CARRYING A TORCH

As I have mentioned on so many occasions, I love kitchen gadgets.  I love everything from 1940s egg scales to the idea of a torch for carmelizing creme brulee.  However, I have to admit that lately my watching too many cooking shows has me itching to use liquid nitrogen in some way or the other…I hear it is the best way to get the smoothest ice cream.  This next Call is an opportunity for you to show off your technology skills.

Check out this Call for Entries from Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA) for their 2011 International Juried Competition.  The prize is the ultimate… a solo show, AND they will print the winner’s work FREE.  What an excellent opportunity!

CALL for ENTRIES:
International Juried Show

Enter the 2011  juried competition for digital art and photography brought to you by the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA). 

ELIGIBILITY:  The competition is international,  open to all geographical locations.

MEDIA:   All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. 

DEADLINE:  February 15, 2011

NOTIFICATION:  February 21, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  Registration fee is $30 US for up to three images. Multiple entries permitted, additional $30 entry fee for each three images.

SUBMISSIONS:  All entries must be made online.

AWARDS:  The first prize winner receives 10 prints up to 44 x 60 inches on canvas or museum quality paper (approximately a $2,500-$3,000 value) to be shown in a solo exhibition in our main gallery from March 10-April 2, 2011.  The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artist.

Second place prizes: Ten second place winners will receive one print of their work up to 24 x 36 inches ($150-$200 in value) to be included in upcoming group exhibits. The ten second place winners will be scheduled into a group shows within twelve months of announcement of winners.  Consideration is given to placing these works in shows appropriate to their style, genre and/or content. These shows will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists.

Special consideration will be given to all entrants for inclusion in future shows at LACDA.  Many entrants from past competitions have already been included in their exhibits.

For complete details, visit the LACDA website!

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JURORS:  Edward Robinson is the Associate Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).  He curated the Los Angeles presentation of New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape, co-curated The Sum of Myself: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Collection, and curated the recent exhibition William Eggleston: Democratic Camera (Fall, 2010).

He contributes regularly to LACMA’s blog, Unframed, including a recent series of video interviews with LA-based photographers.  He earned his PhD at Oxford University in the History of Art and Photography and his BA in Art History at Brown University.  Formerly the Beaumont and Newhall Curatorial Fellow in the Dept. of Photography at MoMA, he initiated and organized over four years a number of exhibitions and programs.  He has served as well as the editor of Blind Spot magazine, has published a number of articles on photographic history, and has taught at New York University and Yale University.

Rex Bruce is the founder and director of Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. He founded the digital program at Artists Television Access (San Francisco) for which he curated exhibits and created curriculum.  He received his masters from SFSU in Interdisciplinary Art where he also taught and developed curriculum for many years.  His work has been shown internationally for over twenty years. 

Most recently he has emerged as a significant artist and organizer in the burgeoning Renaissance in downtown Los Angeles as well as becoming a leader in the exploding international scene revolving around art and technology.  

Don’t forget to visit the LACDA website!