OLIVES in ORANGE

Last night I imagined my self in a white chef’s coat and orange clogs while dozing off on the couch.  I must have been channeling Mario Batali, or maybe it was just eating antipasto a little to late in the evening.  This next show is all about imagination, but then again–shouldn’t EVERY show be about imagination?

Check out this Call for Entries for Imagination brought to you by the A. Smith Gallery (Johnson City, Texas).  The entry fee is low, and you can’t ask for a better theme.  Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES: Imagination

 

i-mag-i-na-tion: fabrication, fantasy, illusion, imagery, insight, inspiration,  originality, thought, vision, creation, creativity, inventiveness realization.

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral”. –Antoine de Saint Exupery

“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” –Pablo Picasso

“Imagination feeds the need to photograph. Since I can remember, I have loved to create with my mind and my hands. This desire was instilled by a mother and grandmother who shared the same compulsion. These imaginative women taught me to dream and experiment. ‘I-mag-i-na-tion’ is your opportunity to imagine and create. Get outside the conventional with this one. Don’t just photograph the pear; hide it underneath a cloth napkin and see what happens.” — from the A. Smith Gallery website.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.  Entries must not have been exhibited previously in an exhibition at A Smith Gallery.

MEDIA:  Photography

DEADLINE:  January 9, 2012

ENTRY FEE:  A non-refundable entry fee of $25 for the first 5 images and $5 for each additional image is required.  The Paypal link is on the Entry Form.

JUROR:  The juror  for “I-mag-i-na-tion” will be Aline Smithson.   After a career as a New York Fashion Editor and working along side the greats of fashion photography, Aline discovered the family Rolleiflex and never looked back. Now represented by galleries in the U.S. and Europe and published throughout the world, Aline continues to create her award-winning photography with humor, compassion, and a 50-year-old camera. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including a recent cover of PDN, the PDN Photo Annual, Communication Arts Photo Annual, Eyemazing, and others.  She has exhibited widely.  Aline writes and edits the blogzine, Lenscratch, has been the Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine, a contributing writer for Diffusion ,Too Much Chocolate, Lucida, and F Stop Magazines, and has been curating exhibitions for a number of galleries and on-line magazines.  Though she was nominated for The Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and for The Santa Fe Prize in Photography in 2009 by Center, she considers her children her greatest achievement.

AWARDS:  Cash prizes of $250 each will be awarded for The Juror’s Award and The Director’s Award, along with a $100 prize for the Visitors’ Choice Award.  There will also be five Honorable Mentions.

SALES:  A Smith Gallery will retain 40% commission out of the sales price.

For complete details, Visit the Website!