If you haven’t already purchased your tickets to the sixth annual ACP Photography Auction gala (and even if you have!), you’ll want to check out the ACP 2011 Photography Auction Catalog (pdf) to see what will be available on Friday, Sept. 23rd at King Plow Arts Center.
We hope to see you there!
NANCY FLOYD
Competition ShootersPlease save the date:
Friday, September 16, 2011
Reception / 7-9 PM
Artist Talk / 7:30Quickshot Shooting Range
1199 Zonolite Road
Atlanta, GA 30306
(located off Briarcliff Road, near Emory campus)You don’t need to be a card-carrying member of the NRA to join us Friday, September 16th at Quickshot Shooting Range! We hope you will plan to come hear Atlanta-based artist Nancy Floyd speak about her ongoing series Competition Shooters – women competing for the honor of representing USA at the Olympic Games. Floyd will discuss her experiences photographing past Olympic trials, and her upcoming plans to shoot the women competing for a berth in London 2012. This is the first time this series has been shown in its entirety – many thanks to Quickshot for generously providing exhibition space!
Refreshments, snacks, great conversation and an opportunity to try your hand at marks(wo)manship! Quickshot will be donating firearm rentals to those who want to give it a try. We will be sending more information soon about this exciting evening at Quickshot!
For more information, contact Solomon Projects at info@solomonprojects.com or 404.875.7100.
We couldn’t be more excited about the Film Series this year, a screening of user-submitted videos made with cameras that also shoot still images.
ACP is collaborating with Andy Ditzler of Frequent Small Meals, and Blake Williams of Proper Medium to select an evening of unique, inspiring, provocative videos from around the globe. A cash prize of $250 will be awarded by guest jurors Tom Brown, VP of Original Productions for Turner Classic Movies, and Michael Kochman, Creative Director for Turner Image Management.
For details, see the Call for Entries embedded below, and submit your video today!
From Jason Parker:
“Hello art friends, I’m writing to let you know about a public project and exhibition I launched today. For one week, four images will appear on the 14×45 foot digital billboard above Huff Furniture between Shadowlawn and Mathieson, viewable when heading south on Peachtree in Buckhead.
In among the advertising messages, these images don’t ask anything of the viewer, but address passersby directly with simple messages: “Yes,” “Please,” “Thank You,” “You Are Welcome.” There’s no website to visit, no number to call, nothing to buy. In marketing-speak, there is no call to action.
Without a second step, they are whole in themselves, and with a direct address they turn broadcast into an individual message for whoever sees it at that moment.
I intend it as a polite, discordant and humorous interruption of the incessant flood of commercial messaging, and a way to take advantage of a huge opportunity for artists to reach an audience outside of galleries. I hope you can get a look at them, and enjoy.”
From APG:
“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.”
Great to see Sylvie Fortin talking about Atlanta’s role in the art world, specifically explaining the benefits of living in this unique, (sweltering) “second-tier” city.
“The power structure is not set here, yet. The terms have not been yet dictated. There’s room for people if they have the energy, and intelligence, to claim a space; to make things happen.”
Sylvie Fortin, Art Papers Editor-in-Chief from ArtRelish.com on Vimeo.
The Georgia National Fair has a photography exhibit and competition each year – deadline is Sept. 8, Fair is Oct. 6-16. Check out this pdf for details.
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 – 10/14/11Accepted 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.
From APG:
SPEAKING OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
“A Conversation between Chip Simone and Louis Corrigan”
Wednesday, July 20th, 7:30PM
Atlanta Photography Group
75 Bennett St, B-1
Atlanta, GA 30309Louis Corrigan is among the most prominent supporters of the visual arts in Atlanta, and was the most recent winner of the Nexus Award, presented by the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Corrigan is the founder and president of the arts organization, Flux Projects. “Flux Projects is the only organization presenting a year-round public art program throughout Atlanta. Our goal is to bring innovative, fun, and thought-provoking projects to the places where Atlantans spend their daily lives: where they work, travel, and play. We are funding artists to do more ambitious projects and providing them greater exposure to the Atlanta community. ” –fluxprojects.org
Corrigan is also the founder of the private, non-profit operating platform, Possible Futures. “The foundation provides grants to individual artists and writers, other non-profit arts organizations, and other associations or for-profit entities that write about, present or otherwise support a variety of artistic endeavors in the Atlanta area. ” –possiblefuturesatl.org
In addition to his work with Flux Projects and Possible Futures, Corrigan is also a board member of Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialog. “Artadia’s mission is to encourage innovative artistic practice and meaningful dialogue across the United States by providing artists in specific communities with unrestricted awards and a national network of support.” –artadia.org
Come meet Louis Corrigan next Wednesday to learn more about his arts organizations and how they can benefit you as an artist.
The deadline for submitting your event and/or exhibition for the ACP 2011 Festival Guide is rapidly approaching. We’re accepting listings until 11:59pm (EST) this Friday, July 8th. Here are a few great reasons to participate as an official ACP event:
Jason Florio opens at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery on Saturday, July 9th at 6pm, as part of National Black Arts Festival. The show will run with Mike Schreiber’s “True Hip-Hop“. Both exhibitions will run through August 27th.
On Saturday, July 9th
5:00 pm Panel Discussion on the visual culture around hip-hop and its influence on young black consciousness
Rodney Carmichael, Critic, Creative Loafing
Fahamu Pecou, Pop culture artist
Mike Schreiber, Photographer
Dr. Joyce Wilson, HipHop Archive Fellow, WEB DuBois Institute, Harvard University6:30 – 9:00 pm Meet the artist and “True Hip-Hop” Book Signing
Vicki Hunt sent word of the 2nd Annual “Visions of Glory” show opening in Zebulon at A Novel Experience yesterday. The reception is this Saturday, the 9th, and the show’s on view until the 30th!
South by Southeast PhotoMagazine launched today, with an online subscription of $12/yr. From Southern Photography blog:
“Nancy describes the magazine as ‘a new online monthly and in-print quarterly magazine that will bring you anything and everything about photography in and of the Southeast. From galleries of work by our established masters to interesting series by new emerging artists—you’ll be covered. You will also see feature videos of the artists discussing their work while bringing you into their studios, as well as beautiful imagery they’ve created in motion.’”
Vanessa M. Prestage’s exhibition “Resilience” opens at Carroll St. Cafe in Cabbagetown on Tues, July 5th, 8:30-10:30pm, with “music, cocktails, and celebration!”
Check out the call for entries for “Off the Cuff, On the Fly” at The Seen Gallery, an exhibition that’s planned for ACP in October. You can vote for the entries on their Facebook page.
Great to see that the Grant Romer presentation from last year’s Lecture Series is now online!
“Grant Romer, world-renowned photography authority and former Director of Conservation for the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, introduces recently evolved thinking about the daguerreotype in light of the dramatic changes in imaging and information technology over the last ten years.
Romer also examines the basics of daguerreotype connoisseurship through an overview of the history of the process and illustrations of the unique qualities of the daguerreotype.”
Chip Simone’s “Resonant Image” opens on Saturday, and ACP was able to spend some time with Chip during the exhibition installation to hear his thoughts about the show. The video below was produced in collaboration with ArtRelish.com, and we’ll be working together this summer to bring you previews of shows, behind-the-scenes with artists, and generally take a look at what goes into events that are part of the festival every October.
Thanks again to Chip Simone, Brett Abbott, and Nicole Taylor at the High Museum.
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For a comprehensive look at this year's festival, please download the ACP 2011 Festival Guide pdf, view the online Festival Guide, and keep an eye out for the printed guide, available the week of Sept. 12th!
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