Photo Awesome

Hey,
I know a lot of us are working on new websites. I came across a list of PDN’s picks for best websites of the year. Just some food for thought perhaps…

juliafullerton-batten.com
thomasbroening.com
chrisbaileyphoto.com
randalford.com
stevegiralt.com
erikalmas.com

Hey Guys,
I wanna start a new club here at school. I’m calling it the CD CLUB. Every week one person will make a mix cd of songs they like for everyone in the club. We don’t have to have any meetings just as long every one gets a cd. I think it will be a great way to get to know everyone better and if we have 5 people in the club everyone will 24 cds for free. Let me know who’s interested.

Hey Kids,

It’s hilarious that the name of this AWESOME band is Camera Obscura. I’m planning to go and see them. Anyone interested? Tickets are $14 something…please, if you feel like going tell me tomorrow so we can arrange and purchase the tickets together.

Info:
Starts at 8:00pm
The Earl
488 Flat Shoals RD, Atlanta, Georgia 30316
Link

Well if you’re in the MFA program, there’s a pretty good chance you’re interested in teaching. And if you want to teach at the university level, you should be going to CAA’s (College Art Association) 95th Annual Conference in NYC, February 14-17, 2007 Why go? Here’s how it works:

Every year at the Conference, there is a Career Fair where MFA candidates who are approaching graduation (read: they are in their last year) and those individuals who have already attained an MFA go to network and interview for the (VERY very few) positions that are currently open throughout the country. Thing is, apparently it’s a good idea to go the year before and see how it all works, as to be better prepared when it’s your turn for real. And did I mention it’s in New York? That doesn’t exactly suck.

So I’m putting this out there now: who is going? We need to start making some commitments so we can double/triple/quadruple up on hotel rooms and/or find alternate places to stay, not to mention find a way there.

If you’re still not sure how big this is, talk to Steve. If you are ready to commit to attending or are at least contemplating it, leave a comment below and let’s get the ball rolling.

Links:

• College Art Association
• 2007 Annual Conference
• 2007 Career Fair
• 2007 Career Fair Guide (PDF)
• 2007 Conference at a Glance

The Photo Awesome Club’s next meeting will be Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 at 4:30pm. All photo students are invited to attend, and we will meet in the studio area of the 5th floor. We will discuss the following:

• Membership
• Upcoming shows
• Gallery walks
• This web site and how to use/access it
• Becoming an official SCAD organization
• Anything else you want… bring comments and suggestions
• Photo Trips (suggested by Valentina)

The opening for Jackson Fine Art’s upcoming shows, Ingar Krauss, Portraits & Harry Callahan, Women Lost in Thought, will be this Friday, January 12th, 2006 from 6-8pm.

We plan to leave the school no later than 5:35pm. Be there or miss out on some art and networking.

After combing the CAA web site’s “Opportunities” section today, I plucked out the Calls for Entry that caught my eye. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it’s a starting point:

• Sense of Place
• Atlantic Gallery
• 1708 Gallery Exhibition Opportunities
• Call for Artists: Language, Place, and Object
• Direct Art Magazine Volume 14
• Arte Natura
  
• Ox-Bow Fellowship
• Bowery Gallery National Juried Show
• 20th Annual Nat’l McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition
• National Juried Competition: Works of Art on Paper
• Combined Talents: The Florida International

I would encourage everyone to look through each of those, as there are some significant people and places involved. Please let me know if this is helpful by leaving a comment. If no one really needs it, I won’t bother with posting these again. However, if it helps, I’d be more than happy to continue.

For those of you in the Alternative Process class this quarter (or those who have created alt process pieces), there is currently a call for entries by the Tilt Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona.

The show is called “Photography Re-Imagined” and the juror is France Scully Osterman who, together with her husband Mark Osterman, managed to revive the wet-plate collodion process for the masses, and now teaches it in workshops both on location and in the pair’s Rochester home/studio.

Download the Prospectus (PDF)

Julian Cox, curator of the High Museum, and recent juror of the Out of the South group show will speak at the Atlanta Photography Group Gallery on February 2nd at 7:30pm.

APG’s gallery is located at 75 Bennett St NW, Space B-1 in the Tula Arts Center. The Out of the South group show is on view until February 2nd.

In related news, APG is also holding their 2007 Push Pin Show soon as a fundraising event, for those interested.

Hey Kids,

Just to remind you all that there has been a winter mixer planned for Graduate Students from all departments to meet and get to know each other. It has been planned for Sunday, January 14 at 7 p.m.

There is also a new SCAD-Atlanta grad student blog:
http://scadgradblog.blogspot.com

See ya there!

Please join us for a night of sweet art and tasty snacks at Art House’s Offical/Unoffical grand opening. Just because we have been open for a month dosent mean we cant have a party! So please come for free wine, soda refreshments great art and some awesome music! A good time will be had by all! More Info on art house and about the event at www.arthousecoop.com

Time and Place

Date: Saturday, January 13, 2007
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Art House
Street:111 New Street Suite B
City: Decatur, GA
Contact InfoPhone: 404.377.7050
Email: info@arthousecoop.com

Hello Everyone be at the Central City Tavern at 7ish TONIGHT! Jan 7
For food, drinks and to celebrate Dave’s and everyone who had a birthday over the break.
Carla’s was November 28
Walker’s was December 5
Dave’s is Jan 7

Central City Tavern
1900 Peachtree Rd NW
Atlanta, GA 30309

The undergrads at SCAD-Atlanta are gearing up for an unprecedented first Senior Show, and are seeking work from other graduating seniors. For some crazy reason, SCAD doesn’t see it necessary for undergrads to have a thesis show, so these smart kids are taking it upon themselves.

I have a couple of announcements today, so I’m posting them both at the same time.

The first is an update on our evening out on Saturday night, January 6. Unless you guys object, Steve has suggested an opening at Eyedrum. The artist is Tomer Duwek and the show is called The Holy Pin. It will be in “the small gallery”, as they put it on their web site and the opening begins at 6pm.

Duwek’s large scale luminescent images are collected via a pinhole camera left out overnight for 8-10 hours. The negatives are scanned and subtly enhanced by computer, then printed on canvas and stretched onto frames.

We should meet between 5:15-5:30pm and plan to depart no later than 5:35pm from SCAD-Atlanta. We’ll meet at the lower level of the parking garage, as usual. After the opening we can all grab a bite to eat and catch up. Come with restaurant ideas.

• Maps and directions to Eyedrum on their web site
• Google Maps directions to Eyedrum

Atlanta native Jason Fulford will be speaking at Marcia Wood Gallery on Tuesday, January 16 at 7:30 pm. This event is important because of Fulford’s role in the world of photography book publishing/self-publishing:

J&L Books, founded in 2001 by Jason Fulford and Leanne Shapton, has published work by numerous artists and authors including David Shrigley, Marcel Dzama, Gus Powell, Adam Gilders, Micheal Northrup and Micheal Schmelling. The non-profit company has won critical and popular acclaim for its series of accessible and original art and photography books. J&L is dedicated to providing an outlet for quality work which might not otherwise be seen. The output of this small publisher succeeds in displaying both a strong statement of aesthetic from the two founders, and a voracious and inspiring enthusiasm for a wide range of subject matter and visions.

I’ve followed Jason’s work for a couple of years, and I like the show, but I’m especially interested in learning more about his work with J&L. Because this is on a Tuesday night, it might cause a schedule conflict for some people, but I hope we can all make it out.

The break is almost over and quite frankly, I’m going to HELLA sad to leave home. Enjoy these last few days with friends, family members, pets or just total silence. This is a picture of my home, Durham, NC. The Duke Lacrosse case is finally over, gang violence is slowly decreasing and our football team at NCCU has just been declared the Black College National Champions for football. It was a great break. See everybody soon.

The Winter Quarter begins in less than a week, and while most of you have been off in various parts of the country (and world), a few of us have pretty much stayed in Atlanta. So who will be back this weekend? I would assume no one is flying in Sunday evening, no?

So if you’re available, say, Saturday night (Jan. 6) around 8pm, what’s say we get together and go out… dinner, drinks, etc.? You can either respond here with a comment or e-mail me (my school e-mail is wpicke20@…) and we’ll make plans. It nothing materializes, no big deal. Either way, I look forward to seeing you guys again soon.