The winners of the restaurant raffle were:

• Theresa Chatelain – Mestizo
• Tammy Corripio – Tsunami
• Erin Sullivan – PF Changs

Here’s what’s new and improved in Version 3:

Improved calendar event functionality

• Edit  events you’ve created
• More easily manage multiple dates and times for your events
• Add an image to an event
• Event categories: you can now assign an event to categories which users can browse to more easily find events that interest them.
• To use these new features, just go add an event to our calendar!

User Accounts

• You can now sign up for a user account locally through the website or with a connected account through third party websites like Facebook, Twitter and Google.
• User accounts give you the ability to edit all your information on CultureCandy including:
  • Events you’ve added
  • Your artist profile

Personal Calendar

• If you sign up for a user account you can save events of interest to you  to your personal calendar. You access this calendar via the website or your favorite calendar application that supports iCal (most do) including your mobile device.
• To get started using this new feature, just go sign up for a user account and click the star located next to each event to add it to your calendar.

Artists Network

• One of the main goals of these website upgrades was to make the site do a better job of featuring the great artists that live and work in and around Baton Rogue. We’ve revamped our artists profile listings into a section called the Artists Network that will be getting even more features in the coming months. Most immediately, though, you can add an image gallery to your profile.
• To create a new profile or update the one you already have on the site, sign up for a user account then proceed to the Artists Network.

Layout and style changes

• We’ve tweaked the layout and styles of the site to make them more friendly across a wider range of devices and browsers.

So there you go! We hope that these updates will make using the site, especially the calendar, easier, as well as make it a more useful tool to the community. So feel free to jump in by creating an account, adding a new event, adding events to your personal calendar, or creating/updating an artist profile in the Artist Network.

If you run into any problems feel free to submit an issue and feel free to contact us if you’ve got any questions or comments.

Thanks!

When: Saturday, September 24th, 7am – 2pm
Where: Ephermal Gallery, 521 North 19th Street @ corner of Main Street (enter on North 18th side)

Love stuff? Love BR’s cultural scene? Then come to CultureCandy’s first Ephemeral Garage Sale—gathering bits and pieces of **A*W*E*S*O*M*E** area arts, crafts, and cultural curios, and putting them on sale at (where else?) The Ephemeral Gallery, 521 N 19th Street. Proceeds benefit the good works of CultureCandy, so come spend a fun morning browsing the flotsam and jetsam of BTR’s cultural scene. 7 am–2 pm (sorry; no early birds). Bring cold cash (or warm; we’re not particular). Item donations welcome. For more information, email malia@culturecandy.org.

UPCOMING FEDERAL GRANTS

National Endowment for the Humanities Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Grant
Deadline: Feb 16
Supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities.

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58613

NEH National Endowment for the Humanities America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations Grant
Deadline: Jan 12
Support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs in order to deepen our understanding of our lives and our world.
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58550

NEH National Endowment for the Humanities America’s Media Makers
Grant Deadline: Jan 12
Two categories of grants for media projects, development grants and production grants.

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58520

NEH National Endowment for the Humanities Bridging Cultures Through Film Grant
Deadline: Jan 5
Supports projects that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through documentary films. http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58501

NEH National Endowment for the Humanities Sesquicentennial National Library Program Grant
Deadline: Nov 10
NEH invites proposals for a cooperative agreement to develop, promote, and administer a nationwide library reading and discussion program that engages the public in reflection on the American Civil War and its legacy, during the 2011-2015 Civil War sesquicentennial.

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58398

IMLS Institute of Museum and Library Services Connecting to Collections Statewide Implementation
Grants Deadline: Dec 15
The agency invites proposals for statewide projects that build on the collaborations and partnerships developed
through one of the previously funded Connecting to Collections Statewide Planning grants.

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58373

NEH National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
Deadline: Feb 23
This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively small grants to support the planning stages, NEH aims to encourage the development of innovative projects that promise to benefit the humanities.

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58357

IMLS Institute of Museum and Library Services Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums
Deadline: Nov 15
Supports the deployment, testing, and evaluation of promising and groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or organizational practices.

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=57175

Foundry Art Center Call for Art Made From Found Objects
Deadline: Nov 12
“In the Mix” is a juried exhibition where more than one medium has been employed to produce visual art. Awards are one Solo Show and four Group IV awards. Contact: Foundry Art Centre, 520 North Main Center, St Charles MO 63301 OR 636-255-0270 OR http://www.foundryartcentre.org OR showentry@foundryartcentre.org

Sculpture Space Funded Residency Opportunity International
Deadline: Dec 1 Sculpture Space, Utica, NY, invites artists to apply for a residency between September 2011 and August 2012.
Select artists each receive a $2000 stipend, transportation and free housing.

http://sculpturespace.org/residency-program/

33rd Bradley University International Print and Drawing Exhibition
Deadline: Nov 20
The Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition is the second-longest running juried print and drawing competition in the country. Every two years it features the best contemporary graphic artwork from around the globe. Any artist 18 years or older is encouraged to submit original prints or drawings produced within the last three years (2007-2010). Experimental techniques are encouraged. All accepted artwork is featured in a full-color exhibition catalogue and on the exhibition’s website. Four cash prizes totaling $2500 will be awarded, as well as multiple purchase awards. http://art.bradley.edu/bi33/

Funding for U.S. Artists to Perform at International Festivals
Deadlines: Dec 13 and April 22
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts announce the availability of guidelines for the 2010-2011 cycle of USArtists International(“USAI”), which provides support for American dance, music, and theatre artists who have been invited to participate in significant international festivals and engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside of the United States and its territories. Applicants must be designated by the I.R.S. as a 501(c)(3) organization, or have a fiscal agent that is designated as a 501(c)(3) organization.
http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/us_artists/guideline s.html

Individual Artist Grants Puffin Foundation
Deadline: Dec 30
The Puffin Foundation seeks to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to art organizations and artists throughout the country who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy. Artist Grants range from $1,000 to $2,500 to encourage emerging artists in the fields of fine arts, video, and dance. Artistic, educational, and environmental public interest projects will also be considered. The Foundation is particularly interested in supporting innovative initiatives that will advance progressive social change. Prospective applicants must request funding guidelines and forms by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Foundation’s office by December 1, 2010.
www.puffinfoundation.org

Va Beach Boardwalk Show Application
Deadline: Jan 15 Show dates: June 16-19, 2011
The Boardwalk Art Show and Festival is one of the oldest and best outdoor fine art shows on the Eastern seaboard, and this year will mark our 56th year. The show is consistently ranked in Sunshine Artist Magazine’s Top 200 Art Shows. With an average attendance each year or more than 200,000, this four-day festival is one of the most popular in Virginia, attracting collectors and artists from across the nation. The show runs along the Virginia Beach boardwalk from 17th Street to 32nd Street, overlooking the sandy beach and Atlantic Ocean. For more information, please visit http://www.cacv.org/events/boardwalk.asp

Chicago Old Town Art Fair Application
Deadline Dec 15  Show dates June 11-12 2011
The Old Town Art Fair, which takes place in the historic landmark district of Chicago’s near north side Old Town Triangle, is considered one of the oldest outdoor juried art fair in the U.S. Among outstanding art and craft shows, it is highly ranked in Chicago and nationally. Held annually since 1948, the Fair always takes place during the second full weekend of June. Each year some 40,000 potential art purchasers attend this premier fine art fair to view and buy two- and three-dimensional work from 260 artists who have been juried into the Fair by panels of local art experts. For more information, and an application, please visit www.oldtownartfair.org or www.zapplication.org

Cottonwood Art Festival Application
Deadline Jan 14  Show Dates: May 7-8, 2011
Cottonwood Art Festival is located in Richardson, Texas. Sponsored by The City of Richardson, Cottonwood Art Festival is a showcase for a large variety of fine art and fine craft and provides our patrons with the opportunity to meet and talk with the artist who created the work. Also features live entertainment, a Friday night gala for the artists and guests, and a children’s art area. For more information, and an application, please visit www.cottonwoodartfestival.com

Tennessee Williams Festival Fiction
Contest Deadline: Nov 15 (postmark)
Judge: Robert Olen Butler Grand Prize . $1500 . Domestic airfare (up to $500) and French Quarter accommodations to attend the 2011 Festival in New Orleans . VIP All-Access Festival Pass ($500 value) . Public reading at the 2011 Festival (25th anniversary: March 23-27) . Publication in Bayou Top Ten Finalists . Names will appear on website. Finalists will also receive a panel pass ($60 value) to attend the 2011 Festival. Submit unpublished short stories up to 7,000 words. Unlimited entries per person. For eligibility and full guidelines please visit www.tennesseewilliams.net/contests

Public Art Call: Dallas Deadline Nov 19 The Public Art Projects at Love Field will address the following goals: . Focus on themes that support the history, legacy and purpose of the airport. Dallas Love Field is the gateway to Dallas, its art and culture, events and businesses for 7 million passengers annually making Dallas one of the top visitor destinations in Texas; . Use Public Art to enhance the identity of the Airport; . Contribute to the public’s positive experience of airport spaces; . Showcase Public Art to express the vibrant culture of Dallas. The total Art Budget for all projects: $2,625,000. For more information, please visit www.lovefieldmodernizationprogram.com

Call to Artists: Surreal Salon Deadline Nov 23 Baton Rouge Gallery is now accepting applications from those artists interested in being a part of the Third Annual Surreal Salon. The Surreal Salon will run from Jan. 4-27, 2010 at Baton Rouge Gallery center for contemporary art – located at 1515 Dalrymple Drive. This exhibition will feature the work of contemporary artists from across the country, engaging art viewers in a multi-sensory art experience and shedding light on the growing popularity and quality of contemporary surrealism and the pop-surrealist movement, especially in the United States. $2000 in cash prizes. For more information visit www.batonrougegallery.org

Signature Artwork RFQ New Orleans Public Library Branches: The Arts Council of New Orleans’ Percent For Art Program in partnership with the New Orleans Public Library [NOPL] announces a group of artist opportunities for four new Branch Libraries scheduled to open in 2011. Eligibility: This project is open to all qualified, professional artists living in the United States. Budget per branch: $40,000 Application Deadline: Nov. 26, 2010 Download the full Call to Artists at: http://percent.artscouncilofneworleans.org/sample-call

By Jennifer Gernon

Among the pieces on show at Looking @ Art are stained glass works by Steve Wilson.

Looking @ Art is kicking off its fall tour this week with an inside look at local artist studios, art collector’s homes, and art venues. The tour will take place over five weeks, every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. beginning Oct. 13 and running through Nov. 10. Registration is $65 at Culture Candy’s website and tickets are transferrable. Culture Candy offers an event calendar for the arts in the city, and artists can add their events to the calendar for free.

The tour is geared towards those interested in learning about how art is made and shown in the city, and for those interested in collecting art. The artists of Looking @ Art work in many types of media, including paint, ceramics, stained glass, photography, installation, and jewelry. Each tour shows different artists, so that participants meet more of the local art community. “It’s a good way to see how art functions,” said Elise Toups, host of Looking @ Art and a painter herself. “If there’s an artist you like, you’ll be in their space, meet them, and see their work.”

For art fans who are not sure where or how to get started with their art collection, Looking @ Art offers plenty of guidance. “It’s an intimate but low-key setting, more laid back than a class but very informative,” said Toups. “You find things you can afford, that little did you know you could afford, and your walls are filled with happiness. I find it an investment in my quality of life. I try to think of it as, that’s only me eating out how many times? And now you have something in your hands for the rest of your life.”

For Toups, knowing where a piece came from, how it was made, and how much time the artist put into creating it makes a huge difference in its appeal. “There’s something beautiful in people creating things when technology provides so many cookie-cutter prints,” Toups said. “You can buy something handmade that someone put an extreme amount of time into, or you can buy something mass-produced, with no imprint of the artist’s hand behind it, and pay the same price.”

Looking @ Art usually makes two stops per evening, this week featuring a retrospective of Bob Hausey, the late LSU painting professor, and a stop at Scott Finch’s studio, whose latest work was recently shown in the Baton Rouge Gallery. The tour will also show work by Hannah Lane Romero and Michelle Conques at the Vanguard Gallery, stained glass by Steve Wilson, jewelry by Madeline Ellis, work by John Guillory, William G. Osborne III, and the private collection of Tom Livesay and Amanda Haralson. The last night of the tour will feature a studio walk through of graduate students Brooke Cassady, Kit French, Kelly Tate, and Adrienne Lynch. “For some artists, it’s a very private space, and it’s an honor to go there,” said Toups.

If those interested in Looking @ Art cannot make it today, the registration fee can be pro-rated and they can attend the next class. Looking @ Art will continue to take registrations until the class is full. Sign up at culturecandy.org, or e-mail Elise Toups directly at etoups@gmail.com.

The theme this year is “Chrysalis,” which asks the artist to construct a full garment, wearable art piece inspired by transformation. The show will feature pieces that physically and symbolically demonstrate metamorphosis, mutation and transfiguration.  The judging process will consider originality, sound construction, the use of alternative or hand-made materials and adherence to the theme. The entry fee will be $25 and forms will be available online through www.culturecandy.org beginning in October.

This is a national competition that will be in its fourth year, sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. The juror, Manhattan’s Jon Coffelt, the lead designer for Brindisi,  designed swimwear for Nora Nash and worked with Willi Smith (Williwear) in design and fabric selection.  He was the former publisher of  Alabama Art Monthly and has been in over 50 solo and 150 group exhibitions including galleries in Atlanta, Birmingham, Boston, Brooklyn, Charleston, Chattanooga, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Miami, Minneapolis, Mobile, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco as well as, Barcelona, Kyoto, London, Montreal, Tokyo and Venice.  More about Jon Coffelt and his work can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Coffelt

http://www.absolutad.com/absolut_lists/ads/pictures/?id=2123&_s=ads

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Smith

http://www.fiberarts.com/back_issues/Jan-Feb-2009/memory-clothing.asp

Ephemeral Gallery, the two-year host of the much celebrated Fall and Spring cross-city invitational art show, will now be obstructed by a massive black chain-link fence that runs within two feet of the entrance. The long-treasured mural by Clark Derbes, that covers the entire facing wall of the building, will disappear behind FEMA semi trucks. After several attempts by the owners, Kathryn Hunter and David Cano, to call on Tara Wicker, the Mayor and other officials with no response to help prevent this intrusion they will be forced to work around the fence and cancel the Fall show.

Ephemeral Gallery also hosted 2009′s Surrealist Ball, REVO, UncommonThread and several other smaller art shows. When exhibit space is so seldom to come by this kind of neglect to work on behalf of art supporters is extremely unfortunate.

One of the first of it's kind Man with a Movie Camera

If you have time today, please call or e-mail state Sen. Sharon Weston Broome and ask her to support House Bill 787 called the “LOUISIANA FILMMAKERS GRANT PROGRAM”. With the session winding down, it is important that she hears from you indie film lovers.

If amended, the bill would allow the state’s Film Office to use the fees it collects when it transfers tax credits to production companies to set up a FUND for small film grants.

Right now, these fees are not being used for anything…Let’s ask that they be put to good use!

As proposed, it would be a 50/50 match of funds up to $100,000. This will give area filmmakers the opportunity to double their budgets.

I believe this is a great way to help grow an indigenous film industry, to foster our creative culture, to keep our talented young and independent filmmakers in the state, and to create new job opportunities for local actors, artists and crew working in independent film.

CONTACT: Sharon Weston Broome # 225-342-2040 (Capitol Office), #225-359-9352 (District Office), lasen15@legis.state.la.us

Please ask any other filmmakers, actors, crew or friends you know to contact Broome or their district’s senator as well. It takes 5 minutes but could make a big difference in our state.

BRASS’S (Baton Rouge Advocates for Safe Streets) Velo Louisiane the first annual I HEART BIKES event

According to BRASS’s website significant strides have been made in the state arena for the support of bicycling:

GO TO http://www.brsafestreets.org/velo-louisiane-baton-rouge to find out more!