You are invited to submit films in for Baltic competition following this formal criteria:

- works are created within the last two years (not earlier than 2010);

- the author is from the Latvia, Lithuania or Estonia, or has been a resident in one of these countries for the past 2 years;

- work has subtitles in English or is accompanied by a translation of the dialogue, if dialogues are used;

- the following screening formats are accepted for the competition: 8mm, VHS(PAL), or avi. MPEG2,. mov or H264 format files at high quality;

- one author can submit maximum 3 works;

- application should be accompanied by a completed application form (the original, or a signed and scanned copy). Download application form here: doc file or pdf file

- brief author’s CV;

- 2 high-resolution images of the work;

- Submission deadline: 2012 June 31st (post stamp).

Competition entries can be submitted:

via e-mail: waterpieces.competition@noass.lv with the reference (subject field) “Waterpieces submissions for 2012″ title of submitted works.

via Internet, by using a server available to the applicant and sending us a link for downloading the file to e-mail waterpieces.competition@noass.lv

via post to address:

“Waterpieces 2012 competition”

Culture and Art Project NOASS

The 11 Novembra Krastmala – 35,

Riga, LV-1050,

Latvia

Additional information: +371 25926065, anna@noass.lv

Culture and Art Project NOASS

www.noass.lv/udensgabali

International Contemporary and Video Art Festival “WATERPIECES 2012” is organized by:

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The article at the moment is available only in Latvian.

International Conference on Outsider Art

Thursday 26 April 2012

Outsider art is flourishing. On 26 April 2012 the book On the Map. Exploring European Outsider Art – a Notebook will be presented at an international symposium in Ghent. The publication explores 60 initiatives – good practices in the field of outsider art – in 26 countries in Europe. Not only does it look at the places where outsider art is created (workshops, sheltered workshops, etc), but also the places where it is presented (museums, galleries, etc).

At the symposium Outsiders on the Map, details of many of the initiatives in the book will be presented. Great emphasis will be placed on the organisations, workshops and museums that have done outstanding work to give outsider art a place in the cultural and social debate.

One of these 60 initiatives also is Naive Art Museum of Latvia located in Riga, Andrejsala -  a former port district.

Information obtained from http://www.museumdrguislain.be/