Susan Sponsler: The Hoodie Project

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March, 21-April 25, 2014

Susan Sponsler, a Texas Woman’s Alumna has an exhibition, The Hoodie Project,  on display at Woca Projects in Fort Worth, TX.

To read about The Hoodie project, click here.

Breaking Boundries, Call for Portfolio Competition in China

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Due May 1, 2014

Photography students are invited to participate in this free juried exhibition of the best of American College and University student photography. Accepted work will be exhibited at the 14th Annual Pingyao, China International Photography Festival, held each September in the 2,700-year-old walled village, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The festival attracts upwards of 100,000 international visitors, with exhibitions held in multiple venues including ancient temples, factories, and warehouses.

REQUIREMENTS:
Students are eligible to submit from 5–10 high resolution images (no size limitation) on a non-returnable DVD or upload entries via Dropbox, YouSendIt, or WeTransfer, etc. to Susan.Dooley@ncc.edu. Entries must include:
• High resolution (300ppi) files at the size they are to be printed
• Low resolution jpeg versions of the images (72 ppi with
1280 pixels as the longest side)
• Titles and sizes
• Contact information
• Identification of the college and degree program in which the student is enrolled
• A brief artist’s statement suitable for translation into Chinese
Accepted entries will be printed and framed in China.

CONTACT & MAILING INFORMATION:
Susan Dooley, Chair, Art Department
Nassau Community College
6 Ruxton Road, Miller Place, NY 11764
Email: susan.dooley@ncc.edu

Photo TXcerta

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April 26, 2014, 10AM – 9PM

April 27, 12PM- 5PM

PhotoTXcetera is a free annual photography and digital arts festival celebrating the work of Texas photographers, digital artists and image innovators.

For information on the schedules, lectures and exhibitions associated with PhotoTXcerta, click here.

Call for Entries – ARTBOUND 2014

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Due May 23, 2014

Students (graduate or undergraduate) making books in book arts and/or fine arts programs across the United States are invited to participate in ARTBOUND 2014 by submitting work to a juried artists’ book exhibition and permanent collection at The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries! Books selected by juror Jessica Peterson of The Southern Letterpress will be purchased for the qualifying award amount, exhibited during the ARTBOUND exhibition, and become a permanent addition to the University of Florida Smathers Libraries’ Special Collections in Book Arts.

Click here for more information.

Texas Photographic Society: Cell Phone Photography III

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Due June 1, 2014

Call for Entries: Camera phones are ubiquitous, and photographers continue to take full advantage of this tool as another device for digital image capturing and editing. The Texas Photographic Society is now accepting images taken with a cell phone camera for its latest competition, “Cell Phone Photography III: Moving Past the Camera” which is open to all levels of photographers internationally. Images must be captured with a cell phone camera and can only be manipulated with a cell phone application.

Juror: Nate Larson is a contemporary artist working with photographic media, artist books and digital video. He holds an academic appointment at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and chaired the 2014 national conference of the Society for Photographic Education. His recent project GEOLOCATION, in collaboration with Marni Shindelman, tracks GPS coordinates associated with Twitter tweets and pairs the text with a photograph of the originating site to mark the virtual information in the real world. They recently created site-specific public artworks for the Atlanta Celebrates Photography Public Art Commission, the Indianapolis International Airport, and the DUMBO Business Improvement District in NY. The project has received media attention from Wired Raw File, The Picture Show from NPR, Hyperallergic, Gizmodo, Vice Magazine, the New York Times Lens Blog, Utne Reader, Hotshoe Magazine, the British Journal of Photography, Marketplace Tech Report, The Washington Post, among others. GEOLOCATION is featured in the final issue of Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art.
To learn more about Larson’s work, visit: www.natelarson.com.

Click here for more information on this call.

Photo Competition for Women

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Due May 28, 2014

ELIGIBILITY

  • The contest is open to women only.
  • Applicants must LIKE Theo Westenberger’s Official Facebook Page.
  • Applicants may submit up to three photographs per competition.
  • Applicants must be the creator and sole owner of the photographs

Click here for more info.