Photo Awesome

SCAD student, faculty and alumni photographers are invited to submit entries for a juried exhibition to be held in conjunction with this year’s Atlanta Celebrates Photography event. The exhibition is Oct. 17 at Atlantic Station.

Submission Guidelines:  Entrants may submit up to three entries in jpeg format, sized at 800 pixels on the long side.  Entries are due by Sept. 22, 11:59 p.m. All selected works will need to be framed for the exhibition.  If your work is selected for the exhibition, you will be notified via e-mail and be given further details. A fee will be charged to cover show expenses (approximately $25) to those accepted.

Entries must be labeled:
Last Name_First Name_Title of Work (example: Doe_John_Awesome.jpg)

Along with your submissions, please include the following information:

Name, e-mail address, photography medium, dimensions, year, and price (if applicable).

Send submissions to:  scadphotoshow09@gmail.com.

Questions?  E-mail jpishne@scad.edu.

Yep, it’s happening. Please submit work! Thank you!
http://bit.ly/relishcall/

Hey all, I’ve combined all the Silver & Ink paperwork into a single PDF.

The Silver & Ink Exhibition is rapidly approaching.

Image courtesy Scott Klecha

Now accepting entries

Annual Silver & Ink Exhibition and Silver & Ink Publication

(formerly called Silverworks) 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

Metadata is to be filled in on each entry

Any submissions that do not follow these guidelines will not be juried.

Deadline — March 27th

For inquiries email Silverworks@scad.edu

ACP 11 Public Art – Call for Entries size

ACP is accepting entries for our 2009 Public Art Project. The winner will receive $12,500 to produce our featured Public Art Project for the 2009 ACP festival.

Proposals for lens-based projects are due January 5th, 2009. Here’s a downloadable Word doc with all the proposal guidelines, or an html version of the same. We look forward to your entry, and please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to anyone you think may be interested.

Desotorow Gallery in Savannah

Desotorow Gallery is seeking submissions of photographic works for a juried exhibit scheduled for February 13-18. The exhibit, “The Extended Moment,” will be juried and curated by a Guest Curator, Craig Stevens. Work submitted to this exhibit should explore the idea of the extended moment- a longer exposure, multiple exposure, or a sequential imagery theme.

Craig Stevens is currently a photography professor at Savannah College of Art and Design, and he has also taught at the Maine Photographic Workshop for 29 years. He has written numerous articles about photographic craft and vision and is a respected workshop leader and teacher. He is also the proprietor of L’ Atelier, a fine art digital printing service in Savannah, GA. Please visit Stevens’ website www.craigstevens.net to learn more.

Submissions (in digital form only) are due to Desotorow Gallery by January 23, 2009. Submissions may be made via mail:
Desotorow Gallery
2427 De Soto Avenue
Savannah, GA 31401

or by email: info@desotorow.org

Artists may submit up to 5 works for a $10 fee. Payment made be made via PayPal on Desotorow’s website: www.desotorow.org/opportunities/entry.
or by check or cash mailed to Desotorow Gallery.

The exhibit will take place in TruSpace- a desotorow gallery. Please call 912-335-8204 or email info@desotorow.org with further questions.

Bridge Art Fair Miami 2008 Jurors

myartspace, the premier online venue for contemporary art, is pleased to announce the jurors for the Bridge Art Fair/Miami Beach 2008 Competition it is sponsoring. They will be:

- Elisabeth Sussman, Senior Curator, The Whitney Museum
- Janet Bishop, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- JoAnne Northrup, Senior Curator, San Jose Museum of Art
- Michael Workman, Founder, Bridge Art Fair

myartspace, the premier online venue for contemporary art, is sponsoring a juried competition. Fifty finalists will be chosen and three winners will have their work represented by myartspace at  the Bridge Art Fair Miami Beach, taking place concurrent with the spectacular Art Basel Miami Beach, December 4-7, 2008.  A snapshot of details are below.

Competition Snapshot:

- Deadline for registration and submission is November 15, 2008.
- Competition is open to myartspace members. Membership is free.
- Registration fee is $50, but for early registration by October 15, 2008 the fee is $25.
- Prestigious and world-class jury panel to review and judge submissions.
- Fifty finalists will be selected by the jury panel and announced in November.
- Three winners will have their art represented at the Bridge Art Fair Miami.
- Winners to be announced on November 25, 2008.

AXE PROXIMITY PRESENTS – UNSCENE ATLANTA
SEPTEMBER 17TH AT THE W ATLANTA MIDTOWN
UnScene Photography Tour Looking for Atlanta’s Emerging Artists
The UnScene Photography Tour and AXE Proximity present UnScene Atlanta, a one-night gallery event showcasing the work of Atlanta’s emerging photographers at the W Atlanta – Midtown.  Budding artists can get involved by participating in two different contests, each providing a vehicle for exposure.
ASSIGNMENT: 1.)  Using the city of Atlanta for inspiration, local artists can submit their portfolio (up to 20 photos)  for a chance to be “seen” at the Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery in 2009–an honor for any emerging artist. The winner will be chosen from five local finalists. The artists’ work will be on sale and proceeds will benefit a local Atlanta charity.
Submissions are now being accepted at www.unscenetour.com.
Deadline is September 9th. There is a $25 submission fee.
2.) Proximity, new body fragrances by AXE, is putting local artists on assignment by asking them to visually capture the new scents through photography. Atlanta participants can submit up to 20 photos that bring to life the essence of one selected fragrance, Vetyver, which is sensual, exotic and woodsy.
Five finalists will be chosen to display their best shot at the Atlanta event. One Atlanta finalist from this contest will be honored with a trip to Los Angeles to display their winning “shot” at the celeb-studded Los Angeles gallery show, “Behind the UnScene” in October.
Submissions are now being accepted at www.unscenetour.com.
Deadline is September 9th. There is no submission fee.
WHEN: September 17th
6-8 p.m.
For event information, please visit www.whappenings.com.
WHERE: W Atlanta Midtown
188 14th Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30361
ABOUT THE UNSCENE
In its third year, the UnScene Tour was created to help expose emerging artists and offer photographers a vehicle to launch their careers. The UnScene has discovered more than 90 photographers and helped to place artists at leading galleries and museums in major cities like New York, Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans and more. The UnScene travels city-to-city producing special one-night gallery events showcasing the work of five finalists and their “unscene” images. For additional information, please visit www.unscenetour.com

Deadline coming up!

Nuit Blanche in Castleberry
7pm to midnight
Friday, October 24, 2008

Organized by Cathy Byrd and Stuart Keeler

ONE MINUTE / ONE NIGHT

CALL FOR ONE-MINUTE VIDEOS

To be presented @ Garage Projects in Castleberry Hill, OCTOBER 24, 2008
We invite submissions of one-minute videos for presentation at Garage Projects during Le Flash, a one-night art event in Castleberry Hill. Selected videos will be on view for an evening when fantastical installations and creative events will be seen throughout the district. Street corners, galleries, shops, roof tops, vacant lots and empty buildings will be sites for light, video, sound and other unexpected environments, performance art, poetry readings, concerts, music, video projections, a marching band, an iron pour and art happenings of all sorts.

Deadline for videos: September 1, 2008
Proposals accepted via email or post.

EMAIL

Submit to: LeFlash.Oct24@gmail.com

• Paste into body of the email: required info and link to site where jurors can view your quicktime video

POST

ATTN: One-Minute Video261 Peters St,.
Atlanta GA 30313

• Include video and text file with info required below.

All submissions must include:

• Full Name
• Contact information: phone, email, physical mailing address
• Title and duration of video

*Please note the date and site of any recent presentations of the video

Mary Stanley Studio is curating a new exhibition for fall 2008. Fashion Statement  will contrast vintage photography fashion statements with contemporary photography and video work commenting on fashion and how it shapes our 21st century reality. Fashion choices provide clues to our identity, how we feel about ourselves and how we want to be perceived. As seen through the eye of a talented artist, these fashion statements provide us with humor and insight as we consider the direction of our modern existence.

In an effort to address this issue from a diverse perspective, artists from all nations are invited to submit photography, video and new media work on the following themes for consideration:

•    Pop culture and personal identity statements
•    A fashion trend that has taken a new twist
•    Change in cultural attitudes toward certain activities or behaviors
•    Dress code violations
•    Innovative use of accessories as art forms
•    The impact of photography in creating fashion icons and idols
•    Other pertinent fashion statements

This exhibition will presented in conjunction with the 10th Annual 2008 Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) Festival, this exhibition will take place during the month of October in Castleberry Hill at the The Big House (next to the Granite Room) and will be curated by Mary Stanley from submissions.

The PDF entry form and more info is here.

Naomi Silva Gallery is having a photo exhibition during ACP that has an open call.  The entry fee is steep ($50) but the jurors are good, so it might be worth considering.  The deadline is Aug. 20.  More info at irevelar.com.

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.