> > > From: ELIA - European League of Institutes of the Arts > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 8:51 AM > To: Mullenger, Nicola > Subject: NEU NOW 2016 Call for Artistic Project Nominations Now Open! > > > Having any problems seeing this newsletter? View it online > > > > Call for Artistic Project Nominations > 8th NEU NOW Festival 2016 > > The European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) is pleased to announce > the call for artistic projects for the 8th NEU NOW Festival taking place mid > to late September 2016 (dates to be confirmed shortly) at the > Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam, Netherlands. > > Nominations are now open! > > Use the nomination tool at www.elia-artschools.org/neunow > to submit nominations of artistic projects for NEU NOW 2016 and visit > www.neunow.eu for more information on the nominations process. > > The deadline for nominations is 8 February 2016. > NEU NOW is an innovative international platform and showcase for talented > graduating students and recent graduates (within one year of graduation) – of > Higher Arts Education Institutions and Universities across Europe and beyond > – from all artistic disciplines to present themselves to a wide international > audience. > > NEU NOW is: > + an online and a live event that promotes artistic excellence through > cutting edge presentations and activities; > + an opportunity for selected emerging artists to show their work, meet each > other, and create new international partnerships; > + a space where informed audiences, producers, and curators can see the most > excellent artists and innovative projects coming from art schools and > universities across Europe and beyond; > + a forum where artists, producers, curators, cultural operators, and policy > makers can discuss future developments in the arts and share views on the > cultural role of higher arts education institutions; > + a means of presenting a new international generation of upcoming artists > to the attention of a wide audience; > > From the nominated projects, a maximum of 100 projects will be presented > online to a wide range of arts professionals and publics. > > From these projects, a further selection of 25-30 projects will be presented > at the live NEU NOW festival, which will take place mid to late September > 2016 in Amsterdam at the cultural hotspot Westergasfabriek. > > In addition to the main event in September, a series of outreach activities > promoting alumni of past editions of NEU NOW will happen throughout the year. > Selected artists are invited to show their work and participate in > residencies with partners of NEU NOW including: > + Art Basel > + FOAM Amsterdam > + Prix Europa Berlin > + Southbank London > > Who can participate in NEU NOW? > NEU NOW is open to arts students in their final year of study and recent > graduates (within one year of graduation) of Higher Arts Education > Institutions across Europe and beyond, which are ELIA members, ELIA associate > members or ELIA non-European members. > > The call for entry to this competition is also open to members of the > following partner networks: > + AEC – Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de > Musique et Musikhochschulen > + CILECT – The International Association of Film and Television Schools > + Cumulus – International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, > Design and Media > > Artists (as individuals or groups) are nominated, by their (former) > institution, within one of the following five categories: > + Design/Architecture > + Film/Animation > + Music/Sound > + Theatre/Dance > + Visual Arts > > As NEU NOW 2016 takes place at the Westergasfabriek, a cultural complex > situated in a large public park, artists who work in street/outdoor art are > especially encouraged to apply to take full advantage of the venue’s outdoor > spaces. > > Please note, artists cannot apply directly but must be nominated by a > representative of their (former) institution such as a professor, responsible > of international relations or responsible of institution. > > How will entries be selected? > An international jury of 15 experts, representing each of the five > categories, will select work that: > + engages with, and makes a bold contribution to, leading edge practice in > the international field of the category; > + demonstrates clear potential as work that is likely to achieve a good > professional standard of presentation; > + is likely to stimulate the interest of promoters, curators, festival > organisers, and/or producers working in the professional field of the > discipline; > + is suitable for presentation and likely to stimulate the interest of an > international audience; > + together with the other work selected within the discipline, contributes > to the presentation of a diverse range within the category. > > Funding > Works selected from ELIA members for presentation in the programme of NEU NOW > live in Amsterdam will be eligible for a grant towards the costs associated > with presenting the work. The nominating institution must agree to meet any > costs associated with specific works that are not met by the ELIA grant. > > More Information > Visit www.neunow.eu for further details. > > Please direct all questions and enquiries to Johan Deeder, NEU NOW Project > Assistant, at [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > This newsletter is funded with support from the European Commission. This > communication reflects the views of ELIA and the Commission cannot be held > responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained > therein. > > > > Stay updated > > Follow us on twitter > > Follow us on Vimeo > > Become our fan > > Visit our website > > Forward this > I want to forward this newsletter to a friend. > Forward this newsletter > > Unsubscribe > I don't want to receive this newsletter anymore. > Please unsubscribe > > > ELIA - The European League of Institutes of the Arts Beulingstraat 8, 1017 BA > Amsterdam, The Netherlands > [email protected] +31 (0)20 626 5417
_______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
