Exhibits

• Diane Williams, The Artistic Journey of a Material Girl, Exhibition dates: January 20 - May 26, Museum of the Mississippi Delta, 1608 Hwy 82 W, Greenwood, MS. Click here for more information

Workshops

Events & Opportunities

• The Kennedy Center has launched “What’s Going On…NOW,” a national arts and digital media campaign to inspire and engage youth while marking the 40th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s iconic album and his 1972 Kennedy Center performance. The project will culminate with two concerts in May at the Kennedy Center featuring John Legend, Sharon Jones, the Dap-Kings, and the National Symphony Orchestra. Two young people will be selected for a trip to Washington, D.C. to attend one of these concerts on May 3. To apply, they may go to www.whatsgoingonnow.org  and share their own creative perspectives on the similarities and differences between Marvin Gaye’s “then” and their own “now.” They can upload video, photos, poems, music – whatever art form inspires their own creative expression. To be considered for the trip to Washington, they must submit their entry no later than March 23. More information can be found in this press release (click) and online via the link above. 

• Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra National Trustees' Summer Music Institute
      The dates are July 2 - July 30, 2012.
      Eligibility is for young musicians ages 15-20.
      Student deadline for submitting applications will be January 27, 2012. New extended deadline: Monday, February 20, 2012
      Through the generosity of the Orchestra's National Trustees, one student from most states may be chosen to attend on scholarship.
  More complete data and instructions posted here.

• The 2012 VSA International Young Soloists Call for Entries is now open! Deadline for entry: January 31, 2012
  Since 1984, the VSA International Young Soloists Program has been seeking to identify talented young musicians who have a disability. The annual award provides an opportunity for up to four emerging musicians to each earn a $5,000 award, professional development opportunities, and a performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For more information on the program and to apply, please visit www.kennedy-center.org/IYS .  The VSA International Young Soloists Award annually recognizes outstanding young musicians with disabilities and supports and encourages them in their pursuit of a career. All types of music are accepted, including country, classical, jazz, rap, rock, bluegrass, and world. A committee of distinguished music professionals selects the award recipients. Additional information can be found at www.artsapp.com/kennedycenter-vsa.

• VSA and CVS Caremark All Kids Can are inviting children with and without disabilities, ages 5-15, to submit their original art on the theme "What Inspires Me" to the 2012 All Kids Can CREATE program. Submissions will be featured in an online gallery and considered for display in the “What Inspires Me” exhibition debuting at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. in August 2012. The deadline for submitting artwork is April 8, 2012. More information can be found at www.artsonia.com/allkidscan.

• Washington National Opera conducts a three-week summer program, Opera Institute, that brings passionate, talented high school musicians together in the nation’s capital to experience opera in a professional and nurturing environment that only a world-class opera company can provide. Serious classical singers and collaborative pianists thrive off of Opera Institute’s intense and focused curriculum geared towards preparing students for college performance programs and beyond! The program runs from June 25-July 14, 2012. Auditions are held at The Kennedy Center on Saturday, January 28 and Saturday, February 4. More information can be found at http://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/edu/operainstitute  .

• Richelle Putnam of the Mississippi Writers Guild announces the Debut of Southern Writers Magazine. For information, click here.

• Thea Arts Festival, April 28, 2012; This is the inaugural festival sponsored by the Thea foundation. Located in the Historic Argenta Arts District, Little Rock, Arkansas. For information, click here.

Ongoing

• Follow up with photos, JumpStart and the National Read for the Record Program--What was done in Mississippi by the MAAE and others. Click here.

Competitions

Funding Opportunity

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