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Photography Week
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Installment 3:
Black and White Photography
I live in an area with a long-standing artisan crafts tradition, and I overhear a lot of conversation about how digital and “new-fangled” media will be the end of art as we know it. As you might imagine, as a Xerographist, I couldn’t disagree more. Artist Jerry Portelli and I even went so far as to create a series of square pieces in celebration of the pixel. So, I find this call from the MPLS Photo Center fascinating. Take a look…
Here is a great call for the photographer in us all…
Black & White Photgraphy Call for Entries from the MPLS Photo Center
“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” – Robert Frank
What does “black and white” mean to contemporary photographers in the digital age? When Robert Frank made this observation, black-and-white film and silver prints were photography’s most commonly used materials. Nearly a half century later they are approaching “alternative media” status. Or are they? Are the implications and meanings of black and white still central to photography’s unique nature as a visual medium?
Submissions to this juried exhibition are limited only by your imagination and your photographic eye. Portraits, fashion, editorial, landscapes, documentary, conceptual – all of these genres, and others not named, are open for consideration.
Prints should take whatever form they need to in order to represent the continuum of tones, including gray tone, warm tone, cool tone, sepia, or other monochromes that comprise your photographs. Whether the initial recording was made on film or pixels is immaterial. However, in the final assessment, prints will be judged on their merits. Qualities of form, content, and relation to traditions of black-and-white printing and visualization will be sought in the pool of submissions.
About the Juror: As the founder, principal, and sole employee of re:photographica, George Slade has delved into matters related to the photographic arts for nearly thirty years. Although he started these inquiries as a photographer, his work over the past twenty years has been focused on curating, consulting, and commenting on others’ images. He was the artistic director of Minnesota Center for Photography (2003-2008) and the director of the McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowships for Photographers Program (1998-2008). His writings have been published widely; he received a 2007 award from the Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant program. Web sites like Flickr and Facebook, and digital imaging in general, are drawing him back into the making side of photography. On Quodlibetica, his photographs accompany Kristin Makholm’s “Five Memos on a New Museum.”
Juror: George Slade, Principal at re:photographica
Entry Fee: $35 up to 5 images; $10 each additional (no limit on number that may be submitted)
Prizes: $300 for 1st; $200 for 2nd; $100 for 3rd
Entries Due: July 23, 2010
Notice of Acceptance: August 2, 2010
Exhibition Dates: September 10 – October 25, 2010
Reception: September 10, 2010
MPLS Photo Center, 2400 North Second Street, Minneapolis, MN 55411, 612-643-3511, http://www.mplsphotocenter.com/exhibits/callforentriesBW
Contact: Clare O’Neill, clare@mplsphotocenter.com
Photography Week on Art & Art Deadlines
Installment 2:Art Publication
I preach the virtues of Art Publication all of the time, but I will climb up on the soapbox for just a minute again today. Get your art published…there is no down side–rolling deadlines & international exposure. For all of my motivationally challenged artists (you know who you are) that I have spoken to this week alone, get off the couch, put down the Cheetos, and get to work.
Here is a great call for the photographer (or wannabe) in us all…
Art Publication from Cerise Press
Cerise Press, an international online journal (with forthcoming print) based in the United States and France, builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Francophone works.
Co-founded by Sally Molini, Karen Rigby, and Fiona Sze-Lorrain in 2009, Cerise Press hopes to serve as a gathering force where imagination, insight, and conversation express the evolving and shifting forms of human experience.
The journal is published three times a year: Summer, Fall/Winter, and Spring. They include a selection of photographers’ galleries (black and white or color) in each issue, along with poetry, translations, interviews and more.
Please visit their website for guidelines: http://www.cerisepress.com/guidelines
Contact: Greta Aart, Sally Molini, Karen Rigby editors@cerisepress.com
Deadline: Ongoing
Cerise Press, P.O. Box 241187 / Omaha NE 68124
http://www.cerisepress.com
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Just a short post to share an idea that I love!
To honor the spirit of innovation and smart material re-use, and to keep the conversation and ideas flowing, ReadyMade is teaming up with Macro-Sea to offer the Glassphemy! contest.
What would you make with broken glass?
What could be better than a year of time with a studio, housing, a monthly stipend and professional development opportunities? …spending it in the Great Smoky Mountains, of course.
Applications for this residency are not due until February 2011, so you’ve got a little time to get prepared…but don’t procrastinate! Take a look at this opportunity from Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is a nationally-renowned center of contemporary arts and crafts education. Workshops are offered for weekend, one and two week sessions from May through October each year.
From January through March classes are offered to children, youth and adults who live nearby and can attend in the evenings and on Saturday mornings.
Areas of study include: ceramics, fibers, metals/jewelry, painting, drawing, photography, warm glass, woodturning, woodworking, sculpture, and book and paper arts.
The public is welcome year-round to visit the school’s five galleries, resource center and book and supply store.
Artist residencies, assistantships, work-study, scholarships, community outreach, conferences and music programs contribute to Arrowmont’s mission of “enriching lives through art.”
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Artist-in-Residence Program
The Arrowmont’s Artist-in-Residence program was established in 1991. The program provides early career, self-directed artists time, space and support to experiment and develop a new body of work in a creative supportive community environment of 160 rotating visiting workshop artists/instructors and hundreds of students. The Arrowmont Residency Program encourages early career artists who embrace community and enjoy working in a team environment to apply.
Five artists working in different media are selected annually to participate in the 11 month program which begins in mid June and continues through late May of the following year. Private studios, a monthly stipend, a furnished shared house on campus with private bedrooms and meals (during workshop sessions) are provided. Professional development opportunities are made available though funding and networking sources. At the conclusion of the program, Residents exhibit their work collectively in the Arrowmont main gallery.
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PRORGRAM
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
The ideal candidate for the Arrowmont Residency Program is an early career, self-motivated individual able to work well independently and within a larger organization. The successful resident is eager to be involved with Arrowmont’s diverse existing program offerings such as workshops, conferences, community outreach and exhibitions. Candidates who enjoy the team spirit in working with staff, other residents and visiting artists/instructors are encouraged to apply. The five artists selected each year work in a variety of media which reflects the strength of Arrowmont workshop offerings and resources. The Arrowmont Artist-in-Residence Program is open to permanent residents of the United States.
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit the following by February 1st
1. Complete application (click here to download)
2. Resumé
3. Personal statement addressing reasons why you want to be an Arrowmont Resident and your goals while at Arrowmont. Include any other personal information you feel best describes you and your work.
4. Twenty (20) digital images of your most recent work submitted on a CD. Label images with the title, medium, size and date executed. Images must be high quality JPEGs with a minimum resolution of 800×600 pixels at 300 dpi. An image identification sheet is also required with your submission. This sheet must include your name and contact information at the top of the page, followed by thumbnail images of all work submitted on the CD. Please note submitted CDs will not be returned.
5. 2 letters of recommendation (sent with application packet)
6. $25 nonrefundable processing fee. Make check payable to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
NOTE: The application will show in your window for printing.
To Save: You must choose File>Save to save the application to your computer.
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download the PDF application.
Click here to download it now for free.
For more information, visit Arrowmont’s page on How to Apply.
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I get lots of inquiries from artists about the value of group shows versus solo shows versus publication.
Everyone has an opinion about the value of art shows and publication to an artist’s career. I will say this. I have had lots of positive exposure from my adventures in art publication. I still receive inquiries from galleries regarding my inclusion in a tiny midwest art zine from April of 2009.
It can’t hurt, right? It is all part of the recipe for success. Here’s a great opportunity to cook up something special:
The Splinter Generation is dedicated to providing a venue for aspiring and established artists. They accept contributions of work in any fine art medium including painting, drawing, performance art, video, printmaking, photography, textiles and sculpture. Literary comics also welcome.
They have no prescribed style and will consider both representational and abstract work. However, the work should speak to the overall generational theme of the journal, whether directly or indirectly.
The Splinter Generation is a place by and for people born between 1973 and 1993. It’s a venue for writers, artists and musicians from all different backgrounds to tell the story of our generation. I’m hoping they will forgive the one year that I am outside their timeline, ha.
For each issue they will select a single artist to feature. They ask for one time publication rights and permission to archive the images on the site. They will consider previously published art as long as the artist has retained the rights.
Artwork should be professionally documented. Review their complete artwork guidelines below carefully before submitting.
Submissions should be in JPEG format and attached to an e-mail which contains the following:
Send the artwork (and only artwork) attached to an e-mail addressed to splintergenart@gmail.com. Those artists selected for publication will be notified within 30 days.
If the work is subsequently published in another venue, they do ask that the publication in Splinter Generation be acknowledged.
Note: Splinter Generation does not charge commission for work sold as a result of exposure in the magazine.
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Don’t we all love to get a little something in the mail other than bills and advertising?
How many of you are familiar with “mail art”?
According to Wikipedia, Mail art is art which uses the postal system as a medium.
The term mail art can refer to an individual message, the medium through which it is sent, or an artistic genre. Mail art is also known as postal art and is sometimes referred to as Correspondence/Mail Art (CMA).
Mail artists typically exchange ephemera in the form of illustrated letters, zines, rubberstamped, decorated or illustrated envelopes, artist trading cards, postcards, artistamps, faux postage, mail-interviews, naked mail, friendship books, decos, and three-dimensional objects.
An amorphous international mail art network, involving thousands of participants in over fifty countries, evolved between the 1950s and the 1990s. It was influenced by other movements, including Dada and Fluxus.
One theme in mail art is that of commerce-free exchange; early mail art was, in part, a snub of gallery art, juried shows, and exclusivity in art. A saying in the mail art movement is “senders receive”, meaning that one must not expect mail art to be sent to oneself unless one is also actively participating in the movement.
Here’s your excuse to get involved, send a yummy treat to California, and get a show in the process:
International Mail Art Exhibition:
In Honor and Memory of Judith A. Hoffberg
Judith A. Hoffberg (1934-2009) was an avid and active promoter of mail art and artists’ books.
Judith was editor and publisher of Umbrella, a newsletter devoted to all manner of art publishing and art exhibitions.
In addition to Judith’s work as a librarian, archivist, lecturer and curator, she gave unstintingly of her time and energy to promote artists through her encouragement and connections in the art world.
To participate in the exhibition, mail art submissions must be received by June 4, 2010 by postal mail or email. All art sent through the mail needs to be sent unwrapped.
All mail art included in the exhibition will be donated to the Judith A. Hoffberg Archive at the Library of the University of California, Santa Barbara, with the permission of the artist.
The exhibition will be held in the Armory’s Caldwell Gallery from June 27 – August 22, 2010.
Opening reception is Saturday, June 26, 2010, from 7-9 PM.
For questions, contact exhibition curator Jay Belloli at jbelloli@armoryarts.org or 626-792-5101 ext 117.
Please send submissions to:
Jay Belloli, Director of Gallery Programs
Armory Center for the Arts
145 N. Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103
jbelloli@armoryarts.org
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I am very rarely surprised by artists.
It is not meant as an insult…
I often feel like I have witnessed every take on every media imaginable. Cracked every nut. But, of course, I haven’t. And, I delight every time I am taken by surprise.
Shane Watt
is a delightful surprise.
Watt considers himself a semi-fictional mapmaker. He is self-taught and based in Montreal Quebec Canada inspired most by the drawing of his father.
Watt has been exhibiting his cartographic work over the past 4 years and producing commissions for the past 7 years.
Watt uses objects, numbers, real places and photographs to create city maps, which convey stories and insights into his own personal experience of a particular time and place.
Many loyal readers know that I send a quiz, of sorts, to artists I want to feature, and the questions vary depending on my gut reaction to their work.
In fairness, I usually answer the questions first baring my own truths and embarassments.
When I asked Watt about his artistic influences, he claimed his father as his biggest inspiration. Sweet.
Then once again, he delightfully surprised me. As a second influence, Watt claims Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart). Wow, I didn’t see that one coming. On a humorous note, when Don Van Vliet was asked the same question, he answered “I just paint like I paint and that’s enough influence.” Funny.
I won’t reveal the art he finds creepy, and I’ll leave it to you to figure out his favorite snack foods…yes, I do ask. I’m a nosey foodie, and it IS a food-themed art blog.
In his upcoming exhibit at Galarie Rye in Montreal, Watt will showcase a recent collection of works including a multi-dimensional map, which can be viewed from various perspectives revealing clues of an overall narrative and an interactive puzzle map.
I think most of us can accept map making as an art form, and a few of us always think of maps as art. But in an age of GPS systems, only an artist would think of whimsical, semi-fictional maps as a specialty media. How perfect. I love a niche market.
Even more–I love the idea of something being representational, but not.
I appreciate Watt’s refusal to dumb down work to mere aesthetics but make it beautiful nonetheless. I revel in Watt’s assumption of the best in all people–curiousity, determination and the yearning to understand.
When asked if he includes puzzles and secrets in all of his work–even the commissions, he simply states, “The maps always contain at least four elements, the primary narrative, the muse, references to me and, of course, the secrets of the city. Whenever I create a commission I’m always very clear about the fact that the cities all inter-connect into the larger context of my fictitious country Loyala and need to have the four elements present….so far no one has really minded.”
Thank you Shane Watt.
I look forward to searching out the hidden gems in my own life’s map very soon.
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The tag line of this site is
“Never Let Them See You Starve.”
I like to emphasize shows with low fees that jury based on talent, not resume. But, cash prizes and honorariums never hurt because it takes money to eat.
Here’s a great way to never let them see you starve…
Make a mint…from the U.S. Mint.
That’s right, folks, you too can design a coin for the United States of America. Here’s the Call:
Call for Artists
The United States Mint invites artists from across the country to apply to the Artistic Infusion Program.
Artistic Infusion Program is a great way to take part in American history and create designs which will be circulated nationwide. Artists must be United States citizens but may work from any location they choose.
The United States Mint encourages applications from artists representing diverse backgrounds and a variety of interests reflecting those of the American people.
This year, the United States Mint is seeking up to 6 Associate Designers to join the current designers under contract with the program.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with 3 cutoff dates throughout the year for evaluation and review. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. The last application deadline is July 6, 2010. If you wish to apply for this program, please review the eligibility requirements below. Then click Apply Now. If you have additional questions please visit the U.S. Mint FAQ page.
Eligibility
To qualify in the associate designer category, applicants must be an established professional visual artist and meet the following criteria:
Applicants must also be able to accept the terms and conditions for participation in the AIP as described in the application. Click here to apply now.
The application deadlines is July 6, 2010.
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Due to today’s fast pace, many folks eat on the run and know the menu of every fast food joint in town.
However, evidence shows that a non-stop diet of fast food is not healthy.
Today’s theme? Stop and smell the prime rib.
In art as in food, it can’t all be fast food.
Here’s a call from The Open Society Institute that definitely qualifies as prime rib:
The Open Society Institute invites photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 18 group exhibition.
Moving Walls is an exhibition series that features in-depth and nuanced explorations of human rights and social issues. Thematically linked to OSI’s mission, Moving Walls is exhibited at OSI’s offices in New York and Washington, DC and includes seven discrete bodies of work.
Moving Walls recognizes the brave and difficult work that photographers undertake globally in their documentation of complex social and political issues. Their images provide the world with human rights evidence, put faces onto a conflict, document the struggles and defiance of marginalized people, reframe how issues are discussed publicly, and provide opportunities for reflection and discussion. Through Moving Walls, OSI honors this work while visually highlighting the mission of our foundation to staff and visitors.
For participating photographers, a key benefit of the program is to gain exposure for both the social justice or human rights issues they photograph, and for themselves as photographers. When the tour ends, photographers may keep their professionally-produced exhibition to use however they wish.
View images from current and previous Moving Walls exhibitions.
Since its inception in 1998, Moving Walls has featured over 100 photographers whose work addresses a variety of social justice and human rights issues that coincide with OSI’s mission.
Each Moving Walls exhibit includes seven distinct bodies of work that address issues or geographic regions where OSI is active. Priority is given to work whose subject has not been recently addressed in Moving Walls.
Listed below are some topics that are focus areas for OSI and about which they are interested in receiving submissions. Please note that photographers are welcome to submit their work for Moving Walls even if their subject area is not included on this list. All work submitted will be considered for exhibition. In addition to the focus areas listed below, please visit their website (www.soros.org) for a complete listing of OSI priorities and programs.
Who Can ApplyAny emerging or veteran photographer who has completed a body of work on a human rights or social justice issue may apply for Moving Walls. Work in progress may be submitted as long as a substantial portion of the work has been completed. We will accept any genre of photography that is documentary in nature and is not staged or manipulated. In addition, priority will be given to work that addresses issues and geographic regions of concern to OSI.
Seven portfolios will be selected based on the quality of the images, the project’s relevance to OSI, and the photographer’s ability to portray a social justice or human rights issue in a visually compelling, unique, and respectful way.
Moreover, Moving Walls values work by photographers who have a long-term investment in a community or issue. Photographers working in their home countries, women, emerging artists, and people of color are also encouraged to apply.
OSI does not discriminate based on any status that may be protected by applicable law.
To support the professional advancement of photographers who have not received much exposure, an additional travel grant will be provided to select Moving Walls photographers to attend the opening in New York and meet with local photo editors and relevant NGO staff.
Recipients must apply for the travel grant after being chosen for inclusion in the Moving Walls exhibition. The grant is subject to the applicant obtaining the necessary visa to the travel to the U.S.
Recipients will be determined based on, among other things, prior international travel experience, prior attendance at workshops and seminars outside their home communities, publication and exhibition history, awards, and potential impact on their professional development.
Application ProcessThe Moving Walls application has switched this year to an online application system. Please go to http://apply.movingwalls.org/ to access it. You will be asked to submit the following materials:
Optional materials:
Multimedia: Moving Walls has the capacity to exhibit multimedia in addition to (but not in place of) the print exhibition. A multimedia sample should be submitted only if it complements or enhances, rather than duplicates, the other submitted materials. The sample will be judged on its ability to present complex issues through compelling multimedia storytelling, and will not negatively impact the print submission. If you are submitting a multimedia piece for consideration, please post the piece on a free public site such as youtube and include a link. If the piece is longer than five minutes, let them know what start time to begin watching at.
NOTE: The one-page statement is intended to give the Selection Committee a better understanding of the project. Non-native English speakers should describe their projects as accurately as possible, but do need not be concerned with the quality of their English.
Complete submissions must be received at OSI-NY by 5pm (Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, June 11, 2010.
Phase 1: Applications will be reviewed and selections made by a committee of foundation staff and the exhibit curators, Susan Meiselas and Stuart Alexander. In evaluating the work, the committee considers the quality of the photographs and their relevance to OSI’s overall mission and activities. In addition, the committee aims to select a diversity of issues and geographic areas in order to avoid repetition of topics shown in recent exhibitions. View images from their recent exhibitions at www.movingwalls.org.
They tend to receive between 150-200 submissions each round. For Moving Walls 18, they plan to select seven bodies of work.
Phase 2: The selected photographers will be designated wall space and encouraged to visit OSI’s offices in New York in order to meet with their curators and prepare installation plans. Please note that travel to OSI is not part of Moving Walls payment and is not a requirement. Photographers who are unable to travel to OSI may correspond with our curators by e-mail or fax and submit their installation plans electronically.
While curators work closely with photographers to determine an installation plan, final curatorial decisions are at the discretion of the Moving Walls curators and selection committee.
During this time, the selected photographers will be invited to apply for the Emerging Photographer Travel Grant.
Applications are due by 5pm E.S.T. on Friday, June 11, 2010. To participate, you must be available to follow the exhibition schedule detailed below. Moving Walls 18 is scheduled to open in March 2011. The approximate duration of the exhibition in New York is nine months. After the New York exhibition closes, OSI will select (at its discretion) a portion of the exhibition to travel to its Washington, D.C. office for an additional nine months.
Please note that, in connection with prior Moving Walls exhibitions, certain photographers have been asked to participate in subsequent exhibitions in Baltimore, Maryland (in conjunction with the OSI office located there) and in New York City (at the Columbia University School of Social Work and John Jay College of Criminal Justice). Should you be selected, the decision to participate would be entirely yours and a separate agreement would be executed.
Exhibition ScheduleParticipating photographers must be able to commit to the following exhibition schedule:
June 11, 2010: Deadline for submissions.
July 2010: Notification of participants begins.
Summer 2010: Selected photographers meet with curators to plan their shows. Selected photographers invited to apply for the Emerging Photographer Travel Grant.
September 2010: Deadline for selected photographers to submit detailed budgets and installation plans.
December 2010: Deadline for submission of the following:
Recipients of the Emerging Photographer Travel Grants notified.
January 2011: Deadline for photographers to have their completed prints delivered to the framer. Photographers are responsible for making these arrangements.
March 2011: Opening reception
Upon selection, photographers must submit a budget application for printing, drymounting, and other production costs. Once the budget is approved, participants will be responsible for working within this budget and must use OSI-approved labs. OSI will then pay for standard framing and window matting or back-mounting. In addition, selected photographers will receive a $2,000 royalty payment. When the exhibition tour is completed, photographers will receive the framed and matted work. OSI will cover the costs of returning work up to $750 for photographers based in the United States and $1250 internationally. Any shipping costs that exceed these amounts will be the responsibility of the photographer.
OSI will offer travel grants to emerging Moving Walls photographers to attend the opening in New York and meet with local photo editors and NGOs. Applying for this grant is optional. Recipients will be determined at OSI’s discretion.
By participating in the exhibit, you grant OSI a nonexclusive, irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, and worldwide license in perpetuity to reproduce, distribute, publish, make derivative works from, and publicly display the work for purposes relating to the OSI Documentary Photography Project, including, but not limited to, the following formats:
In addition, you grant to OSI a nonexclusive, irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, and worldwide license in perpetuity to reproduce and publicly display the work on OSI’s website, or any successor or comparable medium of display, solely for OSI’s non-commercial advocacy or educational purposes. In any and all uses, OSI shall provide a photographer’s credit and identify it as related to Moving Walls 18.
If you have any questions, please contact Quito Ziegler at 1-212-547-6909 orqziegler@sorosny.org .
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