Tuesday, May 3, 2011

And another call for entry!

INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
New York, NY
Deadline: Rolling Submission
Posted: 3/10/11

Title: The Focus Project : Calling All Photographers

Sponsor: Artists Wanted

Awards: Over $75,000 in prizes and cash awards, a gala reception in New York City and exposure for you and your work, including a Feature in JPG Magazine. Plus, one dozen photographers will be selected to receive $2,500 and a published feature on the JPG blog.

Eligibility: You are invited to participate in The Focus Project, a photography competition seeking the most compelling imagery in the world. Over the course of this project, selected photographers will be featured on our homepage and have a chance at life-changing reward and recognition.

Fees: $10 per image. Submit 8 or more images for $79 (maximum of 20 images)

E-mail: info@focusproject2011.com

Website: http://www.focusproject2011.com/?f=asp2

Prospectus: http://www.focusproject2011.com/?f=asp2

Call for Entries!!!!

Deadline: August 1, 2011

Exhibition Title: Photography 2011: Portraiture

Awards: Exhibition at the LH Horton Jr Gallery and on the Gallery's website. Best of Show: $600, 2nd Place: $400, 3rd Place: $300

Eligibility: Entry is open to all artists residing in the United States. Work made in all photographic processes, both traditional and digital, are accepted for entry. Representational or non-representational images of the human figure. Fine art images should emphasize unique composition, pattern, shape, and color/contrast. Framed photographs may not exceed 42" width and 60" height.

Exhibition Dates: November 17– December 14, 2011

Opening Reception: November 17th, 5-7pm

Juror: Chuck Mobley is San Francisco Camerawork's Associate Director of Exhibitions, Publications and Programs, and editor of SF Camerawork Publications. He has written for Art on Paper; Contemporary; Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts; and Sculpture magazines, as well as SFMOMA's Open Space blog and Berkeley Art Museum's Blook blog, and recently contributed an essay to the monograph Signal Fires: El cine de Jem Cohen (Punto de Vista, 2010). He has curated (and co-curated) numerous exhibitions, including Traces of life on the thin film of longing; There is always a machine between us; Katsushig Nakahashi: The Depth of Memory; Past is an image we form in the present; I feel from Iraq and Afghanistan. He is also a co-founder of Right Window, an artist and curator's project space in San Francisco's Mission District.

Entry Dates: March 1 – August 1, 2011

Selection Announcement: September 1, 2011

Artwork Received at the Gallery: November 4, 2011

Entry Fee: $30 for 3 work entries. An additional 3 work entries may be purchased for $3 per image.

Call for Entries General Guidelines

Eligibility

  1. Exhibitions are open to all artists residing in the United States.
  2. Artwork entered for submission must have been executed after December 2008.
  3. The Gallery reserves the right to reject works from exhibitions that are deemed extraordinarily fragile, unstable, or potentially harmful to the work or the viewer. Works accepted by the juror may also be rejected due to their content, or inability to be properly installed or returned for shipping.
  4. See each individual exhibition listings for art specific eligibility guidelines.

Accepted Works

  1. Art must be properly presented and prepared for display. Wall pieces must include all hardware and be ready to hang. Necessary assembly and mounting instructions and materials must be included with accepted works.
  2. Accepted artwork that differs significantly from the submitted image will be disqualified.
  3. No accepted entry may be withdrawn prior to the close of the exhibition.
  4. Upon selection, artists will provide the Gallery with a bio, artist statement and the sale price, title, materials, and dimensions for selected work.
  5. All accepted work must be available for sale during the show.
  6. The Gallery reserves the right to photograph and use submitted image of any accepted artwork in all publicity for the current show and future exhibitions, educational and Gallery promotional materials. Artist will be credited, as well as any photo credit for the reproduction of images.

Shipping

  1. Artists are responsible for all shipping and transit insurance costs to and from the Gallery. The Gallery does not insure works in transit.
  2. Works MUST be shipped with a prepaid return shipping label. Works without a prepaid return label will not be returned.
  3. Shipping packaging and artwork must be clearly marked to identify the artist, must be re-usable for the return shipping, and include re-packing and installation instructions as necessary.

Insurance

Every reasonable precaution will be taken with the handling of artwork. All work shown at the LH Horton Jr Gallery will be insured against fire, theft, and other hazards while in the possession of the Gallery, from the time of receipt through the time of setup and exhibition. San Joaquin Delta College and the LH Horton Jr Gallery cannot be held responsible for damage to work during shipping, and therefore insurance will not cover work in transit. Insurance claims will be based on the documented sale price of the artwork.

Sale of Artwork

All accepted works must be for sale during the show. The Gallery is responsible for all sales, and will retain a 20% commission from the sale of artwork.


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~*~Hayley~*~