On Beauty – Call for Entry

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Entries Due | November 19, 2014 Midnight MT USA
THEME |On Beauty
JUROR |Kathleen Clark

Juror’s Award| $500.00
Director’s Award | $250.00
Two livebooks Website Awards| Valued at $399.00 each.
Honorable Mention Awards| 2 year membership and a five image submission to a call for entry at the Center.

Exhibiting artists are invited to the reception and offered complimentary portfolio reviews with the Juror, Kathleen Clark and Director, Hamidah Glasgow. In addition, there are other weekend events including a group lunch and group portfolio share.

For More Information about the On Beauty Call For Entries, click here

South Central Dallas at Mighty Fine Art Gallery

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Reception: November 8, 2014, 6pm – 9pm

Laurisa Galvan
Saturday November 1,2014 – December 7, 2014

MFAGallery is located at 409A N.Tyler between 8th and Davis St.
Gallery hours are 12:00 to 5:00 Saturday and Sunday or by appointment:
phone 214-942-5241.

The View Through the Lens: Capturing Cultural Shifts with the Latino Barrios of Dallas.

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Congratulations to Sheryl Anaya, TWU alumna, who will have her work displayed in: The View Through the Lens: Capturing Cultural Shifts with the Latino Barrios of Dallas, at the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas.

Dallas, Texas | November 14, 2014 – January 3, 2015

Opening Reception | November 14, 6-8 pm 

PDNB – Experimental Photography Exhibition

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Experimental Photography

November 22, 2014 – February 21, 2015

Opening reception: Saturday, November 22, 2014

From 5 – 8 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dallas, TX –

Words like the following can be used when discussing experimental photography: solarization, photogram, vortograph, rayograph, photomontage, manipulated negatives, time-lapse, double exposure, sandwiched negatives, photo-assemblage, cameraless, light-box, pinhole, camera obscura, collage, photo sculpture.

This is not a finite list of terms, but the idea is there are a multitude of ways to make a photograph, and some not conceived yet. The camera may or may not be used; the principle is mainly creative use of light.

Use of these methods started in 1826, when the first permanent photograph was

invented by Nicéphore Niépce.

PDNB Gallery will feature many artists who have created new pathways using light to extract unique images. This group exhibition will showcase many examples of these methods. Featured artists include:

Pinhole Camera workshop

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Monday, November 10

6 – 8 pm

Pinhole Camera Workshop

at Artspace111

Join Shamma Al Amri, featured artist of the current Past Forward exhibition, as she discusses pinhole photography.  Enjoy dinner at Artspace111 and create your own pinhole camera to take home!

Seating is limited.

Reservations are required.

email art@artspace111.com to reserve your spot today!

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Please RSVP for the reception

Friday, November 7, 2014

6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

remarks at 7:00 p.m.

SPE Student Scholarships

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Due November 1, 2014

SPE STUDENT AWARDS FOR INNOVATIONS IN IMAGING

All SPE student members are eligible to apply for a scholarship to offset the cost of attending SPE’s 2015 National Conference in New Orleans, March 12-15, 2015. Ten awards are offered based on merits of submitted portfolios and include a $550 travel stipend to attend the national conference, a 2015 national conference fee waiver, and a one-year membership to SPE.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must be currently matriculated students enrolled at a post-secondary institution as an undergraduate or graduate student
majoring/concentrating in photography not graduating before the end of the academic year 2014-2015.
Applicants must be student members of SPE or become members before submitting their scholarship application. Visit http://www.spenational.org/members/join to join or renew.
Applicants are not eligible to receive scholarship awards for two consecutive years.

JURORS

This year’s jurors are SPE national board members serving on the Awards and Recognition Committee: Amy Holmes George (Chair), Claude Baillargeon, Bill Gaskins, and Rebecca Nolan.

ONLINE APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Submit online via http://spenational.slideroom.com. There will be a $10 fee for submitting a portfolio. If you need technical support, contact support@slideroom.com.

PREPARE TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING
A cohesive body of work with no more than FIVE images. Images around 1280 x 1280 px @ 72 ppi are ideal for good image quality and fast upload.
A succinct artist statement and a description of the conceptual basis of your work and its technical qualities, including a description of processes used (3,000 characters or less, approx. 480-600 words).
A statement addressing how attendance at the conference will benefit you, as well as an overview of prior involvement with SPE or other arts organizations.
A brief resume, including name, address, phone number, email address and current institutional affiliation, and educational and professional experience.
Contact information for a current photography professor (include name, title, email, and phone number).
Applications that do not fulfill all requirements may be eliminated from the competition. Click here to view the official call for entries.

Direct inquiries to the SPE National Office at membership@spenational.org.

Please visit spenational.org/conference for additional conference information.

2015 SPE/MCC Film and Video Festival

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SPE Multicultural Caucus   /   Deadline: 10/15/14

The SPE MultiCultural Caucus is looking for original works in film or video to screen at the SPE/MCC Film and Video Festival at the 2015 Annual Conference in New Orleans this March. rnrnThis year we will have a screening room and also show the festival over the hotel’s TV system, so conference attendees can see your work with friends, or screen the videos in their own rooms. The list of selected works and artists’ bios will also be printed in the conference catalog. Don’t miss this chance to have your work seen by one of the world’s most discerning and important audiences- your fellow SPE members! rnrnThe festival is curated by SPE MCC member Neil Chowdhury.

Location

SPE 2015 National Conference – New Orleans, LA

Fees

Free

Eligibility

This is a SPE members’ only exhibit, so please be sure to update your SPE membership in order to have your work considered for the festival.

Requirements

Multi Cultural means the festival is open works by and about people of every culture. We are seeking time-based works that explore issues of cultural identity in the broadest possible sense. There is no restriction on subject matter, genre, or medium. We hope that this festival can highlight the amazing diversity and talent to be found amongst members of SPE.

Short works (under 10 minutes) are preferred, but if you have a longer piece please contact the curator directly and we may be able to find a way to screen a trailer, excerpt or shorter edit.

Please email a short written synopsis/statement for the piece and a short artist bio to Neil Chowdhury at scoopneil@gmail.com. Include:
– Title of Work
– Name of Artist/Director,
– Date of Production
– Medium
– Run Time in Min:Sec.
– Include full credit information for collaborators, as well as any restriction you may have on distribution and reproduction of the work.

Upload a full resolution Quicktime File of the video piece to dropbox folder http://tinyurl.com/qjz5aft. Please name your file in the following format: firstname_lastname_titleofwork.

You can also mail your work on a DVD to: Neil Chowdhury, Department of Art and Design, California State University Fresno, 5225 N. Backer Ave. M/S CA65, Fresno, California 93740.

All works must be original and not contain any copyrighted material unless you have the copyright holder’s permission to use and share them. By submitting this work to the SPE MCC Film and Video Festival, you are giving permission to SPE to reproduce the work on a compilation that will be exhibited in the conference screening room and broadcast on the conference hotel’s TV system at the SPE National Conference.

Contact Information

Department of Art and Design, California State University Fresno 5225 N. Backer Ave. M/S CA65
Fresno, CA 93740

W: www.spenational.org
E: scoopneil@gmail.com

Central Trac Professional Practices

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Starting one week from today, CentralTrak will offer a series of free professional development workshops for practicing artists. Led by Dallas and Fort Worth-based arts professionals the workshops are open to both emerging and established artists and geared towards those who wish to hone their skills and receive guidance while professionalizing their practice.

Note: Please use the ‘Register’ button at the
bottom of the page to confirm your attendance!

TUESDAY
October 21
From  7pm – 9pm
Writing Your Bio, CV and Artist Statement
This workshop will guide participants through the steps of drafting their artist biography, CV and artist statement. The session will review what type of information should be included in these documents and how they can be used to communicate crucial information about artists and their practices. Participants should come to the workshop with a printed copy of their CV and a printed rough outline of their artist statement.
Workshop leader Sally Frater

TUESDAY
October 28
From  7pm – 9pm
Documenting Your Work
In this session participants will be provided with an introduction to art documentation. Participants will receive helpful hints in order to learn how to photograph and present their work to juries, submission committees and applications in the best way possible. The session will cover topics such as lighting and basic Photoshop.
Workshop leader Melissa Tran

MONDAY
November 3
From  7pm – 9pm
Portfolio Review
Artists will have the opportunity to have their work reviewed by a Dallas/Fort Worth-based curator in a 15-minute session. Participants should come to the session prepared to discuss their practice and should bring examples of their work in a portfolio, on a flash drive, CD or DVD disc and should bring no more than 15 images/ examples of their work with them. Prior registration is required and space is limited, participants are expected to arrive to their scheduled session on time. If you attend the first two workshops, you will have priority registration for the Portfolio Review session.

Participating curators: Danette Dufilho (Assistant Director/Project Room Curator, Conduit Gallery), Alison Hearst (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth), and Sally Frater (Pollock Gallery)

MORE INFORMATION
When
October 21 & 28 and November 3
From  7pm – 9pm
Where
CentralTrak
800 Exposition
Dallas, TX 75226

Houston Center for Photography Call

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Due October 24, 2014

2015 FELLOWSHIPS CALL FOR ENTRIES Juried by Paul Kopeikin, Owner, Kopeikin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) Deadline is October 24, 2014 at midnight. Two fellowship recipients will be awarded $3,000 each and a solo exhibition at HCP in the summer of 2015. One Houston-based artist (residing within a 100 mile radius of Houston including the Beaumont, Galveston, and College Station areas) will receive the Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship and another artist from anywhere in the world, outside the Houston area, will receive the HCP Fellowship. Paul Kopeikin, Owner, Kopeikin Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) will jury the fellowship selection.

The competition is open to all artists working in photographic and lens-based work. – Any photographic process is acceptable as long as it is:

  • Original work
  • The body of work is still in development within the last two years
  • The body of work submitted as a whole has not been exhibited in a previous HCP Exhibition.
FEES:

There is a $35 entry, which includes entry for 10 images or video. The maximum number of images artist can submit is 10. You are not required to submit 10 images. You may submit more than one entry. Each entry is $35.

RULES FOR ENTRY:

All submissions will go through CALLFORENTRY.ORG, you can create a free account – Entrants should upload up to 10 images or videos, an artist statement, and a resume/bio – Acceptance will be based on the body of work by each artist rather than on individual images.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
  1. Verify your HCP Membership If you are a member but do not know your membership number please contact Sinai Tirado at 713-529-4755 x16 or sinai@hcponline.org If you are not a member of HCP you can become one online HERE YOU MUST BE AN HCP MEMBER TO COMPLETE YOUR SUBMISSION!
  2. Prepare your images and all related texts. Carefully edit a group of no more than 10 images or videos that describe your current lens-based work. Images should be 72 dpi and larger than 1920 px. You will also need to have the following information available:
  • an artist statement
  • a resume, c/v, or bio\
  • specific information for each piece: Title (for identification purposes) Year of exposure Size (height X width) Medium of finished work (inkjet print, chromogenic print, etc.) Pricing (estimate of final print value)

3.  Uploading Images and text to CALLFORENTRY.ORG Create a free account on callforentry.org or log in to an existing account to upload your images and text. Upload images to My Profile.

4. Apply to Houston Center for Photography’s call for entry

  • log on to callforentry.org and make sure you are logged into your profile
  • on the top tool bar click Apply to Calls
  • scroll through the list to find Houston Center for Photography (it is set default to sort alphabetically so we should be almost halfway down the page)
  • click APPLY TO THIS CALL
  • accept the agreement for submission
  • Copy/Paste all text (Artist Statement, Resume, CV) into appropriate text boxes
  • Answer the remaining questions (you will need your membership number)
  • Add the images from your profile you would like to submit for this call for entry
  • Save your application
  • Complete your submission

5. Submit and Payment Confirm that you are a member of HCP. If you are unsure of your membership please email info@hcponline.org. If you are not currently a member of HCP please sign up for a membership HERE before completing your submission. We will contact all non-members at the close of the call and notify them that their submissions will be ineligible for selection and will not be included in the submissions reviewed by the Juror. After you receive an email receipt of payment, your submission process is complete.