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CALL for ENTRIES: New York Photo Show

Posted on September 5, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

SIFT THIS!

Newer isn’t always better. I have wooden spoons and cookie sheets in my kitchen whose original material compositions are virtually undetectable. Sometimes you stick with what you love, but sometimes folks come along regardless of age and instantly recognize the value of something that has worked for someone else forever…like my husband’s second hand flour sifter. Discover an oldie (but goodie) of your own with this show…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Smith Township Arts Council for the 31st Annual Juried Photography Exhibition. This year the theme is alternative processes or contemporary use of historical process, and it is juried by Joy Goldkind. Maybe it is time to break out the pinhole camera again…

Call for Entries: 31st Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

The subject matter for this exhibit is limited only by your imagination! Smith Township Arts Council and Juror Joy Goldkind are looking to show the contemporary use of historical processes. Show them the way in which you bring the past and future together.

Bromoil, albumen, collotype, kallitype, lazertran, anthotype, ziatype, carbon, argyrotype, cyanotype, daguerreotype, gum bichromate, salted paper, photo-gravure, solarplate, tintype, platinum and palladium, van dyke, hand applied emulsions, wet-plate collodion, silver gelatin and combinations of all of the above will be considered.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all photography. Entries may not have been shown previously at Mills Pond House Gallery. Maximum Frame Size 48″ width

ENTRY DEADLINE: November 10, 2010

ENTRY FEE: $45 for up to 3 entries, $30 for STAC members. Artists may join at time of entry.

LIABILITY / SALES: Work will be insured for the duration of the exhibition. STAC will receive a 30% gallery commission on all work sold.

NOTIFICATION: Emailed November 23

GALLERY REQUIREMENTS: Shipping, insurance and display requirements are posted at www.stacarts.org/exhibits

AWARDS:

1st Place: $300 Excellence in Photography Award Sataporn Suravichai Memorial, Winner’s Exhibition Opportunity, One-year STAC Artist Membership

2nd Place: $100 Award of Merit

ABOUT THE JUROR: Joy Goldkind was 50 years old before she took her first photography class, though her back-ground was always based in the fine arts. De-spite an unusually late start, Goldkind’s career as a fine arts photographer has progressed rather rapidly.

Her photographs of nude danc-ers, geishas, drag queens, ballerinas, circus per-formers, etc. have not gone unnoticed. Some-times inspired from a fantasy world, the use of double exposures and slow shutter speeds help Joy to change what is true and expected into a more surrealistic scene. The old world beauty and quality they possess is in no doubt influ-enced by a deep interest in art history.

With the use of the historic Bromoil process as a tool to express her fine art portraits, Joy adds a layer of mystery to her photographs. Very popular in the early 1900’s, the Bromoil process was favored by pictorial photographers who used it to add a more artistic rendering to their work. Each piece is individually inked by hand, therefore no two prints are identical.

Download the full prospectus at the
Smith Township Arts Council website!

ART PUBLICATION: Fraction Magazine

Posted on August 18, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

CANDIED LECTURE

It has been over a week since I’ve stood on my soapbox and lectured about the advantages of Art Publication. You’ve missed it…haven’t you? Okay, Okay…if you insist, I will take candy from a baby. Here goes: Art Publication is great for your art career. Most exposure is good exposure. There, that’s the short version.

Fraction Magazine has an open-call for submissions for future issues as well as their One Picture Look feature that began in May 2010. Fraction Magazine is an online photography magazine and photographic review.

ART PUBLICATION: Fraction Magazine Open Call

Fraction Magazine was started in a little coffee shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico in March of 2008 by Joshua Spees and David Bram. In 2009, Josh got married, moved to the East Coast, and is now pursuing other photographic avenues.

Today, Fraction Magazine is edited and curated by David, and often includes guest curators and writers such as Melanie McWhorter, Mary Goodwin and Larissa Leclair.

One Picture Look is a new feature (May 2010) to Fraction Magazine.

The idea is to bring attention to the amazing work that is either found on Flickr within the Fraction Magazine Flickr Group or the work that is submitted directly to Fraction Magazine. The idea is that one photograph, will make you want to look at more.

So if you have one picture, that they just have to see, please visit the submissions page or add it to the flickr group.

The One Picture Look page will be promoted just like the rest of the magazine and will be updated every couple of weeks.

To submit your photographs for the next issue of Fraction Magazine, please send a link to your site and tell them the specific portfolio or body of work to look at. Please remember to put “submission” in the subject line of your email.

Due to the large number of submissions, they will not look at emails with attachments. Send your link to fractionsubmissions@gmail.com .

If you have questions, please visit the Fraction Magazine website.

CALL for ENTRIES: 1212 Gallery

Posted on August 17, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

RASPBERRY PERFECTION

Sometimes I come across something that just IS the best of all worlds…like sun-ripened raspberries at the peak of perfection that are being given away by friends for free due to their abundance. Yep, perfect.

Perfect Calls for Entries are rare, but this call from 12 12 Gallery in Richmond is Close. The Call for Entries for the 2010 International Juried Photography Exhibition from the 12 12 Gallery in Richmond, Virginia has a little something for everyone: low entry fee ($25), low sales commission (35%), open to artists everywhere, broad definition of photography and easy of entry (digital files and PayPal). What more could you want?

Call for Entries:
International Juried Photography
Exhibition

12 12 GALLERY announces an open call to all artists working with any photographic process to submit entries for its International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010. The exhibition juror, Dr. Patrick Amsellem, Associate Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum, will award up to $1000 in cash prizes.

ELIGIBILITY Photographers around the world age 18+, working in any photographic process, may submit up to 3 images. Additional images may be submitted at additional cost for up to a total of 5 works. Work previously exhibited at 12 12 Gallery is not eligible.

ENTRY PROCEDURE Entrants are asked to submit digital images on CD, DVD or online. Slides may be submitted for an additional fee of $2.50 (US) per slide, since a digital image is required for the juror to review. Only one image may be submitted for each work.

Preparing Digital Files Generate a digital file of each image at a resolution of 300 ppi, with the longest dimension being 1900 pixels. Save the file in JPG format, at the maximum quality level, which results in a compressed final image size that is approximately 2MB. Label each file with the last name, first initial, and the number corresponding to the entry number (e.g. SmithJ1). Please identify images on the entry form with the title of the work.

Mailed or Hand-Delivered Entries CD or DVD, completed entry form, entry fee, and SASE (for return of CD and notification) must be postmarked by Wednesday, September 15, 2010 and sent to 12 12 Gallery, 12 East 12^th Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23224.

Online Entries: In the body of an e-mail, include your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. In this e-mail, please provide file title, work title, medium, framed work size, and sales price for each image you wish to submit. To this e-mail you will attach the images of the work that correspond to this information. Send e-mail with information listed above to 1212galleryrichmond@gmail.com

ENTRY FEE: Each entrant is required to pay a non-refundable $25 (US) entry fee for 3 images. Additional images, at $5 (US) each, for up to 5 total images, may be submitted. Slides may by submitted for an extra $2.50 (US) for each image and the gallery will generate the digital image.

Payment of entry fee will be accepted via PayPal (ijpe2010@gmail.com), personal check (US only), or money order (including international money orders in US dollars) mailed to the gallery at 12 East 12th Street, Richmond, VA 23224, by the postmark deadline of Wednesday, September 15, 2010.

SALES All work must be for sale. 12 12 Gallery will receive a 35% commission on the sale of any work.

Postmark Deadline: September 15, 2010

Online Prospectus: www.1212galleryrichmond.com/ijpe2010prospectus.pdf

Online Entry Form: www.1212galleryrichmond.com/ijpe2010entry.pdf

Other Conditions: Entry forms may be photocopied. Incomplete entries or unlabeled images will not be considered. Please note that images of accepted work may be retained for publicity purposes and will be returned after the exhibition closes. Entries will not be returned without SASE and adequate postage. Artists who do not provide SASE for notification will be notified of acceptance by e-mail.

JUROR: Dr. Patrick Amsellem is the Associate Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum. He was formerly a curator at the Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art in Malmö, Sweden, where he organized the first Swedish exhibition of the work of Andreas Gursky. He has written extensively about art for newspapers and magazines, and is the author of several exhibition catalogues. Amsellem has taught at New York University and received his M.A. and Ph. D. in Art History and Architectural History at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts.

AWARDS: Cash prizes up to $1000 will be awarded solely at the discretion of the exhibition juror. Recognition of work by Dr. Amsellem may also be designated to the extent he deems appropriate. These designations may not include a cash prize.

LIABILITY AND AGREEMENT: Although extreme care will be taken with all entries and works of art, 12 12 Gallery cannot be responsible for entries and work in transit to or from the exhibition. Work will be covered at 100% of the designated value while in the gallery’s possession.

12 12 Gallery is not responsible for unlabeled CDs. Signing the entry form denotes agreement to the terms and conditions as stated in the entry information. Permission to photograph accepted work for publicity purposes shall be understood to be granted unless specifically denied.

ACCEPTED WORK must be properly framed and wired ready for hanging. Work shipped in Styrofoam peanuts will be returned and not exhibited. 12 12 Gallery reserves the right not to exhibit work that it deems unsuitable for exhibition.

2010 SCHEDULE

Postmark/Online Deadline: September 15
Notification Sent By: October 14
Shipped Work Received By: November 12
Hand-Deliver Work: November 12
Show Opens: November 14
Artist Reception/Awards: November 14
Show Closes: December 19
Pick Up: December 19
Return Shipment: January 3-14

QUESTIONS? Contact the gallery by e-mail at ijpe2010@gmail.com or visit www.1212galleryrva.com for more information or if you have questions.

CALL for ENTRIES: After Dark

Posted on August 11, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

CHEETOS OR CHOCOLATE?

I am a night owl…I’m just wired that way. In a perfect world, I would wake up around noon and go to bed at 4 a.m. Unfortunately, I like night-time snacking too. Lately it is an irrational love of Cheetos and chocolate…but not together, I promise…although, hmmmm. Maybe the cure to my night-time snacking is to spend my nights taking photographs instead.

Here’s a great Call for Entries from Vermont Photo Space Gallery called After Dark that celebrates both high drama of the night light as well as the mysterious shadows AND offers free matting and framing. Take a look…

CALL FOR ENTRIES: After Dark

As the sun sets, a whole new world of photographic opportunities presents itself. Buildings, streets and time lapse take on a different light at night. But don’t stop there…

Ever hear of “Night life”? Carnivals? Animals? People? Theater? There is a voyeuristic feel to night images, the viewer senses that they are observing life from the shadows. Urban lights create high drama – colors intensify and shadows loom. In the country, things become scary and still. Is there just a hint of the sunset left? Time lapse can create fantastic swirls of lights creating abstract compositions. Show them what your camera sees “After Dark.”

JUROR: Tom Paiva is a professional, freelance photographer based in California where he has had his business for over 15 years. He specializes in large format photography of industrial and maritime settings, as well as architecture and interiors. Tom has over 70 cover images for various Trade Magazines to his credit.

His long term passion is night photography and he loves to create images of urban settings and moonlit landscapes on film. He was a co-founder of The Nocturnes, a group of night photographers who had a landmark exhibit in San Francisco in 1991. His book, Industrial Night, contains 46 color images of industrial settings at night.

He has co-lead photo workshops on night photography and view camera use over the past 10 years and has had several articles on these subjects in photographic magazines.

He was educated at the San Francisco Academy of Art, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography.

RULES FOR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger. a parent or legal guardian may make the submission for you.

Ownership: All submitted photos must have been taken by the photographer making the entry. If you are a parent or legal guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear.

Digital Submissions: All submissions must be made by digital files through:

1. Upload on VermontPhotoSpace.com or

2. Sent via email to submissions@VermontPhotoSpace.com. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it along with an application form. There is a $5.00 surcharge for email entries.

3. Images should be as large as possible but no larger than 1280 pixels on the longest side, type jpg – set to the highest quality. DPI is only relevant for output purposes and does not effect the stored size of the image. It can be set to any number, but if you must specify something go with 72 dpi.

FEES: Up to three images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Additional images may be submitted for an additional $5 US per image.

DEADLINE: Images must be received by midnight EST on the submission closing date September 15, 2010 for the exhibition for which you are submitting. Payment must be received by the close of submissions September 15, 2010 for the exhibit for which you are submitting.

RIGHTS: Photographers retain all rights to their work, except for submissions accepted for exhibition: artists grant Vermont Photo Space the right to use their images to promote the exhibition and for display on VPS website and for inclusion in an exhibit catalog.

SALES: For submissions that are accepted, photographers may offer their work for sale and establish their own price for framed and unframed prints.

For Vermont Photo Space framed work they retain 66% of the sale price.

For works framed by the artist Vermont Photo Space retains 34%.

For unframed prints Vermont Photo Space retains 25% of the print sale price.

Local sales tax of 6% is collected on all sales at the gallery.

Vermont Photo Space Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work, and retain all rights.

For the full Call for Entries, visit their website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Cell Phone Photography

Posted on August 9, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

CRACKBERRY

I am rarely more than 10 feet from my BlackBerry. I am not proud of it, but it IS a fact. I am not alone…this I know. Granted, I no longer text while driving, but sometimes it takes me 3x longer to get where I’m going because of the sheer volume of times I have to stop to email, text, tweet…and take pictures.

Check out this all-hung Call for Entries for the National Cell Phone Photography Exhibition at the Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery at Southeastern Louisiana University. An academic show is always a great resume builder (yes, even the all hung variety), and best of all…NO ENTRY FEE. Don’t miss this great opportunity to build your resume…

National Call for Entries: Cell Phone Photography Exhibit

The Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery, on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University, is now accepting entries for the Photography Exhibition: National Cell Phone.

All images submitted will be included in the exhibition. All images must be taken by a cell phone camera and may only be manipulated by use of a cell phone application.

NO PHOTOSHOP or any other photo manipulation software permitted. An online exhibition will be linked to the Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery webpage.

ELIGIBILITY: The exhibition is open to amateur and professional artists nationally. The Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery is part of a publicly funded university campus with a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds which must be respected. With this in mind, the curator reserves the right not to show any image that is determined to be inappropriate by way of content or image for an exhibition in a university art gallery.

RULES and GUIDELINES: All images must be taken with a cell phone camera and may only be manipulated by use of a cell phone application.

ENTRY FEE: There is NO ENTRY FEE! There is a limit of three entries per person.

DEADLINE: August 30, 2010

TO SUBMIT ENTRIES VIA EMAIL: Online submissions are to be sent to dnewkirk@selu.edu with the subject line: National Cell Phone Show. In the body of the email, number each image so that it matches the number on the attached file.

For each image submitted, provide the title, and when and where the image was taken. Artist contact information should also be included in the body of the email: name, full street address, phone number, email address and website URL (if applicable).

IMAGE FORMATTING: Image files should be at 180-360ppi and sized to fit on a 5” X 7” print. Images should be in jpeg format and set to maximum quality. Label each file with consecutive numbers followed by your last name and image title (ex: 01LastnameTitle). File names should NOT contain any spaces or non alpha-numeric characters (^$*#&$*#, etc).

For complete details, download the prospectus!

HOT NEW PIC: Photo Competition

Posted on August 3, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

NO BURNED TOAST!

Sometime you only get one shot. You can’t unbake a cake or unburn toast.

Here’s a Call for Entries from the Center Gallery in Wichita, Kansas that judges each photograph on its own merit for the 2010 Hot New Pics Contest, and not your work as a whole. Depending on whether you see life as a glass that is half full or or a glass that is half empty, your work can shine even if the jurors don’t like EVERY piece. Here’s your shot…take it!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2010 Hot New Pics Show

Center Gallery in Wichita, Kansas seeks entries for a national exhibition that celebrates the range of creative exploration in photography, opening October 29, 2010. Each photograph will be considered based on the merit of the single image.

AWARDS: Enter and Compete to become the “Hot New Pic” and receive a $250 fellowship award.

FORMAT: Submit images in jpeg format on CD: 300 dpi, no larger than 3000 X 3000 pixels.

FEE: Submit up to 10 images for $50, $5 for each additional image. See the call for complete guidelines.

DEADLINE: September 1, 2010.

Questions? Contact Linda Robinson at info@centergalleryonline.com
or call the Gallery at 316-269-1250.

CALL for ENTRIES: Managed Landscapes

Posted on July 21, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

SHOW ALREADY!

I spend a lot of time answering artists’ excuses about why they don’t enter shows or put their work out there. I have heard them all, and some of them are legitimate.

With the accessibility of digital cameras, photography has taken a hard hit in the retail arena. Many consumers no longer see the value in purchasing photos that they believe they “can take themselves.” Please don’t write to me about all the things wrong with that argument…I get it.

As a result of that sentiment, many emerging photographers have to be very savvy with how and where they choose to submit work. The cost of entry fees, packaging, matting and framing add up fast. Here’s a great Call for Entries from Vermont Photo Space Gallery that takes these concerns to heart and offers free matting and framing. Take a look…

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Managed Landscapes

The touch of man on the natural landscape is all around us. From shimmering cityscapes and rural farms to strip mines and garbage dumps. Let’s see images that show the touch of man, light or heavy, on the earth around us.

“Contemporary landscape photography’s insights and observations reach far beyond the natural environment. A close examination of the land will often reveal more about ourselves as individuals, communities, and society at large.” — Thomas Bachand

Up to 44 photographs will be chosen by juror Thomas Bachand for exhibition at the Vermont Photo Space Gallery, on our website and in a
full color catalog available to the public for purchase.

JUROR: Thomas Bachand has been a professional photographer for over a decade, working in both traditional and digital mediums. His photography has appeared in magazines, advertisements, brochures, and textbooks – both in print and on the web. He writes on digital imaging issues for professional trade publications and lecturers on photography and technology issues.

Tom is the author of Lake Tahoe: A Fragile Beauty. In addition to private collections, his photography can be found in the Bancroft Library and the California Historical Society.

Thomas Bachand’s photography is a consideration of the land and the competing visions that inform our interaction with the world at large. Core to the work is its accessibility to the viewer. The use of color and a documentary style allow for an open and immediate connection to the subject.

By embracing a historical perspective, the photography captures a sense of honesty characteristic of the medium’s early pioneers. Whether creating a single, evocative image inviting reflection or a series conveying a sense of time and place, Bachand’s exploration includes the role of storyteller.

He seeks a convergence of the ordinary – extraordinary only in so much as it is revealing, offering both possibility and contemplation.

RULES FOR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger. a parent or legal guardian may make the submission for you.

Ownership: All submitted photos must have been taken by the photographer making the entry. If you are a parent or legal guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear.

Digital Submissions: All submissions must be made by digital files through:

1. Upload on VermontPhotoSpace.com or

FEES: Up to three images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Additional images may be submitted for an additional $5 US per image.

DEADLINE: Images must be received by midnight EST on the submission closing date August 18, 2010 for the exhibition for which you are submitting. Payment must be received by the close of submissions August 18, 2010 for the exhibit for which you are submitting.

SALES: For submissions that are accepted, photographers may offer their work for sale and establish their own price for framed and unframed prints.

For Vermont Photo Space framed work we retain 66% of the sale price.

For works framed by the artist Vermont Photo Space retains 34%.

For unframed prints Vermont Photo Space retains 25% of the print sale price.

Local sales tax of 6% is collected on all sales at the gallery.

For the full Call for Entries, visit their website.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: San Francisco Area Photographers – No Entry Fee

Posted on July 17, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

BAY AREA CALL

Do you have any idea how hard it is to cleverly sneak in a food reference in every post? I really try to make a solid tie in, but it is harder than you might think. I am inspired by silly puns and great pictures and phenomenal food, but I am stumped today…so you’ll just have to forgive the cliche today.

I also try to cater my posts to the national and international variety; however, sometimes I can be swayed to post a regional call. I was swayed to post this Call for Entries, sponsored in part by the San Francisco Arts Commission, because I have a soft spot for photography and the region is pretty large and SFAC typically does a great job of stepping outside its own region to be a part of the national and international community. So, even if you’re not from the bay area, check out the the San Francisco Arts Commission’s other opportunities!

SFAC Gallery and PhotoAlliance
Open Call for Submissions

Night/Light: Bay Area Photographers Take Aim After Dark
Supporting Organizations: San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and PhotoAlliance

Exhibition: Night/Light: Bay Area Photographers Take Aim After Dark
Exhibition Dates: September 16 – January 14, 2010
Location: SFAC Gallery, Art at City Hall, ground floor
Submissions Due: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 6pm
For more information: contact the SFAC Gallery at 415.554.6080 or aimee.leduc@sfgov.org

THE PROGRAM: ART AT CITY HALL
The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (SFAC Gallery) and PhotoAlliance invite you to submit images of your work to be considered for the exhibition Night/Light. The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s Art at City Hall program began in 1996 with the goal of bringing artwork with a social conscience into the seat of government. Fourteen years later, Art at City Hall has matured into a premiere program for the exhibition of photography by local, national and international artists.

Their current exhibition can be viewed at:
http://www.sfartscommission.org/gallery/2010/picturing-power-potential/

THE EXHIBITION: Night/Light: Bay Area Photographers Take Aim After Dark

Artists are invited to submit works that explore what happens after sunset and before sunrise. Nighttime images of interest will range from landscapes to portraits, from photodocumentary essays to fantastical narratives. They are looking for technical proficiency, creative innovation, and a wide variety of subject matter.

THE LOCATION

The City Hall ground floor exhibition space can accommodate up to 100 photographs. The jury will choose between three and ten images from each selected artist. Please do not submit less than three images. There will be no stipend for selected artists.

Please be conscious of the fact that the exhibition space at City Hall is a multi-use area that acts as a busy intersection for City employees, tourists, children and arts patrons. It is both a municipal cross roads and a place where individual concerns may be expressed. Please note that exhibited works will not be insured.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

Eligibility: All living artists over the age of 18 who are residents of the greater San Francisco Bay Area are eligible to apply. All work should have been completed in the past five years. (San Francisco Bay Area counties include: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma Counties)

Entry Fee: No entry fee required

Medium, Framing, Delivery: All two-dimensional works using any photographic process including digital and/or analog are eligible for exhibition. All chosen works should be delivered to the Gallery framed behind glass or plexi. All selected artists need to be able to deliver and pick up their work from San Francisco City Hall on designated installation and de-installation dates. Works that need to be shipped will not be considered.

Portfolio: Only digital submissions will be accepted. Submit three to ten images. Files should be on a CD in JPEG format. Image size should be no larger than 2MB or 8 inches in one dimension with a resolution of 150dpi.
Files should be titled: Lastname_Firstname_imagenumber.jpg

Please submit an accompanying inventory sheet with the image number, your name, title, date, medium and unframed dimensions of each piece. You may also include a one-page statement about the work and a one-page bio.

Please include a cover sheet with the following information:

Full name
Address
Phone number
Email address

Mail or hand deliver submissions to:

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Attn: Night/Light Jury

No emailed submissions will be accepted. Hand delivered or mailed applications only. Submissions must be received by the Gallery by the deadline. No exception.

Submissions Due: Must be received by Saturday, August 14 by 6pm. This is not a postmark deadline. No late entries will be accepted under any circumstance.

Special Note: CDs will be returned only if a self-addressed stamped envelope with appropriate postage is submitted with entry.

Jurors: Aimee Le Duc, Gallery Manager (San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery) and Thom Sempere (Executive Director of PhotoAlliance). More jurors to be announced soon!

CALENDAR

August 14    Submissions due by 6pm
August 17    Jury panel meets to make decisions
August 18   Notify selected artists (emails or letters will be sent)
Sept. 2-4    Artists deliver artwork
Sept. 16   Opening reception at City Hall, 5:30 – 7:30pm
January 17   Artists pick-up artwork

Don’t forget to do your homework! Check out SFAC all over the web:

San Francisco Arts Commission: sfartscommission.org
Twitter: twitter.com/SFAC
Facebook: facebook.com/sfartscommission
Youtube: youtube.com/ArtsCommission
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/sfac

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Photography

Posted on July 9, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

I love portraiture. Portraiture is yummy…often decadent–like a bowl of exotic chocolate truffles.

Some of my favorite portraitists’ work span the gamut of possibilities from the soulful portraits by Paul Murray of mountain folk still living a life most people don’t dream still exists to the utterly surreal portraiture of Christian Rex Van Minnen to the slightly disturbed clowns of Jerry Portelli. My own work has often centered around “self as other.” Self-portraiture–whether literal or not–is a soul-searching, profound experience.

Here is a great call for self-portraiture called “Self Searching” brought to you by The Vermont Photography Workplace and PhotoPlace Gallery. You may remember a previous call for Photo Abstraction from PhotoPlace that we posted during Photography Week.

Here’s the call:

CALL FOR ENTRIES
Self Searching: The Art of Self-Portraiture

Within the photographic genre of self-portraiture, some of the most probing, surprising, and thoughtful images have been made in the history of the medium.

For Self-Searching, they seek self-portraits that go beyond surface appearance to comment on the hopes, dreams, fears, and identities of the individuals pictured.

Aline Smithson will choose forty photos for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont.

She will select an addiitonal thirty-five images for inclusion in the “On-Line Gallery Annex.”

All seventy-five photographs will be reproduced in a full-color exhibiiton catalogue that will be available for purchase. They offer free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit their pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition.

***Juror:* *Aline Smithson***

After a career as a New York Fashion Editor and working along side the greats of fashion photography, Aline Smithson discovered the family Rolleiflex and never looked back.

Now represented by galleries across the country 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 the PDN Photo Annual, Communication Arts Photo Annual, Eyemazing, Artworks, Shots, Pozytyw, and Silvershotz magazines. She has exhibited widely including solo shows at the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Oswald Gallery, and Wallspace Gallery in Seattle.

Aline has been the Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine, writes and edits the blog, Lenscratch, and has been curating exhibitions for a number of galleries and on-line magazines.

Submission Instructions:

Along with the completed application form, please submit your work via e-mail or by sending them a CD with your files.

Digital Files: Theyonly accept digital files. All digital images should be provided as jpgs only, 72 ppi, image width not to exceed 1024 pixels on the longest side. Files should be titled as follows: LastName_FirstName_1Title.jpg The number should correspond with the number on the application form.

E-mail digital files and application form information to photos@vtphotoworkplace.com or send CD with your images (not DVD), along with application form. Include SASE for return of CD, if desired. If you have any questions about submitting digital images, please contact the gallery at photos@vtphotoworkplace.com

Submission Fee: Non-refundable $25 for the first 5 prints or digital images, $6 for each additional image. Please make checks payable to Vermont Photography Workplace. Credit card or PayPal payments may be made using the link at the bottom of the application form. Applicants must be 18 or over. Yes, they DO accept international applications. Send materials to: Vermont Photography Workplace, 43 Weybridge Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 USA.

Acceptance Notification: Artists will be notified of accepted work via e-mail approximately one week after the deadline. If selected, artists will be sent instructions for submitting work for exhibition.

All accepted exhibition prints should be on paper, sized to be matted to fit in an 11 x 14 or 16 x 20 frame unless another format is approved by the Gallery.

Sales: If accepted, artists may choose to offer their work for sale. The VPW retains 40% of the sale price, as well as 6% Vermont sales tax. Photographs accepted for other VPW exhibitions are not eligible for re-submission for one year.

Use Rights: Artists whose submissions are accepted for exhibition grant the VPW the right to use their images for the purpose of marketing the exhibition, marketing related programs, and subsequent display as thumbnails on the VPW’s website, unless indicated otherwise.

The Deadline is Midnight on July 19, 2010…so hurry!

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Low Tech Photo Show

Posted on July 3, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

You know I have a sugary-soft spot for photography (and photographers as it turns out), but more than my love for the technical quality of the image is my love for the complexity of results available with older technology.

As artists, many of us have been very concerned about the future of photography due to the inexpensive availability of digital cameras…

Who knew digital cameras would create a whole new audience for the classics like Polaroid and pinhole?

Here’a a great call for those Low Tech processes from
The Center for Fine Art Photography

Call For Entries: LOW TECH

The Center for Fine Art Photography is currently celebrating the low-tech processes and is interested in exhibiting the best low-tech images that photographers are producing. This call is open to all subjects and styles of photography that include a low tech means of image making or printing. This includes, but is not limited to; toy, Holga and Diana cameras, Pinhole, Wet Plate Collodian, Photograms, Callotypes, Cyanotypes, Polaroid and other traditional processes.

JUROR: Crista Dix

Crista Dix is the Founder and Director of wall space gallery in Seattle and Santa Barbara. Starting in this creative field as a photographer, collector and lover of the visual image, Crista decided to put down her camera and utilize her years of business management to help promote photographers and photography. With a background in science, business and creative arts, she has created a gallery space that celebrates artists’ vision. She has been a member of numerous panels and discussions, juried creative competitions and has participated in major portfolio reviews across the country.

EXHIBITION AND AWARDS:

With selection for this exhibition, featured artist’s work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fine art photography. Each participant will be included in the Center’s Main Gallery exhibition and Online Gallery exhibition.
liveBooks Website Award: Valued at $399 each, two artists will receive a one year subscription for a website from liveBooks.com
Juror’s Selection Award: $300 and a Blurb book award from Blurb.com
Director’s Selection Award: $200 and a Blurb book award from Blurb.com
Honorable Mention Award: $100
All exhibitors are included in the Center’s online gallery

Eligibility: The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. The Center invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions.

Exhibit Prints: All accepted images submitted for exhibition must be printed and framed or mounted professionally. The Center recognizes that some work is non traditional and incorporates the framing as an integral part of the presentation. To encourage participation by photographers from around the world, the Center offers optional economical printing and framing services. Additional details will be provided upon request.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Entries due: July 13, 2010
Notice of acceptance: July 23, 2010
Exhibition dates: Oct 1 – 30, 2010
Public / Artists’ Reception: Oct 1 from 6-9pm

ENTRY FEE:

Members: $20 for the first five images.

Non-Members: $35 for the first five images.

Additional images may be submitted for $10 each. There is no limit to the number of images that may be submitted.

Applicants signing up for membership at the time they submit their work for jurying may become a member and meet the entry fee for a total of $77.00 USD.

Note: Images selected by jurors for exhibition at the Center in the previous 12 months are NOT eligible. Images previously submitted but not yet selected for exhibition may be resubmitted as often as you wish.

QUESTIONS?

Visit: http://www.c4fap.org
Email: exhibitions@c4fap.org
Call: 970.224.1010