GIMME CRABS
I miss seafood. I love my husband dearly, but his adult-onset allergy to shellfish has really put a crimp in our food lifestyle. Amongst my favorites are mussels steamed in white wine and Maryland blue crabs. Aside from the adults having gorgeous blue claws, they are delightfully yummy. Crack one for me at the opening of the show resulting from this next Call.
Check out this Call for Entries from the Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) for Focal Point to be shown at MFA’s Circle Gallery in Annapolis, MD. Expand your resume with a great juror like Laurie Snyder. Take a look…
CALL for ENTRIES: Focal Point
ELIGIBILITY: All artists residing in the United States and Canada
MEDIA: Any original work created in any form of photography will be considered.
DEADLINE: March 12, 2011 via online submission
NOTIFICATION: April 16, 2011 by email
ENTRY FEE: A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered. 1 or 2 entries $35 (MFA members $20). Additional four entries $5 each. Entry fees are non-refundable.
ENTRY DETAILS: To submit your work on-line you will need to set up an account HERE with an email and password.
You will then be directed to the online entry point where you will be able to upload digital photographs of your work and pay the appropriate fees using a credit card or your PayPal account. Entries will not be valid until payment is received. Entry fees are nonrefundable.
Please note that there may be more than one exhibition open for entry. Your account will permit you to enter either or both but each has a separate entry point. If you have questions, contact MFA staff at Circle Gallery, 410-268-4566 or info@mdfedart.org.
JUROR: Laurie Snyder has been Chair of Photography at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore MD since1993. She teaches classes in the Alternative Process in photography, and The Artist’s Book in printmaking, which explores the book as concept and object. Prior to that, she taught at Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Syracuse University in New York. An active exhibiting artist, Snyder has shown her work to critical acclaim throughout the mid-Atlantic.
Snyder is currently working on several series: Nature and Lace, (pictured above and left) a series of photograms of antique lace paired with a photogram of plant material. These are silver gelatin prints; another group are wall books of plant matierial printed in cyanotype on rice paper.
Another on going series of photographs explores the concept of “Mend”which documents the repairs and mends in everyday life. Laurie maintains a studio in Baltimore and in Ithaca, New York.
AWARDS: Cash awards total $1000. Award contributers and recipients will be listed in the exhibition catalog.
