NUTTY solutions
Have you ever tried to shell sunflower seeds while driving? It’s dangerous, trust me. As a result, I buy them shelled, roasted & salted. Have you ever tried to eat shelled sunflower seeds while driving? It’s messy, trust me. I think I’ll leave the sunflower seeds to the birds and the birds to this next Call. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from the 1650 Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) for I’ll Fly Away, a juried photography exhibit. $35 entry & free matting and framing (pre-set sizes). There’s even a way to avoid shipping. Enjoy the opportunity…
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CALL for ENTRIES:
I’ll Fly Away
from 1650 Gallery
“What is it then about the bird that affects us so? Are they everything we want to be beautiful, carefree and literally above it all? Do we envy their freedom? Do we project on to them our desire to take wing from the grave cares and pedestrian repetitions of our human-ness, to a far place both wild and beautiful, and a life lived literally ‘on the fly’ ?” — from 1650 Gallery
ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+
MEDIA: Photography
DEADLINE: July 10, 2016
NOTIFICATION: By July 17, 2016
ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 5, $5 ea. add’l
JUROR: Andrew Overtoom is an award-winning filmmaker & photographer living in L.A. He publishes THE UNDEAD NEG, is launching a quarterly photography journal & owns the 1650 Gallery.
AWARDS: Best In Show, 2nd Place & 3rd Place will be awarded and posted online after the show opening. Award winning photos will be featured on the show page & Best In Show winners will have a small portfolio of their work featured in the 1650 Spotlight gallery of photographic excellence.
SALES: Selected artists may choose to offer their work for sale. The gallery retains 50% commission. The 1650 Gallery offers free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit their pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition. Photo sizes are 8″ x 10″, 11″ x 14″ 16″ x 20″, or 20″ x 24″.