 exhibitions at galleries and museums internationally and her prints are widely collected.

**Dates:**

November 1, 2024 exhibition opens

December 30, 2024 exhibition closes

**Artwork Specifications:**

* Original work in all printmaking media and digital/traditional hybrid prints are eligible.
* No photography or digital reproductions of original works will be accepted.
* Works must be completed within the last 2 years.
* UH Hilo will mat and frame the works selected for the exhibition.
* The paper size dimension for submitted work must not exceed 30” x 40” or it cannot be framed/exhibited. Please measure/trim your selected work exactly to ensure that it does not exceed these maximum dimensions.

All selected participants will exhibit in The Pacific States Biennial North American.

The PSBN will provide a color exhibition catalog for participating artists and online.

**Awards:**

* First place: Artist residency at the University of Hawaii at Hilo to cover travel, lodging, per diem, and honorarium.
* Additional purchase awards will be selected from the exhibition.

  
Note: Accepted work must be sent without mat or frame in a sturdy, reusable mailing tube or flat package and sent to arrive by the accepted work deadline. All work in the exhibition must be available for the duration of the exhibition. Artists selected for the show implicitly agree to the rules and specifications of the PSBN. Artists will be responsible for the return of their artworks. Artists must include a return shipping label with their shipped artworks. All participating artists will receive one color catalog of the exhibition at no cost. Please allow 6-8 weeks for the return of the work. The University of Hawaii at Hilo reserves the right to use digital images submitted for the catalog and for publicity purposes. Juror selected PSBN works will be exhibited at the UH Hilo Campus Center Gallery. Sales will include a 20% commission.

2024 Pacific States Biennial North American

Fragments of matter or of an idea, broken and interrupted, or inter-ruptured, forms, disintegrated by human behavior or by nature, an action-effect that makes the nature of its composition and its existence even more concrete, manifesting its fragility and its ephemeral utilitarian and/or meaningful function.

  
Starting with the cubist aesthetics, the fragmentation of forms became the object of analysis of perception: such a fragmentation and reorganization of forms meant that a work no longer had to be seen as a window through which the image of the world is seen, rather it is a physical object on which a subjective response to the world is created.

  
The selected works will display form and the loss of its functional entity, with the constitution of new visual compositions and new meanings.

  
A further interpretation of this call sees the breaking of the form as the trace of a cause and effect that is testament to a violent act: an act that represents the urgent need for change.

FREE ENTRY Photographers, visual designers and video artists are invited to submit 1 up to 3 works addressing the theme.

Group Exhibition in Rome city, Italy. November 2024

Call for: BROKEN FORMS [Rome]

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