“The Blue Ridge Mountain Photographers would like to invite each of your members to enter our 2012 National Juried Nature and Fine Art Photography Exhibit. Last year more than 150 photographs were selected for display in The Art Center, an historic courthouse in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Our judge this year will be Professor Paul Dunlap of North Georgia College and State University. A total of $2000 in prize money will be awarded. Early deadline is June 1, 2010. Final deadline is July 2, 2012. Detailed information and entry form can be found at www.blueridgemountainphotographers.com or blueridgearts.net.”

Our 2012 Public Art Project has a $9,000 budget, and it’s free to apply. It is a requirement that your project involve lens-based or photographic media as an integral part of the piece (this includes images and/or video captured by a lens, or media in which light sensitivity is a primary element of the material, or reimagining the uses of photography, or possibilities of imagery made with light).

We encourage you to think widely and to explore this concept without restraint!

Take a look at ACP Public Art Projects from past years including work from Monica Cook, Karen Brummund, Beth Lilly, McCallum/Tarry, Jason Fulford, Matt Haffner, Amy Landesberg & Peter Bahouth.

This year, you can learn more and submit your proposal via callforentry.org. The application deadline is February 12th. We look forward to seeing your ideas for ACP Public Art!

ACP Public Art Project Call for Entries 2012

* Details about the current exhibition from Jeremy Chandler and Kristine Potter at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery can be found in The Atlantan and on HFG‘s site.

* Check out these two recent articles at La Lettre de la Photographie by Virginie Keppelen about the Atlanta photography scene.

* Burnaway has an extensive list of Call for Artists through January and beyond. Here’s one for a juried book competition. Natchez Art Association has an open call, too. And The Center for Photography at Woodstock is looking for work for its “Photography Now 2012″ show, judged by Natasha Egan, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago.

* Luceo Images (Atlanta is home to two of their photographers; David Walter Banks & Kendrick Brinson) is having an exhibition in NYC that consists of a “cut-piece” — a 163-foot long image that will be cut-up into purchasable segments over the course of the evening. Fun!

* Magnum photographer Eve Arnold has passed away at the age of 99.

* This graph about how photographers spend their time has been rocketing around for the past few days.

* Here’s one of the most inventive “pay to play (and publish)” examples we’ve seen in awhile.

* Burnaway published a review of Lori Vrba’s solo exhibition currently on view at Jennifer Schwartz Gallery.

* Creative Loafing posted a few thoughts from departing director of Fulton County Arts & Culture, Michael Simanga, on how to sustain the arts in Atlanta.

* The Wall Street Journal is the latest media giant to weigh-in on the Vivian Maier story.

* Michael Chrisman made a year-long exposure of Toronto. Cool!

* Man-about-town Jason Travis has a new street-style column with LuxeCrush Atlanta.

“We’d like to announce the call for entries for our upcoming exhibit, Anna Skillman Selects. Photographers selected for this show will have their work exhibited in the APG Gallery. Their names will be listed on the APG web site along with an optional link to their web site and promoted during Atlanta Celebrates Photography, an annual city-wide highlight of photography.

Entry deadline is September 10, 2011. Cash awards will be given: 1ST PLACE $150.00, 2ND PLACE $100.00, 3RD PLACE $50.00

Additional information and entry form can be found on our website.”

Entrance Fees: None

Due Dates:
Deadline for entries – 8/1/11
Accepted art notification – 8/7/11
Accepted artwork to ECU – 8/21/11
Art returned – 10/14/11

Accepted artwork needs to be shipped to the following address:
East Carolina University
School of Art and Design
Jenkins Building – East 5th Street
Greenville, NC 27858
Attention – GOGS Exhibition, Photography Department
Prizes:
$300 – First Place.
$250 – Second Place.
$200 – Third Place.
$100 – Honorable Mention.

The “Get Out. Go Somewhere” art exhibit is a juried exhibition organized by the East Carolina University Photography Guild. The show is open to all mediums and artists are encouraged to submit work that they have created relating to travel, exploration, or discovery as per the definitions above. So, Where have you gone lately? What did you see? Who did you meet? What did you bring back? And most importantly HOW did this influence the art that you create? The exhibit is intended for undergraduate, graduate students, and recent graduates of universities in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic region. All 2D work should be framed and ready to hang. 3D works need to be freestanding or able to be displayed on a 14”x14” pedestal. The exhibition will be held at the Mendenhall Student Center located in the center of the East Carolina University campus. The exhibit space is large, well lit, and secure. Artists are required to submit their work by e-mailing their submission to getoutgosomewhere@gmail.com. In addition to images, submissions should include a description of the artwork including title, date created, medium, dimensions, AND LOCATION WHERE THE ARTWORK ORIGINATED. Work that differs markedly from the approved image, or that is held to be substandard for other reasons, may be excluded from the exhibition. Mendenhall Student Center accepts no responsibility for work damaged in transit due to substandard packing or materials. All accepted work shall be insured for the duration of the show following the signature of gallery agreement.

Juror: Samuel Yates – A multimedia artist based in Southern California. He has exhibited in America and Europe and his work has been written about in more than 40 U.S. and European publications. He has presented to gallery, museum, art school, university, private, and industry audiences. In addition to private art collections, his artwork is included in public collections such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Berkley Art Museum, di Rosa Preserve, and Ballett Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. His work can be viewed at www.samuelyates.com.

June 15, 2011, Atlanta, GA – WonderRoot and Alternate ROOTS have partnered with the Ethics and the Arts Initiative at the Emory University Center for Ethics to offer a professional development training opportunity for artists of diverse disciplines. Internet for Artists, a weekend long workshop by Creative Capital, will teach artists how to use the power of the web to promote their work.

Scheduled for October 21-23, 2011 at the Emory University Center for Ethics this workshop will be facilitated by artists Dread Scott, Blithe Riley, Steve Lambert and Brad Lichtenstein (all from NYC and Detroit). The workshop is by artists and for artists and has been designed to create strategies for the individual artist’s career, bringing success as he or she defines it.

WonderRoot, Alternate ROOTS and the Emory Center for Ethics are pleased to offer this professional development program for Atlanta artists at a time when web-based media is evolving rapidly.

Applications will be received through September 15, 2011. In order to apply, interested artists should visit http://alternateroots.org/internetforartistsapplication to fill out the application form. 24 artists will be selected based on a range of criteria including diversity in discipline, experience using web-based media and expressed interest and need.

The workshop explores how internet resources can be used to build audience, expand community, amplify marketing and extend administrative resources. Participants develop a step-by-step holistic strategy for using a range of internet applications from social networking to e-commerce to achieve specific career goals.

If artists have questions or need technical assistance with the application, please contact Shannon Turner at shannon@alternateroots.org or 404-577-1079.

EVENT Details:
What: Internet for Artists Professional Development Workshop
When: October 21-23, 2011
Where: Emory University Center for Ethics, 1462 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30322
Cost: Free, plus the commitment of a whole weekend

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WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization committed to uniting artists and community to inspire positive social change.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2, 2011

Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue
210 Eleventh Avenue, Suite 503
New York, NY 10001
TEL: (212) 727-2233
FAX: (212) 352-9979
info@artadia.org
www.artadia.org

ARTADIA LAUNCHES SECOND AWARDS CYCLE IN ATLANTA JUNE 15

New York, NY – Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is delighted to launch its 2011 awards cycle in Atlanta June 15, 2011. All visual artists living and working in the 23-county Greater Atlanta area are invited to submit applications for the Artadia Awards 2011 Atlanta online through September 15, 2011. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all media and at any point in their career are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications will be reviewed by an esteemed panel of nationally known curators, arts professionals, and artists the fall of 2011 in a rigorous two-tiered jury process. This marks the second cycle of Artadia Awards in Atlanta; more than 300 artists applied in 2009.

“Artadia is unique among organizations serving Atlanta’s arts community. It not only provides significant and unrestricted financial support to Atlanta’s visual artists at a time when many other sources of funding have been cut, but it connects our artists and entire community to an important national network of curators, artists, and collectors. Atlanta’s artists are actively engaged in a global contemporary art dialogue, and Artadia provides a crucial vehicle for making their voices heard. I am honored to be a member of Artadia’s board and thrilled to support its efforts on behalf of artists in Atlanta and beyond,” said Louis Corrigan, founder of Flux Projects and Possible Futures.

All eligible applicants can access the application online via the Artadia website www.artadia.org between June 15 and September 15, 2011. A short-list of 15 artists will be announced in October after the first-round panel. A second-round jury will travel to Atlanta in November for 45-minute studio visits with each of the finalists and determine the Artadia Awardees. Artadia will award two awards of $15,000 and five awards of $3,000.

Artadia will be holding a number of info sessions about the online application and the review process throughout the application period, including an in-person info session at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center on July 16, and two webinars on August 23 and September 1, the latter will have a special focus on studio visits.

Generous support for Atlanta artists with Artadia has been provided by foundations including the Judith Alexander Foundation and the LUBO Fund, and individual contributions led by Board member Louis Corrigan in addition to Paul Hagedorn, Robert Brawner, and New York Board member Marie Samuels. All funds contributed towards Artadia Atlanta go directly to support the awards and program. Program operations and overhead are underwritten by Artadia’s Board and special donor groups. Three of the seven awards have been underwritten to date.

“It’s a privilege to work closely with Atlanta arts patrons and partner organizations to ensure broad support for visual artists locally, as well as to further broadcast the important work happening in the metro area to a national audience. Building on the success of our first cycle in 2009, we are opening applications to Atlanta artists this summer and hope to break records in artist applications and diverse support streams for Atlanta artists. Every time I am in Atlanta I am so energized by the passion and strength of work evident there,” commented Lila Kanner, Artadia’s executive director.

Artadia launched its Atlanta awards program in 2009 in close consultation with dedicated local arts organizations with the goal to support artists locally and promote the city’s vibrant arts community on a national level. Seven outstanding artists were selected that year. They have since been included in a nationally distributed publication featuring Artadia Awardees from around the country, a well-received exhibition at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Mills Gallery, and they have been promoted via Artadia’s many other outlets such as the Art Fair Guide, monthly newsletter, the Artadia Artist Files online.

Artadia Awards 2011 Atlanta

Online application period: June 15–September 15, 2011
www.artadia.org/forartists.html

1st Round Jury: September 2011
Finalists will be announced in October

2nd Round Jury: November 2011
Artadia Awardees 2011 Atlanta announcement: in November 2011

The 23 eligible Greater Atlanta counties are:
Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton.

Information session and webinar dates:

Saturday, July 16, 4 pm EST
In-person info session with Artadia Program Manager Ute Zimmermann
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
535 Means Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
Free and open to the public. No RSVP required.

Tuesday, August 23, 11 am EST
Online webinar with Artadia Program Manager Ute Zimmermann
Additional information will be posted on Artadia’s website www.artadia.org

Thursday, September 1, 7 pm EST
Online webinar with special focus on studio visits
Guest presenter and past Artadia juror Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Deputy Director for Education +
Public Programs/Adjunct Curator, Seattle Art Museum
Additional information will be posted on Artadia’s website www.artadia.org

To be added to Artadia’s mailing list and receive information by email, please write to info@artadia.org.

“The gallery is now reviewing work for inclusion in our summer portrait salon, titled Family Value.
We are seeking artists interpretations on the theme of family portraits.

Michael Mazzeo Gallery strongly supports artists with distinctive points of view. As is customary at the gallery, we do not charge fees for submissions.”

More info: http://www.michaelmazzeo.com/submissions.html

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