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CALL for ENTRIES: Sugarloaf

Posted on January 26, 2011January 26, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

PLAN AHEAD

My family is on a savings spree. We sat down the first week of the year and decided on goals for the year. Many of those goals require cash. Cash necessitates saving. Saving, in my house, means cutting the food budget. Grocery shopping is now preceeded by a menu and detailed grocery list and eating out has been cut to one sit-down meal and one fast-food meal a week. This next Call gives you an opportunity to plan ahead.

This Call for Entries is for the 13 Sugarloaf Fine Art & Crafts festivals. I don’t publish many festival calls, but Sugarloaf is among the country’s finest. Take a look, and find a festival for you…or enter them all.

CALL for ENTRIES: Sugarloaf Festivals

Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, one of the nation’s most popular and most recognized juried shows of contemporary crafts and fine art, is now accepting applications from artists for its 2011 shows.

MEDIA: Artists may apply for the 2011 shows in categories including ceramics and pottery, fiber and fashion, fine art, furniture, blown and leaded glass, leather, metalsmithing, photography and functional and decorative wood crafts. Sugarloaf is no longer accepting applications for jewelry artists for Spring 2011 shows. Jewelry remains open for Fall 2011.

ABOUT SUGARLOAF: Sugarloaf enters its 36th year among the most respected shows in the country. In 2010, nine of Sugarloaf’s 13 shows were ranked in the Top 200 nationally by Sunshine Artist magazine.

This past fall, attendance at the seven Sugarloaf shows increased by12%, and artists’ sales increased over 8%, totaling $9.7 million. Artists whose work is exhibited at Sugarloaf shows are jury-selected and are represented in the nation’s finest galleries, private collections, and museums.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Artists interested in exhibiting at Sugarloaf Craft Festivals candownload applications from www.sugarloafcrafts.com. Applications must include slides representing artists’ work and their display space. Artists who wish to apply online can complete their application and submit digital images via www.zapplication.org, using the search term “Sugarloaf.” Potential exhibitors may also request printed applications and additional information by calling (800) 210-9900.

The Spring 2011 season of
Sugarloaf Festivals includes:

Chantilly, VA (Northern Virginia), January 28-30

Somerset, NJ, March 11-13

Oaks, PA (outside Philadelphia), March 18-20

Hartford, CT, March 25-27

Gaithersburg, MD (outside Washington, DC), April 8-10

Timonium, MD (outside Baltimore), April 29-May 1

The fall 2011 season of
Sugarloaf Craft Festivals includes:

Timonium, MD, September 30 – October 2, 2011

Gaithersburg, MD, October 14 – 16, 2011

Somerset, NJ, October 28 – 30, 2011

Oaks, PA, November 4 – 6, 2011

Hartford, CT, November 11 – 13, 2011

Gaithersburg, MD, November 18 – 20, 2011

Chantilly, VA, December 9 – 11, 2011

For more information,
visit the Sugarloaf website!

ARTIST RESIDENCY: 3 Months in Japan

Posted on January 18, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FIGHTING FOODS

I dislike having food thrown at me. But inevitably every time I go to a Japanese hibachi restaurant, I am the unwilling target of the Chef’s attempt to pop a shrimp into a customer’s mouth. I wonder if the Chefs are like horses… they sense fear. Here’s hoping the result of this Call is a great opportunity to eat authentic Japanese food while not feeling like you’re being used for target practice.

Check out this Call for Entries for a 3-Month Artist Residency from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. You could win living expenses for you and your family, transporation cost and professional development funds. Don’t miss this opportunity.

ARTIST RESIDENCY:
3 Months in Japan

The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission works cooperatively with the National Endowment for the Arts to sponsor The U.S/Japan Creative Artists’ Program. The program provides support for up to five outstanding contemporary and traditional artists from the United States to spend a three-month residency in Japan to pursue their individual artistic goals.

The U.S/Japan Creative Artists’ Program is extremely competitive; applicants should have regional or national recognition and anticipate a highly rigorous review of their work.

Artists should present compelling reasons
for wanting to work in Japan.

ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants are architects, choreographers, composers, creative writers, designers, media artists, playwrights, visual artists, or solo theater artists who work with original material (including puppeteers, storytellers and performance artists). Multidisciplinary artists and artistic directors of theater or dance companies are also eligible.

DEADLINE: February 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE: There is no entry fee.

AWARDS: A monthly stipend for living expenses and a housing supplement, as well as an allowance for professional support services. Up to $6,000 for round trip transportation for the artist, domestic partner and/or dependent children, and a baggage/storage allowance. A stipend for pre-departure Japanese language study in the United States.

For complete details, Download the Program Guidelines!

CALL for ENTRIES: Juried Exhibitions Series

Posted on January 17, 2011January 19, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

SUSHI ME!

When you think of North Carolina, what food comes to mind? I instantly think vinegar-based barbeque; however, this blog has been awash with pit-smoked references lately. So, I turned to my friend Michelle, a fellow blogger and Foreign Service officer for a little help. She is getting her doctorate from UNC. She says the best sushi place ever is a little place called Akai Hana and just happens to be outside of Chapel Hill in Carrboro, NC. This next Call might end in a great sushi dinner if you play your cards right.

Check out this Call for Entries for the 2011-2012 Juried Exhibitions Series in Chapel Hill. There is no entry fee and only a 15% commission. Take a look!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Juried Exhibitions Series

The Chapel Hill Public Arts Office invites artists to apply for the 2011 – 2012 Juried Exhibitions Series. Original two- and three-dimensional artwork by selected artists will be displayed in Chapel Hill Town Hall and possibly other Town cultural facilities beginning May 2011.

Selected artists will be invited to exhibit their work in small group shows of two or three artists for two-month exhibition periods. The Juried Exhibitions Series is promoted in the local media and through Public Arts Office announcements and press releases. Selected artists will be asked to provide specific information and deliver their work for installation at agreed upon times. Public Arts staff and contractors install the work for exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists creating original artwork that can be hung indoors or displayed in glass cases.

DEADLINE:
February 14, 2011

NOTIFICATION:
March 14, 2011

ENTRY FEE:
There is no fee to enter.

SALES: If the artwork is for sale, the Public Arts Office requires a commission of 15% on any work sold to help defray the cost of this public arts program.

SUBMISSION PROCESS: Artists may send a compact disc containing portfolio materials through the post to the Public Arts Office (address provided below) or in a .zip file sent to chapelhillarts@gmail.com. No hardcopy portfolios will be considered. Discs will not be returned.

Public Arts Office

405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Email: info@chapelhillarts.org
Telephone: 919-968-2749

Each portfolio must include: Ten (10) Images of Relevant Work – Each image must be a PC-compatible JPEG file at 72 pixels per inch, as close to but no larger than either of the following dimensions: 750 pixels wide by 560 pixels tall. Each JPEG file must be named in the following format – lastname_01_title.jpg – where the artist’s last name is followed by underscore, two-digit identification number, underscore, title, file extension. If you wish to show a detail, include it within the required number of images. Please do not present your work as a montage of images (ie, in a PowerPoint file); each image must be a separate JPEG. Images submitted should be representative of the type of work proposed for exhibition.

Annotated Image List – A word file (.doc or .docx) listing JPEG images by two-digit identification number, followed by artist, title of work depicted, media, and dimensions (width by length in inches).

Resume – A word file (.doc or .docx) providing resume, no longer than two pages.

JURY PROCESS: An Artist Selection Committee comprising representatives of Chapel Hill Town Hall, the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission, the Public Arts Office, and local artists will review all complete portfolios and select artists to participate in the 2011 – 2012 Juried Exhibitions Series. Selections are based on artistic excellence and the goal of exhibiting a variety of media. Public Arts staff will notify artists of the Selection Committee results and will make exhibition arrangements with selected artists.

For complete details, visit the Chapel Hill Public Arts page!

FEATURED ARTIST: Julia Feld

Posted on January 17, 2011August 7, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

Learn more about Featured Artist Julia Feld!

TOAST of the town

I love the hand-technique and the personal aspect of work in which you can see the artist’s hand. I don’t need or want perfection. I want to be amazed by talent and patience and thought and creativity. This month’s artist challenges me. AAAD is happy to feature the work of book carver Julia Feld. Feld’s work reminds all of the wonder found in books…words AND illustrations. So many people dismiss the work of illustrators. I find Feld’s work is entirely her own while at the same time, it celebrates the work of illustrators, past and present.

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FEATURED ARTIST: Julia Feld

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Julia Feld is a scientist and artist living and working in St. Louis. All pieces featured on her Holey Stokes! blog are her intricate creations and must be seen to be believed.
(‘Hokey Stokes!’ is a phrase used to express wonderment or surprise in situations when ‘Holy Buckets!’ is deemed too explicit or crude. — Book Carver Julia Feld)

Feld has no formal art instruction and accidentally ended up as a book carver.

A few years back, she found a set of Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias in the free box outside a used book shop. “I didn’t know what I’d do with them but thought it was a pity that such a lovely set of books could end up in a dirty cardboard box in a parking lot, so I brought them home.”

“I really don’t remember what was going through my head the first time I thought to go at one with an exacto knife. I do what I do because I like reminding people that books are things of beauty and that pictures and diagrams aren’t just about the information they convey.”

There is a cult-like following of Julia Feld’s work online, and a popular myth that I see over and over is that she laser cuts her shapes and images. False. She hand cuts every shape.

“For some books, I carve through a page at a time, removing all the text and empty space and leaving only pictures and outlines. For others, I gut the entire contents and rebuild it from scratch. They all involve a ton of exact-o blades, tweezers, glue, and framing glass. I’ve tried using power tools, but haven’t been pleased with the outcomes.”

“If anyone from the future has prototype laser cutter they’d like to donate, I’d certainly be game to try it out.” — Julia Feld

I enjoy asking artists about their terminology for their process and media. I find that it often gives me insight as to the frequent disconnect of an artist from the public perception of his or her work.

Altered books have a long-documented history in traditional art settings as mixed media, but I find that media are becoming more and more specific over time. Feld considers her work book carvings, but when I asked her for the school of art into which her work fit, she defers the questions to you, my loyal readers: “I am overwhelmed by the amount of research I’d have to do to answer this question properly. I like carving books because it draws attention to the aesthetic quality of objects that are usually valued primarily for their informational content. Gentle readers, using the comment section below, please share with me what school of art do you think this falls into!”

So, back to the armchair psychology of it all… Feld’s Favorite Food? Toast. No really… toast. I would NEVER think of asking an artist if they have a back-up plan just in case art doesn’t work out. I’m not your momma; you don’t need something to fall back on with me.
Nonetheless, Feld is prepared. “I want to open and operate a dining establishment called Julia’s Toasteraunt (maybe Julia’s Toastorium) where every table has a really nice toaster on it and you order big spreads of different kinds of breads and jams and cheeses and everyone feasts on toast. If someone wants to open a soup joint next store, I’d be open to that.” Editor’s Note: I will offer this blog and the transcripts of my interview with Julia Feld as evidence if you steal her idea, people.

Thank you Julia for sharing your work with us.

I felt a little like I was looking through the keyhole into a mad scientist’s laboratory (in the nutty, harmless 1950s definition of “mad”) during the discovery of Julia’s work. Loved the adventure.

Learn more about Julia Feld online!

Should you be our next Artist of the Day? Be sure to let us know!

2010 ARTIST of the YEAR: Catherine Roach

Posted on January 16, 2011February 5, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Today marks a New Year for ArtAndArtDeadlines.com! I think it fits nicely between the traditionally recognized New Year Celebration (December 31st), and I love Chinese New Year (February 3rd this year)! Of course, I always appreciate an excuse to eat Chinese food.

This is the day we name the
Artist of the Year for 2010.

When this blog began in September of 2009, I was determined to cover not only art deadlines but also really good art. And, I chose a few artists here and there. I quickly realized that the Featured Artist program needed structure, or it would never really get done on any sort of regular basis. The $2 Art Contest was born.

By the end of the year, I began to realize that the Featured Artist Page was getting crowded and adding more artists would lessen the impact of being Featured. I knew I had to start archiving artists by the year. And the idea of the Artist of the Year was born. I gave all of the Featured Artists notice that on January 15th at midnight EST, the Artist of the Year would be determined by the number of comments on their individual Featured Artist blog posts.

Right out of the gate, three artists’ fans came out strong: James Melcher, Amy Kollar Anderson and Catherine Roach. And after a month of voting, the final count was very close… only 12 votes separated Anderson and Roach.

Congratulations to
Catherine Roach
AAAD’s 2010 Artist of the Year

I have enjoyed watching her expand her horizons this year. It feels to me like she grew along with AAAD. Catherine graduated from New England Institue of Art, moved, started a music blog and began her job as a Graphic Designer at Grouper Design and has continued to produce amazing work.

Get to know Catherine Roach:

ArtAndArtDeadlines.com
Twitter
Flickr
Music

Do you want to be the 2011 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the $2 Art Contest.

Stay tuned tomorrw as we unveil 2011’s first Featured Artist
as well as changes to the 2010 Featured Artist Page!

CALL for ENTRIES: Sources and Origins

Posted on January 12, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

DON’T MAKE ME
BEET YOU!

I love root vegetables. Carrots and turnips are yummy, but I simply have never developed a taste for beets. I don’t hate beets. I just don’t eat them. But I must admit I’ve been tempted. My mother grew up in the hills of Tennessee, and when she was little, her mother used to boil beets in a kettle over an open fire outside in the yard.

The little devils that they were, my mother and her siblings used to grab them by the greens out of the pot and squeeeeeeeze. Apparently they shoot out like little red rockets out of their skins. Beet rockets, funny. Get to the source of your imagination with this Call.

Check out this Call for Entries from the South Shore Art Center for their juried exhibition Sources • Origins. Get to the root of your inspiration…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Sources • Origins

South Shore Art Center invites entries that offer distinctive, imaginative
imagery, across all media. This juried exhibition asks artists to look back into their past life experiences to find ‘roots of inspiration’ that manifest themselves in current artworks.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists and all media. No geographical restrictions. Work must have be recent and not previously shown at South Shore Art Center. All work must be for sale.

DEADLINE: Entry forms and images must be received by March 7, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: Accepted entries posted on SSAC website by March 16, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3 entries, $35 for 4, $45 for 5

SALES: South Shore Art Center receives 40% of the puchase price. No accepted entry may be withdrawn prior to the close of the exhibition. No pricing changes will be allowed after acceptance.

JUROR: The juror for this show is Howard Yezerski. Howard Yezerski Gallery is one of the leading contempoary galleries in Boston located at 460 Harrison Ave, Boston, Massachusetts.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: About Face

Posted on January 11, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FISHY FACE

I have more than one friend that won’t eat food with a face… which should make her a vegetarian on moral grounds, right? Well, while out to lunch with one of them many years ago, my friend ordered fish. I promptly reminded her that she didn’t eat food with faces and that fish definitely have faces. She looked at me as seriously as possible and said, “I’ve looked into a fish’s eyes. They have no story to tell. There’s nothing going on up there. Bring on the tuna.” This next Call will require that your face tell a story.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Annmarie Sculpture Garden (an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute) for About Face. The entry fee is only $20 for up to four pieces, and this is an excellent opportunity to put your best face forward. Take a look!

CALL for ENTRIES: About Face

About Face explores the artist as storyteller. How does an artist develop and arrange the elements of a good story—character, setting, plot, conflict, climax, and resolution—through the format of a portrait? Though we all have a story to tell, what is gained or lost when we are rendered through an artist’s point of view? Do the completed works represent the person we are, the person we strive to be, or the character the artist sees? How do traditional and new media types affect the impact of a portrait? To this end, the jury seeks portraits that tell a compelling story in a visually interesting way.

About Face will be installed in the spacious Mezzanine Gallery of Annmarie Sculpture Garden’s Arts Building. With over 3300 sq ft of exhibition space, moveable walls, high ceilings, tile floors, an Arakawa hanging system, Internet access, and electricity, the Mezzanine Gallery can accommodate all sizes and types of installations. A few outdoor works will also be considered for inclusion in About Face.

ELIGIBILITY: All media types are welcome. The exhibition is open to all artists age 18 and older working in the U.S. Video entries must be submitted on DVD, playable on QuickTime or RealPlayer, and no more than 30 minutes in length.
DVD or computer based works must be exhibited on equipment provided by artist. Internet access is available. Bases and pedestals must well-balanced and sturdy. Annmarie has a limited number of bases available, please inquire. All frames must be black or silver and simple in design. All works that will be hung on the wall must have brackets that work with the Arakawa hanging system. More information on this system will be provided upon acceptance.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2011 is the deadline for your application.

NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified of final acceptance status via email by March 7, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: Artists must submit a $20 non-refundable entry fee for up to four entries. Entry fee must be paid by check, money order, or credit card. Each entry must be submitted with three images of the artwork, including one overall view of the artwork, one detail shot, and one installation shot.

ABOUT the ANNMARIE SCULPTURE GARDEN: An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, Annmarie is a thirty-acre public sculpture garden and arts center located in scenic Solomons, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay. The sculpture garden features a walking path which meanders through the forest, past permanent and loaned sculpture, including more than thirty works on loan from the Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art. The garden also presents a variety of special events, gallery shows, and engaging public art programs. The new Studio School offers creative classes taught by a talented faculty. The award-winning Arts Building, which opened in May ‘08, is a 15,000 sq.ft. museum-grade exhibition space that includes two large galleries, a gift shop, café, and a sunny patio that offers lovely views of the outdoor sculpture.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL to ARTISTS: Housekeeping

Posted on January 10, 2011January 11, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

NUTS FOR COCONUT

I am not a good house keeper. We must own our faults, and this fact is one of my many faults. I don’t qualify for Hoarding or Clean House, but I also don’t dust unless my kid sneezes. There are always 4 loads of laundry that need to be done, and I am fairly certain there is a can of coconut milk in my cabinet that expired in 2006.

Life is too short.

However, I cannot afford to be a bad blog house keeper. All of you deserve better than dusty pages and rotten Calls. There are too many of you whose trust I have earned over the past year and a half to let things fall through the cracks.

So, I am counting on you to resist the urge to move on to checking other email or goofing off on facebook and help me out folks. We really need to work on cleaning up a few things that are left lingering about even after the New Year:

CLEANING LIST:

REJECTION LETTERS: I had hoped that the Rejection page would be in full swing by January, but I still don’t have enough letters to start properly. Please email your rejections letters and/or emails to me at submitart@artandartdeadlines.com .

I prefer scans of printed letters, but those are rare. Remember, sending a rejection letter qualifies you for free entry into the $2 Art Contest.

GALLERIES: A note to all of the gallery directors that read this blog… If your gallery is mentioned in one of the rejection letters I receive, you will get a feature page on your gallery on this site.

I always want to be fair, and this is my way of balancing the discouraging with the hopeful. I will take the gallery information from the gallery’s website as well as request input fromt he director. I hope this encourages you to encourage your artists to send in their letters. It is your opportunity to let artists know what you want.

FEATURED ARTISTS: I have offered the Featured Artists from the beginning of this site in 2009 through December of 2010 an opportunity to be chosen Featured Artist of the Year. They can receive votes in the form of comments through January 15, 2011.

Vote for your Favorite Artist by leaving a meaningful comment today.

Click Here to see all the Featured Artists of 2009/2010. Your comment cannot contain profanity or links to a website. They must say something… not just a smiley face or a thumbs up. Use your words.

SOCIAL NETWORKS: Many of you help promote this site on Facebook and Twitter, and I truly appreciate the support. I do want to encourage you to consider promoting your own work and supporting www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com on Google Buzz, Digg, Yahoo Buzz, reddit and more. The more people that read this blog, the more motivated I am.

Now the house has been swept.
The dishes have been washed.
The blog is now suitable for company.

As always, I love to hear from you…so, leave a comment or send an email with your ideas, your art, your success and your challenges.

Happy New Year from www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com!

CALL for ENTRIES: Form and Color

Posted on January 9, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

TASTES BEAUTIFUL!

How something looks affects how it tastes. I love the look of a plate of roasted brussel sprouts. With one look I know they promise a earthy grassiness and a nutty comfortable ease that I will relish. My eleven year old knows with one look that green lumps will not taste good. Everyone’s a critic. This Call for Entries offers you a chance to put your best image forward.

Check out this Call for Entries for the Form & Color book. This art publication is all art, no articles, and offers something shocking… a partial refund if you are rejected! What? No really.

CALL for ENTRIES: Form & Color

This is a book made by artists for artists (see Editor’s note at end), where every art manifestation is welcome. As artist we have all experienced first hand the difficulties in being published and being seen by the professional art world.

We all get tired of sending submissions without getting an answer, always left with the sensation that our money was lost and that our art was worthless. This is why Form & Color decided to lead and promote emerging and established artists to help them reach their goals.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all visual artists – worldwide – 18 years of age or older. All mediums will be accepted such as: painting (oils & acrylics, etc.), drawing, graphic art, photography (includes digital), mixed media, fiber, print making, sculpture, glass, metal, pottery, jewelry, etc. Only one medium per entry form. If you wish to enter two different mediums (ex. sculpture and painting, etc.), you are required to submit an entry form and fee for each particular medium you enter.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2011

NOTIFICATION: All artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance by email (be sure to include you email address).

ENTRY FEE: The entry fee for up to three (3) digital images $40.00 (US Dollars). Artists that wish to enter more than three (3) art pieces may do so but they must pay an additional $5.00 fee per image. The entry fee can be paid via bank check or money order which must be in US Dollars and payable to Form & Color. Artists can also choose to pay by credit card through PayPal (this is the prefered method of payment) which is very safe and secure, print out your PayPal transaction receipt to include with your entry form.

ABOUT FORM & COLOR: Form & Color, the book, is an annual, full-color, fine quality, large (8″ x 10″) format, hardcover publication that is scheduled for release in April 2011. It is going to be High End Art quality book. No articles, focus ia strictly on images with the artist’s name and contact information.

The book will be available to order directly from Form & Color. Being the first volume we will commit to send it directly to the main Museums and Art Consulting Companies in U.S.A.–these are the ones always looking for new expressions of art for their clients.

For complete details, Read the Submission Guidelines!

*Editor’s Note: This post was written at the request of Form & Color publishing. I have no personal knowledge of this publication, and I could not locate an image of the publication (hence the random pic of my work). If you have any knowledge of previous issues of this publication as either a participant or a recipient, I encourage you to share your experience by leaving a comment.

CALL for ENTRIES: A True Story

Posted on January 5, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

BLESSED PEEPS

Some foods cannot be separated from a holiday or family event. Turkey and Thanksgiving for example… the image of turkey conjures family-friendly Rockwell-esque scenes for me even though Idon’t eat turkey for Thanksgiving. And Peeps® scream Easter to me…always. It doesn’t matter if you dress them in cocoa powder and shape them like bats for Halloween, I am still gonna wonder if you’ve had them left over since Spring. This next Call gives you an opportunity to tell your own story… paint your own scene, if you will. Luckily, you aren’t restricted to food…

Check out this Call for Entries from Vermont Photo Space Gallery called A True Story. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Vermont Photo Space offers free framing & matting on accepted entries!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
A True Story

Photography is the medium of memory. With its birth came the pictorial press and the realization that “a picture tells a thousand words.” This is documentary photography. It is present and tangible, and we rely on it to be authentic and true. It teaches us, and when presented in proper context, we believe what we see.

It is the job of the Photojournalist and Documentary Photographer to present the facts at hand. It is a challenging job often requiring instant decisions and sometimes in the face of substantial obstacles. How do we do this succinctly and objectively while providing an engaging and remarkable image or series?

Is it possible to capture a photographic truth while simultaneously expressing our naturally subjective eye?

Juror Peter Turnley has proven the task can be successful – have you?

For A True Story, VPS is looking for the documented event, person, or place, whether political, religious, cultural or environmental. Reality itself is infinitely more complex that what a single image can show, so we encourage your Photo Essay submissions of up to six images (some single images tell the whole thing adequately – these will be considered equally). As the Photo Essay is so often complimented or even interdependent with text, they will allow up to three sentences to accompany each accepted image for display in the gallery.

Of special note: VPS is able to accept essays for this exhibition! So much of the genre appears as photo story, and they are thrilled to offer the opportunity to exhibitors to submit the same. Whether you are submitting single images or multiples as a story, Juror Peter Turnley will consider your work as it is intended. Who knows, this exhibition may include a few very lucky photographers who present an outstanding documentary photo story in several images.

JUROR: Peter Turnley was educated in French Literature and International Relations, inspiring his truly International work. For the past quarter century, he has been photographing in more than eighty-five countries, capturing world conflict, and several major geo-political moments.

His portraits of political, cultural, and religious leaders as well as photo essays of a variety of social realities additionally weight his extensive, ever-expanding portfolio. He has published five books: “Beijing Spring,” “Moments of Revolution,” “In Times of War and Peace,” “Parisians” and “McClellan Street”. His images have been published in International magazines including Stern, Paris Match, Geo, Life, National Geographic, the London Sunday Times, Le Monde, and Doubletake.

Additionally, Turnley’s photographs have been showcased on the cover of Newsweek magazine over forty times. VPS is thrilled to have his extensive experience as a successful Photojournalist and Documentary Photographer applied to his mission as Juror for “A True Story.”

RULES FOR
PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger, a parent or legal guardian may make the submission for you.

Ownership: All submitted photos must have been taken by the photographer making the entry.

If you are a parent or legal guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear on the submission form.

Digital Submissions: All submissions must be made by digital files through:

1. Upload on VermontPhotoSpace.com or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) VermontPhotoSpace.com. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it along with an application form. There is a $5.00 surcharge for email entries.

3. Images should be as large as possible but no larger than 1280 pixels on the longest side, type jpg – set to the highest quality. DPI can be set to any number, but if you must specify something to go with 72 dpi.

FEES: Up to three images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Additional images may be submitted for an additional $5 US per image.

DEADLINE: Images and payment must be received by midnight EST on the submission closing date March 14, 2011.

RIGHTS: Photographers retain all rights to their work, except for submissions accepted for exhibition: artists grant Vermont Photo Space the right to use their images to promote the exhibition and for display on VPS website and for inclusion in an exhibit catalog.

Vermont Photo Space Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work, and retain all rights.

Category: Featured Artist

PLAN AHEAD

CALL for ENTRIES: Sugarloaf Festivals

The Spring 2011 season of Sugarloaf Festivals includes:

The fall 2011 season of Sugarloaf Craft Festivals includes:

For more information, visit the Sugarloaf website!

FIGHTING FOODS

ARTIST RESIDENCY: 3 Months in Japan

Artists should present compelling reasons for wanting to work in Japan.

For complete details, Download the Program Guidelines!

SUSHI ME!

CALL for ENTRIES: Juried Exhibitions Series

For complete details, visit the Chapel Hill Public Arts page!

TOAST of the town

FEATURED ARTIST: Julia Feld

“If anyone from the future has prototype laser cutter they’d like to donate, I’d certainly be game to try it out.” — Julia Feld

Thank you Julia for sharing your work with us.

Learn more about Julia Feld online!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This is the day we name the Artist of the Year for 2010.

Congratulations to Catherine Roach AAAD’s 2010 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2011 Artist of the Year? It all starts with the $2 Art Contest.

DON’T MAKE ME BEET YOU!

CALL for ENTRIES: Sources • Origins

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This is the day we name the
Artist of the Year for 2010.

Congratulations to
Catherine Roach
AAAD’s 2010 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2011 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the $2 Art Contest.

DON’T MAKE ME
BEET YOU!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Sources • Origins

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
A True Story

RULES FOR
PHOTO SUBMISSIONS: