Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site is currently accepting proposals for its 2012 season of site-specific artist installations. Maximum funding is $7,500 per project.

Deadline for proposals is June 16, 2011.

For guidelines, helpful hints, and FAQs, please visit our website at EasternState.org/artguidelines.

Sound installation from Arno Fabre - 2009.

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LES SOULIERS is an ensemble of thirty pairs of shoes, piloted by computer and mechanically actived by "tramplers". The shoes strikes and scrapes the floor according to a numerical score (Midi score read by the software Max / MSP).

The last of our artist conversations for the Snowflake Salon features Linda Dubin Garfield on Sunday, February 6 from 1:30 to 4 PM. She'll be in the gallery to discuss her passion the ART of Printmaking. She loves monotypes and will discuss how she makes them. If you are interested she'll also share some of the other categories of printmaking as well. Relief and intaglio techniques; block printing, etching, lithograph, silk screen, drypoint, stencil, collagraphy, and viscosity printing.

Dates and Deadlines
Entry submissions due: February 28, 2011
Juror review: March 21, 2011
Notification: April 1, 2011

AiO celebrates the Philadelphia landscape as both inspiration and as an open-air studio for artists. Over the days of June 9 to 12, 2011, from Fairmount Water Works to Bartram's Garden, AiO will explore the natural beauty and urban character of the Schuylkill River: where West Philadelphia separates from Center City and thousands of people enjoy a beloved recreational park of paths and views.

Join Linda Dubin Garfield on Sunday, February 6 from 1:30 to 4 PM for an Artist's Conversation about her passion the ART of Printmaking. She loves monotypes and will discuss how she makes them. If you are interested she'll also share some of the other categories of printmaking as well. Relief and intaglio techniques; block printing, etching, lithograph, silk screen, drypoint, stencil, collagraphy, and viscosity printing.