Do you need a place to create your work, develop a project or experiment new ideas? Trilobite Project invites you to travel to Cuernavaca city in State of Morelos Mexico, where the sun, the light and color make the creation possible. Oriented to visual artists, this Artist Residencies Program provides a space and the necessary infrastructure in order that the participants carry out their projects. Applications for the Trilobite Project’s Artist Residencies Program January – April 2011 are now being accepted.

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Venus febriculosa, a website devoted to contemporary literature and the art and design of books, announces its Book Cover Design Contest No. 5. The purpose of the contest is to foster interest in the relationship of literature to the visual arts through the design of a hypothetical book cover for Patricia Grace’s short story “Parade” from her 1975 collection Waiariki. Previous Venus febriculosa book cover contests have included Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, The Eel by Eugenio Montale, and This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski. This international competition is open to anyone 18 years or older. Both design professionals and students are encouraged to enter.

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