New Directions 2010 Submissions due 15 November

Pardon the interruption, but I wanted to make sure ya'll knew this was the last week to get your submissions in for New Directions 2010 and in front of Carol McCusker of Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California.

Do Not Delay! Get 'em in soon.

Remember, the show hangs in Seattle and Portland in January and February, and will be showcased online as well.

I am so excited with the number of entries that have come in, as well as the quality of images! It will be tough for Ms. McCusker to make her choices.

Did I mention our Best of Show winner receives $100 credit from Blurb to produce a book? Who doesn't want that?

For more information about ND10 - Down + Out, log onto the website.

All of our submissions are considered for gallery representation to both wall space and 23 Sandy in Portland.

Some previous participants of ND now represented by the gallery - Joseph O. Holmes, Priya Kambli, Joelle Jensen, and Bill Vaccaro.

we look forward to your seeing your work.

Images shown Jennifer Schlessinger, Bill Vaccaro, Joelle Jensen and Joseph O. Holmes.

PCNW - opportunity and call for entries.

Here is an opportunity to get your work in front of a highly regarded, influential figure in shaping Pacific Northwest arts. Eric Fredricksen, the Director of Western Bridge, has a creative curatorial eye, so don't miss this opportunity to support PCNW and arts here in the Northwest. They have extended the entry deadline to October 25th.



(Lillian Sullam)

The Photographic Center Northwest invites you to participate in our 14th Annual Members' Juried Exhibition December 1- January 15, 2009. You must be a current member or become a member of PCNW to participate (memberships are annual). First, second, and third prize winners will take home $175, $135 & $100 respectively. The awards will be presented at the artists' reception on Friday, December 4, 6-8 p.m. The competition is open to all photographic processes, all themes and photographers. The entry fee is $5 per jpeg. You may submit up to ten images total. You may not submit work that has been shown in past PCNW Members' Exhibitions. Entry fees are non-refundable. All entries must be received in an envelope by Saturday October 25th, 5 p.m. Selected artists will be notified by phone. A list of the selected artists will be posted on the website.

THE JUROR

Eric Fredericksen is the Director of Western Bridge. He is a former editor and writer at The Stranger and Architecture. Collections and exhibitions are managed by Matthew Cox, a former preparator at the Henry Art Gallery and Bellevue Art Museum. www.westernbridge.org

HOW TO ENTER

Click on the pdf entry form and print it out. Send the completed entry form with your labeled CD to PCNW, 900 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 and follow the instructions below. Deadline: Must be received by Friday, October 16th, 8 pm.

CD Submission: Images submitted on CD must be jpgs formatted for a PC. Maximum jpeg size is 10 inches or 1024 pixels in the longest dimension and scanned at 72 ppi. Each jpeg must be titled with the photographer's name, correlating letter to match the entry form, the title of the image and the year it was taken. Example: JohnSmith_A_Untitled_2006.jpg, JohnSmith_B_Untitled_2005.jpg. You are strongly encouraged to have a file on your CD with an artist's statement (word document or pdf). The CD must be labeled with the photographer's name as well as the case it's in. Materials will not be returned.

SUBMISSION OF ACCEPTED WORK

Selected artists will have approximately 3 weeks to prepare their work for delivery for the exhibition due: November 21st. The work must be framed or mounted with a wire or sufficient hanging method on the backside. Although your work will be handled delicately by PCNW staff, we will not be responsible for the damage of any work. All works selected for exhibition must be offered for sale at a price determined by the artist. Artists will receive fifty percent of the sale price. Please note that images selected for the show may be used for promotion of the exhibition and PCNW.

New Directions 2010 juried by Carol McCusker

Opportunity knocks here at wall space for our annual New Directions 2010 exhibition.

Our juror this year is Carol McCusker, of the Museum of Photographic Arts, in San Diego.

We are also excited to announce our collaboration with 23 Sandy Gallery to give the exhibition an additional showcase in fabulous Portland during the month of February 2010.

Here is the critical information -

New Directions 2010
Down & Out

in Seattle at wall space - 5 January - 31 January 2010
in Portland at 23 Sandy - 5 February - 27 February 2010

submissions open now until 15 November, 2009.
Artist notification - 15 December, 2009
Prints due to wall space - 4 January, 2010


Ms. McCusker's vision for Down & Out -

This call for entries privileges two points of view: looking down from a high vantage point, and looking out to a vanishing horizon. Art historian, Albert Boime, described the former as a "Magisterial Gaze" that gave early Americans, through painting and printmaking, a view at one with God, hence, Manifest Destiny. The latter may simply be the romance of the road, or curiosity about what lies just out of sight - an American impulse from early pioneers to Jack Kerouac.

Numerous painters and photographers have employed these vantage points, subsequently, they run the risk of cliché. When done well, however, each reveals the unexpected, as in Szarkowski's photograph above (he captures both in one image). The optimist in me delights at the disorienting perspective of looking down whereby familiar objects become abstract and dizzyingly beautiful, to looking out, with that forward motion promising adventure or escape.

The title Down & Out might conjure images of ne'er-do-wells (risky, if the public decides not to inquire further). What I hope the photographs provide, however, is pleasure in the variety of ways 'down' and 'out' can be imaged, and what emotional liberation such points-of-view can have on our often confined and overly responsible psyches.

About Ms. McCusker -

Carol McCusker is curator of photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego. She received her Ph.D. in art history with an emphasis on the history of photography and film history at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque. She has curated numerous exhibitions at MoPA and UNM, and is contributing author to Paul Outerbridge (Taschen, 1999); First Photographs: William Henry Fox Talbot and The Birth of Photography (powerHouse, 2002); James Fee: The Peleliu Project (Seraphin, 2002); Phil Stern: A Life's Work (powerHouse, 2003); Terry Falke: Observations in an Occupied Wilderness (Chronicle, 2006); and Breaking the Frame: Pioneering Women in Photojournalism (MoPA, 2006) The Roads Most Traveled: Migration Photographs by Don Bartletti (2006), Rebels & Revelers: Experimental Decades 1970s-1980s (2007), Public Privacy: Wendy Richmond's Surreptitious Cellphone (2007), and The Photographer's Eye (2008)

McCusker's freelance writing has been published in The Photo Review, Communication Arts, and she is a regular contributor to B&W and Color magazines. In recent years, McCusker has reviewed portfolios at Houston Fotofest, Review Santa Fe, Photo L.A., Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Photo Lucida, and in November, the Lishui Photo Festival, China. She was also a nominator for the 2009 ICP Infinity Awards, and a Juror for the 2008 Julia Dean Berenice Abbott Award.

for more information find the New Directions page on the gallery's website, or contact the wall space or 23 Sandy for details.

Opportunity Knocks at Foley Gallery

I am a huge fan of Michael Foley.
He is talented, thoughtful, creative and now, giving of himself to help promote and support artists in a huge way.
I was honored to have him jury our very first New Directions exhibition in 2006, and some of his choices have been a great part of our gallery's vision since then. Cynthia Greig, Joseph O. Holmes, Joelle Jensen to name a few.

Now he has the Summer Project. Go now, do not delay, and submit to get the opportunity not only to get in front of the collection of talented artists and curators, but to have the ability to work with Michael is not to be missed.

Submissions are being accepted until 15 October, 2009.

here is more information.



The Summer Project offers the unique chance for artists to work directly with the gallery, creating new work to be curated in a group exhibition.

This new initiative will provide an opportunity for emerging photographers to have their work seen, recognized and reviewed by fellow artists, gallery directors, book editors, as well as curators from museum and corporate collections.

Upon acceptance, you will work on your own and with the guidance of gallery owner Michael Foley to create new work dedicated to a theme that will be suggested by the curatorial panel. A total of 12 photographers will be selected by the panel to participate.

From January to April you will meet with Michael Foley either in the gallery or via iChat/Skype for two 30 minute sessions where you can discuss your progress and share what you have been working on.

In May, a final edit will be made and two photographs from each photographer will be curated into a group exhibition at FOLEY Gallery opening in June 2010. In addition to the work of these 12 photographers, additional selections will be curated into the show from some of the most well known contemporary photographers working today.

This is the first year for The summer Show Project. We invite you to submit your work to participate in this unique opportunity and share the experience of exposure, guidance, feedback, community, recognition and support.

We invite photographers from all disciplines to apply. The Summer Show Project is open to all photographers world wide.

for the online application click here.

Rayko Photo Center - call for entries

It's Still Life.

Rayko Photo Center, and the fabulous, entertaining and talented Ann Jastrab are putting out the call for entries an upcoming show, based on inanimate objects and spaces. Entries are due by 25 June, 2008 - so set those alarms and reminders so you don't miss out.

The basic details -
The competition is open to artists photographing inanimate objects and interior spaces. Subject
matter can be anything as commonplace as a pear (and man, are there some amazing pear
pictures out there!) or as strange as a dead animal, perhaps too literal. Subjects may be either
natural: food, flowers, plants, rocks, shells, hair clippings, and so on. They can also be man-
made: books, toys, glasses, vases, fishing lures, etc. Settings may be artificial/set-up or simply
found and perfect. There’s a lot left up to interpretation…as well as artistic freedom!

for more information about submitting - check out rayko's website.

do you not know about this space yet? You should. Ann does a great job curating shows, finding new work and giving artists opportunities to showcase their talents. Not to mention the facilities itself, with a darkroom, lab and digital area. If you are in town, stop in.

About RayKo Photo Center and Gallery -
RayKo is the largest public photographic center in the Bay Area. Our diverse facilities include
rental darkrooms, pro-digital lab, affordable studio, year-round classes and workshops, and a
spacious community area to finish work. The RayKo Gallery serves to advance public
appreciation of photography and create opportunities for regional, national and international
artists to present their work. We are located in the SOMA arts district of San Francisco in walking
distance of SFMOMA, the Moscone Center, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and AT&T Ball
park.