From jobs, residencies, open calls and scholarships: here is an updated list of opportunities for artists, writers, and creatives.
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OPEN CALLS
Moleskine Foundation: AtWork educational tour What Comes First?
For the installment of its AtWork educational tour, What Comes First?, Moleskine Foundation is collaborating with Constitution Hill and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Beginning on 26 August, the workshop will be held at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg and is a part of a 10-day art experience presented by the National Museum of African Art in collaboration with Johannesburg Art Fair’s Open City and the Moleskine Foundation.
Siwa Mgoboza, a visual artist and cultural curator from South Africa, is the curator of the experience. The experience will focus on the theme “Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past” as part of a One Smithsonian coordinated, institutional effort to clearly address systematic racism and racial unfairness and bring the topic to a worldwide audience through the perspective of art and creativity.
Deadline: 1 August 2022
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AICA International Young Critics Prize
The young critics prize aims to encourage young and emerging art critics to engage with topics and geographical regions that are not routinely covered in the media, and encourage new forms of critical expression; and promote the international circulation of new ideas and new writing. Winners of the prize will receive cash prizes as well as certificates.
For more information, click here.
Deadline: 15 September 2022
PROGRESS. ON CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURE SOCIETY
This open call for submissions is aimed at photographers, visual artists and video artists internationally. Successful candidates will have their work exhibited in Rome in December 2022.
More about the theme:
What is progress? On what ethical and moral basis does man undertake the evolutionary path that determines his being in the world, his relationship with the environment and with his fellow men? On what foundations and through what purposes does man undertake his scientific research? What are the outcomes and testimonies that have contributed to a qualitative improvement in human life? What are the outcomes and testimonies of the errors committed, and that man continues to commit?
Although in a continuous re-evaluation and alteration of behavioral orientation, and in response to his own needs and necessities, man creates that linear evolutionary path that leaves traces of himself and from which it is possible to detect the most intrinsic nature of him.
This call asks these and further questions. These are open questions to which authors engaged in the various digital media respond by addressing the issue in various humanistic and scientific areas.
For more information click here.
Deadline: 7 September, 2022
RESIDENCIES
Food Culture Days
Bringing together local and international artists, producers, researchers, architects, philosophers, chefs, farmers, historians, and other experts whose work, research, and/or background revolve around food, food culture days is a transdisciplinary platform for knowledge sharing and know-how on food and ecology.
For the fourth iteration of our biennial, which will be held in Vevey (Switzerland) over ten days in May-June 2023, food culture days is looking for proposals from individuals or groups working in the fields of art and culture, humanities and social sciences, earth and natural sciences, hospitality and gastronomy, and/or agriculture.
What they offer:
- Fees in accordance with the pay policy of the Swiss cultural sector.
- Reimbursement of expenses for travel to Vevey and for accommodation/subsistence during the biennial.
- A production budget for the creation or distribution of a project of up to 5’000 CHF. We invite projects exceeding the available budget to present proposals for co-financing.
- Support during the research and production phases.
Deadline: 14 August 2022
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K3 Residency Programme
In 2007, K3 began its main residency programme, which each year provides three choreographers with a chance to work on site for eight months.This groundbreaking programme is designed for emerging artists who have created original choreography and are just starting their professional careers. The residency begins in the middle of August and lasting until the middle of April the following year.
The residency’s objective is to deepen the links between choreographic practice, academic inquiry, creative output, and qualification. The three choreographers will each create a full-length piece within the residency, which will then be performed on three evenings as part of TanzHochDrei. The benefits of being a resident choreographer include a monthly stipend, a production budget, mentoring, dramaturgical help, and chances to advance their education.
The courses and professional training programmes that K3 offers are closely correlated with the residency programme. The residency offers mentoring as well as assistance with dramaturgical, technical, and production issues. Additionally, it makes a strong connection between the projects suggested by the resident choreographers and the different ongoing K3 programs.
Deadline: 11 August 2022
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Call for Fellows: Testing Grounds
Het Nieuwe Instituut has conducted and funded research in architecture, design, and digital culture since its founding in 2013. Exhibitions, lectures, archival investigations and publications have served as outputs of research, but more importantly as active platforms for its development.
The Fellowship Programme at Het Nieuwe Instituut, which was founded by previous Head of Research Marina Otero Verzier, is essential to these platforms. The fellowship is ultimately a chance to practice different ways of thinking and acting. Its purpose is to support and learn from a diversity of research efforts and approaches.
This year’s Call for Fellows is focused on promoting research practices as testing grounds in keeping with the fellowship program’s continued goal to practice alternative ways of thinking and acting. Finding research causes, trying out methodologies, and creating tools are all made possible by approaching these test sites as action spaces and networks of relationships. This year’s theme emphasizes “testing grounds” as methods of conducting research rather than just the content of the investigation.
Deadline: 10 August 2022
For more information click here.
EMPLOYMENT
Freelance Travel Content Writer
Tourscanner is looking for one content writer who is English native and has previous experience as a web content writer for travel websites.
Responsibilities:
You will need to write texts for blog articles or landing pages about tourist attractions, places to visit, tours, excursions, etc. The work is flexible, but continuous, depending on your availability.
For each text requested, Tourscanner provides a detailed template, which includes already the structure of the text, plus the focus keyword. Very often Tourscanner provides links to pages with information, you would need to research this information and create the text following provided template(s).
Requirements:
- Being native English speaker
- 4 years of previous experience as a web content writer
- 1 year of previous experience as a travel content writer or travel blogger
- Knowledge about on-page SEO best practices
- Ability to deliver at least 4 texts (1,500 words each long) per week
- Precision and attention to details
- Please include on your CV proof of portfolio, articles, pages written
- Ability to write in American English
- Ability to issue a tax complaint invoice (including name, address, business details or ID/Tax number)
Click here to apply.
Freelance Copywriter
Duck and Craig is looking for a freelance copywriter.
Duck and Craig Advertising was founded in May 2011. They have a broad array of clients ranging from large blue chip corporates, to medium and small businesses. They are an accredited media agency and we specialise in TV, radio, print, billboards and have a full digital offering including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Google Search, Google Display, You Tube, Tik Tok, LinkedIn and Programmatic, including engaging community management.
Requirements
- Creative conceptual thinker.
- Diploma or bachelor’s degree in communications/journalism/English or related degree or diploma.
- 5 years of copywriting experience
- Impeccable writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Computer literate.
- Valid driver’s license with own vehicle.
Click here to apply.
Junior Social Media Community Manager role
Machine_ is looking for a junior social media community manager. This role is for someone who has a passion for social media, with knowledge of digital marketing and strong multilingual copywriting skills. You’ll need to have your finger on the pulse of social media platforms, trends and opportunities.
The successful new candidate will be passionate about the advertising and communications industry, highly motivated with excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
The Junior Community Manager will be responsible for:
- Daily monitoring and community management of multiple social media accounts.
- Building of content calendars and scheduling of content in line with social media best practice.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Accurately engaging with social media queries or comments across multiple platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube) in line with brand tone and guidelines.
- Scheduling social media posts accurately and timeously in line with content calendar.
- Building content calendars in line with social media best practice.
- Monitoring and measuring the impact of content, and analysing, reviewing and contributing to the delivery of Social Media reports.
- Working with the social media and account management teams to support any agency and client requirements through administrative, community management and research tasks.
- Reading and understanding Content Strategy Documents, giving input where you feel you can add value.
- Coordinating and executing social media competition and prize draws, working closely with the account management and production teams.
- Creation and management of effective crisis management communication
- Social media event coverage (during and after work hours in line with Covid regulations)
- Looking out for and assessing opportunities to engage the brand’s followers at the next level.
- Immersing yourself in local and international news, always on the lookout for opportunities to be tactical.
- Staying on top of trends, tools & applications.
Click here to apply.
Virtual Assistant
Are you a vibrant, ambitious, and resourceful multi-tasker with great organization and communication skills? Do you enjoy working from the comfort of your home, with flexible hours, and the support of a fun, dynamic, and global team? If you are enthusiastic, enjoy challenges, work on a variety of tasks, and learn new skills, then this job is for you!
Promoshin, an animation studio and creative agency based in Los Angeles that makes videos for brands, is looking for visual assistants.
This position offers opportunities for you to build the skills you need to prosper in a fast-paced and competitive environment. We provide a hands-on, educational and professional experience for those who really want to grow.
Depending on your passion, interests, and skills, your responsibilities will include a variety of the following tasks:
- Responding to email inquiries
- Speaking to potential clients
- Working on our website
- Reaching out to blogs
- Business development
- Project Management
- Content creation
- Graphic design
- Customer service
- Sales
- Video editing
- PPC Marketing
- Running social media campaigns
- Blog writing
- Simple bookkeeping tasks
Click here to apply.
OTHER OPEN CALLS
Funding: Ignite Culture
Ignite Culture’s first application call was launched in August 2021 and awarded grants to our first cohort of 19 organisations in 2022. This grant was created to help organizations effectively create new businesses, initiatives, programmes, and initiatives for their target communities and demographics, which will greatly increase the sustainability of both their own work and the work of their target communities.
Additionally, this grant will enable recipients to plan, carry out, and participate in any activities that will strengthen the Eastern African creative and cultural ecosystem in which practitioners and organizations operate, increase accessibility to and awareness of the region’s diverse creative and cultural sectors, and foster the sector’s economic development.
Deadline: 17 August 2022
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Scholarship: Sol Plaatje Educational Project
Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Sol Plaatje Educational Project invites applications for the postgraduate study in South Africa 2023. The trust will provide funding for up to a maximum of two years for Masters and three years for PhD. Continued funding depends upon satisfactory progress and academic reports.
In 2023, the trust will be making awards to those studying in three areas only:
- Justice, which includes Climate Justice, Law, Economics and Politics
- Education policy and practice
- Humanities, which includes Literature, History, Anthropology and the Arts
Please only apply if your programme of study falls into one of these disciplines.Applicants are urged to use their judgment in assessing whether to apply but applications that clearly do not fall within these areas will not be considered for an award.
In 2023, climate justice will be a priority. Climate Justice related scholarship applications may be in a science or applied science field as long as the application can demonstrate its relevance to climate justice related matters.
Deadline: 22 August 2022
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Scholarship: The Rhodes Scholarships for Southern Africa
The Rhodes Scholarships are the most prestigious and established international scholarship program and are for full-time postgraduate study at Oxford University in the UK. Outstanding young graduates who thrive academically, exhibit leadership qualities, and are dedicated to making an impact in the larger community, both locally and globally, are encouraged to apply online.
Ten Rhodes Scholarships are awarded annually to graduates in the Southern African constituency (comprising South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia and eSwatini), wishing to pursue Masters or doctoral studies at Oxford University in most disciplines/fields of study.
Deadline: 1 August 2022
For detailed information on selection criteria and the region/selection committee click here.
