The International Women’s Film Festival (IWFF), hosted by the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), is an annual exhibition of films by and about women — the one and only running women’s film festival of is kind in the Philippines held during Women’s Month. It aims to highlight the importance of raising women’s consciousness, promoting women’s rights and empowerment primarily through cinema.
The IWFF Festival Committee would like to invite women filmmakers from all over the world to be part of this event by submitting their works. All genres are accepted. There is no entry fee to join this competition. Successful entries will be exhibited at the festival. Trophies and prizes will be given away to the best works.

Entries should reach the IWFF organizers by 18 February 2008. Visit the site to learn more about the guidelines and acceptable categories.

Collins College is hosting an “Animation Sketch-Off” and a Q & A session with professional comic and animation artists Shannon Denton and Jay Fotos. The winner of Collins’ “Animation Sketch-Off” will receive four complimentary passes to Phoenix Cactus Comicon 2008, Arizona’s largest comic book, anime and pop culture convention 26-27 January. To RSVP for Collin’s “Animation Sketch-Off” and Q & A session, call 480-966-3000 or visit www.contactcollins.com. Participants need to be present to win.
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PROPAGANDA III will tour the globe through 2008, with dozens of one day art shows worldwide - the current schedule includes stops throughout North and South America, Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

NO art will be sold at any of the shows, although copies of the posters will be available for sale directly through the websites of participating artists. This is NOT a commercial art show, but rather a celebration of free speech + untrammeled freedom of expression.

The collection of political posters will tour the world through 2008, before being donated to the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles. With over 50,000 posters, the CSPG archive is the largest collection of Post World War II graphics in the United States, and the CSPG are absolutely honored that the posters from PROPAGANDA III will have a permanent home following the world tour. Deadline for entry: 1 July. See site for details.

VIA: Political Artwork

At Right: “Long Days Short Life” is nationally known skateboard artist Patrick Jilbert’s first solo show.

“Long Days Short Life,” a first solo show for nationally known skateboard artist Patrick Jilbert, opens Friday with a 6 to 10 p.m. reception at Louisville’s Butcher Block Gallery, 931 E. Main St. Jilbert’s work has been included in many West Coast shows, including “Skate or Die” and “Blood Is the New Black.”

The Louisville exhibit, which continues through Feb. 28, is sponsored by Blood is the New Black, the company that sells T-shirts featuring Jilbert’s drawings, including his “Louisville Is for Haters” design. More of Jilbert’s work can be seen at www.patrickjilbert.com.

Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. The gallery, in the former Cinderblock gallery building, is operated by artists Lindsey Dobson and Matt Dobson and photographer and Louisville-based Bejeezus ‘zine founder Hillary Harrison.

I discovered this video about a fashion show held in a Milan canal from fashion.psfk. I was mesmerized when I viewed it, because the show was unusual and somewhat morbid (perfectly Goth!). As fashion.pskf pointed out, when you mix a small budget and a high level of creativity you can conceive projects that seem genius. However, the video shots of crowds that lined the shores for the show also reminded me about an August 1969 weekend, when Hurricane Camille devastated Nelson County, Virginia, with flooding rains. Richmond residents lined the James River shores after the storm to try to spot bodies that floated among the debris so that rescuers could capture them before they floated out into Chesapeake Bay (see Roar of the Heavens: Surviving Hurricane Camille by Stephen Bechtel).

Just goes to show that a creative effort might entertain strange connotations for some folks.

Since the early 20th century, Chicago has continually fostered young design talents and established itself as a pivotal center for the arts. To celebrate this historical lineage of design and the 25th anniversary of the Department of Architecture’s founding, Young Chicago looks at the community’s diverse body of contemporary designers—who are not yet represented in the collection—to showcase the city’s ever-growing talents in architecture, industrial design, graphic design, and fashion. In the coming year, works from these studios will become part of the collection in keeping with the newly expanded mission of the renamed Department of Architecture and Design.

In conjunction with the exhibition, the publications department presents a beautifully illustrated, 104-page catalogue. The second installment in the Art Institute’s A&D Series, the book includes an essay by exhibition curator Joseph Rosa that traces the evolution of design in Chicago from its origins to today’s “Young Chicago.” The catalogue will be available in late November in the Museum Shop and online at www.artinstituteshop.org. You can visit the exhibit until 29 April 2007.