Due December 31, 2013

WHAT IS “FORWARD THINKING”?

Hope. Passion. Resilience. Change. Words like these often fail to capture the ineffable bounty of the human spirit without devolving swiftly into banality or cliche. The artists supported by the Forward Thinking Museum transcend language itself; they capture in the click of a shutter, in the composition of a moment, the fullness of what it means to be a part of humanity.

We at the Forward Thinking Museum seek to support visual artists who use their talents not just to expose the harsh realities of the present, but rather to engage with the future. We espouse neither manifesto nor doctrine, instead welcoming diverse view points of artists –both professionals and amateurs – each holding strong to a vision, images far stronger than words: not of the world as it is, but of the world as it could be.

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Due December 7, 2013

WINNERS and SELECTED HONORABLE MENTIONS will be featured in the Spring 2014 issue of PDNEdu in print, in our digital edition and on the PDNEdu contest Website.

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There is an open invitation for graduate students and photo-media professors across the United States to submit photographic projects, moving media, and essays relating to the vast spectra of contemporary digital-based image making.

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Due March 14, 2014

Exhibition on view at 23 Sandy Gallery: May 30 – July 26, 2014
Then traveling to Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound: Mid-August to Mid-October, 2014

THEME – Book Power Redux is seeking works addressing social and political issues. Artist books can be a powerful vehicle for social change and activism. For this show we have a strong interest in works that shine a light on some of the most vital issues of our day: race, diversity, equality, justice, bullying, poverty, civil rights and more. And, don’t forget we are still a country at war.

Book artists have a unique opportunity given our accessible, multi-dimensional, multi-media format to go beyond just making things to making things happen. The current social and political issues listed above are but a few topics concerned artists can use to raise consciousness, call for justice or provoke action. Let’s use our creative powers to solve the problems of the world.

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Due November 28, 2013

THEME | Portfolio ShowCase Volume 7
There is no theme for this exhibition. The images will be evaluated as a cohesive body of work, rather than individual images. Fifteen photographers will be chosen to display their twelve-image portfolios in the Center’s Portfolio ShowCase Volume 7 book and online exhibition.

JUROR | Alexa Becker

Alexa Becker holds an MA in art history and is the acquisitions editor for photography and art books for Kehrer Verlag, in Heidelberg, Germany.

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Due November 4, 2013

The 2013 PORTFOLIO ISSUE

Submit a cohesive series or a selection of your best images. Subject matter is open. Photographers selected for inclusion will be interviewed for publication and featured on at least 4 pages in this annual edition of SHOTS.

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Women’s Studio Workshop has two residency opportunities:

THE ROSENDALE CULTURAL CROSSROADS
PUBLIC ART RESIDENCIES – Due November 1, 2013

ARTISTS’ BOOK RESIDENCIES – Due November 15, 2013

The SPE Award for Innovations in Imaging is open to all eligible students working primarily with digital technology and is designated for work only possible because of emerging digital technologies-no alternative processes or gelatin silver prints. A project description describing how the work is possible as a result of emerging digital technologies is required as part of the submission process. Jurors will seek to award work that demonstrates the most innovative, unique, and freshest uses of digital technologies. One award is offered and includes a $500 travel stipend to attend the national conference.

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Due November 15, 2013

Each year WSW awards two grants for emerging artists to create a new artist’s book and teach young people through our studio-based Art-in-Education (AIE) program, Hands-on-Art. Generally AIE/Book Arts residents teach 1-2 days per week for 3-4 weeks in the studios, and also visit the students in their home school in shorter sessions before and after the series held at WSW.For these residencies, WSW is especially interested in artists who come from different regions of the country and/or diverse cultural backgrounds. Each award includes a $400 per week stipend for up to ten weeks, and a $750 materials budget, housing, travel costs up to $250 within the Continental US, and unlimited studio access.

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The UNT Libraries, in cooperation with the UNT Friends of the Libraries, is pleased to announce a Call for Entries for its 2013 Artists’ Book Competition. UNT students, faculty and community members are invited to submit entries for possible inclusion in the exhibit. Accepted entries will be showcased in an exhibit in the UNT Libraries’ Willis Forum in the Spring of 2014. Additionally, all accepted student entries are eligible for a purchase prize of $400 that may be granted at the discretion of the judges. If an entry is selected for the purchase prize, the entry will become a permanent addition to the Rare Book Room collections.

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