Reaching Out - May 20th-23rd, with Tim Wride

wall space is excited to be working with Photographic Center Northwest to bring Tim Wride, former curator at LACMA, and Executive Director of No Strings Foundation to Seattle for a weekend of events celebrating photography, its artists and ideas from May 20-23rd, 2010.

Here is the schedule -

Thursday 20 May, 2010 - 7pm Photographic Center Northwest
cost $5.

The Sky is Falling?
Just when you thought it was safe to go out in the Art World...everyone starts talking about toxic assets and downsizing! What’s an art lover to do? Curator/writer/educator Tim B. Wride will give his unique, and usually irreverent, look at the state of the Photography World in the wake of our current economic, social, and aesthetic meltdown. Follow as he guides us through the past and present trends that are in crisis, and take a leap as he offers insights into what may be the look of the future. Tim will point fingers, name names, and tilt at windmills as he explains how he dares harbor a satisfied sense of total OPTIMISM for the future of image making.

Saturday 22 May, 2010 - 11am - 3pm PCNW
cost $95.

Introduction to Critical Looking: A Seminar for Thinking Photographers

After all the practical workshops, after all the tech consultations, after all the seminars, after all the portfolio reviews ....now what? How does all of the information apply to YOUR process and YOUR work? How do the trends and climate of the art world affect you and your work? Do you know how to look at photographs—including your own—and CRITICALLY ascertain the direction and relevance of them? What is the difference between the work you want to do and the work you SHOULD do? How do you know which way to turn in order to grow as an artist?

Curator/writer/educator Tim B. Wride will guide you toward a fuller understanding of the art climate in which you are working and the social, economic, and creative pressures that are affecting your photography. Through a dynamic program of lectures, Q&A’s, and group interaction, we will explore the state of the market, the directions of creative interplay, and, most important, the necessity of critically and intensely LOOKING at the work you see as well as the work you make. For too many artists this is the most overlooked aspect of their tools and talents; for all artists, however, CRITICAL LOOKING is the most basic skill that must be developed in order to challenge and advance their artmaking ability.

Sunday 23 May, 2010 - 11am - 4.30pm PCNW
Cost $375. Class is Limited to 15 participants!!

Critical Looking: The Art of Conscious Creativity-

Do you know how to look at photographs—including your own—and CRITICALLY ascertain the direction and relevance of them? What is the difference between the work you want to do and the work you SHOULD do? How do you know which way to turn in order to grow as an artist? CRITICAL LOOKING is the key to expanding your awareness and applying a conscious understanding of your artistic process.

Tim B. Wride guides you through a dynamic series of historical perspectives, contemporary observations, interactive exercises, group critiques, and one-on-one portfolio reviews with the goal of awakening a fuller understanding of YOUR unique creative process and the directions that may be open to you with this new understanding. Open up your creativity and apply it to the way in which you approach images and imagemaking. Make the move to growth through self-awareness.

About Tim -

Tim B. Wride is a voracious consumer of photographic images. He likes nothing better than to look at photographs and talk to photographers about their work.
As Curator of the Department of Photographs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for 14 years, Tim curated over 50 exhibitions, authored and contributed to a dozen books, and has lectured, participated in panels, juried exhibitions, and provided portfolio reviews internationally. In 2004, Tim became the founding Executive Director of the No Strings Foundation, a Los Angeles-based non-profit that provides individual artist grants to U.S. photographers.

for more information, or to sign up for any of the events, please call wall space at 206.330.9137 or contact the gallery or PCNW

image Joelle Jensen, Interiors (Portrait Wall)

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.

News for Artists we Love

Exciting News! A number of our favorite artists are showing this summer. I want to congratulate them on their success.

Here's a rundown of some news and must see (according to me) shows.

Flak Photo -

Angela Bacon Kidwell's series Fish Woes gets a daily dose of Flak.







Fraction Magazine -

Melanie McWhorter has curated a great online exhibition called - The Un-Natural Nature of Food
starring some of our new favorite artists -

Jonathon Blaustein
Taj Forer
Cynthia Greig
Jason Houston
Erika Larsen
Mark Menjivar
Kevin Miyazaki
Susana Raab
Nicholas Vroman
Natalie Young

Catharine Stebbins, one of our Collectible participants, is up at Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon. Her stunning work can be seen from July 3rd thru 2 August.




















Jen Bekman has curated a great show at PCNW, Photo-Op opening on 13 July thru 4 September,2009. For a full list of participants, click here.

We are excited to see work from Mary Ellen Bartley, Liz Obert, Kevin Miyazaki, Shawn Records and Lacey Terrell among other luminaries already well known to Ms. Bekman through her numerous projects.

So go forth and view art, incredible photography and support the galleries and exhibition spaces that encourage them.

Photo-Op at PCNW

I know its early - but send those entries in! Its a great space to exhibit and the juror is Jen Bekman. What do you have to lose?


The Photographic Center Northwest's 14th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition, Photo-Op, will be chosen by Ms. Jen Bekman. This annual juried exhibition draws entries from across the country and around the world, and remains among the most popular shows in PCNW's annual schedule. Selected entries will be exhibited at PCNW in Seattle from July 13th - September 4th, 2009. First, second, and third prize winners will take home $1000, $500, and $250 as well as $75 Gift Certificates of Blurb Scrip for each winner. The competition is open to all photographers, all photographic processes, and all themes. The juror is looking for work that represents a larger, cohesive body of work and will be selecting a short series from each photographer chosen.

Here's the fine print - The entry fee is $47 for a minimum of five jpegs & artist statement file. Additional jpegs will be accepted if accompanied by a seven dollar per jpeg fee, up to ten jpegs total.

All entries must be received by Friday, May 15, 2009.

FotoRevu at Photographic Center Northwest

We are so excited to be part of this great photographic community here in Seattle.


Part of that community, Photographic Center Northwest, has an upcoming portfolio review. Join us on Saturday 7 February in participating in FotoRevu.

FotoRevu is a gathering of photographers, regional gallery directors, museum curators and professionals in the fine art photography business who can give you feedback and opinions about your work. The reviewers can give you editing opinions or critique. They are a great source for networking and may have advice on a good fit for your work & projects. All levels of photographers are welcome. In addition to the reviews there will be a portfolio walk during the lunch break where the reviewers will have a chance to browse and see your work. A reception for everyone will follow the event and an organized PRINT SWAP, for those who wish to participate and trade their work. You can go home with a new piece of art!

Experiencing Foto Revu is an excellent stepping stone to participating in the international review events such as Fotofest, Review LA, Photolucida, PhotoNOLA and Review Santa Fe.

I will be there, as will George Slade, our juror for New Directions.
Here is a list of reviewers - a really great and diverse group.

Elizabeth Brown, Henry Art Gallery
Rebecca Cummins, Artist & Educator, U of WA
Nichole DeMent, Rock/DeMent, Arts West & PCNW
Heather Dwyer, 4 Culture
Gail Gibson, G. Gibson Gallery
Howard Giske, MOHAI
Jen Graves, The Stranger
Gary Halpern, PhotoMedia
Barbara Kinney, Artist & Photojournalist
Spike Mafford, Artist
Anne Mathern, Artist & Crawl Space Gallery Artist Board
Fred Nelson, Seattle Times
Rosanne Olson, Artist & PCNW
Shawn Records, Artist & Photolucida
David Robbins, Artist & Editorial Photographer & Himalayan Odyssey
Marisa Sanchez, Seattle Art Museum
Jennifer Stoots, Fine Art Appraisal & Consultation
Carol Sund, Sund & Associates
Guy Swanson, Photographic Image Group
Alejandro Tomas, Artist & Educator, SCCC
David Ulrich, Chair of Art Dept. Cornish College of the Arts
Annie Van Avery, Artist & Executive Director PCNW
Adam Weintraub, Artist & Blue Earth Alliance

for more information, please log onto Photo Center's website.

See you there.

(and the image, you ask? Charlotte Watts, a talented local artist. Her image was part of our collectible showcase. She also was part of Bird Studies in October 2008 at PCNW.)