If you’re a student in “higher education”, you’re eligible to enter
Google’s background photo competition for iGoogle. Entries are due by May 31st. Your entry needs to be W I D E: 1000px by 175px, to fit the iGoogle format. Martin Parr is a judge, and winners will be exhibited at Saatchi London.

You can exhibit your photograph(s) up north at the New York Photo Festival this weekend by becoming part of their “We’re All Photographers Now” exhibition.

The deadline is June 1st for the Photo Review International Photography Competition, which will be judged this year by Lesley Martin, Publisher, Aperture Book Program.

Have you responded to the Slow Exposures 2009 call for entries yet? Postmark deadline for this show is June 15th.

Our friends at the New Orleans Photo Alliance have a new call for entries – a show called Caliente/Hot.

“Caliente/Hot”, Juried By: José Torres-Tama
HOT: communicating heat / high temperature * intense / violent / vehement * lustful * fiery / passionate / sultry * fresh / urgent / popular * stolen / illegal / dangerous * piquant / spicy

CALIENTE: comunicando calor / temperatura alta * intenso / violento / vehemente * lujurioso * ardiente / apasionado /sensual * fresco / urgente /popular * robado / ilegal / peligroso * picante / con especies

“The Appalachian Photographers Project showcases the work of emerging and established photographers who work or live in the area and have created a significant focused body of work. The APP region encompasses nine states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. We are accepting submissions through April 15th, 2009 for consideration to be added to the project. Work must be made in our listed states or by those living in those states. Send 20 jpgs (72ppi, 600 pixels high), a short bio, an artist statement, state of affiliation, website address, and contact info to APPSubmissions@gmail.com.”

Cara Phillips, who attended last year’s ACP Portfolio Review (and had a series up this week on Newsweek.com) founded “Women in Photography” in 2008. WIP has a new grant, and as of yesterday, you can apply for $3000 to “support project costs.” Have a look at the WIP-Lightside Individual Project Grant.

Fulton County Arts Council has a call for entries for Tour de 29. Click either image for more info!

“TOUR DE 29, a six-city festival on and near Georgia Highway 29, is accepting applications from professional visual and performance artists to provide cultural enrichment and outreach programming during the two-month long event, September through October 2009.

The mission of Tour de 29 is to promote unity with economic and cultural growth in South Fulton. Businesses, organizations and communities collaborate with artists and each other from the Greater Atlanta area to host the festival, which consists of arts-centered activities at traditional and non-traditional venues along Highway 29. “

Slow Exposures, the fabulous photography festival in Pike County, Georgia, has its call for entries up on their site. Deadline is June 15th.

If you haven’t entered Slow Exposures in the past, or attended any of their events, it’s a great organization, run by a group of dedicated folks in and around Zebulon, Georgia. Have a look!

Due date is approaching on April 2nd. Deadline is approaching for this exhibition at Mason Murer .

Images of the APOCALYPSE: Call for Entries

Summer Exhibition @ The GSU Welch School Gallery
Curated by John Decker, PhD
June 18 – August 6, 2009

Call for recent works in ALL MEDIA that explore apocalyptic theory. Opportunity open to artists within the Georgia State community and beyond.

Submissions due by
5pm – April 23, 2009

Up to two 2008-2009 submission, in digital format.
(Max. four 180/dpi jpegs, 6″ x 8″; Max. file size 1 MB)
Please include name, title, date, medium and dimensions of work, along with full contact information (phone/address/email).

Submissions to artgallery@gsu.edu

Trees Atlanta has a request for qualifications for a sculptural public artwork for the BeltLine Arboretum. Deadline is April 20, 2009 5:00 P.M (EST). More info here.

“Artists residing in the Southeastern United States are invited to apply for the opportunity to design an interpretive sculptural public artwork for the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum. The contemporary commissioned work will be a site-specific landmark “The Museum of Trees”, part of Warehouse Row at Rose Circle Park in southwest Atlanta.”

If you’re looking to see your photos on display during a Castleberry Art Stroll, Atlanta Photography Exhibit will be hosting another festive show at the Granite Room on April 24th, and spaces are $27.

The Fulton County Arts Council is curating an exhibit called “Georgia Artists” for the Abernathy Arts Center. There’s a $35 fee, and works are accepted in many categories, including photography. Deadline is March 23rd. Click the images below for more info.

Getty has two upcoming grant deadlines this Spring, one for editorial photography, and the other for photographers who make pictures of a non-profit organization. More info on the Getty Images site.

Check out the PDF for submitting work to this Trees Atlanta competition. Deadline is Feb. 15th.

Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey’s new project BURN has a $10,000 grant for an emerging photographer. Deadline is March 15th.

ACP is currently looking for a web developer who’s interested in helping out a local, art-based non-profit with our Web efforts. We’re completing a Request for Proposals outlining the project’s scope, and are interested in hearing about your interest and skills.

The project is our Festival Guide Listing Submission Tool. The tool will enable people to create their own listings for the ACP 11 Festival Guide. Our current site is being completely redone this year, and we need a submission tool to match those goals. We’re currently on a Linux web server, so some combination of php (or not!) and AJAX (for real-time subtotals) would work well. Mysql and familiarity with passing information to/from Google Checkout is key. We have a pretty solid understanding of technical issues, and are excited to work with you on this project, but we’re not programmers. That’s where you come in!

If you know anyone who’s young and capable, or wants to work on a web-dev project for their portfolio, please have them get in touch. We have a limited budget for the project, and are looking for a developer who’s interested in photography and the arts.

Please pass the word around, and get in touch; info at acpinfo dot org. We’ll publish the RFP as soon as it’s complete, later this week. Thank you!