Drop In

Eyebeam Art and Technology Center invites teenagers to visit their Thursday afternoon drop-in program. This is an easy sell. The keywords are "free" and "computer".

The program runs nearly every Thursday from 3-6PM at Eyebeam; 540 West 21st Street in Manhattan.

Details are below: 

Eyebeam Youth Drop-In Program

NYC public school students between the ages of 13–18 are invited to spend their Thursday afternoons, from 3–6PM, at Eyebeam. Each month will feature a series of free hands-on workshops, starting at 4PM, where students will have the opportunity to work with different open-source software programs as used by artists and technologists.

Thursdays in April: Moving Image Design with Eyebeam Fellow, Aaron Meyers. Designer and programmer Aaron Meyers will introduce students to Processing, a free open source tool to code interactive moving images. Students will learn the basics of writing code using a visual approach; focusing on interactivity, drawing, and motion while checking out examples of other artwork created with Processing.

NOTE: This is a free program and students are welcome to drop in without RSVP'ing. Computer access is first come first serve. In the case of too many students, students will be invited to team-up and collaborate on shared projects. Students who drop-in cannot be guaranteed a computer and are strongly encouraged to RSVP.

To RSVP, contact Stephanie Pereira, or phone at 212-937-6580 x247http://www.eyebeam.org/events/youth-drop-in-program

Listings

Messages on the ATA Digest today include the following items posted by ATA Executive Director, Dale Davis.

Are you on Dale's List?

From the ATA Digest:

• A Call for Teaching Artists With Disabilities Fellowship Program

Application deadline: April 23, 2010

VSA recognizes the positive influence of the arts to advance teaching
and learning in the classroom. Because a skilled teaching artist can
foster creative engagement and help build an inclusive environment,
VSA is seeking outstanding teaching artists with disabilities for the
Teaching Artist Fellows program.

The VSA Teaching Artist Fellowship program seeks to identify, engage,
and support teaching artists with disabilities in the visual and
performing arts.

Find more information on this fellowship @ http://www.vsarts.org/ or email info@vsarts.org

• Announcing the 2010 VSA arts Playwright Discovery Call for Scripts
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high
school students to take a closer look at the world around them,
examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others. 

Find more information on this call for scripts @ http://www.vsarts.org/ or email info@vsarts.org

•Building A Creative Life as a Teaching Artist
Panel Discussion presented by the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation and
Moore College of Art and Design
Friday, March 19, 2010, 6:00-8:00pm
Moore College of Art and Design, 20th Street and the Parkway,
Philadelphia.

Find more information on this event @ http://bartol.org/teaching-artist-programs/workshops/march19/

Show Off

If you are feeling lost in Brooklyn, then the Brooklyn Arts Council's BAC Forum might be just what you need:

The Forum is an online environment that Brooklyn's art community can use to network, dialogue, share opportunities, and discuss arts-related issues. Post topics to the Forum and comment on topics posted by other users, express your views on topics of discussion and share work samples. Your posts will automatically link to your profile in the Registry or Directory.

Members of the Registry and Directory can use the BAC Forum to add virtually unlimited work samples and other information to their online profiles through posts.

You should post something.

Apply Yourself

VSA arts is seeking proposals for exhibitions to be produced in 2009-10. The deadline for receipt is coming up on February 20, 2009, which is like, you know, tomorrow.

Anyway, VSA arts is committed to expanding the understanding, development, and appreciation of contemporary work by artists with disabilities. Curators are encouraged to incorporate the work of artists with disabilities into their exhibitions. Individual or group proposals may be submitted.

If you're a curator, but you feel like you don't know enough working artists with disabilities, just wait...or try harder.