Sunday, March 31, 2013
Call For Submissions for Photographers and Digital artists
Exhibitions Without Walls for Photographers and Digital Artists announces a call to artists for an online juried competition & exhibition,
May 16 - July 16, 2013. $2100 in cash awards and other prizes. Jurors:
Becky Najafi, Scott MacQuarrie, Ralph Winn, Debbe Sussman, Tim
Broughton. The competition is international, open to artists 18 and
older. First 5 images $25 (US); $4 (US) for each additional image up to
10. Deadline: April 30, 2013. Visit website for complete guidelines. Questions? Please contact Ed Wedman at ewedman@exhibitionswithoutwalls.com or call 503-799-7849.
2013 Juried Exhibition
Newspace Center for Photography, in Portland, Oregon,
seeks photographers for its annual juried photography exhibition, July
5-28, 2013. Juror: Sarah Stolfa, Executive Director of the Philadelphia
Photo Arts Center. Entries must be submitted online. Each entry is $40
for up to 5 images. You may submit as many entries as you like. Current
Toy Camera Members and higher may submit one entry (with up to 5 images)
for free - contact Newspace for your coupon code. Deadline: April 30th 6pm. Visit website for prospectus. Questions? Contact Chris Bennett at info@newspacephoto.org or call 503-963-1935.
WATER
The New York Center for Photographic Art announces a call to all photographers worldwide for a juried online exhibition
and a New York gallery show at the Soho Gallery for Digital Art,
September 23 - October 7, 2013. Awards: $2500+ for 10 awards. Juror:
Ellen Denuto. All photographers are eligible. No restrictions. Theme:
Water. Deadline: April 30, 2013. $35/3 images; $10 for each additional image. Visit website to enter. Email questions to nyc4pa@gmail.com or call 917-359-2642.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Weaving Guild of Oregon
“Threads to New Worlds – A Collection of Fiber Arts” will be opening on April 6, 2013 and will continue through April 28, 2013. The collection may be seen at Pony Village suite 157 (next door to the Artists’ Loft and across from Maurice’s) Thursdays – Sundays, 12 – 6 PM. A reception with refreshments and prize drawings will be held Thursday April 11th from 5:00 – 8:00 PM.
This juried show contains 30 pieces created by 24 artists from Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO). The local showing is sponsored by the three Southern Coast Guilds: Heritage Textile Arts of Coos Bay, North Bend; Humbug Spinners and Weavers of Bandon, Port Orford and Webfoot Weavers of Brookings, Crescent City.
The Weaving Guilds of Oregon was formed as a statewide organization in 1982 to share information, resources, education and promote fiber art throughout the state. Every 3-5 years, WeGO sponsors a year-long traveling exhibit of fiber arts. Today’s fiber artists continue to pursue the ancient art of weaving: making wool and cotton yarn into rugs; silk and the new synthetic fibers into scarves and garments; cotton and recycled fibers and items into wall hangings and other items specially designed by the artists.
The 700 plus members of the Weaving Guilds of Oregon hope you will enjoy your visit to this great collection of fiber arts when it visits Pony Village Mall in North Bend. Other locales throughout Oregon for this show during 2013 are Portland (March) Jacksonville, Sisters, Klamath Falls, Eugene, The Dalles, Salem and Astoria.
Contact: Barbara Martin
genz@charter.net
541 269 1506 or
541 404 3068
Opening
Oregon Coast Council for the Arts
presents Coos County Sculptor
Terry Woodall
April 5 through April 27, 2013
Opening Reception, Friday, April 5, 5:00pm to 7:00pm
777 NW Beach Drive • Nye Beach Turnaround
541-265-6569 • www.coastarts.org
Gallery Hours: 12noon-4pm, Tuesday-Saturday
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Terry Woodall
www.terrywoodall.com
www.natureartists.com/terry_woodall.asp
Friday, March 29, 2013
CAM Call to Artists
Call to Artists
20th Annual Maritime Art
Exhibition
Saturday August 3, – Saturday October 5,
2013
Submission deadline: postmarked by Saturday , May
4, 2013
Once again Coos Art Museum continues its tradition of hosting
an annual Maritime Art Exhibition on the scenic southern Oregon
Coast.
Eligibility:
·
Open to all members of American Society
of Marine Artists, International Society of Marine Painters and artists who
create marine related two-dimensional original paintings in oil, acrylic,
pastel, watercolors or sculptures.
·
If you are submitting a work that is
part of a series, the submitted piece MUST be unique and distinguishable from
any of your other works of art.
·
Works that have previously been
exhibited at Coos Art Museum are NOT eligible.
·
Submissions are to be 'recent works',
ones that have been created within the past five (5) years (created in 2007 or
newer).
·
Works that are accepted must be the
same as the digital images or slides entered.
·
Paintings - limitation of 60
inches in any one direction this includes the frame and weight limitation of 20
lbs.
·
Sculpture - limitation of 60
inches in any one direction and weight limitation of 25 lbs.
·
Prints (photo serigraphs, digital or
giclée) and photography are not eligible.
Submissions can be either digital files
or slides.
Artist may
submit a total of up to three (3) entries with a single,
non-refundable entry fee of $35.
- Digital files must be in jpg format minimum of 300 dpi at approximately 5” x 7” - 8” x 10” all on one CD-ROM. All CD’s must be labeled, on the outside, with the artist's name, title of the work, medium, date completed, and size of the artwork. Name the electronic files as follows:
A_title of
work.jpg
B_title of
work.jpg
Abbreviate as needed on the electronic
file name, but be sure the entry form has complete information.
- NO SLIDE SHOWS, FLASH FILES, THUMBNAILS etc.
- NO SUBMISSIONS VIA EMAIL WILL BE ALLOWED
Judging and
Awards:
Panel of 4 maritime artists will jury the submissions. 4
awards will be given out at the dinner, awards, and art
auction event following the Plein Air Paint out on Saturday, August
3, 2013.
·
Best of Show will receive a cash prize of $500.00 - selected by John
Stobart, Featured Artist.
·
Oregon International Port of Coos
Bay Award will
receive a cash prize of $250.00 - selected by Port
Official.
·
Coos Art Museum Board of Directors
Choice will receive a cash prize of $250.00 - selected by CAM
Board.
·
People's Choice Award will receive a
cash prize of $250.00 - selected by a vote of museum
attendees.
See attached prospectus
for more details and entry form or go to www.coosart.org to download
from your computer, Or call 541
267-3901
Art Happenings
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Art Happenings
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Open Call for Entry - WATER
The New York Center for Photographic Art announces a call to all photographers worldwide for a juried online exhibition
and a New York gallery show at the Soho Gallery for Digital Art,
September 23 - October 7, 2013. Awards: $2500+ for 10 awards. Juror:
Ellen Denuto. All photographers are eligible. No restrictions. Theme:
Water. Deadline: April 30, 2013. $35/3 images; $10 for each additional image. Visit website to enter. Email questions to nyc4pa@gmail.com or call 917-359-2642.
Black & White, A National Show
The Santa Cruz Art League announces a call to artists for a national juried art exhibition, July 5 - August 4 in Santa Cruz, CA. $1,000 in Awards. Juror: George Rivera, Executive Director, Triton Museum. Deadline: April 26, 2013. Entry Fee: $45 / $35 Members. Prospectus available online, or send a SASE to: SCAL, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Questions? Please contact Cindy at cindy@scal.org or call (831) 426-5787.
LACDA International Juried Competition
The Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (Los Angeles, CA)
seeks entries for an international juried competition for digital art
and photography. Juror: Holly Harrison, LACMA. All styles of artwork and
photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the
creation of the images are acceptable. The selected winner receives 10
prints up to 44x60 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, May 9 - June 1, 2013. 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 24x36 inches ($150-$200 in value) to be included in upcoming group
exhibits. 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 our exhibits. $30US for three JPEG
images. Deadline: April 22, 2013. Visit website to enter. Questions? Contact Rex Bruce at rexbruce@lacda.com or call 323-646-9427.
Make Plans
Upcoming activities at Black Market Gourmet:
Friday Night Supper Club March 22, 2103 5 p.m. until close and reservations are encouraged.
Monday March 25th 6 p.m. Free cooking class
Tuesday March 26th 2 p.m. Free cooking class
Sunday March 31st Easter Brunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $25.00 per person and reservations are required. Please call for reservations: 541-269-0194
Black Market Gourmet
495 Central Ave.
Coos Bay, OR 97420
541-269-0194
Toll Free: 1-877-777-2823
Fax: 541-269-0195
www.blackmarketgourmet.com
Friday Night Supper Club March 22, 2103 5 p.m. until close and reservations are encouraged.
Monday March 25th 6 p.m. Free cooking class
Tuesday March 26th 2 p.m. Free cooking class
Sunday March 31st Easter Brunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $25.00 per person and reservations are required. Please call for reservations: 541-269-0194
Black Market Gourmet
495 Central Ave.
Coos Bay, OR 97420
541-269-0194
Toll Free: 1-877-777-2823
Fax: 541-269-0195
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Run Down by a Bus
What happens if you get run down by a bus?
Do you have all of your work completed? Could you finish up any contracted work if you were suddenly laid up for a month or more? Do you have your work and supplies organized so that someone could come in and find one item from all of the others if you couldn't get there to do it?
If not you are neglecting one of the most critical aspects of real professional work.
We are all born invulnerable. As we grow we realize or maybe not that we are not bullet proof.
That's maturity sneaking in and it happens to almost all of us sooner or later.
But the real issue is if it hasn't happened t you your work is at risk.
So what are you going to do about it?
Well sticking your head in the sand is one answer, It isn't a very good one and it will do nothing if that meteor hits and wipes out all life on this planet but it is one way of dealing with things. But if you aren't an ostrich, maybe you should start working on a plan to have things set up so that if you get knocked down you can get back to work as soon as you can fight your way free of the Croakers.
First finish up all of those projects that are sitting around in various stages of unfinished. Yes, I know you will get back to them and finish them up just as soon as you get a free minute. But that's the problem, waiting around for those free minutes makes you a target for cruel, unreasoning fate.
I know all about it. Starting a new project is wonderful. The idea bubbles up and catches fire and all you can think of is getting started and bringing the babie to life.
But like all babies it cries and wets and demands attention and unlike the real babies you can just put in in a drawer and for get about it. the real ones are protected by law. The babies of our imagination aren't so lucky.
I hate editing. for one thing it is almost impossible for a writer to edit their own work. You see the brain is a tricky devil. When you read something you have written you read it right no matter what is on the paper. Now there are a coupla ways to deal with this. One you can toss it in a drawer and forget about if for a year or so so that you don't remember what it written any more and you actually have to see the words to read the page. This is really a good way to find mistakes but it ignores the deadlines we all have to live with.
You could beg, coerce. blackmail and threaten your pals until they agree to read the thing and make corrections. Of course you have to be pretty sure they they did not sleep through all of fourth and fifth grades and actually have an understanding of the Black Arts: Grammar and Spelling. That can be tricky and then you have the problem of perspective, If they don't like and read the genre you are writing in they may not have anything worthwhile to contribute.
I was once a member of a critique group in a suburban city which shall remain nameless but was an enclave of "white-flight" refugees form the horrors of the inner-city and thus filled with well meaning but slightly off kilter notions of diversity and equality and the thoughtful criticisms I received were directed at my lack of inclusiveness and overly Caucasian point of view. Now my story was set in the early nineteen thirties in a major inner-city underworld where there were no minorities nor would they have been tolerated if there had been but why let a little thing like historical perspective intrude on social perspective. I left that group having no hope of ever receiving anything useful. So you do have to be cautious.
Now the writers I admire and respect always seem to have an untiring cadre of people willing to act as readers and I wish the hell they would tell me where they are. My writing pal, High Priestess of the Black Arts: Grammar and Spelling took one look at my work and ran screaming from the computer. So even if you find someone with the skills they may not have the martyr's personality and have enough good sense to get the flock outta Dodge.
So finding someone to give you good and accurate feedback is hard to come by. That's why it is always easier to start new projects than it is to finish old ones. Those pesky details get in the way and before you know it you are facing real work.
And think of how much more daunting it would be if someone had to come in and try to make sense of something you started and didn't finish before that meteor strike.
Organize your work. Yes, I know everything you do is completely original and there is no way to categorize true original work. But for the sake of your own peace of mind you'd better. That way the Long Sufferin' or some other poor schnook can come in and find that piece you were going to enter in the Fifty-fourth annual frog portrait and lily pad show in Petaluma.
Keep your work space clean. Yes, i know you have far too much to do anyway and that sort of thing is why you left ties and 9 to 5 far behind but it is important for the people who come in behind you to be able to navigate through the piles and the heaps to find what you sent them in after in the first place.
And do it today! You aren't guaranteed tomorrow. Better do it while you have the time and not try to transmigrate the astral planes if you are having an out of body experience.
Do you have all of your work completed? Could you finish up any contracted work if you were suddenly laid up for a month or more? Do you have your work and supplies organized so that someone could come in and find one item from all of the others if you couldn't get there to do it?
If not you are neglecting one of the most critical aspects of real professional work.
We are all born invulnerable. As we grow we realize or maybe not that we are not bullet proof.
That's maturity sneaking in and it happens to almost all of us sooner or later.
But the real issue is if it hasn't happened t you your work is at risk.
So what are you going to do about it?
Well sticking your head in the sand is one answer, It isn't a very good one and it will do nothing if that meteor hits and wipes out all life on this planet but it is one way of dealing with things. But if you aren't an ostrich, maybe you should start working on a plan to have things set up so that if you get knocked down you can get back to work as soon as you can fight your way free of the Croakers.
First finish up all of those projects that are sitting around in various stages of unfinished. Yes, I know you will get back to them and finish them up just as soon as you get a free minute. But that's the problem, waiting around for those free minutes makes you a target for cruel, unreasoning fate.
I know all about it. Starting a new project is wonderful. The idea bubbles up and catches fire and all you can think of is getting started and bringing the babie to life.
But like all babies it cries and wets and demands attention and unlike the real babies you can just put in in a drawer and for get about it. the real ones are protected by law. The babies of our imagination aren't so lucky.
I hate editing. for one thing it is almost impossible for a writer to edit their own work. You see the brain is a tricky devil. When you read something you have written you read it right no matter what is on the paper. Now there are a coupla ways to deal with this. One you can toss it in a drawer and forget about if for a year or so so that you don't remember what it written any more and you actually have to see the words to read the page. This is really a good way to find mistakes but it ignores the deadlines we all have to live with.
You could beg, coerce. blackmail and threaten your pals until they agree to read the thing and make corrections. Of course you have to be pretty sure they they did not sleep through all of fourth and fifth grades and actually have an understanding of the Black Arts: Grammar and Spelling. That can be tricky and then you have the problem of perspective, If they don't like and read the genre you are writing in they may not have anything worthwhile to contribute.
I was once a member of a critique group in a suburban city which shall remain nameless but was an enclave of "white-flight" refugees form the horrors of the inner-city and thus filled with well meaning but slightly off kilter notions of diversity and equality and the thoughtful criticisms I received were directed at my lack of inclusiveness and overly Caucasian point of view. Now my story was set in the early nineteen thirties in a major inner-city underworld where there were no minorities nor would they have been tolerated if there had been but why let a little thing like historical perspective intrude on social perspective. I left that group having no hope of ever receiving anything useful. So you do have to be cautious.
Now the writers I admire and respect always seem to have an untiring cadre of people willing to act as readers and I wish the hell they would tell me where they are. My writing pal, High Priestess of the Black Arts: Grammar and Spelling took one look at my work and ran screaming from the computer. So even if you find someone with the skills they may not have the martyr's personality and have enough good sense to get the flock outta Dodge.
So finding someone to give you good and accurate feedback is hard to come by. That's why it is always easier to start new projects than it is to finish old ones. Those pesky details get in the way and before you know it you are facing real work.
And think of how much more daunting it would be if someone had to come in and try to make sense of something you started and didn't finish before that meteor strike.
Organize your work. Yes, I know everything you do is completely original and there is no way to categorize true original work. But for the sake of your own peace of mind you'd better. That way the Long Sufferin' or some other poor schnook can come in and find that piece you were going to enter in the Fifty-fourth annual frog portrait and lily pad show in Petaluma.
Keep your work space clean. Yes, i know you have far too much to do anyway and that sort of thing is why you left ties and 9 to 5 far behind but it is important for the people who come in behind you to be able to navigate through the piles and the heaps to find what you sent them in after in the first place.
And do it today! You aren't guaranteed tomorrow. Better do it while you have the time and not try to transmigrate the astral planes if you are having an out of body experience.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Art Happenings
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Seasons Best Opening
Dear Friends of Coos Art Museum,
This sounds like a most enjoyable event.
It is the same night of our opening reception of the:
15th National Exhibition of American Society of Marine Artists
This event goes from 5:00 to 7:00pm.
Maybe you can fit both events into the evening.
Hope to see you at CAM
Deryl
Seasons Best Food & Wine Dinner, March 21, 2013
The Mill Casino and Hotel is hosting a
Seasons Best Food & Wine Dinner, March 21, 2013 !!
Monday, March 11, 2013
Opportunity Knocks
The President Emeritus of BAAA has generously made available
her collection of framing glass to the readers of The South Coast Trawler. Keep
in mind that in addition to being a full-time child management and early development
guru, she is also a working person with a paying job, a more than full-time
artist, producer, developer, creative consultant and in her copious free time,
those wasted hours between midnight and dawn-thirty, she sleeps. So when you
call to ask about how you can arrange pickup and payment, (You didn’t think
this was going to be a free for all didja?), be respectful of her limited time and
resources.
Contact S. L. Donaldson
And pick up some of the glass you need to properly display
your art. Unprotected art is waste paper so be thoughtful, professional and diligent
and cover your works the way they should be so that when you take them to the
new gallery, show competition they look as good on the outside of the frame as
the do within. Beauty may be only skin deep but don’t think judges can’t be influenced
by presentation.
And when you are through with your business say “Thanks” and
ask about her latest projects. A little courtesy goes a long way and for premium
glass cut to useable sizes you’d pay top dollar and wait a long time at True
Value.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Art Hppenings
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
JOIN ME FOR DAHLIA ART 2013
http://www.facebook.com/dahliaart2013#!/events/311710022265358/
Shinan Barclay @ Facebook
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DAHLIA ART 2013
CALL
FOR ENTRIES—ALL ARTISTS—2D & 3D
SODS – Southern Oregon Dahlia Society will host a month long public
viewing of dahlias as expressed through numerous art forms: photographs,
paintings, drawings, quilts, stain glass, sculpture, pastel, wood, collage,
computer art, etc. All artists, dabblers, creative seniors and “I love to draw”
kids are invited to exhibit their DAHLIA ART.
WHERE: Coos Bay Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay,
OR, wall and foyer display cabinets. Drop off pieces on Wednesday May 1, from 3-6:30
pm. Pieces will be hung or displayed. Please include a business size card with:
title, artist, medium, and price or NFS. Three entry limit.
Prizes for: Best of Show, Librarian’s Choice and, Kid’s Art.
For questions,
further information and/or an entry form, email: dahliaart2013@gmail.
Join us on Faceboook: Dahlia Art 2013 (event)
Put DAHLIA ART 2013 in the search field, or copy and paste
this URL
Organizers, Shinan Barclay and Nan Forsberg Hammons will
welcome help hanging the show.
SODS – Southern
Oregon Dahlia Society, meets: 4th Tuesday of each month in the Coos
Bay Library, Cedar room, 6 pm. Guests are welcome! For further information about DODS call:
541-267-0740.
JOIN ME FOR DAHLIA ART 2013
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http://www.facebook.com/shinan.barclay
Monday, March 4, 2013
Props
As an actor getting the right prop was essential to finding and fixing the character. It’s hard to capture the grit of a Forties Noir in sweats and a T-shirt
And fixing the character, no not correcting the writer’s image, but locking the character you have selected to portray makes finding all of the nuisances so much easier.
Just watch Spencer the Great work, in Captains Courageous and Tortilla Flat he was a Hispanic. Now Mr. Tracey was many things but Hispanic wasn’t even close to one of them but he became so completely fixed in his character that the audience accepted him even though he wasn’t Latin.
Of course he could do that. Just watch The Mountain; Mr. Tracey climbs a cardboard set and makes your palms sweat.
So what do you care?
Finding the right mood for your working space is just as essential as that fixing of character is to an actor. An artist creates with the mind first and then the tool in hand. If the environment is right it will be hard to find the focus to get anything to come out right.
One of the ways you can fix the character of your working environment is with music. It is something which will fill you with all sorts of inspirations, comfort, security, passion, peace, joy and more and all you have to do is listen with half an ear.
I never connected with the music of my own generation. There were any number of reasons. Way back then in ole Big D we had all of the RIGHT stuff, opera, orchestra, (Even though Ft Worse really had a much better one, we in Dallas never mentioned the other place. See the rivalry was so bitter that Ft Worse had a bit of a baby brother complex; they just had to have more, be better, be more exciting than their powerful neighbor. Sure they tried for years to have an air port of their own and only when Jim Wright became Speaker of the House and twisted arms to make North Texas a regional air port system did that happen. But the one thing that they always did better was the Fine Arts. They had the Kimball, the Ft Worse Opera and the Ft Worse Symphony and they pumped money into it to keep it that way, not that the cowpokes and oil riggers gave any more of a rat’s patootie than the bankers in Dallas, they just wanted to beat Dallas’ behind so they coughed up.)
No I grew up in a house filled with the music of the Big Bands, not surprising, my parents were older and they spent their youth in those frantic War Years when Glenn Miller was King and nothing could be better than “eight to the bar.” Dad even had a band in high school, maybe he’ll even forgive me for mentioning it, the Tiger Teasers, cause he was from Corsicana where the Tigers played and that was what brought in the folks.
So while my peers were rockin’ ‘round the clock I was with Ella and Charlie Shavers and Bix Biderbeck. I even discovered a nasty, dirty unfit jazz show on the big RCA that sat in my room, Ole Jim Lowe’s Cat’s Caravan: How Blue Can you Get?
So I have always been a jazz man. I grew into a night crawling lounge lizard after college and found the only jazz club in Dallas Jac Murphy’s Villager where the drinks were strong, the nights were cool and the jazz was hot.
So I won’t kid you, I listen to jazz. For most of my life I didn’t know that. I thought it was Big Band music and singers but once I found Amazon they corrected the error of my ways.
Now I know what to listen for, Ann Hampton Callaway, Renee Olstead or Jane Monhiet. That’s what puts me in the mood.
But because of the Internet you do not have to go out and buy CDs to fill all of your cabinets. No, you can bring the right music into your own home today for free.
Star here, Radio Tuna has all of the genres, even rock if that is what winds your watch and you can listen until you find the one that makes working a delight. No stopping to change the CD, no turning the LP over, I told you I was an old guy, no you don’t even have to haunt garage sales looking for those 8-Tracks to play in the player you salvaged from your Gremlin. You can listen all day and never have to do anything once you find the station you like.
Me I’m partial to the Jazz Groove under Cool Jazz in the jazz listings at Radio Tuna, but maybe you fancy something else? Try a bunch of them. You can hop around until you find the one that is right for you.
One hint, when you find the station that works for you, go to its site and bookmark it there.
It’s likely to be a bit more stable that Radio Tuna cause there won’t be so many curious folks stopping by for a quick listen.
Once you’ve found your groove let the sound carry to where you can shut out all of the noise of daily life and just make what you see in your mind come out to play.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
NVAL
Hi,
Just a quick reminder, the Entry Deadline for the North Valley Art League's 2013 International Juried Photography Show is Monday, March 18 only a little more than two weeks away. We hope you will enter and help make the 2013 show our best ever!
NVAL 2013 International Juried Photography Show--"Photography: The Full Spectrum". The show is open to all photographers and all forms of photographic expression are encouraged, with the stipulation that all images must be the original work of the artist--ie. both capture and post-processing. The show will be exhibited April 30 to June 1, 2013, at the North Valley Art League's Carter House Gallery in Redding, California, and also online at the NVAL web site. Approximately 80 works will be accepted.
The big news this year is that the prize money has been increased to $3650--more than double last year. First prize is $1500, two 2nd place awards of $500, three 3rd place awards of $250 and four honorable mention awards of $100.
•There are no categories.
•All entries will be online. The procedure is quite easy and explained in the Prospectus.
•ENTRY DEADLINE is Monday, MARCH 18. Entries are now being accepted.
•You may enter as many images as you wish.
We are proud to have as our juror, Robert M. Nishihira, Chair of the Photography Department and full-time instructor at City College of San Francisco where he has taught since 1999. He has also worked as a commercial photographer for 18 years, serving clients such as Qualcomm, Kyocera, Jack-in-the-Box, Chrysler, IBM and many more. He has won numerous awards including Print Magazine's Award of Excellence, CA Magazine's Award of Excellence, AIGA's Homburg Award, and ASMP's Gold Award. His work has been published in Architectural Record, Town & Country, Vogue, and Sports Illustrated.
The North Valley Art League is a non-profit, all volunteer organization. Your entry fees cover the prize money and other expenses of running the photography show. Any remaining monies help fund the operating expenses of the NVAL Carter House Gallery so that we can continue our goal of furthering the visual arts in the Northern California region. We will professionally exhibit your unique artwork in our gallery for patrons to view, appreciate and purchase.
For further details and to view the Prospectus go to the NVAL website www.nval.org and select Photography Show. The entry link is at the bottom of the Prospectus.
If you have any questions, email nvalphotoshow@sbcglobal.net or phone us at 530-221-1993.
Bernie & Charlotte Bryson
Chairmen
Just a quick reminder, the Entry Deadline for the North Valley Art League's 2013 International Juried Photography Show is Monday, March 18 only a little more than two weeks away. We hope you will enter and help make the 2013 show our best ever!
NVAL 2013 International Juried Photography Show--"Photography: The Full Spectrum". The show is open to all photographers and all forms of photographic expression are encouraged, with the stipulation that all images must be the original work of the artist--ie. both capture and post-processing. The show will be exhibited April 30 to June 1, 2013, at the North Valley Art League's Carter House Gallery in Redding, California, and also online at the NVAL web site. Approximately 80 works will be accepted.
The big news this year is that the prize money has been increased to $3650--more than double last year. First prize is $1500, two 2nd place awards of $500, three 3rd place awards of $250 and four honorable mention awards of $100.
•There are no categories.
•All entries will be online. The procedure is quite easy and explained in the Prospectus.
•ENTRY DEADLINE is Monday, MARCH 18. Entries are now being accepted.
•You may enter as many images as you wish.
We are proud to have as our juror, Robert M. Nishihira, Chair of the Photography Department and full-time instructor at City College of San Francisco where he has taught since 1999. He has also worked as a commercial photographer for 18 years, serving clients such as Qualcomm, Kyocera, Jack-in-the-Box, Chrysler, IBM and many more. He has won numerous awards including Print Magazine's Award of Excellence, CA Magazine's Award of Excellence, AIGA's Homburg Award, and ASMP's Gold Award. His work has been published in Architectural Record, Town & Country, Vogue, and Sports Illustrated.
The North Valley Art League is a non-profit, all volunteer organization. Your entry fees cover the prize money and other expenses of running the photography show. Any remaining monies help fund the operating expenses of the NVAL Carter House Gallery so that we can continue our goal of furthering the visual arts in the Northern California region. We will professionally exhibit your unique artwork in our gallery for patrons to view, appreciate and purchase.
For further details and to view the Prospectus go to the NVAL website www.nval.org and select Photography Show. The entry link is at the bottom of the Prospectus.
If you have any questions, email nvalphotoshow@sbcglobal.net or phone us at 530-221-1993.
Bernie & Charlotte Bryson
Chairmen
Friday, March 1, 2013
Charles H Tatum Exhibit
The Work of Sculptor Charles H. Tatum as
Environmental Portraits
At
Black Market Gourmet
March 3rd through April 27th
Reception
Sunday, April
14th
Art Happenings
Art Happenings Newsletter March 1, 2013
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Announcements & Accomplishments:
Monday Painters
Monday, March 4, 2013 12-3pm
PLEIN AIR PAINTOUT/IN at 59044 Seven Devils Rd, Bandon. Come to paint inside or out, as well as to discuss summer painting themes & schedule. For more info, contact Sue Watkins at 7dfwsue@frontier.com.
Young Artists’ Show
Deadline: March 4-8, 2013
Coquille Valley Art Center, 10144 Hwy 42, Coquille Ages 3-18, up to 3 entries, painting/sculpture/drawing/photography. Show open to the public March 12 - April 12. Reception: April 4 6:30-8pm (refreshments, ribbons, prizes) For more info call: 541-396-3294
Poetry by the Bay
Friday, March 22, 2013 6pm
“POEMOIRS” followed by OPEN MIC at OREGON BAY PROPERTIES’ COMMUNITY ART GALLERY, NORTH BEND. Open to poets and friends alike. For more info, contact Herb Yussim at 541-290-0889 or Thomas Brinson 631-889-0203.
Stretch your creativity & flex your repurposing skills, join:
Transformed Treasures 2013
Deadline: April 1, 2013
Black Tie Dinner & Auction Fri. April 5 7:30pm, $10pp, Black Market Gourmet, Coos Bay Eligibility: all artists, any media, as long as some or all materials used are obtained from Salvation Army’s Thrift Store at 307 2nd St S, Coos Bay. No entry limit. Entries to be auctioned as fundraiser. You are encouraged to call 541-260-7205 for the full prospectus.
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