Interested in exploring the beautiful, feminine art form of Belly Dance? Now is your chance! Join YET as she teaches you the body control fundamentals that make up the movements of Belly Dance. This class is designed to emphasize strength, posture, and technique while you develop the muscle control characteristic of Belly Dance. This work out will include conditioning, stretching, isolations, technique drills and dance combinations. We encourage you to indulge in your sensuality while having a fun and challenging work out!

Use this opportunity to purchase an Early Bird Pass to our next Belly Dance 4 week session ::
July 5, 12, 19 and 26
Early Bird Pass discount- $40 for 4 classes
Regular price – $50 for 4 classes

Location ::
yogaOne studios
3030 Travis
Houston, TX (Midtown)

For info ::
http://www.yogaonehouston.com
by email – info@yogaonehouston.com or YET.Torres@gmail.com
by phone – (713)5220876

About Y. E. Torres (ms. YET) ::
YET is a contemporary belly dancer and visual artist. She is Level One Certified by the Suhaila School of Belly Dance and travels throughout the United States to work with her teachers, Jill Parker and Suhaila Salimpour. YET’s dance study currently encompasses traditional belly dance forms and yoga at YogaOne. She performs regularly in the Houston area as a solo artist, with the troupe The Renegades and Their Collection of Carnies and with improvisational guitarist, Sandy Ewen. YET’s performances range from folkloric pieces, modern belly dance fusion and an investigation of improvising movement to sound.

Applications are invited for an International Artists Residency @ Khoj, for public art projects exploring themes of environment & ecology in public spaces around Delhi for 4- 6 weeks in January 2010.

Delhi, the capital city of India, could easily qualify today as one amongst the world’s most dynamic and complex urban settings in contemporary times. Characterized by its unique multi-layered
historicity and multiple urbanisms Delhi however, is facing a relentless pace of contemporary urban growth making it one of the rapidly expanding cities of the world.

City based research on 8 public sites in Delhi can be viewed from this link:
http://www.48c.org/spaces.html

We invite proposals from individual artists and artist collectives, with projects that hope to raise consciousness by the arts in response to urgent ecological issues affecting Delhi & the world, as also exploring the relationship between environment and art.

The applications should include the following:
- Artist biography & images of previous projects
- Concept Note
- Budget for the proposed project

Please send your proposals to:
publicart@khojworkshop.org

More information:
http://khojworkshop.org

The selected artist will receive:
$1,000 cash grant
A solo exhibition in 3rd Ward’s gallery, complete with a massive opening reception
A 2-page spread in 3rd Ward’s quarterly publication
1-month residency at 3rd Ward with FULL facility access
NYC wide exposure post cards, flyers, press!
For this call we are joined by judges:

Katherine Brinson, Curator at the Guggenheim,
Amy Kisch of Sotheby’s and
Jeremy Ortega, Art Director at Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine.

Submit: www.3rdward.com/summersoloshow09/

***The Summer Solo Show is open to artists around the world! The selected artist is welcome to use the grant money towards travel expenses or shipping expenses as well!

En Foco’s New Works Photography Awards Fellowship is an annual program selecting three or more U.S. based photographers of Latino, African, Asian, Native American or Pacific Islander heritage, through a national call for entries.

New Works helps artists to create or complete an in-depth photographic series exploring themes of their choice, and provides the infrastructure needed for national visibility and a professional exhibition of their new work in the New York area.

Submissions can be in any photo-based style or genre (documentary, autobiographical, landscape, abstract, digital, pinhole, alternative processes, etc).

New Works fellows usually receive:
a $1,000 honorarium;
professional tripods from Bogen;
camera bags from Lowepro;
a feature article in Nueva Luz;
an exhibition in New York;
a photographers page on enfoco.org;
a one-year En Foco membership

More info here

Please note that the due date for all applications is July 31, 2009, several months earlier than in past years. Applicants are advised to take note of the change so that they do not miss the deadline. The 2009 William H. Johnson Prize is 25,000USD and the winner will be announced in September 2009.

The William H. Johnson Prize is awarded annually to an early career African American artist.  For our purposes, “early career” is a flexible term that should be interpreted liberally to include artists who have finished their academic work and who have produced mature work for less than ten years. Age is not determinative, and artists may already have been included in gallery or museum exhibitions.

The William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that seeks to encourage African American artists early in their careers through its annual award, The William H. Johnson Prize. Early career African American artists who work in painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, installation and/or new genre are eligible to apply.

Who can apply?
Artists and cultural operators living and working in Africa.

Which sectors?
Performing and visual arts, music, cinema, literature and cultural advocacy

What type of projects?
To establish partnerships, to participate in festivals, biennials, artist residencies, productions, touring, workshops and professional development meetings.

To go where?
To travel within and between the African regions

Next deadline for applications:
1st September 2009

Application guidelines and forms:
www.artmovesafrica.org
info@artmovesafrica.org

Governors Island will be the stage for performances on several venues on the island. Non verbal open air performances, site specific art projects in Governors houses, theatre and music in nostalgic theatre tents at the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, a temporary theatre street. The theatre street will be completed with temporary bars, restaurants and an old merry go round!

More then 150 artists from the Netherlands and NY will create an temporary art colony on the island.
A visit to New Amsterdam will be adventurous and exciting and a unique opportunity to relax and explore art projects on this historic and beautiful island.

Compagnie Kaiet of Belgium is presenting their work “Sunken Village” and is looking for 3-4 non-paid interns to assist with the installation during the last week of August and the first week of September. We are creating an archeological dig of a village buried in 1953. The public will be free to roam around the site, constructing the narrative and sub-narratives of the village and it’s inhabitants. The work will all be out of doors and we will be working Monday through Saturday to complete the installation by the 9th of September. It is physically demanding work though the pay-off will be immense at it’s completion.

If you are interested in participating, please contact:
Michael Casselli
310-977-8583
michael.casselli@gmail.com