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From friend of PhotoAwesome, Abezah Tamerat:

Gallery Stokes, located in the Castleberry Hill Arts District of Atlanta will be hosting 150, a two-day exhibition featuring 150 pieces by 150 artists each costing $150. One hundred percent of the sales will go to directly support the Artists for Charity Children’s Home.

Artists for Charity is a nonprofit organization founded on the belief that all people, regardless of place of birth, sex, or current medical condition, are entitled to certain basic rights, especially education and healthcare. In Ethiopia, Artists for Charity has translated its mission into action by focusing its efforts on the care of HIV positive children who have lost both parents to AIDS.

The Artists for Charity Children’s Home was created to provide care for HIV-positive orphans until the age of 18 or graduation from high school. Because the Children’s Home is intended to care for those children who have no other alternatives, the children that come to the Home are usually those who have been disqualified from entering other institutions by factors such as age, health status, etc. The Children’s Home provides excellent services for these children, including the necessities of life such as shelter, food, and clothing, and also ensures that the children are enrolled in school, have regular doctor visits, take medicine, and engage in other extracurricular activities. The Children’s Home is intentionally small to closely resemble the family unit, and focus is placed on the holistic development of the children (mental and social as well as physical). Currently the Artists for Charity Children’s Home cares for 16 HIV-positive double orphans (having lost both parents to AIDS). You can find more information about the foundation, the Children’s Home, and the children at the website www.artistsforcharity.org.

We would greatly appreciate a donation of artwork to support the continued care of these children.

We ask that any donated artwork be valued at less than $1000. All artwork will be sold for $150, and is tax deductible for the artist. We are asking for works on paper, paintings, mixed media, and sculpture. Framed work is accepted, but frames are not necessary.

The dates of the show:
Friday, July 25, 7-10 pm (during the Castleberry Hill 4th Friday Art Stroll)
and Saturday, July 26, 1-5 pm

We must have artwork by Saturday, July 19 in order to include it in 150.

If you are shipping artwork, please send it to this address:
Artists for Charity
925B Peachtree NE 458
Atlanta GA 30309

If you are local to Atlanta, you can drop work off at Gallery Stokes on Friday, July 18th and Saturday July 19th, located at 261 Walker Street SW, Atlanta GA 30313. Do not ship work to the gallery. No one will be there to accept it.

If you have any questions, please call Abezash Tamerat at 404-543-8627, or e-mail Dayna Thacker at gallerystokes@gmail.com

Thank you for your generosity!

Abezah Tamerat

Hey I’d like to put together a gang show for all the grad photo students in Sept.  If you’re interested please let me know (I need to get numbers together for the people at the Defoor center) and i will get you more info about it.   Thanks everyone and anyone that reads this and is interested….but let me know ASAP!

http://www.Allencooley.com   allencooley@gmail.com

The Camera Club of New York announces the 2008 National Photography Competition. Juror Paolo Pellegrin, photographer Deadline for entries: June 30, 2000
http://www.cameraclubny.org/competition.html

or you can download an entry form here and view the complete rules and information about The Camera Club of New York. The competition is open to all US residents 18 years or older except members of the Camera Club of New York or their families, and employees.

Here are some good calls for entry I came across on NYFA and SPE (some of the deadlines are pretty soon).

Irvine Contemporary

Projekt30

Exposure

Newspace

Space of the Image

PhotoReview

Millard Sheets

Tilt Gallery (especially for Todd)

I recently spoke with Dayna over at Gallery Stokes. She is currently accepting submissions for shows, and wanted me to pass this information along. For those students wanting to have a thesis show there, see the bottom for her personal message.

Twice a year Gallery Stokes will be taking proposals for exhibitions from emerging artists and curators. This will be for the exhibition periods of August/September and January/February. In both cases the exhibition period begins on the 4th Friday of the first month and ends on the 3rd Saturday of the second month. Each exhibition period can accommodate either one exhibition or two shorter ones. If a proposal is accepted, there will be a facilities fee charged to the artist/curator in the amount of $2000 for one exhibition period (or $1000 each, if the exhibition period is divided between two shorter exhibitions). Gallery Stokes will take no commission of sales during these exhibits.

The artist/curator will be responsible for installing the show (with the assistance of Gallery Stokes’ director), deinstallation, including repair of the gallery walls, and show expenses: reception, signage and postcards, the design of which is subject to the approval of Gallery Stokes.

During these exhibitions Gallery Stokes will be open during its regular business hours of Friday noon-6, and Saturday 1-5. Access to the gallery will also be available by appointment.

Accepted proposals and subsequent exhibitions will be promoted as are other Gallery Stokes exhibitions. The exhibitions will be promoted and archived on the gallery website, press releases will be sent by the gallery, the gallery logo used on invitations, and the gallery will send evites to the Gallery Stokes mailing list.

Gallery Stokes takes part in the Castleberry Hill 4th Friday Art Stroll every month. The opening receptions of these exhibitions will take place on the 4th Friday of the first month of the exhibition period. In the case of one exhibition period containing two exhibitions, the first exhibition will open on the 4th Friday, and the second will have a reception on the evening of the artist/curator’s choosing.

If a proposal is accepted, the facilities fee will be charged two months in advance of the exhibition period. If an artist/curator fails to follow through with the exhibition, or if the artwork is significantly different from the accepted proposal, there will be no refunds.

And from Dayna: “Brett has the info about SCAD paying the fee - basically, SCAD will pay unless the student freaks out and doesn’t do the show, in that case the student has to pick up the tab.” Jump on this opportunity if you’re interested.

Contact Info:
Gallery Stokes
261 Walker Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30313
678-770-7812
gallerystokes@gmail.com

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is asking artists all over the country to enter the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009.  The competition is open to portraits in all visual arts media.

The call for entries will be this summer, from June 2, 2008 – July 31, 2008.

The first prize will be $25,000.  The winner and 50 to 60 finalists’ work will comprise a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, opening in October 2009.

Please visit the web site www.portraitcompetition.si.edu for more information!

UPDATE: I’ve had a few entries but I need more!!! This is a good chance to get your stuff into a new gallery for emerging photographers!!!

I’m putting together a juried exhibition of medium format photography at The Opal Gallery. The final image can be silver gel or digital, as long as taken with a medium format camera (hence the name). The deadline is Friday April 4th at 6 pm. The price is 3 - 5 images for $15. Submission by cd or email.

HERE are the details.

Scad-Atl students can put the cds in a designated area in the print room on the 5th floor and pay me with a check or cash.

Normally I wouldn’t try to cram a ton of stuff into one post, but I really just don’t have the patience for covering all these things separately, and with the attention they deserve, so I’ll try to cover them in order of importance (roughly). Here goes:

1. Denise Lira’s show was recently profiled on a local blog. The review praised the show saying, “Through her installation, the space became activated in two ways: honored for its native raw utility and transformed into something utterly otherwordly. … [Her show] has so far been the best art event of the year.” Congrats, Denise!
2. Our own Rich Meade was also recently featured, this time in the form of an interview (and cover photo) on a new online art magazine called Liz Corday. Check out the interview in their first issue!
3. For those of you interested in the Sam Taylor-Wood video pieces we saw when she spoke at the High Museum this past fall, check out a decent selection of her full-length video pieces on Ubuweb.
4. Photos from the Spring 2008 Grad Pot Luck are now online. They are abundantly mediocre, thanks to myself.
5. Pause | to begin is a “photographically driven publication” which you should submit work to. They will conduct a studio visit if you are among the chosen, and you might be published. Charles Altshul, John Paul Caponigro and Joyce Tenneson are advisers for the project. Deadline for submissions is 4/1/08 and the fee is $35.
6. I’m going to submit work to the following two places, among others: Museum of Contemporary Photography (in Chicago) and Blue Sky Gallery (in Portland). Nothing coming up, just thought I’d mention them, since, you know, you’re totally wanting to get your work out there now. Yeah.
7. Oh, make some other suggestions for places to submit in the comments.

-Walker OUT

Katie Chapman notified me about this opportunity:

Trees Atlanta is holding a silent auction.  The contact person is Jill McAdaragh (jmcadaragh@gmail.com). The theme of the show is trees/ nature, so they would like it if the photographs went with the theme. They would accept any size photograph and the final presentation of the piece is optional (matting/framing). I attached the donation form with should be turned in along with an artist’s bio and any type of promotional pieces you want them to put out.

I’m putting together a juried exhibition of medium format photography at The Opal Gallery. The final image can be silver gel or digital, as long as taken with a medium format camera (hence the name). The deadline is Friday April 4th at 6 pm. The price is 3 - 5 images for $15. Submission by cd or email.

HERE are the details.

Scad-Atl students can put the cds in a designated area in the print room on the 5th floor. They can also pay me with check or cash.

A new international, annual competition to launch in conjunction with the first ever New York Photo Festival, the New York Photo Awards, will honor talented photographers from all over the world whose exceptional work “breaks new grounds visually, intellectually and aesthetically.” The awards will give those visual artists the opportunity to reach key decision-makers in the photographic community and the editorial, fine art and fashion worlds via inclusion in the Cool Hunting-sponsored event. Submissions will be accepted through 14 April 2008. The Awards will be announced in May during the inaugural edition of the festival. For more info head here.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: FRESH 2008
EMERGING ARTISTS EXHIBIT
AVA’s commitment to supporting emerging artists remains a touchstone of the organization. Every year AVA hosts a group exhibit of emerging visual artists from the region. This competitive exhibit is designed to support artists at critical points or cross roads in their growth and development.
This opportunity is only open to artists with a well-developed, recent body of work who have not had a solo show and are not represented by a commercial gallery. The deadline for this juried exhibit is May 2. There will be an opening reception on Friday, July 11 5:30-8pm in the main gallery. For a copy of the FRESH 2008 prospectus, visit www.avarts.org for a .pdf download, or contact Neely Hyde, Director of Exhibits at 423-265-4282 ext 105 ornhyde@avarts.org

The Brooklyn Artists Gym invites all artists to participate in an open call for submissions for the upcoming show Rockers & Posers.

The theme of this show is portraits. Images created via any medium will be accepted for consideration (i.e. photography, video, painting, sculpture, installation, illustration, alternative medium, etc.), so long as the object is created by a working artist. All works must not exceed 48 inches in width, height or depth and may not suspend from the ceiling.

Apply: To apply visit our website and fill out the online application form at http://www.brooklynartistsgym.com/showRockersPosers2008.html.

Deadline: deadline for Submissions is April 10, 2008.

Award: Three month Residency at Brooklyn Artists Gym.

Please email Michele Jaslow at show@brooklynartistsgym.com with questions.

American Summer ‘08
17th annual national juried show sponsored by Kingston Gallery located in Boston’s South End SOWA arts district. CD jpeg entries of 2-D and 3-D artwork and DVD entries of video accepted. Deadline: May 3, 2008.

Juror: Matthew Nash, Pub.of  Big RED & Shiny, Asst. Prof. New Media Art Institute Boston at Lesley Univ.

Show dates: July 2 - August 2, 2008. Entry fee: $25
for 3 images or 1 DVD with 3 minute clip of single video.
PROSPECTUS: http://www.kingstongallery.com
Questions: newart@kingstongallery.com

Our good friend, Dan Quinn, has asked me to post a call for entries for an upcoming show with his new space, Stand Alone Gallery. The show is called “Excursion: An Exhibition of Transcience”, and submissions are due April 1, 2008. The fee for entering is $25 for up to five pieces.

The show will take place at the Blue Tower Gallery Annex (675 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta, GA), and will run from April 17-19, 2008. Check out the Stand Alone Gallery web site for more information.

Dark Sky Magazine, an online art magazine, is featuring our very own Lindsay Appel. They take submissions on a rolling basis, and feature photography and other 2-D artists every week or so. Good news is they would love to see some more work from SCAD. Apparently their site gets viewed by artists from all over the world so get those packages together and be sure to check out their web page.

Annual Silverworks publication call for entries. Entries are to be emailed to Silverworks@scad.edu
Each student may submit 3 entries. Each submission must be in JPEG format @ 72 ppi no longer than 8” on the longest side. Each submission must be titled with student’s name (first and last) and title of work.

Ex. WilliamEggleston_Memphis
Please fill in metadata on each entry.
Any submissions that do not follow these guidelines will not be juried.
Deadline is 5pm February 29, 2008
For inquiries email Silverworks@scad.edu

(For those who don’t know, Silverworks is an annual publication featuring SCAD photography students. There is usually a show that corresponds with the books publishing.)

Friday is the  deadline to submit CD’s for the Defoor Centre show.  There is no good reason not to submit, you can submit any style of work.  It’s a great opportunity to get your work in front of an important atlanta curator.  So put together the CD and drop it off in the inkjet lab by Friday night.  The submission guidelines are in the previous post.  If you do plan to submit, I am also asking for $5 to help pay for show cards.  Contact me with questions.

Kyle

Photography has to ability to explore, exploit and explode visual art as no other media. Edgy - Pushing the Limits of Photographic Art seeks images that are on the leading edge of making a statement, conceptual design, being provocative - images that will stop the viewer in their tracks! Gallery Exhibition - May 2 to May 31, 2008.

Awards: Presentation in CameraArts magazine, Artists’ ShowCase, $600 in awards, two-year online exhibition - and more.

Visual Monologues of Self Preservations 01
Trinidad Mac Auliffe

Information and online submissions at The Center for Fine Art Photography www.c4fap.org or email questions to exhibitions@c4fap.org.

Other Calls for Entry deadlines:

Society for Photographic Education Show Deadline Feb 26

American Society of Media Photographers Show Deadline March 4

The Artful Nude Deadline April 8, 2008

Sincerely,

Larry Padgett
Executive Director

I need everyone who is interested to send me ONE jpeg image for consideration on the Defoor show postcard. Send them to me by Thursday Night in order to be considered. I will then have Mark from Mason Murer select which image will be used. Walker is going to work on the design and get it printed. Sorry for all the short notice, I just want to get the cards in as soon as possible. Email them to kyle@kylepetersen.com. Gracias.

Kyle