Calls for Artists

Art

Clark County Open Studios Tour seeks 50 Clark County artists to open their studios to the public on Nov. 2 and 3. The tour is open to all visual artists and artisans working in all media. Applications are due May 31. Go to ccopenstudios.org for details and guidelines.The Society of Washington Artists invites entries for its Spring Art Show and Sale, May 2-5, at the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver. Up to 200 entries will be accepted through Monday, April 22. Submission fees vary from $20 to $30, with $12 for each additional entry; each artist may submit up to three works. View the prospectus at www.swavancouver.com or contact Sue Tellock at 360-573-0681.

Music

Vancouver Community Concert Band seeks brass, woodwind and percussion players. All abilities welcome; no audition required. The volunteer community band, along with its polka band, Dixieland Jazz Band and chamber ensembles, performs regularly around the area. Rehearsals are 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 11005 N.E. Highway 99, Vancouver. Beginning band is offered from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Facebook.com/VCCBand or vanccband@gmail.com

Vancouver Pops Orchestra seeks musicians who play orchestral instruments. The ensemble plays 20 to 25 45-minute assemblies each year in local grade schools. Rehearsals are 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays. Vancouver Heights United Methodist Church, 5701 MacArthur Blvd., Vancouver. For more information, contact Dennis Pieren at 360-907-9141.

Theater and performance

Journey Theater will hold auditions for “Newsies,” to be performed Aug. 2 through 11 at Heritage High School Performing Arts Center in Vancouver. Auditions (three-minute slots by appointment only) will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. June 5 in Vancouver and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 8 in Portland. The production needs performers ages 8 and up, as well as dancers and singers to play multiple roles. Some adults are needed. Auditioners should bring headshots and resumes; be familiar with songs from “Newsies”; and prepare 16 bars of a musical theatre song that shows vocal range and technical ability, accompanied by CD or downloaded audio file. There is a $75 production fee per cast member. Contact Heather Bode at 971-274-8075 or h.bode@journeytheater.org.

Riverside Performing Arts seeks acting students to audition for “Our Town.” Auditions will take place at 6 p.m. June 14 a Riverside Performing Arts, 1307 N.E. 78th St., #9, Vancouver. Performers should come prepared with a one-minute monologue and may be asked to read sides from the script. The play is an acting course which includes performance training, storytelling through body language, script analysis, stage vocalization and character development. The cost is $500 per student, and includes professional headshots and four tickets for the performance at 6 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Sherman Auditorium at the Washington State School for the Blind. For details, email Heather Kahl at heather@riversidepa.com or visit riversidepa.com/our-town.

Poetry

Poetry Moves Season 8 seeks submissions from student poets to be showcased on C-Tran buses beginning July 2019. The deadline is May 1. Entries must be from K-12 students living in Clark County or currently enrolled in a public, private or home school in Clark County. A maximum of two poems may be submitted, each of which should not exceed seven lines and must be the student’s original work. Ten poems will be selected and displayed in C-Tran buses beginning July 2019. poetrymoves.org