Entries Close: October 20, 2010
ncpic.org.au
The NCPIC Short Film Competition gives young people aged between the ages of 16 and 25 years the opportunity to showcase their creative talent and express their thoughts and ideas about cannabis. This year the competition will focus on cannabis and its impact upon young people and their educational achievements.
The film can be in any style or genre (i.e. drama, comedy, documentary, science-fiction, etc.), but must creatively explore the issues associated with the use of cannabis and its impact upon educational achievement.
Editor’s note: hmmm not sure if NCPIC understand people enjoy weed. 🙂 Hopefully this can help inform the debate AND legalise marijuana. GG.
“Dance Your Ph.D.” video competition is inviting applications from anyone who has a Ph.D. or is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in a science-related field to transform their research into an interpretive dance and submit it for a chance to win up to $1,000 USD. Finalists from each category will have their Ph.D. dance videos screened at the Imagine Science Film Festival in New York City. This is your chance to prove to the world that scientists CAN dance!
http://www.facebook.com/danceyourphd
http://gonzolabs.org/dance/
**Deadline: Friday May 21**
[www.acmi.net.au](http://www.acmi.net.au/burton_tour_guide.htm)
Direct from New York’s **Museum of Modern Art**, the exhibition ‘Tim Burton’ is presented as part of Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2010 from June 24 at ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image). The exhibition explores the full scale of Burton’s career, as director, concept artist illustrator and photographer, through hundreds of artworks that spectacularly illuminate the creative vision behind films such as **Beetlejuice**, **Batman**, **Edward Scissorhands**, **Charlie and the Chocolate Factory**, and **Alice in Wonderland**.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Images – Tim Burton Tour Guide –Â opportunity is open to under 18’s across Australia. Applications must come in the form of 3 minute videos.
Successful applicants will meet Tim Burton, be inducted by ACMI staff, hear from curators about how he created his art and films, and then take the public on a tour of the exhibition on at least one occasion.
ACMI Screen Events Manager, Helen Simondson, says that applicants should be inventive but also remember that if successful they will have to hold a tour of the exhibition. We want young people to get creative and display enthusiasm and confidence, but we also want them to remember that the best tour guides are informative, interesting and able to speak well on their subject, said Helen. We need to see that you have the skills to be a fantastic tour guide, Knowledge of Tim Burton’s art and films is essential and so, to help budding tour guides, ACMI has supplied a fact sheet of resources on its website.
The application form is available online and must be submitted complete with a link to the YouTube location of the 3 minute application video. It is important both applicants and their parent or guardian read the Application Guidelines before applying. Key in these is that applicants and their guardians must be available to meet Tim Burton in the week commencing Monday June 22 and conduct at least one tour. Each tour will be designed by ACMI staff in consultation with the successful applicant. Successful applicants will take part in a voluntary capacity.
Saturday 27th March 2010 – Body Canvas invites you and your guests to celebrate a spectacle of art and colour in an extraordinary event brought to Melbourne for the first time.
Body Canvas is Australia’s largest body paint festival. The event features artists from around Australia who come together to showcase their talent and support a charitable cause. This year’s event is proud to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
The festival is organised as a competition that will include professional and amateur artists fighting it out in front of a packed crowed and panel of celebrity judges for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes. Artists will create their masterpieces in the public forum at the St Kilda Sea Baths, followed by an exhibition and a catwalk parade. There will be a range of category winners announced from most creative to the most outrageous which will be decided by recognised judges from within the entertainment, fashion and artistic community.
Body Canvas festival is open free to public from 12pm to 6pm. The finals will run at the St.Kilda Sea Baths from 6pm to 1am, tickets for the finals cost $35.
Tickets can be purchased on the website http://www.bodycanvas.com.au/.
At least 7 Australian towns and cities will participate in the next southern hemisphere leg of the World Naked Bike Ride in March 2010. More cities may be added to the list if volunteers are found to organise the ride in new towns and cities. The official southern hemisphere ride date is Saturday 13 March 2010.
The dates and locations are:
Saturday 13 March 2010: Sydney and Adelaide
Sunday 14 March 2010: Newcastle
Sunday 21 March 2010: Canberra and Melbourne
WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE MELBOURNE 2010
The Union Club Hotel, 3:00pm – 8:00pm
Corner of Gore and Webb Streets FITZROY, Melbourne
http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/wiki/Australia
